The Band JAREN — From Faith to Faith

Growing up in Flushing, Michigan the sisters of the up and coming Christian pop, rock and worship Band, JAREN, are our guests on the podcast today!

Now living in Nashville, join us as the sisters share with us their story of faith and music. From a young age their faith and love of music was intrinsically intertwined. Witnessing first hand a profound healing testimony of their fathers that would deepen their faith, they simultaneously matured in their musical talents from piano, to violin and guitar, forming what is now known as The Band JAREN.

We know you’ll enjoy hearing their story of faith to faith, and how they are focussed on using their music to bring wandering hearts to Jesus, igniting them for Christ!

Check them out here!!

The Band JAREN —

https://www.thebandjaren.com

The Band JAREN YouTube —

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCMCj7rOr2mzg2vlwSbJ68nA

The Band JAREN instagram — @thebandjaren

https://www.instagram.com/thebandjaren/?hl=en

Former lead member of the South African Satanic Church, Riaan Swiegelaar is our guest today on the podcast!

For almost 20 years Riaan was deep into the occult and once led thousands in Satanism, conducting occult rituals and carrying out works of darkness. Growing up in a Dutch Reformed Church, and later baptized in the Apostolic Church, Riaan had a high curiosity for the unseen world and longed to be a part of ministry. After a time with some church hurt, and what he perceived to be hypocrisy, Riaan would leave Christianity and be embraced by the occult. Receiving a satanic Bible, Riann would let the occult encompass his life, prophesying over people, using healing crystals and performing rituals. During his time leading the South African Satanic Church, while preparing for a ritual Riaan would have an encounter where he visibly saw Jesus!!

Listen with us as Riaan shares how one encounter with Jesus can change any life!

Now Riaan, with his ministry partner Adele Vrey, is involved in helping people who are in bondage experience freedom through Jesus!

Deliverance HUB - https://www.deliverance4me.org/

FB - Deliverance HUB - https://www.facebook.com/people/Deliverance-HUB/61560531610968/?mibextid=ZbWKwL

In this episode we had the privilege of chatting about the power and strength of a Christian heritage with a sister down under in Melbourne Australia!

Grace grew up in a Christian home where she was set up with a strong foundation in her faith, and her compassion for the second chances of others was nurtured. Through a series of events Grace worked for a time as a case manager in Australia’s prison system, did a stint in federal politics and is currently bringing Kingdom values into the corporate business world. We know you'll be captivated as Grace shares how her faith was challenged but never wavered, as she was exposed to the evil that people are capable of, and the challenges that came her way.

Be inspired to carry the same wisdom from the Lord that Grace has in heaps, and a further understanding for what young people are capable of accomplishing when they are surrounded by a strong Christian heritage, good counsel and a great understanding of the Lord as you listen!

Grace also co hosts a podcast called the leftovers table. (link below)

The Leftovers Table -- https://podcasts.apple.com/mx/podcast/the-leftovers-table/id1861236470

Dave & his wife, Taff are the Directors of the Bethel Leaders Network (BLN) which exists to connect, encourage, and empower leaders across the world. Dave was one of the key speakers at Disciple a City’s recent BEHOLD conference, and we were honoured AS to sit down with him and hear his story.

From living in Australia and working as a secondary teacher to a radical act of obedience that led them to sell everything and move to the USA, we know that you will be filled with joy and empowered to trust in the goodness of God as you listen to Dave’s testimony in this episode!

Dave has authored and ghost-written several books which have impacted the global community and is also the founder of ‘INCREASE’, releasing testimonies of God’s goodness through print and the ‘Increase’ Testimony App. Dave & Taff live in Redding, California with their three blonde boys Zeke, Jaden, and Chase.

Dave Harvey (Bethel) – https://www.bethel.com/people/dave-harvey

Bethel Leaders Network – https://www.bethelleadersnetwork.com/about

Our guest today is MJ Nixon, CEO of the ministry Rainbow Revival. Join us as we hear her story of growing up in a Christian home, but somehow always feeling different. This feeling would grow, and MJ would begin to experiment with a lesbian lifestyle throughout college. As she continued with the lifestyle, MJ would become involved in a relationship with another woman for several years. However, MJ shares that she always felt the spiritual battle on the inside. Deep down, she knew that she was not walking in who God had called her to be. Then, one day while driving MJ would have an encounter with Jesus that would change her life.

Be filled with hope at the courage of MJ's conviction of God's love that empowered her to walk into a new relationship with Jesus in the face of pain and relational loss.

Today MJ's ministry (Rainbow Revival) reaches back out with the gospel and God's love, to the LGBT community. They do marches and events in parks with a heart to share the gospel, love the LGBT community and bring a place of connection for people. So far they’ve seen many people come to faith and be baptized!

Rainbow Revival - https://rainbowrevival.org/home

Beware the power of prayer and the immense love God has for you!

Today we visit Basil, Switzerland and chat with Jason Chin, founder of Love Says Go, and learn about the radical love that pursued Jason through his life. From growing up with divorced parents at a young age, Jason held a strong resistance to the Love of the Father. Even when, on separate occasions, his mom and sister would hear the gospel through faithful disciples and give their lives to Jesus, Jason's heart was still hard. When his mom and sister grew in faith, becoming powerful prayer warriors, and Jason saw his entire family prayed into faith, he still resisted. However, in his 30's Jason's resistance became no match for the power of prayer and the immense love of God that was pursuing him.

Be filled with wonder and hope with us as Jason shares his encounter with God‘s presence and its dramatic effect on his life in this episode!

Love Says Go -- https://www.lovesaysgo.com/

Unseen -- https://www.lovesaysgo.com/books

Two interviews in this Behold Conference Bonus Episode!!!!!!

Our very own Western Canadian Training Coordinator, Francisco Castro, sat down with us at the BEHOLD conference in November to fill us in on everything God's been doing through him since the last time we had him on the show.

Join with us as Francisco shares how he saw God move all across the Island during his Island Awaken gatherings in the summer! From demons being cast out, to depressions leaving there’s never a dull moment with our BC brother!

Feel free to join with what God is doing in BC today and partner with what Francisco is doing here: https://discipleacity.ca/canadian-donations/

Founders of Inspire Fire Ministries, Wade and Jenny Sanderson have seen hundreds of people give their lives to Jesus and experience the power of the gospel across Canada.

It was incredible to hear their stories of how God is reaching the indigenous peoples of Canada when we sat down with them at the BEHOLD conference in Peterborough. From one story to the next we know that you will be inspired to keep in step with the Holy Spirit in your own community as you hear the powerful testimonies laid out in this episode.

Let your courage rise as you hear that in some of the darkest places in Canada, the light of the gospel is shining brightly and overcoming darkness!

Inspire Fire Ministries - https://www.inspirefire.ca/

After not attending church for 20yrs, and repeatedly turning down invitations to attend Christian events, Jennifer was invited to Disciple A City’s BEHOLD conference. Instead of turning this friend's invitation down and finding an excuse not to go, as she had for years past, Jennifer came.

During the Friday evening, Jennifer responded to the call to go up for prayer. With that simple YES God met Jennifer in a wild supernatural experience! In a moment she was healed from chronic Lyme disease, her life transformed and she was overcome with the love of God. This radical healing would later be clinically confirmed by her physician, who stopped all testing and took her off her medication.

This year Jennifer was baptized on January 11th in -5 weather, outdoors in a river in Buckhorn ON! Tune in to hear her full story as we sit down with her in this episode, and be powerfully encouraged at how God can move in awesome ways, through the faithful obedience of a friend's simple invitation.

Adam Tysdal, is a former nurse turned missionary from Saskatchewan who is called to raise up worship in Canada. As we sat down with him at the BEHOLD conference it was a privilege to hear his passion and heart regarding renewal in the body of Christ and revival in the world. Adam shares how he had to overcome some personal insecurities as the Lord was calling him, even though he grew up in a musical family.

He now runs Prairie Worship Collective as well as a worship training school in Regina, SK Canada. His desire is to see believers grasp the power of prayer and worship as essentials for the Christian life, which will impact Canada and the nations profoundly.

It was an incredible honour to have him lead some of the powerful worship sets for the conference, and experience live the impact of one of the songs (Dry Bones) they have written over our nation!!

PWC – https://prairieworshipcollective.ca/

Dry Bones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA2OAGzjwNM

“Jacob Walda, Bill Prankard, and the team at Timothy Generation Ministries are being powerfully used by God to fuel a fresh move of revival across Canada and around the world.”

As we sat down with Jacob at the BEHOLD conference in November we heard his heart and update on the journey from 2024, when Bill Prankard entrusted Jacob and his wife Julia with the mantle and legacy of revival for Canada that had burned in Bill’s heart for over 50 years. It was a powerful time of hearing where the ministry is at, as well as what is on Jacob’s heart for Canada in the future!

Additionally, there were a few surprises and additions in this episode that we’re sure you’ll like! Be sure to tune in to see what that’s all about and make sure to watch the youtube recording for the full effect! (Special thanks to the Toddcast Crew for this one)

Timothy Generation Ministries - https://www.timothygen.com/

The Arctic Hope Project - https://www.timothygen.com/arctichopeproject