"David was a man. He was flesh and bone and even though he tried his very best, we later read in Scripture how David messes up pretty badly. It was not a flawless life that made him a man after God’s own heart. Rather, it was his knee-jerk reaction to go to the Lord first in every situation. It was a clear understanding that the qualities he needed to not just thrive, but simply survive, could only come from the Lord."

"This is love though. It’s redirecting someone and taking the hits because the outcome is greater than the suffered blow to the ego that will cause the wounded to speak from hurt..."

My relationship with food and my body had always somehow struck me as something I couldn't ask God for help with. However, something happened when I decided to take this part of me to God that I'd always kept to myself. Something seemed to soften the edges of what I'd always felt was so black and white. Tune in as I share the epiphanies that came to be over some peanut butter one morning. 

In one sentence, Saul summarizes the crushing reality that far too many of us know all too well. “...Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.” (1 Samuel 15:24) If only we lived our lives in a way that boldly proclaimed we fear no one or thing more than the Lord. Or what’s more, we love no one or thing more than the Lord. Does our life, our actions, our words, line up with what we've been called to do? Listen in now!

There’s this attitude Christians carry that we like some of the Bible, but not all of it. We like that God saves. We like that He’ll never leave us or forsake us, that He’ll fight our battles and He loves us the very most. We are so focused on what we get out of the relationship that we forget that’s not what this is about. We are all about the good parts, but we take a hard pass on the bits that convict us and make us uncomfortable because they fly in the face of what culture says is appropriate and acceptable. What happens when we decide to lean in to embrace it all? Tune in to find out. 

Rejection stings, doesn't it? Sometimes, we mistakenly project how our fellow man feels about us onto God. God hasn't rejected you and maybe today's reminder is right on time for how you're feeling. Tune in! 

Today's episode brings such an encouraging reminder of where we stand with God. Declared. Saved. Proclaimed. Listen in to be reminded of how God feels about you.

We're all a bunch of control freaks, but how we can convince ourselves that God needs our input or control is a fascinating thing. Tune in if you need this reminder today. 

Isn't it interesting how we've been promised that we will go through troubles in this life and yet, when those troubles arise, it's almost like we're offended and caught off-guard that anything bad would ever happen to us. Listen in to today's episode as we discuss the furnace of affliction and how that can give us hope in times of trial.

Many of us view success through the lens of what we're able to obtain or achieve. What happens when we choose to look at success through a different lens? Listen today!