Perfectly Un-Perfect

In today's episode we take a look at God's big picture plan through the life of Joseph and his family in relation to the nation of Israel.  Here we will look at the tension between two polarities of truth.  Pain and power.  Fear and faith.  Good and bad and how both can coexist in our complex relationship with God.  

In today's episode we take a look at what happens when you read through Joseph’s story and see all of the wonderful things that God for Joseph but realize that you aren't Joseph but his brothers.   What happens when you’re not the one that needs to forgive but the one that needs to BE forgiven?  

• Like what if you’re the one that had the affair?
• What if you’re the one that had the addiction that broke up your family?
• What if you’re the one that broke the relationship?

What does forgiveness look like then? Well, to answer those questions and more we will take a look at Genesis 37-50 from the perspective of Joseph's older brother Judah to learn how God's grace extends to all of us.  

In today's episode we will be looking at the power of forgiveness through the story of Joseph.  We will see how God was able to use the forgiveness of one person to create a nation.  We will discover how even though we chose to forgive it doesn't make what the offender did to you okay.  We will how to trust in God even when we are in seasons of hardship and how God will use every part of your testimony for good.  

In today's episode we welcome my dear friend Ashley.  Ashley courageously shares her testimony of childhood abuse and how God pursued her in order to help release her from the clutches of shame and embarrassment.  She shares about how God is working in her life to heal her and how she hopes to help others.  

In today's episode we look at just how much Jesus values us.  The devil may use the people around you to tell you otherwise but God tells us a different story.  Through the lens of this passage Jesus tells us that He will leave Capernaum for us.  He will leave the 99 for us. Through the lens of this passage Jesus tells us that He will fight through a storm to get to us. Through the lens of this passage Jesus tells us that He will confront our demons to us and tell them to get out. Through the lens of this passage Jesus tells us that He will place more value on us than what the world does.  The way way Jesus found this man in the tombs and the way Jesus left him were totally different and that is exactly what He wants to do for you.  

Restored is dedicated to any woman who has experienced the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual effects of sexual assault.  It's a message of hope and healing through the redemptive powers of Jesus Christ as seen through the life of the man living in the tombs.  

In today's episode we will look at the condition of the man in tombs and discuss everything that he was up against and how Jesus was the key to his freedom. 

Restored is dedicated to any woman who has experienced the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual effects of sexual assault.  It's a message of hope and healing through the redemptive powers of Jesus Christ as seen through the life of the man living in the tombs.  

In today's episode we will take a look at how much one demon possessed man meant to Jesus.   A man who didn’t have it all together.  A man whose life was a complicated hot-mess at best.  A man who spent his days crying and cutting himself with stones.  A man who other people would probably call crazy, messed up and troubled.  A man who was lonely, rejected, mistreated and abused by others.  Jesus went out of His way to rescue this one man whose life from the outside looking in didn’t seem like it mattered much to everyone around Him. It was this one man that was so important to Jesus that He was willing to go through all that trouble for.  It was for this one man that Jesus came to the region of the Gerasenes. 

 

In today's episode Jen Mejares Pham shares her testimony on what life has been like since her husband Joel passed away.  The day before he passed away, God sent her a command through her spiritual mentor telling her the surrender to God.  Little did she know how important that command would become over the next 24-hours.  Jen's testimony is powerful, inspiring and such a testament of God's faithfulness.  

The widow of Zarephath was quick to tell Elijah that she didn’t have any bread. She quickly stated that she only had a handful of flour and a little oil and that she was getting ready to die.  But in reality, this widow had more than she needed for God to perform a miracle.   

I bet when God commanded her to feed Elijah, He didn't want her to be looking for the manifestation of the things that she already had.  The manifestation of what flour and oil could become.  No, God wanted her to use the ingredients that she held in her hands, in their rawest from, and allow Him to create what she needed from them.  

Girl, what are the things that God has already given to you that you are underestimating.  Things that you are putting a limit on because it hasn’t manifested itself into what it is supposed to be just yet.

What are the raw ingredients that you already have?

What are the things that come naturally to you that just may be underdeveloped or in flour and oil form?

In today's episode we talk about how God does not desire for us to live spiritually emaciated. Starving for passion and purpose.  Walking through life sluggish. Eyes sullen and defeated.  

Starving for God’s word.  Starving for truth.  Living our lives trying to satiate the pain of our hunger with things that will never satisfy.  Jumping from one thing to the next.  Searching for clarity and wisdom in people, places and things that leave us feeling empty and broken.   

God wants to feed us. Just like He wanted to feed Elijah, the widow of Zarephath, and her son.  We don't have to live life like we are in a famine.