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Does guilt still shape the way you see yourself—even when you believe God forgives?
In this Wayman Wednesday message, Pastor Wayman Mitchell explains how the blood of Jesus, the word of our testimony, and Christ’s completed work relate to living an overcoming life.
Preaching from Revelation 12, he explores:
• Why the Christian life involves spiritual conflict
• What it means that Jesus died in our place
• The relationship between forgiveness, guilt, and redemption
• Why speaking openly about your faith matters
• His biblical case for “pleading the blood”

Read alongside the message: Revelation 12:7–12; Ephesians 6:10–12; John 6:63; Colossians 1:12–14; Luke 12:8–9; Revelation 1:5.

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Chapters
00:00 Opening highlights
00:27 Is pleading the blood biblical?
01:25 The overcoming life: Revelation 12
03:18 Understanding spiritual conflict
05:14 Pleading the blood in prayer
07:25 Christianity and spiritual power
08:19 Why Jesus died in our place
11:57 Redemption is a completed work
12:51 Guilt and our need for forgiveness
13:38 The power of your testimony
14:48 Taking up the cross and dying to pride
16:10 The biblical case for pleading the blood
17:25 Healing testimonies from Mexico City
19:52 Songs of redemption
21:19 Freedom from guilt and shame
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What happens when fear, failure, or disappointment causes you to stop moving forward?
Some people spend years waiting for their circumstances to change. Others attempt something difficult, experience failure, and quietly decide never to try again.

But what if the greatest danger isn't failing?
What if it's remaining exactly where you are?

Preaching on the opening Monday night of the Waltham Forest UK Bible Conference, Pastor Nigel Brown delivers a powerful challenge from 1 Timothy 4:15–16 about spiritual growth, hidden preparation, and giving everything you've got to God's purpose for your life.

God is often developing something in us long before anyone can see the results.

David spent years in obscurity before facing Goliath. The disciples struggled with insecurity and comparison before becoming pillars of the early church.

Yet hidden growth was never meant to remain hidden forever.
Through unforgettable illustrations from history, ministry, and everyday life, Pastor Brown challenges believers to confront the fear that keeps them from growing.

In this message, discover:

• Why seasons of obscurity don't mean God has forgotten you.
• How past failures can quietly become excuses for staying stuck.
• Why visible spiritual progress matters more than perfection.
• How fear can keep you from fulfilling God's calling.
• Why giving your best to God requires intentional growth and personal responsibility.

A powerful challenge from the message:
"You have to fear being a non-event more than the fear of the unknown."

Your life is moving forward whether you realize it or not. The question is whether you're growing into the person God has called you to become.

00:00 The Purpose of Conferences

03:15 Evaluating Impact: Humanitarianism vs. Humanity

06:33 The Alabaster Box: A Symbol of Sacrifice

09:26 The Spirit of Sacrifice vs. Self-Preservation

12:20 The Power of Generosity and Faith

15:29 Hidden Progress and Growth

18:34 The Call to Action: Breaking the Alabaster Box

20:01 The Journey of Transformation

22:11 Hidden Progress: The Importance of Evidence

25:04 Moments of Revelation and Change

37:27 Overcoming Youthful Challenges in Ministry

41:20 The Importance of Growth and Responsibility

45:58 Giving Your All: The Path to Progress

54:03 Facing Fear and Embracing Growth

01:00:21 The Call to Action: Stepping Out in Faith

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Is your phone receiving more of your attention than God, your family, or your calling?

In this challenging message from the San Antonio Bible Conference, Pastor Packia Raj exposes how social media can quietly influence our attention, identity, relationships, and spiritual direction. Using 1 Samuel 15:22–23, he shows how repeated distraction can become control—and why obedience, discernment, and the lordship of Jesus are essential in a screen-saturated world.

This message will challenge you to examine:

- What receives your first attention each day

- How comparison creates discontentment

- Whether your feed is shaping your faith

- The influence of online voices and algorithms

- Practical boundaries that can protect your calling

- How to put your focus back on Jesus

“Views are not validation. Followers are not your fruit. Virality is not the truth.”

Chapters

00:00 Opening and Scripture reading

01:30 The “emergency” that was a social media post

03:18 When social media competes with God’s voice

04:19 “To obey is better than sacrifice”

05:30 The screen as a new battlefield

07:27 “When the Screen Steals Your Soul”

10:43 The battle for your attention

11:39 Attention, affection, and phone habits

13:09 Putting God first in the day

15:03 Is social media controlling you?

17:25 The comparison trap

18:53 Looks maxing and image pressure

22:22 Body image and suicidal thoughts

23:39 Doomscrolling and exposure to harmful content

25:38 Screen time and relationships

27:11 When feeds and algorithms shape faith

28:22 Rebellion finds a microphone

31:16 Why followers and views don’t prove truth

34:19 Guarding what enters through your eyes and ears

35:31 When online content weighs down your faith

36:59 Setting boundaries and closing harmful doors

39:50 Algorithms versus spiritual direction

40:48 Hearing the voice of Jesus

42:22 The central question: who is Lord of your life?

43:19 “Heaven still has the pulpit”

45:20 A challenge to check your heart and set boundaries

46:27 Call to repentance and salvation

48:25 Choosing eternity over a six-inch screen

49:22 Invitation to return to God

50:48 Altar call to break unhealthy screen habits

52:16 Prayer for surrender and refocusing

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Are you living on what God did years ago—or experiencing Him now?
In this vintage message from February 11, 1976, Pastor Wayman Mitchell warns that even genuine spiritual victories can become idols when we turn them into monuments and stop moving forward with God.
Preaching from Hebrews 2:1–9, Mitchell draws lessons from the bronze serpent, Abraham’s encounter with El Olam—the everlasting God—and Elisha’s cry at the Jordan: “Where is the God of Elijah?”
God is not only the God of yesterday. He is the everlasting God who is working today.
Chapters
00:00 — America’s Revival Heritage
05:09 — The Danger of Idolatry and Past Experiences
12:14 — The Everlasting God
25:53 — The Remedy: A Living Faith Today
27:45 — Understanding Our Identity in God
35:12 — The Call to Return and Embrace God
36:19 — Invitation to Experience God’s Love
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Easy faith may feel comfortable—but it cannot prepare you to carry real responsibility.
Opening the San Antonio Bible Conference, Pastor Richard Rubi explains what Paul meant by an “eternal weight of glory.” God’s glory is more than a powerful emotion or an extraordinary church service. It is God working through ordinary people whose faith has been strengthened by affliction, devotion, discipleship, and obedience.
Drawing from 2 Corinthians 4:16–18, Pastor Rubi challenges Christians and church leaders to reject lightweight Christianity, embrace the responsibility God has placed upon them, and become people whose lives and words carry spiritual weight.
In this message:• Why hardship can produce deeper spiritual strength
• The difference between revival and discipleship
• Why conversions cannot be manufactured
• How conviction, commitment, and responsibility produce spiritual authority
• What happens when a church preserves its activity but loses God’s presence
• Why “the glory is found in the devotion”
Chapters
0:00 Introduction and Acknowledgments
0:33 The Importance of Challenging Education
3:11 Understanding Glory in Ministry
16:31 The Weight of Glory
17:23 Becoming Heavyweights in Ministry
22:51 The Difference Between Revival and Discipleship
28:22 The Call to Witnessing
29:57 The Weight of Responsibility
32:07 The Call to Discipleship
33:10 The Challenge of Cultural Conformity
36:40 Direction in Discipleship
38:23 The House of Glory
41:32 Living with Purpose and Weight
46:19 The Importance of Commitment
47:29 Seeking Glory in Ministry
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Sending someone into the harvest field sounds exciting at conference.

But who pays the moving costs? Who helps them find a home? Who supports them when the job doesn’t come through? Who answers the phone when ministry gets difficult?

Preaching from Romans 10:14–15, Pastor Artie Aragon delivers a direct challenge to churches and pastors about what it really means to SEND.

From decades of ministry in Chinle, Arizona, Pastor Aragon explains that church planting cannot simply be celebrated from the conference platform. Sending people requires sacrifice, financial provision, discipleship, personal involvement, and a willingness to believe God for supernatural resources.

One statement captures the seriousness of the message:

“We as senders, we have to get the sending part right.”

Pastor Aragon shares remarkable stories from Chinle’s church-planting ministry, including sending workers overseas, supporting international works, and watching God provide resources that seemed impossible for a small reservation church.

If God can help Chinle reach beyond itself, He can help any church that is willing to see the need, count the cost, and keep sending.

Chapters

00:00 Opening and the call to send01:14 Romans 10: The chain of responsibility03:44 Why those who respond are called beautiful04:37 Sending begins with a God-given burden06:05 God’s heart for those who are lost08:15 The Great Commission is not optional10:12 Pastors develop and send workers11:05 Counting the real cost of sending13:35 The Prescott pattern for church planting15:28 Seeing the need through Jesus’ eyes18:42 Reaching the lost beyond church programs19:02 The cost of raising and releasing workers22:35 Sending means staying involved24:08 Why church planting can’t be done on the cheap26:11 The sending church’s financial responsibilities28:19 Real startup costs for a church plant29:00 Partnership and ministry support31:29 Why ongoing support matters33:53 True riches and supernatural provision35:48 Financial breakthrough that keeps churches sending38:35 Releasing and supporting international workers40:23 A $320,000 church plant and its impact42:42 Lessons from stories of sending45:08 Closing appeal: see the need, love, and pray

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Does your life feel small because nobody seems to notice what you do? In this 2017 sermon, Pastor Wayman Mitchell explains why unseen faithfulness matters—and why we must not despise small beginnings.

Preaching from Zechariah 4:10, Mitchell challenges the idea that size, crowds, and recognition determine the value of God’s work. Through biblical examples and experiences from Wickenburg, Prescott, and Guam, he shows how meaningful ministry often begins in overlooked places.

If you’re serving without recognition, discouraged by slow progress, or wondering whether your contribution makes a difference, this message offers a challenge: embrace the work God has placed before you.

In this message:

• Why gathering a crowd is different from building a church
• What small beginnings can teach us
• How God works through overlooked people and places
• Practical ways to serve people who are easily forgotten
• Why recognition is not the measure of faithfulness

Chapters

00:00 Opening praise and Zechariah 4
03:05 The rebuilt temple and the older generation’s grief
04:15 “Do not despise the day of small things”
05:43 Embracing obscurity
06:13 The obsession with church size
08:24 Small churches, mega churches, and proselyting
11:11 What obscurity means
13:11 Jeremiah’s call not to seek great things
15:25 A ministry of tearing down and rebuilding
16:20 Prescott’s rough beginnings
20:05 Jesus, Nazareth, and the overlooked
21:34 John the Baptist and Amos: unlikely messengers
23:31 Wickenburg and faithful work without recognition
25:31 Faithful pastoring in Brazil, Indiana
27:26 Isaiah 58 and rebuilding the old waste places
28:54 The vision for the islands
29:51 Guam, the Marianas, and church planting
33:35 David’s hidden preparation for Goliath
35:56 Creative ministry among the overlooked
37:04 Rehab ministry and the fruit of service
38:30 The value of churches built on broken people
39:01 William Booth’s calling among London’s poor
40:30 A missionary reminder: “We’re not home”
41:09 Final challenge: obscurity may be God’s plan

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Does your part matter when someone else gets sent, seen, or celebrated? Pastor Ray Rubi explains why the people who faithfully support the mission are essential to everything God is doing.
Preaching Monday night at the 2026 Bible Conference in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Pastor Rubi explores “The Critical Partnership”—the relationship between those committed to stay in the local church and those called to go and preach the gospel.
Through David’s example in 1 Samuel 30:17–25, this message shows why those who go into battle and those who stay with the supplies share in the victory.
Discover:
• Why serving behind the scenes has lasting significance.
• How a strong local church makes world evangelism possible.
• How sending workers creates opportunities for others to grow.
• Why missionaries and their home congregations need each other’s prayers.
• How to move from drifting to committed service.
Whether you are preparing to go, faithfully serving at home, or returning from a season of ministry, this message will challenge you to embrace your part in God’s purpose.
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00:00 — Welcome to the Bible Conference
00:59 — The Critical Partnership
03:35 — Why the Fellowship Kept Growing
04:35 — The Local Church and World Evangelism
08:34 — David’s Battle and the Equal Share
10:31 — The Local Church as a Home Base
20:16 — The Role of Those Who Stay
29:20 — Preparing and Sending Those Who Go
47:23 — A Strong Home Base Enables Expansion
59:38 — Invitation, Prayer, and Closing Exhortation
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Your life is being spent whether you realize it or not.

The real question is: What are you spending it on?

Preaching from 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Pastor John Perry confronts one of the unavoidable realities of life. Our time is limited. Every day takes something out of us. Like the battery in your phone, your life is constantly draining.

You cannot choose whether your life will be spent. You can choose what it will be spent on.

In this message, Pastor Perry challenges believers to live with eternal purpose, to fight a fight worth fighting, finish a race worth finishing, and keep a faith worth keeping.

One line captures the message:

“Don't just die old. Die finished.”

The tragedy isn't simply that life is short. The tragedy is pouring your life into something that ultimately doesn't matter.

Main Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6–8

Additional Scriptures: Romans 12:1, 2 Corinthians 12:15, 1 Corinthians 15:31, Matthew 24:46, Hebrews 9:27

Original sermon title: You've Got to Die From Something

If this message challenged you, share it with someone who needs to reconsider what they're giving their life to.

00:00 — The Sermon’s Opening: Death and Purpose
03:09 — The Question Behind the Message
05:04 — “You’ve Got to Die From Something”
06:32 — Pouring Your Life Out for God
09:06 — Sin, Death, and Eternity
14:33 — Becoming a Living Sacrifice
18:09 — Spending Your Life on What Matters
22:10 — Life Is Like a Draining Battery
24:31 — Don’t Just Die Old—Die Finished
27:44 — Fight, Race, and Faith: Finishing Well

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Has your faith become comfortable - but stopped changing you?In this 1976 message, Pastor Wayman Mitchell explores Jesus’ teaching about new wine and old wineskins. His challenge is personal: are we still responding to the Holy Spirit, or have we become satisfied with yesterday’s experience?This episode of the Wayman Wednesday Podcast examines the nature, expression, and relevance of the gospel—and the danger of allowing a living faith to settle into religious routine.Discover why the gospel calls for responsive hearts, how its message reaches people across cultures and generations, and why Mitchell emphasizes an ongoing filling of the Holy Spirit.Chapters00:00 Introduction: The Gospel as New Wine00:31 Why the Gospel Must Be Revolutionary01:47 When Religion Becomes Routine03:01 Luke 5:36–39 — New Wine and Old Wineskins04:32 What “New Wine” Represents05:04 A Gospel of Change, Power, and Surrender07:14 The Gospel’s Transforming Effects08:22 The Permanent State of the Gospel08:58 The Danger of Putting New Wine in Old Wineskins11:11 The Gospel Needs Flexible Receptacles13:00 Carrying the Gospel Across Generations16:08 A Gospel Relevant for Every Age18:13 Why the Gospel Must Meet Today’s Needs20:20 Old Religious Structures and New Wine21:20 Becoming Expressions of the Gospel22:20 The Danger of Aged Wine24:00 When People Prefer Mild Christianity26:19 The Cure: Be Filled with the Holy Spirit27:57 Keeping the Gospel Fresh and Active29:09 Pentecost: Drunk with New Wine30:29 The Holy Spirit’s Transforming Power31:10 What Is Happening Here?## CONNECTFind a CFM Church near you: https://cfmmap.orgEnjoying Taking the Land? Leave a five-star review:Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3vy1s5bPodchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/taking-the-land-cfm-sermon-pod-43369v## SUPPORT WORLD EVANGELISMGet the **Taking the Land Premium Subscription**:✓ No ads ✓ Early releases ✓ Full-length Testimony Tuesdays **Supercast | $3/month** https://taking-the-land.supercast.com/**Spotify | $3.99/month** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taking-the-land/subscribe**Apple Podcasts | $4.99/month** https://apple.co/4owjo5Z**All proceeds go to world evangelism.**