FRLS271 Podcast

We got the chance to sit down and talk with Anna Benton who's a singer, songwriter, mother, athlete, wife and foster care advocate. Anna shares how after getting hurt playing college softball God met her in that moment that led her down a different path of becoming a worship leader, meeting JR and becoming a foster care advocate. She's got some songs dropping this year so stay tuned! Learn more ab...

Sometimes God wants us to know that a "sweatpants" kinda life is okay. But we continue to force ourselves into the "skinny jeans." Matthew 11:28 -- "Come to me all you who are weary and heavy burdened (skinny jeans) and I will give you rest (sweatpants). You'll just have to take a listen to understand and we promise you'll want to listen to our chat with Jodi (she's 100% authentic)! Hailing from W...

We had an incredible Christmas gathering this past week and Katie Bennett spoke about "being the light" even though this 2020 year has been full of darkness. If you're feeling lost, burn out or need some encouragement as you go into this new year we encourage you to tune in to this episode! Katie shares a list of scripture that references "light" that provides so much wisdom as we go through these...

You may have heard Latoya in our last podcast on our small business edition (and if you haven't then go back and take a listen!). In this podcast we dive deeper into her story of how she started Heaven in Your Home Catering along with how God brought her through homelessness, being in an abusive marriage and taking on more kids to care for unexpectedly.

In this podcast we chat with some local business owners about what life has been like for this year with running a business with everything going on and how they pushed through while also seeing God in the midst of Chaos. Emily Wilkins from Omnicall and Latoya Gamble from Heaven in your Home Catering join us for an honest conversation and definitely some laughs! Sometimes God's vision for us is be...

In this episode we reference Matthew chapter 17 -- we can't stay on the mountain tops because the real work starts in the valleys. Sometimes we get comfortable where we're at and don't want to go to the valleys where we can be used the most. We have to be the light with no matter what comes our way. Love God, love people.

In the verse Matthew 11:28 it says "Come to Me and I will give you rest," and we talk about some of our own experiences where we've been wrecked in our lives causing us to come to Him. It's easy to try and do things on your own but even the daily routine of life can build up to the point that our backs are up against the wall where all He wants us to do is to come to Him with our heavy loads. Bryt...

In this episode, Bryttani Lanza joins us to have an honest discussion about all the things we're dealing with in our culture today ranging from race, religion, politics and more. "Conversations need to be had for boundaries to be expanded." We focus on Revelation 7:9 verse - "and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing...

How do you handle chaos? The enemy would love nothing more than for us to stay in our state of chaos so we become ineffective. Have you ever thought that "how we handle a crisis shows where we are spiritually?" We focus on the verse Psalm 46:10 for this week's podcast - "Be still and know that I am God."

Have you decided that you just want to quit right now with everything going on? Are you losing your focus? Are you overwhelmed with fear? In this episode, we focus on Romans 12:2 for some insight and words of wisdom for this week.

We're starting a new series called "God in the Midst of Chaos" and we'll be talking about all the things that we've all been going through right now during 2020. This year has not been easy and it feels like chaos is all around us but in the midst of that is God and He is doing some incredible things through all of it. We'll be chatting with some business owners, worship leaders, teachers, coaches...

We had a surprise summer event that was incredible even with limited seating and not mention Amy Pointer brought the perfect message of encouragement for these current times we're facing. She touches on fear, Peter walking on the water with Jesus and how "Balance Follows Focus." The question is, "what are you focusing on right now?"

Today’s podcast features Nikki Fletcher, a worship leader and songwriter who currently serves as part of the staff team for Worship Central Australia. She has been featured on many worship albums as a worship leader and songwriter. Many of her songs have been sung in churches globally, including ‘All Glory’, ‘Glorious Redeemer’ and ‘Greater is He’. Nikki is a Jesus follower, a wife and mother of 3...

Lesleann shared her story last year at one of our events about how she was sexually assaulted at a college party, joining the army and her journey of learning to let go of the anger through what she had been through. We encourage you to take a listen to this incredible story of seeking justice, overcoming fear and coming home.

We have another throwback for you when April shared her story at one of our events last year -- She shared about how we have to be okay sharing our broken stories with each other so we can learn from each other and know that it's okay not to be okay. "From the outside it looked like I had it all together but what I didn't realize is that there was a huge storm brewing behind me."

We're doing a throw back to when the lovely Lucy Dermo shared her story about marriage struggles, her anger that she had to overcome and how she realized that she had to surrender to God. In Lucy's words, "God knew I had to run out of steam before I would listen to Him."

In this episode we talk about those people in your life that you consider "your people" that walk beside you, help you and encourage you. We talk about some excerpts from the book of Joshua that can bring some encouragement to your day, week or current situation.

Our event last week looked a little different (okay a lot different!) than our normal events but we had a livestream where Leslie encouraged us to be Happy, Healthy and Hopeful especially in this current situation our world is in right now. Make sure and listen to the end to hear Nicole sing My Hallelujah!

This is part 2 of our interview with Andrea Baldwin where she shares about her 6 hour heart surgery that came out of nowhere when they moved from MN to CO. Make sure and listen to part one of this interview and enjoy it as much as we did talking with Andrea how she made it through both situations with her faith while talking some real talk about both situations that her family faced over time. Fol...

We interviewed an incredible person named Andrea Baldwin who is an avid power lifter, snowboarder, momma to two kiddos, wife, adventurer and photographer who had a few things that happened in the past few years that changed her life instantly. This is the first part of our interview with Andrea where she shares about her two kiddos suffering from 3rd degree burns and what they did to get through t...

Why and what is going on in the world today, with your life, your relationships etc. - The enemy wants to sideswipe us while allowing anxiety to worm its way into our minds. We jump into a few excerpts from Luke and 1 Thessalonians that will bring you some encouragement today so take a listen!

What does your face show? We reference a passage from Exodus 32-34 about Moses and the "glow of his face" as he comes down the mountains - when we have the Holy Spirit in us, we have a "glow" that others can see.

This is part 2 of our chat with Cassie about being a foster parent and adoption while also opening up about being single while going through the process. We dive into the topic of singleness and give perspective from each of our own lives and how we embrace it in our current situations. If you have any questions about adoption or foster care, don't hesitate to talk to Cassie about it! Follow her o...

Cassie is an incredible person who started foster caring for kids at the age of 25 and adopted 3 kiddos before she turned 30. She talks about how God laid on her heart about getting into foster care although she was wanting to travel, use her degree for a dream job and wanting to anywhere but back to her hometown in Georgia. Cassie shares the highs and the lows that come with fostering and adoptin...

Jada is a teacher, discipler, she equips women of all ages with biblical truth to help them live authentic and transparent lives. She is the Creative Services Director and the Women's Director for One Community Church where her husband Conway serves as the Lead Pastor. We got the chance to talk with Jada about everything from her new book the Captive Mind, to discipleship, Sabbath Rest and discuss...