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Paul was in prison. People were preaching against him just to make his life harder. And he was still full of joy. How?
In this episode of the Amen Podcast, Alex and Lokelani jump back into our Philippians “Stress Less” series with chapter 1:12-18, an episode we’re calling FRUSTRATIONS. Because let’s be real, you’re frustrated with someone or something right now. A difficult season. A difficult person. Plans that got shut down. A baby that won’t sleep. A coworker climbing the ladder at your expense.
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Paul knew that feeling. And he shows us that the very thing frustrating you is the thing God is using to advance His kingdom.
In this episode we talk about: • Why we actually NEED frustrations (and what they’re doing in us) • Why difficult PEOPLE last longer than difficult TIMES • The Matthew 7 plank-in-your-eye principle and how it kills frustration at the root • Why people use God to climb the ladder of fame (Mike Tyson, Theo Von, Steven Furtick conversation included) • A powerful picture from Pilgrim’s Progress (Feeble Mind & Ready-to-Halt) • Why our culture says “ghost them, quit, move, medicate” and why the gospel says something better • Lokelani on why she welcomes the suffering of having a big family in a culture that treats kids like a burden
If Christ is being proclaimed, even through your hardest season, nothing can ultimately frustrate you.
📖 Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18 🎙️ Series: Stress Less (Philippians)
After the Amen Question: What are the frustrations in your life that God is using to advance His kingdom? Drop your answer in the comments. We read them.
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Everyone talks about aesthetic. Your feed, your room, your coffee shop, your fit. But there’s a Greek word in the Bible that only shows up one time in the entire New Testament, and it might change the way you see your whole life.
In this episode of Amen Podcast, Pastor Alex and Lokelani Wilson walk through Philippians 1 verses 9 through 11 and unpack what Paul actually prayed for the church. Spoiler: it’s not about how your life looks. It’s about what you can see.
We talk about the difference between feeling something is off and knowing something is off, why love without knowledge falls apart, why knowledge without love falls apart, and the two questions that will help you discern almost any decision you face.
Plus, Lokelani shares what she’s discerning two days from her due date with baby number seven.
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How God’s Work In You Will Never Stop (Philippians 1:3-8)
Paul is on house arrest in Rome. Ten years removed from the Philippians. Awaiting a trial that could end his life. And when he picks up his pen to write to this little church in Macedonia, the first word out of his mouth isn’t fear. It’s joy.
This week we’re in Part 2 of the Stress Less series, walking through Philippians 1:3-8 and unpacking three distinct works of God: what He has done FOR us in salvation, what He is doing IN us through sanctification, and what He is doing THROUGH us in compassion for the body of Christ.
We also dig into why your local church isn’t a nice-to-have, why supplemental ministries like Amen Podcast only function well when believers are rooted in a Bible-teaching congregation, and how the Philippians’ partnership in the gospel made Paul’s imprisonment fruitful instead of futile.
Stick around for After the Amen, where Lokelani shares how this passage connects to motherhood, sanctification through serving others, and the joy of watching God work in the people around you.
Grab your Bible. Open to Philippians 1. Let’s go.
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Stress Less PT. 1
Paul wrote Philippians from a prison cell. The whole letter is about joy. How?
Welcome to Episode 1 of our new series, Stress Less: How the Cross is the Cure for Anxiety. We’re walking through the book of Philippians verse by verse to show you that you don’t have to live surprised by every hard thing that hits you.
In this episode, Alex unpacks Philippians 1:1-2 and shows three things that kept Paul calm in chains:
* His Master
* His Mission
* His Manner
Your master determines your manner. Your mission reveals your master. If you’ve ever been blindsided by suffering or shocked at how broken the world is, this series is for you.
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Scripture: Philippians 1:1-2, Acts 16, Matthew 11:28-30, John 15
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We spent years in Matthew. And it ends here — not with a theology lecture, but with eleven doubting disciples on a mountain, a risen Jesus who doesn’t rebuke them, and a commission that changed the world.
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Matthew 28:16–20 is the final exhale of the greatest story ever told. And the thing that hits hardest isn’t the Great Commission itself — it’s who Jesus gives it to. Doubters. Men who walked with Him for three years, watched Him die, heard the women say He was alive, and still showed up to that mountain unsure of what they were even looking at.
And Jesus says: All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go.
In this episode we ask the question nobody wants to sit with — what is doubt actually costing you? Not just spiritually. In your marriage, your calling, your obedience, your worship. Because doubt isn’t neutral. If doubt takes root, death still reigns. Whatever you’re doubting God about — that thing has taken the throne. And the only cure isn’t more effort. It’s looking at the authority of Christ and saying to everything else: you’re not my dad.
We also get into the Trinity — why Jesus is equal in divinity but subordinate in function, what it means that a human being is seated on the throne right now, and why the resurrection is the proof that the one with all authority over your life actually loves you and wasn’t forced.
We close with the commission: Go. Baptize. Make disciples. Teach. And the promise underneath all of it — I am with you always, to the end of the age.
This is the end of Matthew. And it’s just the beginning.
📖 Scripture: Matthew 28:16–20 📚 References: Ray Ortlund, John Piper, 1 Corinthians 15, Romans, Ephesians 2:8–9
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