Do Life Different - An 11|28 Community Podcast
A collection of resources including Sunday messages, stories of 11|28 attenders, and more.
Episodes
241 episodes
Collision Course - Not Enough | Sunday Message
"God's not asking for adequacy, He's looking for availability."God never asked Moses to be enough, He simply asked him to trust. Our inadequacy doesn’t push God away; it creates space for His power to show up. If you’ve been holding bac...
The Least & Lost, The Cross & Christ - Christ Restores | Sunday Message
"Christ restores the least and sends them to reach the lost."After denying Jesus three times while Jesus was on trial, Peter carried deep shame and regret. Something we’ve all experienced in life.Jesus didn’t just forgive Peter; ...
The Least & Lost, The Cross & Christ - Jesus the Seeker | Sunday Message
"The risen Christ still seeks the lost"Two discouraged disciples walked away from Jerusalem. The risen Jesus met them, listened to them, and blew their minds. Even when we feel lost or confused, Jesus still comes looking for us.
The Least & Lost, The Cross & Christ - Risen Christ | Sunday Message
"Jesus came for the least and lost and the cross has no power over Christ"Easter begins on the cross where Jesus was crucified between two criminals, mocked by crowds, and seemingly abandoned. What looked like defeat was actually the cl...
The Least & Lost, The Cross & Christ - Real Jesus | Sunday Message
"The Kingdom of Jesus begins where the world stops looking"The crowds expected a conquering king who would overthrow Rome and restore national power. Instead, Jesus arrived on a humble colt, surrounded by ordinary people and welcomed by...
Built Different - Who is your Hope? | Sunday Message
"Hope isn't fleeting when it's rooted in the person of love" As Mike wrapped up our Built Different series, we saw how Haggai points beyond his present moment to the future overthrow of evil, and fulfillment of God’s promise.
Built Different - Obedience or Obligation | Sunday Message
"The right thing with the wrong heart blocks the blessing."Mike continued in Haggai on Sunday. Following his earlier encouragement with a clear call to repent and return to faithfulness. God invites His people not just to keep building, ...
Built Different - Don't Give Up | Sunday Message
“Don’t give up, God keeps his promises”On Sunday Mike returned to the book of Haggai, where the rebuilt temple seemed small and unimpressive, especially compared to the glorious temple built under Solomon. The new build didn’t meet expe...
Built Different - Misguided Priorities | Sunday Message
“Start doing the hard right thing”On Sunday Mike turned to the book of Haggai, where God confronts His people about misplaced priorities. After returning to Jerusalem from decades of exile in Babylon, they slipped back into old patterns...
Ships in the Night - When Love's a Letdown | Sunday Message
“We don’t invite God into our relationships, we build them around Him”Pastors Mike and Colleen journeyed with Abram and Sarai through several chapters of Genesis. Their relationship was filled with twists and turns, ups and downs, betra...
ConfrontingNo - Obedience Flows | Sunday Message
"Obedience flows from being loved"Grace is an opportunity to submit, not a “get out of jail free” card. God says, “I have loved you”... and Jesus follows this up in John saying “if you love me, keep my commands”. When we experience the ...
ConfrontingNo - King of my Heart | Sunday Message
"Our "stuff" competes for God's place in our heart."It's easy to think that we're blessed when we have more stuff, when actually to Blessing = More God, not more stuff. Mike continued the journey through the book of Malachi with the fam...
ConfrontingNo - Return to Me | Sunday Message
Return to me. It's not just God's plea, it's his desire. In Malachi's time, God's people had fallen away. They remembered what God had done for their ancestors but God felt distant or not even there for this generation. They were casual, maybe ...
ConfrontingNO - Wearied God | Sunday Message
Pastor Mike Francisco unpacks Malachi 2:17 - 3:5 and its application for us today. Malachi says you have wearied God with your words; your insincere prayers and mechanical worship.In keeping it simple Mike said that we cannot claim to l...
ConfrontingNO - Integrity Matters | Sunday Message
“Start honoring God by honoring others”Pastor Mike Francisco gave us a really hard truth on Sunday: we can’t claim faithfulness to God while being unfaithful to people. We cannot compartmentalize our Sunday morning worship from our midd...
ConfrontingNo - Honoring God | Sunday message
“How you treat God determines your experience of Him”Pastor Mike Francisco opens up a new series by asking the hard question… “how did you do at honoring God last year”? Most of us probably didn’t do as well as we would have hoped. If w...
IMMANUEL - A Beacon of Love | Christmas Eve Message
Pastors Mike and Colleen Francisco remind us that Christmas is a story of journey, light, and grace. It's a story of humble beginnings. A story of the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace, Immanuel; born not in a palace, but in a stable. A signal...
IMMANUEL - Hanging on to Hope | Sunday Message
“There’s hope today because God with us sent the Spirit to dwell within us”Immanuel. God… With… Us. God incarnate. He put on skin and bones and made his dwelling among us. God stepped into our mess, chose us, understanding the costs, kn...
IMMANUEL - Overwhelmed by Peace | Sunday Message
Peace isn’t the promise of an easy life, it's the promise of a present God.Immanuel, God with us. With us in the overwhelm. With us in the joy. With us in the fear. With us when we can’t walk inside. With us when the tree is glowing but ...
IMMANUEL - A Lifetime of Joy | Sunday Message
"Open handed living is a joyful existence"Mike Francisco opens up our Christmas series with a look at the responses of Mary and Joseph as they each told about the arrival of Jesus. The timing wasn't perfect, the idea of having a child b...
Life In The Gray - Prayers In The Middle | Sunday Message
"Prayer is using what you know, but never settling for the way it is."Pastor Brian Hofmeister (Lakepoint Church) helps us understand the power of intercessory prayer, the prayers in the middle. Brian reflects on his own life, his own ki...
Life In The Gray - When Seasons Change | Sunday Message
"When you feel like giving up, God gives you rest and restores your soul"Even in our lowest moments, when we feel exhausted, afraid, and alone like Elijah, God meets us with gentle care, restores our strength, and reminds us that we sti...
Jonah - Highly Emotional | Sunday Message
“You can be effective and still hurting.”Jonah chapter four wrapped up our series with drama, frustration, and God’s mercy. Pastor Mike Francisco suggested Jonah 4:12… the verse that isn’t there may be the most important verse in the ch...