Welcome to One Single Story, your weekday companion through the One Year Bible. Host Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by co-hosts Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream as they dig into Psalm 75 and tackle three big questions: Is God's judgment actually good news? How does pride set us up for a fall? And what does it really mean when Scripture says promotion comes from the Lord?

Scripture Focus: Psalm 75:1-10 - A psalm of Asaph declaring God's absolute sovereignty, reminding us that it is God alone who judges and decides who will rise and who will fall.

In This Episode:

• Why God's judgment is good news for believers
• How unchecked pride blinds us and leads to our own demise
• What promotion from the Lord truly looks like - including why a missed opportunity may be God's greatest gift

Key Quote: "Stay humble. God handles elevation."

About One Single Story

One Single Story is a weekday devotional podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, walking listeners through the One Year Bible one passage at a time. Find us at visitopendoor.com and onesinglestory.com.

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Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Alyssa Bream offer a brief lesson from the daily reading in the One Year Bible. Today the team opens Psalm 74, a communal lament likely written after the destruction of the temple, and explores what it means to bring our pain to God together, anchor our hope in his covenant promises, and let prayer keep despair from becoming unbelief.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 74 - God's people cry out after devastating loss, wrestling with God's silence while holding on to his covenant faithfulness.

In This Episode:

• Why communal lament builds connection and deepens faith
• How covenant memory sustains hope when we cannot feel God's presence
• The role prayer plays in crisis, even when it feels like all we have to offer

Key Quote: "We all experience despair, but prayer keeps despair from becoming unbelief. Unchecked despair becomes unbelief. Prayer shifts us back."

One Single Story is a daily devotional podcast from Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. New episodes every weekday through the One Year Bible. Subscribe, leave a review, and share with someone who needs encouragement today.

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Welcome to One Single Story, Season 5. Pastor Stephen Mizell is joined by Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Alyssa Bream for a timely conversation from Psalm 73 -- where worship leader Asaph wrestles honestly with envy, the prosperity of the wicked, and why the righteous suffer. If you have ever caught yourself comparing your life to someone else's, this episode is for you.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 73:1-28 -- Asaph's raw and relatable confession that comparison nearly cost him his faith, and how entering God's sanctuary changed everything.

In This Episode:

• How comparison leads to arrogance or jealousy -- and why both derail the Christian life
• Why comparison is the thief of joy, and how that directly undermines our witness
• How corporate worship restores perspective that we simply cannot find alone
• What "God is the strength of my heart" really means when life feels unfair

Key Quote: "When envy clouds your vision, worship can restore your sight."

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Coming This Week: We are continuing through the Psalms all week. Grab your Bible and join the conversation.

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