As we step into a brand-new year, many of us feel the weight of fresh goals, busy schedules, and growing responsibilities. In this stand-alone message, Without the Lord, Frustration, Pastor Dakota opens Psalm 127 to show us a timeless truth: hard work without dependence on God leads not to fulfillment, but to exhaustion and frustration.

Drawing from Scripture, personal stories, and real-life application, Pastor Dakota explores three subtle ways we can waste our lives—working in vain, watching in vain, and worrying in vain—and how God invites us into a better way. This message reminds us that work itself is good, but it was never meant to be carried alone. True peace, rest, and meaning are found when we allow the Lord to build what we cannot, protect what we cannot control, and provide what we cannot earn.

If you’re entering this year feeling pressure, fatigue, or the quiet fear that everything depends on you, this episode offers a hopeful reset. Learn what it means to work with God instead of merely for Him—and how trusting the One who never sleeps allows His beloved to finally rest.