In this new series, Nathan Johnson explores Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 and the abundant life made available to us in Christ Jesus. Paul begins his prayer by declaring “for this reason”—building upon what He has written so far in Ephesians. Join Nathan in this study where we review Ephesians 1-3 and what reason Paul is praying on behalf of believers.

This is the second episode in Eric Ludy’s epic fall Daily Thunder series drawing on the boldness and bravery of the fearless missionary ventures to Irian Jaya (Papua New Guinea) during the twenty-five years from WW2 up until the massive harvest of souls in the 1960’s. In this episode he dives into the strange and perplexing concept of spiritual taste buds. When we enter the Kingdom of Heaven via faith in Jesus Christ, there is a process of being recalibrated in our desires, our drives, and our determinations. In a sense, God gives us new taste buds to appreciate the exquisite feast He has prepared for us — a feast that we would not appreciate or be able to stomach outside His supernatural enablement.   

This is the very first episode in Eric Ludy’s epic fall Daily Thunder series drawing on the boldness and bravery of the fearless missionary ventures to Irian Jaya (Papua New Guinea) during the thirty-five years from WW2 up until the massive harvest of souls in the late 1960’s and 70’s. In this episode he explores the way God intentionally builds His men and women for the key swings in history — the key moments in the grand story.  But, God doesn’t just build His heroes to share the Gospel Truth, but He also prepares the lost to respond to the Gospel Truth.

Bravehearted women in history are those who not only suffered willingly for Christ, but counted it a privilege to do so.  Women who understand the narrow path of the Cross — and that the Christian life is not meant to be easy — will be good soldiers for Christ, no matter what life brings.  Though modern culture tells us to self-protect, Christ invites us to join Him in demonstrating sacrificial love.  In this session, Leslie casts a life-giving vision for this beautiful and often overlooked aspect of godly femininity. 

As women, we must surrender our feelings and emotions to the Spirit of God.  Our actions and decisions must be based on His Truth, not based on our feelings, whims, and desires. Unless we bring our emotions and feelings under the authority of God’s Spirit, we will be ineffective in our Christian life and unable to make a significant impact upon this world.  In this session, Leslie explores how to make the shift from emotion-led living to Truth-based living.

Becoming a spiritual athlete is one of the primary qualities of every man or woman in Christian history who truly made an impact for God’s glory.  It is also the example set by the Apostle Paul, and the example of Jesus Christ.  Should we expect less for ourselves?  In this session Leslie explores the Biblical foundation of being a fortified, resilient woman  - not through self-effort, but through Christ’s strength alone.

Christ’s amazing work on the Cross did not set us free to “be ourselves” or “follow our hearts.”  Rather, He gave His life to set you free from ourselves, so that we no longer need to be controlled by our selfish, fleshly whims.  Because of His work on the Cross, we are free to be completely and wholly His — and as Leslie explains in this session, this is the secret to true and lasting fulfillment.

In this session Leslie shares how the secret to bravehearted womanhood is not found in striving, but surrender.  It’s not impressing the world with your own strengths - it’s getting out of the way so God’s amazing strength can be seen through your life.

This is the fifth and final installment in Eric Ludy’s five-part mini-series entitled The Immovable Man. In this episode he dives into the role that the Holy Spirit MUST play in a man of God’s life. Apart from the power of God indwelling a man, a man has zero ability in his natural resource to pull off the gargantuan calling of manliness. A man of God can uniquely impact the world, because he is indwelled and enabled by the Creator of the heavens and earth.  

This is the fourth installment in Eric Ludy’s five-part mini-series entitled The Immovable Man. In this episode he talks about the central role that humility plays in a strong man’s life. At first, humility seems like a great weakness, but in actuality humility is the ultimate evidence of inner heavenly strength.