Open Doors: Conversations with Heart of the Father

Join us for our final Summer Podcast Book Study as we explore Jesus's promise to show us His Father--and ours. 

Do you know that your Heavenly Father loves you, that you belong to Him, that He longs for you to be FREE to be FULLY yourself?

Have you recognized the enemy's tactics in your own life, and what does that look like for you?

How does Jesus model worship for us? What does it mean to worship in Spirit and in Truth?

Laugh and cry along with Jenn, Rachel, and Jacqueline in a beautiful conversation.

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Release: July 2023
Music by Christian Harper
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Join us for a terrific episode you don't want to miss...but... bear with us as one of our tracks had some minor technical issues so you have to listen a little more closely to what Janet is sharing, We've included the beginning of the transcript here in our show notes and click the TRANSCRIPT tab for the rest. 

Jacqueline: So welcome everyone to week five of our Abba's Heart Book Study that we've been doing this summer. It's just been so much fun and such a blessing to  take a deep dive into the book Abba's Heart. And if you have not read it and haven't been able to join us in past episodes, don't turn off this podcast.

You will still be so blessed. Today we're going to be talking about chapters 13 and 14- "Empowered to Serve" and "Walking in Forgiveness." Today I'm here with Janet and Jenn Lozano, and I have great expectation for some really beautiful conversations, so thank you Lord. We are at the end of June, and summer is in full swing.

How are you guys? Anything exciting going on?

Jenn: I have two kids at overnight camp right now. Woohoo. And because two adult "large" children came home from college, it's nice to have a little breathing space in our house again.

Jacqueline: That's awesome. That's really great.

Jenn: I don't have to double our recipes at dinner. It's, so far it's, it's just really nice. I miss them, but they're having a blast, so it's, it's  nice. The camp is called Summer's Best Two Weeks, and at home we're also referring to it as Summer's Best Two Weeks.

Jacqueline: It's so fun to mix it up, like you swapped out the little kids for the big kids and yeah, how great is that?

Jenn: So great. So mom, what's happening in your summer?

Janet: Well, our summer started out with a wonderful celebration of our 50th Anniversary, and since then we had a few out of town family guests stay with us for a few days.  Currently I have a nephew on my side of the family stay with us for several days, so I feel like my summer has begun with a lot of hosting.

Yes. The opposite of you, Jenn. I'm cooking more than I usually do, but it's been wonderful just to have time to connect with family members  and continue to celebrate what God has done in our lives over the past 50 years that Neal and I have been married.

Jacqueline: Wow. And for those of you who have not been a guest in Janet's house for dinner or overnight, she is the Hostess with the Mostess. So she's going all out for her guests. We know that for sure.

Jenn: Chocolate's on the pillow. Yeah, exactly. Like we're going high end.

Jacqueline: It's a real gift that she has. So speaking of gifts, I feel like these two chapters are really just gifts to me and to all of us listening. Chapter 13 is about humility and just how Jesus came to serve us in humility.

Then chapter 14 talks about forgiveness.  Humility and forgiveness are central themes, they're pillars of our faith. It's sort of like what Jesus taught us to be humble and walk in forgiveness. But I love how he not only led by example and teaches us, but that God equips us and changes us and transforms us so that humility and forgiveness can become part of our everyday walk.

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Release: June 2023
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 If this is your first time tuning in and you are thinking, "What are they talking about? What is this Abba's Heart book study? " don't worry, don't turn this off.

This podcast is for you, even if you haven't been reading Abba's Heart along with us. Today Matt, Jenn, and Rachel Lozano are talking about life in the Father's house, and don't we all want to hear more about that? Don't we all want to dwell in our Heavenly Father's house, to live as His sons and daughters? 

"I have regular prayer time, but...the question is, do I show up to that prayer time?

A lot of times I'm there and can go through my laundry list of what I want to ask God, I can read the scriptures... and I can pray. But the challenge to me lately is, Am I bringing my heart? Am I allowing myself to reflect on what's going on inside of me?

Am I able to share that with God, to ask Him to reveal my heart? And with a heart to obey, with a heart to receive, to be transformed. That takes a lot of trust. You have to trust the person you're speaking to. "

Listen and learn to better walk as His son or daughter, bring your heart to your Heavenly Father, and trust Him with everything.

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Release: June 2023
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“Everything written in the book (Abba's Heart), every great idea about what home could be, should be, is waiting for us in the Father’s heart. “ 

“What will it be like to hear His voice without any veil between us? "

Join us today for our Abba's Heart Summer Book Study- even if you have not read the book!

Neal joins Jenn and Rachel for a beautiful conversation, incredible insight, and heartwarming stories and testimonies of the Father's love.

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Release: June 2023
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Do you know that your Heavenly Father loves you, that you belong to Him, and that He longs for you to be FREE to be FULLY yourself?

Listen today, and you'll  leave with some gold nuggets to ponder and reflect on as we discuss chapters 4-6 of Abba's Heart.

"What is the ultimate and complete self revelation of God? ... It was the sending of the Son- that He sent Jesus.

And I think what jumped out to me was that I always think Jesus came to rescue us, but He also came to show us the Father.

God bends low to meet with us."

Draw near to the Heart of the Father...be drawn, not just near, but into the Heart of the Father. May we be drawn into His heart today.

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Release: June 2023
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Join us on this journey back to the Father's delight.

Before we kick off the discussion of Chapters 1-3 of Abba's Heart , Rachel sets up the framework of Abba's Heart  so you have a vision of where we are going. The book is split up into four sections. The first is the Way Home, where we look at our separation from our home in God the Father, and how He made a way for us to return. The second section is the Father's heart, where we gain a deeper understanding of God's heart and the home we are returning to.

The third is coming home where we learn to walk that path the Lord has set before us to be with Him. And finally, Life in the Father's House, where we get a vision of what it means for us to live in the Father's Heart once we are there. Our prayer for ourselves and all of you joining us on this journey is that  we would be drawn into the heart of the Father.

These are Neal's words in the preface:

Draw near to the Heart of the Father...be drawn, not just near, but into the Heart of the Father. May we be drawn into His heart today.

Today, Jen, Jacqueline and Rachel  discuss the first three chapters, the Promise, A Broken Heart, and The Tragedy of Slavery.
 
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Release: June 2023
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The gospel is the answer to the deepest questions of the heart.

In this episode, Jenn and Neal discuss the power of the gospel as a transformational proclamation, one that carries a personal invitation to respond from the heart. It is the fulfilment of a promise, in the form of Jesus Christ our Savior.

The power of the gospel is the love of God. When a preacher of the gospel desires to communicate the love of God, this self-giving love accompanies the speaker's words and actions. 

The presentation of the Five Keys is a presentation of the gospel. Unbound's mission is to help people generate a heart response to the gospel and experience the transformational power of the Holy Spirit. 

How often have you heard the gospel, but had no response? Consider the good news that you have heard, and how you might seek to surrender to Jesus.

Scriptures from this episode:

Luke 2:10-11: "But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.'"

Mark 1:14: "After John was put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God."

Ezekiel 36:26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

1 Corinthians 2:1-2: "And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." 

Romans 5:5: "And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."

Acts 4:33: "With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all."

1 Corinthians 1:17: "For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with wisdom and eloquence, less the cross of Christ be emptied of its power." 

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Release: May 2023
Music by Christian Harper
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What does living in freedom mean?

In this episode, Rachel sits down with Dan Gahagan, Unbound board member and Baltimore native, to discuss Dan's ties with Unbound Ministry that began fifteen years ago. They reflect on Dan's personal experience of renouncing the enemy's lies and choosing to walk in the freedom of the Gospel every single day. 

"I developed the self-perception that I was not good, that I don't measure up, and that I don't have what it takes."

After Dan renounced these lies, he began to walk in the things that God had held for him that he had previously shied away from.

Unbound shows people who their enemy is and brings it into the light, where it loses its power. Once you understand the Five Keys as a proclamation of the Gospel, they become a powerful tool in your walk with the Lord. 

What lies has the enemy told you that you still identify with? What do you need to repent of? Who do you need to forgive? What do you need to renounce? 

"Today, I walk in the knowledge and understanding that I am loved, that I am a beloved son of the Father."

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Release: May 2023
Music by Christian Harper
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Before starting her own Unbound team, Bucks Unbound in Pennsylvania, Anita Colahan was part of our local  Heart of the Father team. Now she serves on two Unbound teams when shes not doing Spiritual Direction, wearing many other hats in her parish, or spending time with her family.

Listen as she shares insight into one of her deeply buried wounds that had manifested itself in so many relationships, and how her healing and freedom changed everything. 

“Unbound ministry has been such an amazing blessings and gift to me... which has opened the door to other healings in relationships...I regained a sense of myself!"

Learn from Rachel and Anita how to really listen and accompany someone in their story and join them in the journeys to peace, joy, and a renewed sense of identity.

 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
 1 Thes 5:23-24

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Release: May 2023
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In today's episode, Matt and Jenn Lozano sit down to discuss Matt's new book, Free to Be Holy. Instead of teaching us how to "become holy," this book boldly proclaims that we are already made holy by the blood of Jesus.

Why is freedom important to holiness?

How does God make us holy?

How do we live a lifestyle of holiness?

How are we limited by the enemy in the pursuit of holiness?

What are approaches to holiness that are healthy? Unhealthy? 

Together, Matt and Jenn discuss these questions and why this message of holiness is important today. God is so beyond what we can put into words, but Matt gives us a little taste to able to explain what is beyond our greatest imagination. 

Free to Be Holy is a guide to understanding how Jesus made us and how we can approach a life of holiness with confident faith and joyful hope. The compelling promise of this book is that the pursuit of holiness is not a struggle but an adventure of discovering who we really are in Jesus.

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Release: May 2023
Music by Christian Harper
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