Single Messages

Various single messages taught by Stuart and/or Jill Briscoe

Commissioning

Jill reflects on entering a new season of life and ministry, referring to Lamentations 3:23, thanking God for lifelong faithfulness, a loving marriage, and a calling that continues even in older age. She describes how God’s mercy, guidance, and purpose have shaped their journey.

Living to Fight Another Day

In this message taught on Memorial Day, we think of those who died in battle. We need to translate their sacrifice into an understanding of what it means to live to fight another day.

Open Eyes Open Minds

Stuart uses Manchester United’s dramatic last minute 1999 Champions League win over Bayern Munich as an illustration of total emotional devastation, then compares it to the disciples’ despair after Jesus’ crucifixion and their enlightenment when the risen Christ revealed Himself.

Striking Camp

In 2 Corinthians 5, Jill reads that our earthly bodies are temporary tents, and death is simply striking camp to move into the permanent, perfect heavenly dwelling God has prepared.

Living with Peninnah

There was an incredible rivalry in the home between Hannah and Peninnah. It was not easy for Hannah, who had been unable to bear children, to live with Peninnah, who produced babies with great ease.

Whatever Happened to Morality?

In this talk, Stuart explores the cultural confusion over morality by contrasting private behavior with public leadership and examining how people form moral judgments.

By the Riches of His Grace

Jill begins a series on the parables of Jesus, found in the gospels. Jesus explains that the Kingdom of God is a spiritual reality wherever Christ is King—present now, coming in the future, and revealed through Jesus’ parables.

Behold Your Treasure

Jill opens to Matthew 13, which teaches that the kingdom of God is the most valuable treasure a person can seek, worth giving up everything to possess. Jesus Himself is described as God’s “indescribable gift,” the pearl of great price...

Rivers of Living Water

In John 7, Jesus interrupts the Feast of Tabernacles to declare that true spiritual satisfaction is found only in Him, not in ritual, calling people to admit, believe, come, and drink.

Standing Firm in the Lord’s Joy

Jill describes how God uses forgiven, Spirit filled believers—like Peter and John—to bring healing, hope, and transformation to a broken world, just as they did for the crippled beggar in Acts 3.

Joy in the All-Sufficient Christ

Jill refers to many examples in Scripture as she explains that people often chase happiness in pleasure, substances, relationships, or success, but those things only offer temporary satisfaction.

Glimpse of His Glory

Isaiah’s vision in chapter 6 becomes a call to discouraged believers: when ministry feels futile, when leaders fail, and when personal loss overwhelms, the remedy is a renewed glimpse of God’s holiness, sovereignty, and mission.

Spiritual Legacy

Jill speaks with her daughter Judy from 1, 2, and 3 Samuel on the topic of spiritual legacy. Hannah’s story is used to illustrate how a “spiritual legacy” begins with a parent’s own focus, faith, and willingness to use personal pain as a catalyst for deeper dependence on God.

Anchored in His Promises

The psalmist pours out a raw, honest lament—describing deep spiritual thirst, discouragement, and the taunts of enemies—yet repeatedly calls his own soul to hope in God.

Dem Dry Bones

Burned bones lying shimmering in the heat present a “grave” problem. How is it that many born again bones are lying around in visionless valleys—mere shadows of all they were meant to be?

The Pursuit of Happiness

Thomas Jefferson wrote that the Creator had endowed human beings with inalienable rights including “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” We should be profoundly grateful that these basic assumptions were crafted into this nation’s formation, but we also need to ask some hard questions.

Feeding the Multitude

Jill begins by telling a humorous story about mistakenly shouting fast food orders into a post before turning to John 6, where Jesus feeds thousands through the simple offering of a young boy’s loaves and fish.

Baptism and Communion

Stuart explains how the global presence of the church is astonishing given its humble beginnings—rooted in a murdered leader and eleven frightened followers who became convinced of Jesus’ resurrection and identity as the Son of God.

A Celebration of Friendship

Jill reflects on the meaning and value of friendship by revisiting stories from her out of print book, highlighting how different women shaped her life.

The Ministry of Indoctrination

Once people are “in Christ” and, accordingly, are no longer “under condemnation” (Romans 8:1), they need to be taught two main things: first, what they have become and second, how to be what they have become.

What Is Servanthood?

Isaiah 50 teaches that Jesus, the suffering servant in Isaiah’s third servant song, models persistent, sacrificial servanthood—speaking words that sustain the weary and learning compassion through His own rejection and pain.

Dear Old Dad

Paul urges fathers in Ephesians 6 to avoid provoking or discouraging their children, instead nurturing them with Christ-centered instruction. Stuart explains the father-child bond.

God and Evil

Stuart reflects on the Oklahoma City bombing to show that our world contains both horrifying evil and remarkable goodness, prompting the question of how such a mixed reality came to be.

Why Church Membership?

Paul urges believers in Romans 12 to offer themselves fully to God, resist the world’s patterns, and live out their diverse spiritual gifts within the unity of Christ’s body. Stuart explains that preaching remains powerful because God’s Word carries innate authority.

Is Jesus the Only Way?

Jesus’ exclusive claim in John 14 feels troubling when viewed against the vast diversity of sincere religious seekers, yet Stuart insists Christ’s words must be taken seriously.

Understanding Worship 2

Worship is the appropriate response of human beings to God’s self-revelation and initiative. It starts with an adequate appreciation of who God is and what He has done, and the development of a suitable attitude of wonder, humility, and gratitude.

Understanding Worship 1

Churches regularly hold “worship services” which people attend presumably to worship. But what exactly is worship? Why should people be encouraged to worship?

Seeing Through Suffering

Time and time again, Jill Briscoe has met and ministered to suffering people. Many of them have experienced trials we cannot even comprehend.

Making Your Life Count

What makes our life count? In 2 Samuel 23, David reminds us that a life that truly counts is one lived in righteousness, rooted in hearing God speak, and marked by daily worship and dependence on His Spirit.

History in the Making

Stuart reads from Paul’s letter to Titus 2:11-15. Paul tells Titus that God’s grace has appeared—an epiphany—bringing salvation and teaching believers to live godly lives as they await Christ’s future, glorious appearing.

Missions Festival

God did many things through Elisha’s life, and one of them was that he was constantly advising the king of Israel regarding military moves, often saving the nation from ambush.

The Marriage Trap

Stuart and Jill reflect on their 35 plus years together, explaining that couples enter marriage largely unprepared and deeply shaped—often unknowingly—by the marriages they observed growing up.

Holding Deep Truth

Stuart highlights a missionary who has spent decades translating Scripture to show the extraordinary commitment behind getting God’s Word into people’s heart languages.

Why War?

Psalm 2 is introduced as a coronation song that originally comforted an embattled king by reminding him that “God is on the throne of heaven,” and Christians now see it pointing to Christ’s eternal rule in the midst of global turmoil.

How to Study Romans

Stuart continues to discuss what it looks like to feed on Scripture. In this message, he models how to study Romans 12:1–2 by reading carefully, asking what the text says, what it means...

Enlightenment

In Luke 24, Jesus opens His disciples’ minds to understand the Scriptures and reveals Himself in a fresh, life changing way, showing that believers should never stop growing in their understanding of Him.

Life from the Other Side

Paul urges believers in Colossians 2 and 3 to keep growing in Christ—setting their hearts and minds on things above—because their old life has died and their true life is now hidden with Him.

Power from on High

Stuart warns that although America currently has a strong and visible church, it risks following Britain’s path—moving from cultural influence to becoming an insignificant subculture within a single generation.

Thirst Aid

In John chapter 7, Jesus makes His offer during the Feast of Tabernacles, a celebration where Israel remembered God’s provision in the wilderness—including the water He gave to a thirsty people.

Mother Noah

Noah’s world was filled with people living independently of God, and Scripture says their self-focused lives grieved His heart—yet Noah’s family stood out because they “walked with God” when no one else did.

Profile of a Church

Peter’s sermon in Acts 2 shows that the church is not a building, but a community of people transformed by Jesus and devoted to learning, fellowship, worship, and shared life.

Now We Are All Here

In Acts 10, Cornelius is portrayed as a genuinely seeking soul, and God responds by sending Peter. This illustrates the pattern that when someone truly seeks God...

How to Please God

Peter teaches that God calls believers to live holy lives, and Stuart explains that one of the strongest ways to resist temptation is to cultivate a deep desire to please God above all else.

Temptation – And What to Do About It

Peter teaches that trials and temptations are not merely lures toward sin but tests that reveal and strengthen genuine faith. Stuart urges believers to understand temptation seriously...

The Last Temptation of Christ

In Luke 4, Stuart highlights the last temptation of Christ, noting how Satan tests Him with power, provision, and protection, and how Jesus answers each challenge...

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