One Community Church Podcast

From the first prayer to the final promise, God is always at work. Discover how delays develop your faith, remove distractions, and prepare you for His perfect timing.

A powerful and heart-touching message based on Matthew 7:24–27 explores the difference between merely hearing God's Word and faithfully living it. Through the moving story of a widowed mother who built her small home on solid ground despite hardship and criticism, this sermon illustrates how a strong foundation can withstand life's fiercest storms. Being a Christian sometimes needs you to be ready...

What does it truly mean to be blessed? In Upside Down, Dr. Conway Edwards teaches that the crown fits the peacemaker—one who has the courage, wisdom, love, and humility to make the first move, resolve conflict, restore broken relationships, and pursue reconciliation as an ambassador of Christ.

Choosing restoration over retaliation changes everything. Discover how mercy impacts your relationships, purity shapes your perspective, and what the Beatitudes reveal about true blessing.

Your Appetite Determines Your Spiritual Experience explores how a deep hunger for God opens the door to His healing, strength, and transformation. Drawing from the scriptures, Dr. Conway Edwards emphasizes that spiritual growth depends on what we crave - milk keeps us surviving, but strong meat empowers us to overcome. When we humble ourselves before God, He fills the thirsty soul with living wate...

Not all mourning is the same. Some sorrow leads to despair, while godly sorrow leads to repentance, comfort, and freedom. In this message, we examine the spiritual pattern of recognizing sin, mourning over it, turning to God, and experiencing transformation through His grace. No matter how far you feel from God, His comfort is available for the brokenhearted who are willing to come to Him honestly...

When you read the Beatitudes, do you see a checklist of moral achievements you need to unlock, or a mirror reflecting your deep need for a Savior? In today’s message, with the help of Proverbs 3:5-7, Matthew 5:3, and Psalm 146:5, we challenge the dangerous trap of legalism and explore the beautiful reality of heart obedience. 📜  "The Beatitudes are not a list of moral achievements; rather, they a...

Pain has a way of programming patterns we never intended to live with. In this message, Dr. Conway Edwards walks through the Book of Haggai to reveal how trauma, fear, disappointment, and past wounds can quietly shape our decisions, relationships, and spiritual growth. Discover how God can transform pain into purpose, break cycles of self-sabotage, and help you stop living from your trauma and sta...

From Victim to Victory explores how faith transforms ordinary people into instruments of God’s power, drawing from Gideon’s journey and the legacy of believers. Jada Edwards highlights how God meets us in our fear, calls us by a new identity, and equips us for battles that seem far beyond our strength. The message reminds us that victory begins not with our confidence, but with our obedience. What...

So many of us try to fix our situations without ever addressing what’s being triggered inside of us. In this message, we uncover how insecurity and past wounds drive our reactions and how those triggers, if ignored, can control more of our lives than we realize. But as you learn to identify what sets you off and bring it before God, you can begin to break cycles, grow in emotional awareness, and e...

Some hurt you expect. Some you don’t. And some comes from the place you thought was safe. This message unpacks church hurt through Psalm 55 and shows how God meets you in it—helping you process pain, face what’s real, and move toward healing instead of isolation.

This Easter message by Dr. Conway Edwards celebrates the angel’s announcement that turned fear into joy and despair into hope. The empty tomb becomes a reminder that no barrier—spiritual, emotional, or circumstantial—can stand against God’s resurrection power. We are invited to step into the freedom Christ secured, to embrace the new beginning offered through His victory, and to live in the light...

Trust, once shattered, can feel impossible to restore.  Scripture shows us that redemption is always within reach. Drawing from 2 Samuel 11–12 and Psalm 51, this message walks through the sobering story of David’s failure and the honest path he takes toward repentance and restoration. We’ll confront a hard truth: sin rarely stays singular. What begins in secrecy often spreads, affecting more peopl...

In this message, Pastor Zairreus unpacks how assumption, insecurity, and internal dialogue can quietly shape our relationships. What we rehearse in our minds can feel like truth, but unchecked thoughts create danger by forming conclusions that lead to disconnection and misunderstanding. Through Scripture, we’re reminded of the importance of taking thoughts captive and aligning them with God’s desi...

Communication is very important in every kind of relationship; effective communication is a vital instrument for a healthy and Godly marriage.  Drift doesn’t happen because of storms; it happens because of neglect. Communication is the rope that keeps your hearts tied together.

Are the cracks in your relationships, marriage, or life keeping coming back no matter how many times you try to fix them? In this powerful message, Dr. Tony Evans explains why surface fixes never last and how the real issue may be the foundation underneath. Discover how building your life on the right foundation can stop the cycle and bring lasting stability.

In this message from the series Resist the Drift, couples are invited to rediscover the life‑giving wells of their relationship. Pastor Matt reminds us that every marriage faces dry seasons, but God calls us to return to the sources of love, faith, and commitment that once nourished us. Just as Isaac reopened the wells his father once dug and persisted in clearing out the debris that blocked his w...

Why does love fade even when you never meant for it to? In this message from the series Resist the Drift, Dr. Conway unpacks four powerful principles that bring clarity, stability, and purpose back to relationships whether you’re single, dating, or struggling in marriage. If you’ve ever felt distance creeping in, this sermon will challenge how you think about love, commitment, and what actually ma...

Modern culture says love should be effortless and immediate—but Scripture shows that alignment builds the pathway where love can deepen. And while feelings can be strong, they can still lead you off course; shared faith and aligned values create the foundation where love grows with strength and stability. In this message, we contrast contract dating (conditional, short-term, performance-based) wit...

Modern dating promises romance without responsibility and connection without covenant. Yet Scripture tells a very different story about love, commitment, and what marriage is actually for. In Ephesians 5:25–32, we see that marriage is not built on emotional compatibility but on sacrificial love that reflects Christ’s devotion to the Church. In Matthew 7:24–27, Jesus reminds us that only what is bu...

Today, we conclude the Message Series: FORESIGHT. In this message, we cover more aspects of our lives that the Lord has given us directions for, and we just need to follow. No one plans to wreck their lives; We just fail to plan against it. Your life will always move in the direction of your strongest focus. The path you are on determines where you end up. 

Before God gives us more to steward, He tests what we already know. Like a final exam in school, faith tests reveal how deeply we’ve studied God’s ways. In Genesis 22:1–17, Abraham is asked to do what seems impossible—and even contradictory. Drawing from Dr. Tony Evans, this message asks: will you trust God when His instructions don’t seem to align with His promises?

Ever feel stuck between two choices, afraid that one wrong move could mess up your future? In this message, Pastor Z explores why the most defining moments in life aren’t about how spiritual you sound, but how wisely you decide when the pressure is on. This talk unpacks how to slow down, see clearly, and move forward with confidence without giving away the key insights that make it all click.

This message, Dr. Conway Edwards teaches that divine wisdom helps you discern who is meant to stay, who is meant to grow with you, and who must be released with grace. As God edits your circle, He invites you to forgive freely, walk in maturity, and trust His hand even when the shifts feel uncomfortable. These relational adjustments are not losses, but divine alignments designed to protect your pu...

Faith that depends on circumstances will eventually collapse. In Foresight: Faith That Doesn’t Flinch, this message exposes the danger of situational faith—trusting God only when life feels cooperative—and shows why true faith must be anchored in God’s Word, not emotions or outcomes. Through Hebrews, Proverbs, and the life of Joseph, we learn how trials test faith, produce endurance, and reveal wh...