By Janet Swanson
The podcast currently has 198 episodes available.
Ray and Jessica share how a life-changing encounter with Jesus transformed their approach to business, infusing faith into every aspect of their entrepreneurial journey. They also reveal how that same unwavering faith guided them through a harrowing experience during a bombing in Israel, where they found strength and protection in the midst of chaos.
Have you ever asked these questions before?
Today you will hear Ray and Jessica’s powerful story of transformation and how they had these same questions!!
Ray and Jessica Higdon are authors, speakers, coaches, entrepreneurs, and marketing experts. They have shared the stage with Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Robert Kiyosaki, and many more. In 2018, their coaching company was recognized on the Inc. 5000 as one of America's fastest growing companies, and they love helping network marketers grow large teams and create freedom in their lives, as well as entrepreneurs or anyone who wants more out of life.
But this podcast is not about network marketing, it’s about an encounter with God.
I am so inspired by this powerful couple. You’ve got to hear their powerful story!
In 2022, through a series of divinely timed meetings and conversations, Ray’s future and life completely changed when he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
In this podcast you will hear about how Ray and Jessica was able to rely on faith alone when they found themselves on a holy trip that turned into an all-out war. You’ve got to hear this miraculous story.
If you'd like to get Ray’s book click here: https://a.co/d/hsaDfw6
Janet shares with you from the book of Acts 1 about what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Hey you guys! Just wanted to let you all know that I won’t be releasing any episodes for the next 2 months. I will return in September.
Reason is, I will be getting ready to teach a Bible Study that I have written, a Throne Room View and doing a women’s conference/bible study. Please pray for me. But today’s episode is a little different.
I felt compelled to talk about being filled with the Holy Spirit and Fire!! There is a sound from heaven that is still falling upon the sons and daughters who are waiting, and seeking Jesus! Enjoy today’s podcast.
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Janet shares with you some things she has learned throughout the years about how to combat negative thoughts that brought healing to her heart.
Hey you guys. I am going to share with you some things I have learned throughout the years, but... also... something that I just read that the HOLY SPIRIT BROUGHT LIGHT AND REVELATION!
I THINK MYSELF HAPPY!!!
Acts 26:1-3 New King James Version
Paul’s Early Life
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”
So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself:
2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews,
3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
I gave a short a synopsis of Acts 25-27
Everywhere Paul went resulted in conflict, opposition, resistance, but because Paul made a habit of THINKING HIMSELF HAPPY….it changed the course of negativity to something positively powerful. Miracles followed him everywhere he went.
Now…I told that story in the Bible because…..Paul stated to the person who was throwing him in prison that he was a blessed man to stand before him. He was fortunate and blessed…..because of how he restructured his thoughts.
I want to spend a little time on this because anxiety heightened to extreme levels to where now suicide is at an all time high.
The Bible says we need to “renew our minds”
Romans 12:2
We demolish arguments, pretensions, assumptions and take captive every thought!
2 Corinthians 10:5
THE BIBLE HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS!
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
Matthew 12:34-40 New King James Version (NKJV)
For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
So…let’s take a look at ANXIETY THAT has controlled us for far too long IN OUR THOUGHTS!
Anxiety is rooted in fear.
Fear has 3 components:
Anxiety can be found in all three of these ways:
You are a spirit who has a soul and lives in a body. When your spirit collides with the Holy Spirit….now you have what is called FAITH! Now…your spirit (faith) in convincing your soul to BELIEVE that you are who God says you are, you can have what God says you can have, and you can do what God says you can do!
As a born again believer, Christian…you are not obligated to give and give and give until there is nothing left. This is man’s way of thinking that if I give then God will be pleased with me. God did not say give and give and give until you are completely drained.
The lie is:
I have to give until I am completely drained and this is the way of the Christian life and this is what it means to lay my life down for Jesus.
The Truth is:
I am obligated to do the will of God. Period. Nothing less and nothing more. God does not drain me, but He fills me up! To do His perfect will results in laying my life, my will, down for what He wants!
You FIGHT, AND COMBAT THE LIES BY PUSHING BACK WITH THE TRUTH!
TODAY I AM BELIEVING THAT STRONGHOLDS OF NEGATIVITY, ANXIETY, FEAR AND INSECURITY WILL BE PULLED DOWN, AND BROKEN OFF YOUR LIFE!
I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THE BATTLE IS NOT IN YOUR HEART…IT’S IN YOUR MIND. Paul didn’t say, “I feel myself happy” He said, “I THINK myself happy” even when he was faced with death. Even when Jesus was faced with death in Hebrews 12:2 tells us very clearly: “… who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” This verse says Jesus focused on “the joy” that was set before Him as He endured the Cross. His thoughts were SET ON YOU AND ME that caused Him to endure the cross.
So, remember, your feelings will deceive you, and it will infiltrate in and through your work, your finances, your relationships and the promises that God has for you.
Your mental health is not built in your heart and your feelings. It is built on your thoughts.
Listen to all this week’s podcast on how to combat negative thoughts!
Janet’s gives a Word of Encouragement from John 16:33 and I Peter 5:1-10
Hey you guys! The Lord as put this word in my heart just for you. I don’t know why, but maybe you’ve been asking the question, “why am I suffering so bad? How long do I have to suffer?”
Maybe you’ve been telling yourself this, “I’m doing the will of God, I’m a good person, I pay my tithe, I go to church every Sunday, I’m reading my Bible
But…GOD….
I’m still suffering
Why?
LET’S DIVE IN TO
John 16:33 & I PETER 5:1-10
THIS IS OUR FOCUS FOR TODAY!
1 Peter 5:1-10 New American Standard Bible
10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Greek perfect/restore
2675/katartizō (literally "adjust down, exactly") refers to parts working precisely together – fulfilling their intended purpose (potential)" because properly adapted (adjusted).
[The root word expresses what is "joined together" in proper adjustment. It means to frame all the parts into an over-all design – so that each part works together "in good order”.
2675 (katartizō) (perfect or restore) is "used of reconciling factions, setting broken bones, putting a dislocated limb into place, mending nets" For example when you have a dislocated shoulder, you go to the ER and the doctor will pop it back in place. It’s painful when it’s out of place, and it’s more painful to pop it back in place. The bone is now set in its proper place so that it can heal.
What Paul was saying, after you have suffered a little while, the Lord will adjust you, move you around, put you back in your proper place so that you can function and be in good working order to fulfill the plans that He has written over you life.
Greek confirm
stērízō: ”a support to fix, plant down";"stand," to set fast or fix you; give you support which secures (firmly establishes); solidly plant (to eliminate vacillation). He will cause you to be rooted, fixed, planted, and make you stable.
Strengthen in Greek: , make strong to make mobile, i.e. able to move in a way that achieves something effective. (sthenoō) only occurs in 1 Pet 5:10 of "refusing to be turned away (overpowered).”
Established is to be grounded on a solid foundation
In this verse, Peter is making closing remarks to churches in Asia Minor. He affirms that the suffering won't last forever, and that God has plans for people in Christ that are eternal and glorious
Have you ever asked this question? Why?
Why can’t I overcome this anxiety, depression, these constant thoughts of hurting myself?
Why am I willing to risk and even forsake my family for drugs?
Why can’t I stop overeating, stop watching porn, stop gossiping?
Why do I hate certain people?
Why can’t I forgive?
Why am I holding on to so much resentment, bitterness, and envy?
Why am I jealous of the success of others?
Why is my desire to be rich, powerful, and successful stronger than my desire to be a godly husband and father?
Ron found a porn magazine in his neighbor's garbage at 4. He started sniffing gas at 5 and fighting in the 3rd grade. A great-uncle molested him at around 9 or 10. He started stealing candy and selling it at school at 12. He started selling drugs at 14.
WHY AND HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? After all he was a pastor’s kid, raised by good parents, raised being taught the Word of God, had multiple powerful encounters with the Holy Spirit as a child and as a teenager.
But he was broken, and the enemy exploited the pain, the hurt, the trauma, and the abuse and created an egotistical, self-centered tyrant, which made me successful in the World but worthless in the Kingdom of God.
He was booted out of the Army for fighting and went to work, earning over 100k a year as an industrial radiographer. He opened a business at 28 and was a multi-millionaire within a year. He lost the company due to his drug addiction. He went to work in the car business, moved up fast, and within 18 months, He was averaging over 30k a month. He lost that job due to his drug addiction. He committed bank fraud, got caught, and spent 26 months in Federal Prison. And this is where he began to unpack his “Why!”
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Janet shares how to hear the precious Voice of God!!
Hey Guys!! This week’s podcast is so yummy!! It’s like honey to my lips! To know God’s sweet voice and to hear Him is PRICELESS!! Did you know that God is speaking? Did you know that God is speaking to YOU? Yes!! Let’s dive in. Here are the words in Hebrew that I spoke about in the podcast.
Words in Hebrew
Mind…….Yetzer…………..to imagine, the image of, mind IN the heart
Word……Dabar………….. the reality of, the reality being experienced,
Read……Qara……………. to encounter, to read is to encounter the author
Think……HHASHAV ………to design, to invent, to seal upon our hearts the intentions of our lives.
Isaiah 30:21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn (choose the right) to the right or to the left (or make a left)
Let’s break this down!
Your EARS
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Thy word. (Dabar)
102 I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances, For Thou Thyself hast taught me. (Taught in Hebrew is yarâ – means, throw, shoot, hit the target "spot on”; by transmitting information "right on-target"; one who effectively teaches. Straight to the EAR….He who has an ear HEAR what the Lord says!
103 How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Word in Hebrew here is not Dabar but something different; it’s ’imrah – a spoken word, particularly a "personal promise" (as in Psalms and Proverbs,) – a dynamic word from God birthed in the heart (mind) of the surrendered believer. This brings strength where there is weakness, comfort in distress, deliverance when no human help suffices, etc.
104 From Thy precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
(Precepts in Hebrew is: piqqûd̠îm (always plural, only occurs in Psalms) – precepts, focusing on the controlling principle ("why") that directs the "what" (the content of a law, direction, decision, etc.).
Understanding in Hebrew is: ) bîn – nmeans to distinguish between " look a likes" – to discern the inner make-up of something to accurately discriminate; get to the inner reality (root) of a matter, like differentiating the genuine from the counterfeit; distinguishing between pretenders (phonies) which act as substitutes for the real thing – perceiving when something "looks good but smells bad"; "discriminating intelligence," separating the true and the false ("distinguishing things that differ"); discernment focused at its end life-application.
Ears will HEAR
(šāma‛) implies taking heed and acting on what is heard – i.e. conscientiously responding to audible or inner hearing (like when receiving faith from God).
“10 And the disciples came and said to Him, 'Why do You speak to them in parables?'
11Jesus answered them, 'To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. 12 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while [physically] hearing they do not [spiritually] hear, nor do they understand.
14 In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
"you will keep on [physically] hearing, but will not understand;
you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;
for the heart of this people has become dull,
with their ears they scarcely hear,
and they have closed their eyes,
otherwise they would see with their eyes [spiritually],
hear with their ears [spiritually],
and understand with their heart and return,
Will hear a WORD
Will hear a word behind you saying, “this is the WAY”
This is the way, WALK in it
Whenever you turn to the right or to the left
Jeremiah 29:11 says, `For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, `plans for prosperity (a state of wholeness that involves three things: a breath through, so you can breath forth, then you will break out) and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Words in Hebrew
FOR I KNOW….Mind…….Yetzer…………..to imagine, the image of, mind IN the heart
MY WORD WILL BRING YOU LIFE…NOT DESTRUCTION OR CALAMITY Word……Dabar………….. the reality of, the reality being experienced,
WHEN YOU READ MY WORD YOU EXPERIENCE AND ENCOUNTER ME……Read……Qara……………. to encounter, to read is to encounter the author
I know the PLANS: /Thoughts….Think……HHASHAV ………to design, to invent, to seal upon our hearts the intentions of our lives.
Isaiah 30:21 And your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn (choose the right) to the right or to the left (or make a left)
The Story of how a young boy who was raised in a good, christian home was seduced by the enemy of drugs and suicide.
Cameron Teeters is his name. When I first heard his story I WEPT! You know why? Because there are many stories that I have heard like this where I attended their funeral. Too many to count! But here’s the power of a praying mom and dad, and a praying church, a praying community! Does prayer change things? Absolutely!!! His parents waited, persevered, endured 8 years of a drug addiction by praying, fasting, standing on God’s Word, and believing for a miracle. Now, you will hear the other side of the story from Cameron’s own voice of HOW he was seduced, HOW he was set free, and HOW the enemy LEFT HIM!!
Now He is on fire for the Lord! He was really saved! SAVED, HEALED AND DELIVERED! Cameron says the way you STAY FREE is to be filled with the Holy Spirit and FIRE!
The demon of addiction doesn’t play with you! He came to kill, steal, and destroy. But God used a man, randomly on YouTube that cast demons off of Cameron. You have to command demons to come UP and OUT and you shut the door to them so they no longer have access to your soul! I can’t wait for you to hear Cameron’s full story. Enjoy today’s episode!
Here is the link to Cameron’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21VRCqG1O4&t=6s
Here is the video that Cameron watched when he was delivered from drugs. The spirit that oppressed him lost its power when the power of God came upon him…..even through a video!! Tell me God don’t travel through the sound waves?????!!!!! Of course HE does!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqt_5F5FZa0
Janet tells the story of David at Ziklag and compares it to a crow!
Hey You guys! Today’s podcast is going to be fresh manna to your soul! I just have one question for you: Have you been discouraged? If so, this episode is JUST FOR YOU!
The other day I was at the beach to watch the sunset with my husband and we saw this black crow taunting this beautiful white BIG bird! The bird was sitting on tree branch, minding its own business, when this mean crow came out of no where as to say, “Hey…move out of the way…that’s my branch!” This crow kept attacking the bird. But he bird just sat there and ignored it! I’m getting fiery mad just watching it! But the bird was calm, cool and collective! Every now and then the bird would raise its wings and shake off the crow, but remained immovable! Let me tell you….GOD SPOKE TO ME THROUGH THIS and I want to share with you what God showed me.
I want to leave you with these scriptures and encourage you in the LORD!! DON’T BE DISCOURAGED FOR YOU WILL RECOVER ALL!
Joshua 1:9
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Isaiah 41:13
"For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I am the one who helps you.’"
Deuteronomy 31:8
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
Psalm 94:18–19
When I thought, "My foot slips," Your steadfast love, O LORD, helped me up. When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Janet talks about what it takes to become FREE in Christ Jesus
The opposite of freedom is PRISON…BONDAGE…CHAINS! The enemy wants to bind you, put you in chains and hold you in a spiritual prison. Where Jesus wants to set you FREE!
I am at a FREEDOM CONFERENCE…and I am seeing many people being set free! Freedom, and Deliverance is the Children’s bread. It’s our inheritance, it what God wants to give us. I have a question for you. What are you running to for comfort, peace and tranquility? Food? Beer? Wine? Chocolate? Diet Coke?
Or is it drugs, porn, shopping or sex? What ever it is…God wants to break the chains that are holding you in bondage!! It’s time!! Make up your mind….get’s some accountability….and l pray you will experience the power of the Holy Spirit moving upon every dark area in your life in the powerful name of JESUS.
AMEN!
Mario tells his story of pain and trauma and nothing that he went through was wasted PART 2
I couldn’t stop crying. You are about to feel WAVES of the HOLY SPIRIT!!! Here is Mario’s story continued.
Mario did everything he could to make his mom feel same hurt he was feeling! His lifestyle was reckless and he started indulging in drugs, alcohol and promiscuity. Eventually, his bad choices led him straight to prison!
This is where he experienced the power of the Holy Spirit and that ONE VOICE that stood above all the rest, in one little ole lady full of the fire of the Holy Spirit that broke the heavy chains of sin, shame, hurt and pain. Mario and I both could feel the presence of God Almighty walk in the room as he told about his encounter with God. You are going to be so blessed today!!
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