In this message from The Beatitudes, Caleb Cole teaches from Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” A pure heart is not a perfect heart, but an undivided heart surrendered to God. Through Scripture, Caleb challenges us to examine our speech, money, thoughts, actions, and eyes, and to ask Jesus for a new heart that can truly see and experience God.

• (00:00) - Matthew 5 and The Beatitudes
• (02:13) - Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
• (03:34) - The Heart as the Center of a Person
• (05:00) - What Blessed Means
• (06:00) - What Pure in Heart Means
• (07:30) - A Pure Heart Is an Undivided Heart
• (09:00) - Your Speech Reveals Your Heart
• (11:10) - Your Money Reveals Your Heart
• (16:00) - Your Thoughts Reveal Your Heart
• (18:00) - How Our Thoughts Become Tainted
• (21:00) - Taking Every Thought Captive
• (22:00) - Your Actions Reveal Your Heart
• (24:00) - You Must Be Born Again
• (26:10) - Ask God for a Pure Heart
• (29:20) - Guard Your Eyes
• (32:00) - The Promise of Seeing God
• (36:00) - A Prayer for a New Heart

In Don’t Write Back, Sam Fleury teaches from Matthew 5:7 on what it means to be merciful. This message explores why we often want justice for others and mercy for ourselves, how grace and mercy are different, and how followers of Jesus are called to forgive, release revenge, and live with active compassion.

• (00:00) - Continuing The Beattitudes
• (00:43) - Matthew 5:7 and Mercy
• (00:58) - The Workout Class Story
• (03:25) - Justice for Others, Mercy for Ourselves
• (05:16) - Blessed Are the Merciful
• (05:41) - Mercy in a Controversial Context
• (07:03) - Jesus Disrupts Our Natural Tendencies
• (08:03) - Mercy Is Giving What You Received
• (10:08) - Receiving God’s Grace and Mercy
• (13:23) - When Justice Becomes Revenge
• (15:31) - Turn the Other Cheek
• (16:25) - Blessed to Be a Blessing
• (19:22) - Mercy Is Giving What Is Not Deserved
• (24:17) - The Label Without the Character
• (27:04) - The Unforgiving Servant
• (33:05) - Mercy Is Giving What You Desire
• (34:47) - Active Compassion in Real Life
• (38:21) - If You Need It, Feed It
• (39:05) - God’s Mercy Is Greater
• (40:07) - Jesus Shows Mercy on the Cross

Matthew 5 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” This message examines what righteousness means, why none of us can produce it on our own, and how Jesus calls us beyond the appearance of righteousness into a real pursuit of him. From spiritual poverty to repentance, the sermon points back to the cross as the place where self righteousness ends and true satisfaction begins.

• (00:00) - The Beatitudes and Overfamiliar Words
• (02:28) - Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst
• (03:53) - Defining Righteousness
• (05:35) - None of Us Are Righteous
• (06:07) - Matthew 5 and the Promise of Satisfaction
• (08:24) - The Center of the Beatitudes
• (10:01) - Spiritually Bankrupt Without Jesus
• (12:11) - Craving Christ Alone
• (13:27) - Hunger That Reveals Spiritual Health
• (17:27) - Jesus at the Center of Our Desires
• (20:25) - What Are You Hungry For?
• (22:52) - From Pretty Faith to Pursuit
• (27:39) - Looking for Satisfaction in the Wrong Places
• (33:58) - Stale Bread or Fresh Bread
• (38:46) - The Cross and the Response of Surrender

In this message from The Beatitudes, Angie Richey teaches from Matthew 5:5 that meekness is power under control. Meekness is not weakness, but strength submitted to God, emotional regulation, holy restraint, and trust that God can defend, heal, and lead us without our need to dominate, retaliate, or control every outcome.

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• (00:00) - Power Under Control
• (01:18) - An Attitude Adjustment on Meekness
• (02:03) - Living in a Triggered World
• (03:17) - Matthew 5 and the Upside Down Kingdom
• (04:22) - Blessed Are the Meek
• (05:44) - Jesus Redefines Power
• (07:30) - From Survival to Spiritual Formation
• (09:12) - The Order of the Beatitudes
• (10:26) - Releasing the Need to Control
• (15:37) - Meekness Is Not Weakness
• (16:02) - Jesus Was Meek, Not Weak
• (19:44) - The Meek Will Inherit the Earth
• (23:21) - Psalm 37 and Abundant Peace
• (25:03) - Meekness and Emotional Regulation
• (31:43) - David, Saul, and Trusting God’s Timing
• (33:50) - Practices for Meekness
• (37:12) - The Eagle, the Snake, and Spiritual Battle

In this message from Matthew 5, Pastor Caleb teaches through the first two Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor in spirit” and “Blessed are those who mourn.” This sermon explores humility, dependence on God, surrender to Jesus, grief, repentance, and the comfort God brings through His presence, forgiveness, and restoration.

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• (00:00) - Welcome and Introduction to the Beatitudes
• (00:44) - Understanding the Sermon on the Mount
• (02:10) - Why Crowds Traveled to Hear Jesus
• (04:35) - A Different Kind of Revolution
• (06:13) - The Beatitudes Must Lead Us to Jesus
• (07:24) - Matthew 5 and the First Two Beatitudes
• (07:50) - What Does Blessed Really Mean?
• (11:45) - Present Assurance and Future Promise
• (13:10) - What It Means to Be Poor in Spirit
• (15:52) - Solomon and the Emptiness of Life Without God
• (20:24) - The Kingdom of Heaven and Full Dependence on God
• (27:07) - Depend on God Daily, Not Just in Crisis
• (29:23) - Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
• (31:29) - Learning to Grieve in a Healthy Way
• (35:06) - Mourning Sin, Suffering, and What Breaks God’s Heart
• (37:16) - God’s Comfort, Forgiveness, and Restoration

What are you carrying that God never asked you to carry?

In this closing message of the Name the Chain series, Pastor Chrissy Cole teaches on the chain of control and the fear underneath it. Control can sound like responsibility, protection, or wisdom, but it often reveals where we are struggling to trust God.

Through Proverbs 3 and the example of Jesus, this message invites us to surrender our fears, release what we cannot control, seek God before we lead, and trust Him with the outcome. The burden was never meant to crush you. Jesus offers rest, freedom, and a lighter way to live.

• (00:00) - Closing the Name the Chain Series
• (00:44) - Control Is Rooted in Fear
• (02:39) - Mother’s Day, Pressure, and Letting Go
• (04:29) - Humanity’s Deep Need for Control
• (05:20) - How Control Connects to Every Chain
• (06:57) - The First Step to Freedom
• (07:30) - Control Reveals a Struggle With Trust
• (10:39) - Overwhelm Triggers the Need for Control
• (12:04) - Becoming Experts at Losing Control
• (12:35) - Trust in the Lord With All Your Heart
• (13:46) - Surrender All Your Fears
• (17:43) - Surrender What You Cannot Control
• (20:55) - What Are You Carrying
• (24:40) - Surrender Your Need to Lead
• (29:03) - Surrender the Outcome
• (34:29) - Jesus Offers Rest for the Heavy Burdened
• (37:02) - An Invitation to Surrender

Sam Fleury teaches from 1 Samuel 2:11-18 and 1 Samuel 2:22-26 on how God rewrites our story through His grace. This sermon shows how to identify unhealthy generational cycles, stop repeating what was normalized, and begin building a life and home marked by holiness, healing, and obedience to Jesus.

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• (00:00) - Welcome and Name the Chain Conclusion
• (02:10) - The Vent Flap and Normalized Problems
• (04:46) - What Are Generational Cycles?
• (07:17) - God’s Grace Can Rewrite Your Story
• (08:42) - 1 Samuel 2: Samuel, Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas
• (11:00) - Rewrite The Story
• (13:28) - What You Surrender To Shapes Your Story
• (16:19) - Trust the Author of Your Story
• (21:47) - It Is Time to Heal and Move Forward
• (23:38) - What You Do Not Correct, You Condone
• (26:46) - Normalize Holiness and Break the Cycle
• (32:37) - Turn the Page and Follow Jesus Daily

In week 3 of Name the Chain, Pastor Caleb Cole speaks on one of the deepest struggles many people face: insecurity. Looking at the contrast between Saul and David, this message shows how insecurity often reveals itself through fear, control, comparison, and partial obedience. This sermon is an invitation to stop living from self protection and start living with God confidence, trusting the Lord’s timing, design, and purpose for your life.

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• (00:00) - The most common chain: insecurity
• (00:37) - A high school story about insecurity
• (02:13) - Why insecurity still shows up
• (04:03) - We need God confidence, not self confidence
• (06:07) - Saul faces pressure before battle
• (08:40) - Insecurity creates a need for control
• (12:48) - Fear will make you obey the wrong voice
• (18:23) - Trust God’s timing in the waiting
• (21:12) - Partial obedience is still disobedience
• (26:14) - Insecurity turns people into threats
• (29:46) - David trusted God’s control
• (35:25) - Faith must speak louder than fear
• (38:24) - Secure people build others up
• (39:38) - Who will you be, Saul or David
• (45:58) - Surrender your life and security to Jesus

In week 2 of Name the Chain, Chrissy Cole speaks on trauma, emotional wounds, and the healing that Jesus offers. Through Scripture, personal testimony, and the story of the road to Emmaus, this message shows how honesty, truth, and the presence of Jesus can begin to heal what pain, disappointment, and unmet expectations have wounded. If you have been carrying hidden hurt, this sermon is a reminder that God is jealous for your healing and ready to restore your hope.

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• (00:00) - Continuing Name the Chain
• (00:18) - Trauma and emotional wounds
• (00:48) - Wounds are not always visible
• (01:11) - The “bones can float” story
• (03:21) - God is jealous for your healing
• (04:41) - Getting help is wisdom, not weakness
• (05:50) - Emotional healing is available
• (07:15) - What trauma really does to us
• (08:24) - From the trauma triangle to triumph
• (12:11) - The human journey in the Psalms
• (15:23) - The road to Emmaus and lost hope
• (23:24) - Healing starts with honesty
• (30:01) - Jesus meets us in the middle
• (34:09) - Jesus reframes pain through truth
• (37:39) - An encounter with Jesus redirects your life
• (40:01) - What is your unhealed life costing you
• (47:15) - Invitation to receive healing and salvation

Many of the battles we face start with the lies we believe about ourselves. In this message, we look at Gideon’s story and uncover how fear, pain, insecurity, and past wounds can shape identity in unhealthy ways. This sermon reminds us that God does not call us according to our weakness, but according to the purpose, courage, and calling He has placed within us. As we reject false labels and place our identity in Christ, we can live in freedom, healing, and bold faith.

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• (00:00) - Name the Chain begins
• (01:01) - Why identity must come first
• (03:11) - Gideon, fear, and life in hiding
• (07:50) - Lie 1 I have to stay small to stay safe
• (14:14) - Lie 2 God has abandoned me
• (19:30) - Lie 3 My past disqualifies me
• (23:02) - Lie 4 I am not enough
• (24:40) - Truth 1 You are worthy of God’s presence
• (26:29) - God speaks to your potential
• (31:06) - You are commissioned, not accidental
• (35:14) - Gideon’s victory with 300 men
• (39:28) - Surrender your identity to Jesus

In The Crown After the Cross, Caleb Cole shares a powerful Easter message from Hebrews 2 about the choices Jesus made for humanity. Before He wore the crown of glory, He chose humility, suffering, and the cross. This sermon points to the grace of God, the victory of the resurrection, and the invitation for every person to choose Jesus and receive the life only He can give.

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• (00:00) - Happy Easter and Hebrews 2 opening
• (01:37) - He really did it
• (02:15) - The Crown After the Cross
• (03:02) - Why we love crowns
• (05:04) - Jesus chose the cross before the crown
• (06:42) - Jesus chose to lower Himself
• (09:48) - God uses unlikely people
• (10:22) - Jesus stepped into suffering on purpose
• (12:25) - We want the crown without the cross
• (14:16) - I was there to give, not receive
• (16:25) - Jesus teaches us true humility
• (17:17) - Jesus chose us at our worst
• (19:17) - Why receiving grace is so hard
• (24:30) - God has more than enough grace
• (26:01) - Jesus tasted death so we could have life
• (29:10) - The crown proves He conquered death
• (30:28) - What are you choosing today
• (33:27) - Today I choose Jesus