Tasted + Seen

Nothing says that many emotions can be held at the same time than a podcast episode titled, "Celebration" where we talk about grief. Hannah Crooks, a student at Ozark Christian College, is passionate about celebrating the beauty of life, and shares about how celebration has looked different for her as life experiences brings fun and hard changes. Her heart for the Lord, really does bust out of this episode!

While the world tells us to go after what we want, Mackenzie's story inspires us to take the Lord's path for our life instead. Faced with the difficult decision of where to go to college, hit with disappointment of what she thought she wanted, and then invited into a completely different, but incredibly beautiful, job opportunity Mackenzie, learned that the Lord had specific, and good, plans for her life. We also chat about prayer and fasting!

We all know and love Zane Hamilton! If you know Zane, you know he brings the energy wherever he goes, and he definitely brought it to this podcast episode! We had such a blast hearing Zane's story and the really intentional details that God weaved together every step of the way. God weaved together his passions for ministry and athletics and opened up incredible opportunities to share the good news to a generation that is hungry for it.

in 2 Corinthians 5:17 it says "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" This verse perfectly sums up this weeks episode. Halle Kirsch opens up against her past struggle with alcohol and how the grace and forgiveness of Jesus completely changed her life. Listen to Halle's episode to hear the details about how God delivered her from her addiction and brought her to a place where she is discipling young women around her!

Navigating new seasons of life brings a lot of challenges. As Amber Potter started a new chapter in her life at Black Hills State University, she quickly learned that she was going to need the Lord and the Lord's people to navigate all of the hard things that come with college. Amber has noticed the Lord, in all. of His goodness, helping her throughout her ongoing semesters her in South Dakota. Praise God for His church who steps in and makes such a difference in our lives.

The Lord doesn't intend for us to walk through life alone. He intentionally puts people into our lives to walk through the ups and downs alongside of us. Our Good Shepherd is always watching out for us. Grace Smith, joined the crew at Summit Christian College on a spring break trip, and shares about how vulnerability connected their group in a deeper way, changing the way they served those around them. Hearing Grace share her experiences with community is encouraging!

This episode is such a fun way to start off Season 4! We got the incredible opportunity to hear from Ashley Macha in Tanzania, Africa. It is evident that the Lord is at work in the Neema Village, where Ashley and her team are able to share the love of Jesus with moms and babies who are facing intense hardship. In the midst of poverty and life-threatening health challenges, Ashley has seen the hope of Jesus radically transform countless lives. This episode is full of testimonies of the miracles that God is doing every day in Tanzania. you won't want to miss this one!

The devil works really hard to tempt us to believe that we are alone. We know that God is with us, yet often times we don’t sit with Him and allow His presence to be our comfort in the times we feel alone. Nicc Quinones opens up about how God redeemed his season of loneliness and turned it into a season of spiritual growth and transformation. We are praising God for another testimony of God’s kind promises to us, leading to a life changed. Nicc’s episode is available the third Monday of March!

A couple months ago, the Pritchard family received news that would rock their world, as well as forever change their prayer lives. When their middle child was diagnosed with cancer, Chris and Kelsey Pritchard, continually took it all to the LORD in prayer, knowing that He is much bigger than cancer. In the months that followed, they witnessed miracle after miracle, leaving them with a testimony that they will be shouting from the rooftops until the day Jesus comes again. We serve a big God who does Big things. PRAISE HIM!!!

This Episode is a MUST Listen!

Scott Stuart, a worship leader here at North Point Christian Church, has always loved music. His rock and roll life style of the past was sinful and unfulfilling. Scott shares about the spiral that led to him hitting his rock bottom, and about the people that God placed into his life that would speak truth and love over him, ultimately leading to a life that is forever changed. Not only does Scott get to use his musical talent to lead our church body in music every week, but he is married to a women who shares the same love for the Lord and get to worship on stage with him. Using our talents to bring glory to King Jesus is such a beautiful testimony to the God we serve!