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Can You Believe in Your House? Faith When You Can’t See (Matthew 9)
The speaker teaches from Matthew 9:27–31, where two unnamed blind men cry, “Son of David, have mercy on us,” follow Jesus into a house, and are healed after Jesus asks, “Do you believe I can make you see?” He emphasizes that many believe God can do miracles in general but struggle to trust Him with personal, specific needs, and that long-term pain can reduce a person’s identity to their limitation. He highlights faith as continuing to follow Jesus even when the picture is dark, often guided by the worship and testimony of others, and notes the men’s shared cry for mercy as a model for unity and an “us” mentality in the church. The message culminates in a call to invite Jesus into one’s home, illustrated during baptisms and prayer for families and houses.
00:00 House Theme Intro
00:34 Matthew 9 Blind Men
02:35 Do You Believe Me
05:51 Pain Becomes Identity
07:14 Follow While Blind
10:50 Find Jesus Through Worship
15:36 Mercy Becomes Us
19:43 Believe In Your House
21:11 Baptism Family Moment
28:46 Let Him Into Your Home
2 Aug 2026
The Tragedy of Untold Stories | Your Testimony Releases Faith (2 Corinthians 4)
Guest speaker Pastor Taylor Fairbanks reads 2 Corinthians 4:3–6 and preaches that the gospel is veiled to unbelievers, so believers must release the “light” they’ve received through testimonies. He explains how stories connect people and testimonies build faith, using humorous personal anecdotes and stressing that worship itself “tells a story” of God’s faithfulness. He urges the church and Next Gen to step into uncomfortable settings where miracles are needed, share what they’ve seen and heard, and overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony (Revelation 12:11; Acts 1; Acts 4). He shares his Baton Rouge church-planting testimony during 2020 and ends with a lifeguard story warning against celebrating while a world drowns, calling everyone to boldness, prayer, and action.
00:00 Nachos and Scripture
01:40 Light of the Gospel
03:36 Tragedy of Untold Stories
04:31 Why Stories Connect
08:05 Church Built on Stories
10:51 Scent Memory and Worship
13:41 Worship Tells Your Story
16:41 Miracle Settings Matter
20:22 Testimony Overcomes
23:01 Witness Beyond Sundays
26:58 Fear of Persecution
29:35 Baton Rouge Church Plant
35:57 Lifeguards and Altar Call
26 Jul 2026
Cloaked: When Jesus Passes By—Cry Out, Throw Off the Label, and Step Into Your Miracle
Pastor Robert Tisdale continues the “Cloaked” message from Mark 10:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=646s)–49, teaching that miracles begin when you stop obsessing over what you’ve lost and start using what you have left. Using blind Bartimaeus, he urges the church to sense the urgency of the moment when Jesus is passing, respond immediately, and refuse distractions or ambivalence. He highlights Bartimaeus’ cry—calling Jesus by name, recognizing Him as “Son of David,” and pleading for mercy—as worship and deliverance language that cuts through the noise despite social pressure to be silent. Tisdale warns against offense, skepticism, and relying on flawed messengers to block God’s call, then emphasizes Bartimaeus casting away his cloak as rejecting labels and identity, calling listeners to throw off shame, bondage, and negative self-description and move toward the altar in faith.
00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o) Cloaked Theme Intro
01:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=68s) Sensing The Moment
04:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=244s) Information To Revelation
07:51 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=471s) Power In The Name
10:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=644s) Deliverance Language Mercy
14:11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=851s) Silencing The Crowd
18:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=1111s) Jesus Stood Still
20:49 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=1249s) He Calleth Thee
31:06 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=1866s) Casting Off The Cloak
41:19 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEU150T17o&t=2479s) Altar Call Move Now
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Can You Believe in Your House? Faith When You Can’t See (Matthew 9)
Published 9 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So here's what I love, and I'm going to hurry. Watch this. They're crying for mercy in the road, but Jesus doesn't answer them in the road. He doesn't stop for them the way he stopped for Bartimaeus in Mark 10. They're saying the same phrase, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. But Jesus never stops. He just keeps leading them into the house. And in the house, he confronts them with a question. And here's really what I want to preach today. Can you believe in your house or only in this church? That's really what I came to preach today. You want Jesus to fix what is visible? Hear me. But Jesus wants access to what's inside. […]
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