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April 27, 2026

Hello and Happy Day!

In this week’s podcast, Dr. MaryAnn completes a two-part series on healing.

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If you have been separated from Jesus Christ but want to start a relationship with Him now, let me introduce you to Him. Pray this simple prayer with me:Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with You. I want to get to know you so that I can experience the freedom from anxiety and from every evil thing that You died and rose from the dead to give me. I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for saving me. Thank you for taking the punishment for my sin. Make me like You. In Your Name I pray. Amen.

If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. Welcome to the Family of God! Write to me at [email protected], and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.

In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled The Power of Prayer. Get your copy now and learn how to pray with the authority and power Christ has given you as one of His born-again followers.

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Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. But He doesn’t want you to stay there. As you walk with Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.________________________________________________________________Copyright 2026 by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD. All Rights Reserved.

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April 20, 2026Hello and Happy Day!

In this week’s podcast, Dr. MaryAnn begins a two-part series on healing.

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If you have been separated from Jesus Christ but want to start a relationship with Him now, let me introduce you to Him. Pray this simple prayer with me:Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with You. I want to get to know you so that I can experience the freedom from anxiety and from every evil thing that You died and rose from the dead to give me. I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for saving me. Thank you for taking the punishment for my sin. Make me like You. In Your Name I pray. Amen.

If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. Welcome to the Family of God! Write to me at [email protected], and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.

In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled Breaking the Mind Barrier: How to Think Like a Winner. Get your copy now and learn how to experience God’s will for your life by thinking according to His Word.

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Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. But He doesn’t want you to stay there. As you walk with Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.________________________________________________________________Copyright 2026 by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD. All Rights Reserved.

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April 10, 2026Hello and Happy Day!In this week’s podcast, Dr. MaryAnn discusses God's nature and how YOU were made in His image..Click on the links below to listen or watch to The Triune Nature of God.LISTENWATCHIf you have been separated from Jesus Christ but want to start a relationship with Him now, let me introduce you to Him. Pray this simple prayer with me:Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with You. I want to get to know you so that I can experience the freedom from anxiety and from every evil thing that You died and rose from the dead to give me. I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for saving me. Thank you for taking the punishment for my sin. Make me like You. In Your Name I pray. Amen.If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. Welcome to the Family of God! Write to me at [email protected], and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled Breaking the Mind Barrier: How to Think Like a Winner. Get your copy now and learn how to experience God’s will for your life by thinking according to His Word.Winning with the Word is available on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast venues as well as on YouTube. Check out my YouTube channel at youtube.com/drmaryanndiorio.If you would like to donate to this ministry, please send your donation to PayPal.me/drmaryanndiorio. Thank you very much for supporting the work of this ministry with your donations.Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. But He doesn’t want you to stay there. As you walk with Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.________________________________________________________________Copyright 2026 by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD. All Rights Reserved.CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO WINNING WITH THE WORD.

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April 17, 2026Hello and Happy Day! In this week's podcast, Dr. MaryAnn discusses deception as a major sign of the end times. Click on the links below to listen or watch to The Age of Deception.LISTENWATCHIf you have been separated from Jesus Christ but want to start a relationship with Him now, let me introduce you to Him. Pray this simple prayer with me:

Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with You. I want to get to know you so that I can experience the freedom from anxiety and from every evil thing that You died and rose from the dead to give me. I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for saving me. Thank you for taking the punishment for my sin. Make me like You. In Your Name I pray. Amen.If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. Welcome to the Family of God! Write to me at [email protected], and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled Breaking the Mind Barrier: How to Think Like a Winner. Get your copy now and learn how to experience God’s will for your life by thinking according to His Word.Winning with the Word is available on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast venues as well as on YouTube. Check out my YouTube channel at youtube.com/drmaryanndiorio.

If you would like to donate to this ministry, please send your donation to PayPal.me/drmaryanndiorio. Thank you very much for supporting the work of this ministry with your donations.

Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. But He doesn’t want you to stay there. As you walk with Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.________________________________________________________________Copyright 2026 by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD. All Rights Reserved.CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO WINNING WITH THE WORD.

March 30, 2026

Hello and Happy Day. Please find below the audio recording of this week's message. Click on the link to listen.

AUDIOAre You a Grasshopper or a Giant?VIDEOhttps://youtu.be/2cHm-zkwadoIf you have been separated from Jesus Christ but want to start a relationship with Him now, let me introduce you to Him. Pray this simple prayer with me:

Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with You. I want to get to know you so that I can experience the freedom from anxiety and from every evil thing that You died and rose from the dead to give me. I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for saving me. Thank you for taking the punishment for my sin. Make me like You. In Your Name I pray. Amen.If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. Welcome to the Family of God! Write to me at [email protected], and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled Breaking the Mind Barrier: How to Think Like a Winner. Get your copy now and learn how to experience God’s will for your life by thinking according to His Word.PRINTEBOOKWinning with the Word is available on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast venues as well as on YouTube. Check out my YouTube channel at youtube.com/drmaryanndiorio.If you would like to donate to this ministry, please send your donation to PayPal.me/drmaryanndiorio. Thank you very much for supporting the work of this ministry with your donations.Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. But He doesn’t want you to stay there. As you walk with Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.________________________________

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March 23, 2026Your Identity in ChristTRANSCRIPT:Hello, and happy day. This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, novelist and life coach, welcoming you to Winning with the Word. Today, we're going to be talking about a topic that is very dear to my heart, and it is your identity in Christ.Do you know that knowing and understanding and grasping your identity in Christ is foundational to living the abundant life that Jesus Christ died to give you? Yes, He died and rose from the dead so that you might have life and life more abundantly. Isn't that what He said in John 10, verse 10? "I have come to give you life, and life more abundantly?"But if you look around, most Christians are not living the abundant life. They are living defeated lives, lives of anxiety, worry, fear, sickness, all kinds of evil things from which the Lord Jesus delivered us. But the key is that we have to learn first who we are in Christ, and then we have to learn how to live above the circumstances of life. That is the way Jesus lived when He walked the earth. And Scripture says, as He is, so are we.

On this earth, we are like Jesus. We are to live as He lived, operate as He operated, according to the spirit and not to the flesh. But you see, my friend, most people do not live that way because they do not know who they are in Christ.Maybe you are one of them. I used to be one of them. But I got into the Word, and I began to see that I had believed some lies that were holding me back and keeping me from living the abundant life.So today we're going to talk about how to live that abundant life. And it starts, first of all, with knowing who we are in Christ. If you have your Bibles, I'm going to read a passage from Psalm 139, which is a Psalm that David wrote.Godʼs DesignAnd in that Psalm, there is a passage that starts at verse 13, and it goes to verse 18. And it is a foundational passage about who you are. I want you to read this and take it to heart. Listen carefully to what the Lord is speaking to you. As you read it, picture God speaking directly to you. I'm going to be reading from the New Living Translation."You made all the delicate inner parts of my body and knit them together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex. It is amazing to think about your workmanship. Your workmanship is marvelous and how well I know it. You were there while I was being formed in utter seclusion. You saw me before I was scheduled, or excuse me, before I was born, and you scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book. How precious it is, Lord, to realize that You are thinking about me constantly. I can't even count how many times a day your thoughts turn toward me. And when I wake in the morning, You are still thinking of me."Let that sink in. Let's go back and take this verse by verse."You made all the delicate inner parts of my body and knit them together in my mother's womb." Do you know that God was there making you inside your mother's womb? She was giving her body so He could create your physical body.But God was creating your spirit and your soul at the same time. He was putting together all those physical parts of your body in utter seclusion, it says, hidden from anyone else. It makes you look at a pregnant woman with a great deal of respect and honor and awe to think that inside of her, God is creating a human being into whom he breathed a spirit and a soul.And you were one of those human beings. God knit you together in your mother's womb. He made you wonderfully complex. You're a complicated person. I think you know that without my telling you. We are all complicated, aren't we?

There are so many parts of us. Just looking at the human body is amazing. My husband is a retired physician, and when we discuss the human body, it is fantastic.How God put it together. And for a physician who has studied the body and seen its inward parts, it's even more stunning and awesome. "Your workmanship is marvelous, and how well I know it. You were there while I was being formed in utter seclusion. You saw me before I was born." Do you know that God has always wanted to create you? You were in His mind before you were in your mother's body. You were always in His mind because God is eternal. There is no time with Him.

And the Word says here He scheduled each day of your life before you began to breathe. So you came with a ready-made calendar, right? God created and scheduled each day of your life. What does that mean? That means, as the Word says in another passage, that He ordained you to do good works every day of your life. He made you for a good purpose, to do good things.

And He had it planned that way way back then. He had already planned for you to have days filled with good things, and for you to do good things every day. "Every day was recorded in Your book." Do you know God has a book for you? Your mother may have a photograph album for you, or a scrapbook, but God has a book for you too. And in that book is written everything about His plans for you.

Every day of your life is recorded in that book. And God keeps a record for you. Don't you want good things to be recorded in that book?

I do. But like everyone else, I have some bad things recorded in that book, which I regret, which I did before I knew Jesus. But God is merciful and forgiving, and He wipes away all our sin.

How precious it is, Lord, to realize that You are thinking about me constantly. I can't even count how many days Your thoughts, how many times a day Your thoughts turn towards me. And when I waken in the morning, You are still thinking of me.

Do You realize that the Lord is thinking about you every moment of every day? You might say, well, how can He do that? Doesn't He have to think about other people?Well, that's the thing about God. He's everywhere and can do that. He's God, and He can do that.”

And He thinks about you all the time. He cares about you. In Zephaniah 3, verse 17, the Bible says that God delights over you. He sings over you. Imagine that. But maybe that's not the picture you have of God in your heart. You know, children get their image of God from their earthly fathers. And perhaps you had a very difficult situation with your earthly father. Perhaps you didn't know your earthly father. Perhaps He was absent from your life. Perhaps you were abused by your earthly father. But whatever the case may be, what really matters is that you now have a Heavenly Father who is a perfect Father.

Our human fathers were not perfect. That was hard for us to believe. I know it was hard for me the day I recognized that my parents were flawed.

But that's part of growing up, isn't it? But you have a Heavenly Father Who loves you deeply, Who cares about every detail of your life, and Who is waiting for you to come to him and talk with him every day. And I'm speaking to you, dear fellow believers, so many times we become so busy that we forget God, and yet He's waiting there, longing to hear our voices, longing to talk with us.

So part of our identity in Christ is to recognize that if we are born again, we are now righteous. What does that mean? It means we are in right standing with God. It means that He no longer counts our sin against us, because we are in Christ, and Jesus paid the price for our sins. But if you pay attention to what Christians say, as I like to do, so many of them do not understand this concept. They walk around saying things like, well, I'm just a sinner saved by grace, or I'm a worm, or I am just inferior. I am not worthy. Those kinds of things applied before we were born again. But once we accept Jesus Christ, we become new creations.

The Bible tells us that if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation, a new creature. He is new on the inside. Old things have passed away. All things have become new. Therefore, perhaps I can explain it this way. When we were sinners before we were born again, we were plugged into sin and everything that goes with sin.

It's like putting a plug in the wall. When you put a plug in your outlet on the wall, electricity flows through and lights your lamp when you turn on the switch. So what comes out of that, into the plug and into your lamp is electricity.

Well, when we were plugged into the old nature, the sin nature, all that could flow into us was sin. You might say, well, why? Because of the sin of our first parents, Adam and Eve.

You know, before I got saved, I used to get angry at Adam and Eve, and I used to tell God, why do I have to pay the price for what they did? I don't even know them. And now I laugh at it, and I'm sure the Lord laughed at that time.

But you see, this is what happened. Adam and Eve were created perfect, and they lived in a perfect environment. But God gave them a command not to eat of the fruit of a certain tree, and that tree was called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God did not want them to experience evil. He wanted them to eat of the Tree of Life, and they would experience only life. That was God's original plan for them.

But He gave them a free will, and Satan came along, and he posed the question to Eve that he is still posing today to people everywhere. And that question is, did God really say? What did Satan do?

He planted a seed of doubt in Eve's ear and in her heart. And she chose to believe what Satan said over what God said. Big mistake. And Adam did the same thing. And he could have stopped her, but he didn't. He put her above God, which is something a husband should never do.

______ure, a nature from which life had departed. In other words, they pulled the plug out of life, and they plugged themselves into sin. God put them out of the garden. It was a great act of mercy. Why? Because if they had remained un-eaten of the Tree of Life, they would have lived forever in a corrupted nature.

There would have been no hope of salvation for them

March 16, 2026Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, March 16, 2026, and this is episode #7 in Series 2026. This episode is titled, “Jesus Christ Is Coming Back.”

Before we get into our message, let me share a resource that will help you to draw closer to Jesus every day. It's titled The Daystar Devotional and is a compilation of daily meditations I've written based on a Scripture verse for the day. If you're looking for daily encouragement in your walk with Christ, The Daystar Devotional will provide just what you're looking for. Daily readings will give you fresh insight into Scripture verses that will inspire you, encourage you, and strengthen you as you face the daily challenges of life. The Daystar Devotional is a powerful tool for growing in your relationship with our precious Lord.

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And now, let’s dive right into this week’s message: Jesus Christ Is Coming Back.A lot has been said recently about the return of Jesus Christ in the cataclysmic event called the Rapture. So much, in fact, that the fact that Jesus hasn't returned yet has caused the mockers to increase in number and intensity. But just because Jesus hasn't returned yet doesn't mean He won't. To think that His delay is permanent is deception, and it is where the great danger lies. For you see, my friend, Jesus Christ promised us that He would return. Before He went back to Heaven after His resurrection, Jesus said this to His followers: "In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." (John 14: 2-3).Since Jesus is God, He cannot lie. He will keep His Word. He will return.

Let me be as clear and as simple as I can.The Bible prophesies the return of Christ in an earth-shattering event called the Rapture. Let's read about this in 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17: "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever."After the Rapture, the Bible prophesies that a seven-year period of intense human suffering will come upon the earth. This seven-year period is called the Tribulation and will occur during the rule and under the rule of a man called the AntiChrist.

Why is he called the AntiChrist? Because he will oppose everything the true Jesus Christ stands for and, in fact, the AntiChrist will attempt to replace Christ. The AntiChrist will proclaim Himself as God. Behind the AntiChrist will be Satan himself who will, in effect, use this man to perpetrate the worst horrors the world has ever known.

Listen to what the Bible says about these horrors in the Message Translation where the AntiChrist is referred to as "the Anarchist:"

2 Thessalonians 2: 3-5 and verses 9-12 (The Message Translation):

 "Before that day comes, a couple of things have to happen. First, the Apostasy. Second, the debut of the Anarchist, a partner in crime with Satan. He’ll defy and then take over every so-called god or altar. Having cleared away the opposition, he’ll then set himself up in God’s Temple as God Almighty . . . The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions."

The Bible further describes the day of the Rapture in the Apostle Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, chapter 1, verses 2 and 3. This is Paul writing:

"You know as well as I that the day of the Master’s coming can’t be posted on our calendars. He won’t call ahead and make an appointment any more than a burglar would. About the time everybody’s walking around complacently, congratulating each other—“We’ve sure got it made! Now we can take it easy!”—suddenly everything will fall apart. It’s going to come as suddenly and inescapably as birth pangs to a pregnant woman."Did you hear that, my friend? The day of Christ's return will come as a huge surprise to those who are not looking for His return. Some translations describe his return as unexpected as the intrusion of a thief in the night.

Moreover, in Revelation 4: 8, we read of the holy angels who are now worshipping the Lord and proclaiming the promise of His return: "Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.'”The question then is not if Jesus will return. He Himself said He would. Nor is the question when will He return. The question is a far more important and momentous one: Are YOU ready for His return? You might be thinking, Dr. MaryAnn, this sounds like hogwash to me. Why should I be paying attention to the return of Jesus Christ? Why should I care? I don't even believe in Jesus Christ. Christians have been talking for years about the return of Jesus, but He hasn't come back yet. So what's the deal?The deal is that your position regarding the return of Jesus Christ will mean the difference between whether you escape the Tribulation or whether you won't. Why should you want to escape the Tribulation? Because during the Tribulation, as the Bible states in Matthew chapter 24 verse 21, "...there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again." (Matthew 24: 21 NLT)Sobering words, no?So what will happen during the Tribulation?The Bible describes the scenario in several places. Let's take a look at a few of them:

2 Thessalonians 1: 7-9 NLT: "He [Jesus] will come with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power."

Revelation 6: 12 (describing the vision of John the Apostle in approximately 95 A.D.): " . . . there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood."

Revelation 9: 10-11 - "Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.

"Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions. They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting. In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!

"The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces looked like human faces. They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion. They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle. They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people. Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer."So, my friend, you can see from these few Scripture verses that the Tribulation will not be a picnic. It will be horrifying. Over half of the world's population will die. In Revelation 6: 8 NLT, the Apostle John prophesies that one-quarter of the earth's population will die: "I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave. These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease and wild animals." Then later, in Revelation 9: 15 NLT, he tells us this: "Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth."That's over 80% of the world's population that will die! These verses give just a few examples of the horrors that will befall those who are alive during the Tribulation. You don't want to be one of them. But, if you do not accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you will be one of them. Only those who receive Christ into their lives will escape this time of unfathomable anguish, but those who do not follow Christ will not.So what is your choice, my friend? Do you want to live through the Tribulation and probably end up living forever in hell? Or do you want to believe that Jesus loves you, and that He died and rose from the dead to take the punishment for your sin so that you could live in Heaven with Him forever? The choice seems like a no-brainer.You might say, "I'll just wait and see, Dr. MaryAnn. If I end up in the Tribulation, I could always accept Jesus then."Yes, you could. But it will be extremely difficult. Why? Because the Bible says that those who accept Christ during the Tribulation will not be allowed to buy or sell anything unless they take the mark of the beast. And they won't take the mark of the beast....

March 9, 2026

Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, March 9, 2026, and this is episode #6 in Series 2026. This episode is titled, “How to Be Free of Anxiety.”

Before we get into our message, let me share a resource that will give you practical tools for getting free of anxiety once and for all. It's my life-changing book titled Breaking the Mind Barrier, and it is Book 2 in my series titled The Winner's Library. 

Breaking the Mind Barrier is available in both print and ebook formats at the links below or in the show notes.BREAKING THE MIND BARRIER (Print)BREAKING THE MIND BARRIER (eBook)

And now let's dive right into this week's message: How to Be Free of Anxiety.Anxiety has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and, I would dare say, pandemic proportions throughout the world. People everywhere are complaining of feeling constant anxiety about their finances, their health, their families, their jobs, and their safety in this increasingly dangerous world. Many admit a strong undercurrent of anxiety continually present in their lives but don't know what to do about it.If this describes you, then you are in the right place at the right time. Let's take a look at anxiety: what it is, how it enters our lives, and what to do to get rid of it.WHAT IS ANXIETY?According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, anxiety is defined as "apprehensive uneasiness or nervousness usually over an impending or anticipated misfortune." Medically, Webster defines anxiety as "an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt about one's capacity to cope with it."Sadly, many people today fit these descriptions. Perhaps you are one of them. If so, pay close attention because, by the power of God, you can be free of anxiety once and for all.HOW ANXIETY ENTERS OUR LIVESHow do we become anxious? Anxiety has its ultimate roots in the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. When sin entered the world, anxiety and fear entered with it. As descendants of Adam and Eve, we are born inheriting their sin nature. Just as parents give to their children their physical genetic makeup, so did Adam and Eve give the entire human race their spiritual genetic makeup. Hence, as Scripture says in Romans 3: 23, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." And all of us, therefore, experience the effects of sin.In an individual's life, anxiety enters through fearful experiences, like childhood trauma, death of a loved one, especially a parent, sexual abuse, and verbal abuse. Anxiety enters from stressful family situations over an extended period of time. Anxiety can be triggered by adverse health conditions, adverse financial issues, or adverse relationship challenges. Regardless of the cause, anxiety wreaks havoc in a person's life. If not confronted, it can lead to serious forms of physical illness—like digestive and cardiac disorders—and mental illness—like agoraphobia, panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other phobias.Anxiety is closely linked to fear. In fact, they have the same root. According to the Bible, that root is a demonic spirit called "the spirit of fear." In 2 Timothy 1: 7, the Bible tells us that "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Fear does not come from God. It comes from Satan.And fear is always based on a lie because Satan is the "father of lies" (John 8: 44).Later, we will take a look at some of the lies that cause anxiety in our lives. But now, I want to explore the natural fear response in humans in the face of danger.God created man with a natural response to danger. This is normal and alerts us to protect ourselves when necessary. It is called the brain's natural fear response. For example, we don't cross the street when the a car is fast approaching. We wait until it passes or until the light turns green. Why? Because we have a built-in knowing that being hit by a car could kill us or seriously injure us. This is a healthful type of fear and is prompted by wisdom. But when the brain's normal response becomes overly active, anxiety sets in. Anxiety has been called "an over-activity of the brain's fear response."LIES THAT CAUSE ANXIETYAnxiety is based on a lie. Discovering what those lies are in your own life is key to overcoming anxiety. Lies feed anxiety, especially lies relating to danger. For example, lies that deceive the brain into perceiving danger cause anxiety. Lies such as "bad things are going to happen to you," or "you can't handle this." Believing these lies creates tremendous stress.Notice I said, BELIEVING the lies creates stress. It is not the lie that causes the stress. It is believing the lie that causes stress. Likewise, lies relating to your significance and worth can create anxiety. When we doubt that we are loved, we doubt that we are cared for and protected. When we doubt that we are cared for and protected, we grow anxious. Deep down, all of us not only want but need to know that someone loves us and cares about what happens to us. Knowing the negative effects of lies on our well-being emphasizes how important it is for us to believe the truth in order to be free of anxiety.What are some lies that cause anxiety? Here are a few:1__There is no God. 2__God doesn't care about me.3__No one loves me.4__I'm not good enough. 5__I'll never amount to anything.6__Something terrible is going to happen to me.7__I am alone in the world.8__I'm the only one who feels this way.9__I can handle things myself.10__Unless I do it perfectly, I won't succeed.11__Conflict is dangerous.12__If I'm not anxious, I'm not being responsible. HOW TO GET RID OF ANXIETY So, how do we get rid of anxiety? While the world offers many ways to be free of anxiety—all of which give only temporary relief—I am going to share with you Biblical principles for getting rid of anxiety—principles that I have applied effectively in my own life to get rid of anxiety.I grew up in a fear-filled environment. Anxiety was the air I breathed and what I thought was normal. Yet, my entire perspective on anxiety changed when I had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. In John 14: 6, Jesus defines Himself as the Truth. In John 8: 32, the Bible says that the truth sets us free. Through Jesus, I learned the truth, and the truth set me free from anxiety.What is the truth? The truth is what God says it is in the Bible. Nothing more. Nothing less.Here are Bible verses that expose and refute the lies that I mentioned earlier in this podcast. I will repeat the lie first and then replace it with the truth:THE LIE: God doesn't care about me.THE TRUTH: John 3: 16 - God says He loves you and cares about you, so much so that He paid the price for your sin so that you could spend forever with Him.THE LIE: I'll never amount to anything.THE TRUTH: Jeremiah 29: 11 - God says that his plans for you are for good and not for evil, to give you a future filled with hope.THE LIE: I'm not good enough.THE TRUTH: Romans 5: 17 - God says that Jesus has made you good enough through His death and resurrection, good enough to qualify you to go to Heaven. And it is by His Blood alone and His grace alone that we become good enough.THE LIE: I'm alone in the world.THE TRUTH: Hebrews 13: 5 - There God says that you will never be alone because He will never leave you nor forsake you.THE LIE: I'm the only one who feels this way.THE TRUTH: 1 Corinthians 10: 13 - The Bible says that other people go through situations similar to yours. You are not the only one going through what you're going through.THE LIE: I can handle things myself.THE TRUTH: John 15: 5 - God says that without Him you can do nothing.Have you noticed the pattern here for getting free of anxiety? It is a three-step pattern:Step 1) Identify the lie.Step 2) Renounce the lie.Step 3) Replace the lie with the truth.But in order to replace the lie with the truth, you must know the truth. Jesus Christ is the Truth. He said so in John 14: 6 when He said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."My friend, anxiety does not have to be a part of your life if you have Jesus Christ in your life. If you have Truth in your life. God has freed you from anxiety and fear. He did so when He died on the Cross and rose from the dead for you. But freedom from anxiety and fear is a gift available only through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. If you don't have that personal relationship, you will never experience true freedom from anxiety. But if you do establish a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you can be free of every evil thing. All it takes is faith in Him.If you have been separated from Jesus Christ but want to start a relationship with Him now, let me introduce you to Him. Pray this simple prayer with me:

Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with You. I want to get to know you so that I can experience the freedom from anxiety and from every evil thing that You died and rose from the dead to give me. I receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for saving me. Thank you for taking the punishment for my sin. Make me like You. In Your Name I pray. Amen.If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. Welcome to the Family of God! Write to me at [email protected], and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled Breaking the Mind Barrier: How to Think Like a Winner. Get your copy now and learn how to experience God's will for your life by thinking according to His Word.PRINTEBOOKWinning with the Word is available on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast venues as well as on YouTube....

March 2, 2026Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, March 2, 2026, and this is episode #5 in Series 2026. This episode is titled, “How to Endure to the End."Before we get into this week's message, I'm excited to tell you that my featured book for this week is my popular historical novel set in Italy, The Madonna of Pisano. The Madonna of Pisano is Book 1 in my popular trilogy, The Italian Chronicles.If you're a fan of Hallmark romance and epic stories set in beautiful, exotic Italy, then you will love The Madonna of Pisano. It is the story of a courageous, single mom fighting for her son in the midst of betrayal, treachery, and deceit. You won't want to miss this powerful, heart-wrenching story of forgiveness and hope. Get your copy of The Madonna of Pisano at the link below.https://www.amazon.com/dp/0930037227

And now let's dive into this week's message.The Importance of Enduring to the EndHave you been feeling weary lately? As though you can't go on another day? Have you been troubled by what's going on in the world and, worse yet, even in your own family?If so, my friend, you are not alone. You may be wondering what is going on. Life isn't the way it used to be. Something is different. Something has changed, but you can't quite put your finger on it. All you know is that, lately, you've been feeling more anxious than usual, as though the world is falling apart, and you can't do anything about it.If this describes you, you are at the right place at the right time.Let me shed some light on exactly what is happening and why you feel the way you do.First of all, you have good reason to feel these emotions. In fact, my friend, caring people everywhere are feeling them. Responsible, thoughtful people are feeling them. And for good reason.Let's look at some of those reasons:1. The world's thinking has turned upside down. Good is now called evil, and evil is called good. The Bible warned us of this in Isaiah 5: 20: In that verse, the Lord warns those who no longer think straight. Here is what He says: "What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter." While these upside-down thinkers may think they're in good shape with their false thinking, they have a rude awakening coming. If you grew up before the 21st century, you still have some idea of the difference between right and wrong. Why? Because you were taught according to a Judeo-Christian consensus. Moreover, the society in which you grew up more or less still espoused a Judeo-Christian value system. But that is not the case today. Judeo-Christian values are blatantly and brazenly opposed with vehemence and, in many cases, with brutal violence. Christians are being persecuted like never before. Even here in America, we are witnessing increasing opposition to Christians and Jews who believe that the Holy Bible is God's manual for life.2. A second reason you are feeling anxious is that the world is being invaded by demonic forces that have been unleashed because of humanity's increasing love for and obsession with sin. Never in my 80 years on this earth have I witnessed sin without shame as I am witnessing it today. Never have I seen sin celebrated as it is today.I grew up in the fifties and early sixties. Yes, there was sin, but there was also a stigma of shame attached to sin. People did not openly flaunt their sin but hid it because the culture disapproved of sin, and deep down, people knew they were sinning.

Today, people proudly flaunt their sin and encourage others to sin with them. Listen to what the Bible predicted about this very behavior thousands of years ago. I'm going to read a passage from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Romans, chapter 1, in the New Living Translation:"But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.

So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too."So, my friend, in the midst of all of this spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural turmoil, how can we endure to the end—that moment in time when Jesus comes to remove us from this sinful world to take us to Heaven? STEPS TO ENDURE TO THE ENDLet me suggest a few proven tools to help you:1. Stay n the Word. Read your Bible every day and throughout the day. Keep it open on your desk or on a table so that you can refer to it frequently.2. Pray. Keep in constant communication with God for wisdom, direction, and the grace to endure. Scripture commands us to "pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5: 17." In other words, keep a running conversation going with the Lord all day long. 3. Fast. When we fast, we subdue the voice of the flesh so that we can better hear the voice of the Spirit. It is the voice of the Holy Spirit that leads us into all truth.4. Fellowship with other believers. Scripture commands us not to forsake the habit of gathering in person with fellow Christians. We draw strength from one another and need to be with one another regularly. Together, we are the Body of Christ, not isolated individuals who can make it on our own. We cannot. To think we can is foolish and dangerous. 5. Embrace suffering. One of the greatest privileges of being a Christ-Follower is to walk in His footsteps. Sometimes we do this through suffering. Romans 8: 17 says this: "And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering." Suffering refines and purifies us. It removes the dross to allow the beauty of our true nature to shine forth. 6. Expect persecution. Persecution may come through betrayal, through lies spoken against us, through legal injustice. We may not know how it will come, but we can be sure that it will, indeed, come.Hatred against Christians is growing. The Bible tells us so in Mark 13: 13: "And you will be hated by all for My Name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved."7. Finally, trust in the Lord in the midst of every trial. Trusting in God while we are undergoing suffering builds endurance. And this message is all about endurance.To help you endure, I've written a little book titled The Iron Saint: Preparing the Church for Persecution. Based on the principles employed in preparing for the Iron Man Triathlon, The Iron Saint applies those principles to enduring in Christ. You will find a link to The Iron Saint in the show notes.As we approach the end of human history, the days will grow darker. Already, believers are reporting an increase in demonic attacks, not only in frequency but also in intensity. Satan knows his time is short, and he wants to wreak all the havoc he can before our Lord Jesus Christ returns to remove us from this wicked world in the astounding event called the Rapture.

My friend, I urge you to keep your eyes on Jesus. Pay attention to what is happening in Israel, for Israel is God's timepiece. Bible prophecy is unfolding in Israel as we watch the creation of the Board of Peace and the rise of the AntiChrist's beast system.

Most important of all, if you do not yet have a relationship with Jesus Christ, establish one right now. Do not wait another moment. Only a relationship with Jesus Christ will qualify you to be taken up at the Rapture. Without a relationship with Christ, you will be left behind to suffer the horrors of the Tribulation under the brutal dictatorship of the AntiChrist. Worse than that, without a relationship with Jesus Christ, you will spend eternity in Hell. Jesus alone can save you from that unspeakably horrific fate.

If you do not yet know Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, pray this simple prayer with me now:Lord Jesus, I want to establish a relationship with you. I want to get to know You. So I invite You into my life and receive You now

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February 23, 2026Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Monday, February 23, 2026, and this is episode #4 in Series 2026. This episode is titled, “Prayer: The Place of Power."If I were to take a poll of how many people pray daily, the results would be disheartening. Even among believers, which is a very sad commentary on the state of the Church.Before we get fully into our message, however, I want to tell you about my featured book for this week. It is titled Prayer Power: A Simple Manual on Prayer and is available for only $4.99 at the link below or in the show notes:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJMT7F3Y

Prayer Power will teach you powerful principles of prayer that will get results every single time. If you've been neglecting your prayer life because you haven't gotten the results you've expected from prayer, then this book is for you. If you don't pray but would like to learn how, this book is for you.Get your copy now and learn how to pray with power.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJMT7F3YNow, on to this week's message.What is prayer?Prayer in its simplest definition is a conversation with God. Just as any human relationship requires communication to sustain it, so does a relationship with God. Prayer is the means of communicating with God.Why should I pray?There are many reasons to pray, but here are five of the most important ones:1. We need help. If you haven't figured it out yet, we cannot navigate this life alone. If we try to, we will eventually discover that there are some problems too big for us to solve.2) We need the help of Someone more powerful than we who can do the impossible.Some problems in life have no human solutions. It takes God to solve them. 3) We need direction. Prayer helps us to hear from God regarding the big decisions we have to make in life. 4) We need hope. Sometimes life can become overwhelming, filling us with discouragement and despair. It is at such times that prayer is balm to our souls. When we pray, we are looking to God to meet our needs. We are not depending on ourselves. God has an endless supply of whatever we need. Prayer helps us to tap into that supply.5) We need wisdom. Life is full of choices, and choices have consequences. When we pray, we receive God's wisdom to make wise choices that result in happy consequences. The Privilege of Prayer

Prayer is a privilege. It is the opportunity to talk with the God who made you and who knows everything about you. Just think about that. In prayer, we get to talk with the God who created the universe. This is a mind-blowing truth.So, my friend, are you ready to learn more about prayer? Are you ready to embark on the most exciting journey of communicating with God in the most amazing relationship you will ever have? You might be thinking, "Dr. MaryAnn, where do I start?"You start by establishing a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. If you have not yet established this relationship, you can do so right now by inviting Jesus Christ into your life. Pray this simple prayer with me now:Lord Jesus, I want to know You. I want to establish a relationship with You so that I can talk with You every day and have You talk to me. I invite You into my life and receive You now as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for sending Jesus so that I could be reconnected with You. In His Name I pray. Amen.In closing, I want to remind you that my featured book for this week is titled Prayer Power: A Simple Manual on Prayer. Get your copy now and begin a powerful prayer life that gets results. Just click on the link below:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJMT7F3YWinning with the Word is available on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast venues as well as on YouTube. Check out my YouTube channel at youtube.com/drmaryanndiorio.

Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. Yet, He doesn’t want you to stay there. As you walk with Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.________________________________

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