Living Hope with Philip Miller [Video]

Many of us try to scheme, grip, and manage every outcome. Jacob grabbed his brother’s heel, birthright, and blessing by deceit. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller traces Jacob’s lifelong hunger for power and control. Discover why the God who already promised the blessing let Jacob go after it anyway. This is part one of the sermon, “Jacob: Seeking Significance Through Power.”

The people who wound us deepest are often the ones we most wanted to impress. Joseph faced the brothers who sold him—and wept, forgave, and blessed. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals how a new identity unlocks forgiveness. Discover why we can only release someone once we stop needing their approval. This is part three of the sermon, “Joseph: Seeking Significance Through People.”

What if we do everything right and still get overlooked, dishonored, or forgotten? Joseph lands in a pit, a prison, and a promise the cupbearer forgets. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller follows Joseph’s awakening. Discover why one refrain—"the Lord was with Joseph”—outlasted every person who let him down. This is part two of the sermon, “Joseph: Seeking Significance Through People.”

Many of us crave the smile, the applause, the nod that says we finally matter. Joseph dreamed of his whole family bowing—and it nearly cost him his life. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller traces Joseph’s dream. Discover why chasing significance through people turns approval into an idol that always fails. This is part one of the sermon, “Joseph: Seeking Significance Through People.”

What if we could wake up each day as God's beloved, instead of fending for ourselves? Jesus took our broken identities to the cross and traded them for His own. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller poses one question: orphan or child? Discover why the prodigal’s robe, ring, and feast answer our deepest soul needs.  This is part three of the sermon, “Mapping Our Hearts.”

We all use strategies to meet our deepest soul needs—however legitimate or not. Satan's oldest lie says we’re better off fending for ourselves apart from God. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller maps nine ways we build identity on idols. Discover how the same temptation that felled Adam was the one Jesus refused in the wilderness. This is part two of the sermon, “Mapping Our Hearts.”

Each one of us wakes up in the universe aching to matter, to be safe, to be satisfied. We were made as children of God but now we live like orphans fending for ourselves. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller launches a new series on identity. Discover why every idol over-promises significance and then under-delivers. This is part one of the sermon, “Mapping Our Hearts.”

We were never meant to have our sense of well-being rise and fall with our worst day. Jesus offers a self we don't build but receive—firm, secure, unshakable. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unveils the gospel-centered life as the way home. Discover why an identity given by grace is more durable than anything we could ever earn. This is part three of the sermon, “Built For Life.”

We all feel the pressure to look inside, even to the point of inventing our own identity. But while every song says “be yourself,” deep down we’re left wanting. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller exposes “expressive individualism” as a lie. Discover why building our lives on our own self is sinking sand, in the words of Jesus. This is part two of the sermon, “Built For Life.”

Many of us subscribe to a version of faith that leaves us empty. It says God rewards good people and mostly stays out of the way. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller exposes “moralistic therapeutic deism” as counterfeit. Discover why the most common religion among us isn't Christianity at all—and why it’s so dangerous.  This is part one of the sermon, “Built For Life.”

Every life gets hit by storms that expose what it was built on. Jesus ends His sermon with two houses—one on rock, one on sand. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals why hearing Jesus’ words isn’t the same as doing them. Discover why one house stood and the other fell with a great and total crash. This is part three of the sermon, “The Two Ways.”

Something inside us often says we haven’t done enough to be loved. Matthew 7 forks into two roads: one gate opens on death, one on life. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller lays out both paths and the fruit each one bears. Discover how a childhood chart full of gold stars nearly hid the gospel. This is part two of the sermon, “The Two Ways.”

Two roads lie before us, and the wide one is a death trap. Jesus ends His great sermon with a choice: a wide gate to destruction, a narrow one to life. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller walks through five vivid pairings that force a choice. Discover why the real divide isn’t good people versus bad, but religious people versus Jesus. This is part one of the sermon, “The Two Ways.”

Some days we feel like a mess—unlovely, stuck, and tempted to give up. But God loved us while we were unlovely and can remake us from the inside. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows how God is loving us into loveliness. Discover why our faltering, face-first stumbles bring a smile to our heavenly Father’s face. This is part three of the sermon, “The Law Of Love.”

If we try to love like Jesus on our own strength, we’re sunk. Jesus raises the bar impossibly high, then sends the Spirit to raise dead hearts. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows how the Spirit fuels a love we can’t produce. Discover why loving like Jesus is less like self-effort and more like a jet mid-air refueling. This is part two of the sermon, “The Law Of Love.”

Everyone wants love as the highest virtue—few know where it came from. Jesus made love the capstone that fulfills the whole Law and the Prophets. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller traces how the ethic of love was born at the cross. Discover why a culture keeping love’s fruit while cutting its root will wither away. This is part one of the sermon, “The Law Of Love.”

You can’t pour out grace you’ve never let flood in. Matthew 7 helps us see where the gospel begins—at the end of yourself. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals why the most helpful heart is the one that knows it’s helpless. Discover how opening two valves in your soul unleashes radical grace. This is part three of the sermon, “A Heart For Others.”

We cannot force our way into a heart that is locked from the inside. Matthew 7 warns that self-righteousness slams that door shut, while a humble heart gently reopens it. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals how asking, seeking, and knocking opens the way. Discover why hurling sacred pearls at pigs only gets you bitten. This is part two of the sermon, “A Heart For Others.”

There are people we just don’t get—and every instinct says condemn them. In Matthew 7, Jesus warns that the measure we use gets measured back to us. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller exposes the self-righteous heart that shames and cancels. Discover why Greek pottery holds the secret to ending the cycle of condemnation and judgment. This is part one of the sermon, “A Heart For Others.”

We exhaust ourselves carrying tomorrow’s fears. Jesus offers another way—the settled trust of a child with a good Father. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller lays out more antidotes to a life of worry. Discover why we’ll eat 75 tons of food in a lifetime, and what that has to do with fear. This is part three of the sermon, “Freedom From Worry.”

Worry whispers the oldest lie that we’ve been hearing since the garden of Eden. Jesus points to birds and flowers with a better word. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller lays out the first of six antidotes to a life of worry. Discover why a man given months to live said every ordinary day is a miracle. This is part two of the sermon, “Freedom From Worry.”

Worry drags us into a past we can’t change and a future we can’t control. Jesus points to the birds and the lilies and asks, “Aren’t you worth more?” In this message, Pastor Philip Miller names worry as a venom and offers the antidote. Discover why a preacher worried about a sermon on worry, and what finally broke the cycle. This is part one of the sermon, “Freedom From Worry.”

Many of us keep hoping to have it both ways, but it’s costing us. Jesus says no one can serve two masters—one love always wins. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows why every other master takes, while Christ gives your life back. Discover why the man who gave away 90% ended up the richest of all. This is part three of the sermon, “Treasures In Heaven.”

Whatever you can’t stop staring at will shape who you become. Jesus says the eye is a lamp—it can flood you with light or with darkness. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks what Jesus means by the “evil eye.” Discover why everyone worships something, and how the wrong thing will eat you alive. This is part two of the sermon, “Treasures In Heaven.”

Jesus warns that earthly treasure decays while heavenly treasure endures. Matthew 6 contrasts our fleeting riches with eternity. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks Jesus’ high-return strategy for investing in eternal treasure. Discover why gold is used as cheap street pavement in heaven. This is part one of the sermon, “Treasures In Heaven.”

Your strongest desire and your deepest desire are almost never the same thing. To crucify the flesh is to be set free to truly live by the Spirit. In this message from Matthew 6, Pastor Philip Miller shows how fasting helps us starve the flesh and feast on God. Discover why learning to say no to pizza helps you master anger and lust. This is part three of the sermon, “When You Fast.”

Our appetites are ruling us more often than we think. Matthew 6 shows how denying physical desires unlocks true spiritual life. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals how the spiritual discipline of fasting helps meet a deeper hunger. Discover how humans are physical and spiritual amphibians. This is part two of the sermon, “When You Fast.”

Beneath our endless snacking is a soul-hunger no meal has ever touched. Jesus never said “if you fast”—He said “when.” In this message, Pastor Philip Miller recovers a discipline we’ve quietly abandoned. Discover why the early church previously fasted twice a week, and why we stopped. This is part one of the sermon, “When You Fast.”

God has given us a mission in the world. Matthew 6 shows how we can be the answer to our own prayers. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals how “Amen” makes you a co-conspirator in God's takeover. What if your favorite movie can unlock a conversation about Jesus and what really matters? This is part three of the sermon, “Kingdom, Power, And Glory.”

Building our own little kingdoms always leaves us feeling empty. Matthew 6 shifts our focus from trying to create our own meaning in life. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks the ending of the Lord’s Prayer— and how our story finds meaning inside God’s cosmic, eternal one. Discover why no earthly kingdom will truly last. This is part two of the sermon, “Kingdom, Power, And Glory.”

We need an unshakable truth in a dark, shifting world. The Lord’s Prayer ends like a white star piercing the dark—kingdom, power, glory. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller explores the reliability of Scripture. Discover how 5,800 Greek manuscripts prove God’s Word endures forever. This is part one of the sermon, “Kingdom, Power, And Glory.”

When dread presses in and you'd give anything to avoid the fire, where do you turn? Jesus walked through death first—into the wilderness, then Gethsemane, then the cross. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals how our Father uses hardship to refine us. Discover why Jesus’ agonizing prayer in Gethsemane holds the key to your endurance. This is part three of the sermon, “Lead Us Not Into Temptation.”

Sooner or later, life presses down on us like rock crushing coal. In Matthew 6, Jesus taught us to pray not for escape from the test, but to be rescued from evil. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unmasks the real enemy beneath our trials. Discover why what’s crushing us might actually be making a diamond. This is part two of the sermon, “Lead Us Not Into Temptation.”

Our temptations expose who we really are. Matthew 6 reveals how we can find life-giving protection in the midst of trials and tests. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller untangles the pressure of our daily tests. Discover why a sudden stress test or pop quiz can help reveal your true spiritual state. This is part one of the sermon, “Lead Us Not Into Temptation.”

Many of us have ongoing wounds that we are nursing. Matthew 6 shows that forgiveness requires a costly sacrifice. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks what it really means to absorb an offense instead of making someone pay. Discover why getting agitated over minor traffic incidents can expose much larger, rent-free grudges. This is part three of the sermon, “Forgive Us Our Debts.”

People stuck in self-righteousness are always keeping score. Matthew 6 shatters our pride by exposing what’s required to keep our souls alive. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller helps us recognize the coordinated breath of gospel forgiveness. Discover the symmetry of receiving and giving forgiveness.  This is part two of the sermon, “Forgive Us Our Debts.”

What if instead of exacting payment, we chose instead to forgive the debt? Matthew 6 confronts the heavy reality of our own brokenness. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller exposes the massive bankruptcy we face before God. Discover how releasing your enemy from a broken promise is what actually unlocks your own prison cell. This is part one of the sermon, “Forgive Us Our Debts.”

Why do we chase a fierce independence that only leaves us anxious and alone? Matthew 6 exposes how our frantic self-sufficiency forces us to live like spiritual orphans. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller demolishes our illusion of absolute autonomy by offering a better way: childlike trust. Without it, we end up like a fish gasping on land. This is part three of the sermon, “Our Daily Bread.”

Many of us carry low-grade survival anxiety. Matthew 6 points us to dependence upon God for our daily sustenance. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks the freedom of trusting in God’s provision for today—and tomorrow. Let’s discover why the Israelites needed a double portion of wilderness manna over the Sabbath. This is part two of the sermon, “Our Daily Bread.”

Our self-reliance often masks our true vulnerability. Matthew 6 debunks hyper-individualism by drawing us into God’s family. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller helps us shift from “my” to “our” by praying “our daily bread.” Discover why treating God like a cosmic 911 service keeps your soul isolated. This is part one of the sermon, “Our Daily Bread.”

When Jesus comes back, everything sad will come untrue. Matthew 6 calls us to stop praying abstractly and participate in God’s coming kingdom. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks how our incremental obedience provides answers to our own prayers. Discover how a high-speed NASCAR sponsor sticker relates to belonging to God’s kingdom. This is part three of the sermon, “Your Kingdom Come.”

We live in a hijacked world. The kingdom prayer in Matthew 6 launches the church past survival mode. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unlocks Jesus’ teaching with the way the church is taking the offensive, assaulting the very gates of hell. Why, then, was it actually legitimate for Satan to tempt Jesus with all the kingdoms of the world? This is part two of the sermon, “Your Kingdom Come.”

We all have a kingdom. Matthew 6 helps us see the need to align our little earthly kingdoms with heaven. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller show how to surrender your mini-kingdom and sync up with heaven. See how a simple backseat argument in a 1984 Buick exposes our hidden struggle for control. This is part one of the sermon, “Your Kingdom Come.”

How do we break out of an imposter syndrome in our relationship with God? Matthew 6 shatters that mentality, calling us to approach God as children and saints. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks our priestly authority of stewarding the holiness of God. Discover what ultimately disqualified Moses himself from the promised land. This is part three of the sermon, “Our Father In Heaven.”

We were made for more. Matthew 6 pulls back the curtain on our heavenly status as God’s children. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller unpacks the cosmic reality of our bold access to the throne room of grace. Discover why ancient Jewish culture looked at the night sky and saw three distinct levels of heaven. This is part two of the sermon, “Our Father In Heaven.”

We often feel left to fend for ourselves. Matthew 6 cuts right through that survival mindset by pointing us to the unconditional love of God. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller describes how Jesus takes away our fear and reparents us in His family. Discovering God as our Father can help heal our deepest wounds. This is part one of the sermon, “Our Father In Heaven.”

We often run ourselves ragged trying to manage our lives. But Jesus invites us to a hidden, vibrant communion with God. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows how secret, unhurried prayer frees your soul to enjoy the Father’s presence. Discover how a late-night drink of water in the White House reflects our most honest prayers. This is part three of the sermon, “Pray Then Like This.”

Too often, we treat God like a vending machine. Matthew 6 exposes how that kind of self-serving manipulation hinders our relationship with God. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller reveals how to recover true, childlike intimacy. See why treating God like a financial safety net makes us look more like gold diggers than His children. This is part two of the sermon, “Pray Then Like This.”

We often look to other people to validate our spiritual standing. Matthew 6 invites us into a truly intimate relationship with God. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller deconstructs our habits of image management. Discover how an exploding coffee maker can help explain our backward instincts in prayer.  This is part one of the sermon, “Pray Then Like This.”

Looking to crowds for our sense of worth will always leave us empty. Matthew 6 redirects our attention away from people’s approval. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller shows how secret righteousness frees your soul to enjoy the smile of God. See how a childhood soccer game shows our natural performance traps. This is part three of the sermon, “Religious Hypocrisy.”