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Living Hope

When Your Stuff Starts to Own You

September 21, 2026

Summary

Many of us chase the next thing, sure it’ll finally make us feel like enough. Zacchaeus had wealth, status, and a soul still starving underneath it. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller traces Zacchaeus from lost to found. Discover why a despised rich man climbed a tree—and came down a different person entirely.

This is part one of the sermon, “Zacchaeus: Seeking Significance Through Possessions.”

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