In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the importance of clarity and walking in the light. The Bible is full of scripture that commands us to arise, shine, and be clear, that is a command that God gives us and it is a responsibility that we have. God is not in the business of conundrums, He is always clear, and He always makes His intentions clear. That is always operational in Christ, and we must be people who love what God loves, hate what God hates, and clarity must be something that we care about.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the fact that when God does something new, it is completely new, and we have to be able to perceive it. Isaiah 43 v 18 - 19 says, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." When God does a new thing, it will be something that we have never experienced before, and we cannot dwell on the past or get too caught up looking at the future that we miss what He is doing in the present because He wants to partner with us in this new place where we walk in step with Him and do not race ahead and skim past the work that He is doing .

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about trusting God with all of our heart as we look at Proverbs 3 v 5 - 6. The whole purpose of our faith is that we believe in and then rely upon our God. Trust is only found in authentic relationship, and we trust not because of what someone has said, but because of what someone has done. It is actually a major ingredient of love, because it's hard to love what we do not trust. Our trust in Him ultimately comes as a result of our resting in Him, our faith in who He is, and it is not produced by our own efforts and certainly not by our own ability to squeeze the wine out of the grapes!

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the difference between an open mind and a closed mind. We are required in Christ to walk in certainty and assurance of who He is and who we are in Him, but we need to be open-minded, and guard ourselves from being a closed-minded person. Closed minded people don't want their ideas to be challenged, they are more likely to make statements than ask questions , they focus much more on being understood than understanding others, they struggle with more than one idea or thought, and they can lack a deep sense of humility. His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughts but that can be, and there is a reason why we are so clearly instructed in scripture to keep knocking, keep seeking, keep asking, keep pursuing and keep asking questions, because that is the behaviour of the open-minded, not so they can be right, but because they value that their righteousness comes from Him, not their own evaluation of what is true.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it means to Abide in Him. Whilst He is constant, reliable, ever present and unmovable, we need to make sure that we choose Him every time in order to access that stability. This is called abiding in Him, and we are told this very clearly in John 15. Abiding is our choice, it is the decision we make to stay in Him, to enjoy His consistency and rely on His purposes and ways.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it actually means when God does something new. New means something that has not been encountered or experienced before, it is something different from what exists before, and we will constantly experience new things in Christ. However, there is a difference between experiencing new things physically and experiencing new things internally, and internally new things where we are new can bring an element of fear but it is also liberating. In this place, we need new hope, new faith, new beliefs, new understanding as we interact with God in a new place using new language that creates new excitement and adventure.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about worry, anxiety and overthinking. Matthew 6 v 25 - 34 tells us not to worry about our lives, and that tomorrow will take care of itself. We can learn through these verses how unproductive worry is, and how quickly it can take us away from trusting in God as we want to control the outcomes. But the plans and purposes that God has for us far outweigh any plans and purposes that we create, but we have to trust Him fully and rely on His understanding, not our own.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the difference between being tired and being weary. Being tired is fulfilling when we are spent from pouring out and living a full life. Being tired comes from doing what we should be doing, being weary comes from being burdened by a lack of sight and agency with our purpose. Weariness is not tiredness, weariness is when we become burdened and negative with our life because we lose sight of its purpose and value.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about how something that can seem totally impossible here can suddenly be very possible there! God is capable of doing anything, and it is easy to get caught up in our own understanding about circumstances and situations, where we think that something is impossible. But in God, all things are possible, and we don't have to strive or hustle to make things happen. We have to trust God, have faith in Him and believe that He can do all things, and that will lead us into an abundant life, that is far more than we could ever come up with by ourselves.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about Psalm 27 where it says, "My heart has heard you say 'come and talk with me' and my heart responds 'Lord, I am coming!" This has to be our response to God where we are obedient and respond correctly to His calling. Our cry at the moment is for God to break things in us, break us free, break us open, break us up, break us down, and break us through, and then, to take us to the things that we are desiring in our heart. This can seem overwhelming to our minds, but in Him, this is a place of excitement, adventure and hope in Him.