Enforcing Purpose With Lisa Schwarz

Stepping into Your “God Story”

In this two-part podcast series, Lisa shares her story of stepping into ministry and the obstacles and “impossibilities” she faced and had to overcome. 

In this podcast she wants you to understand that there is a “God Story” already established for you, and that it is likely outside your natural realm of possibilities. Listen and be encouraged as you learn more about where she started and what she has faced as she journeys chapter by chapter through her “God Story.”  

Take heart, be encouraged, and be challenged as she not only stirs up kingdom possibilities for your life, but also as she empowers you to step into them!

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Too often our existing knowledge can be the barrier that keeps us from learning. In this podcast, Lisa reminds the listener that there may be things that you don’t know you don’t know. But if that were the case, would you WANT to know? Like the fig tree that had the appearance of promising fruit, but never delivered, are there places in your life where you are living misled or according to a false hope? Is it possible that those places are actually keeping you from Truth? Jesus is Truth, but too often we miss out on Him because we already think we have it, know it or are living it.  

This podcast will challenge you to ask yourself some hard questions to expose where you might be missing out!

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Are you ready to shift deeper to where God is calling you? Listen as Lisa shares from Luke 5 where God exhorts Simon to launch out into the depths of the water, thus shifting into a new phase of ministry. Lisa not only walks through this passage, but shares her much of her own story of launching deeper into ministry: the sacrifices that were required, her doubts that needed to be reconciled and the waves that had to be overcome.  

She shares many personal stories, but wraps it all up in the importance of having a heart that has been surrendered to His love and compassion for people. 

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Summer is typically a season of high activity. While it is also a break from the routine of regular schedule, we often find what should be a vacation ends up exhausting us and overtaking us. In this podcast, Lisa compares the spiritual season of summer to what it means to be overtaken by life. Too many times, we find ourselves pulled away from what is important and sucked into what seems urgent. Listen as Lisa walks you through how to discern the difference between activity and productivity and what to look for in the midst of busy seasons.  

This message is from her book Mastering Your Seasons and is also now available as an online course. Learn more at www.lisa-schwarz.com

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In the first two episodes of this podcast series we have learned what biblical joy is and the power joy has to activate breakthrough in our lives. But, how do we enforce those concepts in our lives so that they become the reality in which we walk?  It is one thing to have information about joy; it is another to live in it! This podcast is all about how to release the joy of the Lord in your life. In Psalm 42, we can see how David wrestles with this in his own life and how he reconciles his circumstances with walking in the joy of the Lord. Listen and learn with me HOW to live a life in the fullness of God’s joy!

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This Podcast Plus episode was captured in a small group setting for a conference breakout. It addresses the difference between sin and iniquity and how iniquities often mold our personality.  The Bible says that Jesus was “wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities” (Is. 53), so what does that mean for us and how does that expand the understanding of freedom from sin? The Truth is, as believers, the full person of Jesus and His personality dwells within each of us. This podcast plus will challenge you to consider any personality “traits” you have that might be hindering His likeness within you.  You don’t have to be stuck or held back by “the way you’ve always been,” but rather get to come into who HE created you to be!

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Mornings are a sweet reminder that there is always an end to the night.  Likewise, though we often experience seasons of night, darkness, and coldness, as believers, we have this hope: morning will come.  This message (part 2 of 3) not only affirms that, but also reminds you that darkness is simply the absence of light.  As children of God, we carry the Light of Jesus, meaning, we have the power to breakthrough any darkness.   How do we activate that breakthrough? Is the breakthrough joy, or is our joy the breakthrough? And how does understanding the Biblical meaning of joy help us to recognize it is a weapon that can breakthrough any opposition? This message will remind you of your Kingdom position of authority; you are not a victim… move forward and activate your breakthrough!

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This message was captured at REACH Bible College in Fort Worth, Texas when I was asked to speak to the students on having a community impact as a Kingdom leader.  

What makes your mission valuable to your community? I believe that as a ministry leader, our mission should look beyond the walls of the ministry and into the community.  We must strive to go beyond those we directly serve through our ministry services and intentionally connect with all the pillars of the community. It is imperative that we bring our kingdom missions down to a level that connects with the direct needs and desires of our communities in order to be seen as valuable and necessary.  I fear that too often, local missions are dismissed because we fail to connect in a way that is relevant.  Listen to this podcast and learn more about how to ensure the relevance of your mission and practical ways to communicate your mission that will connect the value of your mission to the local community.

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In Psalm 30:5, David reminds us that just as sure as the sun comes up, we can be confident that joy will always break through the darkness of any season as he proclaims, 

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”

But isn’t it true that walking in joy is often difficult?  Isn’t it true that we rely on the people, our circumstances, our jobs, our families, etc. to bring us joy? Isn’t true that we equate the attribute of joy with the feeling of happiness? So what is joy anyway, and what is the source of joy? In this podcast, you will learn what the definition of Biblical joy really is and why as believers we GET to walk in joy despite our circumstances. Be reminded and inspired to skip, jump and rejoice through every moment of life, confident that there is hope that you have that is not of this world; therefore I WILL rejoice!

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Are you expecting an increase in 2019?  Are you expecting God to do more and more each year and do you expect personal and professional growth?! The podcast, Expecting the Increase, was a spontaneous message captured in Cincinnati that challenged everyone to consider how increase is a law of the Spirit.

In Mark chapter 4, Jesus tells a parable about a man who throws seeds onto the earth and day and night, whether the man sleeps or works, the seeds sprout. That no matter what the man does, growth happens automatically.  The parable goes on to say, “it’s as though the soil itself produced the grain somehow.” (Mark 4:28, The Voice) We learn through this parable and many other verses referred to in this podcast that increase in the Kingdom is organic; that God is a God of increase and He brings it forth in our lives. Just keep watering and planting, and God will bring the increase! (1 Cor. 3:6-9)

I pray that this podcast inspires you to consider 2019 and whether or not you have set you mind on increase. Predetermine growth!!

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