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This is the official podcast of Southstone Church in Katy, TX! Our vision is simple: Reaching People, Building Lives. For more information, visit us at southstonechurch.com

It is easy to get fired up in a moment and then watch that fire slowly fade when life gets heavy, but God put practices in place for His people specifically so the fire would never go out. In this message, we dig into Leviticus 6 and four practical ways to stay on fire for God: surrender to Him daily, keep moving forward and let Him turn your ashes into something new, feed your faith consistently, and run with others who are on fire. What you feed grows and what you starve dies, and the fire stays lit longest when you are not trying to burn alone. Keep the fire burning.

There are seasons when the fire goes out, hope dries up, and it feels like your story might be over, and that is exactly the picture God showed Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones. In this message, we look at what revival actually means and how to experience it personally through three practical steps: being honest about where you really are, speaking God's Word in faith over the dead and dry places in your life, and asking God to breathe new life into you. His Word plus your faith equals supernatural power, and what looks like a valley of dry bones can become a vast army. God cannot fix what we pretend is fine, but He can absolutely bring back to life what we surrender to Him.

Terah set out for the Promised Land but stopped halfway and settled in Haran, and the same thing that stopped him, heartbreak, disappointment, and exhaustion, is still stopping people today. In this message, we explore what makes us quit on God, our calling, and the life He has for us, and why settling for comfort is one of the greatest dangers to our purpose. Just like Abraham picked up where his father left off and finished the journey, it is not too late to get moving again. Get a word from God, take everything you have, dedicate it all back to Him, and keep moving forward.

It is not about what we know, it is about what we do with what we know. In this message, we dig into the practical challenge of taking what we hear from God and actually putting it into practice, because what we practice becomes permanent. God is growing us steadily through daily faithfulness and also doing deep work in us in specific seasons, and both require us to show up consistently. Put it into practice, and the God of peace will be with you.

If you've ever found yourself reacting in ways that don't line up with who you want to be, the answer may not be a lack of faith or discipline. There may be something deeper going on in your soul. In this message, guest speaker Pastor Steve Robinson draws from the life of Moses and his own personal journey to help us understand what trauma actually is, how unprocessed pain quietly shapes our reactions over time, and why triggers don't have to define us. Healing is possible, your brain can be renewed, and the pain of your past does not have to have the final word.

On this Fourth of July weekend, we celebrate our country's freedom, but the bigger question is whether we are truly free on the inside. In this message, Pastor Ryan Herzog unpacks John 8 and the difference between being free on paper and being free indeed in Christ, exploring how sin functions not just as a bad habit but as a master that quietly holds us back without us even noticing. Just like a parking brake left on, many of us are pressing hard on the gas but dragging something along that is keeping us from the full life God has for us. Christ did not just free us from sin so we could sit still. He freed us so we could live with purpose, and nothing in all of creation can separate us from that freedom.

Whether it's your marriage, your family, your workplace, or your church, what we all deeply want is unity, and there are real spiritual forces working against it every single day. In this message, guest speaker Kendrick Vinar walks through three practical ways to cultivate unity in the relationships around you: extend mercy by not giving people what they deserve, give grace by giving people what they don't deserve, and speak life by using the power of your words to bless instead of curse. The world will know Jesus when His people walk in complete unity, and that starts with one relationship at a time. Pick one, get determined, and watch what God does.

God is a generational God, and every giant you slay in your lifetime is one your children will never have to face. In this Father's Day message, we close out our Built series by looking at how God builds His church and His people generationally, using the story of David and Goliath to show us what it looks like to fight not just for yourself but for the generations behind you. Through five smooth stones, we explore what it means to love God, love your wife, love your kids, love the house of God, and make the greatest impact for Jesus with your life. Inheritance is what you leave for someone, but legacy is what you leave in them.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships, and your destiny is tied to the people you are tied to. In this message, we explore how God builds His church and builds us personally through relationships, starting with the truth that God Himself is relational and He hardwired that same need into every one of us. Revelation comes through relationship with God and with others, and the Kingdom advances the same way: person to person, ligament to ligament, disciple making disciples. Find your people and watch what God does.

There is a big difference between knowing something and actually experiencing it, and that gap is the difference between information and revelation. In this first message of a three-part series, we explore how God builds His church and builds us personally through revelation, the kind of encounter with Him that leaves you ruined for anything else. From Abraham to Moses to Paul, every moment that changed everything in scripture started with God revealing Himself to someone. The question is not just what you know about God but when is the last time He revealed something to you personally.