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For You shaped me, inside and out. You knitted me together in my mother’s womb long before I took my first breath. [14] I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe. You have approached even the smallest details with excellence; Your works are wonderful; I carry this knowledge deep within my soul. Psalm 139:13-14 Voice Depending on how we grew up, w...

Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked. [7] They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.” [8] But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had g...

But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” [15] My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me. Psalm 31:14-15 NIV Trusting God means believing that everything in our lives is happening for a reason. Do you have this attitude toward God influencing you and your decisions in your life? When we don't have a personal and emotional connection...

Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Proverbs 14:10 NIV Our insecurities often come from a place of feeling misunderstood. There are things we experience that no one but God can understand. When we feel misunderstood emotionally, intellectually, socially, and spiritually, we need God to help us understand and express ourselves through writing, drawing, music, or...

What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. Proverbs 19:22 NIV The Bible teaches that, ultimately, what we each desire most is to be loved unconditionally . But when we let our fear of rejection prevent us from being honest about our thoughts, emotions, and insecurities, we end up feeling alone and never truly feel loved. Whether it is our appearance, intelligence, abil...

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. [2] My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Psalm 42:1-2 NIV Are you aware of your insecurities? The Bible describes insecurity as a " soul thirst ," one that we try to quench with others' approval or our own achievements but that can never be fully satisfied without God....

Join Russ Ewell and the team as they discuss how the moment we discover our identity with God we find we are able to build an intimate and personal relationships with God and others . Psalm 37:3-6 NIV Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. [4] Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. [5] Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him an...

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. Galatians 5:13–15 NIV When we develop insecure relationships with bo...

Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that “we all have knowledge” about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. 1 Corinthians 8:1 NLT When we are insecure , it can be easy to try to satisfy our desire to "feel important" by knowing all the right answers, getting people to like us, or a...

  Finding passion is a difficult thing. We can be hobbyist with things, but not true passion. Having it be a burning fire within you that leads you to your destiny. Psalm 63:1-5 NIrV God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water. [2] I have seen you in the sacred tent. There I have seen your power and your gl...

Being passionate, not just committed is something that is not examined by each and every Christian. We can settle with a committed heart but miss out on the passion for God that can change the world . Will you feed that passion? 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NIrV In a race all the runners run. But only one gets the prize. You know that, don’t you? So run in a way that will get you the prize. [25] All who...

Here it is! Best of the Best. Today's episode is a special one! Mike, Amy and Nathan sit down to discuss and share the moments from the show so far that have really stood out to them and helped their personal walk with God . 2 Thessalonians 2:15 NIV So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter. It can be ea...

In our final installment of the Defeating Discouragement Series; Russ , Brian and Stone talk about being able to fight spiritually. Leaning on Brian and Stone's lessons learn from their days as collegiate and nation judo and wrestling athletes they share stories of how they learned to fight on the mat and how that translates to everyone's walk with God. Ephesians 6:10-12 Voice Finally, b...

Overcoming fear is essential to defeating our discouragement. Russ sits down with Brian and Nick to discuss how we have to choose God to overcome our discouragement, and by choosing God we chose faith and not fear . What fear are you focused on? The fear of: shaming, hard things, failure, missing out, or change? Philippians 3:13-14 NIV Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have tak...

In the third part of our Defeating Discouragement Series, Russ , Mike and Amy sit down to discuss how we need to take on the quitter in all of us. If we don't then we will persist in the pit of discouragement. Philippians 3:12 NIV Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. The first...

In the second part of our Defeating Discouragement Series , Russ and the team discuss how you can overcome discouragement and gain hope by finding your purpose. Though we can think that are purpose is wrapped up in what we do but the purpose of our lives  is not our job, but changing other people's lives . Even though we face different discouragement we should not lose hope because what you m...

Becoming Fearless is not an easy task. If building character was simple enough, everyone would be fearless. But we all have to embrace the process it takes to help us develop our character so we can help others develop theirs.  Cultivate these things. Immerse yourself in them. The people will all see you mature right before their eyes! Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching . D...

 Character is something we all lack in one way or another. We can go through life being strong in one area or ignore another part of our character, because today’s challenges are rooted in the character we have made in our past. But the great thing is this series is about who God can help you become because when you have character, you always have hope . [3] We can rejoice, too, when we run into p...

We can all be deeply afraid and shaken by our own sins and life challenges when we are not rooted in God. No one can be fearless by their own effort but God can produce this in us when we are confident he is with us and we are being used to fulfill His purpose. 1 Samuel 17:10-11 NLT I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!” [11] When Saul and the Israelites heard this, t...

Where does fearlessness start? Well, stay tuned to the feed to hear us breakdown the new Fearless Series we are launching at DeepSpirituality.net that includes articles, devotions, videos, and of course, podcasts. Fearless Introduction - https://bit.ly/2Q9XKco 1st Fearless Series Topic: Courage - https://bit.ly/2KOFGyP 

Our internal struggle is to find security and belonging by getting secure with God . Believing that God loves you and is with you through anything that happens in life. But without internal security we attempt to fill that void with whatever we can. We scrap for security by trying to control, putting out the vibe that no one else can help us and we got it under control. As a result we burden peopl...

Unattractive, unlikable, unwelcome, unimportant, or unworthy: Which "un-" resonates with you?  You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. [14] I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly...

Why do your emotions matter? We all respond to our emotions differently, some of us will dive deep into our emotions and that is the only thing that matters, while others can deny, ignore, and even suppress their emotions. What we do with our emotions can effect whether we are secure in ourselves, or insecure .  Insecurity is a normal experience, though it is not one that we all like to discuss. E...

"The real us remains hidden when things are easy, but surfaces when we are faced with the impossible." The hard times we go through often feel impossible to handle, but it is our faith that helps us endure. The work we need to do is not to be able to handle everything on our own, but rather to trust God and let go of the desire for control in our lives. Russ Ewell, Nick Straw, and Ray Ki...