Week 4 of the sermon series "Core: Built Different."

Why does God want your core to be strong? Not just so you can be a better person, but so you can fulfill your purpose. In "Humility: Living Beyond Yourself," Derrick Douglas closes the series with Philippians 2 ("in humility value others above yourselves") and Jesus washing the disciples' feet in John 13. Humility isn't thinking you have less value; it's knowing your value without making yourself the center. It doesn't dim your light, it serves without a spotlight, and it turns purpose into impact. Your blessing should become somebody else's benefit: God, you, then others.

Scripture: Philippians 2:3-5 (also Mark 10:45, John 13:3-15, 1 Peter 4:10, Ephesians 2:10, Matthew 28:19)
Speaker: Derrick Douglas

Weekly challenge: Reflect: where has my faith become too focused on me? Who has God already placed around me that could benefit from what He has built in me? Then act: pick up the towel. Find one intentional way to serve someone this week without expectation, recognition or repayment.

Read the full transcript: ddougspeaks.com/messages/humility-living-beyond-yourself

Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@DDougSpeaks

Week 3 of the sermon series "Core: Built Different."

Who you are when nobody's watching is who you are. In "Integrity: Living What You Believe," Derrick Douglas walks through Psalm 15 ("the one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart") to show that integrity means your walk matches your word. Integrity is tested when obedience becomes inconvenient, it travels with you from church to work to the group chat, and it is built in private before it is ever seen in public. Private compromises eventually produce public consequences, but what you practice privately prepares you for public pressure.

Scripture: Psalm 15:1-5 (also James 1:22, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 23:27-28, Luke 6:43-44, Genesis 39:9)
Speaker: Derrick Douglas

Weekly challenge: Reflect: where is the biggest gap between what I say I believe and how I'm actively living? Then act: choose one area where your behavior needs to catch up with your beliefs, make one concrete change, and bring someone trustworthy in for accountability.

Read the full transcript: ddougspeaks.com/messages/integrity-living-what-you-believe

Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@DDougSpeaks

Week 1 of the sermon series "D.I.R.T.Y.": confronting the sins that pollute our character and cloud our witness.

In "Living a Lie," Derrick Douglas starts where the enemy started in the garden. Satan is the father of lies, but many of us learned to lie young, and little white lies lead to confusion. Your shortcut becomes a setup. Deceit disconnects you from God's presence, keeps you from living in grace, and diminishes your witness: if people can't trust your words, they won't believe in your Jesus. God can't bless the you you're pretending to be; He only blesses the true you. Deceit is the dirt on your destiny.

Scripture: John 8:44, Proverbs 11:3 (also 1 John 1:6, Acts 5:1-11)
Speaker: Derrick Douglas

Weekly challenge: Reflect: where am I being dishonest with God, myself or others? Then act: tell the truth in one area you've been hiding this week.

Read the full transcript: ddougspeaks.com/messages/living-a-lie

Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/@DDougSpeaks