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Saddleback Church Weekend Messages

Saddleback Church

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 222

Welcome to the weekly podcast of Saddleback Church led by Pastor Andy Wood. To learn more, visit saddleback.com or download the Saddleback App.

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Share Your Story

Episode 221

Sunday, September 6, 2026 • Duration 40:53

What makes your story worth telling? In this final message from the Live Sent series, Pastor Andy Wood turns to the man born blind in John 9, whose condition was no verdict on anyone's sin but an occasion for God's work to be displayed. When religious experts pressed him to denounce the one who healed him, he had no theology to offer them, only what had happened to him: he was blind, and now he sees. A personal story cannot be argued away. Pastor Andy draws four principles from the account: make it personal, make it specific about what Jesus has done and when he did it, make Jesus the hero rather than yourself, and make the Good News digestible, offering a small taste so others can see for themselves that God is good (Psalm 34:8). You don't need a dramatic past or perfect answers, only what God has actually done in your life. Who needs to hear it?

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Together

Episode 220

Sunday, August 30, 2026 • Duration 34:42

What happens when we try to do life alone? In this message from the Live Sent series, Pastor Kurt Johnston returns to the garden, where God looked at a man in perfect fellowship with him and still declared that it was not good for him to be alone (Genesis 2:18). We bear the image of a God who has eternally existed in relationship as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, so we are wired for one another. Johnston unpacks three reasons small groups are a big deal: in a small group we are seen, because the body of Christ is made of members who suffer and rejoice together (1 Corinthians 12:26); we are strengthened, because a cord of three strands is not easily broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9–12) and a friend sharpens us the way iron sharpens iron (Proverbs 27:17); and we are sent, because Jesus prayed that we would go into the world just as the Father sent him (John 17:18). We gather so that we can go.

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Battle In Prayer

Episode 219

Monday, August 24, 2026 • Duration 44:50

When you decide to live sent by God, you step into spiritual battle. This fight isn't won with earthly weapons—it's won on your knees. In this message from the Live Sent series, Pastor Andy reveals how to engage in spiritual warfare through prayer. Learn to pray first by making God your priority (Colossians 4:2), pray practically by bringing your real needs before Him (Colossians 4:3), and pray powerfully by aligning your prayers with God's will and promises (1 John 5:14–15). Discover how to keep asking, seeking, and knocking (Luke 11:9–10), praying the promises of God that find their "yes" in Christ. When we devote ourselves to persistent prayer, we partner with God's heart for the lost and participate in spiritual transformation. God called you to make a difference. The battle is won when you surrender to His throne. Who is "your one"—the person you'll pray for today?

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Bring Good News

Episode 218

Monday, August 17, 2026 • Duration 40:47

How do we become Good News people in a world filled with bad news? In this message from the Live Sent series, we look at Peter and John’s encounter with a man who had been unable to walk his entire life (Acts 3:1–10) and discover what it looks like to notice the opportunities God puts right in front of us. Living sent doesn’t require going across the world—your mission field is where you live, work, and play. It means seeing everyday opportunities, speaking life-giving words, and stretching out a helping hand to people in need. We don’t have to make sharing our faith weird or treat people like projects; we can build genuine friendships, pray for open doors (Colossians 4:3), and trust God to use every interaction like a seed planted in someone’s life. Jesus has rescued us from darkness and brought us into his kingdom (Colossians 1:13–14), and his love now compels us to live for something bigger than ourselves (2 Corinthians 5:14–15). In a world filled with bad news, God is calling us to become people who bring Good News.

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Anchor in Identity

Episode 217

Sunday, August 9, 2026 • Duration 45:04

What does it mean to live like you were sent by God? In this message, we kick off the Live Sent series by discovering that God made us for more—not simply a bigger house, a better title, or the next milestone, but a life rooted in Jesus and given to his mission. Jesus announces that the kingdom of God has come near (Mark 1:14–15), and then sends his followers into the world just as the Father sent him (John 20:21). As followers of Jesus, we are Christ’s ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:17–21), sent with his authority, empowered by the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8), and entrusted with the Good News that Jesus is alive and is making all things new. Your life matters, and God has a purpose for why you are here. The question is whether you’ll live for your own comfort and agenda or surrender your life to his mission. It starts with a simple but powerful prayer: Use me, God.

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The King Is Coming

Episode 216

Monday, August 3, 2026 • Duration 51:25

What does it look like to actually watch for Jesus, not just believe He's coming back? In this message, guest speaker John Bevere shares how he avoided this subject for decades until an unexpected assignment from God sent him deep into Scripture, and what he found reshaped how he lives. Simeon recognized the Messiah as an infant because he lived in eager expectation (Luke 2:25), and the New Testament calls every believer to that same posture, eagerly waiting for Christ's appearing (1 Corinthians 1:7; Hebrews 9:28). Where our minds are set (Colossians 3:1-2) shapes who we become, and that expectation carries power to purify us (1 John 3:2-3), the way a bride readies herself for her wedding day (Revelation 19:7-8). The ten virgins in Matthew 25 all carried light, but only half were ready when the moment came. You don't have to be caught off guard. Get ready. He's coming, and He's coming soon.

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Hospitality

Episode 215

Monday, July 27, 2026 • Duration 38:54

In this third message of Off The Shelf, guest speaker and Pastor David Nasser, teaching pastor at New Vision Baptist Church in Tennessee, calls the church back to the ancient practice of “philoxenia”, or “loving the outsider”. He shares how a single church's hospitality toward his family when he was young became the doorway that led him and his family to faith, proof that this practice carries the weight of the gospel itself. Nasser shows that hospitality is never a suggestion but a divine expectation woven through Scripture. Romans 12 urges believers to pursue hospitality with inventive creativity, 1 Timothy 3 lists it as a mark of spiritual maturity and a requirement for those who lead the church, and 1 Peter 4 commands believers to keep loving one another earnestly and to show hospitality without grumbling, since love covers a multitude of sins. If you've ever wondered whether opening your life to someone different could really matter, this message will show you it's not just possible, it's a divine calling.

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Unshakable Faith: How to Stand Firm in a Culture of Lies

Episode 214

Sunday, July 19, 2026 • Duration 38:03

Guest speaker Pastor Aaron Graham, founder and lead pastor of The District Church in Washington, D.C., addresses the quiet drift many Christians experience: professional growth paired with spiritual regression. Using the book of Jude, Graham traces this drift through three stages, doubt, deconstruction, and denial, showing how an honest question can spiral into abandoning core truths when left unchecked. He confronts the modern lie that everything must be rational, arguing that a shift in ultimate authority, from God's Word to personal feelings, is what pulls people from Him. He closes with a picture of dormant desert seeds blooming after a single rain, a reminder that revival waits beneath even the driest culture. If you have felt yourself drifting from what you once believed, this message offers seven practices to help you hold fast to what is true.

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Word And Spirit

Episode 213

Sunday, July 12, 2026 • Duration 36:24

In this first message of Off The Shelf, Dr. R.T. Kendall addresses a "silent divorce" he's observed in the modern church, the split between churches devoted to sound doctrine and churches devoted to the power of the Spirit. Looking at Acts 3 and the healing of a man crippled from birth, Kendall unpacks six truths about how the Holy Spirit works: his sameness across time, his sovereignty over our timing, his sensitivity to our attitudes and actions, his spontaneity that refuses to be boxed in by legalism, the surprise of his power at work, and the strategy behind why God saves certain miracles for certain moments. This message is a reminder that Word and Spirit were never meant to be separated. If you've ever leaned hard into truth but wondered where the power went, or leaned into power but wondered if you were missing depth, this message will challenge you to pursue both fully.

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Jesus Passes It On!

Episode 212

Monday, July 6, 2026 • Duration 32:54

In this message of Jesus on the Move, Pastors Kurt Johnston and Dawson Rubin explore what it means to be invited into the mission of Jesus. Looking at Mark 3, they unpack three powerful truths: Jesus calls us, crafts us, and commissions us. This message is a reminder that following Jesus was never meant to be passive—every believer is invited to know Him deeply, be shaped by His presence, and carry His love and truth into the world. If you’ve ever wondered what your purpose is or whether God can really use you, this message will encourage you to step out of the stands and into the race He’s called you to run.

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