Podcast - The Greg Lancaster Show, Live from the Glory Zone.

John asks the question whose slave are you? John shares that there are two types of slaves those that are physically enslaved and those that are in spiritual slavery and he shares that spiritual slavery can take two paths. One that starts with sin which ultimately leads to enslavement, bondage, and domination under the devil and the other begins with obedience to God’s word which leads to righteousness, holiness, and being a slave of God. One leaves you under bondage to satan and the other leads to freedom. They continue to discuss that the end result of sin is your captivity. It never appears like that at first but then before you know it one sin leads to another sin that leads to another sin and each one tightening its hold on you to the point that you are tied up. Romans 6: 16 says “ Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey- whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to righteousness?” Jesus came to set us free however the only way we can become truly free from the slavery of sin is when we become a slave to Christ.

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John, Pat and Chris discuss a recent interview that worship leaders had with the Christian Post, where they discuss “connecting with God.” They continue to share that as Christians we were created to be one with God. They continue to share that we connect with God when we pray which is really just talking with God. Having dialogue with Him allows us to have continual prayer and communion. The other way we can connect with God is by abiding with Him on a daily basis; reading His word and writing down what He says.

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John, Pat, and Christ share about the strategy that is emerging and resulting in the fewer abortions. They discuss how God is responding to a simple yet powerful prayer “Dear God, End abortion send revival.” As a result of prayer we are seeing a three prong strategic approach to seeing abortion end our nation. One strategy reported by CBN involves shining a light on a rarely reported crime: many females seeking abortions are underage girls getting pregnant by grown men. "Sixty to 80 percent of them were impregnated by adult men. So it's statutory rape and sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse of minors," Crutcher explained. By law, abortion clinics must report such crimes when an underage victim comes to them. The organization is calling for attorneys to sue the clinics who don’t report such crimes. The second, tactic or strategy is to see new laws that restrict abortions which we are seeing happen all around the country. The third strategy is to go after the abortion clinic worker and encourage them to seek other employment and to help them to open their eyes to the horrific horror of abortion. Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood staff member, heads up the organization that helps workers leave this type of employment. There are probably about 3,200 abortion clinic workers in the United States and we've already reached 50," Johnson said of workers who've quit after contact with her group. "So we've almost reached two percent of that population in a year." They continue to share about one such worker who assisted convicted abortionist Kermit Gosnell who reached out to Abby for help and found God.

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Chris, John and Pat encourage us not to hinder anyone from entering the grace of God. They continue to share from Luke 11:52 Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge, you yourselves have not entered and you have hindered those who were entering. They discuss how the Pharisees were religious in their activity but were not godly in their lifestyles. They were demanding of others what they themselves were not doing. They continue to share the importance of making sure that our walk not only matches our talk but that we don’t do anything that would hinder anyone from the grace of God.

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John, Pat, and Chris share about a man who was fishing off the shore and to his surprise caught a shark. If hooking a shark was not enough of a surprise the man continued to grab the shark by the back of his tail and pulled him up to shore.

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John, Pat, and Chris discus how a North Korean ship according to ABC NEWS was carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar. It was all seized as it was headed back from Cuba and trying to go through the Panama Canal. They continue to discuss how North Korea is to our allies since they share a border with South Korea. North Korea has been a threat to peace in the region so we are encouraged to continue to pray that the strategies of things done in secret will be revealed.

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Pat, John and Chris discuss the life of Paul. They share how Paul went through trials and hardships and yet those trials and hardships never slowed him down from finishing the work that God gave him to do. They continue to discuss how Paul was even arrested and sent to prison for doing what is right and he didn’t get offended or get bitter but instead continued to persevere toward what God called him to do. They remind us that when bad things happen to us especially when we are doing good, that we have two ways to respond we can either get bitter or better. We should choose better and press on and if we don’t give up we win.

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John, Pat and Chris discuss Steve Hill’s powerful spoken word message. In this message, His Wrath and His Love Steve shares about the countless murders of babies in their mother’s womb. He states that “only the mercy of God will hold back the fire of His (God) wrath. Only the blood of Jesus will cover the sin’s aftermath.” This is a chilling reminder of the seriousness of God and the great mercy he extends to us all.

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John, Pat and Chris discuss the latest in war time technology when they discuss the new six two 330 pound robot whose arms stretch out wider than a car. Fox News reports that “defense contractors on Thursday unveiled one of the most advanced humanoid robots ever built as part of the DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge in Waltham, Mass. Called ATLAS, the giant is controlled by a human operator, who guides the sensors, hydraulics, and limbs through a range of natural motions, the military said.” They continued to discuss how fast technology is advancing and how one day we will see robots remotely controlled in war. They share how technology can be used for either good or bad and that’s another reason to abide with the Lord and receive direction, wisdom, guidance as to how this technology will ultimately affect our families and our walk with the Lord.

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