REZ CHURCH Podcast
by REZ CHURCH
Raw, vulnerable teaching from Bakersfield's REZ CHURCH, where we live out Identity > Growth > Community > Impact. Whether you're skeptical, exploring faith, or wanting to grow deeper, find practical hope that meets you where you are. We tackle real issues with biblical truth in your carpools, cubicles, and cul-de-sacs. Every episode points to Jesus and leaves you more encouraged than when you started.
Episodes
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Your Ordinary Is the Extraordinary Part - October 25, 2026
The man who led one of the most famous preachers in history to Christ gave one sermon in his life. It ran ten minutes, he had no training, and he ran out of things to say halfway through. Nobody has ever known his name.You've done the same math on somebody. Watched them absorb a situation you…
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Messy People Sharing the Hope of Jesus in a Broken World - October 18, 2026
Most people keep their distance from church for a reason that has nothing to do with God. It's the sense that everyone inside has it figured out and you'd be walking in several steps behind, with things about your life you'd rather not explain. That's a fair read of a lot of churches. It isn't…
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What Your Irritation Is Trying to Tell You - October 11, 2026
The thing that won't stop bothering you might be an assignment, not a complaint. Something at work that's broken. Somebody getting skipped. A problem everyone walks past like it's fine. You've brought it up to a friend, maybe more than once, nothing changed, and by now you've filed it under…
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When You Don't Know What to Say - October 4, 2026
Somebody you care about gets a phone call from a doctor. A friend loses a job. A coworker comes apart in front of you at work. And you stand there running sentences in your head and throwing out every one of them, because none of them are any good and you know it. So you say something clumsy, or...
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Who's Actually Looking Out for You? - September 27, 2026
At some point you did the math and came up with one name. Your own. You handle your problems, you make your calls, you carry your own weight, and the only person tracking whether any of it is going well is you. Most people don't say that out loud. Daniel talks about the day he got handed...
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What Makes Your Joy Disappear - September 20, 2026
Somebody you know gets the thing you wanted. The promotion, the marriage that's working, the grades. And you say the right words back to them while something turns over in your stomach. You know it isn't really about them. You've known that for a while. Richard tells the story of the day someone...
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When It Feels Like You Don't Matter - September 13, 2026
You show up. You do your part. And somewhere underneath it you're not sure anything would look different if you weren't there. Somebody else would cover it. Somebody else already is. So you keep whatever you've got to yourself, figuring it's too small to be worth offering. Most people never find...
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Forgiving Someone Who Doesn't Deserve It - September 6, 2026
There is a person you have decided is not getting your forgiveness, and you have good reasons. What they did was real. Nobody would blame you for holding onto it. This message makes an uncomfortable case that the holding is doing more damage to you than to them, and that letting go was never…
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Nobody Can Make You Believe Any of It - August 30, 2026
Church has a reputation for telling people what to do. Rules, expectations, a list you are already failing. That reputation is why plenty of people never walk in. This message argues the opposite, and it does it by pulling back the curtain on how this church talks to people on purpose. Nobody is...
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You've Been Running on Empty - August 23, 2026
You know the tank is empty. What you have never worked out is what actually fills it. So you try the usual things. More sleep, a weekend off, pushing through until the season lightens up. None of it puts anything back. What fills it was never something you produce on your own, and it isn't a…
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Prayer Service | August 16, 2026
Most weeks you get a message. This one is different. The whole room prays together instead, out loud, through one passage of Acts, in five movements. Praise. Thanksgiving. Surrender. Boldness. Expectancy. Communion in the middle of it. If you have ever wondered what a church sounds like when it...
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You Don't Have to Fake It Anymore - August 9, 2026
Somebody asks how you're doing and you say fine before you've even thought about it. Not a lie exactly. You just left the part out. There's a version of you other people are carrying around that's a little better than the real one, you've stopped correcting it, and now you're the one keeping it...
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What You're Holding Onto Without Realizing - August 2, 2026
There's something in your house you'd never offer a guest, and you've never once said that out loud. Maybe it's smaller than that. An hour you won't give up. A grudge you're still holding. You'd swear you were a generous person, and mostly you are, right up until something asks you to prove it.…
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You Were Never the Brave One - July 26, 2026
There's a thing you keep meaning to say, and every time the moment comes, you talk yourself right out of it. You tell yourself you'll be braver next time. The kind of person who just says the hard thing out loud. That person keeps not showing up. What if you were right that you're not brave, and...
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Your Comfort Is Costing You More Than You Think - July 19, 2026
You've gotten good at keeping the peace, staying quiet, not making it weird, and it mostly works. You pick the comfortable option almost every time. The easy conversation. The version of you nobody looks at too closely. And it feels like safety, right up until you notice how little you actually...
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You Don't Have to Be Fearless - July 12, 2026
There's a moment you still replay, the one where you knew the right thing to do and stayed quiet instead. You promised yourself next time you'd be braver. Stronger. The person who isn't afraid. What if brave was never about not being afraid at all? --- (0:00) The customer who closed my door…
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The Win That Never Feels Like Enough - July 5, 2026
You finally get the recognition you've been working for, and it feels good for about a second. Then it fades. So you go looking for the next win, the next number, the next bit of proof that you're enough. It's a treadmill, and somewhere in you already know the finish line keeps moving. What if...
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The Miracle You Stopped Asking For - June 28, 2026
You stopped asking because it didn't work. Or it took too long. Or you got tired of hearing your own voice say the same thing into what felt like silence. That's not a faith problem. That's what happens when hope runs out of places to stand. And if you're still carrying the weight of whatever…
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Trying Harder Is Never Enough - June 21, 2026
You've put in the effort. More of it, actually. More hours, more patience, more willpower, more trying to hold it all together. And somehow something always ends up falling short anyway. Not because you're not working hard enough. There's a ceiling to what effort alone can produce, and most of us...
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Why You Keep Letting Yourself Down - June 14, 2026
You've had the conversation with yourself. Made the commitment. Maybe more than once. And somewhere between deciding to change and actually changing, something keeps slipping. It's not a motivation problem. It's not a discipline problem. There's something running underneath all of it that no…
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When Nothing Ever Feels Like Enough - June 7, 2026
You've chased the thing. Maybe you got it. And somewhere on the other side of getting it, there was still that same quiet emptiness waiting for you. Not a crisis. Just this low-grade feeling that something is still missing no matter what you add to your life. The problem was never what you had.…
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Check Yo Self Before You Wreck Yo Self - May 31, 2026
You've tried to stop. You've made the promise, reset the streak, had the conversation with yourself a hundred times. And then the same thing shows up again and you're right back where you started. It's not because you're weak. It's because you don't know where the cycle actually starts. This...
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You Were Never Meant to Figure This Out Alone - May 24, 2026
You've turned it over a hundred times. You've weighed the options, talked to people, done the research, and you're still in the same place. Not because you're not smart enough. Not because you haven't tried hard enough. There's a kind of clarity that doesn't come from more thinking. It comes from...
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What's Wearing You Down Is Building You Up - May 17, 2026
You're in the middle of something hard. Maybe it's been going on long enough that you've stopped looking for a reason and started just trying to survive it. The exhaustion is real. The weight of it is real. And somewhere underneath all of it is a quiet question you haven't been able to shake, is...
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There's a Better You Waiting - May 10, 2026
You already know there's a version of you that's more grounded, more at peace, less reactive, less exhausted. You've caught glimpses of that person. But somewhere between the noise, the screen time, the pressure, and the pace of everything, that version keeps slipping out of reach. The gap…
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I Keep Saying I'm Fine and I'm Not - May 3, 2026
You've said it so many times it's almost automatic. Someone asks how you're doing and the answer is already out before you've even thought about it. But somewhere underneath that, something isn't connecting. Not a crisis. Just a quiet gap between the version of yourself you're putting out and...
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You Can't Control Your Way Out of This - April 26, 2026
You've been managing it. Adjusting. Planning around it. Trying to stay ahead of the thing that keeps not working out the way it's supposed to. And the more you try to control the outcome, the more exhausting it gets. Because somewhere underneath all of that managing, there's a quiet suspicion…
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Why Am I Still Empty - April 19, 2026
You've checked the boxes. Done the things you were supposed to do. Maybe you've even tried the religion version of that list. And at the end of it, there's still something that doesn't quite land. Not dramatic emptiness. Just a low-grade feeling that something is supposed to be more real than it...
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Why Your Plan Keeps Falling Apart - April 12, 2026
You've had the plan laid out. The career, the relationship, the next five years. And at some point, something broke. Maybe it happened once. Maybe it keeps happening. And the harder you try to control the outcome, the more anxious you get, because the outcome never fully cooperates. This message…
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We Asked AI If It Would Convert to Christianity - April 5, 2026
The people who built the most powerful AI platforms in the world are, by and large, not Christians. They're humanists, atheists, and secular thinkers who built these systems on non-Christian worldviews. So someone decided to ask one of those platforms a question with no leading, no prompting, no...
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The Worst Day In History Was The Best Day Of Your Life - April 3, 2026
Most of us are carrying something we haven't told anyone about. Shame we've buried. Guilt that keeps coming back. The feeling that we've gone too far or waited too long. This message from Good Friday walks through the moments leading up to the cross and makes a case that what looked like the…
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Stop Fighting The Wrong People - March 22, 2026
You're exhausted. You've been fighting your spouse, your boss, people at church, your neighbor. Spending all your energy on battles that don't matter.What if you've been shooting at the wrong people this whole time?Pastor Daniel tells the story of a Japanese soldier who fought in the jungle for…
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Living Like Two Different People - March 29, 2026
Most of us are carrying a version of ourselves we only show in certain rooms. At work. At home. Online. And somewhere underneath all of it, we know the gap is real, and we know it's costing us something. This message from John 18 isn't about a guy named Peter who failed 2,000 years ago. It's…
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How to Stop Feeling Out of Control - March 15, 2026
Uncertainty stinks. You're making plans, life keeps shifting, and you feel like a bird trapped in a dust storm. The past few years taught us the hard way: everything we thought was stable collapsed overnight, and we were never in control to begin with. Pastor Vance reveals two certainties you can...
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You Don't Need a Priest Anymore - March 8, 2026
For thousands of years, if you wanted to talk to God, you had to travel to a temple. Bring a perfect sacrifice. Hand your prayer to a stranger and hope they got it right. Most people couldn't even get close. Barriers everywhere. Gender barriers. Ethnic barriers. Purity barriers. One priest, one…
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That Voice You Keep Ignoring - March 1, 2026
You know what it is. That thing keeps popping into your head. A person's name. A nagging thought. Something someone said. You brush it off, move on, make excuses.What if ignoring it is exactly what's keeping you stuck?Pastor Daniel reveals the brutal truth: You've become so good at disregarding...
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The Exhaustion of Trying Harder - February 22, 2026
Be more patient. More disciplined. Better at your job. Better with your kids. Fix your anger. Manage your thoughts. Control your addictions. Try harder. Do better. Clean yourself up. You're running yourself into the ground and it's not working. Pastor Dave Comelli found himself grinding harder…
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How to Stop Sinking - February 15, 2026
That numbing, consuming anxiety. The deep fear that feeds on your darkest thoughts at 3 AM. The terror of losing control - missing the flight, stranded in a foreign airport, watching everything fall apart and there's nothing you can do. You're drowning. And you know worrying doesn't help, but you...
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Why Good People Still Feel Dirty | February 8, 2026
You keep trying to look good. Avoid judgment. Prove you're not a bad person. YouTube and TikTok are full of people trying to figure out how to get rid of shame and guilt - even though our culture says there's nothing to feel guilty about. But what if the dirt isn't just something you've done…
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Real Life Only Comes Through Real Loss - February 1, 2026
You keep asking God to fix your life. To improve your marriage. To make your job better. To help you manage your addiction. To bless the life you've already built. But what if God isn't interested in improving what you built - what if He's asking you to let it die so He can build something…
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Why Your Faith Is Boring (And How To Fix It) - January 25, 2026
Seventy-two nobodies went on the most dangerous mission of their lives with zero preparation, no money, no defenses - and came back overjoyed. Meanwhile, you've been sitting in the same seat for years wondering why your faith feels boring. Maybe the problem isn't your faith. Maybe you've stopped...
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You'll Never Get Another Chance To Tell Them - January 18, 2026
You'll never get another chance to tell them. That realization hits differently when someone you care about is gone and you never shared what mattered most. Most of us assume we have time—time to have the important conversations, time to share what we believe, time to tell people about the hope...
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Stop Waiting Until You Feel Prepared - January 11, 2025
Most of us are waiting for the perfect moment—when we have more knowledge, more confidence, more resources, or more clarity. But what if waiting until you feel prepared is the very thing keeping you from the life God is calling you to? This message challenges the myth that you need to have it all...
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You're Not Special, You're Sacred - January 4, 2026
You're not special. You don't have supernatural abilities or impressive credentials. You can't heal people at will or perform miracles on command. But here's what you are: sacred. Set apart by God. Empowered by the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead. And that changes everything. This...
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Celebration Sunday - December 28, 2025
You showed up to church this year. You served. You gave. You invited friends. And while you were faithfully living your life, God was doing something extraordinary. 289 people in small groups confessing sins and finding family. 83 baptisms. 43 people meeting Jesus for the first time. A woman—six...
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When Having It All Still Isn't Enough - December 24, 2025
You've worked for it, fought for it, finally got it—the security, the comfort, the life you thought would make you happy. But you're still empty. Still bitter. Still scrolling, still searching, still wondering why nothing fills the void. Naomi had everything she needed physically but remained...
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We're All Outsiders Until Jesus - December 21, 2025
You've got your people and they've got theirs. The moral ones and the immoral ones. The insiders and the outsiders. The ones you'd help and the ones you'd rather avoid. But what if the very categories you use to judge others are the exact categories that would've excluded you from God's family?...
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When You're Too Scared To Take The Risk - December 14, 2025
You've been praying for something to change, but when the opportunity finally shows up, you freeze. You see the door open, but fear keeps you stuck. What if you fail? What if it goes wrong? What if you're not ready? Ruth faced the same paralyzing choice—take the biggest risk of her life or watch...
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When You're Desperate And Don't Know What To Do - December 7, 2025
You're stuck at a crossroads with no clear path forward. The bills don't add up, the opportunities conflict, and you're drowning in uncertainty about your next move. Should you stay safe or take the risk? Should you chase the dream or be practical? Every option feels wrong, and you're desperate…
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When Everything Falls Apart And It's Your Fault - November 30, 2025
You're standing in the wreckage of your own decisions, and the hardest part isn't the mess—it's admitting you created it. Bad choices have consequences, and sometimes those consequences feel permanent. But what if the story of your worst decisions isn't over? What if there's a way home from the...
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Raw, vulnerable teaching from Bakersfield's REZ CHURCH, where we live out Identity > Growth > Community > Impact. Whether you're skeptical, exploring faith, or wanting to grow deeper, find practical hope that meets you where you are. We tackle real issues with biblical truth in your carpools, cubicles, and cul-de-sacs. Every episode points to Jesus and leaves you more encouraged than when you started.
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