Leaving the Shallows

Today we’re joined by Pastor David Campos from One Chapel to discuss a popular saying, “Once Saved, Always Saved.” There tends to be two extreme camps of people around this topic. One camp believes that you can never lose your salvation-say it once and that’s my ticket to heaven and in the meantime I’ll do what I want. The other camp lives in this constant fear that God is about to smack them at any moment and if they mess-up it's all over. Most of us fall somewhere in the middle of not really knowing what we believe. We can rest with absolute assurance that if we have been born again and are following Jesus then nothing can separate us from Him. However, we can choose to forfeit our relationship with Him and not remain in Him. Join us as we dive into this hard topic and find out what the scriptures are actually saying. 

What is Sin Episode: https://youtu.be/UZAPczolO-g?si=dNM6yGVpD8OjQgpx
How to Live as a Believer Episode: https://youtu.be/RyTj3CQW-a4?si=41UNimxkWGpV8451

In this episode Heather and Jackie sit down to have a conversation about how we are to live our lives after we have accepted Jesus as our savior. Are we to keep on living as we were before we gave our hearts to Jesus? Are we to do whatever we want and His grace has got us covered? The question is if Jesus calls us to live differently-then what does that look like? If He died for us on the cross and put His Spirit in us it’s because He has invited us into so much more. We have been born again and are called to live lives empowered by His Spirit. We are called to live lives of freedom from sin and bondage. We are called to live for Him. To live for His purposes and plans. To live lives of abundance.  Let’s dive into the scriptures that call us to so much more.  Thank you for joining us on this weeks episode! 


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Have you ever thought to invite God into your sexual life? Have you been wondering what the Bible actually says about sex? It’s easy to get caught up in our own experiences and what the world around us says is normal. If we stop there and don’t dig into what the Bible actually teaches us then we will fall short of what God actually wanted for us when it comes to our sexual relationships. It may seem weird to seek God in this area but since God created us and sex, He actually has a lot to say. We can avoid many pitfalls and heartaches by going to the source and the creator of sex!
Join us this Friday as we talk about God’s design for sex. We share some of our stories and how God is a God of restoration when we do go off track. The Bible actually has a lot to say on this topic because God has our best interest in mind.

On today’s episode of Leaving The Shallows, Heather and Jackie have a conversation about what love is. Most of us have some sort of idea of what love is but where is our idea of love being formed? How do we get our definition of love? Should we trust what we believe or what the world says? 

In today's episode we talk about going to the source of love, the One who is love (1 John 4:8), in order to have the correct definition or idea of love.  To truly understand love, we need to know God better.  God is our plumb line in which we measure all other definitions of love. If someone’s definition of love doesn’t line up with the word of God, it’s not God’s love. We don't want to end up accepting an idea or view of love that was never God's! We hope that by listening to our conversation today, you will have a better idea of what God's love looks like and how you can make sure you are sharing God's idea of love with those around you!

We hope you are encouraged by today's episode and can't wait for you to listen to it!

Join Heather and Jackie this week as we continue on with our conversation about the fear of the Lord. In order to fear the Lord we must love and hate what God loves and hates. The fear of the Lord is missing from our culture and sadly a lot of times from our churches. We can love God all day and not fear Him at all.  God always loves the person. He wishes none to perish. However, there are things He hates because they are sinful behaviors and sin separates us from Him. He can not look upon sin. He makes these things clear to us in scriptures so that we don’t take part in them. God’s heart is always for us to be restored and redeemed and set apart. He calls us to be holy and a pure bride. Consecrated for His glory. It’s time to look up and partake in what God calls us too. 

Join Heather and Jackie this week as we sit down with Pastor Wayne Boersma from One Life Church in Lethbridge, Canada, who also happens to be Jackie’s Dad.
In this episode we dive into a conversation about what the fear of the Lord is. Pastor Wayne has been doing a series at his church currently on the fear of the Lord. If you aren’t sure what the fear of the Lord is, this podcast is for you. If you have found yourself scared of God in the past then come and learn that having the fear of the Lord is not the same thing as being scared of God. Let’s define what the fear of the Lord is and how this is meant to draw us closer to God and His heart.

You can find out more about Pastor Wayne’s church at www.onelifechurch.ca

Book mentioned: The Awe of God by John Bevere
https://www.amazon.com/Awe-God-Astounding-Healthy-Transforms/dp/1400336708/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+fear+of+God&sr=8-2

We are so excited this week to sit down with Nicole Fitzpatrick, founder of an organization called The Village Global located in Mexico. They are in partnership with Mountain Gateway-a missionary organization. We are so honored to have her as a guest today and hear her story of how God called her and her husband to rescue and fight for children that are sex traffic victims. We know many people have a heart to help with children caught in this horrible slavery and we want to provide a place that is truly serving the least of these. They are boots on the ground in enemy territory and taking ground for the Kingdom of God.
 
You can find out how to partner with them at www.thevillageglobal.org 

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Join us this week on Leaving The Shallows Podcast with Heather Bradley and Jackie Skanderup. We sit down with our friend Tabatha as she shares with us about her experience while living in Israel and what God taught her about sabbath. God knew exactly what we needed when He created sabbath rest for us. We talk about the healing aspect of sabbath, as well as how it is a part of our identity and a gift from God. Our relationships with Jesus is the ultimate sabbath that we enter into and abide in His rest. We can’t wait for you to listen in!

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Join Jackie Skanderup and Heather Bradley this week On Leaving The Shallows- as we talk about, “Getting Egypt Out of Us.” In 1 John 2:15 the Bible tells us not to love the world or the things of the world. If we do then the love of the Father is not in us. This can sound harsh but it’s who God has called us to be. Getting Egypt out of us means getting the ways of the world out of us. This can be hard. The world does not know God and this gives us insight into why things are the way they are. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, but the reality was Egypt was very much a part of them. It can be easy to give up and want to go back to what we know or find comfortable instead of moving forward into the freedom God is inviting us into. We too need to get the ways of the world out of us as we walk with Jesus.

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Join Heather Bradley and Jackie Skanderup this week on Leaving The Shallows, as we sit down with our good friend Kim Swafford. Kim is one of our dearest friends. She has been a Pastor, mentor, and friend to both of us. One thing we love about Kim is her amazing teaching ability of the scriptures. We were both fortunate to have her as our bible studies teacher in Bible College. We are talking about sin this week and what God’s definition of sin is. A lot of times we define sin based on our own feelings, moral ideas, and experiences. Sin is so much more than that. Sin is actually rebellion against God. It means we have missed God’s mark for our lives. The Bible has a lot to say about sin. The good news is the Bible is also the story of God’s redemption for us through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. We can’t wait for you to join us today!