The Victory Church Podcast

Discipline is essential for fulfilling your God-given purpose. True success and leadership require self-control, intentional boundaries, and a clear personal vision. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Do you find yourself often consumed by feelings of worry and anxiety? We are called to pray instead of worry, to cast our cares upon the Lord who readily shoulders our burdens and offers us a new way of life. In this message, Pastor Mitch talks about the importance of prayer and faith when we are faced with problems. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Prayer is essential and especially important during times of spiritual pressure. Don't wait for a crisis to learn how to pray—develop your prayer life now. God delights in the prayers of the upright (Proverbs 15:8). Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Prayer is essential and especially important during times of spiritual pressure. Don't wait for a crisis to learn how to pray—develop your prayer life now. God delights in the prayers of the upright (Proverbs 15:8). Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Prayer is essential and especially important during times of spiritual pressure. Don't wait for a crisis to learn how to pray—develop your prayer life now. God delights in the prayers of the upright (Proverbs 15:8). Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Why Easter Matters   1. Humanity's Condition: -All people are sinful (Romans 3:23) and separated from a holy God. -God's justice requires a penalty for sin—spiritual and physical death (Romans 6:23). -Without a solution, humanity is destined for judgment and hell.   2. Jesus' Mission and Sacrifice: -Jesus, though sinless, became sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21). -His death was not just physical; it involved deep spiritual suffering and separation from God (Mark 15:34). - He bore the full penalty of sin so we wouldn't have to. -He went to hell on our behalf, satisfying God's justice (Matthew 12:40; Acts 2:27).   3. God's Plan of Redemption: -Jesus' death was part of God's foreknown plan (Acts 2:23). -Prophesied in Isaiah 53 and fulfilled in the Gospels. -His spiritual resurrection (rebirth) in hell and physical resurrection confirmed victory over sin and death.   4. The Result for Us: -Jesus' resurrection guarantees our new, glorified bodies (1 Corinthians 15). -Through faith in Him, we receive forgiveness, reconciliation, and eternal life (John 3:16, Romans 10:9-10).   Seven Spiritual Truths About Jesus' Sacrifice 1. Spiritual suffering is greater than Physical suffering – He faced abandonment by God for our sins. 2. His death was God's will – Planned for our salvation, predicted by Jesus Himself. 3. He became our sin – Though pure, He stood in for all humanity's guilt. 4. He died spiritually – Experienced complete separation from God. 5. He went to hell for us – Fully bore the consequence of sin. 6. Raised from spiritual death – Became the first spiritually reborn person. 7. Given a glorified body – Paved the way for our own eternal resurrection.   Action Steps: Do you believe Jesus took your place? Have you accepted His sacrifice personally? Are you born again and living in the light of His resurrection?  

The purpose of the anointing oil in the Old Testament can be a confusing and often misunderstood topic for believers today.  Guest Speaker Festus Nsoha breaks down the biblical and historical use for this oil and how it can still be beneficial today if utilized in the proper context. Resources: Learn More About Festus Nsoha: Oasis Church Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Pastor Mitch Horton takes questions from the congregation about marriage and answers them from a biblical perspective. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Guest Speaker Christopher Alam teaches on the power of the Holy Spirit. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Guest Speaker Christopher Alam talks about the power that is available to believers through the blood of Jesus Christ. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Pastor Mitch Horton takes questions from the congregation about marriage and answers them from a biblical perspective. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Guest Speaker John Roughton talks about what it means to have spiritual authority through Jesus and how we can practice this authority in our lives. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

This lesson addresses the wife's role in marriage, focusing on the biblical concept of submission, equality, and mutual respect. It begins by referencing previous lessons, particularly how cultural norms conflict with God's design for marriage and the significance of being “one flesh.” A strong relationship with God is emphasized as the foundation for healthy marriages, where mutual love and respect stem from a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.   The primary focus of this lesson is on submission within marriage, as outlined in Ephesians 5:21-33. It highlights that marriage involves both partners submitting to each other out of reverence for Christ. A wife's role, as per the scriptures, is to submit and respect her husband, as the husband is the head of the wife in the same way Christ is the head of the church.   In conclusion, a wife's role in marriage is to submit out of love and respect, always considering her husband's leadership, but never at the expense of her own voice or God's command for righteousness. Submission is a beautiful, voluntary act of love, balanced by mutual respect and equality in Christ.   Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

One flesh is designed by God to be the closest relationship known to a man or woman. But what does this concept actually mean? Pastor Mitch Horton dives deep into the creation story to discover biblical truths for marriage and how the "one flesh" connection points to Jesus' work on the cross and His relationship to the Church. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Marriage as it has been defined for thousands of years is under attack. When you dishonor marriage, you ruin a culture. In this message, Pastor Mitch takes a look at the current cultural climate and contrasts it to what God's original design for marriage and family says. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Executive Pastor Meera Short walks us through Micah 6:8 and describes three things the Lord requires of all believers. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Are you willing to enact tough love in hurtful relationships in your life? Are you willing to lovingly challenge irresponsibility when it hurts a person or others who are involved? Do you understand the difference in loving your enemy and standing up for what is right?   In this message, Pastor Mitch talks about the need for us to go against social norms by practicing tough love to those around us when necessary.   Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

God's love for us is based on His justice. His justice and holiness means that He must deal with sin, which is disobedience to His known will. He must deal with our sin by the payment of a just penalty. Jesus took our sin penalty so that we could be freed from sin! God did not pauperize us when He forgave us. The justice behind His love gives us dignity. And so when something occurs and it affects others, not just you, then the loving thing to do is to stand with what is right and what is true, and call it out! Be willing to stand for what is right when someone does something that affects a lot of people! Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

How's your love life? How are you doing with loving people who mistreat you and say things that should not be said to you or about you to others? We are called to love people who don't like us, who disagree with us, who say mean and nasty things about us.  So, here is the big question today – How do you treat a person who is like an enemy towards you in their attitudes, their speech, and their behavior? Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

How's you love life? How are you doing with loving people who mistreat you and say things that should not be said to you or about you to others? We are called to love people who don't like us, who disagree with us, who say mean and nasty things about us. How are you doing with that? Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!  

As the return of Jesus seems to be closer than ever, the most important thing in life is to be right with Him, and to find out what He wants in your life, and fulfill it. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!  

Guest Speaker Kim Klaudt talks about the principle of forgetting in four key areas that will allow us to grow deeper in our faith. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

As the return of Jesus seems to be closer than ever, the most important thing in life is to be right with Him, and to find out what He wants in your life, and fulfill it. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!  

Pastor Mitch teaches on the importance of forgiveness and how we can truly forgive those that have hurt us. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Christmas is traditionally a holiday when we enjoy the company of family and friends. We eat, we talk, we laugh, we remember, and hopefully, we relax. Right now, there is a good bit of polarization among people worldwide. And there is a chance during the holidays that you will be in a room where there are lots of differences. What is the will of God for you in these situations? Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Giving of thanks should be a regular part of your life. And, not just over your meals or on Thanksgiving Day. Pastor Mitch speaks on the history of Thanksgiving and provides biblical principles on why giving thanks should be a part of our lives in all circumstances. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Unanswered prayers hamper many Christians from having a strong, vibrant faith. Instead of becoming disillusioned, shrugging our shoulders and muttering, “Sometimes God answers prayer and sometimes he doesn't; you never know what God is going to do,” —we should trouble-shoot our prayers to see what is amiss. If we don't see results, it is not because God has failed us. It could be that we have failed him. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!  

This is not a time to be spiritually slack and nonchalant! This is a crucial time of challenge and change. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

We are right at the end of the church age where we have been for 2000 years, and we are entering an age of judgment just before the Second Coming of Christ and His 1000 year rule we call the Millennium or the Millennial reign of Christ. This is a volatile time, and God has given us grace to deal with it! Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Pastor Cameron Peedin talks about how we can get from feeling "stuck" and back to living the life that God intended for us. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Is it okay for Christians to celebrate Halloween? In this message, Pastor Mitch gives his thoughts on this topic and provides historical and biblical reasons why we should be careful around involving ourselves and our families in its observances. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Guest Speaker Tony Cooke talks about the importance for believers to be involved in the family of God. We are called to live with, serve, and love one another. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

We are experiencing a crazy time in human history. Pastor Mitch explains why these events may be preparing us for the second coming of Jesus and how we can be sure we are prepared. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

God does not lead us from the outside. He leads us from within, first of all by the guidance of His Word, then by the Holy Spirit's influence. In this message Pastor Mitch talks about the general guidance that we receive from the sum of God's written word (Logos) and the specific guidance we receive by the Holy Spirit speaking to our hearts (Rhema). Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Executive Pastor Meera Short discusses the anxious thoughts that we are bombarded with in our daily lives and how we can unburden ourselves from them. The everyday grind of life seems to bring pressure, and it seems to be intensifying. We have pressure in our relationships, with our jobs, with school, with our finances, with health, just living in our current world brings daily pressure. Three key areas that I want to examine are: 1- How are we to be as we face our cares? 2- How do we cast our cares? 3- What makes it all work? Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

There are challenges now and in our future that we have never navigated in this way. The world is changing. It is more important than ever today to know the voice of God. How do we know which way to go? How do we know how to respond? How do we know what God is saying to us right now? Thank God, we are not alone! We have the Holy Spirit to aid us! Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Guest Speaker Joe McGee delivers a great message focused on strengthening families using biblical examples and personal stories. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Faith must have actions that move it. Do my actions show that my faith is active? One major way to act your faith is to say what you believe. In this message, Pastor Mitch instructs on how to strengthen and express our faith by aligning our words with what God has promised in scripture. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

The spiritual battle right now is intense. The demonic isn't hiding anymore. It's out in the open. We are living in an uncanny time of disruption, unrest, challenge, and change! To navigate this unprecedented time, we have been given by Jesus a spiritual authority that keeps us free and full of God's life! Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

When praying for certain things personally, it's important to remember that faith is always past or present tense, never past tense. Pastor Mitch teaches us why this is an important principle when we are believing to receive from God in faith.  Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

In your lifetime, if you haven't already, you will experience a major crisis of faith. Whether it be a death in the family, an unexpected crisis, etc. Suddenly the beliefs that made sense yesterday are no longer relevant today, and our faith feels flimsy and fake. In this message, Pastor Cameron Peedin talks about having a personal faith in God, and is it authentically yours or could it be someone else's that you're living vicariously through? Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

There is a law of sin and death working worldwide because of sin. But there is also a law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus that can keep you from the normal way things happen in life! In this message, Pastor Mitch teaches how Jesus enables us to be free from spiritual death, poverty, and sickness. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Do you have the faith of Thomas or the faith of Abraham? Pastor Mitch talks about the distinction and how you can learn to stand firm on God's Word in today's world. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Worry is a natural human tendency, but Christ frees us from the burdens of worrying. In this message, Pastor Mitch walks us through the biblical truths that will help you replace worry with the promises of God. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

As world conditions deteriorate, now is the time to build your faith in God's Word. Prepare to fight the good fight of the faith and stand firm on God's world regardless of the circumstances around you. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Pastor Mitch continues explaining the biblical definition of love presented in 1 Corinthians 13. In this message, we learn that love keeps no records of wrongs. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

As world conditions deteriorate, now is the time to build your faith in God's Word. Prepare to fight the good fight of the faith and stand firm on God's world regardless of the circumstances around you. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

John Roughton, a missionary in Nagaland India, visits our church and delivers a message on why the love we show to one another must follow and be measured by the standard of Jesus. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

In a message spurned by the Holy Spirit, Pastor Mitch walks through Matthew 24 and iterates the importance that believers stay prepared for the imminent return of Jesus. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Pastor Mitch continues explaining the biblical definition of love presented in 1 Corinthians 13. In this message, we learn about the forgiving power of love. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!

Pastor Mitch continues explaining the biblical definition of love presented in 1 Corinthians 13. In this message, we learn why unrighteous anger and pride have no place in the heart of a believer. Resources: Sermon Notes: Victory Church Notes Get Pastor Mitch's New Book "An Appointment with God's Power": Order on Amazon Website: victorychurchraleigh.com Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast!