Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Alyssa Bream as they explore how wisdom guards our purity and protects us from moral compromise through Proverbs 2:16-22.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 2:16-22 - How wisdom protects us from temptations that destroy reputations, marriages, and futures.

In This Episode:

• How integrity creates momentum and right choices lead to more right choices
• Why moral compromise begins with small, unwise decisions, not one big mistake
• The slippery slope: how small compromises lose sensitivity to God's voice
• Seeing long-term consequences through wisdom's lens
• Practical boundaries that honor God and relationships

Key Quote: "Compromise can begin with a whisper, but it often ends in a wreck."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, we offer a brief lesson from The One Year Bible, providing practical insights to help you apply Scripture to everyday life.

Open Door Church | Edenton, North Carolina visitopendoor.com | onesinglestory.com

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Alyssa Bream as they explore Jesus's teachings on trust, anxiety, and the Golden Rule. This conversation examines the difference between worry and clinical anxiety, why the Golden Rule is more complex than we think, and how slowing down enables kingdom-first living.

Scripture Focus: Matthew 6:25-7:12 - Jesus's Sermon on the Mount teachings on worry, trust in God's provision, and the Golden Rule.

In This Episode:

• How worry reveals misplaced trust and functions as "imagining the future without God in it"
• Distinguishing between clinical anxiety and spiritual worry
• Why the Golden Rule requires helping people where they are, not where we are
• The importance of slowing down to practice kingdom principles

Key Quote: "Most believers know the practices. They just don't practice. If the kingdom comes last, you're going to live by Kingdom last principles instead of Kingdom first principles."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, One Single Story offers a brief lesson from the daily reading in the One Year Bible, helping you apply Scripture to everyday life.

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Alyssa Bream for today's episode of One Single Story as they explore the challenges of performance-driven religion and how to keep good deeds from becoming a show.

Scripture Focus: Matthew 6:1-24 (Sermon on the Mount) - Jesus addresses performance-driven religion and reframes how we approach generosity, prayer, and fasting.

In This Episode:

• The difference between babbling prayers and persistent, sincere prayer
• Why motive matters more than method in spiritual practices
• Distinguishing between public faith and performance faith
• How generosity breaks the grip of greed and selfishness

Key Quote: "I think the key has to be we have to do more in secret than we do in public."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a daily podcast offering brief lessons from the One Year Bible reading plan. Each weekday, the hosts provide practical insights and encouraging conversations around God's Word.

Open Door Church Edenton, North Carolina visitopendoor.com | onesinglestory.com

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