We all have gifts that God has given us to use, but have you thought that God can use anything to help you build your faith and help your life center on God in the process! Join us with special guest, John Stange, who enlightens us on the many ways God can use your gift to do amazing things!  As a professor, pastor, and podcaster, John has experience many ways to life out his life for Jesus and to glorify God in all that he does.  Our challenge is focused on 1 Peter 4:10-11 in that we should be encouraged that we can use our gift to serve others and to ultimately give God the glory.

Have you ever been wronged by someone and the first thought was to wrong them back?  I want us to look at how Jesus would respond to being wronged?  We will examine Matthew 5:38-42 and how we can go the extra mile with people in our lives!  Be challenged by the fact that Jesus is our standard and that standard is worth chasing after.

Have you ever been frustrated with the situation you have been in?  It is frustrating and we can feel as if God is not helping us out of a place that we want get get out of; however, what if God has where we are at for a reason?  For our interview, we talk with Brenna Jo Blain who is the podcast host of "Can I say that?"  Be encourage as she shares her journey of faith and how God has shown her how great God is even in the worst times of her life.  For our challenge, we focus on the truth that we should focus on the change of the heart and not on just the external to help us with healing and growth in our faith!

Being a pastor can be stressful at times especially with all the recent changes that have occurred this year.  Be encouraged as we listen to the story of Randy Knie and how God led him to be a pastor.  Learn how Randy continually goes to God for guidance to help him lead others and how we can apply that to our lives!  Also, learn about Randy's podcast, A pastor and a preacher walk into a bar, and what their goal is with their listeners!  God bless you my friends!

Recently, 40 miles from where I live, there was a police shooting of a man named Jacob Blake.  This shooting has caused more division and strife in almost all our communities.  I want to look into how Jesus would respond and discuss the topic of "Agape" love.  For more information on the challenge, please go to https://weraceahead.com/participate/

Have you ever felt an amazing calling on your life, but don't know what Jesus is trying to tell you?  In today's episode please be inspired by our guest, Shelly Schmor, who is the discipleship pastor of Brew City Church.  Learn what she had to overcome and be encouraged that if God means it to be then it will happen!  For our challenge, let your faith grow under the story of Mary and Martha and how Jesus has a job for each of us in our lives!

Being a Christian in this world is hard, but it is so much harder when you try to follow Jesus alone.  Be motivated by today's talk about joining a local community of faith!  Learn how to integrate yourself into an established community or if you already part of a community, learn how to grow that community!  This journey was not meant to traveled alone and as Jesus says, "Where there are 2 or 3 gathered in My name, there I am with them."

Join us as we learn to walk by faith and not by sight with special guest, Kelly Baader.  Kelly Baader is a renowned Digital Sales and Marketing Strategist, Certified Business Coach, Mentor to emerging entrepreneurs, Keynote Speaker, Host of Christian CEO Podcast, author of an Amazon Bestseller - A Little Girl Called Grace, and the founder of The Christian CEO University.  

Be amazed at her story of  a little girl born of mistress, abandoned and abused.  To one of the highest-paid females in the hospitality industry fighting for a seat in the boardroom. To an entrepreneurial mentor who impacts lives globally. This is the synopsis of God’s 51-year boot camp journey for Kelly to date.

Our challenge this week centers on Kelly's story and 2 Cor. 5:7 as we dive into what it looks like to walk by faith and not by sight.

Have we given thought to how powerful our words can be to someone?  They can either build someone up or can tear someone down. Let's examine Scripture as well as a recent movie about Mr. Rogers to focus on saying what God wants us to share with others!  Our challenge also will be focused on a saying by missionary, Amy Carmichael, that will give us a guideline if what we want to say to others is worth saying at all!

Have we taken grace for granted in our lives? Please be inspired by the story of Misty Phillip, host of By His Grace podcast.  Listen as she shares how grace has impacted her life and how grace helped her create the SPARK Christian podcast conference! Also, listen how she is impacting the podcast community through her position of City Connect Leader at Christian Women in Media Association.  Lastly, let us be challenged by Ephesians 2:8-9 and realize that our works alone are not enough to be saved, but that God's grace is all we need!