Bro. Sedrick calls for believers to spiritual growth — to move beyond the basics of salvation and continue maturing in Christ. The enemy tries to keep believers comfortable, complacent, and spiritually still, but God calls us to increase in love, obedience, commitment, and usefulness. We are not meant to remain where we started; we are called to grow, strive, and go on to perfection in Christ.

Comfort is Dangerous to Spiritual Life

We Must Leave the Basics and Mature

Striving Keeps Us Strong

Hebrews 6:1 – Calls believers to move beyond foundational teachings and grow into maturity.

Ephesians 6:10 – Encourages believers to be strong in the Lord, not spiritually weak or passive.

2 Corinthians 7:1 – Teaches that believers are to cleanse themselves and keep growing in holiness.

Titus 2:14 – God saves us to make us a zealous and active people, not passive Christians.

Luke 13:24 – Jesus says to strive to enter — spiritual growth requires effort and intention.

John 15:2 – God prunes and refines us so that we can bear more fruit in our lives.

Bro. Sedrick teaches that the enemy’s primary tactic is deception — especially in getting believers to question, soften, or reinterpret God’s Word. Just as Satan questioned God’s command in the garden, he attempts to plant doubt, pride, dissatisfaction, and self-will in our hearts. True safety is found in obedience, humility, and guarding the mind against thoughts that challenge God’s authority. 

Deception of the Enemy

Deception often begins with small doubts.

Your heart is the battleground.

Obedience protects your life.

Genesis 2:16–17 – God gives a clear command to Adam.

Genesis 3:1–6 – The serpent questions God’s word and Eve yields to deception.

2 Corinthians 10:5 – We must cast down thoughts that contradict God.

John 11:25 – Jesus is the source of true life.

Acts 2:38 – The call to repent, be baptized, and receive the Holy Spirit.

Sis. Sarah contrasts religion (outward appearance, ritual, pride, and performance) with true righteousness (a transformed heart that reflects Christ). She warns that some people can look godly yet lack the inward reality of grace. True Christianity is not about titles, traditions, or being seen, but about humility, compassion, obedience, and genuine love for God and others. The call is to examine our hearts—to be sure we possess the real work of God, not merely the form of it.

Religious and Righteous

Religion Can Be Imitated — Righteousness Cannot

The Focus of Fake Religion Is Self — The Focus of True Faith Is Christ

True Holiness Produces Compassion

Outward Obedience Means Nothing Without an Honest Heart

We Must Examine Ourselves

Religious and Righteous

Religious and Righteous

Religious and Righteous

Religious and Righteous

Religious and Righteous

Religious and Righteous

Religious and Righteous

Sis. Sarah teaches believers how to deal with doubt without losing faith. Doubt is not the same as unbelief — unbelief rejects God, but doubt wrestles while still wanting to believe. Even strong believers like John the Baptist experienced moments of deep questioning when circumstances did not match expectations. Jesus does not rebuke sincere doubts, but invites us to bring them to Him, where truth, perspective, and faith are strengthened.

Doubt is not unbelief — it’s an opportunity for deeper faith.

What you do with doubt determines the outcome.

Faith holds to what is true when life is unclear.

Matthew 11:1–6 — John the Baptist’s question in prison and Jesus’ response

SI Doubt

Luke 7:18–23 — Parallel passage on John’s doubt

Mark 9:24 — “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief”

Hebrews 10:35 — “Cast not away your confidence”

Psalm 13; Psalm 22 — David bringing honest questions to God

Job 1–2 — Faith under suffering and confusion

Sis. Sarah shares with us that wisdom is the principal thing for the believer’s life. Unlike mere knowledge, wisdom aligns our daily decisions with God’s will. Through Solomon’s example in 1 Kings 3 and the commands of Proverbs 4, we learn that wisdom begins with humility, is received through asking God, and is evidenced by godly living. True wisdom produces stability, discernment, peace, and spiritual direction, enabling us to walk in God’s path in a confusing world.

Wisdom begins with humility and is received by asking.

True wisdom is seen in a transformed life.

Proverbs 4:1–9, 23–27 — “Wisdom is the principal thing… keep thy heart with all diligence”

1 Kings 3:3–14 — Solomon asking God for wisdom

James 1:5–6 — Ask God for wisdom in faith

James 3:13–17 — Wisdom from above vs. worldly wisdom

Proverbs 3:5–6 — Trust in the Lord and He will direct your paths

Sis. Sarah urges believers to stand firm in a world of growing spiritual pressure, deception, and moral collapse. Our battle is not against people, governments, or culture, but against spiritual forces of darkness. God has equipped His people with truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, the gospel of peace, and His Word so that, in “the evil day,” we may stand our ground without fear, compromise, or retaliation. Christians stand not only against evil but for Christ, truth, righteousness, peace, and souls.

Our battle is spiritual, not political or personal.

Christians must stand for something, not only against something.

When God’s people stand, God sustains them.

Ephesians 6:10–18 — Full armor of God; “stand therefore”

Galatians 5:1 — Stand fast in the liberty of Christ

John 8:32, 36 — The truth makes you free

Daniel 1; 3; 6 — Standing in Babylon

Esther 4:14 — “For such a time as this”

James 1:5 — Wisdom for the stand

Proverbs 4 — Guard your heart and walk in wisdom

Sis. Sarah teaches that following Jesus is not a one-time decision, but a lifelong walk of surrender, obedience, and relationship. Jesus doesn’t call us to admire Him from a distance or add Him as an accessory to our plans — He calls us to follow Him, step by step, in His footsteps. True freedom, joy, and purpose are found not in doing what we want, but in walking where He leads.

Following Jesus is a daily surrender, not a one-time choice.

Self must die for Christ to lead.

Jesus is the only path to life, freedom, and purpose.

Matthew 4:18–22 — “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.” (call of Peter, Andrew, James, John)

Luke 9:23 — Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me

John 8:12 — “He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness”

John 10:27 — “My sheep hear My voice… and they follow Me”

John 21:21–22 — “What is that to thee? Follow thou Me.”

1 Peter 2:21–24 — Christ left us an example to follow in His steps

Bro. David explains what it truly means to be born again. Jesus teaches that salvation is more than religion, morality, or self-improvement — it is a spiritual birth where God gives a person a new heart, a new nature, and a new way of seeing life. Like Nicodemus, many know about God, yet have never experienced transformation. To be born again is to receive new life from the Spirit, enabling us to discern truth, desire righteousness, and walk in obedience to God.

Key Takeaways

Being born again is a supernatural work, not self-improvement.  You are made spiritually alive — not better, but new.

The flesh cannot produce righteousness. Without rebirth, the mind drifts toward darkness, self-rule, and deception.

New birth produces new direction. Once born again, believers are led by the Spirit, see differently, and walk in God’s will.

John 3:1–7 — “You must be born again.” (Nicodemus)

Romans 1:18–32 — Humanity rejecting truth and choosing its own way

1 Peter 3:15 — Be ready to give an answer 

Psalm 119:9–11 — The Word shaping the believer 

Bro. David introduces the biblical concept of carnality—the inner conflict between the flesh and the Spirit. After salvation, believers are justified and made spiritually alive, yet the flesh still fights for control of the heart, mind, and daily decisions. The message calls Christians to recognize this battle, track their spiritual growth, and learn to walk in the Spirit rather than letting the flesh dictate their choices, habits, or direction.

Salvation changes your position, but surrender changes your direction.

Carnality is simply the flesh in control.

Spiritual growth must be intentional.

Colossians 2:10–12 — Believers complete in Christ, old nature put off

Galatians 5:24–25 — Crucifying the flesh and walking in the Spirit

Galatians 2:20 — Christ living through the believer

Psalm 119:9,11 — Hiding the Word in the heart (referenced conceptually)

Bro. David focuses on God’s power to restore the soul. Using David’s life as the backdrop, it highlights how even a man “after God’s own heart” experienced seasons of failure, trauma, weariness, and spiritual collapse. Yet, David declares in Psalm 23:3 that the Lord is able to repair, rebuild, and reset the inner life — not just our circumstances. True restoration goes deeper than rewinding life to a better moment; it reaches into the operating system of the soul and makes us whole again through God’s love, mercy, and grace.

Your soul is your operating system

Restoration is deeper than reversal

No soul is beyond repair

Psalm 23:1–6, especially Psalm 23:3 (core text)

1 Samuel 17 (David & Goliath)

2 Samuel 11–12 (David, Bathsheba & Uriah)

1 Samuel 30:1–6 (Ziklag)

Acts 1:6–8 (Israel’s misunderstanding of restoration)

Genesis 2–3 (original trust in the Garden)

Luke 15:11–24 (Prodigal Son and the Father’s restoring love)