Daybreak Baptist Sermon Podcast

Pastor Monty continues the Psalm 1 series with a hard-hitting message: “The Cost of Wicked Living.” Last week we unpacked God’s path to true happiness. This week, Pastor Monty exposes the deadly alternative — a life chasing the desires of the flesh that ends in emptiness, worthlessness, and destruction. The wicked, the Psalmist warns, are like chaff driven away by the wind. Through the shocking true story of Aleister Crowley — once called “the wickedest man in the world” — and the incredible turnaround of Zacchaeus, the greedy tax collector who became a leader in the early church, this sermon reveals the high price of sin and the greater power of God’s transforming grace. 📍Daybreak Baptist Church | Bakersfield, CA Sundays at 10:30 AM • daybreakbaptist.org

What does it actually take to be happy? In this week's message from Daybreak Baptist Church, Pastor Monty Montana opens Psalm 1 and reveals that true, lasting happiness isn't found in career success, money, status, or relationships — it's found in a deep, rooted relationship with God and His Word.Drawing from the timeless wisdom of Psalm 1:1-3, Pastor Monty unpacks three keys to a genuinely happy life: avoiding the influence of the world, delighting in God's Word, and meditating on Scripture day and night. He also explores what biblical meditation really looks like — and why it's the difference between spiritual malnourishment and thriving like a desert date palm planted by streams of water.Whether you're searching for joy or just feeling the weight of a world that keeps promising happiness and never delivering, this message is for you.Daybreak Baptist Church meets Sundays at 10:30 AM at 5446 Taft Highway, Bakersfield, CA. Learn more at daybreakbaptist.org.

In this week's episode, Pastor Monty Montana walks us through the powerful story of Jesus healing a blind man in Mark 8:22 — and uncovers a truth that's just as relevant today as it was in the ancient world:proximity to God does not necessarily make someone right with God.Through the story of a nameless fisherman in Bethsaida, we explore what it means to be truly seen and touched by Jesus, why the city that witnessed more miracles than almost anywhere else still faced judgment, and what it really takes to move from spiritual blindness into the light of a new life.Along the way, Pastor Monty shares personal stories, digs into the history of Bethsaida, and traces the thread of grace all the way to John Newton — the slave trader whose encounter with God gave us "Amazing Grace."In this episode:The life of a blind man in the ancient worldWhy Jesus performed a two-phase healing — and what it meansThe danger of being close to God without truly knowing HimThe story of John Newton and "Amazing Grace"A call to move from religion to real relationship with Jesus 📍 Daybreak Baptist Church | Bakersfield, CA🌐 daybreakbaptist.org | Sundays at 10:30 AM