Surrendered Strength Radio

How is God moving in your life? Have you limited what God can do in your life? Have you limited what you can do in your life? In this two-part episode I discuss how we limit God and how we limit ourselves from reaching the desires of our heart. Stay tuned next week for Part 2!

There are many factors of success in all areas of life. I have spoken of many of them discipline, endurance, and love. There is one that I would say foreshadows these factors that must happen if the others are going to happen... Consistency. Consistency as a child of God, as a Father, as a Husband, etc. We have consistently show up or there is no opportunity to be disciplined, have endurance or ev...

This world becomes more chaotic each day. We don't have to be bound by the chaos and anxieties of this world. God offers us freedom, joy, peace and much more! But there is a requirement from you... Discipline.

It's a week... It's been a week of God moving in my life. Has God been moving in your life? Yes, he has! Often, we don't see God moving but when we continue to walk with God and endure the battles of this life it becomes more and more evident. See how God was moving this past week and learn how to see God move in your life!

There are ways we can be healthier. In all three areas of our lives, physically, mentally and spiritually. Today I discuss ways that we can simply improve our health in all three areas from a more general aspect. And, how we can combat emotions and spiritual attacks that try to keep up from growing in a way that honors and glorifies God.

As Christians love is an important part of how we are taught to live. Love God, Love Others. Yet, love only gets us in the door. Jesus loved us and died for us on the cross which got us into the kingdom and family of God. However, becoming part of the family is just the beginning. As a member of the family, we are called to become an active member. We are called to do more than just show up at the...

The Bible offers us numerous promises. It also offers us tactics and tools to help us navigate and grow in this life. In today's episode I explain 3 of the tactics we can use to learn anything and improve our knowledge and wisdom.

Change can be scary and challenging. However, it is a must to live a life you have dreamed about living. Here are three mind shifts to help you live in a new way and improve your life in 2023.

You were made a new creation, but have you allowed yourself to truly change and live as a new creation? In order to live a new creation, we must adjust how we live. Listen to hear 3 ways I improved my life and how you can too!!

Another year has come and gone. What did you experience in 2022? What do you want to experience in 2023? More importantly, what does Jesus want you to experience in 2023?

Jesus was strong (physically, mentally and spiritually, loving, kind, patient among many other character traits. However, those don't really happen if Jesus wasn't discipline and able to discipline himself. Jesus knew his mission and his purpose and stuck to the instructions of His Father. If it wasn't for that character trait, we would have salvation in His name.

Continuing our discussion on discipline. This week in Proverbs 12:1 we learn what discipline can do for us and what the opposite looks like... It's not pretty. Check this week's episode to hear the details.

Throughout the Bible God calls us to be disciplined. Why? Because God wants us to have life in abundance! However, if we are not disciplined, we will not have life or abundance. This is the beginning of a series on Discipline and how it impacts every area of our lives.

Christmas is a season of joy, peace, giving and... renewal? Most people think of the new year as a time to start over and renew themselves. However, the renewal process starts with the birth of Christ Jesus. This isn't just the birth of Christ but the birth of our King, our Savior and our salvation. This should be the beginning of our own renewal as we move forward toward living a transformed life...

Often we may feel God is distant in our lives. However, God is continually working. There are many ways to see how God is working in your life. I would like to offer three ways to create awareness of God's work in your life. 1. Your Prayers 2. Your Attitude 3. Your Relationships Listen to learn how to create awareness of God in your life.

The body positive movement sounds great, but it is actually cover up for people who are trying to hide their weaknesses and insecurities. Self-love isn't accepting yourself. That's not love at all. Love is an action. You can sit on the couch all day telling yourself how much you love yourself. At the end of the day, you know you are just lying because if you truly loved yourself, you would improve...

We know of God. We know God is "around." But how close is God? In Psalm 46:1 we learn that God is "a very present help." God isn't distant. He is with us in times of trouble and celebration, but do we remember him in those times?

This job or that job? This way or that way? We are left with many decisions in life, which can make life challenging. Then, we must make every decision align with God's will... What is God's will??? Let's give ourselves a little breathing room when it comes to decisions and honoring God's will.

One night in the middle of a snowstorm I asked God to lead me, minutes later I was in the ditch with a totaled car. As men of God, we are called to allow God to lead us. Sometimes the places we are led end up being the opposite of where we wanted to go. However, we can trust God to lead us to victory no matter what comes when we live for God.

Is suffering punishment for sin? Job's friends would argue this is true, however, this is not the case. There are many righteous people who suffer while many sinners prosper. Why is this so? Why one suffers while others prosper is only knowledge God knowns, but suffering doesn't have to be in vain. We can use suffering to grow in our faith and develop our spiritual, mental and physical strength.

There is much wisdom and understanding in God's word. God's wisdom is so vast we can learn for a lifetime and still not fully comprehend it all. But there is a way for us to continue to gain wisdom and understanding throughout our entire life. Listen to learn how to gain consistent wisdom!

We live in a time when we try to define who we are through things in this world. Trying to define ourselves through this world will only cause chaos in our lives and in our world. Can you feel the chaos??? We can only be defined by the Creator, our God.

After last week's episode I felt as though I may have misled you. This week I follow up on intentions AND action as you begin to make changes to imitate Christ Jesus.

In our fast paced, mixed-up society it's easy to get lost in constant need to keep moving. This typically ends in us doing something or lots of things we don't really care to do. Even worse we find ourselves in situations, relationships and careers we feel are hopeless death traps. Life doesn't have to be this way. With some intentionality we can begin to stop endless need to do more and start doi...

As Christians we are called to imitate Jesus, live as he lived. Though we live in different times we can still accomplish this through some intentional action and discipline. In this Episode I discuss 3 levels of how we can model our lives after Jesus and grow through this process.