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Promised Land Church is led by Pastor Brent Parsley and located in East Aurora, New York. For more information visit: promisedlandwny.com
Thank God It's Monday | God's Original Plan | Brent Parsley
Part 1 of Thank God It's Monday
Does God Care About Your Job?
You probably spend more time working than doing almost anything else. But have you ever stopped to ask why?
For some of us, work is exhausting. For others, it's where we find our identity. And for many, it's just what we do to pay the bills.
But what if God designed work to be so much more?
In this episode, we begin our new series, Thank God It's Monday, by exploring God's original plan for work. From the opening chapters of Genesis to the teaching of Paul in Ephesians, we discover that work wasn't created as a punishment. It was part of God's good design for humanity.
We'll talk about why your work matters, the difference between a job and a calling, and why following Jesus doesn't mean dividing your life into spiritual and non-spiritual categories.
You don't have to be a pastor or missionary for your work to matter to God. Whether you're building houses, raising children, teaching students, managing a business, or working a job you don't love, God invites you to partner with Him right where you are.
You were created to make a difference.
Maybe it's time to stop dreading Monday and start discovering why your work matters.
Scriptures: Genesis 1–3; Ephesians 2:8–10
12 Oct 2026
Launch Sunday | Don't Try. Train.
What if the reason you're not growing spiritually ISN'T because you're just not trying hard enough?
Many Christians genuinely want to follow Jesus, overcome sin, and experience the full life He promised. But somewhere along the way, following Jesus can become an exhausting cycle of trying harder, falling short, and trying again.
Jesus offers us something better.
In this message, Pastor Brent Parsley explores what it really means to be a disciple of Jesus. Drawing from Luke 9:23 and 1 Timothy 4:7–8, we'll discover why spiritual growth is less about trying harder and more about training ourselves to live the way Jesus lived.
We'll also look at why following Jesus requires surrender, daily practice, and a community of people who are growing together.
Following Jesus is not about our religious performance or our perfection. We're learning to becoming more like Him, one day at a time, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Recorded on Launch Sunday, October 11, 2026, at Promised Land Church in East Aurora, New York.
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4 Oct 2026
To the Promised Land | Living Devoted Lives | Brent Parsley
Part 4 of To the Promised Land
What does it really mean to live a life devoted to Jesus?
In Acts 2, the first Christians devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, communion, and prayer. They reordered their lives around Jesus.
In this message, Pastor Brent Parsley explores why devotion is more than emotion or spiritual intensity. It is consistent allegiance: choosing Jesus again and again, being devoted to His Church and His people, and joining what God is doing in the world.
As Promised Land Church prepares for a new season, this message is a call to become the kind of people who are fully devoted to Jesus, devoted to one another, and devoted to His mission.
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