Send us a text

A burial spice at a child’s cradle doesn’t feel festive—until you see what it’s saying. We explore why the Magi’s myrrh isn’t an odd flourish in a Christmas scene but a prophetic banner over Jesus’ life: King, God, Sacrifice. Gold points to kingship. Frankincense signals divinity. Myrrh points to the cross and to the reality that love chose suffering so we could be free.

We walk through Scripture to connect the dots. Isaiah 53 names the Man of Sorrows who bears our griefs. John 19 records myrrh and aloes at Jesus’ burial, echoing the gift laid before Him in His early years. Exodus 30 folds myrrh into priestly anointing, revealing Jesus as our High Priest and Lamb who ends the cycle of bulls and goats. That thread ties the cradle to the cross and the cross to the empty tomb, moving us from sentiment to substance: death doesn’t win; deliverance does.

Along the way we get personal about surrender. What does worship that costs something look like? Sometimes it’s cutting off corrosive conversations, choosing accountability, and refusing to let gossip or cynicism poison joy. Sometimes it’s dying to stubborn habits and breaking patterns for the sake of our children and their children. We talk growth through trials, the fragrance of sacrifice, and how an eternal view reframes everyday choices. If He carried our sin without numbing the pain, we can carry our cross with hope, mercy, and resolve.

Listen now for a clear, grounded, and practical message on surrender, costly worship, and living with eternity in view. If this resonates, share it with someone who needs courage today. Subscribe for more faith-deepening conversations and leave a review to help others find the show.

Send us a text

A star led scholars across deserts, but what really changed history was what they carried—and why. We unpack the Magi’s gift of gold as a bold, public claim that Jesus is King, exploring how a toddler without a throne still drew worship fit for a palace. That same gold challenges us today: bring your first and finest, not leftovers; choose surrender over convenience; let your worship tell the truth about Christ before the crown is visible to everyone else.

We walk through gold’s layered meaning—purity that mirrors the holiness of Jesus, value that elevates excellence over excuses, and surrender that dethrones our pride. Along the way, we contrast the hunger of outsiders with the apathy of insiders and ask how far we’ll actually go to honor the Lord. From meeting practical needs like getting a family a stove before Thanksgiving to the quiet ministry of faithful notes and everyday kindness, we show how bringing your “gold” spills beyond four walls and into the streets.

Herod trembled at the rumor of a rival, but kingdoms rise and fall while Christ remains on the throne. If gold was a royal announcement then, it’s a discipleship compass now—directing our time, budgets, attention, and courage toward what matters most. Join us as we trade silver compromises for golden surrender, learn to let the flesh lose so the spirit can live, and commit to showing up when God calls. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review with one line: what “gold” will you bring this week?

Send us a text

What if gratitude wasn’t a seasonal sentiment but the bedrock of a resilient life? We dig into the difference between saying “thanks” and living with a spirit of thanksgiving that holds when schedules overflow, family dynamics get tense, and plans fall apart. Starting with Scripture’s promises—God goes before us, will not abandon us, and shapes our future for good—we trace how gratitude reframes setbacks into seasons and turns ordinary days into places of encounter.

We talk honestly about holiday pressure, the courage to set holy boundaries, and why choosing presence over performance can restore peace. You’ll hear how honoring legacy and listening to those who came before us fill gaps our screens can’t, and how simple practices—thanking God for breath, mercy, and small provisions—can lighten anxiety’s load. Along the way, we unpack obedience in real life: finishing assignments, trusting the still small voice, and welcoming refinement when conflict or disappointment arrives.

Generosity naturally flows from this posture. Beyond money, we explore the power of time, presence, prayer, and open tables to meet needs all year, not just in a festive season. Gratitude becomes the engine that multiplies blessings rather than burying them. We close with an invitation to anchor faith in God’s unfailing goodness—not after life improves, but right in the thick of it—so thanksgiving becomes a daily foundation rather than a reaction. If this resonates, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review to help others find the message.

Send us a text

What if “Jesus accepts everyone” isn’t the finish line but the starting line? We dive into the hard and hopeful truth that God’s love welcomes us as we are, yet His grace refuses to leave us there. With raw personal stories—like battling a stubborn habit and discovering deliverance in an unexpected moment—we explore how real repentance looks, feels, and changes the way we live.

Together we open Matthew 7 to face the warning few want to hear: saying “Lord, Lord” won’t substitute for doing the Father’s will. Then we turn to John 8, where mercy and holiness meet in one breath: “Neither do I condemn you” followed by “Go and sin no more.” That tension becomes our roadmap. Relationship with Jesus is not legalism, but it is not lawless either. The Holy Spirit convicts, strengthens, and leads us into choices that match our confession.

We also talk about seasons—how a wintered tree isn’t dead, it’s preparing. Calling can shift without your purpose ending. One door closes and a hallway of new doors lights up. And when tragedy strikes, like the heartbreaking accident of a family we met on a trip, we choose love over fear and intercession over indifference. Prayer becomes presence when we keep showing up for the broken.

If you’re hungry for a faith that is more than talk—one that reshapes habits, heals relationships, and walks the narrow road—this message is for you. Acceptance invites you in. Surrender takes you forward. Transformation keeps you moving with Jesus.

If this encouraged you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a review to help more people find messages like this. What is God asking you to lay down today?

Send us a text

If God never changes, what does that mean for the fear, lack, and storms we face today? We open our hearts and our Bibles to explore how an unchanging God still heals, provides, and leads us through impossible places. From a raw testimony of freedom from agoraphobia to practical, scripture-shaped steps for persistent prayer, this conversation connects ancient miracles with modern breakthroughs in a way that feels personal and urgent.

We walk through the woman who touched the hem and found wholeness, the blind man who shouted for mercy until the crowd’s hush lost its power, and the man at the Beautiful Gate who discovered that authority in Jesus outruns silver and gold. Provision stretches across every need: multiplying loaves for thousands, turning water into wine to restore joy, guarding a child on a bike path, and guiding a family through diagnoses, loss, and unexpected rescue. Along the way, we show how “peace, be still” is more than a verse; it is a way to speak to chaos until it listens. Ask, seek, and knock becomes a lifestyle, not a slogan, as we keep praying until doors open.

Our calling is simple and weighty: preach good news, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to captives, and believe that signs follow believers. We refuse to shrink back from what is profitable for souls, and we invite you to do the same—step out of the boat, even if the wind still howls. Subscribe for more faith-building stories, share this with someone who needs hope today, and leave a review with the miracle you’re believing for right now.

Send us a text

If faith ever felt like an act you couldn’t keep up, this conversation is your deep breath. We take a hard look at the spirit of religion—the subtle counterfeit that loves clean cups and ignores messy hearts—and we trade it for a living relationship with Jesus marked by conviction, not condemnation. Grounded in Matthew 23 and 2 Timothy 3:5, we unpack why polished behavior can’t replace spiritual power, and how a genuine move of the Holy Spirit reshapes motives, speech, and habits from the inside out.

We share candid stories from the altar and the parking lot to expose how easy it is to perform holiness while resisting transformation. You’ll hear practical guidance on repentance that sticks, prayer that flourishes in private, and boundaries that protect your walk without shaming others. We wrestle with the urge for revenge, the pain of broken expectations, and the difference between correcting in love and condemning in pride. Along the way, we keep pointing away from self and back to Jesus—the only one who cleans what we cannot.

This episode invites you to tear down the altar of performance and build an altar of relationship. Expect straight talk about motives in ministry, why “fake fire” burns out, and how to “worship in Spirit and in truth” today, not someday. If you’re ready to move from optics to authenticity, from walls to bridges, and from denomination-building to disciple-making, you’ll find both challenge and comfort here. Join us, reflect honestly, and take one obedient step forward. If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review so more people can find a faith that’s real and alive.

Send us a text

What if the roar that keeps you up at night is only an echo of defeat? We dive straight into the tension between a loud counterfeit and the true authority of the Lion of Judah, tracing how fear, accusation, and shiny distractions try to separate us from what Jesus already secured. You’ll hear a clear, practical path to stand your ground: grace over performance, Scripture over suggestion, praise over panic, and self-discipline over drift.

We talk candidly about worthiness and repentance, the kind that restores rather than shames. Unity takes work, so we walk through healthy accountability—correction in private, encouragement in public—and why gossip only amplifies the imitation roar. Our community is growing, which means resistance is growing too. That’s where the armor of God, a steady prayer life, and a mouth full of the Word turn loud threats into background noise. We also get honest about priorities: ministry that eclipses family is not a win, and servanthood usually starts where no one sees—lawns, cables, classrooms, and quiet faithfulness that makes room for God’s presence.

Praise is the turning point. Judah means praise, and the Lion dwells there. When we lift Jesus high, pretenders scatter and clarity returns. We explore how to carry that same authority from the sanctuary to the parking lot, into homes, job sites, and sideline bleachers. Spiritual warfare is not about fighting people; it’s about resisting lies, religious veneers, and fear that tries to stick. Every imitation must flee at the name of Jesus, because the victory is not pending—it’s proclaimed.

If this message strengthens your spirit, share it with a friend who needs courage today. Subscribe for more, leave a review so others can find it, and tell us: what Scripture do you speak when the noise gets loud?

Send us a text

If the ground under your life gave way tomorrow, what would still hold? We open with Psalm 40 and follow its path—waiting, being heard, lifted from the pit, set on solid ground, given a new song—into a conversation that’s painfully honest and stubbornly hopeful. I share a raw story from my lowest moment and trace how God met me there, not to shame me, but to trade my burdens for His steady grip. That exchange, at the altar and in everyday choices, is where despair gives way to direction and where a new beginning takes root.

We unpack why rock bottom can be holy ground: the place where illusions fall, the ego quiets, and the only foundation that doesn’t shift—Jesus—comes into view. We talk about prayers that feel empty and the courage to move beyond lip service toward real surrender. We press into discernment, whose voices we allow to shape us, and what healthy submission and spiritual authority look like when integrity leads the way. Through Matthew 7, Romans 8:28, 2 Corinthians 4, and Revelation 12:11, we build a theology of storms and bedrock: you will be pressed, but you won’t be crushed; knocked down, but not destroyed; opposed, yet still held inside a purpose that works all things toward good.

Along the way, we name how misery becomes ministry, how testimony fights back against despair, and how a church can learn to stand when money is thin and questions are loud. From pit to pulpit isn’t a slogan—it’s a slow, honest walk where God wastes nothing and even the darkest soil becomes a nursery for joy. If you need a reason to get up, a way to stand, or words to sing when you can’t find any, this conversation offers a firm place to plant your feet and a new song for your next step.

If this spoke to you, follow the show, share it with someone who needs solid ground, and leave a review with one line about your “new song” this week. Your story might become someone else’s first step.