Welcome to One Single Story! Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety open Psalm 86 and discuss how humility shapes our prayer life, what fractures a believer's heart, and why God's compassion, mercy, and unfailing love give us strength under pressure.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 86:1 -17 - David, a powerful king running for his life, brings his need to God in prayer. He asks for an undivided heart, remembers that God is slow to anger and full of faithful love, and trusts that all nations will one day bow before the Lord.

In This Episode:

• Why personal humility is essential when we approach God in prayer
• How humility positions us to receive from God, while pride and self-righteousness act as spiritual insulators
• What fractures a believer's heart: busy schedules, even good relationships, the pursuit of money and success, concern for reputation, and hidden or secret sin
• The difference between a private life and a secret life
• How meditating on God's character brings comfort when life is constantly changing
• Why God's slowness to anger is not the same as never being angry
• The comfort of knowing God will deal with injustice in His time

Key Quote: "Humility positions us to receive from God. Pride does just the opposite. It reverses that, so we're not able to receive anything that He'd like to pour into us."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a daily podcast from Open Door Church that offers a brief lesson from each weekday's One Year Bible reading. The hosts help you see how every passage points to God's one great story of redemption, and they offer practical encouragement you can apply to daily life.

Church and Website Info: Open Door Church is located in Edenton, North Carolina. Learn more at visitopendoor.com and find more episodes and resources at onesinglestory.com.

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Coming This Week: Join us for the rest of this week as we continue through the One Year Bible reading plan, with more conversations about the Psalms and the daily rhythms of prayer, trust, and devotion.

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Welcome to today's edition of One Single Story! Pastor Stephen Mizell and Pastor Jay Rivenbark are joined by Pastor Sheryl Daughety for a conversation on spiritual revival in Psalm 85. Who needs revival? What are the warning signs? And how do we rest in God's peace while walking in intentional holiness?

Scripture Focus: Psalm 85:1-13. A psalm of the sons of Korah, written after Israel's return from Babylonian exile. The psalmist recalls God's past mercy, asks Him to revive His people again, and warns them not to return to folly.

In This Episode:

• Psalm 85 as a model for prayer: thanking God and remembering what He has done before asking Him to act again
• Why "returning to folly" is a deliberate choice, not an accidental misstep
• Signs a church or believer needs revival: fatigue, apathy, self-focused motives, abandoned spiritual disciplines, tolerated sin, and indifference to lost people
• Warning signs that are harder to measure, such as worship becoming a performance instead of a delight
• How to balance resting in God's peace with pursuing holiness
• Salvation and sanctification: why our choices affect the depth and joy of our relationship with God, not our standing as His child
• How Psalm 85:10, where love and truth meet and righteousness and peace kiss, points to what Jesus accomplished on the cross

Key Quote: "You don't get disqualified from being a child of God because you return to folly."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a daily podcast from Open Door Church that offers a brief listen from each weekday's reading in The One Year Bible. Each episode is a short, practical conversation that helps you understand Scripture and apply it to everyday life, whether you are reading through the Bible for the first time or the fifth.

Church and Website Info: Open Door Church is located in Edenton, North Carolina. Learn more at visitopendoor.com and find more episodes and resources at onesinglestory.com.

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Coming This Week: Join us for the rest of this week's readings as we keep working through Scripture one passage at a time. Each weekday brings a new conversation to help you stay consistent in your Bible reading and grow in your faith.

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Welcome to One Single Story, where each weekday we share a brief Bible lesson from the day's One Year Bible reading. Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety explore Psalm 84 and what it means to long for the presence of the Lord. Grab your Bible, a pen, and some paper, and join the conversation.

Scripture Focus: Psalm 84:1-12 - A psalm of the sons of Korah, written by temple doorkeepers who loved the dwelling place of God. It moves from longing for God's courts to a pilgrimage through the valley of weeping, and ends with the promise that the Lord is a sun and shield.

In This Episode:

• Why Psalm 84:10 is often misread as a statement of humility, when the sons of Korah were taking pride in the work God assigned them
• How to cultivate a deep appetite for God's presence: practicing it, knowing the person of God, and making it a priority
• Where each host most often meets with God, from the waterfront and the woods to a quiet recliner, and the difference between personal and corporate worship
• How fasting from spiritual "junk food" can restore your taste for the things of God
• How seasons of grief and trial can become wells of grace that refresh other people, with 2 Corinthians 1 as a guide
• What it means that God is both a sun and a shield, and why trusting Him can quiet envy, comparison, and discontentment
• Why unanswered prayers can be a blessing, and how God sees what we cannot

Key Quote: "The things we've been through become wells of grace for people."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a daily Bible study podcast from Open Door Church that walks through the One Year Bible. Each weekday episode offers a short, practical conversation on that day's reading, helping listeners see how every passage points to the one single story of God's redemptive plan.

Church and Website Info: Open Door Church is located in Edenton, North Carolina. Learn more at visitopendoor.com, and find more episodes and resources at onesinglestory.com.

Subscribe: Subscribe to the One Single Story YouTube channel and turn on notifications so you never miss a daily Bible study episode. If this episode encouraged you, like the video and share it with a friend who is reading through the Bible this year.

Coming This Week: The conversation continues through the Book of Psalms from the One Year Bible. Join us each weekday as we keep reading, reflecting, and applying God's Word together.

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