Treg Talks

Certainly, regaining control of one's life can be a multi-step process, and the specific steps may vary from person to person. However, in this podcast, you find some general first steps that individuals struggling with control and direction in their lives can consider.
I'm convinced that even just taking one of these steps and applying it to your life will make a huge difference.  

Please listen in as my friend John Lashuay talks about his incredible story of battling Crohn's disease as well as Lyme disease while trying to burn his candle at both ends.  John nearly burned out.  We all have the tendency to put others before ourselves which can cause serious backlash!

John is the pastor of Pine Island Bible Church located in New York.  
His email address is: [email protected]

Exvangelical is a growing phenomenon in our Christian culture today.  #exvangelical can be found on various social media platforms.  How is it possible for people to walk away from the faith?  How can Josh Harris or Kevin Max from DC Talk say they are not Christians anymore?  Listen to this episode to find out!   

This new season of Treg Talks is going to be a huge encouragement to you!  It sure seems all of us know someone or possibly are someone who is facing some hardships right now.  I like to call these the "walls of the Christian life."  I hope this new season helps you find balance, success and encouragement as you hit this walls of life!       

We are all guilty of doing it.  We all have a tendency to blame someone else for our actions.  After all, it can't be our fault, can it?  In this episode, we will look at the first blame game played and some others in the OT.  We will also determine if God justifies our actions because of someone else's behavior.     

Cain had a difficult time watching his brother's success and coming up empty on his alter.  He knew he wasn’t the farmer type but thought his gardening expertise would pay off in the end.  He knew God would love his fruit even though the standard had been the sacrifice of an animal.  He worked the soil and did everything he could to yield the best crops he could to give to God.  

Now we know, but people had to learn God was more concerned with obedience than the best offerings man could create.  Unfortunately, before coming to the understanding it was the obedience of his brother God was pleased with, he developed a hatred and an evil bitterness toward him that led to committing murder.  

Cain had a selfish evil desire for two ego-boosting traits:

1.  Recognition

2.  Respect

In our hearts and minds, we can find ourselves longing for the same!

We are so easily distracted in life.  We forget our purpose and why God has us here.  In this episode, we are going to look at three ways we are distracted and three mindsets that can help us stay focused.  Enjoy this episode of Treg Talks!  

 Forgiveness. I feel many of us have been hurt and are struggling today to forgive.   In this episode we will discuss different views of forgiveness and see some great examples of it!  

Is it a sin to have wealth?  Does God want us to be poor?  This podcast will explore the secrets of wealth and poverty and how to handle both according to the Scripture.  

When we talk about a subject like this we most likely want to tune in to see what we can learn about building wealth.  Our ears perk up when we hear conversations about stocks, investments, or sales strategies.  

Unfortunately for you,  two pastors are doing this podcast so we can wax elegant on the poverty side, but not so much on the Wealth side.  If that was our specialty we would be the worst financial advisors in history!!  

But I will say this: there are some guys out there including pastors who everything they touch turns to gold.  I mean money just falls into their laps.  They buy a house and a week later someone offers them double for it.  

There are hundreds of books, webinars, email lists, and videos out there today to help people build wealth.  Grant Cardone’s videos on wealth and real estate (which my boys love), The 4-hour workweek.  Charles Payne's book and commercials on unstoppable prosperity.  My favorite sales read of all of theses is Expert and Dot-Com secrets. Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, poor dad.”  And most of us will watch episode after episode of Shark Tank.  

I honestly enjoy reading these and learning about this side of the world.  It is not so much because I want to have wealth or I’m striving for wealth, but it’s more of a fun thing to just see or hear about.

For others, this is what they live for.  They operate their every moment in light of one dollar more.  

Proverbs 17”1-“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.”

Now on the flip side, I’ve seen pastors and people have as much pride about their poverty.  

Conclusion:

Key is honestly one word- “Contentment”

11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

1.  It is a learning process

2.  It is not a geographical location but that can apply

3.  Wealth is not necessarily a gift from God-it can be a curse

I think no matter what we have the key is honoring God with what he has given to us.