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Faith and Ego: How Spiritual Narcissism Impacts Church Culture- Part 2

Hardly a week goes by without news of another Mega-Church pastor falling into moral failure. Why? And why does it seem like they all are working from the same playbook? Because they are. I believe narcissism is a spirit, and the enemy has been using it to attack the church for a long time because the devil is a narcissist. Join me as we take a look at how we can deal with narcissism, church hurt, and spiritual abuse. Is this a hard topic? Absolutely. But I also believe that God wants to reveal so He can heal. The thing is.... if we don’t talk about it? It won’t ever get better. 

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Faith and Ego: How Spiritual Narcissism Impacts Church Culture- Part 1

Hardly a week goes by without news of another Mega-Church pastor falling into moral failure. Why? And why does it seem like they all are working from the same playbook? Because they are. I believe narcissism is a spirit, and the enemy has been using it to attack the church for a long time because the devil is a narcissist. Join me as we take a look at how we can deal with narcissism, church hurt, and spiritual abuse. Is this a hard topic? Absolutely. But I also believe that God wants to reveal so He can heal. The thing is.... if we don’t talk about it? It won’t ever get better. 

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I'm Here, I See You, and I'm Real: How God Speaks to The Broken Hearted

In Today's episode, Rachael has a conversation with Keewani Vallejo-Cook (Kiwi). Kiwi is power and joy rolled into one. Her story is one of extreme poverty and lack of resources, to God miraculously opening doors through Compassion and post-secondary education.

Kiwi shares her personal journey of growing up in poverty in the Philippines and how she encountered God's love and provision through the Compassion Program. She highlights the impact of sponsorship on her life and the importance of speaking life into the lives of sponsored children. Kiwi encourages listeners to trust in God's provision and to be obedient to His call. She emphasizes the ripple effect of sponsorship and the opportunity to be a blessing to others. Kiwi concludes with a prayer for the listeners and invites them to join in sponsoring a child through Compassion International. Kiwi is now a doctor of physical therapy living in Dallas.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Personal Journey

03:00 Encountering God and Joining Compassion Program

07:37 From Poverty to College Education

09:03 Experiencing God's Presence and Faithfulness

13:17 Meeting Sponsor and Impact of Sponsorship

16:03 Partnering with Compassion and Impacting Generations

20:26 Being a Part of God's Global Work

22:31 Prayer and Closing Remarks

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ROOTS: Allowing God to Take the Lead Part 2

Do you try to do things on your own terms? Are you trying to make a name for yourself or build your own future? Sometimes, we are going after a good thing, but if we are doing it in the wrong way, our own way, it will eventually crumble. In this two-part series, we are taking a look at the Tower of Babel in Genesis and all the ways God provides ways for us to do things His way instead. Going ahead of God and doing things in our own strength can only last so long.

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ROOTS: Allowing God to Take the Lead Part 1

Do you try to do things on your own terms? Are you trying to make a name for yourself or build your own future? Sometimes, we are going after a good thing, but if we are doing it in the wrong way, our own way, it will eventually crumble. In this two-part series, we are taking a look at the Tower of Babel in Genesis and all the ways God provides ways for us to do things His way instead. Going ahead of God and doing things in our own strength can only last so long.

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Roots: Obedience is Rarely Comfortable

Today Rachael is sharing an episode about how the desire to be included and accepted calls us to a higher place in our walk with God. Rachael walks us through the ways we can step into the calling God has for us as believers, even when it’s hard. The call to obedience is never easy, but we can do it with God’s help.

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Roots: God's Desire to Use Us to Bless Others

In today's episode, Rachael shares about how we can allow Jesus to heal the broken and hurting spaces in our lives: Jesus can reach into those broken and hurting places to make them new if we let Him.

We all have broken and hurting spaces in our lives. Although our tendency is to keep them hidden, He is the God who redeems and restores.

Originally part of the Desires of the Heart Series: The Desire to be Touched

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Roots: How God Reaches Down to Rescue Us

As part of our Roots series, Rachael revisits an event in her life that shows the powerful way God chooses us to be His children. We also talk through the idea of surrender and how God’s love allows us to fully hand our lives over to Him.

Originally part of the Desires of the Heart Series: The Desire to be Chosen 

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462// Roots: Fighting For Our Blessing

What is the difference between shame and guilt? And how do shame and guilt play into the idea of blessing? Join Rachael as she explores these two ideas and explains how we sometimes need to fight for our blessing. 

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Roots: How God Affirms Us as His Children

As part of our roots series this month, I am replaying week 2 from the Desires of the Heart Series. This week we talked about the desire to be affirmed. There are ways that God reveals to us how He sees everything we are doing while reminding us that we don’t have to earn God’s love. We already have it. 

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