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Weekly Messages from Plaza Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC.

Hear from Pastor Brian and others as they walk through books of the Bible chapter by chapter and verse by verse. You can find out more about Plaza Baptist Church at Plazabaptist.org.

Psalm 16

Psalm 51

Psalm 37

Psalm 73

Psalm 27

Psalm 139

Psalm 32

Psalm 30

Psalm 42

Psalm 13

Psalm 1

Joshua 4:1-24

1 Peter 4:7-5:14

1 Peter 3:8-4:6

1 Peter 2:13-3:12

1 Peter 2:1-12

1 Peter 1:13-25

1 Peter 1:1-12

Luke 24:13-35

Malachi 3:13-4:6

Malachi 3:7-12

Malachi 2:17-3:4

Malachi 1:1-5

Luke 8:40-48

Philippians 3:12-4:23

Philippians 3:1-11

Philippians 2:19-30

Philippians 2:12-28

Philippians 1:27-2:11

Philippians 1:12-26

Philippians 1:1-11

Jeremiah 17:5-8

Luke 1:26-38

Nehemiah 11-13

Nehemiah 9-10

John 21:1-19

Nehemiah 8

Nehemiah 6

Nehemiah 5

Nehemiah 4

Nehemiah 2:10-3:6

Nehemiah 2:1-9

Nehemiah 1

Psalm 63

Colossians 1:28-29

2 Samuel 11-12:7

2 Samuel 10:1-19

2 Samuel 7:1-22

2 Samuel 5:1-25

1 Samuel 17:1-54

1 Samuel 16:1-23

Acts 19:11-20

Acts 17:16-34

2 Corinthians 4:1-15

Acts 17:1-12

Acts 16:1-34

Acts 9:19-31

Acts 9:1-19

Mark 10:35-52

Luke 14:7-24

Luke 10:25-37

John 13:1-15

Genesis 47-50

Genesis 41-45

Genesis 41:1-40

How to be patient in the waiting.

Genesis 39:1-23

How will you handle pain, prosperity, and pleasure?

Genesis 37:1-36

Luke 24:1-12

Daniel 6

Living as a believer in a pagan land.

Daniel 4-5

Humble yourself before it is necessary for God to do so.

Daniel 3

We are all faced with things pulling for our attention and worship.

Daniel 1:1-9

You have to draw the line somewhere.

Judges 16

Sin blinds you and then it binds you.

Judges 13

If you're still here God's not done with you.

Judges 10:1-1

A lack of discipleship leads to discipline.

Judges 6

Living in fear doesn't work. You have to face your fear.

Judges 4-5

You need someone in your life to go to battle with you.

Judges 2:11-3:11

Sin is a heart issue not just a bad habit.

Judges 1:1-2:5

Don't miss out on the full blessings of God by settling for less.

Romans 8:31-39

Knowing the love of God helps sustain you in the hard times.

Genesis 17:1-7

Be the disciple you are trying to make.

Genesis 12:10-13

Did God really call me to this?

Genesis 12:1-4

The call of Abraham was a call to leave in order to lead.

John 14 & 16

The spirit of God is in you and with you.

Isaiah 7:2-14

When you are worried and hurried you need the people of God and the word of God.

Mark 8:27-38

Do not take the easy way out.

Mark 8:1-25

Jesus has shown us that in our time of difficulty He is not distant. He has shown up in our time of need and shown us compassion and care.

Mark 7:24-30

Behind every frustration and obstacle is the sovereignty of God.

Mark 7:1-23

Legalism is man's way of looking righteous but the gospel is God's way of making us righteous.

Mark 6:30-52

God doesn't need to you do and be everything. He just needs you to be faithful.

Mark 6:7-29

There is a cost for telling the truth but there is also a cost to not telling the truth. We believe the truth will set you free.

Mark 6:1-6

If we don't expect anything of Jesus, we won't receive anything from Jesus.

Mark 5:21-43

When things are desperate Jesus is the direction you should turn.

Mark 5:1-20

Spiritual dark forces can have major impacts on our lives.

Mark 4:35-41

Jesus is bigger and stronger than any storm we go through.

Mark 4:21-32

Plant the seed and wait on God to do the rest.

Mark 4:1-20

There are four ways to respond to the word of God.

Mark 3:20-35

Familiarity with Jesus is not the same thing as knowing Jesus.

Mark 2:23-3:6

The remedy to a critical spirit is a grateful heart.

Mark 2:13-22

Jesus has not come to be added to your life but to give you new life.

Mark 2:1-12

You need friends to pick you up and take you to the feet of Jesus.

Mark 1

We prepare the way and God prepares the people.

Matthew 28:18-20

God has called us to make disciples of all nations not just converts.

Jeremiah 29:1-11

Love and pray for the city because when it thrives you thrive.

James 5:13-20

Whether blessings or burdens bring everything to God in prayer.

James 5:1-11

Nothing escapes God and He will right every wrong.

James 4:13-17

Invite God's wisdom into your plans rather than just asking Him to bless the plans you have made.

James 4:6-12

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking less about yourself.

James 4:1-6

How to deal with conflict the right way.

James 3:1-18

Your words reveal who you are and shape who you are becoming.

James 2:14-26

Jesus is both Savior and Lord of your life or He is neither.

James 2:1-13

We are all one in Christ! Do not value people similar to yourself over others.

James 1:22-27

When we live out the word of God we are given the heart of God that cares and loves the vulnerable.

James 1:19-21

When you are angry you can become unrecognizable. Take your anger to the cross and repent and replace it with Christ.

James 1:9-18

Trials are tools. They shape us and reveal us.

James 1:5-8

The greatest question ever is, 'Is this wise?'

James 1:1-4

Trials are trails. They either lead you closer to God or farther from God, but the choice is yours.

2 Kings 4:8-31 & 8:1-6

When suffering comes, we need to place our pain in his promise.

2 Kings 4:1-7

Faith is on the front end, not the back end. The miracle was in proportion to the widow's faith

1 Kings 18

God calls us to be DEVOTED, not DIVIDED.

1 Kings 17

God brought Elijah to the valley of displacement to teach him how to trust Him.

1 Corinthians 15

On Easter we recognize that Jesus has pulled the plug on the fear of death!

Joshua 24

We keep taking ground by remembering how past grace fuels future hope

Joshua 23

You can't just take the promises of God, you have to rest in them too

Joshua 9

We take ground by being on guard against deception.

Joshua 8

God told Joshua and Israel to move forward after failure.

We lose ground when we double down on secret sin.

Joshua 5-6

Can you be faithful for a duration, and not just a decision?

Joshua 5

God calls us to do the painful yet faithful thing

Joshua 3 - 4:7

We move forward by following God and following through

Joshua 2

If you want to take some ground, you need to take some God-glorifying, comfort zone stretching risks

Joshua 1

We need grace and grit to move forward and take ground.

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Will you choose the path of life or the path of death?

Deuteronomy 1:7-9

WE move forward when YOU move forward

Colossians 3:1-17

Are you living out of the old self or living in the freedom of God's love?

Luke 1

Mary trusted what God was doing because of who God is.

Revelation 5

The Lion is the lamb and though he was slaughtered, he still stands.

John 18:28-38

Jesus came to testify to the truth about us and the truth about God

Acts 6:1-7 & John 4:28-38

Serving in ministry is both satisfying and strengthening.

For many people, discipleship is the missing ingredient in their spiritual life.

Luke 10:38-42

Simplicity is about your priorities and your capacities. Will you simplify your life around the Lordship of Jesus?

Malachi 3 & 2 Corinthians 8

Generosity is about what God wants to do in you and through you.

The Sabbath is meant to be a blessing, not a burden.

Fasting reminds us to not just be dedicated to God, but to be desperate for God.

Jesus welcomed us and so now we welcome people into our lives.

1 Kings 19

Silence and Solitude is an invitation into the presence of God.

Esther 8-10

The gospel message is authoritative, urgent, life-giving, and leads to worship

Esther 7

It may be too late for Haman, but it's not too late for us to do the right thing.

Esther 6

We can trust God because He's always working in the details.

Esther 5

Haman gave into his idol but Jesus crushes our idols.

Esther 4

There will always be a really believable excuse to be passive and do nothing.

Esther 3

In Esther 3, we see that even though mistakes were made, God is still good.

Esther 2

There's a little bit of us that likes Persia.

Esther 1

There's a little bit of prideful, narcisstic Xerxes in all of us. But Jesus is the humble King.

Job 1

Pain is part of the plan

We are NEEDY and NEEDED. God places people in our lives for a particular purpose.

Ruth 4

Ruth experienced redemption after rejection.

Ruth 3

Sometimes in life, you have to seek counsel, trust God, and then swing the bat.

Ruth 2

Ruth learned to look for God's hand while she trusted God's heart.

Ruth 1

God uses wickedness and woundedness for his glory and our good.

Matthew 7:13-29

Jesus calls us to make a decision: JESUS or NOT JESUS

Matthew 7:7-12

Jesus shows us the privilege of prayer, the power of prayer, and the priority of prayer.

Matthew 7:1-6

Jesus teaches us to make judgments without being judgmental.

Matthew 6:25-34

Peace is both a path to take and a person to embrace

Matthew 6:19-24

When you give TO the church, you give THROUGH the church.

Matthew 6:5-18

Prayer is less about you wanting stuff, and more about God wanting you

Matthew 6:1-4

Jesus teaches us to counter-form our hearts by resting in the approval of God rather than chasing the approval of man.

Matthew 5:38-48

Jesus calls us to not just tolerate our enemies, but love them like Christ loved us.

Matthew 5:27-37

Jesus was not afraid to tackle tough topics, but he does so with grace and truth, compassion and conviction.

Matthew 5:17-26

The Bible is all about Jesus and calls us to obey from the heart, not just the hands.

Matthew 5:13-16

Jesus calls us to be compassionate and convictional. To stop complaining about the world and be salt and light IN the world.

Matthew 5:1-12

Jesus calls us to go from being part of the crowd to being a committed disciple.

John 20:1-28

2,000 years later and Jesus is still bringing life out of death!

John 19:1-22

Jesus died in our place and for our sins.

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14

Will you move forward in faith or stay still because of fear?

Ecclesiastes 11:7 - 12:8

Life is too short to waste it. We can find life in the one who gave his life for us.

Ecclesiastes 10:1-19

Small things can cause big problems. Solomon tells us to repent of sin and turn from folly.

Pastor Chad preaches 2 Corinthians 5:9 - 6:2

God didn't save us to sit us. He saved us to send us.

Ecclesiastes 7-8

When God is at the center of your life, He reorders and reconstructs everything significant relationship you have.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-4

Sometimes, the only way to move forward is to deal with the past.

Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:7

There's a way to worship God with your money instead of worshipping money as your god.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

God draws near when we slow down, are still, and say less.

Pastor Chad preaches Ecclesiastes 4:1-16.

Life shared in community is better than life alone.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

We can try to control our life or actually enjoy our life...but we can't do both.

Ecclesiastes 2:17-25

Our work matters to God and God matters to our work.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Solomon deconstructs our concept of the good life so we can actually live the good life.

Ecclesiastes 1

Jesus offers a better way to find the good life because every other way leads to disappointment.

From Genesis to Revelation, the whole Bible is about Jesus and how he came as the promised offspring and the savior of the world!

We need to make room for the word of God this Christmas season.

Christmas is about God dwelling WITH us and being FOR us.

John 21:1-19

Jesus restores people who realize their need for forgiveness.

John 20:19-28

Jesus welcomes our questions and wants to help us work through our doubts.

John 11

Jesus teaches us to plant our tears and preach to our fears.

John 6:22-70

Jesus promised to be the true bread that satisfies our spiritual hunger.

John 4

Jesus offers us a better bucket and better water.

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John 3:1-15

Nicodemus thought he knew Jesus but eventually realized that he didn't.

Pastor Chad Hartis preaches John 17 to remind us of the basics of Gospel, Community, and Mission.

Exodus 17-18

In the wilderness, God fights our battles and carries our burdens.

Exodus 15-16

God teaches his people to live with a daily dependence on him.

Exodus 15:1-21

Worship is all about recognizing who God is and what God’s done.

Exodus 13-14

The Hebrews realized that they could not stay in Egypt, just like Christians realize that they cannot stay in sin.

Exodus 10-12

God sent darkness and death to foreshadow Jesus as the true light and true lamb.

Exodus 7-10

God uses difficulty and devastation to get our attention. But do you want relief or repentance?

Exodus 5-6

Sometimes obedience to God makes things worse in the short term but God is building something beautiful over the long haul.

Exodus 3-4

We can move forward in our faith or make excuses, but not both.

Exodus 2

Sin and failure can be defining moments but they don't have to define us.

Exodus 1 is about a God who is bigger than our suffering and better than our sin.

Trials are trails. They either lead you closer to God or further from God.

Pastor Rich unpacks Romans 8 to show that we can be freed from the penalty of sin and the power of sin in Christ.

Spending time with the Lord is something we might resist but will never regret.

We are both needy and needed. Pastor Brian unpacks our need for community in the book of Hebrews.

Jesus tells us to build our house on the rock, not the sand, and Solomon told his son to pursue Lady Wisdom and reject Lady Folly.

Hebrews 12 gives us grace to finish the race.

Christians are called to behave what they believe. The gospel calls us to reflect the kindness, mercy, and love of God.

Paul tells Titus to create a discipleship structure in which people open their Bibles and open their lives.

Titus 2

Character matters. Who you are is more important than what you do.

Jesus tells the church at Laodicea to repent of being lukewarm in their commitment to him.

The church in Philadelphia needed the courage to walk through the door that Jesus opened for them.

Jesus sent a wake-up call to the church in Sardis who thought they were spiritually alive when they were spiritually dead.

Christians are called to see beauty and brokenness in the culture that they live, work, and play in.

Pergamum: The Church called to be different and distinct.

When we leave our first love, we need to REMEMBER and REPENT.

Luke 24:13-35

We need Jesus to touch our hearts and open our eyes.

Acts 6:1-7

Leaving a legacy of moving forward requires us to be devoted to prayer and the Word.

Acts 4:32 - 5:11

Christians hold their standard of living in tension with their standard of giving.

Acts 4

When we experience Jesus personally, we'll speak about him publically.

Acts 2:

Believers are Belongers. God calls us to be fully devoted followers of Christ together.

Acts 1:1-8

We continue the LEGACY of the early church by being gospel-centered, Spirit-dependent, and nations-focused!

2 Corinthians 4:1-7

We live in the middle of a spiritual battle but God has given us the greatest weapon of all time: The Gospel

Jonah 3-4.

What God wants to do IN you is just as important as what he wants to do THROUGH you. In chapters 3 and 4, we see that God is a God of second chances and that people are the mission.

In the belly of the fish, we learn to express how we feel and acknowledge what is real. Through his pivotal moment, Jonah realized that God would rather him live in a fish than live in disobedience.

Jonah ran from his mission and his master. But God sent a storm, not to PAY Jonah back but to BRING Jonah back.

People are the mission! Going deeper, wider, and stronger in your faith requires you to embrace compassion and conviction.

The Gospel is neither Religion nor Rebellion. Going deeper, wider, and stronger in your faith requires you to embrace the good news that God has done for us what we could not do for ourselves.

What will you do with what God has given you? Will you BURY it or will you BUILD with it? Going deeper, wider, and stronger in your faith requires you to embrace responsibility.