Epicenter Church with Pastor Mark Knight

Epicenter Church

Listen to sermons from Pastor Mark Knight and Epicenter Church in Fayetteville, NC. Learn more about Epicenter at yourepicenter.com

  1. Jun 2

    Throw It Off! | Pastor Mark Knight | May 31st, 2026

    The wilderness is not just a place we pass through—it is often the place where God reveals what we have been carrying. In this message, Pastor Mark Knight challenges us to recognize the weights, wounds, habits, mindsets, and distractions that slow us down spiritually and keep us from walking freely with God. “Throw It Off” is a call to stop dragging into the next season what God never intended for us to carry. Life in the wilderness can expose what comfort kept hidden. It can reveal our complaints, our fears, our unhealthy attachments, and the places where we have learned to survive instead of surrender. Yet the wilderness is not proof that God has abandoned us. It is often the very place where He teaches us dependence, obedience, endurance, and trust. The question is not simply whether we will make it through the wilderness, but whether we will let God strip away what cannot go with us into promise. This message reminds us that spiritual growth requires participation. God can deliver us, guide us, and sustain us, but there are still things we must choose to release. We cannot run the race God has marked out for us while clinging to bitterness, fear, compromise, offense, shame, or the familiar patterns of our past. At some point, we must decide that freedom is worth more than familiarity. The challenge is clear: throw off whatever is weighing you down. Stop carrying what Christ already gave you permission to lay down. Fix your eyes on Jesus, trust Him in the wilderness, and allow Him to prepare you for what is ahead. Because the wilderness is not the end of the story—it is often the place where God gets us ready for the promise.

    46 min
  2. May 22

    What Are You Looking For | Pastor Mark Knight| May 3rd, 2026

    This message challenges us to examine what we're truly looking for in our spiritual journey. Drawing from Luke 7:36-50, we encounter a nameless woman who crashes a dinner party to anoint Jesus with expensive perfume, while religious leaders judge her every move. The central question echoes throughout: What are we looking for when we look forward? Are we allowing ten cents worth of problems to block our vision of what God wants to do in our lives? The sermon uses the metaphor of a dime held close to the eye—something small and insignificant that can completely obstruct our view when we focus on it instead of looking beyond it. We're reminded that those who truly seek Jesus understand the importance of pouring out grace, not hoarding it. This woman pushed through a room full of people focused on her past to reach the One who could transform her future. Meanwhile, the religious elite were so consumed with judging her that they completely missed the move of God happening right in front of them. The message confronts our narcissistic culture where self-preservation trumps service, where we're more disciplined about scrolling our feeds than seeking God's face. We learn that God's Word isn't failing us—we're failing to work God's Word in our lives. When we're intentional about looking for Jesus in our circumstances, we discover that He's already there, ready to remove the labels others have placed on us and reveal who we truly are in Him.

    46 min
  3. Apr 24

    What Are You Complaining About? | Pastor Mark Knight | April 19th, 2026

    This message confronts us with an uncomfortable truth: complaining is not just a bad habit, but a sin that keeps us trapped in spiritual wilderness. Drawing from Exodus 16, we journey with the Israelites who, just days after witnessing the miraculous parting of the Red Sea and breaking into extended praise, find themselves grumbling about their circumstances in the desert. The contrast is striking—Chapter 15 shows them singing 'How great is our God,' while Chapter 16 reveals them complaining about potential starvation and even revising their history of slavery to make it seem better than their current freedom. This message challenges us to examine our own default responses to difficulty. Are we training ourselves in godliness, focusing on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable as Philippians 4:8 instructs? Or have we allowed complaining to become our natural state? The profound connection between the manna that rained from heaven and Jesus declaring 'I am the bread of life' reminds us that God's provision is constant, even when we can't see it yet. The key insight is this: God is not as committed to our comfort as He is to our destiny, and our faith cannot grow without tension. We're called to praise before the power shows up, to see problems as opportunities to witness God's glory, and to stop asking God to prevent battles while instead asking Him to provide the faith to win them.

    46 min

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Listen to sermons from Pastor Mark Knight and Epicenter Church in Fayetteville, NC. Learn more about Epicenter at yourepicenter.com