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Church leadership is under more scrutiny than ever.

Scandals. Abuse. Cover-ups. Failed accountability.

Many Christians today aren't just asking who should lead the church.

They're asking whether church leadership can be trusted at all.

But long before today's headlines, God gave His church a blueprint for leadership stewardship.

In 1 Timothy 5:17-18, Paul begins in a surprising place.

Not with discipline.
Not with accusations.
Not with warnings.

He begins with honor.

Because faithful spiritual leadership is one of Christ's gifts to His church.

In this first message of our new series, The Stewardship of Church Leadership, we explore why honoring faithful elders matters, what "double honor" actually means, and how Christ cares for His church through the leaders He provides.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

✅ Why leadership failures make biblical leadership more important—not less
✅ What the Bible means by "double honor"
✅ How faithful elders serve as under-shepherds of Christ
✅ Why churches often overlook faithful leadership
✅ The connection between honor, support, and spiritual health
✅ How Christ protects His church through leadership according to His design

The church belongs to Christ.

And Christ loves His church enough to tell us how it should be led.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 78: Honoring Faithful Elders: Why Church Leadership Matters.

This is Part 1 of our three-part series, The Stewardship of Church Leadership.

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Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word. Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if enjoying life is actually part of God's design?

Many people fall into one of two extremes.

Some believe the only way to enjoy life is to run from God and chase whatever feels good.

Others believe the only way to be spiritual is to withdraw from the world and endure life until heaven.

According to Ecclesiastes, both approaches miss the point.

In this special guest episode, my good friend and gospel preacher Hiram Kemp walks through one of the Bible's most misunderstood books and reveals a better way.

A way to love God deeply, pursue holiness, keep your eyes on eternity—and still enjoy the life God has given you right now.

Through seven practical principles from Ecclesiastes, you'll discover how God intends for His people to experience work, relationships, food, seasons of life, and everyday blessings as gifts from His hand.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

✅ Why both worldliness and withdrawal miss God's design
✅ How to enjoy your work as a gift from God
✅ What Ecclesiastes teaches about food, rest, and gratitude
✅ Why comparison quietly steals joy
✅ How healthy relationships deepen your enjoyment of life
✅ Learning to trust the seasons God has you in
✅ Why life itself is a gift meant to be received with thanksgiving

You don't have to choose between holiness and joy.

You can enjoy God's world God's way.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 77: How to Enjoy God's World, God's Way with Hiram Kemp.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
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✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What makes someone love Jesus deeply?

Why do some people seem captivated by Christ, while others remain distant, cold, or merely religious?

In Luke 7, Jesus gives the answer.

A Pharisee sits at the table with Jesus.
A sinful woman weeps at His feet.

Both are sinners.
Both need grace.

But only one leaves overwhelmed by mercy.

The difference wasn't the size of their sin.

It was their awareness of forgiveness.

When Jesus compares Simon's cold hospitality with the woman's extravagant devotion, He exposes a truth every believer needs to hear:

Those who know they've been forgiven much, love much.

Those who think their debt is small love little.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

✅ Why religious familiarity can slowly kill your wonder
✅ The difference between visible sin and invisible pride
✅ What the sinful woman's love reveals about genuine faith
✅ Why greater love for Christ begins with greater awareness of grace
✅ How Jesus exposes self-righteousness without crushing the sinner
✅ The meaning of Jesus' words: "Your sins are forgiven"

If your love for Christ has grown cold...
if faith has become routine...
if you've lost your amazement at the gospel...

this message is for you.

The answer isn't trying harder.

It's seeing the debt again.
Seeing the cross again.
Seeing the Savior again.

Because forgiven people love Jesus differently.

🎧  Listen now to Episode 76 of Sunday Renewal.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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One of the greatest dangers in the Christian life is becoming familiar with Jesus… without remaining amazed by Him.

You can hear sermons every week.
Sing the songs.
Know the doctrines.
Stay religious.

And slowly lose your wonder at grace.

In Luke 7, Jesus walks into a dinner where two sinners sit in the same room:
a respected Pharisee…and a broken woman known publicly for her sin.

One is composed, controlled, and convinced he belongs near Jesus.
The other comes weeping at His feet, holding nothing back.

And by the end of the meal, Jesus reveals something that turns the room upside down:

The people who love Him most…are not the ones who think they need Him least.

They are the ones who know how much they’ve been forgiven.

In this episode, we'll discuss:
✅ Why familiarity with Jesus can quietly produce spiritual coldness
✅ The difference between visible sin and invisible pride
✅ What the sinful woman’s tears actually reveal about grace
✅ Why self-righteousness is harder to recognize than outward rebellion
✅ The meaning of Jesus’ parable of the two debtors
✅ How your love for Christ reveals what you believe about your forgiveness

This episode is for:

• The person ashamed of their past
• The believer who has grown spiritually cold
• The churchgoer who knows the language of faith but has lost wonder
• And anyone who needs to remember what grace really costs

Because forgiven people love Jesus differently.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 75 of Sunday Renewal.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What do you do when the fire is gone?

When faith becomes routine…
When devotion turns mechanical…
When you know you’re not where you used to be with God?

In Revelation 2, Jesus doesn’t just diagnose the problem.

He gives the way back.

“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.”

Three commands:
Remember.
Repent.
Return.

Not suggestions.
Commands from the risen Christ to believers who lost the fire.

In this episode, we walk through Revelation 2:5–7 and hear Jesus call His people back to first love, not with shame, but with truth, warning, and hope.

Because Jesus is not the kind of Savior who exposes the wound and walks away.

He tells you how to come home.

In this episode, we'll discuss:
✅ What Jesus means by “remember from where you have fallen”
✅ Why repentance is more than feeling guilty
✅ How routine faith slowly replaces burning devotion
✅ What it looks like to return to your first love
✅ The warning Jesus gives to believers who refuse to return
✅ The breathtaking promise waiting on the other side of obedience

This message is for the believer who:

• Feels spiritually distant
• Knows the fire has faded
• Is tired of going through the motions
• And wonders if they can really come back

You can.

The Christ who diagnosed the distance…is also the Christ calling you home.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 74 of Sunday Renewal and hear what Jesus says to the believer who lost the fire.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What kind of faith does God actually remember?

Not platform faith.
Not performance faith.
Not the version people post online.

In 2 Timothy 1, Paul remembers something deeper:

“Sincere faith.”

A real faith.
A rooted faith.
A faith that first lived in Timothy’s grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice. 

On this Mother’s Day episode of Sunday Renewal, we explore the kind of quiet, faithful influence heaven never overlooks.

The prayers no one saw.
The tears no one applauded.
The ordinary faithfulness God used to shape generations.

Because while the world celebrates what is visible—

God remembers what is real.

In this episode, we'll discuss:
✅ What “sincere faith” really means in 2 Timothy 1
✅ Why God values quiet faithfulness over outward image
✅ How mothers and grandmothers shape generations through ordinary obedience
✅ Why your tears do not disqualify your faith
✅ How God uses unseen faithfulness to produce lasting spiritual fruit
✅ What it means to “fan into flame” the faith God has given you

This message is for:

• The weary mother
• The praying grandmother
• The woman who feels unseen
• The person who didn’t grow up with spiritual examples
• And anyone wondering if their quiet faithfulness matters

It does.

The God who remembered Lois and Eunice still remembers sincere faith today. 

🎧 Listen now to Episode 73| Mother’s Day: The Faith God Remembers

If your faith feels small, unseen, or tired… this episode will remind you that God sees far deeper than the world ever will.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if the fire you lost…wasn’t just a feeling, but something real you’ve drifted from?

In Revelation 2, Jesus says, “You have abandoned the love you had at first.” But what did that love actually look like?

In this episode, we go back to Acts 19–20 and watch the early church in Ephesus burn with first love, not routine religion, but a life fully set on fire for Christ.

New believers publicly burned their most valuable possessions because Jesus was worth more. 

The church gathered daily because His Word wasn’t a duty...it was life. 

Leaders wept together because their love ran deeper than blood. 

And an entire city was shaken because the gospel could not be contained. 

This is what was lost.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ What “first love” actually looked like in the early church
✅ Why real devotion to Christ changes everything you value
✅ How love for Jesus fuels love for people and urgency for the lost
✅ The difference between routine faith and a life set on fire
✅ Why spiritual hunger, not obligation, marks true renewal

First love burned in three directions: upward toward Christ, inward toward the church, and outward toward the lost.

This isn’t nostalgia; it’s a mirror.

If something in you is stirring, if you’re thinking “I want that back,” don’t ignore it.

That’s the point.

Listen now to Episode 72 of Sunday Renewal and rediscover what your faith was meant to be.

God bless.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if the problem isn’t your consistency… but your heart?

You can show up.
Serve.
Stay faithful.

And still be drifting.

In Revelation 2, Jesus speaks to a church that looked strong:

Hardworking.
Doctrinally sound.
Uncompromising.

But then He says:
“I have this against you…you have abandoned the love you had at first.”

They didn’t leave Christ.

They lost their love for Him.

That’s the warning: you can be faithful and still be far away.

Because Jesus doesn’t just see what you do...He sees what’s behind it.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ Why spiritual burnout often starts in the heart
✅ The danger of serving God without loving Him
✅ How “doing right” can hide spiritual drift
✅ What Jesus is really evaluating in your life

You can be:
Busy… but cold
Consistent… but distant
Faithful… but disconnected

Jesus wants more than your obedience. He wants your love.

🎧 Listen now and let Him search your heart.

God bless.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if your struggle with certain people…is actually revealing what you believe about God and His image?

It’s easy to say, “Everyone is made in the image of God.”

Until you’re face-to-face with someone you can’t stand.

The one who hurt you.
The one you disagree with.
The one you’ve quietly dismissed.

That’s where your theology becomes real.

Genesis 1 is clear: every human being is made in the image of God.

Not just the ones you like.
Not just the ones you agree with.

Everyone.

Sin may distort that image, but it never erases it.

So how you treat people...

It’s not just personal.
It’s theological.

You cannot worship God while dehumanizing people made in His image.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ What it truly means to be made in the image of God
✅ Why human dignity doesn’t depend on behavior or belief
✅ How to disagree without dehumanizing
✅ What the cross reveals about the value of every person

You don’t have to agree with someone
 to honor their God-given dignity.

That’s not compromise.

That’s Christlikeness.

The image of God is not just a doctrine.

It’s a command.

Honor it in yourself.
Honor it in others.
Even the ones you struggle to love.

🎧 Listen now: God’s Image in the People You Can’t Stand and let God reshape how you see others and yourself.

God bless.

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What if the frustration you feel with your life isn’t because you lack purpose, but because you’re not walking in it?

A crown was placed on your head.

Not symbolically.
Not metaphorically.
Intentionally.

God took dust…
breathed life into it…
and crowned it with glory.

But here’s the tension: Most people are wearing a crown while living like they were never given one.

Scrolling.
Consuming.
Drifting.

Living beneath what they were created for.

Because a crown without activation…
is just decoration.

In Psalm 8, David doesn’t just reveal your identity, he reveals your assignment:

“You have given him dominion over the works of Your hands…” — Psalm 8:6

You were never meant to just exist.
You were meant to build.
To steward.
To bring order, purpose, and life into everything God has placed in your hands.

But if you don’t know that…you’ll spend your life mismanaging what was meant to be multiplied. 

In This Episode, We’ll Discuss:
✅ Why the crown God gave you comes with responsibility, not just identity
✅ What “dominion” really means (and why most people misunderstand it)
✅ How purposelessness quietly leads to distraction and drift
✅ Why your home, work, gifts, and influence are all sacred territory
✅ The difference between ownership and stewardship
✅ How to stop living passively and start building intentionally

You weren't crowned to admire your life.

You were crowned to steward it.

Every relationship.
Every opportunity.
Every ability.

It’s not random.
It’s entrusted.

When you don’t know who you are,
you will misuse what you’ve been given.

You’ll neglect what matters.
You’ll waste what’s valuable.
You’ll build things that don’t last.

But when you realize: You are an image-bearer, crowned by God,
and entrusted with responsibility...
everything changes.

You stop drifting.
You start building a life that reflects the King who crowned you.

Resources
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

🎧 Listen now and step into the life you were crowned to live.

God bless you.

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