The Mosaic Church Podcast

What if prayer isn’t about saying the right words, but showing up with honesty and persistence? You don’t have to feel awkward when you pray out loud or worry that you’re doing it wrong. When you commit to coming authentically to God with your needs, requests and desires, you will learn to trust that He listens and responds. In week 1 of Open Doors, Pastor Naeem will help you move past insecuritie...

Do you feel lost this Christmas? Maybe you’ve lost a relationship, trust in leadership, hope in humanity or even your faith. There’s comfort in remembering that God knows exactly where you are because he will pause everything to find you. You matter that much to him. Through the stories of Simeon and Anna in Luke 2, this message will help you see how loss is not the end of your story. There is red...

Fear can do a lot of things. It can overtake our thoughts, cause us to live anxious lives and influence the way we show up in the world. But as much as fear may try to promise us safety, what it really does is assert its control over our lives. Using King Herod’s toxic masculinity as a leadership example, this message will show you how the things and people who need you to report back, comply or a...

The Western version of the Christmas story has been made bright and shiny. But it’s the story of a Middle Eastern family, with their own family drama and broken relationships - where Mary and Joseph were rejected by the people who should have loved them the most. If you feel alone, overlooked or disregarded from your own family, God is not leaving you alone. Just as he spoke to the shepherds about...

At one point, you believed that shining your light would make a difference. Do you still? Are you afraid your light has gone out or all but dimmed? The light within you comes from Jesus so can’t be hidden. It’s a light that disturbs the darkness. In week 1 of “This Little Light of Mine,” Pastor Naeem will help you understand what it means to carry the light of Christ in a dark world. If you’ve fel...

Have you ever been judged, misunderstood or received pushback for trying to do the right thing? When your intentions are questioned and your faith is criticized, it can feel isolating, heavy and unfair. The teachings of Jesus prepare us for moments like these and show us how to stand firm without losing heart. In week 8 of God Bless You, Pastor Naeem wraps the series by unpacking what Jesus meant...

In Christianity, peace is often shown in niceties and conflict avoidance. But when Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers, it was about more than a passive strategy for keeping the peace. It’s a call for children of God to look and act like their father when they show up in the world. Whether you’re looking for inner peace, peace in relationships with other people or you’re ready to create peace f...

Purity isn’t about legalism, performance or pressure. It’s about pursuing the things of Jesus in a world that rewards your image, strategy, self-promotion and success. Being a Christian isn’t about achieving perfection, but living with integrity, honesty, sincerity and an undivided life before God. Pastor Rasool Berry from The Bridge Church in Brooklyn joined us to unpack “Blessed are the pure in...

Mercy doesn’t make sense because no matter how much you give away, you always have more than you need. That’s because mercy is manufactured by God and he gives it to us fresh every morning. If you struggle to forgive, extend grace or have mercy for others, this message is for you. Learn to mirror mercy, break the cycle of sin and make room for more in week 5 of our series, “God Bless You." ———————...

Have you ever thought “Why do I bother?” or “Why do I even waste my time?” when it comes to being a good person? The hope you can hold on to is the promise of Jesus that people who do the right thing will be fulfilled. In Week 4 of God Bless You, Pastor Naeem breaks down what it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness in such a way that our desires truly align with God’s.    This message will...

The world will try and convince you to flex, be aggressive and do whatever it takes to be on top. It says push harder, shout louder and prove your worth to get what you want because meekness is weakness. But nice guys don’t finish last and kindness will always take you further than being a bully. Jesus shows us that being meek is operating in a different kind of strength.   If you’re exhausted fro...

When things go wrong, can you admit that you blame God? If it’s his job to fix things and keep bad things from happening, he’s due for a performance review. But what if the God we serve exists to do more than give us what we desire and need? What if the God of Christianity desires to be close in our losses? Sadness, crying and grief are not signs of weakness. They’re characteristics we see in Jesu...

God bless you is more than something we say when someone sneezes, it’s what we’re meant to live out. The beatitudes are a list of blessings that Jesus describes in the Sermon on the Mount but they aren’t blessings we need to strive for, they’re blessings to embody.    In Week 1 of God Bless You, Pastor Naeem unpacks what it means to be poor in spirit so we can inherit the kingdom of heaven by step...

In the final week of  The Book of James , Pastor Kristin unpacks James’ closing words to the early church - words that still speak directly to us today. This message exposes the temptation of power that can creep into faith, and calls us back to unity, humility, and the kind of spiritual maturity that only grows in community. If you’ve been wandering from God, questioning what’s real, or wondering...

James isn’t just talking to Christians, he’s shaking us awake. Comparison is trying to convince you to fight battles you were never meant to fight. Pride is telling you to strive for success, wealth and power. Control is tricking you into believing you have the right to judge other believers.   But when worldly promises still leave you empty, James 4 teaches that humility isn’t weakness. Surrender...

Has your mouth ever gotten you in trouble? Maybe someone didn’t like what you said or your words were taken out of context. Words can heal, hurt or get you cancelled. While we can’t control how someone else receives our words, we do have the power to use them wisely.   James 3 encourages us to ask if our words reveal a life of worship or of Christian hypocrisy. This message by Pastor Naeem Fazal w...

When you say one thing but do another, you become a hypocrite. When Christians say they have faith in Jesus but it’s not evidenced in how they live, it damages the witness of The Church. James 2 teaches the importance of moving past saying the right things and speaking about Jesus to live lives that actually look like him. This message will challenge you to grow in spiritual maturity as you confro...

“With Jesus, nothing hurts” isn’t a Christian promise. In fact, Jesus warned that in this world, we will have trouble. His brother James gave further instruction on what to do when it happens. This message on James 1 will help you investigate your trials so you can do what God has shown you, even when it’s hard. Because aging happens all on it's own, but growing in maturity takes your participatio...

"What do I do with my hands? What are the lyrics to this worship song, and how does everyone else seem to know them?” Have you ever had these thoughts during a worship service? Are you tempted to go into church late and skip the music part just to avoid being awkward? There’s good news for you: worship isn’t about your pitch, it’s about your posture. This message will help you redefine worship acc...

Money talk in the church usually comes with shame, guilt, confusion or manipulation. But God wants you to manage your finances so he can heal all that it affects. This message will help you create margin for your spending, saving and planning with wisdom, vision, courage, generosity and nobility. ——————— Sunday Sermons is the recorded messages from Mosaic Church in Charlotte, NC. You can catch the...

What if the greatest danger to your faith isn’t sin, but aiming for the wrong target? The Hebrew word for sin means to “miss the mark” but there’s a chance you’re missing it simply because you’re aiming for the wrong one.   Busyness can blind you to what God is doing in your life when it keeps you from seeing the people God wants you to serve in love. This message of Matthew 25 will help you see w...

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the things that are present in the world. An echo of external voices creates noisy thoughts. An overstimulated heart can cause us to operate in shallow emotions. Crowded schedules leave no room to breathe or rest. But God wants you to weed out the things that are choking all the good that He has for your life. In Week 2 of Margin , Pastor Naeem uses the parable o...

God saved you once. Don’t live your life just waiting for him to save you over and over again. That limits your perception of God and how he can move in your life.   In week 1 of Margin, Pastor Naeem uses the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10 to show us what it looks like to trade what’s good for what’s better. When we confuse urgency with importance, we get distracted by good things - even mini...

When Bible verses are read out of context, they can be used to control, manipulate and pressure people to live under unrealistic expectations. That’s why the genre, context and culture of scripture are so important to understand. If you’ve been taught the Proverbs 31 woman as the epitome of who you were meant to be, or look for in a wife, this message will give you the original Hebrew intention be...

Instead of shame and judgement, could Christianity be known for grace? Pastor Mike uses Mark 14 to show us how even the people closest to Jesus needed his grace when they neglected, betrayed and abandoned him. If you’re in need of a spiritual check-up, this message will show you how to follow Jesus (again or for the first time) by accepting the grace that’s always freely given to you.  And, you pr...