In this episode, Mark Jobe and Anthony Daley explore what is happening across America, particularly on college campuses, where thousands of young people are gathering to worship, getting baptized spontaneously, and encountering God in undeniable ways. This generation, once written off as disengaged from faith, is returning to the church in significant numbers, and they are not looking for polished productions. They want a genuine encounter with the living God. Miracles are being reported with increasing frequency, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit are following the presence of the Holy Spirit. While some parts of the church are declining, revival is simultaneously breaking out, and the harvest has never been more ripe. Every believer carries the Spirit of God and has a role to play in what could be the next great awakening.

In this episode with Sean Reed and Anthony Daley, the conversation revolves around how it is easy to feel spiritually scattered when tragedy, division, and constant information compete for your attention every day. The human mind was never designed to carry the weight of an always-connected world, and when we absorb tragedy after tragedy without pausing to process it, the weight compounds quietly beneath the surface. Scripture calls believers to grieve with hope, to weep with those who weep, and to filter life through the lens of God's truth rather than the loudest voice in their feed. Living from heaven down means recognizing that your eye gate and ear gate have real power to shape how you see God, yourself, and your circumstances. Prayer is not just a place to deposit worries. It is a dialogue where earthly license is given for heavenly influence. You were not designed to carry the weight of the whole world. You are called to faithfully steward the specific assignment God has placed in your hands, and that starts not with a post or a position, but with prayer.

The Southern Baptist Convention recently passed an amendment restricting women from serving in pastoral roles or preaching to assembled congregations. However, a closer look at Scripture reveals a very different picture. The word 'pastor' never appears as a title for any individual in the New Testament. It is a spiritual gift described in Ephesians 4, not a corporate office. Women like Phoebe served as deacons in the early church, and Paul assumed women would prophesy in gathered congregations. When the gifts of women are suppressed, the entire body of Christ is weakened and the mission of the gospel suffers.

In this heartfelt episode of the Devoted Podcast, Pastor Anthony Daley sits down with his daughter, Lauren Miller, to discuss her new book, In the Waiting. Together, they explore one of the hardest realities of following Jesus: waiting on God when prayers seem unanswered.

Lauren vulnerably shares her 13-year infertility journey, the heartbreak of foster care, the pain of losing children she hoped to adopt, and the spiritual struggles that followed. Rather than offering easy answers, she explains how God transformed her perspective during seasons of disappointment, teaching her that faith is not built on outcomes but on trusting God's character.

Pastor Anthony and Lauren unpack biblical truths from Isaiah 40, discussing how God produces endurance, deeper intimacy, renewed strength, and spiritual maturity in the waiting. They also offer practical encouragement for anyone wrestling with delayed promises, unanswered prayers, anxiety, comparison, or discouragement.

Whether you're waiting for healing, restoration, direction, relationships, or breakthrough, this conversation will remind you that God is still working—even when you can't yet see the outcome. Your waiting season doesn't have to be wasted.

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The role of women in ministry is one of the most debated topics in the church today, brought into sharp focus by the Southern Baptist Convention's recent amendment restricting women from pastoral roles. Two passages in 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy are often cited as the basis for these restrictions, but applying those verses without addressing the surrounding passages raises serious questions about consistency. Understanding the full context of Paul's letters reveals that he was correcting disorder in a specific first-century church, not issuing timeless prohibitions. The broader witness of Scripture, from Galatians 3:28 to the examples of Priscilla and Mary Magdalene, affirms that God has never been limited by gender when it comes to carrying His message. The Holy Spirit distributes gifts as He wills, and no member of the body is greater than another. Tradition should never silence what God may be speaking through someone He has gifted and called.

Sin means missing the mark that God has set for your life, and far too many believers have grown comfortable with missing it. Scripture makes clear that ongoing sin gives the enemy an access point, reopening doors that were closed at salvation. Grace is not a safety net that permits continued sin. It is the power given so you can stand without sinning in the first place. Jesus faced every temptation we face, yet chose obedience through suffering, and His example shows us that victory is possible. The Holy Spirit is already present before temptation takes hold, pressing back against it and acting as a gatekeeper when we listen. Living separated from sin is not a guarantee, and it is not always easy, but it is genuinely possible. Sin is not a default. It is a choice, and in Christ, you have the power to choose differently.

The word Christian literally means belonging to Christ, yet the full weight of that identity is often lost in modern life. Jesus did not just come to secure our salvation. He came to show us how to live. His entire life was a blueprint for what it looks like to belong to God. He operated not in His own strength but through the power of the Holy Spirit, and He calls every believer to do the same. Obedience to His commands is not simply a rule to follow. It is the pathway into a deeper experience of His love. The world needs to see the real Jesus, and the only version most people will ever encounter is the one reflected in the lives of those who claim to follow Him.

God moves in seasons, and learning to recognize which season you are in changes everything about how you live and grow. Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that there is a time for every purpose under heaven, but knowing those seasons exist and actually aligning your life with them are two very different things. When God is tearing something down and you are busy trying to build, the result is frustration, not failure. A season of gathering stones means clearing the ground of habits, relationships, and mindsets that are blocking what God wants to grow in your life. Nothing done in the Kingdom of God is wasted. Every stone you pick up in a hard season is being used by God to fortify your position, lay your foundation, and prepare something lasting. The key to knowing your season is simple: get quiet, ask God, and listen.