Emsworth Baptist Church
Welcome to Our Podcast!
We’re so glad you’re here. Each week, we share our Sunday messages to inspire your faith and support you in your journey with God. Whether you’re exploring faith for the first time or looking to grow deeper, we pray these messages will bring you hope and encouragement.
Website: www.emsbaptist.org.uk
Episodes
13 episodes
Taking Every Thought Captive (2 Corinthians 10:5)
How are you — really?In this message, Fiona explores 2 Corinthians 10:5: “Take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” She invites us to pause, reflect on our mental and emotional wellbeing, and notice how our thoughts sha...
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Placed With Purpose (Jeremiah 29:4-7)
In this New Year message, Joel explores God’s surprising call to His people in exile: “Seek the peace and prosperity of the city… pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jeremiah 29)Rather than retreatin...
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Christmas Day 2025: O Holy Night 🎶
On Christmas Day, we asked everyone to share their favourite Christmas carol, and the most popular choice was O Holy Night. Joel then preached through the song’s lyrics, drawing on Luke 2:10, to explore how the good news of Jesus brings hope an...
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Down To Earth: Part Three (Luke 2:7-18) 🌍
In this message, Matt continues our Christmas series Down To Earth by exploring the angel’s announcement to the shepherds. Far from the centres of power and religion, God chooses the overlooked and ordinary to receive the greatest news in histo...
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Down To Earth: Part One (John 1:1-14) 🌍
This week we begin our Christmas series Down to Earth. Matt walks us through John 1:1–14, looking at what it really means that Jesus — the eternal Word — became human and lived among us. We explore how Jesus steps into ordinary life, how He bri...
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Community Carols 2025: God With Us ✨
In a season filled with picture-perfect expectations, this message from Matt reminds us that the first Christmas was anything but polished. Jesus didn’t arrive in comfort or control, but right into the mess of ordinary life — proving that God i...
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Down To Earth: Part Two (Matthew 1:18-25) 🌍
What if the Christmas story is far more disruptive and hopeful than we rememberIn this message, Joel continues our Down to Earth Christmas series by taking us back into the raw, gritty reality of the first Christmas. From the occupied st...
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Solomon Says: The Power Of Words (Proverbs 18:21) 📖
In the final message of our Solomon Says series, Joel spoke from Proverbs 18:21 — “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” He reminds us that every word we speak carries weight and can either build...
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Solomon Says: Pride & Humility (Proverbs 11:2) 📖
We all wrestle with pride more than we realise — and it can sneak into our lives in ways we don’t even notice. In this message, we explore what happens when pride takes the lead and why humility is the key to wisdom.Through biblical exam...
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Solomon Says: Work & Laziness (Proverbs 6:6–11) 📖
In a world obsessed with comfort and convenience, what does God say about work, diligence, and laziness? In this message, we explore Solomon’s timeless wisdom from Proverbs 6:6–11 — a call to “go to the ant” and learn the value of hard work, pr...
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Solomon Says: Trusting in God (Proverbs 3:1-6) 📖
Welcome back to Solomon Says, our series through the book of Proverbs. In this message, we explore Proverbs 3:1–6 — especially the famous words, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.” But w...
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Solomon Says: Guard Your Heart (Proverbs 4:20-23) 📖
What does it really mean to guard your heart in a world full of noise, pressure, and distraction? In this week’s Solomon Says message, Joel unpacks Proverbs 4:23 — “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”O...
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