The Matt And Des Experience

Join Matt and Des for the Season Finale!!

In this episode, Matt and Des share some prophetic insight on how to recognize when you are in transition. They release some clarity for you to know and understand how to move in your transition and what stage of transition you are in.

Quick Episode Summary:

• A recap of season 2
• What transition really means
• The purpose of curiosity
• The 3 stages in transition
• Transition vs change
• Transition 1: The push
• Transition 2: The neutral zone
• There is process before the promise land
• Transition 3: The pull
• The Great Commission
• Preparing to embrace the new season
• Invest in yourself
• You’re not alone in the transition

We have a massive divide between generations, how do we bridge this divide?

In this episode, Matt and Des give some powerful insights on how we can begin to bridge this divide between all generations. They share practical keys that we can put in place now to move forward in fighting this generational divide.

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY

• The shift that is going on right now
• How can your voice be a bridge
• Everyone has a pulpit now
• What does know look like?
• People hate change
• What is this generation looking for?
• Connecting the hearts of generations
• Practical steps

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older.

In this episode, Matt and Des have a conversation about their own personal battles with anxiety. Listen to their journey on how they have navigated this issue and how they broke the shame that kept them from discovering the help that was needed.

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY

• Continuing the conversation of Faith and Anxiety
• The triggers of anxiety
• How anxiety manifests itself
• Occasional anxiety vs. chronic anxiety disorders
• Misconceptions about who deals with anxiety
• Anxiety is the result of unprocessed emotions
• Breaking the shame of anxiety
• Don’t identify with anxiety
• Redefining what faith and leadership looks like
• The process culture
• There is always a way out
• Faith cannot become a reality unless you perceive your current reality
• Anxiety doesn’t mean you're disconnected from God
• Practical strategies for conquering anxiety 
• Counseling isn’t shameful

In this episode, Matt and Des Gonzales and their special guest Michelle Passey share about Prophets, Signs, and Wonders. Michelle shares some powerful testimonies of God's never-ending goodness!

Matt, Des, and Michelle drop some amazing words on Faith, Prophetic, Miracles, Signs, and Wonders.

LINKS:

• Michelle on Instagram
• Michelle on Facebook

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY

• Meet Michelle
• Prophets going into the world
• The need for prophets in Media
• Standing up for truth
• Letting your voice be heard
• Testimony of intercession and speaking up
• The need for discernment

September is Suicide Awareness month. Suicide is one of the most difficult and scary subjects for many people to openly address.

In today’s episode, Matt and Des have an open conversation with their great friends Cindy and Brook Moore as they share their personal family story of dealing with the death of their Father and Husband by suicide.

Please Note: Nothing said in this episode should be a substitute for professional medical advice.

LINKS

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/DonnieMooreMinistries
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/donniemooreministries
• Website: www.donniemooreministries.org

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY

• Get to know Donnie
• When Donnie took his life
• You don’t have to be perfect
• How suicide affected Donnies daughter
• Understanding the love of God
• The power of not feeling alone
• People always remember who was there for them
• You don’t have to have the answers
• Is suicide evil?
• You don’t have to carry the shame
• Warning signs
• Airing on the side of caution
• You aren’t weak if you ask for help
• Great resources

In this episode, Matt and Des Gonzales and their special guest Drake Oyao invite you to join in on the conversation on Understanding Generation Z and how we as Kingdom people can Impact them.

Matt, Des, and Drake share keys to help cultivate this next Generation into the powerful world changers they were created to be.

LINKS:

• Follow Drake On Facebook
• Follow Drake On Instagram

Hear more from Drake:

• Dread Champions Arise

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY

• What to expect today
• Welcome back Drake
• How to set up GENZ for success
• God’s not in a rush
• Developing spirituality in an overstimulated generation
• Saul to Paul encounters
• The danger of being overprotective
• Sin conscious vs Righteousness consciousness
• Revival starts at home
• Applying revelation
• Final thoughts

In this episode, Matt and Des interview their good friend Wendy Henley about her new devotional book “Finding Hope Hearing”. They have a conversation on how to foster and cultivating the skill of living in hope in the midst of chaos.

LINKS:

• Get Wendy's book

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY

• About Wendy Henley
• Practical strategies on overcoming fear
• We are atmosphere shifters
• Practicing abiding
• The mindset of honor
• It’s not new age, it’s New Testament
• How to shift atmospheres
• Impatience is an indicator you’re allowing time to govern you

In this episode, Matt and Des Gonzales open up the conversation on what it means and what it looks like to be authentic. They share how identity and authenticity are important and needed in today's society.

LINKS:

Like Matt and Des on Facebook

Quick Episode Summary:

What does Authentic mean

• Why is authenticity so important?
• The top priority of a generation
• You are accepted
• It's never too late
• Breaking lies over your identity
• Difference between Originality and Authenticity
• Don't hide from your kids
• Why can't you be your authentic self
• Knowing and accepting who you are
• What’s the opposite of authenticity

In this episode, Matt Gonzales and his special guest Bob Hazlett invite you to join in on their conversation about the prophetic. They share keys and insights for fathering the prophetic at home, in the church, in business, and online.

Bob and Matt also share about the language you are using when you prophesy, and the importance of the voices you surround yourself with.

LINKS:

• academy.ascendministries.net
• Instagram: @bobhazlett

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY:

• Meet Bob Hazlett
• A perspective on 2020
• The church and business
• It’s a time for redefining
• Fathering the prophetic
• We are all at different levels of maturity
• Just because you feel it, doesn't mean you have to say it
• Making a connection is important
• Prophecy and social media
• Protocol for online prophecy
• Voices in a season
• Bob's advice for business people
• Include your family in the process

In this episode, Matt and Des Gonzales have a conversation with Matt's brothers Jordan and Jeremy Gonzales. They have a raw and real conversation about dealing with bad experiences with church leadership and how they have been able to keep there love on towards the church and not become cynical and operate from pain.

QUICK EPISODE SUMMARY:

• What to expect today
• Honest stories of church hurt
• The danger of having a chip in your shoulder
• The mark of a reformer
• You have the permission of heaven
• What healthy deconstruction looks like
• Des's prophetic dream about leadership
• There isn't a 10 step process to this
• Stepping out of an offense
• Don't look at your past