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Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Luke 6:38.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Philippians 4:19.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 127:2.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Matthew 28:19.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Mark 6:31.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 23:2.

Pastor Matt continues the series Stand Firm, giving us a message reminding us our victory is in Jesus.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Luke 9:23.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Philippians 4:8.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Isaiah 26:3.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Matthew 4:19.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from 2 Corinthians 3:18.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Romans 12:2.

Pastor Matt resumes our series on 2 Thessalonians today, clarifying that the "Day of the Lord" has not yet occurred, in showing how Christ's return will be preceded by a major rebellion and the appearance of the Satanically-empowered "man of lawlessness" (or Antichrist), who is currently being restrained until God's appointed time.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 1:2.

Pastor Matt gives a message about how we press on. Sometimes during good seasons, and other times during seasons of difficulty.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 121:3.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 16:11.

Pastor Matt Sturdevant and the pastoral team at Hope Church gather around the table to dig deeper into Sunday's sermon on winning the battle for the mind. The central text, Romans 12:2, calls believers not to be conformed to the world but to be transformed by the renewing of their minds. As the Phillips translation puts it, "Do not let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God remold your minds from within." The team walks through a practical "discipleship audit," asking honest questions: What gets the first word of your day? What gets the most time? Where do you instinctively go when you have questions? The answers to those questions reveal who — or what — is truly discipling your mind. The conversation gets personal as the pastors share how social media, anxiety, and current events have each tested their own thought lives, and how returning to God's Word and Biblical community has made a real difference. Pastor Matt also challenges parents directly, pointing out that a parent's greatest failure with technology may not be what they give their kids, but what they passively allow. Devices aren't just entertainment — they are formation, shaping children's understanding of truth, identity, beauty, and value. Technological freedom, he argues, should never outpace a child's level of maturity and character. The team closes by getting practical about how to actually take thoughts captive, leaning on tools like the "Hey, Say, Pray, Obey" framework, the thought filter of Philippians 4:8, and the four ordinary means of grace: Scripture, prayer, Biblical community, and obedience. None of it is dramatic or flashy — it's the same faithful, boring-but-it-works training, day after day. As Pastor Brian puts it, keeping the Shield of Faith raised isn't a one-time act; it's a practiced discipline, strengthened over time through consistent, ordinary faithfulness.

Listen in as Pastor Matt and special guest, Joel Milgate, talk about navigating life in ministry, leading well, and staying committed to God's call.

We continue in our That'll Preach series focusing on what loving our enemies really looks like.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 23:3.

Pastor Matt opens with a penetrating question: "Could there be a lie influencing your thoughts, attitudes, or decisions that you have never recognized as a lie?" Building on the previous week's foundation of faith, he turns the focus to what comes next in the Christian journey — transformation. Anchoring the message in Romans 12:1-2, he makes the case that God transforms our lives by renewing our minds, and that lasting change doesn't begin with trying harder, but with thinking differently. Salvation, he reminds us, happens in a moment, but transformation happens over a lifetime. Pastor Matt draws a sharp contrast between two forces described in Romans 12:2 — being conformed by the world, which presses in on us from the outside in, and being transformed by God, who works from the inside out. He warns that our minds are always being shaped, and that every day we are being discipled — either by the world or by the Word. The world, he explains, disciples us to follow our feelings and fit into culture, while the Word disciples us to follow Jesus and be transformed by His truth. Like Eve in Genesis 3, who accepted a lie before she ever reached for the fruit, we are reminded that long before a sin becomes visible, it usually becomes believable. To help his congregation fight back, Pastor Matt offers a practical three-step battle plan: identify the lie, confront the lie with truth, and continue to take every thought captive (2 Cor. 10:5). He also outlines four ordinary but powerful ways God renews our minds — Scripture, prayer, Biblical community, and obedience — and challenges the congregation to move from merely trying to actually training for godliness, as Paul urges Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:7. The sermon closes with an invitation to write down the lie you battle most and pair it with a truth from God's Word, because freedom begins when God's voice becomes louder than the lies we've been believing.

Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? Were dinosaurs on the ark? Does God know everything I'm going to do before I do it? In this series, “You Asked For It,” Pastor Matt tackles some of the hardest questions about God, about us, and about the Bible.

We all have an aim, something that shapes our choices and orders our lives. This message explores what Paul calls his "only aim" and considers what our own lives are truly moving toward. Scripture Referenced: Acts 20:17-24

Matt Armstrong teaches from Romans 1:8-15

What is God like? How does who he is impact what we do with our lives? In "Now Showing," we walk through some of the attritbutes of God and why they matter for our daily living. In Part 2, Pastor Matt teaches about God's power, presence, and knowledge.Omniscience - God Knows Everything.God possesses perfect, complete knowledge of all things—past, present, future, actual, and possible. Because of this, he knows exactly what is happening in our minds and hearts at any moment. Nothing is invisible to him. While this can be a terrifying realization if we are not right with God, it can also be a comfort. If we reject God, his perfect knowledge means he knows all our wrongdoing. However if we have accepted Christ as our Lord then his perfect knowledge means he is able to comfort us perfectly. He knows our struggles and can help us through them.Omnipresence - God Is Present Everywhere.God is fully present everywhere; there is no place in creation where God is absent. As with the last attribute, this can be a terror or a comfort depending on your perspective. If we reject God, his inescapable presence is cause for trembling and fear. For Christians, his ever-present guidance is a delight. God is always near to us and able to help us in times of trouble. Because of this, we can trust him with our fears.Omnipotence - God Is All-Powerful.God possesses unlimited power and is able to accomplish everything consistent with His nature and will. As has been a consistent theme, this too is either terrible or magnificent news depending on our relationship to God. Those who rebel against God rightly fear punishment, knowing that God has the power to administer it. Those who trust in God rightly rely on his strength to defend and uphold us in our weakness.Because God is Omni, submit your life to Him.These three attributes reveal an incredible binary between those who follow God and those who reject him. On one hand, the one who rejects God knows God's reach is inescapable, that he sees all sin, and that he can punish that sin. The Christian, on the other hand, rests safely in the knowledge that those infinite attributes are on his side. God's power, presence, and knowledge are a comfort, not a curse to the one who trust in God. Will you place your trust in God today?

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 8:35.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 9:15.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Psalm 91:1.

Pastor Matt and the team at Hope Church launch the 3C Podcast as a companion to their Sunday messages, diving deeper into ideas that didn't fully fit the sermon or deserve more unpacking. The first episode picks up from a message on Biblical faith, built around the big idea that faith is not simply believing the right things about Jesus, but responding to him with a trust that renews the mind, transforms the heart, and deploys the life. Pastor Matt draws a sharp distinction between historical or intellectual belief and saving faith, pointing to James 2:19 — "even the demons believe and shudder" — to show that knowing facts about God is a far cry from belonging to him. The conversation gets refreshingly practical as the pastors share personal stories of what "everyday faith" actually looks like — trusting God through a daughter's gymnastics injury, releasing control over a college-bound teenager's decisions, and dying to self in the middle of an ordinary parenting moment. They also walk through a spiritual health self-assessment introduced on Sunday, encouraging listeners not to obsess over their score or compare themselves to others, but to use it as a baseline — a starting point to ask better questions, identify next steps, and measure growth when the assessment is revisited at the end of the series. The goal, as Pastor Matt puts it, is simple: the version of you today should look more like Jesus than the version of you yesterday.

Pastor Matt gives a message highlighting how the Bible is clear that God has a good future for us.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 16:14.

We continue in our series on the Sermon on the Mount being challenged to stretch in what turning the other cheek can look like in our life.

Today we look at our Creed of the Holy Spirit, our communion with the saints and our final resurrection. - Thank you for joining us. Please submit any questions or requests to: Pastor Matt's email: mgrimm@cstoneepc.com Thadd's email: thadd@truth316.com Planted intro/outro: Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ 

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 20:24.

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Sunday August 2, 2026:  What if the greatest work of the Holy Spirit isn't simply empowering us for ministry, but bringing every part of our lives under the joyful reign of King Jesus?In Week Two of The Lordship of the Spirit, Pastor Matt explores what it means to live beneath Heaven's government in the ordinary moments of life. Through the life of Jesus, this message reveals that true freedom is found not in self-rule, but in surrender to the loving lordship of Christ made real through Holy Spirit.This teaching will challenge the way you think about dependence, anxiety, the Kingdom of God, and what it truly means to live by the Spirit. More than behavior modification, the Holy Spirit is restoring us to the life we were always created for—a life governed by the goodness of the Father and marked by righteousness, peace, and joy. 

We have more comfort, technology, convenience, and opportunity than any generation in history—yet contentment still feels out of reach. In Philippians 4, Paul reveals that contentment isn't something you find. It's something you learn. Discover the surprising secret behind one of the Bible's most misunderstood passages, Philippians 4:13, and why true contentment has less to do with your circumstances than you think.

August 2nd | Dream Disciple | Acts 2:42–47What does the life of a disciple of Jesus look like?In this message from Acts 2:42–47, Pastor Matt Darby continues the Dream Disciple series by exploring the fourth mark of a disciple: living sent out. From the very beginning, God's plan has been to reach people through His people. The early church didn't simply gather—they lived on mission every day, and the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Looking to Jesus in Matthew 9, Pastor Matt challenges us to develop the heart of a disciple who is ready to be used by God:See the harvest with the compassion of Christ.Feel the burden through faithful prayer.Know the message by living in God's Word.Live together on mission as a Gospel-centered community.As New Beginnings enters a new season of worshiping in a tent, this temporary space becomes more than a logistical solution—it's a spiritual opportunity. The church has never depended on perfect conditions to experience God's presence. Instead, this season is an invitation to make room for One More: one more life transformed, one more family restored, one more person finding hope in Jesus.Whether you're praying for a neighbor, inviting a friend, or asking God to use your life, this message is a call to stop being a spectator and start living as someone who has been sent. The harvest is ready. The question is: Will we go?If you'd like, I can also make this shorter (100–150 words) for Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or optimize it for SEO.Do you know JESUS? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbgilmer.org/do-you-know-jesus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Need PRAYER? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbgilmer.org/pray⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support through GIVING: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nbbctx.org/giving⁠ 

Pastor Matt opens the Fully Engaged series by drawing a striking distinction between people who know the Bible and people who are actually growing in it. After more than twenty years in ministry, he has observed that it is entirely possible to believe all the right things about Jesus — to attend church faithfully, to know sound doctrine — and still never be fully surrendered to Him. To help the congregation honestly assess where they are, he walks them through a Spiritual Health Assessment organized around three words: head, heart, and hands. The big idea anchoring the entire series is this: God wants my mind renewed, my heart transformed, and my life deployed. From there, Pastor Matt unpacks three foundational statements about the nature of faith. First, Christianity is rooted in reality — not blind leaping, but trust built on evidence. John wrote his Gospel so that people would believe, and he pointed to miracles, eyewitnesses, and the empty tomb to make his case. Second, faith is more than agreement. Drawing from James, Pastor Matt reminds the congregation that even demons believe the facts about Jesus and shudder — yet they refuse to surrender. Knowing about Jesus is not the same as belonging to Him. Third, faith demands a response. Just as Matthew left his tax booth and Peter left his nets, genuine faith always produces movement — from the inside out, from a renewed mind to a transformed heart to hands that serve, give, and live on mission.

Pastor Matt Ruckel kicks off the month in a new series, Prizefighter Prayer. With a heart to see Big House Church grow into a house of prayer, Pastor Matt offers a word of encouragement on how we as a community can grow in intercessory prayer. Intercession, or even praying aloud may feel foreign to many, but like any other skill it just requires practice and experience to grow into excellence. Join us as we dive into another month of prayer where we grow together in intercession. Big House Church is cultivating a community of passionate worshippers who partner with Jesus to create a kingdom culture on earth as it is in heaven. We meet regularly at 9 & 11 AM at The Zeider Theater in Virginia Beach, VA. For more information, go to www.bighousechurch.com.

Pastor Matt continues our Summer of Psalms sermon series

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 1:8.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 5:29.

No amount of effort or willpower on our part can produce real spiritual life, but the good news is the Holy Spirit is right there, ready to do what we could never do on our own. Like Charles Spurgeon said, “Without Him we are ships without wind, branches without sap, and coals without fire.” But when we stop striving in our own strength and simply rely on Him each day, He doesn't just forgive our past, He transforms our future. Life in the Spirit isn't one big leap, it's small, consistent steps of obedience, asking Him to help us and listening for where He's leading.Such a powerful message from Pastor Matt as we finish up Friends & Family month! Who in your world can you share this message with? We encourage you to send them the link and watch what happens as they're built up by the truth of God's word.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 3:6.

Listen in as Pastor Matt brings a daily scripture, encouragement and prayer just for you. Today's fresh catch comes from Acts 6:8.

You asked, and we answered! This week, as we wrap up How to Be Human, Pastor Matt and Alyssa tackle questions sent in by the City Lift family about relationships.

Pastor Bobby sits down with Pastor Matt Chewning of Netcast Church in this special AWKN podcast.