"Don't gaze at me, gaze with me." That seemed to be God's invitation to a group Wayne was praying with a few weeks ago. The ramifications of that have gone deep into his prayer life, not just with that group, but in so many other places in his journey with God. He shares that experience with Kyle and how it is reshaping his heart.  Also included in this episode is the momentum that corporate prayer can have and how the supernatural intervention of God often seems so understated when it happens and only by hindsight do you realize just how awesome it was.

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Kyle wants to probe a bit more into Wayne's podcast from last week about how we know what's true. How can a younger generation affirm the truth of the Scriptures when they are often so distorted and when those who say they believe it do not live it out well. They talk about the recent Ravi Zacharias' revelations of moral brokenness and how they stayed hidden for so long. Do you have to believe the Scripture to know God, or can it work the other way around? Is there a conflict between loving someone and telling them the truth, and how do we find confidence in the truth we know when we also realize how incomplete our knowledge is?

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"What helps you most to know God is real and that this journey you are on is not just what you tell yourself to feel better?" That question was posed to Wayne this week in an email and he answers it on this podcast? Is it by the Scriptures, history, the Holy Spirit, experiences, or feelings? Since no one knows all that is true, how can we walk in confidence about his light we do see. He shares the five-strand rope he uses to test what is true and the humility that leaves you open to new input God will bring your way to help you come closer to who he is and what he is doing around you.

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When you live out of fear you miss so much of what God is doing around you. Fear motivates us to find a narrative that provides comfort, even if it's a false comfort. That's a danger for all of us in a world where the media and political voices manipulate our responses by keeping us in a constant state of fear. Wayne and Kyle begin with a recap of last Sunday's God Journey After-show on racial equity before turning to a conversation about finding our way out of the fear that is in the world and into the hope that Father's affection provides. When we live there, we are better able to see what God is doing on the center stage of human history rather than be distracted by the bluster and deception of our human systems.

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Wayne premiere's the first episode of his new, limited-series podcast, My Friend Luis. After living four years in the United States on an expired visa, Luis returns to Mexico to deliver a much-needed car to his mother. Now he must find his way back across the border in Tijuana on December 19, 1994. This is the story of that night and an encounter at the border that answered the deepest cry of his heart.  The rest of the story will air in eleven more episodes, released one each week on Tuesday mornings at the My Friend Luis website. You can see the trailer there as well as a list of upcoming episodes and you can subscribe through your favorite podcast provider.

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It's as unlikely a friendship as one might imagine—a man from Mexico who crossed the border illegally as a twenty-one-year-old and the son of a white, Republican farmer from Central California. Their story is laced with incredible miracles and desperate challenges, which Wayne will be sharing in his new limited-series podcast, My Friend Luis. It will launch on February 16, 2021. In this episode of the God Journey, Wayne introduces Luis as they talk about their friendship, how it began and grew, and how the other has shaped the trajectory of their spiritual journeys. It's a conversation between two friends as they talk through some of the important issues of our day, and a celebration of how God's love triumphing over all obstacles.

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How does Wayne handle the anger and accusations that a few people have launched at him following his recent thoughts about delusion?  That's what Kyle wants to know and it launches their conversation about dealing with criticism—how to look for what's true, how to recognize the toxic and not take it in, and how to find a better place in your thinking than to accept the polarized matrix so prevalent in our world. Then they talk about a video Kyle saw about human consciousness from a scientific perspective. Fear and anger come from the perception that what I need is out there somewhere and someone is keeping me from it, rather than recognizing that true joy and fulfillment come from within, where the Spirit of God invites us into Father's reality.

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As promised, Kyle and Wayne revisit the two podcasts they aired at the end of last year with Stephan Vosloo of South Africa about what God has taught him about living in the depths of Father's love. Through listener email and their own discoveries, they discuss the process of breaking free from the pain of self-centered living and becoming others-focused, learning how loving ourselves in the midst of our brokeness will not only bring transformation but help us love others in theirs, and how easily our quest for recognition or validation can mask itself as a fake passion for his kingdom. Finally, they talk about the brightness and color of the gateway into the things we desire versus the small path that will take us down the path of exploring what it is to be one with love.

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A word of warning: this podcast is not for those of you who celebrated what happened in our nation's capital last week. At the request of a listener, Kyle and Wayne take a look at the delusion that is motivating many brothers and sisters and why it is so difficult to talk to people who see these events a certain way. Wayne unpacks a series of earmarks that he has recognized are very common for people caught in a series of lies that they really are convinced are true whether that be from a religious cult, political manipulation, or a toxic relationship. These are not offered as a way to judge others caught in them, but to take a look at ourselves to see if we are people who are after the truth or victims of a polarized culture. And, understanding them will help us know if, when, and how to best engage others who show signs of delusion.

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Live Loved Free Full is Wayne's latest book, and it has just dropped into the world. It contains a year's worth of daily reflections to invite people into more relational space that will help them be more sensitive to God's nudges in their heart and his fingerprints in their circumstances. Kyle Rice talks to Wayne about his new book, how it came to be when writing a devotional was not on his radar screen, and what he hopes it will do for others. They talk about the twenty-five-year trajectory in Wayne's journey of learning to live in a relationship with a loving Father and the words he's written that will most encourage the Spirit's work in others.

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