The Clarion Call

About Face! — Planning 2026 with the Lord of Hosts As the holidays fade and a new year approaches, many find themselves exhausted, discouraged, and drifting without direction. In About Face! , Nici Mathis calls listeners into the war room with the Lord of Hosts to confront the post-holiday slump and prepare for 2026 with intention, discipline, and spiritual clarity. Using the powerful imagery of c...

This episode of The Clarion Call is lovingly dedicated to @jessyirazarry . In this teaching, Nici Mathis speaks directly to parents, sharing practical, lived-out wisdom on how to disciple children through everyday moments using the Book of James as a guide. Drawing from personal parenting experience and Scripture, the episode explores the difference between emotional intelligence and emotional ido...

Diedre Howell, known as A Dose of Kaye , joins The Clarion Call to share a transparent and transformative testimony. In just 45 minutes, she walks us through her journey with domestic violence, disobedience, idolatry, and the healing that reshaped her life. This episode is a call to surrender, alignment, and wholeness in Christ. Explore her devotional on Amazon Kindle: https://a.co/d/77cVNyq Hoste...

In this episode of The Clarion Call , Nici Mathis exposes the one thing that quietly disqualifies people from deliverance: the refusal to admit or release a sin pattern . Building on last week’s conversation with Mickey Woolery and the Strongholds study, Nici uses the childhood game “Never Have I Ever” to reveal how many believers still hide behind spiritual denial, protecting the very patterns th...

This week, Nici Mathis sits down with Mickey Woolery of Crushing Strongholds Podcast to talk about breaking the walls that block your purpose. 💥 They unpack what strongholds really are, how to tear them down, and why deliverance is just the beginning—renewing your mind is the real work. 📖 2 Timothy 1:7 · Romans 12:2 · Matthew 12:43-45 🔗 Learn more at crushingstrongholds.com #TheClarionCall #Cru...

This episode explores 1 Samuel 17:38–40, where David refuses to wear Saul’s armor before facing Goliath. It’s a powerful reminder that we can’t walk in victory using someone else’s methods or identity. God calls His people to be peculiar, set apart, and confident in what He has uniquely equipped them to carry. We’ll examine how the spirit of comparison limits growth and how Scripture warns that co...

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, host Nici Mathis sits down with Anitial’A Ware , author of “Receiving Glory: An Ex-Lesbian’s Journey from Godless to Godly.” Together, they explore the transforming power of God’s love and deliverance — from bondage to freedom, deception to truth, and shame to surrender. Anitial’A shares her remarkable journey of being delivered from lesbianism, alcoho...

In this dynamic and revelation-packed episode, Nici Mathis and guest Someta Bazile introduce The Fire and Forget Method—a divine strategy for praying the Word of God with precision, authority, and trust. Inspired by the modern Javelin anti-tank weapon system that “locks on and doesn’t miss,” this teaching unveils how believers can release Word-based prayers that hit their spiritual targets and dis...

In this episode, Nici Mathis teaches from Jeremiah 33:20–21 (NLT), revealing how God’s covenants are legally binding and eternally recorded in the Courts of Heaven. Just as property covenants are filed and upheld by law, God’s Word stands firm—unbreakable and unchangeable. Drawing from Robert Henderson’s book The Courts of Heaven, available at https://a.co/d/2riefll , Nici explains that prayer is...

In this episode of The Clarion Call, Nici Mathis teaches how to pray with power and precision by aligning every request with the Word of God. Drawing from Lionheart Church’s 3-Day Fast and Daily Prayer guides, she walks listeners through the process of “praying perfectly in your known tongue” — using scripture as the foundation for every petition. Nici explains how Heaven recognizes God’s Word as...

In this powerful episode, Nici Mathis teaches from Jeremiah 23:18, exposing the difference between false counsel and true prophetic insight. She unpacks how to discern the voice of God in an age where many speak for Him without ever standing in His presence. Drawing from the interlinear Hebrew breakdown, Nici reveals how the word “hear” (שָׁמַע — shama‘) means more than sound—it means to perceive,...

In this continuation of “Ungodly Counsel,” Nici Mathis unpacks how to silence, discern, and dismantle the wrong voices influencing your decisions. Drawing from Psalm 1:1–3, John 10:27, and Romans 12:2, she explains that every believer must learn to test what they hear — whether it’s divine, human, or demonic in origin. Through scriptural insight and practical deliverance principles, Nici exposes h...

In this eye-opening devotional, Nici Mathis dives deep into Psalm 1:1–3 and John 10:1–5, teaching how the voices we entertain—friends, family, culture, or even our own emotions—can either anchor us in truth or lead us away from God’s plan. Using the Hebrew interlinear concordance from the Blue Letter Bible, Nici breaks down key words like counsel (ʿētsāh), ungodly (rāshāʿ), and meditate (hāgāh) to...

In this episode, Nici Mathis teaches how obedience is God’s test of trust. Through the stories of Gideon, Peter, and the widow at Zarephath, we see that every divine instruction reveals what’s in our hearts and positions us for breakthrough. When you obey even when it’s uncomfortable, God turns reduction into victory, repetition into revelation, and scarcity into supply. 📖 Scripture References: D...

In this heartfelt 5AM devotional, Nici Mathis unpacks how subtle pride can show up through dismissiveness—those small shrugs, sighs, and “whatever” moments that send away what Heaven sent to sanctify us. Building from her own story of brushing off her husband’s gentle reminder, she shows how easily we can dismiss the Holy Spirit the same way. Through wisdom from Dr. Emerson Eggerichs’ Cracking the...

In this devotional episode, Nici Mathis confronts the subtle form of pride that hides behind familiarity with Scripture. She shares how she almost skipped Tiffany Haynes’ Blue Letter Bible lesson — thinking she already knew it — until the Holy Spirit revealed how easily experience can turn into arrogance. Through examples like Naaman, Jonah, Saul, and the people of Jesus’ hometown, Nici uncovers h...

In this heartfelt and fiery conversation, host Nici Mathis and guest Someta Bazile expose one of the enemy’s oldest traps—using our own words as his weapon. Together they walk through Proverbs 18:19-22, Matthew 12:36-37, and James 3:5-6, revealing how the tongue can build or burn, bless or curse, heal or wound. Someta shares a transparent testimony of learning how her words—especially toward her h...

In this powerful Clarion Call teaching, host Nici Mathis asks the piercing question: “What does your child’s Bible study plan look like—and are you relying on Children’s Church to train them?” Drawing from Deuteronomy 6, Nici reminds parents that spiritual training begins in the home. Through the Fantastic Four review—discipline, study, spiritual diet, and consistency—she teaches how to build a da...

In this 5AM devotional, host Nici Mathis challenges listeners to develop a spiritual and physical regiment that strengthens the whole person—body, mind, and spirit. Drawing from her personal journey of discipline, she introduces The Fantastic 4: physical discipline, spiritual review, consistent study, and obedient living. Using examples from her own life and scripture, Nici emphasizes that revelat...

In this powerful continuation of “Taking Candy from a Baby,” host Nici Mathis exposes how unchecked carnality opens the door to compromise, counterfeit spirituality, and “strange fire.” Drawing from the story of Nadab and Abihu in Leviticus 10, this episode warns against mixing Christianity with pagan, New Age, or metaphysical practices that God has forbidden. Through Scripture and sobering modern...

In this episode of The Clarion Call, Nici Mathis confronts the danger of spiritual junk food and the trap of carnality. Drawing from Colossians 2:6–7, 1 Corinthians 3:1–4, and 1 Peter 2:1–5, she unpacks the difference between being fleshy (human weakness) and fleshly/carnal (choosing to live by the flesh). Using personal stories, scripture, and quotes, Nici challenges believers to move from milk t...

In this episode of The Clarion Call, Nici Mathis teaches on the posture of waiting on God with precision obedience. Through the stories of the wedding at Cana (John 2), Jesus’ timing at the Festival of Tabernacles (John 7), and the raising of Lazarus (John 11), we see that delay is not denial—it’s divine strategy. Mary’s faith at Cana, Jesus’ refusal to move outside His Father’s timing, and the mi...

In this episode of The Clarion Call, Nici Mathis shares a sobering reminder that obedience to God is not optional—it is the pathway to healing, deliverance, and breakthrough. Using the story of Naaman in 2 Kings 5, Nici unpacks how pride, excuses, and partial obedience can keep us from experiencing the fullness of God’s promises. Naaman wanted healing his way, but transformation only came when he...

In this episode of The Clarion Call, host Nici Mathis continues the deep dive into identity, exposing the traps that keep us living under counterfeit labels. Through personal testimony and scripture, Nici shares her own journey of heartbreak, betrayal, and rediscovering who she was in Christ when God gave her a new name. From Leah’s rejection, to Hagar’s abandonment, the Samaritan Woman’s shame, M...

In this live teaching of The Clarion Call, host Nici Mathis confronts the subtle identity traps the enemy uses to steal our God-given identity. From feelings and job titles to appearances, past mistakes, and comparison, these counterfeits may look convincing, but they lack Heaven’s seal. Through personal testimony, scripture, and deliverance prayer, Nici exposes these traps as “counterfeit IDs” an...