Memorial Baptist Church Jefferson City

The Rest Your Soul Was Made For_ Pastor Adam

We live in a culture that celebrates busyness, praises production, and pushes us to keep going, but God offers something radically different: rest. Not just physical rest, but the deep soul rest found in Him.

 

From creation in Genesis to the promise in Hebrews 4, God built rest into the fabric of His world and invites us to trust Him enough to stop striving.

🕊️ Resting in Christ: The Practice of Sabbath | Mark 2–3, Genesis 2, Matthew 11

Jesus didn’t just teach about Sabbath—He is our Sabbath.

In this message, Pastor David explores the deep, transformative rhythm of Sabbath, not as a rule to follow but as a weekly invitation to Stop, Rest, Delight, and Worship. More than a break from work, Sabbath is a holy protest against the lies of busyness, productivity, and self-sufficiency—and a return to the truth that Jesus is Lord, and we are not.

📖 Key Scriptures:
Mark 2:23–3:6, Genesis 2:1–3, Exodus 20:8–11, Isaiah 58:13–14, Matthew 11:28–30, 1 Peter 2:24, John 14:6

🔥 You’ll hear:
✅ Why Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath
✅ How Sabbath is healing, salvation, and communion
✅ What it looks like to stop striving and trust God
✅ Why Sabbath is a weekly act of resistance and worship
✅ How to begin practicing Sabbath with joy and freedom

 

🙌 Weekly Practice:
This week, block time to STOP and REST—not just physically, but spiritually. Reflect on what keeps you from resting. Let go of control and trust the One who holds it all together.

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Strength in Solitude: Meeting God When You Feel Weak | Pastor Nathan

Jesus often withdrew to lonely places—and so should we.

This message from Nathan challenges us to meet God in solitude, not just when it’s easy, but especially when we feel overwhelmed, tempted, or weak. In the quiet, God doesn’t shame our weakness — He strengthens us with grace.

🔑 Sermon Highlights:
• Jesus shows us the rhythm of retreating to the Father
• Weakness is not failure — it’s the doorway to divine strength
• God is not glorified by your exhaustion, but by your surrender

📖 Mark 1 • Matthew 26 • John 6 • 2 Corinthians 12 • Philippians 2

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Solitude and the Presence of God | Becoming Fully Alive in Christ

🎧 Note: We experienced some audio issues during the recording of this message. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Should be back up to normal next week. :-) 

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We’re living in the age of noise, distraction, and digital overload—and our souls are starving for real presence.

In this message, Pastor David invites us to rediscover the practice of solitude: not escape or isolation, but time alone with God to be fully known, fully loved, and fully at home in Christ.

🔥 You’ll hear:
✅ Why silence is spiritual warfare
✅ What solitude really is—and isn’t
✅ How to return to the presence of the Father
✅ Why Jesus still says: “Come away with Me and rest”

📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 3:16-4:1 • Mark 6:30–46 • John 15

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What Comes Out of You? Memorizing Scripture and the Overflow of the Heart

What do your words, reactions, and desires reveal about your formation?

This sermon from Pastor David explores what comes out of us when life presses in—and how Jesus invites us to be formed by His Word, filled by His Spirit, and set free by His truth.

🔥 In this message, we unpack:
✅ Why memorizing Scripture is about formation, not information
✅ How Jesus responded to temptation and suffering—with Scripture
✅ What neuroscience says about spiritual habits and heart transformation
✅ Why abiding in the Word brings freedom, peace, and life

 

Let the Words of Christ dwell richly within you.
Jesus is everything.

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Study the Bible: The Breath of God, Alive in Us

The Bible is not just a manual or collection of facts. It is the very breath of God—alive, active, and personal.

In this sermon, we learn from Jesus’ example how to handle Scripture with reverence, wisdom, and real-life application. We’re reminded that we grow not by knowing more, but by letting God’s Word change us.

✅ Learn how to observe, interpret, and apply God’s Word
✅ Understand why Scripture is central to transformation
✅ Be equipped to study in community and in personal devotion

📖 2 Timothy 3:16–17 · Matthew 4:1–11 · Luke 2:46–52

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Meditating on the Word: Time with God, Not Just a Text

Meditation isn’t about mastering information—it’s about meeting with God.

In this week’s message, Pastor Nathan unpacks what it means to meditate on God’s Word—not to prove a point or gain head knowledge, but to be with the Living Word and be transformed.

🔥 In this episode, you’ll explore:
✅ What Scripture truly is and what it’s for
✅ How Jesus fulfilled the Word and invites us to abide
✅ Why meditation is key to spiritual formation
✅ How to practice meditating on Scripture like Jesus did

📖 Key Scriptures: Luke 4:14–30 • 2 Tim. 3:14–17 • John 1:1–5 • Jer. 31:33 • Matt. 11:1–6

 

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What Story Are You Living In? Re-Storied by Truth in Christ | Week 2: Gather & Read

What story are you living in—and is it true?

In this week’s message, Pastor David explores how the Bible is more than information. It’s the true story of reality that restores us in Christ and re-stories how we live, think, and love together. We don’t just need more content or information—we need a new map. One that leads us to Jesus.

🔥 In this episode:

• Why everyone lives by a story (whether they realize it or not)

• The false gospels shaping us through culture and performance

• How Scripture forms us in community, not just individually- FAMILY

• Why Jesus is the Hero of the story—not us

• How to start reading the Bible together in your home

📖 Key Passages: John 8:31–32, Colossians 3:16, Proverbs 2:6, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:21, John 14:6

 

🙌 Don’t miss this call to live the true story—centered on Jesus, shaped by grace, and empowered by the Spirit.

 

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What Is the Bible? Not Just Information—Formation and Transformation in Jesus

What if the Bible is not just a textbook to conquer or a rulebook to fear… what if it’s an invitation? An intimate invitation to a person and presence- truth and reality?

In this message Pastor David explores how the Bible is not merely a book of information, but a divine invitation into spiritual formation and transformation through Jesus Christ. The stories we believe shape the lives we live—and Scripture invites us into the true story/reality

📖 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable… so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." — 2 Timothy 3:16–17

 

💬 In this message, Pastor David explores:

✅ Why the Bible is more than information—it's formation
✅ How Scripture confronts and reshapes our identity
✅ Why Jesus is the center of the whole biblical story
✅ How to resist false stories by living in God's true story

 

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🔥 In all we do, we seek to:

🔥 Worship the Lord passionately
🤝 Connect authentically
📖 Grow deeper in our faith
🌍 Go and share the Gospel boldly

 

📢 Maybe the Lord brought you to this message for a reason.

📖 “He himself bore our sins… that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.” — 1 Peter 2:24

 

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Prayer as Resistance: Look to Jesus and Truly Live

In a world of noise, distraction, and pressure—prayer is resistance.
Not resistance by might, but by presence. It’s how we push back against isolation, performance, and spiritual drift.

This message from Pastor David walks through John 15 and 2 Corinthians 3 to remind us that Jesus doesn’t just call us to obey—He calls us to abide. To look, behold, remain, and live. Prayer is not a performance—it’s a relational, transforming presence.

🔥 In this message, you’ll learn:
✅ What is means to be PRESNT
✅ Why we are formed by what we behold
✅ How prayer is resistance to the world’s noise and performance
✅ What it means to be fully known and fully loved in Christ
✅ How beholding the glory of Jesus transforms us into His image

 

📖 Key Scriptures:

• John 15:1–11

• 2 Corinthians 3:16–18

• John 14:6, 16–17

• Matthew 28:20

• Hebrews 12:2

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We exist to:

🔥 Worship God passionately

🤝 Connect with each other authentically

📖 Grow to know God deeply

🌍 Go declare the Gospel boldly