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Fervent Church
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Fervent Church - A Christian & Missionary Alliance Church with multiple locations in New Jersey.
Episodes
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"Off" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
Is the Sabbath a rule or is it advice? Pastor Mike Rosado breaks down what the Hebrew word for Sabbath actually means, why God gave a day of rest to people freed from slavery, what being tired costs you and the people closest to you, and why rest is really about trust.
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"Honor" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
Honor your mother and father is the hardest commandment in the series, because it runs straight through the wounds many of us carry. Pastor Mike Rosado walks through four wounds parents leave, why people aren't evil, they're broken, and what honor actually means when it isn't agreement…
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"Beef" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
The letter of the law asks whether you have killed anybody. The spirit of the law asks whether you have buried anybody in your heart. Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks the sixth commandment as an anger problem, walks through the three ways we handle it wrong, and makes the case that suppression was…
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"Loyal" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
The seventh commandment is not a purity rule. In Hebrew it is a covenant word, and the prophets used the exact same word for what Israel did to God. Pastor Mike Rosado walks through three places where loyalty gets decided: the roof, the room, and the run. Nobody just falls.
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"Clean Money" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
The eighth commandment is bigger than shoplifting. Pastor Mike Rosado walks through why we take, what we take, and who we actually trust, and makes the case that stealing was never a money problem. It is a math problem, and the number you left out is God.
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"Receipts" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
The ninth commandment is not a rule about lying. In its original context, before police, courts, or written records, your neighbor's mouth was the only thing standing between you and ruin. Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks what "do not bear false witness" actually meant, and why it makes you responsible...
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"Never Enough" - X: Ten Words for People Who Don't Like Rules
Why does it never feel like enough? Pastor Mike Rosado opens a new series on the Ten Commandments by starting at number ten and working backwards, and makes the case that these were never rules. They are advice from someone who already got you out.
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"You Don't Have To Be My Friend For Me To Be Yours" | Friends Series
In the finale of our FRIENDS series, Pastor Mike Rosado does something different. Less preaching, more seminar. He takes four real questions from that letter and answers every one of them from Scripture: What about friends who are not good to be around? What about friendships that end? What about...
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"How to Make Friends" | Friends Series
Rejection is a possibility. Isolation is a guarantee. Every close friendship you have right now exists because somebody was willing to be awkward first. Somebody sent the text. Somebody made the invite. Somebody moved before it was comfortable. And most of us have spent years waiting to be picked...
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"Why We Hide From Friendship" | Friends Series
You didn't set a boundary. You set a trap, and then called it wisdom.Every wall you've built has one of four names on it: abandonment, betrayal, deficit, or rejection. In Part 3 of our FRIENDS series, Pastor Mike opens Genesis 3 and asks the question God asked Adam in the garden, "Where are…
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"Am I a Friend?" | Friends Series
We criticize for free. Fixing ourselves costs something... that's why nobody wants to do it.In this message Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks why it's always easier to point out someone else's flaws than to deal with your own, and why that habit is quietly wrecking your relationships, your leadership…
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"What is a Friend?" | Friends Series
Why don't we have real friends anymore? Not followers. Not fans. Not people who like your posts, actual friends who show up when life gets messy. In week 1 of our brand new series FRIENDS, Pastor Mike Rosado breaks down what friendship was actually built to be, using a 6-word framework...
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"Don't Stop Here" | Through the Wilderness Series
They were eleven days from everything they'd been praying for. They camped there for forty years.In this series finale of "Through the Wilderness," Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks why transitions are so uncomfortable and reveals the three ways we quietly build a house where God only ever meant for us…
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"God Fed Him Before He Fixed Him" | Through the Wilderness Series
One chapter after the biggest win of his life, Elijah was under a tree in the desert praying to die.In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks one of the most surprising moments in the Bible: how God responded to a burned-out prophet. No lecture. No rebuke. God let him sleep, sent an angel to…
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"Why You’re Being Attacked Right Now" | Through the Wilderness Series
Pickpockets don't strike at random. They wait for one specific moment, and the enemy of your soul uses the exact same playbook.In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado shares the story of nearly getting pickpocketed on the Paris Metro, and unpacks the three things every attack reveals: it affirms your...
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"This Ain't a Detour" | Through the Wilderness Series
You've been calling it a detour. God's been calling it development. In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks why the hardest, most confusing seasons of your life aren't mistakes, they're curriculum. Using the story of Steve Jobs's wilderness years and four characters from the Bible, this…
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"The Cheat Code" | Through the Wilderness Series
Cheat codes aren't actually cheating, the developer put them there on purpose. Most people just never find them.Turns out life works the same way.In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado breaks down the exact "cheat code" Jesus used to pass the same test that an entire generation of people failed for…
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"When God Takes the Thing" | Through the Wilderness Series | Pastor Mike Rosado
Ever feel like God took something from you and never gave you a reason why?You're not alone, and you're not being punished.In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado breaks down "Kingdom math" — the idea that sometimes God subtracts before He multiplies, empties before He fills, and takes something away...
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"He’s Not Gone, You’re Just Loud" | Through the Wilderness Series | Pastor Mike Rosado
Everyone goes through seasons where life falls apart and nothing makes sense. A job ends. A relationship breaks. You wake up and don't recognize your own life anymore.Most people call that rock bottom.What if it's actually a starting point?In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado breaks down why the...
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The Paradox Series | "Already, But Not Yet"
Everyone wants change. Nobody wants the process. We want healing without the hard conversations. Freedom without letting go. Growth without discomfort. But what if the fact that you’re still struggling doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong? In this message, we explore the tension between where you…
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The Paradox Series | "Last to be First"
Most of us spend our lives trying to be seen.Seen at work. Seen online. Seen in relationships. Seen for what we do, what we accomplish, and how hard we try.But what if God’s definition of greatness looks completely different from ours?In this message, we dive into Jesus’ parable of the workers in...
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The Paradox Series | "Empty to Be Full"
You've been pouring out for everyone else — and wondering if anyone sees it. This Mother's Day, we're not just celebrating moms. We're talking about what happens when you have nothing left.Because in God's economy, empty isn't a crisis. It's a setup.In this message, we dig into the story of a…
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The Paradox Series | "Strong in Weakness"
Ever feel like you’re supposed to be stronger than you are? In this message, we talk about one of the most confusing truths in the Bible: how weakness can actually become strength. Whether you’re dealing with stress, anxiety, burnout, or just trying to hold life together, this message shows how…
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Trust Issues: "Why I Don’t Trust People Anymore”
Have you ever been hurt so deeply that trusting people just doesn’t feel worth it anymore?In this message, “Why I Don’t Trust People Anymore,” we’re talking about betrayal, emotional walls, and the quiet isolation so many people are living in. But here’s the truth: shutting people out might feel...
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Trust Issues: “Can I Actually Trust God?”
Ever feel like trusting God sounds good… until life doesn’t go how you expected?In this message, we talk about the real, honest struggle of trusting God, especially after disappointment, loss of control, or past hurt. This isn’t surface-level faith. This is about learning how to trust God when…
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Trust Issues: “I Don’t Even Trust Myself”
Ever feel like your biggest trust issue isn’t other people... it’s you? This message gets honest about how pain, broken promises, overthinking, and repeated patterns can leave us feeling unstable inside. But the good news is this: Jesus isn’t asking you to trust yourself more. He’s asking you to...
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Did You See Him? | Easter 2026
Have you ever looked right at someone… and didn’t recognize them?It sounds crazy, but it happens more than you think.And what if that’s not just a social moment… what if it’s a spiritual one? This Easter message explores a powerful question: What if Jesus is closer than you think… and you’ve been...
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Fervor Pt. 4
Ever feel like your passion for God starts strong… but doesn’t last?In this message, From Passion to Power, we look at Peter’s journey, from stepping out in bold faith, to sinking in fear, to being restored by Jesus, and finally becoming a Spirit-filled leader who changes lives.Palm Sunday…
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Fervor Pt. 3
Ever feel like you’re trying to live two different lives at the same time?In this message, we look at one of the most intense moments in the Bible, when Elijah confronts an entire nation that had slowly drifted into compromise. They didn’t reject God… they just added other things alongside...
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Fervor Pt. 1
What if the biggest danger to your faith isn’t opposition… but apathy? In this message, we explore Jesus’ warning to the church in Revelation that had all the right beliefs but had slowly drifted from their first love. Many people today aren’t angry at God or rejecting faith, they’re just...
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The Thing Beneath the Thing: Surrender
Ever feel like money has more control over you than you’d like to admit? In Week 4 of Learning to Let Go, we dive into one of Jesus’ most confusing parables, and discover it’s not really about money. It’s about surrender. Whether you’re juggling a mortgage, daycare costs, student loans, or just...
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The Thing Beneath the Thing: Identity
Ever feel like everything depends on you? Your marriage. Your career. Your kids. Your future.In Week 3 of our series “The Thing Beneath the Thing,” we look at the Parable of the Talents and discover something unexpected, Jesus wasn’t talking about money management. He was exposing identity...
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The Thing Beneath the Thing: Fear
Why does it never feel like enough, no matter how much we make, save, or achieve?In this message, we uncover the fear underneath our striving and discover that Jesus isn’t offering better financial strategies — He’s offering His presence. If you’ve been exhausted trying to secure your future…
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The Thing Beneath the Thing: Trust
Money stress hits all of us, especially when life feels uncertain.But Jesus isn’t after your wallet… He’s after your trust.In this message, we talk about why money feels so powerful during unstable seasons, how fear shifts our trust, and why Jesus offers a better kind of security that doesn’t...
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Are You Serious?! | Serious About People | Fervent Church
Are you serious about the people in your life who don’t yet know God? In this episode, Pastor Mike closes out our Are You Serious? series with a deep dive into Luke 15. Jesus’ parables of the lost sheep, coin, and son reveal God’s relentless love and remind us that every soul has immeasurable...
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Are You Serious? | Serious About God’s Presence | Finding Joy, Peace & Power
What if everything you’re searching for (joy, peace, strength, comfort, love, freedom, and rest), is found in one place? In this week’s message from our Are You Serious? series, Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks what it really means to take the presence of God seriously. Not in a stiff, uptight, or…
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Are You Serious?! | Serious About Prayer
Do you ever feel like you’re praying but nothing’s happening? You’re not alone. In this episode, Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks Luke 11 and teaches us how Jesus modeled a prayer life that was bold, authentic, and deeply connected to God. You’ll discover: - Why prayer is about relationship, not...
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Are You Serious?! | Serious About The Word
What does it really mean to take your faith seriously? For many of us, the Bible has felt like a rulebook used to judge or shame, but that’s not what God intended. In this week’s kickoff to our new series Are You Serious?, Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks how the Bible is meant to bring life, freedom,...
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Friendship with God Is Possible (And It Will Change Your Life) | Friendship Therapy
What if God doesn’t just want your obedience, He actually wants your friendship? In the final week of our Friendship Therapy series, Pastor Mike shares why friendship with God isn’t just a nice idea, it’s completely possible and how it can transform your life from the inside out. You’ll hear: Why...
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Healing from Friendship Wounds
Let’s be honest, friendship wounds cut deep. It wasn’t your enemy that hurt you. It was someone close. Someone you trusted. In this part of our Friendship Therapy series, Pastor Mike Rosado gets real about betrayal, emotional pain, and why some of us are walking around guarded, bitter, or burned...
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Be That Friend: Friendship Therapy
Tired of fake friendships and surface-level connections? In this episode of Friendship Therapy, Pastor Mike Rosado dives into what it really means to be the friend you're praying for. You’ll learn how to: Show up with presence, not just connection Speak the truth in love (without being harsh)…
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Built Different: Why You’re Not Meant to Do Life Alone | Pastor Mike Rosado | Fervent Church
Feel like you're doing life alone? You’re not the only one, and it’s not how you were designed to live.In this week’s message, Built Different, Pastor Mike Rosado gets real about loneliness, trust issues, and the power of biblical friendship. From burnout to betrayal, he shares why community…
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Friendship Therapy: The Real Ones | Fervent Church | Mike Rosado
We all want real ones in our lives—people who stick by us, challenge us, fight for us, and don’t flake out when things get hard. But let’s be honest: friendships today can feel shallow, transactional, and disposable. So, what does real friendship actually look like? In this message, we’re diving...
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Grown-ish | It's Time | Susan Bruce
What did Jesus really mean when He said, “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect”? In this message, Susan unpacks how God’s idea of perfection isn’t about being flawless—it’s about becoming whole, mature, and spiritually grounded. Through real-life stories, biblical insight, and honest...
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Grown-ish: Grow in Endurance | How to Stand When You Want to Quit
Ever feel like throwing in the towel? Whether it’s ministry, prayer, relationships, or even just showing up to church—there are moments we all feel like we’re at the end of ourselves. In this message, we’re getting real about endurance. Not the hyped-up, motivational kind—but the spiritual grit...
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Grown-ish: Grow in Love
Love is more than a vibe—it’s a choice, a cost, and a commitment.In this message, Pastor Mike Rosado unpacks what it means to grow up in love. Real love isn’t just sweet captions and warm fuzzies. It’s sacrificial, inconvenient, and, honestly, sometimes painful. But it’s the kind of love Jesus...
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Grown-ish: Grow in Obedience
Obedience. It’s one of those words that sounds heavy — and let’s be real — hard. In this message, we talk about how spiritual growth isn’t about feeling it, agreeing with it, or even liking it… it’s about doing it. We unpack Ephesians 4 and see that obedience isn’t about logic, preferences, or...
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Grown-ish: Grow in Humility
You ever feel like you’re “grown” but still kinda… not? Like you’re flexing independence one minute and calling your mom to book your doctor’s appointment the next? In this message, we unpack what real maturity looks like—not the kind you post about, but the kind that shows up in how you live,...
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Mind Games: Winning the War
Let’s be honest—most of us are fighting battles in our minds that no one else sees. Fear. Shame. Anxiety. Overthinking. Negative self-talk. It’s exhausting. But the Bible actually gives us some clear steps on how to win those battles—and it’s not about just trying harder or thinking happy…
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Mind Games: Rewiring your Thoughts
Ever feel like your thoughts are working against you? Like you want to have faith, but fear keeps creeping in? Or like you’re stuck in a cycle of doubt, negativity, or insecurity? In this week’s message, we unpack how to rewire your thoughts — not just swap bad ones for better ones, but really...
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Fervent Church - A Christian & Missionary Alliance Church with multiple locations in New Jersey.
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