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Fasting, Frugality + Sacrifice | Mike Mannes

Storms are not optional. They are inevitable.At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives a picture of two builders. One digs deep and builds on rock. The other settles for sand. The difference is not hearing His words. It is putting them into practice.This message explores three postures that help us build a life that stands. Fasting teaches us that food cannot fix what is broken inside. Frugality reminds us that stuff cannot truly satisfy. Sacrifice declares that money does not make us. As we trust God in these areas, He changes us from the inside out.God brings the power. We bring the posture. And when we dig deep, we discover a life marked by strength, gratitude, and joy.Want to go deeper?Check out the mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church. It is created to help you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.southsidelife.com/step-in

Manna Mindset | Southside Church

What if freedom is not just about leaving something behind, but learning how to trust God in what comes next?In Manna Mindset, we explore the journey of Israel from slavery to promise. God brought them out of Egypt, parted the sea, and provided bread from heaven. But He was doing more than meeting their needs. He was shaping their hearts. Teaching them to trust Him one day at a time.Maybe you are facing a Red Sea moment. Maybe you feel stuck between fear and faith. This message is a reminder that God still provides daily bread, still fights our battles, and still leads us forward. You are not forgotten in the desert. You are being formed there.Want to go deeper?Check out the mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church. It is created to help you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.soutsidelife.com/step-in

Silence, Solitude + Rest | Pastor Mike Mannes | Southside Church

Ever feel like you’re constantly “on” but still running empty?In this message, we talk about God’s better plan for our lives, not just a quick fix for our circumstances, but real change from the inside out. Through the practices of solitude, silence, and rest, God invites us into a deeper kind of healing and maturity.This sermon is for anyone who feels overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or disconnected. You don’t have to stay stuck in the noise. God brings the power. We bring the posture.Want to go deeper?Check out the mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church. It is created to help you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.southsidelife.com/step-in

The With-Jesus Life | Pastor Mike Mannes

What if following Jesus is not about trying harder, but about living with Him?In this message, we explore what it means to live the with-Jesus life. A life shaped by daily awareness of God’s presence, intentional practices, and steady transformation over time. Spiritual growth is not accidental. It happens when we arrange our lives around habits that allow the Holy Spirit to do what we could never do through direct effort.Through Scripture, personal stories, and the picture of training instead of trying, this sermon invites us into a better way of living. A life marked by peace, joy, obedience, and freedom. Not perfection, but formation.Baptism is highlighted as a spiritual practice of trust and obedience, and an invitation to step into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not as a future reward, but as a present reality.Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.Listen at southsidelife.com/step-in

Radically Alter The World

What if following Jesus is not about trying harder, but about training differently?In this message, we explore what real belief looks like. Belief is not just intellectual agreement. It is a deep, confident trust in Jesus that slowly reshapes who we are and how we live. The abundant life Jesus offers is not about pretending, performing, or grimacing through obedience. It is about becoming the kind of person who naturally lives with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and self-control.Through Scripture, humor, and everyday stories, this sermon invites us into spiritual formation. Jesus saves us, He is saving us, and He will save us. That life starts now and stretches into forever.If you feel tired of trying and ready to start practicing a better way, this message is for you.Want to go deeper? The mid-week Step In podcast from Southside Church helps you pause, refocus, and lean into the abundant life Jesus offers. Not just as a future promise, but as a present reality. Each episode continues the conversation from Sunday and helps you take your next step.Listen at southsidelife.com/step-in