Stop Fighting in Your Own Strength - Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin S21E2

Program, performance, or power? In week two of In the Arena, Pastor Joby Martin, Pastor Michael Olson and Pastor Vinke trace the explosive beginnings of the Ephesian church in Acts 19, then move through cultural blindspots, ministry cautions, and the daily grind of following Jesus—showing why authority without relationship leaves us powerless. You’ll hear why the riot over silver idols mattered, how empty formulas fail, and why the local church and sacrificial worship are our lifeline to real, Spirit-empowered victory. “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” — Theodore Roosevelt Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 📌 Supplemental Sermon Resources: • This Week's Story https://youtu.be/ofp1oB5GqBs • This Week's Sermon https://youtu.be/dSpYYQNsQ18 • In The Arena Sermon Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG692pIhVPakxkVKipdHtHcEIRdRYQGy9 🎙️ What We Discuss: 00:00 — Greeting 01:10 — Birth of the Ephesian Church 06:00 — Form Without Power 10:37 — Cultural Shifts: Modernity to Postmodernity 20:42 — Comfort Breeds Complacency 27:24 — Ministry Pitfalls: Operating Without Power 32:35 — Church & Spirit: The Believer’s Lifeline 39:46 — Grind of Faith 44:58 — Extravagant Worship 50:47 — Generosity & Mission 56:05 — It’s Not The Critic Who Counts 58:10 — Final Charge: Repent & Break Every Chain #TheChurchOfEleven22 #JobyMartin #Jesus #Christian #BibleTeaching #Church #InTheArenaSeries #DeepenPodcast #ChristianPodcast About The Church of Eleven22 The Church of Eleven22® is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. Eleven22 is led by Pastor Joby Martin and based in Jacksonville, Florida, with multiple campuses throughout Jacksonville and the surrounding areas. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here: http://coe22.com/donate