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Marriage isn’t built in a single defining moment—it’s formed in the everyday choices couples make with their words, their attitudes, and their actions. Dave and Ashley Willis join us to explore how small, intentional shifts in marriage can lead to lasting change. Drawing on Scripture and decades of family ministry experience, they offer practical tools to help you strengthen your connection and build a marriage that reflects Christ’s love.

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God’s grace. It has a wildness about it. A white-water, rip-tide, turn-you-upside-downess about it. Grace comes after you.

Some years ago I underwent a heart procedure. I asked the surgeon, “You’re burning the interior of my heart, right?” “Correct.” “You intend to kill the misbehaving cells, yes?” “That’s my plan.” “Could you take your little blowtorch to some of my greed, selfishness, superiority, and guilt?” He smiled, “Sorry, that’s out of my pay grade.” But it’s not out of God’s, my friend.

We’d be wrong to think this change happens overnight. But we’d be equally wrong to assume change never happens at all. It may come in fits and spurts—but it comes! Titus 2:11 (NKJV) says, “The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared.” The floodgates are opened, the water is out. You just never know when grace will seep in.

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Discover one of the great leadership paradoxes: the surprising growth that comes from serving others. In this week's episode, John Maxwell teaches how putting others first unlocks unexpected personal development and deeper self-understanding.

After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson dive into real-world ways to apply these transformative insights, offering strategies to help you lead with greater impact starting today.

Key takeaways:

• When leaders intentionally serve others, they gain profound insights about their own motives, abilities, and growth areas.

• True leadership begins when you shift from seeking followers for your vision to helping others achieve their own potential.

• Valuing and serving your team transforms relationships, elevates teamwork, and empowers everyone to reach greater heights together.

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the How Serving Others Unlocks Self-Discovery Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Others and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."

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Our pastor cheated on his wife and refused to step down. What are your thoughts? How do we approach God in prayer? And what about asking for relief or healing? How do we sense or feel the Holy Spirit's presence in our lives?

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Artists tend to notice the cracks and the glory at the same time and that can feel like a burden until you realize it might be a blueprint. I’m Matt Tommy, and I’m walking through three specific reasons artists are uniquely positioned to carry spiritual influence in the world. If you’ve ever been told you’re “too sensitive,” “too intense,” or “too much,” we reframe that as a form of God-given perception that can help you discern what others ignore and respond with wisdom instead of insecurity. 

We also talk about why art lands differently than a purely logical argument. People carry defenses, filters, and practiced resistance, but story, beauty, and honest creativity can slip past those walls and reach the heart. That’s why art can create encounters, not just content. When your work flows from the Holy Spirit through your imagination and into your craft, it can translate God’s heart into a language people can actually receive. 

If you don’t make “Christian art,” you’re not disqualified. We dig into what it means to create with redeemed eyes, redeemed hands, and a redeemed imagination whether you paint, write songs, photograph, design, sculpt, or build. Your gift can also make room and open doors into rooms, relationships, and cultural spaces traditional ministry may never reach, which is exactly why the enemy fights your identity and tries to keep you silent, busy, and afraid. 

If you’re ready to stop creating from fear and start creating from agreement with heaven, listen through to the end, then subscribe, share this with an artist friend, and leave a review so more creators can find it.

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