One Single Story

Welcome to the March 6th edition of One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski for a focused conversation on Proverbs 10:27-28 — exploring what it means to truly fear the Lord, why hope is so much more than wishful thinking, and how spiritual endurance is built through the trials we face.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 10:27-28 - "The fear of the Lord lengthens one's life. The hopes of the godly result in happiness." A two-verse contrast between a life rooted in reverence for God and one lived without it.

In This Episode: * What reverence for God really looks like and how it shapes your daily decisions * Why hope is a stabilizing anchor rooted in God's character, not circumstance * How spiritual endurance is built through testing, consistency, and community

Key Quote: "Hope is not wishful thinking. It is being planted in security, in knowing what you can expect because you know God and you know his character."

One Single Story is a daily devotional podcast from the pastoral team at Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking listeners through the One Year Bible each weekday.

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Welcome to One Single Story, the daily Bible podcast with Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski. Today we are in Proverbs 10:26, where Solomon compares a lazy person to vinegar on the teeth and smoke in the eyes — a vivid picture of just how disruptive unreliability can be to everyone around us.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 10:26 - Solomon uses sharp imagery to capture the frustration and irritation a lazy person causes those who depend on them.

In This Episode:

• Why laziness reveals character and affects far more people than just yourself
• How diligence reflects God's own nature and becomes an act of worship
• Practical habits that build faithfulness, including punctuality, follow-through, planning, and accountability

Key Quote: "How you work reveals who you worship." - Pastor Stephen Mizell

One Single Story is a daily Bible podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking through the One Year Bible one passage at a time.

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Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5! Host Pastor Stephen Mizell and co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski dig into Proverbs 10:24-25, exploring what it means to have a lasting foundation when life's storms arrive. This conversation unpacks how character and faith determine not just whether we survive the storm -- but who we become on the other side.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 10:24-25 - Solomon contrasts the wicked, whose fears will be fulfilled, with the godly, whose hopes will be granted -- pointing to an enduring foundation as the difference-maker.

In This Episode:

* Why storms are inevitable and what they reveal about our character and foundation * How faith functions like an anchor -- often unappreciated until a storm forces us to deploy it * The danger of spiritual drift and why gradual, unnoticed movement away from God can be just as threatening as a crisis * Why talent and character are not the same, and why character is what keeps doors open

Key Quote: "Talent opens doors, giftings open doors. Character keeps the door open."

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Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. I'm Pastor Stephen Mizell, joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. Each weekday we pull one lesson from the One Year Bible reading plan and have an honest conversation around God's Word.

Today we are in Proverbs 10:23 - "Doing wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible."

In this episode we unpack how your daily habits expose what you are truly made of, why righteousness produces a deep joy that careless pleasure never can, and how small, consistent choices shape your spiritual direction far more than any single big decision ever will.

As one of our hosts put it: "We overestimate the power of big decisions and underestimate the power of small, daily, disciplined ones. Wisdom is the ability to make small choices day after day, week after week, that give you the opportunity to make the big ones."

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Welcome to One Single Story! Pastor Stephen Mizell, is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Wendy Korbusieski from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. This week we are in the book of Proverbs, and today we are sitting with one verse -- Proverbs 10:22 -- that has the power to completely reshape how you think about success.

"The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it."

That word blessing does not simply mean money or status. In the original language it carries the idea of divine favor, empowerment, God's presence in your work. And that word sorrow? It includes anxiety, regret, and grief. The text is telling us that what God gives does not come with hidden emotional debt.

That stands in direct contrast to how our culture defines success -- busy calendars, fast accumulation, pressure-driven ambition. The hosts unpacked a convicting truth in this episode: the over-pursuit of things often costs us the very peace and contentment we were chasing in the first place. As one of them put it, success without God is expensive -- and the price is rarely financial. It shows up in family unrest, broken relationships, and lost health.

True success, this proverb argues, is not a list of achievements. It is a state of being. It is alignment with God rather than accumulation for self. It is the kind of contentment Paul described in Philippians -- not something that comes naturally, but something that is learned, practiced, and trusted into over time.

The conversation closes with a simple but challenging word: chase God first, and let success follow.

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Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday Bible companion. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they dig into Mark chapter 9, verses 1 through 29, uncovering what this passage reveals about prayer, doubt, and our dependence on God.

Scripture Focus: Mark 9:1-29 - From the Transfiguration on the mountain to a father's desperate plea for his son's deliverance, this passage confronts the disciples' failure and Jesus's call to a deeper faith through prayer.

In This Episode:

• What the Transfiguration reveals about the supremacy of Jesus
• The father's honest cry - "I believe; help my unbelief" - and why that vulnerability is a model for every believer
• How doubt weakens ministry and spreads through a community of faith
• Why dependence on God must come before spiritual authority

Key Quote: "Dependance precedes authority. Before we have authority, we have to recognize our need to depend on God."

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Welcome to One Single Story, a daily podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, where each weekday we walk through the One Year Bible together. Today Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety, for a conversation on Mark 8:11-38 and the cost of true discipleship.

In this episode we discuss why demanding signs from God can cost us his very presence, how fear overrides faith and distorts our view of God, and what Jesus really means when he calls us to lose our life in order to gain it. As one voice in the episode puts it, discipleship is not a decision you add to your life — it is an exchange.

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Welcome to One Single Story, the daily Bible podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Cheryl Doty for a discussion on Mark chapters seven and eight, where Jesus crosses cultural and religious boundaries to minister to Jew and Gentile alike, challenging every form of tribalism along the way.

Scripture Focus: Mark 7-8 - Jesus enters Gentile territory, heals the Syrophoenician woman's daughter in response to persistent faith, restores a deaf man's hearing, and feeds four thousand people, proving that his grace knows no boundary.

In This Episode:

• The persistent faith of the Syrophoenician woman and why God honors enduring trust
• What Jesus's unorthodox healing methods reveal about humility in ministry
• A candid conversation about how churches can unknowingly become tribal
• Why salvation is a heart issue, not a territorial one

Key Quote: "Grace doesn't ask where you're from. It asks who you trust."

About One Single Story: A daily devotional podcast from Open Door Church walking listeners through the One Year Bible, offering brief, practical lessons from each day's reading every weekday.

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Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's daily lesson from the One Year Bible. In this episode, the team digs into Mark chapter 7 and unpacks the tension between religious tradition and genuine, heart-centered faith.

Scripture Focus: Mark 7:1-23 - The Pharisees confront Jesus about His disciples eating with ritually unwashed hands, prompting a deeper conversation about empty religion and what true purity really means.

In This Episode:

• Why tradition becomes dangerous when it replaces relationship with God
• How church traditions, however well-intentioned, can quietly become requirements for worship
• Why Jesus declares purity is an inward issue, not an outward one
• How sin always begins in the heart before it surfaces in behavior

Key Quote: "Traditions are controllable, relationships are work - and we like control."

One Single Story is a daily devotional podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking through the One Year Bible every weekday. New episodes every Monday through Friday.

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Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety for today's reading in Mark 6:30-56. When Jesus invites his exhausted disciples to rest, a crowd of thousands shows up uninvited -- and instead of turning them away, Jesus is moved with deep compassion. What follows reveals him as shepherd, creator, and provider all in one passage.

The team digs into the tension between rest and ministry, why compassion must always precede power, and what the feeding of the 5,000 teaches us about surrendering what little we have so God can multiply it.

Key Quote: "Power without compassion becomes cruelty. Compassion without power becomes frustration. Jesus holds both."

One Single Story is a weekday podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking through the One Year Bible one passage at a time. Find us at onesinglestory.com or visitopendoor.com.

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