Podcast appearances and mentions of jarrett stephens

Jarrett Stephens teaches from John 17 in a message called "The Power of Intercessory Prayer." In this passage, Jesus prays out loud so his disciples can hear and learn. He prays for his own glorification through the cross, then for his disciples to be protected and sanctified in a hostile world. Finally, he prays for future believers, for unity around truth and for the day we will see his glory. Jarrett shows that Jesus is the answer to his own prayers. He goes to the cross to accomplish what he asks. And he does not stop praying. Hebrews 7:25 says he always lives to make intercession for his people. If Jesus prayed for others, we should too. Intercession is not informing God of what he does not know. It is reminding him of his promises and joining him in his work.

Jarrett Stephens teaches from Luke 10:21 in a message called "Spirit-led Prayer." Prayer can feel difficult and discouraging, and many of us wish we had an easy button to become people of prayer. But Jesus, though He was conceived by the Spirit, filled with the Spirit, and led by the Spirit, still faced temptation and hardship. Spirit-led prayer is not about making life effortless. It is about the Holy Spirit shaping us to trust God more deeply. Jarrett shows how Jesus redirected the 72 disciples from rejoicing in their own power to rejoicing in God's work. Then Jesus prayed with thanksgiving for the Father's character and His surprising ways. When joy is missing and gratitude feels impossible, Jesus teaches us to keep asking, keep seeking, and keep knocking, and to ask the Father for more of the Holy Spirit.

Jarrett Stephens teaches from Matthew 6:9-13 in "The Pattern of Prayer, Part 2," continuing through the final four petitions of the Lord's Prayer. He shows how asking for daily bread is meant to foster dependence, gratitude, and empathy for those who lack basic needs. The petition for forgiveness leads to a careful look at two kinds of forgiveness and Jesus' serious warning that our horizontal relationships affect our vertical fellowship with God. Jarrett shares openly about his own experience of forgiving childhood abuse, grounded in the truth that God has forgiven the inexcusable in us. The message also calls the church toward more corporate prayer, because prayer is not only taught but caught as we pray alongside one another.

Jarrett Stephens teaches from Matthew 6:5-15 in a message called "The Pattern of Prayer." Many believers feel frustrated with prayer, unsure where to start or what to say. Jesus gave His disciples the Lord's Prayer not as empty words to repeat, but as a pattern for real relationship with God the Father. This message focuses on the first half of the prayer: knowing God as Abba, hallowing His name, praying for His kingdom to come, and seeking His will. Jarrett explains that only those adopted into God's family through faith in Christ can truly call Him Father. He shares personal illustrations of fatherly love and gives a practical seven-minute challenge to help anyone begin praying this week. The second half of the Lord's Prayer will be taught next week.

Jarrett Stephens begins the "Pray Like Jesus" series with a message titled "Before Anything Else." Using passages from Luke and Mark, he shows that Jesus prayed before starting his public ministry, before choosing the twelve apostles, and as a daily habit before the day began. Prayer was not an obligation for Jesus but the source from which everything else flowed. Jarrett identifies three enemies that keep us from prayer: busyness, complacency, and self-sufficiency. He encourages believers to respond by getting a routine and getting alone with God, limiting distractions so we can hear from him. The goal is not to check a box but to share life with the Father, just as Jesus did.

Jarrett Stephens teaches from Psalm 62 in a message called "When the Ground Beneath You Shakes." Life brings moments that unsettle us: a difficult diagnosis, a broken relationship, a job loss, or prayers that seem to go unanswered. David wrote this Psalm out of his own experience with enemies, distress, and God's apparent silence. Jarrett shows how the Psalms of Jeduthun reveal three common sources of shaky ground and how our typical escapes, numbing, busyness, entertainment, even wealth, cannot hold us steady. Instead, David gives three faithful responses: wait on God in silence, trust Him at all times, and pour out your heart in prayer. Through the moving story of a friend who loved his wife faithfully through dementia and death, we see what it looks like to stand on the Rock when everything else gives way.

Jarrett Stephens teaches from 2 Timothy 4:6-8 in a message called "Fight to the Finish." Paul's final inspired words were written from a Roman prison as he faced imminent death, yet they overflow with confidence and hope. He had fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith, and he wanted Timothy to do the same. Jarrett explores what motivated Paul to persevere through suffering and what enables believers to finish strong today. He warns against six common barriers that derail Christians and offers three practical commitments: live with the end in mind, expect life's challenges rather than being surprised by them, and remember the people watching your life. The message points us to Jesus as both the reason and the reward for finishing faithful.

Message from Jarrett Stephens on June 28, 2026

Jarrett Stephens teaches from 2 Corinthians 4 and Romans 8 in a message called "Fighting Through Suffering." Suffering touches every life, and the question of why can derail our faith if we let it. Jarrett shows from Scripture that suffering runs on two tracks: the glory of God and the refinement of our faith. God's glory rests on us in the middle of suffering, not just after it ends, and our faith is tested and matured in ways nothing else can accomplish. Suffering also brings gifts we could not receive otherwise: God's power when we are weak, purpose that reaches beyond ourselves, and perspective that looks to unseen eternal realities. Jarrett closes with four certainties from Romans 8 that anchor us in hardship: God is not condemning you, God is praying for you, God is working for your good, and nothing can separate you from His love. The path through suffering is to hold fast to what we know rather than be consumed by what we do not.

Message from Jarrett Stephens on June 14, 2026

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Message from Jarrett Stephens on May 24, 2026

Jarrett Stephens teaches from 1 Samuel 1 in a message called "A Mother's Surrender." Hannah lived in a spiritually dark time, personally barren, publicly mocked by her rival, and misunderstood by her own husband. Still, she kept making the journey to worship and took her deepest pain directly to God. Jarrett shows how Hannah addressed God as "Lord of hosts," the all-sovereign ruler over every seen and unseen power, and asked specifically for a son, promising to give him back. The same Hebrew word means both "asked" and "lent," capturing the heart of her surrender. Samuel became a great leader, but his story began with a mother who prayed and released. This message calls parents, grandparents, and anyone who loves a child to the fight of prayer and the freedom of surrender. Our children belong to God first. When we release them with open hands, we are freed to worship and trust the One who holds them better than we ever could.

Message from Jarrett Stephens on May 10, 2026

Jarrett Stephens concludes the series "So What: Why the Resurrection Matters" with a message from Matthew 28 and Acts 1 called "Jesus Sends on Mission." The empty tomb does more than secure salvation. It sends every follower of Jesus into the world as a witness. Jarrett shows how the resurrection gives us three things for this mission: the presence of Christ, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the promise of his return. He tells how a Sunday school teacher reached a teenage D.L. Moody in a Boston shoe store, and how ordinary believers planted churches that now saturate that same city. The scope is global, but the starting point is local. Our Jerusalem is wherever we live, work, and play.

Message from Jarrett Stephens on May 3, 2026

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Message from Jarrett Stephens on September 28, 2025

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Message from Jarrett Stephens on September 14, 2025

Pastor Jarrett Stephens taught from John 11 with the title of “It's Okay to Ask Why.” The story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. We all experience struggling events that shape our faith and we ask why. It's okay to ask “why?” - God can handle our questions. It's okay not to understand “why”. - Don't trade what you know for what you don't know. Seven certainties in suffering: • Universal and unavoidable • Temporary • Not judgement of sin • God loves me and has not forgotten me • God empathizes with me • God uses it for my good and His glory • God gives us His Spirit and His Church to help me It's not okay to lose hope. Listen to Pastor Jarrett give us the cause, trials, and blessings of suffering as written in the Scriptures

Message from Jarrett Stephens on August 24, 2025

Pastor Danny welcomes to the show his friend Pastor Jarrett Stephens of Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, TX, to discuss godly and biblical leadership, his own experience with it, and the principles he lives and leads by.

Message from Jarrett Stephens on August 17, 2025

Message from Jarrett Stephens on August 10, 2025