Chosen Podcast

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series:  Higher Ground Scripture: Daniel 1:8-20 Recorded: July 5, 2026 Welcome to Week One of our new sermon series, Higher Ground. In this message, Raise the Standard, we discover that spiritual growth begins when we stop lowering God’s standards to fit our lives and instead allow God to raise our lives to match His purpose. Through the example of Daniel, we’ll learn...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series:  Don't Quit Here: God Is Still Writing Your Story Scripture: Acts 27:13-44 Recorded: June 28, 2026 Have you ever felt like life took an unexpected turn? You had a plan, a vision for the future, and everything seemed to be moving in the right direction—until the storm came. In Week 4 of the  Don't Quit Here  series, Pastor Baron Samuel takes us through A...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Don’t Quit Here God Is Still Writing Your Story Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9 Recorded: June 21, 2026 Have you ever looked at a situation in your life and thought, "There's no coming back from this"? In Week 3 of our "Don't Quit Here" series, we journey into Ezekiel 37 and the Valley of Dry Bones—a place that looked dead, hopeless, and bey...

Speaker: Pastor Tanya Samuel Series: Don’t Quit Here God Is Still Writing Your Story Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9 Recorded: June 14, 2026 What do you do when life changes, loss happens, and the future feels uncertain? In this message from our  Don't Quit Here  series, we explore Joshua 1:1–9 and discover how God leads us forward when familiar seasons end and new ones begin. After the death of Moses...

Speaker: Pastor Tanya Samuel Series: Don’t Quit Here God Is Still Writing Your Story Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18 Recorded: June 07, 2026 Summary: Have you ever felt like you've been strong for so long that you're simply tired? Tired of fighting. Tired of carrying the weight. Tired of holding everything together. In this message from our  Don't Quit Here  series, we look at the life of E...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Increase Scripture: Luke 16:10 Recorded: May 24, 2026 What if the very thing standing between you and God's increase is what you're unwilling to release? In Week 3 of our  Increase  series, we explore a powerful Kingdom principle found in Luke 6:38: release often precedes increase. Before God can pour more into our lives, He may first ask us to let go o...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Increase Scripture: Luke 6:38 Recorded: May 17, 2026 What if the very thing standing between you and God's increase is what you're unwilling to release? In Week 3 of our  Increase  series, we explore a powerful Kingdom principle found in Luke 6:38: release often precedes increase. Before God can pour more into our lives, He may first ask us to let go of...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Increase Scripture: Isaiah 54:1-4 Recorded: May 10, 2026 What happens when God begins stretching you beyond what feels comfortable? In Week 2 of our  Increase  series, we explore Isaiah 54:2–3 and discover a powerful truth: God often enlarges our capacity before He enlarges our territory. This message is about more than growth—it’s about restoration. After seas...

Speaker: Pastor Tanya Samuel Series: Increase Scripture: Isaiah 54:1-4 Recorded: May 03, 2026 Summary:

There are seasons in life that feel dry. Dry emotionally. Dry financially. Dry spiritually. Dry mentally. There are seasons when prayers seem unanswered, progress feels delayed, and the path ahead is unclear. You pray for movement and receive waiting. You pray for answers and hear silence. You pray for open doors and find yourself facing unexpected detours. In those moments, many of us ask the sam...

Sometimes growth doesn’t happen because life is too hard—it happens because we’ve made it too complicated. In this powerful message, Grow Through It: Keep It Simple, we explore how God often works through small beginnings, simple faith, and steady steps forward. If you’ve been overwhelmed, discouraged, or stuck in your season, this word will remind you that you don’t need everything figured out—yo...

Growth is something we all want, but few of us enjoy the process that produces it. We often pray for God to change our circumstances, remove our struggles, or bring us into a new season. Yet some of God's greatest work happens not when He takes us out of the challenge, but when He grows us through it. In this opening message of our  Grow Through It  series, we explore the truth that every seas...

The enemy of forward motion isn't always opposition. Sometimes it's weariness. Sometimes it's distraction. Sometimes it's the weight of what we've left behind. In this final message of our  March Forward  series, we turn to Paul's powerful encouragement in Galatians 6:9:  "Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not g...

Before Jesus began His public ministry, He spent years in preparation and forty days in the wilderness. In this message of our  March Forward: Prepared in Private, Propelled in Public  series, we look at the life of Jesus and discover that even the Savior of the world experienced seasons of hidden preparation before stepping into public purpose. The crowds saw the miracles, the teaching, and the i...

Sometimes the dream comes before the process. In this message from our  March Forward: Prepared in Private, Propelled in Public  series, we explore the life of Joseph—a man who received a God-given dream but faced years of testing before seeing that dream fulfilled. Before the palace came the pit. Before leadership came betrayal. Before promotion came seasons of waiting, hardship, and uncertainty....

Sometimes the most important seasons of your life happen when nobody is watching. In Week 2 of our  March Forward: Prepared in Private, Propelled in Public  series, we look at the life of David—a young shepherd who was overlooked by his own family and left in the field while others were considered for greatness. While people saw an ordinary shepherd, God saw a future king. This message is for anyo...

Have you ever walked through a season where it felt like nothing was changing and God seemed silent? In this message from our  March Forward: Prepared in Private, Propelled in Public  series, we explore the story of Moses and his wilderness journey. What looked like an isolated and forgotten season was actually God's preparation for a greater purpose. If you've ever felt overlooked, delaye...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Hidden Figures Faith Than Changed The World Scripture: Acts 9:26–28, Acts 11:22–26, Acts 13:1–3 Recorded: February 22, 2026 God’s Kingdom advances not only through visible leaders but through faithful encouragers who develop others. Barnabas shows us that investing in people is sacred work. His life teaches that encouragement, mentorship, and partnership are es...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Hidden Figures Faith Than Changed The World Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13, 1 Corinthians 12:22, Galatians 6:9 Recorded: February 15, 2026 This message invites us to examine a kind of faithfulness that often goes unnoticed—the faithfulness of those who support, sustain, and strengthen others without recognition. Hur never led Israel, but Israel could not win without...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Hidden Figures Faith Than Changed The World Scripture: Acts 8:26-39, Isaiah 56:3-5, Matthew 28:19, Galatians 3:28 Recorded: February 8, 2026 This week’s message explores the faith required to move forward when no structure exists to support you. Both the Ethiopian Eunuch and Richard Allen encountered barriers that could have stopped their spiritual journey. Ins...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Hidden Figures Faith Than Changed The World Scripture: Acts 9:10-19, 1 Corinthians 1:27 Recorded: February 1, 2026 When we think about heroes of the faith, we tend to focus on well-known figures—those whose names dominate Scripture and history. Yet the Bible reminds us again and again that God’s greatest work often begins with quiet obedience. Ananias never sou...

peaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Just Do It Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-51, Psalm 144:1, Hebrews 11:32–34 Recorded: January 25, 2026 What if the breakthrough you're waiting for is on the other side of your obedience? In this message, "Just Do It," we explore the difference between waiting on God and delaying what He's already called us to do. Drawing inspiration from both Script...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Just Do It Scripture: Nehemiah 2:17–18, Nehemiah 4:6, Galatians 6:9, James 1:2–4 Recorded: January 18, 2026 What if the breakthrough you're waiting for is on the other side of your obedience? In this message, "Just Do It," we explore the difference between waiting on God and delaying what He's already called us to do. Drawing inspiration from both Scripture and...

Speaker: Pastor Baron Samuel Series: Just Do It Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-51, Psalm 144:1, Hebrews 11:32–34 Recorded: January 11, 2026 What if the breakthrough you're waiting for is on the other side of your obedience? In this message, "Just Do It," we explore the difference between waiting on God and delaying what He's already called us to do. Drawing inspiration from both Scrip...

Speaker:  Pastor Baron Samuel Series:  Just Do It Scripture:  Genesis 12:1-4, Hebrews 11:8, James 2:17 Recorded:  January 4, 2026 What if the breakthrough you're waiting for is on the other side of your obedience? In this message, "Just Do It," we explore the difference between waiting on God and delaying what He's already called us to do. Drawing inspiration from both Scripture...