Mosaic Church Fort Worth

The Cost of Keeping Score :: A Family Christmas :: Bria Johnson

Truth be told, all families have a way of turning love into a competition of comparing and keep score. 
We measure who’s winning, who’s on par, yet soon to fall behind, and who’s flat out losing. 
In this message from our Advent series A Family Christmas, we step into one of the most painfully relatable family stories in Scripture and see what happens when approval, worth, and belonging get treated like something you have to earn.
This sermon speaks to anyone who’s tired of chasing validation, exhausted from family tension, or stuck in patterns they didn’t choose but somehow inherited. 
It’s an honest look at rivalry, longing, and the quiet cost of always keeping score, paired with the hope of a grace that meets us right in the middle of the mess.
Whether you’re navigating complicated relationships, carrying old wounds, or just wondering if rest is possible, this message points to a different way forward. 
One where worth isn’t won, love isn’t negotiated, and grace is received, not earned.
If this resonates, join us to reflect, and consider where you and your family might need to let go of the scorecard this Christmas.
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Message: The Cost of Keeping Score
Series: A Family Christmas
Scripture: Genesis 30
Speaker(s): Bria Johnson
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The Cost of Pretending :: A Family Christmas :: Alvin Brown

We all know what it’s like to put something on that doesn’t fit, and that isn’t really us. 
A version of ourselves meant to fit in, keep the peace, or get what we think we need. 
In this message from Genesis 27, we step into a family story that feels uncomfortably familiar. A story about favoritism, fear, control, and the quiet ways pretending starts to shape our lives.
The Cost of Pretending looks at what happens when good intentions drift into unhealthy patterns and when chasing blessing starts to cost us our honesty, our peace, and our trust. 
It speaks to anyone who feels tired of managing outcomes, wearing masks, or trying to earn what they hope will finally make them feel secure.
Whether you’re close to faith, curious about Jesus, or carrying family baggage you didn’t ask for, this message points to a deeper hope. 
One where you don’t have to fake your way into love, belonging, or blessing.  One where you can authentically be who God intended for you to be without pretending.
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Message: The Cost of Pretending
Series: A Family Christmas
Scripture: Genesis 27
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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What Your Life and Love Reveal :: A Family Christmas :: Alvin Brown

If someone summed up your life and relationships in one or two sentences, what would they find? 
And what would that say about how you actually love the people around you and relate to God?
In this message, Pastor Alvin examines one of Scripture's most relatable family stories during the holidays. 
It's about a couple who started out doing everything right—praying instead of forcing things, seeking God when life got hard—but still found their home quietly pulling apart underneath.
It’s a reminder that you can seek God and still lose your way. You can love people and still fall into subtle patterns that shape your relationships more than you realize.
This story becomes a mirror for all of us. Many know what it feels like to be overlooked or overburdened. We know the pressure to earn love, the pull toward what feels easier, and the cracks that form when old fears or preferences take over.
 
Whether you're navigating tension with family this season, noticing patterns you didn't choose but somehow inherited, or just trying to figure out why certain relationships feel so complicated, this message is for you.
Join us as we ask: what do our life and loves reveal about our hearts? And how does God meet us in the messy middle of it all to bring them all into alignment?
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Message: What Your Life and Love Reveal
Series: A Family Christmas
Scripture: Genesis 25:19-28
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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Seen in the Messy Middle :: A Family Christmas :: Alvin Brown

Life doesn’t stop being messy just because we believe in God. Genesis 16 proves it. 
In this message, Pastor Alvin walks through one of the most chaotic family moments in Scripture and shows how it mirrors the moments when our own lives feel tangled, unfair, or out of control.
This isn’t a story about perfect people. It’s a story about real people—God’s people—who made painful choices, hurt each other deeply, and ran from the fallout. Yet right in the middle of all that, God steps toward the unseen everyone else overlooked.
If you’ve ever felt unseen, used, forgotten, pushed aside, or stuck between who you want to be and the mess you’re actually living through, this message meets you there. 
Join us as we look at the God who sees you, knows you, and meets you in the messy middle.
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Message: Seen in the Messy Middle
Series: A Family Christmas
Scripture: Genesis 16
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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Three Ways Belonging Grows :: The Belonging Project :: Bria Johnson

Loneliness shows up everywhere, even in crowded rooms. Most everyone is surrounded by people yet still wonder where we fit and who really sees us.
In Three Ways Belonging Grows, Bria Johnson shares what it takes for real belonging to form — not just in church, but in everyday friendships, family, and the places we live, work, and play.
Looking at Jesus calling Levi in Mark 2, we see how He treated people who were overlooked or pushed out. His example reminds us that belonging isn’t random. It grows when someone sees others, makes space for them, and stays long enough for trust and love to take root.
Whether you’ve followed Jesus for years or you’re still figuring faith out, this message is for anyone who wants deeper connection and wants to help others find the same.
You matter. You’re seen. And you may be closer to belonging than you realize. Hit play and discover how belonging grows right where you are.
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Message: Three Ways Belonging Grows
Series: The Belonging Project
Scripture: Mark 2:13-17
Speaker(s): Bria Johnson
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A Gift To Belong :: The Belonging Project :: Alvin Brown

Most of us know what it feels like to want a place where we really fit — where we’re seen, known, and loved, not for what we can prove, but simply for who we are.
In this message, Pastor Alvin Brown talks about how belonging isn’t earned. It isn’t something we hustle for or try to deserve. It’s something God invites us into, especially in the moments when life feels thin, overwhelming, or like we don’t have enough.
Looking at 2 Corinthians 8:1–15, we see a picture of people who lived out belonging in the most unlikely circumstances. 
Not from pressure. Not from performance. But from grace — the kind that reminds us we are not alone, and that we were created to be connected to God and to each other.
If you’ve ever wondered where you fit, questioned if you matter, or felt like you’ve come up short, this message is for you.
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Message: A Gift To Belong
Series: The Belonging Project
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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When Mission Gets Inside You :: We Have A Part To Play :: Alvin Brown

What happens when mission doesn’t just reach you, but gets inside you?
In When Mission Gets Inside You, Pastor Alvin Brown closes out our series We Have A Part To Play with a message about what happens when we’re moved from something we believe in to something that changes how we live.
Through 2 Corinthians 5, we’re reminded that mission isn’t just something we do—it’s something that shapes who we become. 
It moves us beyond comfort into purpose, beyond belief into action.
If you’ve ever wondered what it means to live for something bigger than yourself, this message will help you see how real change begins from the inside out.
Hit play and discover what happens when God’s mission takes root where you live, work, and play.
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Message: When Mission Gets Inside You
Series: We Have A Part To Play
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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When Tech Reaches Rather Than Replaces :: We Have A Part To Play :: Alvin Brown

How is technology shaping your relationships, especially in how you relate to God?
We live more connected than ever, yet many of us feel alone. 
In this message, When Tech Reaches Rather Than Replaces, Pastor Alvin invites us to look at how our devices, apps, and feeds can be used as bridges to people rather than barriers between us. 
From Genesis 11 to the life of Jesus, we ask a simple question: does what we create serve the Creator, or quietly compete with Him?
If you’ve ever felt the pull of the endless scroll, this talk invites you to slow down, seek real presence, and let your tech serve a bigger purpose: loving God and loving people where you live, work, and play.
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Message: When Tech Reaches Rather Than Replaces
Series: We Have A Part To Play
Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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A Better Way To Work :: We Have A Part To Play :: Alvin Brown

We’ve all been there, maybe you’re there now, or you’ll be there soon, when work just wears you down.
You know the feeling. Work starts to feel like a grind, a scoreboard, or just hours spent with little to show for it.
But what if there’s a better way to see the hours you parent, study, serve, or clock in not as time spent with no return, but as time invested with lasting impact?
In this message from Ephesians 4, Pastor Alvin Brown unpacks how faith meets real life, not with quick fixes, but with a deeper invitation to let who God is reshape how we show up, speak, and serve in the places we live, work, and play.
Whether you believe in God or you’re just exploring faith, you’ll discover how we went from working from rest with God to working for rest apart from Him, and how Jesus invites us back into a better way to work.
If you’ve ever worked to prove yourself, wondered what all your effort is for, or just asked, “What’s the point of work?” — this one’s for you.
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Message: A Better Way To Work
Series: We Have A Part To Play
Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-32
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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The Operating System Inside You :: We Have A Part To Play :: Alvin Brown

Think about this—most of us touch our phones thousands of times a day. 
But all that tapping and swiping means nothing if the phone doesn’t have an operating system. Without it, the phone looks fine on the outside but can’t actually function.
The same is true for us. We have something deeper inside that runs everything we think, feel, and do. The Bible calls it the soul.
What’s something your soul has been hungry for lately?
In this message from Psalm 103, Pastor Alvin Brown helps us slow down and ask some honest questions: 
—What is the soul? 
—Why does it matter? 
—And where can it really find what it’s searching for?
Whether you’ve been walking with Jesus for years or you’re just curious about faith, this message points to the One who knows your soul best and can give it what nothing else can.
Tune in and hear why your soul is more than a mystery. It’s the core of who you are, and it was made for more than you could think or ever imagine.
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Message: The Operating System Inside You
Series: We Have A Part To Play
Scripture: Psalm 103:1-12
Speaker(s): Alvin Brown
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