Today, we want to encourage the body of Christ to persevere through adversity. Remember that through a steadfast walk with the Lord, you are well-equipped to handle life's unexpected challenges, even when they come at times you feel unprepared to face them. The Lord is never caught off guard, even when we are, and He knows exactly how we will respond. So, please grab a cup of coffee and enjoy our story that illustrates what the unexpected can teach us. When your heart is willing to believe that your life has purpose within the body of Christ, you will see that your gifts and callings are often revealed in moments of adversity.

Last week, we asked, ‘What does it mean to have Jesus as Lord of your life?’ Today, we’ll explore this question further by reading Isaiah 52. Many prophets, inspired by the Holy Spirit, spoke to humanity about many events to come and many of them have already been fulfilled and are currently being fulfilled. The most significant of these fulfilled prophecies is the coming of the Messiah, Jesus. In this passage, we see what it means to have Jesus as Lord of our lives through self-sacrifice/dying to self and the crucifixion, which is also ours.

Job never let his affliction cause him to speak against God. He remained loyal through immense grief, pain and torment knowing and proclaiming who was Lord of his life. Is Jesus the Lord of your life? What does this mean? For us it means placing Him first in everything we think, say and do. But it is so much more than just that. He is Lord of ALL!! We feel a sense of urgency for each member in the body of Christ to rise up and claim Jesus as our Lord and savior and testify of His goodness everywhere. It is what we were created for!!So let’s unite “As One” and be about our Father’s business.

In this week's podcast, Dodi and I invite you to declare, decree, and profess your faith with us as we exercise our spiritual muscles. Stretching our confessions of faith out of our mouths and into the air is an exercise that can be hard, So we invite you to learn with us as we read Colossians 3 The Passion Translation. Join us by allowing the Holy Spirit to bring to pass in our lives all the Father has planned as we step out of darkness and into His glorious light of His Word. Together. Let’s push back the plans of the enemy by proclaiming His word over one another. Our prayer is that you grab your Word and sit with the Holy Spirit as He teaches you.

In this episode, we explore how our bodies can react rapidly to situations, often leaving us shocked at our responses, particularly when we feel we've been having a good day. We delve into the origins of these thoughts and how our bodies store memories, triggering chemical responses that shape our reactions. Paul’s message to the Corinthians reminds us that our spiritual weapons can help dismantle these strongholds. Join us as we learn to identify and address the emotional triggers behind our responses.

In this episode we ask you to embrace a funeral service with us as we create a visual picture of what dying to sin really looks like. For far too long as believers we have tried to repent of our sins only to over and over again find ourselves continuing in those old ways of sinful behavior. What we need is a true funeral with all the guests that would attend as if we had actually died a physical death. The difference here will be the guests that will forever be saying goodbye to the old you/us. Choose this day to join us as we put to death our old selves and one by one the sins we have allowed to define us. Activate your free will and choose to be dead in Christ Jesus and resurrected with Him, as we not only died with Him on the cross but our sins were nailed to that cross with Him for all eternity. We can now boldly choose to have that fullness of His abundant life reigning in our lives til He comes again.

World view vs. Word view

In today’s episode, our sincere desire is for those watching or listening to choose the Word View and recognize the significant contrast to the World View. 1 John 4:11-13 in The Passion Translation states:

"Delightful loved ones, if He loved us with such tremendous love, then ‘loving one another’ should be our way of life! No one has ever gazed upon the fullness of God’s splendor. But if we love one another, God makes His permanent home in us, and we make our permanent home in Him, and His love is brought to its full expression in us. He has given us His Spirit within us so we can have the assurance that He lives in us and that we live in Him."

Our eyes are fixed on the Author and Finisher of our faith as we navigate a world that emphasizes "me, myself, and I," where people often believe they only have one life to live. However, the Word View teaches us that we must first die to self-hatred, hating our neighbor, and ultimately hating God. Embracing the Word View to Love the Lord with all you are, Love others as you love yourself, this love allows us to live permanently with the Father, both now and forever.

In this week's podcast, Dodi and I invite you to declare, decree, and profess your faith with us as we exercise our spiritual muscles. Stretching our confessions of faith out of our mouths and into the air is an exercise that can be hard, so we invite you to learn with us as we read Psalms 37, allowing the Holy Spirit to bring to pass in our lives all the Father has planned as we step out of darkness and into His glorious light of His Word. Together, let’s push back the plans of the enemy by proclaiming His word over one another. Dodi and I are reading Psalms 37 from the Passion Translation, and our prayer is that you grab your Word and sit with the Holy Spirit as He teaches you.