Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they explore Jacob's wrestling match with God and his unexpected reconciliation with his brother Esau after years of separation.

Scripture Focus: Genesis 32:13–34:31 - Jacob prepares to meet Esau, wrestles with God through the night, experiences reconciliation, and faces tragedy when Dinah is assaulted and her brothers retaliate violently.

In This Episode:

• The significance of persistence in faith through Jacob's all-night wrestling match
• Why reconciliation requires divine work in both parties
• The debate over whether it's harder to seek forgiveness or to grant it
• The destructive power of unchecked anger as demonstrated by Simeon and Levi's revenge

Key Quote: "Sometimes God wounds us just enough to remind us who we truly are."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a daily Bible study podcast walking through the One Year Bible, offering practical insights from experienced pastors at Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina.

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they explore how wisdom produces lasting fruit in our lives, bringing stability, peace, and flourishing even in difficult seasons.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 3:16-18 - Solomon personifies wisdom as a woman whose presence brings long-term blessing and life-giving power.

In This Episode:

• Why wisdom is more valuable than material wealth
• Understanding wisdom as a "tree of life" that endures through seasons
• How wisdom leads to peace through right choices and alignment with God's will
• Personal reflections on the fruit of wisdom: stability, consistency, and proper priorities

Key Quote: "True wisdom does not make life easier, but it does make life whole."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, One Single Story offers a brief lesson from the day's reading in the One Year Bible. Grab your Bible and join the conversation around God's Word.

Show Details:

• One Single Story Season 5
• Open Door Church, Edenton, North Carolina
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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they explore how Jesus sends out the twelve disciples with a sobering message: mission and suffering are inseparable. This discussion challenges common expectations about what it really means to follow Christ.

Scripture Focus: Matthew 10:1-23 - Jesus empowers His disciples with authority but warns them upfront about the hardship and persecution they will face.

In This Episode:

• Why faithful ministry always attracts opposition
• How the Holy Spirit speaks through us in difficult conversations
• Where true courage comes from when facing pressure

Key Quote: "I think sometimes the resistance is proof of purpose, that you're doing the right thing... When Kingdom confronts darkness, you can expect them to push back."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, One Single Story offers a brief conversation around the One Year Bible reading plan, helping listeners encounter God's Word with fresh insight and practical application.

Show Details:

• One Single Story Season 5
• Host: Pastor Stephen Mizell
• Co-hosts: Pastor Jay Rivenbark and Pastor Sheryl Daughety
• Open Door Church, Edenton, North Carolina
• visitopendoor.com | onesinglestory.com

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Sheryl Daughety as they explore Genesis 28:1–29:35, examining Jacob's dream at Bethel and how God meets us in our most vulnerable moments.

Scripture Focus: Genesis 28:1–29:35 - Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven and his complicated encounter with Laban.

In This Episode:

• God's appearance to Jacob during his flight from home
• The meaning of the ladder between heaven and earth
• How Jacob's deception comes back to him through Laban
• God's work through dysfunctional family dynamics

Key Quote: "God is not waiting on me to be flawless in my family, to be perfect before he gets to work. God doesn't just use perfect situations and perfect people."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, we offer a brief lesson from the One Year Bible reading plan, helping you engage with Scripture in practical, meaningful ways.

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Welcome to One Single Story! Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Sheryl Daughety as they explore Jesus's radical approach to forgiveness, healing, and spiritual renewal in Matthew 9:1-17.

Scripture Focus: Matthew 9:1-17 - Jesus forgives and heals a paralyzed man, calls Matthew the tax collector, dines with sinners, and teaches about new wineskins.

In This Episode:

• Why Jesus prioritized spiritual forgiveness over physical healing
• How religious comfort zones can blind us to God's work
• The tension between unchanging gospel truth and evolving ministry methods
• Why healthy people don't need a doctor - recognizing our need for a Savior

Key Quote: "Jesus naturally moves toward broken people. That may not be our natural inclination, but that's his natural inclination. Jesus never worried about his reputation - he was willing to run to them no matter what, and he never ran away from them."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, One Single Story offers a brief lesson from that day's reading in the One Year Bible. Join us as we explore Scripture together, one story at a time.

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Alyssa Bream as they explore how wisdom guards our purity and protects us from moral compromise through Proverbs 2:16-22.

Scripture Focus: Proverbs 2:16-22 - How wisdom protects us from temptations that destroy reputations, marriages, and futures.

In This Episode:

• How integrity creates momentum and right choices lead to more right choices
• Why moral compromise begins with small, unwise decisions, not one big mistake
• The slippery slope: how small compromises lose sensitivity to God's voice
• Seeing long-term consequences through wisdom's lens
• Practical boundaries that honor God and relationships

Key Quote: "Compromise can begin with a whisper, but it often ends in a wreck."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, we offer a brief lesson from The One Year Bible, providing practical insights to help you apply Scripture to everyday life.

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Alyssa Bream as they explore Jesus's teachings on trust, anxiety, and the Golden Rule. This conversation examines the difference between worry and clinical anxiety, why the Golden Rule is more complex than we think, and how slowing down enables kingdom-first living.

Scripture Focus: Matthew 6:25-7:12 - Jesus's Sermon on the Mount teachings on worry, trust in God's provision, and the Golden Rule.

In This Episode:

• How worry reveals misplaced trust and functions as "imagining the future without God in it"
• Distinguishing between clinical anxiety and spiritual worry
• Why the Golden Rule requires helping people where they are, not where we are
• The importance of slowing down to practice kingdom principles

Key Quote: "Most believers know the practices. They just don't practice. If the kingdom comes last, you're going to live by Kingdom last principles instead of Kingdom first principles."

About One Single Story: Each weekday, One Single Story offers a brief lesson from the daily reading in the One Year Bible, helping you apply Scripture to everyday life.

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Join Pastor Stephen Mizell, Pastor Jay Rivenbark, and Pastor Alyssa Bream for today's episode of One Single Story as they explore the challenges of performance-driven religion and how to keep good deeds from becoming a show.

Scripture Focus: Matthew 6:1-24 (Sermon on the Mount) - Jesus addresses performance-driven religion and reframes how we approach generosity, prayer, and fasting.

In This Episode:

• The difference between babbling prayers and persistent, sincere prayer
• Why motive matters more than method in spiritual practices
• Distinguishing between public faith and performance faith
• How generosity breaks the grip of greed and selfishness

Key Quote: "I think the key has to be we have to do more in secret than we do in public."

About One Single Story: One Single Story is a daily podcast offering brief lessons from the One Year Bible reading plan. Each weekday, the hosts provide practical insights and encouraging conversations around God's Word.

Open Door Church Edenton, North Carolina visitopendoor.com | onesinglestory.com

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