First Baptist Church of Mableton

09/06/2026

9/6/27

09/04/2026

Daily Devotional Day 5: Delete Buttons and Transformed Living
Transformed Living demands action, not just conviction. Not just wishful thinking. We must take up our cross every day, dying to ourselves, dying to our flesh and its desires, and living out our faithful witness for Christ. That may very well mean: canceling subscriptions, blocking online influencers, having difficult conversations, and/or losing a relationship or two because of the influence that person has over you.

Every time we hit the “delete” or “unsubscribe” button, we need to fill it with something else. What is that thing going to be? It needs to be God’s Word.

“5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:5-9)

Reflection: What one thing can you do without? What influencer in your life do you need to trade and replace with more time in the Word of God?

https://youtu.be/O10VePg9JVs

09/03/2026

Daily Devotional Day 4: Metamorphosis Through Memorized Truth
Mind renewal isn’t vague spirituality but rigorous immersion in Scripture. Just as caterpillars become butterflies by internalizing their DNA, believers transform by digesting God’s Word. This requires more than Sunday sermons; it demands daily feasting on verses that confront cultural lies. When evil is called good (Isaiah 5:20), only Scripture’s sharp sword can slice through deception. Carry it physically—a phone app, a pocket Bible—and consult it more than trending hashtags. [23:00]

“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” (Joshua 1:8, NIV)

Reflection: What single Bible verse most directly challenges a cultural lie you’ve tolerated? How could you memorize and apply it this week?

https://youtu.be/O10VePg9JVs

09/02/2026

09/02/2026

Daily Devotional Day 3: Resisting the Potter Called “Progress”
The world isn’t neutral—it actively reshapes minds like clay on a potter’s wheel. Its tools include algorithms feeding discontent, entertainment normalizing sin, and influencers equating tolerance with virtue. Conformity happens subtly: a heretic’s Instagram post here, a compromised sermon there. Yet God’s people are called to a different shaping—the Potter’s hands molding through Scripture. Resistance starts by asking who holds the clay: the fleeting trends of TikTok or the eternal Word? [18:57]

“Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.” (Isaiah 64:8)

Reflection: Which “potter’s wheel” (streaming platform, news source, relationship) most aggressively reshapes your worldview? What practical step would disrupt its influence today?

https://youtu.be/O10VePg9JVs

09/01/2026

Daily Devotional Day 2: The Cross We Carry Before the Crowd We Crave
A living sacrifice breathes but doesn’t belong to itself. Daily self-denial—not dramatic martyrdom but quiet choices—marks this life. Like a perpetually burning altar, believers continually surrender comfort, approval, and autonomy. The world’s molds of self-expression (“my truth”) and convenience clash with the call to crucify personal desires. Yet this sacrifice isn’t grim duty; it’s the reasonable response to being “bought with a price.” The question isn’t whether we’ll carry a cross, but which one: Christ’s or culture’s. [15:26]

“Then he said to them all: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’” (Luke 9:23, NIV)

Reflection: Where have you prioritized cultural approval over carrying Christ’s cross this week? What daily habit could remind you that you’re “not your own”?

https://youtu.be/O10VePg9JVs

08/31/2026

Daily Devotional Day 1: Mercy as the Compass for Daily Choices
The foundation of Christian living isn’t gritted-teeth obedience but gratitude for divine mercy. Every decision—forgiveness, kindness, resisting sin—finds its "why" in the mercies God has already poured out through Christ’s sacrifice. This mercy isn’t a vague concept but the cumulative grace detailed in Romans 1-11: justification, adoption, and the Spirit’s indwelling. To live "in view" means fixing one’s spiritual gaze on Calvary’s finished work rather than fluctuating cultural standards. When mercy becomes the lens, even difficult choices gain clarity as worship. [06:30]

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” (Romans 12:1, NIV)

Reflection: What specific decision today—a relationship, habit, or thought pattern—needs reexamining through the lens of Christ’s mercy? How would gratitude for His sacrifice reshape your response?

https://youtu.be/O10VePg9JVs

08/30/2026

Transformed

08/30/2026

Pastor Doug's teaching notes for today's message, "Transformed", are available to follow along through the YouVersion Bible App (select discover/churches/events) or through a web browser through this link: http://bible.com/events/49656225

We look forward to see you today at 9:15am for Bible Study and 10:30am for Worship!