Your Place Of Grace Podcast with Anthony Sluzas

It’s amazing the number of people who know the Lord heals today, and yet when something goes wrong, the first thing they do is run to the doctor as if the Lord wasn’t closer than the doctor. It’s a challenge to learn to balance those things; how do I learn to call on the Lord first? One of the Lord’s promises to us is His presence and power to heal those who call upon Him in the name of Jesus.

There is nothing quite like the pain of betrayal. It is indescribable. How do worldly people respond to betrayal? How have you responded to it? There was One who experienced betrayal as no other person in human history. We can learn much from His example and act accordingly—with forgiveness, grace, and mercy.

The mission of the church is not to win the world’s praises. Many modern proponents in the church of “engaging the culture” are seemingly deferring to political correctness. When they translate that for young evangelicals into concrete plans of action, it often turns out to mean staying in step with fashion…as if being seen as cool were the key to effective ministry. Not so. It’s time to come back to the Cross.

Humanity is caught in the grip of fear: fears over deadly diseases, lockdowns, financial ruin, violence, cancel culture, government overreach, and political upheaval. At the very root of it all is sin, and the only answer is found at the Cross of Jesus Christ.

) Granting forgiveness can be a very hard thing to do. Many, if not most, Christian counseling sessions are related to struggles with forgiveness. It’s a subject that poses hard questions. Let’s look at some of the major ones.

We are in the midst of a violent spiritual tempest—one that’s turned so many aspects of our lives upside down. Have we actually used this occasion to strengthen ourselves and build our relationship with our Savior, or are we sinking?

Is there an area of your life that is out of control? Maybe it’s finances, moral issues, relationships, attitudes, habits, gossip, or laziness. A lack of self-control in any part of our lives does not fit who we are in Christ. His desire is that we live in full surrender to Him so that His Spirit can produce in us the fruit of self-control.

Have you ever sensed that you were hearing from God? God still speaks to His children. His main channel for directing us is through His Word, though He will also speak to us personally and specifically—especially if we’re willing to listen and obey.

Each day is filled with decisions, and every choice is an opportunity to ask the Lord what He would have us do. The decisions could be practical, moral, financial, or any other issue. How can we be sure that what we are considering is the will of God?

All of us need to learn how to talk to the Lord in private about whatever concerns us. And sometimes that inner room becomes our war room as we fight our battles with sin, conflicts, decisions, and difficulties until we fully surrender in obedience to our God.