The Open Door Message of the Week
A weekly podcast message from Open Door Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma to help you grow your relationship with Jesus.
Episodes
247 episodes
How We Wait for Jesus
Jesus is coming again. The question James asks is: How should we live while we wait?In James 5:7–12, we’re given a surprisingly practical picture of a life shaped by the hope of Christ’s return. Wait patiently. Refuse to grumble against ...
Love God. Love People. Make Disciples.
Why are we here? What is the mission Jesus has given His Church?In this message, Pastor James returns to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission to remind us of a simple mission that shapes everything we do: Love God. Love Peop...
A Warning for the Rich
James gives a sobering warning to those who use wealth, power, and influence at the expense of others. The things we accumulate will eventually fade, but the way we treat people matters eternally.In this message from James 5:1–6, Pastor ...
From the Tomb to the Table
Lazarus had a condition. He had a Physician. And when Jesus stepped into his story, his position changed.Preaching from John 11–12, Bishop Chris Moody reminds us that Jesus is still able to step into places that seem hopeless and bring r...
Living with an If
We love having a plan. We like knowing where we’re going, what comes next, and how everything is going to work out. But James reminds us of a humbling truth: our lives are like a mist, and we were never meant to live as though we are in control...
Do Your Job
It’s easy to recognize what needs to change in someone else. James turns the focus back on us.In this message from James 4:11–12, Pastor James challenges us to stop rendering verdicts over people and remember the work God has actually gi...
Be a Builder
Your words are building something. In Ephesians 4:29, Paul calls followers of Jesus to use their words to strengthen others and give grace to those who hear. In this message, Pastor James Douglas challenges us to build carefully, recognize ever...
Just One More: Carrying the Fallen
What does it really mean to follow Jesus when someone falls?In Galatians 6, Paul calls the church to do more than notice the broken—we’re called to carry one another’s burdens and help restore those who have fallen. In this messag...
Love One Another
Jesus gave His disciples a simple but demanding command: “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”In John 13:34–35, Jesus defines love by pointing to Himself. His love serves, sacrifices, gets low, and...
Intimacy or Adultery? Who Really Has Your Heart?
Conflicts don't begin with other people. They begin in the heart.In this message from James 4:1-10, Josh Gray uncovers the deeper issue beneath our fights, frustrations, and divided loyalties: spiritual intimacy with God. James doesn't s...
What's Growing? | The Wisdom That's Shaping Your Life
What kind of harvest is your life producing? In James 3:13-18, James reminds us that every life is growing something. Earthly wisdom produces jealousy, selfish ambition, and chaos. Heavenly wisdom produces purity, peace, gentleness, mercy, and ...
Which Spring Are You Living From?
Our words don't just reveal our personality. They reveal the condition of our hearts.In James 3, James compares our words to a horse's bit, a ship's rudder, a wildfire, and finally a spring. The point isn't simply to clean up our languag...
Show Me Your Faith
What if someone asked you to prove your faith? In James 2, we're confronted with one of the most challenging passages in Scripture: faith without works is dead. But James isn't teaching that we're saved by our works—he's showing us that genuine...
Seeing People Like Jesus
What captures your admiration will eventually shape how you value people.In this message from James 2:1-13, Pastor James Douglas explores one of the most practical and challenging teachings in the book of James. Favoritism isn't simply b...
From Revelation to Representation
What if the way you see God has been shaped by your experience with earthly fathers? On this special Father’s Day message, Dallas Lynam shares his personal story of loss, healing, and discovering God as a loving Father. Through Scripture, we se...
Hearers or Doers? The Faith That Changes Us
What happens when God's Word moves from our ears to our hearts?In this message from James 1:19-27, Pastor James Douglas challenges us to examine whether we're merely hearing Scripture or actually allowing it to transform our lives. James...
Prized Possession: Living Like You Belong to God
The book of James opens with a challenge: how do believers respond when trials, temptations, and hardships come? In this message, Pastor James Douglas centers on James 1:18 and the powerful truth that through Christ, we have become God's prized...
Why Tongues?
Why do Pentecostals speak in tongues, and what does the Bible actually teach about this gift?In this message, Pastor James Douglas brings biblical clarity to one of the most misunderstood subjects in the church. Discover the purpose of s...
The Drink That Becomes a River
Jesus stood at the Feast of Tabernacles and made a bold invitation: “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me and drink.” In this message from John 7:37–39, Pastor James explores what Jesus meant when He promised a drink that becomes a riv...
Where Else Will We Go?
Dallas Lynam shares a personal message from John 8 about grief, distraction, and finding freedom in Jesus. In difficult seasons, it’s easy to numb ourselves with comfort, scrolling, and distraction, but Jesus calls us to something deeper. As we...
Abundant Life In Identity
In this Mother’s Day message, Holly Douglas explores what it means to find abundant life in our identity as children of God. Through Jesus, we no longer have to live with “belonging uncertainty.” We can live confidently knowing we are loved, ac...
Do You Really Know Him? The Shock of John 14
What does it really mean to know Jesus?In John 14, even the disciples who walked with Him didn’t fully know Him. Real knowledge of Jesus isn’t head knowledge—it’s living in union with Him through the Spirit.This episode explores h...
The Gate, The Shepherd, and the Choice
In John 10, Jesus reveals Himself as the Gate and the Good Shepherd—the only source of true, abundant life. But this life isn’t about comfort or material gain; it’s found in relationship with Him.This message explores how abundant life r...