What does it look like to create with Holy Spirit? 🎨🎶

In Exodus 31:1–5, God tells Moses that He had chosen Bezalel and filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill to create artistic designs.

I love this because it reminds us that creativity can be an expression of the Spirit of God working through us. Bezalel wasn't just gifted, God was the source of the gift.

On this episode of Truth Measured, I sit down with writer, artist, worship leader, and minister Melaina Williams to talk about what it means to create from that place.

How do you protect what God gave you when culture wants to shape it into something more consumable? How do you maintain visibility without allowing self-promotion to become the goal? How do you distinguish between excellence and performance? And how do you know when something God gives you is meant for the public versus something He created simply for the secret place?

If God is the One who gave the gift, then He should also have a voice in how we use it.

This conversation is for the writers, singers, musicians, designers, poets, entrepreneurs, and every creative who believes their creativity isn't separate from their calling.

Maybe the question isn't simply, “What can I create?”
Maybe it's, “Holy Spirit, what do You want to create through me?”

🎙️ Creating with Holy Spirit
Season 2, Episode 04 | Featuring Melaina Williams

📖 Exodus 31:1–5 | Hebrews 6:10, 17–18

Can you truly thrive in marriage, raise a family, pursue your calling, and serve in ministry without losing yourself?

In Part 2 of our conversation with Todd Turnbo, his wife Helen Turnbo joins the discussion.  Helen is an Elder at Hope City Global, educator, homeschooling advocate, entrepreneur, and mother of five. Together, we have an honest conversation about what it really looks like to build a Christ-centered home while navigating the demands of marriage, motherhood, and ministry.

Helen shares her journey of homeschooling, raising children in the age of social media, serving alongside her husband in ministry, and finding God's grace through unexpected seasons, including parenting children with unique neurological challenges.

In this episode, we discuss:
✨ Growing up in church versus the reality of marriage, motherhood, and ministry
✨ Building a strong marriage while serving together in ministry
✨ Raising daughters with a biblical identity in today's culture
✨ Homeschooling and intentional discipleship
✨ The spiritual battle for the next generation
✨ Finding balance without losing your identity in Christ

Whether you're a wife, mother, ministry leader, educator, or simply seeking to honor God in every season, this conversation will encourage you to pursue faithfulness over perfection.

📖 "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come." — Proverbs 31:25

🎧 If this conversation encourages you, don't forget to Like, Subscribe, and Share with someone who needs this reminder that God's grace is sufficient for every calling.

🎤 Can you pursue your calling without compromising your faith?

Brooke Brewer has spent more than 15 years navigating the entertainment industry, lending her gifts to some of the biggest names and stages in music, while remaining grounded in her faith and committed to serving the local church.

In this episode of Truth, Measured, we talk about what it really looks like to be a Christian creative in secular spaces, knowing when to say yes, having the courage to say no, and remembering that your platform never gets to define your identity.

Sometimes God doesn't call you out of the room. He calls you to be the light in it. ✨

In a world that constantly tells us to chase titles, platforms, promotions, and recognition, it's easy to confuse ambition with purpose. But what if the life God has called you to isn't about building your name, but building His Kingdom?

In this episode of Truth, Measured, I sit down with Todd Turnbo Jr., Elder and Children's Ministry Director, coach, husband, and father, for a conversation about identity, calling, leadership, and living on purpose.

What does it truly mean to “train up a child” according to Scripture?

In this episode of Truth, Measured, we explore the spiritual responsibility of parenting beyond behavior management, academics, or achievement. Proverbs 22:6 does not simply call parents to teach children information, it calls us to consecrate, dedicate, and intentionally prepare them for the purpose God created them for.

We also examine biblical examples including:
📖 Hannah dedicating Samuel back to God (1 Samuel 1)
📖 Jesus in the temple, learning and submitting Himself to process and training (Luke 2:41-52)
📖 God knowing and ordaining purpose before birth (Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 139:16)

This episode is a reminder that our children were not sent here randomly. They were sent with purpose.

As parents, our assignment is not to manufacture identity, but to cultivate the purpose God already placed within them.

Because parenting is not just raising children.
It is intentionally developing the person God created them to become.

Are you reading the Bible, or truly understanding it?
In this episode, we break down how to read the Bible with intention and clarity, whether you’re:
•⁠  ⁠Studying a specific topic
•⁠  ⁠Spending quiet devotional time with God
•⁠  ⁠Reading during moments of worship
I also dive into why knowing Scripture matters, not just for personal growth, but so you can defend your faith, discern truth, and not be misled by cultural narratives that sound good but aren’t rooted in God’s Word.
The Bible is more than a book, it’s your foundation.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, inconsistent, or unsure where to start, this episode will give you practical ways to approach Scripture with confidence and purpose.

✨ Truth isn’t what culture says, it’s what God has already spoken.

In this episode, we break down a hard truth:
 👉 Being close to Jesus doesn’t mean your heart is surrendered to Him.

Judas walked with Jesus, saw the miracles, heard the teachings, and still betrayed Him. Why? Because corruption doesn’t happen overnight, it happens subtly, through compromise, hidden sin, and a heart that never fully surrenders.

This message challenges you to examine your own heart:

•  Are you following Jesus for who He is, or for what you can gain? 
•  Are you producing fruit, or just maintaining appearances? 
•  Have you mistaken proximity for relationship? 

Jesus makes it clear, not everyone who appears to be “in” truly is.

What kind of sisters are around you, and more importantly, what kind of sister are you becoming?

In this episode, we explore powerful biblical examples of sisterhood that go beyond friendship, the kind that strengthens your faith, anchors you in truth, and walks with you through every season.

From Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi, to Mary choosing the presence of Jesus over performance, to Elizabeth celebrating Mary without jealousy, God shows us what real sisterhood looks like.

Is “spirituality” enough, or is there something deeper that God is actually calling us into?

In this episode, we unpack the difference between spirituality and true relationship with God, and why accepting Jesus is not optional if you desire real connection with the Father.

So many claim to be “spiritual,” but Scripture makes it clear, not every path leads to God.

✨ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven…” (Matthew 7:21–23)
✨ “You cannot come to the Father except through Me.”
✨ True religion is not performance, it’s purity of heart (James 1:27)

God has always been relational. From the very beginning, He walked with Adam in the cool of the day, not out of obligation, but out of intimacy.

That same invitation still stands today.

This episode challenges you to examine:
• Are you pursuing God, or just a version of Him you’ve created?
• Do you know Jesus, or just know about Him?
• Are you offering God all of you, or holding pieces back?

🎧 This is a call back to truth.
🎧 A call back to relationship.
🎧 A call to give God your ALL, because He already gave His.

💭 “All of me for all of You.”

Scriptures referenced:

Exodus 20:1-3 - “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. · “You shall have no other gods before me. Matthew 7:21–23 - “Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven
James 1:27 - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Genesis 3:8 - God walked with Adam in the garden

Why did Satan try to tempt Jesus with shortcuts to power?

And why did Jesus refuse every one of them?

In this episode of Truth, Measured, we explore the deeper meaning behind the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness and how they reveal a powerful truth: God's purposes are often fulfilled through suffering, not around it.

Satan offered Jesus something many of us are tempted by today, a way to bypass hardship and still obtain the outcome. But Jesus refused to sidestep the path that led to the cross.

Through scripture we see that suffering was not meaningless. It was the very path through which redemption, healing, and reconciliation were accomplished.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why Satan misquoted scripture when tempting Jesus
• What the wilderness temptation reveals about dependence on God
• How the enemy offered Jesus authority without the cross
• Why suffering was necessary for redemption
• How God can use our suffering to strengthen others

Jesus could have avoided suffering, but if He had, there would be no redemption for humanity.

Sometimes the hard path is where God is doing His deepest work.

📖 Scriptures Discussed

Matthew 4:1–11 – The temptation of Jesus
Psalm 91:11 – God's promise to guard those who walk in His ways
Deuteronomy 8:3 – Man shall not live by bread alone
Deuteronomy 6:16 – Do not test the Lord your God
Luke 9:18–22 – Jesus reveals He must suffer
Isaiah 53:3–5 – The suffering servant
John 3:16 – God's love demonstrated through Christ
John 10:15–18 – Jesus lays down His life willingly
Luke 22:32 – Strengthening others after restoration
Romans 8:18 – Present suffering compared to future glory

💬 Reflection Question

Is there a place in your life where you have been asking God to remove the suffering instead of asking what He might be doing through it?