The Potter’s House Podcast

Episode: Sunday Message – 251130
Date: November 30, 2025
Speaker: The Potter’s House Host/Pastor

Episode Overview

This Sunday Message explores the theme of “Divine Design: Faith, Work, and Walking in Your Calling.” The pastor guides listeners through key scriptural passages to reveal our identity as God’s “workmanship,” challenging the church to move beyond passive faith and into lives of active, intentional work (‘ergon’) in alignment with God’s purpose. The sermon unpacks the tension between faith and works, the concept of an “ecosystem of productivity,” and encourages practical steps to overcome spiritual and personal glitches that prevent us from living out our divine potential. The pastor’s energetic and compassionate tone is both motivational and instructive, focusing on practical application for personal transformation, business, and ministry.

Sermon Structure and Key Discussion Points

1. Scripture Foundations and Prayer

(01:34–04:45)

• Key texts:
  • Ephesians 2:10: "We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works..."
  • James 2:14–18: The relationship between faith and works
  • John 9:4: "I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day…"
• Prayer: Thankful for God’s Word—“We esteem your word more than our necessary food…we desire it more than anything because in it is everything, God.” (04:18)

2. Challenging Assumptions for Growth

(04:45–06:27)

• Jesus challenged both conventional and religious thinking, urging openness to change:
  • “You have to be willing to have your assumptions and, to a certain degree, even your practices challenged.” (05:47)
  • “As a man thinks, so is he. Which means that I can’t go beyond my thinking. So if I want change, I have to ask God to change the way I think.” (06:15)

3. Redefining “Work”—The Divine Origin of Enterprise

(06:28–15:30)

• The Greek word ergon: not just good deeds, but enterprise, occupation, ongoing productivity.
• “We were not simply created to do good deeds. We were actually created for enterprise—to work.” (07:35)
• Drawing on Deuteronomy 8:18, the pastor argues God gives us “the ability to create wealth”—a divinely implanted “ecosystem of productivity” within each believer.
  • “Inside of you right now, you have a divinely implanted…ecosystem of productivity.” (10:50)
• Warns against reducing enterprise to money alone; affirms the authentic ability God has placed within us.

4. The Tension Between Faith and Works

(15:30–27:25)

• Paul (Ephesians 2:8–9): Emphasizes salvation is a gift, not earned by works.
• James (James 2:14–18): Stresses that faith without works is dead—real faith overflows in action.
• “Paul is explaining the source of salvation. James is explaining the evidence and the expression of salvation…Paul’s addressing self-righteousness, James is addressing self-deception.” (22:48)
• Expands “sozo” (salvation) and shalom: wholeness—nothing missing, nothing broken.
  • “Sozo is the New Testament manifestation of the Old Testament idea of shalom…spiritually, emotionally, relationally, physically, financially, nothing is missing.” (24:29)
• Practical example:
  • Merely praying for the hungry vs. feeding them: “Your assignment might require you doing something more than just pray…You can pray and give him a sandwich.” (25:41)

5. From Hearing to Doing—The Power of Alignment and Obedience

(27:25–41:45)

• Earlier tension in James: not just hearing the Word but doing it (James 1:21–25).
• Laying aside “filthiness”—i.e., acting beneath your royal identity.
• “When you know who you are, you don’t receive too low…If you knew who you…[are], next time the enemy tries to throw you something that’s beneath you, say, I’m better than that.” (33:50)
• The “implanted word”—prophecy activates what God already put inside you.
  • “Prophecy is not God speaking to you what is not…He’s giving you a word that will connect with the implanted word…because the Word knows who you are. The Word knows what you carry.” (35:24)
• Hearing with the intent to obey:
  • “There’s a word…translated here, and it doesn’t mean like hear. It literally means…listening intently with the intent to obey. That’s a different type of hearing. And God likes that type of hearing.” (39:22)

6. The Perfect Law of Liberty and Becoming a Poet

(41:45–51:22)

• The “perfect law of liberty”: God’s divine, unfailing order that sets us free to actualize design.
  • “Before you and I can walk in our fullness, the first thing…is we have to be free…When we become free, we can actualize all of the benefits and the blessings of the design.” (43:45)
• God’s strategy is to align you so you move according to design—your hunger for more was put there by God who intends to fulfill it.
• Consistency—moving from “moment to momentum.”
• Greek for “doer” means “performer” or “poet.”
  • “If my life is a poem…then of course I must become a poet—a performer, a poet who speaks, who works and produces according to the script…” (50:25)

7. Overcoming the Human Glitch

(51:22–56:20)

• The “glitch” is not in the design, but execution—a breakdown due to sin or “human glitches.”
• Seven human glitches to overcome:
  1. Ignorance — failure to seek God’s truth.
  2. Limiting beliefs — internalizing negative voices or environments.
  3. Fear — of failure or even of success.
  4. Laziness — “If you don’t work, you don’t deserve to eat.”
  5. Immobility — unwillingness to move when led.
  6. Disobedience/delayed obedience — “Most opportunities have a window.”
  7. Inconsistency — failing to maintain discipline produces stagnancy.

8. Practical Prophecy, Preparation, and Blessing

(56:20–65:00)

• Activating the calling requires practical preparation, financial discipline, and readiness for sudden opportunity.
  • “Get your phone out, get your notepads out. God’s going to show you things. It’s going to be accelerated. It’s going to be quick. And don’t doubt it, just jot it and keep it in front of you…Be disciplined. Put it to the side…” (61:14)
• Investing in self and readiness to articulate vision when opportunity arises.

9. Impartation: Prayer, Response, and Challenge

(65:00–76:30)

• Impartation and altar call: Encouraging listeners to step out, sow seed, and lay hold of the word—“Faith without works is dead. I’ll show you my faith by how I build. Watch me build…” (72:18)
• Prophetic declaration:
  • “The strategy is in you…You forgot that you were on keyst…Your heavenly father built you with it…I gotta prove that I believe it by moving toward it.” (72:40)
• Corporate prayer: Blessings for wisdom, strategy, the breaking of old mindsets, the release of resources, and empowering each person to move into their calling.
• Congregational affirmation:
  • “Heavenly Father, I thank you for Your love…I will not come short. Any word spoken over my life, I’m forgetting what’s behind me and I’m reaching for that which is before me.” (73:44)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On mindset:

  • “You have to be willing to have your assumptions and to a certain degree, even your practices challenged…because 99.9% of the times the issue is how you’re thinking.” (05:47–06:15)

• On divine enterprise:

  • “You’re not looking for your enterprise. Your enterprise is looking for you…but it won’t find you unless you’re thinking on this level.” (09:30)

• On faith and works:

  • “Paul is explaining the source of salvation. James is explaining the evidence and the expression of salvation…” (22:48)

• On real freedom:

  • “Before you and I can walk in our fullness, the first thing that has to take place is we have to be free.” (43:45)

• On living your calling:

  • “If my life is a poem…then of course I must become a poet…A poet who speaks, who works and produces according to the script.” (50:25)

• Prophetic urgency:

  • “God’s going to show you things. It’s going to be accelerated. It’s going to be quick. And don’t doubt it, just jot it and keep it in front of you.” (61:14)
  • “You ain’t gotta question whether or not I trust God or I trust in what God said. You just watch me build…” (72:18)

Key Timestamps

• 01:34 — Episode transition to sermon
• 04:18 — Opening prayer
• 06:28 — “Revival is not God doing something new…”
• 07:35 — Redefining “work” as Ergon (enterprise)
• 10:50 — “Ecosystem of productivity” within you
• 15:30 — Tension between faith and works introduced
• 24:29 — Explaining “sozo” and “shalom”
• 25:41 — Faith’s practical expression (“pray and give him a sandwich”)
• 33:50 — Living as royalty, acting above “shabby” copies
• 35:24 — On prophecy and the implanted word
• 39:22 — “Listening intently with the intent to obey”
• 43:45 — The perfect law of liberty and the need for freedom
• 50:25 — Becoming the poet of your own God-scripted life
• 51:22–56:20 — Overcoming the seven “human glitches”
• 61:14 — Prophetic acceleration: “Get your phone…God’s going to show you things”
• 65:00–76:30 — Impartation, altar call, prayer, affirmation

Action Steps and Final Challenges

• DOWNLOAD the sermon’s study guide to translate the word into action (“Work the study guide,” journal and document your journey—“You’re going to be amazed…”).
• ENSURE readiness: stay disciplined, keep vision before you, and prepare for opportunity.
• SOW seed in faith, aligning with prophetic instruction.
• AFFIRM your identity by acting on what God’s spoken over your life (“I want to pray for you…this part is everything…”).
• BUILD—let your faith be seen not just in confession but in the enterprise, construction, and blessing that flow through you to others.

This message is a transformative call to shift from passive belief to purposeful, creative action. It is a summons to embrace your God-given design, act in faith, and manifest prophetic purpose—for your generation and those who follow.