Have you ever felt like you’ve stalled out? That you’re stuck in the pattern of start and stop? Special guest, Debbie Short, is no stranger to that feeling, but has overcome many obstacles in life, including losing over 200lbs, through partnering with God and recognizing what it is to move with His momentum. This episode will encourage you to run your race with endurance and to work with, not against, the forward progress God has for you. 

Special Guest, Gabriel Cannon shares his testimony from being a preacher’s kid in North Carolina to suddenly being catapulted into the Hollywood lifestyle as a result of his brother’s breakthrough stardom. The common thread throughout his story is that even when he wasn’t following God, God’s love was following him. No matter where you find yourself in a relationship with Christ today, let Gabriel’s story encourage you that you are never too far gone for His grace to reach you. 

This episode is dedicated to our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan, the persecuted church worldwide, and those in Haiti who are suffering from the recent earthquake. We share a story of meeting a pastor on a missions trip whose church had been burned down and who almost lost his life because of his faith, and how his church grew as a result of it. Join the conversation and our prayer for Afghanistan, Haiti, and the body of Christ worldwide.

Even before we knew Jesus, He knew us and equipped us with giftings to navigate through life with. How we use those gifts, is up to us. Mondo De La Vega is Executive Vice President of Television Production and Co-Host of The Jim Bakker Show and also hosts his own television program, The Mondo Show. On this episode, he shares his amazing testimony from being involved in a gang from the early age of 8 and how God found and restored him to go from using his gifts to be an ambassador for his gang, to being a global ambassador for The Kingdom. 

Worship leader and songwriter, Andrea Okwu, joins us and shares how worship helped her overcome  a difficult season of dealing with severe anxiety and the lessons she learned through it all. She has a powerful message on the impact of worship and the opportunity it presents to partner with heaven here on earth! 

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 On this episode we welcome special returning guest, Debbie Short, who shares her testimony of walking with her husband, Chuck, through cancer and a three month hospital stay.  She shares many incredible stories that took place while in the hospital where she was able to encourage others while walking through the biggest storm of her life. We hope this episode encourages you that even in your weakest moments, He is strong and can still work mightily in your life even when we feel we have nothing to give. 

“I once was blind but now I see.” 

On this episode, we dive into John chapter 9 where Jesus heals the man born blind and completely rebrands him from being an outcast to a son. What does your life look like when God rebrands you? Find out on today on Coming Up Higher! 

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In a world full of comparison and competition, it can be so easy to fall into the pattern of performance to try to find meaning in life. 

Our guest, Dr. Matthew Costner is the Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Fellowship in Branson, MO and the Executive Director of Free life Ministries, an online biblical counseling firm. He shares his testimony of striving to find significance in the world of sports, academics and ministry only to find that true fulfillment comes from walking in authenticity in Christ and allowing that to flow into your relationships, your calling and every other aspect of life. We hope this episode encourages you to step out of the image of others’ expectations and into the real you. 

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What do you do when when you feel called but your circumstances are so contrary it seems impossible? 
Be’Jay Major shares his story of feeling God call him to the ministry at the age of 10 and preaching his very first sermon then, but for years that followed battled bullying from peers and severe anxiety attacks that sent him to doctors looking for answers. Despite all that was against him, he continued to follow God’s leading and started a ministry that encompasses being a minister to adults and youth, a podcast host, author of two books and so much more! If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety or stepping out in faith, let Be’jay encourage you that there is hope and a future for you to still achieve what God has called you to, no matter what’s against you!

Special guest, Charlie Ash,  is a singer, songwriter and Dove award-nominated musician and pastor of Fountain Family Worship Center. He shares his journey of being in his early twenties and signed to a record label and touring in Christian music around the U.S. only to discover that the dream and illusion was better than the reality.  After being burned out spiritually, he had to find his way back to his relationship with God and ultimately living out his call as a pastor while still creating in a music in a different way.  

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