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You can’t study history without running into Jesus. 

Whether you want Him there or not,
He stands at the center of it all. 

Every calendar date.

Every serious conversation about meaning, truth, and hope. 

Jesus of Nazareth refuses to be ignored. 

In this special episode of Sunday Renewal, guest speaker Hiram Kemp walks us through why Jesus truly lived a life like no other and why understanding His life is not optional if we want to understand our own. 

From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture points to Him.

And when He finally arrives, He doesn’t just meet expectations.

He exceeds them.  

In This Episode: 

We explore the unmatched life of Jesus through seven defining realities: 

✅ His unique birth: God stepping into human history, fulfilling ancient promises
✅ His perfect obedience: a sinless life lived on our behalf
✅ His unparalleled teaching: authority that reached the heart, not just the mind
✅ His ministry of compassion and power: healing, restoring, and confronting evil
✅ His sacrificial death: the innocent One dying in our place
✅ His triumphant resurrection: victory over death, never to die again
✅ His eternal reign: not someday, but right now 

Jesus didn’t just teach truth.
He embodied it.
He didn’t just model obedience.
He accomplished it...for us.  

This episode reminds us of something essential: Being amazed by Jesus is not enough. 

We are invited to trust Him, submit to Him, and build our lives around Him. 

Because the One who lived a life like no other calls us to live a life shaped by His.  

Resources: 

📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Carrying pain, regret, or false labels?
These short daily devotionals will help you move from pain to purpose to legacy, grounded in Scripture and hope.
👉 Get it free: https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo
 

👨‍👩‍👧 For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers designed to help children fall in love with God’s Word.
👉 Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com 

🎧 Listen now and behold again the One history can’t forget. 

God bless you. 

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What if the real test of your faith isn’t what you gain, but what you’re willing to lose?

We rarely say it out loud.
But we all have something our soul has secretly crowned as essential.

“If I still have this, I’m okay.
But if I lose that, I don’t know who I am.”

Jesus steps into that fragile space and offers something better.
Not just comfort.
Not just strength.
Himself.

In Luke 10:42, Jesus tells Martha:
 “Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

The kitchen was urgent.
The meal was good.
But Mary chose the one thing that lasts.
She chose Jesus as her portion.

And when your portion can’t be taken, your peace can’t be stolen.

In This Episode:

✅ What Jesus means when He says “only one thing is necessary”
✅ How to recognize the subtle ways we let fragile things become foundational
✅ What it means to live from a portion that loss, disappointment, or death can’t reach
✅ How to build a faith that not only dwells in you, but outlives you
✅ What to do when you're already in a season of loss, and Jesus is all you have left

If You're Wondering:

✔️ “How do I actually choose Jesus as my portion?”
✔️ “What do I do if I’ve drifted away from His feet?”
✔️ “What if I’ve never obeyed the gospel at all?”

This episode walks you through both paths—clearly, biblically, and graciously.

Because whether you're returning or coming for the first time,
Jesus is still offering Himself.
And He is still enough.

RESOURCES

📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Move from pain to purpose to legacy in just 15 minutes a day.
Perfect for anyone walking through healing, identity, or transition.
👉 Get it here

👧🏽 For Families: The Devo Kids
Short, Scripture-filled devotionals, songs, and prayers for children.
Watch on YouTube | Download free journal pages at thedevokids.com

🎧 Listen now—and rediscover the portion that cannot be taken.

Because in a world where everything else can be lost…
Jesus remains.

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What if your exhaustion isn’t from doing too much…but from doing too much without listening?

Many of us love Jesus deeply.
We serve faithfully.
We show up consistently.

But somewhere along the way, our devotion turns into frustration, and our service starts sounding like a complaint: “Lord, don’t You care that I’m doing this alone?”

In Luke 10:38–42, Martha is still serving.

Mary is still sitting.

And Jesus is still inviting us to examine what’s happening beneath our busyness.

Martha isn’t rebuked for serving.

She’s corrected for being distracted, anxious, and inwardly resentful.

Because when service replaces listening, even good work becomes heavy.

Jesus says: “You are anxious and troubled about many things, but only one thing is necessary.” — Luke 10:41–42

In This Episode:
✅ Why busyness can quietly shift from devotion to distraction
✅ How serving Jesus without listening to Him leads to resentment and burnout
✅ The subtle danger of asking God to listen to us instead of speaking to us
✅ Why sitting at Jesus’ feet must come before serving with our hands
✅ How to return to the joy of service by restoring the right order

Resources:

📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with pain, false labels, or feeling stuck? These short daily devotionals will help you move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
👉 Get it free: 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 let this episode call you back to the feet of the One who first loved you.

God bless you.

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What if the problem isn't that you're not doing enough for God—but that you've been doing so much for Him, you've forgotten how to be with Him?

Most of us started this year the same way we ended the last one: running, serving, grinding, telling ourselves, "I'm doing this for God," while quietly wondering, Does He even see me?

In Luke 10:38–42, we meet two sisters: Martha, who welcomed Jesus into her home but spent the whole time frustrated in the kitchen, and Mary, who sat at His feet and listened to His Word.

One was busy for Jesus. The other was present with Jesus.

And Jesus said:

In This Episode:

✅ Why spiritual renewal begins when we choose Jesus' presence and Word over the pressure to perform
 ✅ The difference between welcoming Jesus into your house and actually sitting at His feet
 ✅ How serving Jesus can become so distracting that you miss Jesus Himself
 ✅ The sobering truth: You can have Jesus in your house and still ignore His voice in your heart

Key Quote:

🔥 "Before you work for Him, sit with Him. Before you run for Him, listen to Him. Before you serve the world, let Jesus serve you His Word."

This Week's Challenge:

Pick one room. One chair. One time.
No phone. No distractions.

Just you, an open Bible, and this prayer:

Resources:

👉 NEW RESOURCE: Struggling with pain, false labels, or feeling stuck?
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(10 minutes a day to healing, clarity, and fruitfulness.)

✨ FOR FAMILIES:
Check out The Devo Kids on YouTube—short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

🎧 Listen now and let Jesus call you back to the feet of the One who first loved you.

God bless you.

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What do you do when the God you know can calm the storm…seems to sleep through it instead?

In Matthew 8, the disciples are in a life-threatening storm, waves breaking over the boat, seasoned fishermen convinced, “This is how we die.”

And right in the middle of that chaos, Scripture says: “But He was asleep.”

In this episode, we climb into that boat with them and sit in the tension of crashing waves and a sleeping Savior.

We explore why obedience sometimes leads you into storms, why God’s silence is not His absence, and how Jesus often calms the storm inside us before He ever touches the one around us.

If you’ve ever prayed, “Lord, I know You can do something…so why aren’t You?” — this one is for you.

If you’re drowning in anxiety, bills, grief, or quiet fear — and God feels unusually silent — this episode will help you move from panic to trust as you remember who is with you in the boat.

🎧 Listen now to Ep. 54: When God Sleeps Through Your Storm
…and let Jesus’ peace meet you right in the middle of the waves.

✨ Feeling spread thin in your walk with God? The Peace & Purpose 1:1 Session for Christian men is a focused hour to slow down, open Scripture, pray, and walk away with peace, perspective, and a simple plan for your home, leadership, or spiritual life. Grab a time → Book A Call
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✨ BONUS FOR FAMILIES:
Check out The Devo Kids on YouTube—a fun, faith-filled channel with short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God’s Word. Subscribe today and grab free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

👉 FREE RESOURCE: 7-Day Bold Faith Challenge! Strengthen your courage to share the gospel with daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. [Download it here.]

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Worldliness isn’t loud.

It doesn’t knock on the door.

It slowly seeps in—into our thinking, our priorities, our homes, and even our worship.

In this powerful message, Ernest exposes one of the greatest threats to spiritual maturity today: the subtle erosion of holiness through conformity to the world. 

Too many believers are trying to follow Jesus while holding on to the world’s values, opinions, and moral frameworks, and it’s leaving them frustrated, inconsistent, and spiritually exhausted.

But God has a better way.

Drawing from Romans 12:1–2 and 1 John 2:15–17, this sermon reveals what it truly means to present your body as a living sacrifice, how to resist the pressure to be shaped by the age, and how the Spirit renews you from the inside out through the Word of God.

This isn’t behavior modification.

This is transformation.

✨ Feeling spread in your walk with God? The Peace & Purpose 1:1 Session for Christian men is a focused hour to slow down, open Scripture, pray, and walk away with peace, perspective, and a simple plan for your home, leadership, or spiritual life. Grab a time → Book A Call
*(Faith-based coaching, not therapy.)

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Check out The Devo Kids on YouTube—a fun, faith-filled channel with short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God’s Word. Subscribe today and grab free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

👉 FREE RESOURCE: 7-Day Bold Faith Challenge! Strengthen your courage to share the gospel with daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. [Download it here.]

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How do you step into a new season when the old one still has its hands on you?

In Isaiah 43, God speaks straight into the heaviness of His people and into ours:

“Do not remember the former things… Behold, I will do a new thing.”

This episode is a powerful reminder that God’s mercy is stronger than your memory and that He often begins His greatest work long before you feel it.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

✅ Why God tells you to stop replaying what He has already redeemed
✅ How exile isn’t just a place—it’s a spiritual condition God can pull you out of
✅ The surprising way God begins “new things” quietly beneath the surface
✅ How Christ becomes your road in the wilderness and your river in the desert
✅ Simple steps to actually start over with God today

✨ Feeling spread in your walk with God? The Peace & Purpose 1:1 Session for Christian men is a focused hour to slow down, open Scripture, pray, and walk away with peace, perspective, and a simple plan for your home, leadership, or spiritual life. Grab a time → Book A Call
*(Faith-based coaching, not therapy.)

✨ BONUS FOR FAMILIES:
Check out The Devo Kids on YouTube—a fun, faith-filled channel with short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God’s Word. Subscribe today and grab free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

👉 FREE RESOURCE: 7-Day Bold Faith Challenge! Strengthen your courage to share the gospel with daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. [Download it here.]

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Guest speaker Hiram Kemp walks us through a clear, hope-filled framework for identity—rooted not in trends or achievements, but in the God who made us in His image. 

This message confronts our idol-making hearts, equips us to respond with empathy, and shows how the gospel dismantles false narratives with truth and grace.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

✅ Identity that lasts: Why being made in the image of God is the foundation of your worth
✅ Hidden rivals of the heart: How to spot and starve idols that quietly shape who you think you are
✅ Gospel empathy: How to engage a confused culture without compromise and without contempt
✅ Truth that heals: Using the good news to expose false stories about self and freedom
✅ Living it out: How obedience becomes the expression (not the source) of your identity in Christ

✨ Feeling spread in your walk with God? The Peace & Purpose 1:1 Session for Christian men is a focused hour to slow down, open Scripture, pray, and walk away with peace, perspective, and a simple plan for your home, leadership, or spiritual life. Grab a time → Book A Call
*(Faith-based coaching, not therapy.)

✨ BONUS FOR FAMILIES:
Check out The Devo Kids on YouTube—a fun, faith-filled channel with short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God’s Word. Subscribe today and grab free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

👉 FREE RESOURCE: 7-Day Bold Faith Challenge! Strengthen your courage to share the gospel with daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. [Download it here.]

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Sometimes we wonder if God really sees what happens behind church doors — the meetings, the manipulation, the moments when power crushes people instead of protecting them.

Ezekiel 34 answers that question with unmistakable clarity: God sees. God cares. And God will act.

In this powerful episode, Ernest walks us into one of the most sobering scenes in Scripture — a divine courtroom where God Himself takes the stand against corrupt shepherds.

He doesn’t whisper justice. He swears it.

“As I live,” declares the Lord.

Because when those who wear His name misrepresent His heart, heaven responds.

This isn’t the rage of a distant deity — it’s the heartbreak of a protective Father who loves His flock too much to let injustice go unchallenged.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
✅ Why God’s oath — “As I live” — is a divine promise that no injustice escapes His sight
✅ What “My Shepherds” reveals about God’s ownership and His heartbreak over misrepresentation
✅ How church abuse and betrayal wound faith at its deepest level — and why heaven refuses to stay silent
✅ How the failed shepherds of verse 8 give way to the faithful Shepherd of verse 23 — Jesus, who gathers what others scattered.

✨️ ATTENTION BROTHERS IN CHRIST If you’ve been carrying the weight of leading your home, work, or ministry and you’re running on empty, it’s time to reset.

Book a Peace & Purpose Session — a one-on-one call to help you slow down, gain clarity from God's Word, and lead from peace, not pressure.
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👉 FREE RESOURCE: 7-Day Bold Faith Challenge! Strengthen your courage to share the gospel with daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. [Download it here.]

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Sometimes the deepest wounds don’t come from enemies—they come from leaders.

From people we trusted to guide, protect, and care for us.

In Ezekiel 34, God doesn’t stay silent about failed leadership. 

He grieves it. 

He exposes the heartbreak of shepherds who stop shepherding, and the devastating impact that neglect has on His people.

This message unpacks God’s heart toward the scattered and the wounded—the ones who still love Him but no longer feel safe among His people. 

It’s not a message of condemnation, but compassion.

Because when shepherds fail, God doesn’t abandon His sheep… He goes after them Himself.

In this episode, we'll explore:

✅ Why spiritual neglect breaks God’s heart

✅ How failed leadership leads to “scattered sheep”

✅ What God’s response reveals about His relentless love

✅ How the church can reflect His compassion for the wounded

✅ Why God’s heart for the scattered must become our mission for restoration

If you’ve ever been hurt by leadership, or if you lead in any capacity yourself, this message will meet you where you are—with both grace and truth.

✨ Bonus for Families:
Check out The Devo Kids on YouTube—a fun, faith-filled channel with short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God’s Word. Subscribe today and grab free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

👉 FREE RESOURCE: 7-Day Bold Faith Challenge! Strengthen your courage to share the gospel with daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayer prompts. [Download it here.]

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