What if following Jesus is not about trying harder, but about living with Him?

In this message, we explore what it means to live the with-Jesus life. A life shaped by daily awareness of God’s presence, intentional practices, and steady transformation over time. Spiritual growth is not accidental. It happens when we arrange our lives around habits that allow the Holy Spirit to do what we could never do through direct effort.

Through Scripture, personal stories, and the picture of training instead of trying, this sermon invites us into a better way of living. A life marked by peace, joy, obedience, and freedom. Not perfection, but formation.

Baptism is highlighted as a spiritual practice of trust and obedience, and an invitation to step into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not as a future reward, but as a present reality.

Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.

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What if following Jesus is not about trying harder, but about training differently?

In this message, we explore what real belief looks like. Belief is not just intellectual agreement. It is a deep, confident trust in Jesus that slowly reshapes who we are and how we live. The abundant life Jesus offers is not about pretending, performing, or grimacing through obedience. It is about becoming the kind of person who naturally lives with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control.

Through Scripture, humor, and everyday stories, this sermon invites us into spiritual formation. Jesus saves us, He is saving us, and He will save us. That life starts now and stretches into forever.

If you feel tired of trying and ready to start practicing a better way, this message is for you.

Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.

Listen at southsidelife.com/step-in

Step In Week 3 | Who Are You?

Who are you really?

In Week 3 of the Step In series from Southside Church, we explore how identity shapes the direction of our lives. Many of us feel stuck, anxious, or unsure of who we are becoming because we are living out of stories that were never meant to define us.

Using the story of the Exodus and real-life moments, this message invites us to stand up in our true identity. Not who culture says we are. Not who our past says we are. But who God created us to be.

God did not bring you this far just to leave you here. In Christ, the old is gone and the new is here. Your best days are still ahead.

Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.

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Life leaves a mark.

In this message from the Step In series, we talk about the pain, patterns, and shame that follow us from our past. Often without realizing it, we make inner vows to survive hurt and rejection, and those vows slowly shape who we become.

Through personal stories and Scripture, this sermon invites us into the healing journey back to our true selves. Stepping out of the past is not instant, but it is possible. Jesus offers forgiveness, restoration, and an abundant life that starts now and stretches into forever.

If you feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected from who you were created to be, this message is for you.

Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.

Listen at southsidelife.com/step-in

Step In | The John 3:16 Challenge

What if this year could be a profoundly happy year. Not because life gets easier, but because you stop trying to carry it alone.

In this message, we explore what John 3:16 really means. Belief is not just intellectual agreement. It is an active, ongoing trust in Jesus with every part of life. Your past, your present, and your future.

Using personal stories and the journey of the Israelites, this sermon invites us to stop living from exhaustion and fear and start living from trust, freedom, and purpose. Eternal life does not begin someday. It begins now.

The invitation is simple. Jesus, I am in.

Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.

Listen at southsidelife.com/step-in