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Resistance As A Setup For Blessing
Jonathan Helser writes, “The places we are created for greatness are the places we are hit with the most fear.” If I am hitting a barrier, I know that there is something beyond it that is more than I could ask or imagine. No matter what happened yesterday, God is on my side today. Just…
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How To Defeat The God Of The Algorithm
In 2020, the average person spent two hours and 3 minutes each day on social media. By 2022, that usage was up to two hours and 29 minutes. Although there are some potential positive outcomes from social media use, like staying connected to friends and family that are geographically separated from you, expressing your creativity,…
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How To Experience Peaceful Rest
Do you find yourself waking up feeling exhausted with your brain lost in a mental fog? Do your dreams leave you feeling like you have been running or fighting (fight or flight) all night long? If you do, you are in good company. A recent report from the CDC said that 1 in 3 Americans get…
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God Is Whispering…Can You Hear Him?
During a weekend retreat I was leading on prayer, I asked the question, “What is prayer?” After some discussion, we came to a consensus that prayer is conversation with God. However, after further discussion, we all admitted that most of the time our conversation is pretty one-sided with us doing most (if not all) of the talking.…
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Seeking The Lord Is A Way Of Life
Have you ever frantically searched for something you have lost? It is usually something important and valuable like your cell phone, wallet, or keys. Your world just isn’t right until the item is back in its proper place (typically your pocket). Everything else is put on hold for those few moments it takes to find…
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Prayer Is Not Religious Work
I have always been fascinated by prayer. The whole idea that the Creator of the Universe would invite me to come into His presence is mind-boggling. The fact that He wants to have a conversation with me is overwhelming. The knowledge that He has things He wants to tell me is more than I can comprehend.…
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Discipleship–Engaging With Scripture
In this episode, we continue our look at discipleship by exploring how to effectively engage with scripture as we learn from Jesus how to better follow him. Keep on Living Unleashed!!
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What Is Discipleship?
In this week’s podcast, we are looking at the question “What Is Discipleship?” This will be the first of a series of episodes that will dive into this topic to see the importance of discipleship as we walk with Jesus.
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From One Beggar To Another
There are certain moments in life that are indelibly imprinted upon our memories. Many times these are the “big moments” of life like our wedding day, the birth of our children, or the first time we saw the ocean, mountains or Grand Canyon. Sometimes these moments are seemingly insignificant moments that leave a disproportionately large memory…
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Why I Keep Returning To This 4-Word Prayer
“Teach me to pray.” I softly utter these words as I sit at my desk in the still of the morning. It is a prayer that I have returned to often in my journey of faith. As I sit in my quiet house with a fresh steaming cup of coffee, I return to this prayer…
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How To Get A Great Start To The Day
“Ouch!” I exclaimed as I stub my toe on the corner of the bed. When I get up in the morning, I am not the most coordinated individual these days. Honestly, I never have been. As I walk out to the kitchen to pop a coffee pod into my Keurig, I move like something out…
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God Is Doing A New Thing
It is officially spring. The grass is getting greener, the birds are singing, and the squirrels are playing in my backyard. Spring is filled with signs of new life and God’s new work. What new thing is God doing in your life this spring season? Are you ready to embrace it?
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The Day I First Saw My Son As A Young Man
“I’ve got it!” All three of my sons yelled in unison as they tracked the oversized football through the air. We found this football on clearance a few days earlier. It was the size of a beachball with a cloth cover. Soft and bouncy, it was somewhat difficult to catch, yet my sons were having…
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Firecrackers, Spiritual Disciplines, And The Kingdom Of God
I always loved to visit Grandma and Grandpa when I was a kid. It was a great place to be. They lived in the country, and I was a city boy, so there were always new and exciting things to do. Grandma was a fantastic cook. They would let my brother, Matt, and I…
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Now That Is Life
I start every podcast describing the abundant life that Jesus offers as a life filled with hope, joy, peace, and freedom. In this podcast episode, we dive deeper into the passage from John 10:10 where Jesus says he has come to give us this abundant life to see what that looks like.