The Renewal Podcast

When COVID changed the hospitality industry overnight, Idza Kashero watched countless people lose their jobs and everything that once felt stable suddenly became uncertain.

At the time, she was on track toward the career she had always dreamed of. But in the middle of the uncertainty, she felt called to leave security behind and start helping others find work.

In this episode of We Testify of the Joy of the Lord, Idza shares her journey through entrepreneurship, faith, sacrifice, uncertainty, and learning to trust God even when the future feels unclear.

This is a story about purpose, obedience, and choosing trust in seasons where nothing feels guaranteed.

Family wounds can shape how we see ourselves, relationships, and even God.

In this message from The Hard Sayings of Jesus, Mwende explores healing, forgiveness, trauma, and what it means to follow Jesus through painful family experiences and difficult relationships.

Most people don’t drift overnight.
It happens slowly — through pride, comparison, self-reliance, and chasing approval.

In this message from James 4, Kamero explores the tension between worldly ambition and true humility, challenging us to ask: What has captured my heart? A confronting and honest conversation about surrender, identity, spiritual drift, and drawing near to God.

Part of Forming Faith — A Journey Through James by Renewal Church Nairobi.

Forgiveness isn’t just a feeling — it’s a decision.

In this episode, we explore Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness through Matthew 6 and Matthew 18, and why letting go is essential to freedom.

A conversation about grace, release, and what it really means to forgive from the heart.

Series: The Hard Sayings of Jesus

What does real wisdom look like?

In this episode, we explore the contrast between human wisdom and God’s wisdom through the book of James — and how the kind of wisdom we follow shapes the kind of life we live.

A conversation about humility, motives, and the fruit that true wisdom produces.

Series: The Book of James

We all trust something.

But what happens when the things we rely on begin taking the place only God should hold?

In this episode from The Hard Sayings of Jesus, we explore Jesus’ encounter with the rich young ruler and the unsettling beauty of the upside down kingdom:

The first will be last, and the last will be first.

A conversation about surrender, treasure, discipleship, and what it means to follow Jesus when He asks us to let go.

Because sometimes what we cling to most
is what keeps us from freedom.

Series: The Hard Sayings of Jesus

What does your relationship with money reveal about your heart?

In this message, we explore Jesus’ challenging words about money, trust, and worship — and what it looks like to let Jesus lead even our finances.

A conversation about stewardship, surrender, and who truly sits at the center.

Series: The Hard Sayings of Jesus

What if your words are doing more than you realize?

In James 3, we explore the power of the tongue, the fires our speech can start, and how God forms us into people whose words bring life.

A message about speech, surrender, and the fruit of real faith.

Series: Formed — A Journey Through James

It’s easy to say we have faith.

But what does that faith actually look like in everyday life?

In James 2, we’re confronted with a challenging truth:
faith without action is dead.

Not because we earn salvation through works,
but because real faith produces fruit.

In this message, we explore what it means to live from an identity shaped by Jesus — where our actions aren’t about proving something, but revealing something.

This episode is part of our ongoing journey through the book of James, exploring what it means to live out a faith that is real, active, and transformative.

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Some of the things Jesus said are inspiring.
Others feel almost impossible.

“Love your enemies.”

It sounds powerful… until you actually have to live it out.

What do you do when someone hurts you?
When forgiveness feels out of reach?
When loving them feels completely unnatural?

In this message, we explore one of the hardest teachings of Jesus and what it looks like to follow it in real life.

Because loving your enemies isn’t just about being kind.
It’s about reflecting a different kind of love — one that goes beyond what feels natural.

This episode is part of The Hard Sayings of Jesus, a series exploring the teachings of Jesus that challenge our comfort and call us into deeper discipleship. These aren’t easy words — but they are transformative.