God's Word for Life

Send us Fan Mail Peanut butter and jelly. Coffee and donuts. Rest and relaxation. Some duos are dynamic. One more is found in the books of Romans and James. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to James 2 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "A Dynamic Duo" (July 27, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preac...

Send us Fan Mail It may be one of Scripture's most powerful stories of repentance and forgiveness. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I John 1 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Even Giants Fall" (July 20, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preaches this glorious gospel and our response at UPCI...

Send us Fan Mail In a world of tough questions and tough trials, Jesus invites us to trust and rest. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Matthew 11 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Trust and Rest" (July 13, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preaches this glorious gospel and our response at UPCI.or...

Send us Fan Mail The story opens with one widow who needed help and an unjust judge who refused to help—until the won't-take-no-for-an-answer widow just kept asking. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Hebrews 11 and Luke 18 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "The Just Judge" (July 6, 2025).  Find a...

Send us Fan Mail If you've ever been on a long trip and forgot something you feared you would forget, you're in good, God-called company. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Mark 8 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Forgotten Bread" (June 29, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preaches this...

Send us Fan Mail Somewhere in the darkness, amid the wind and waves, Jesus' followers saw . . . what? who is walking on water? Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Matthew 14 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Step Out, the Water's Fine" (June 22, 2025).  Get Pathways K–12 Bible Curriculum Regi...

Send us Fan Mail How do you feed up to 20,000 hungry people with nothing more than a Lunchable? Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to John 6 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Twelve Take-Home Boxes" (June 15, 2025).  Get Our Great Big God VBS Get Pathways K–12 Bible Curriculum Register for formed.upci.or...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a special episode! We are celebrating and experiencing the power of Pentecost on this Pentecost Sunday episode. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Acts 2 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "The Sights and Sounds of Pentecost" (June 8, 2025).  Get Our Great Big God VBS Get Pat...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus knew the best way to reach the world was to equip and empower His disciples. So He did. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Mark 6 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Summer 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Equipped and Empowered" (June 1, 2025).  Get Our Great Big God VBS Get Pathways K–12 Bible Curriculum Register for...

Send us Fan Mail Just when Paul didn't think life could get any more difficult, here came a storm and a snakebite. But Paul had a promise from God through it all, and that helped him and others make it through it all. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Acts 27 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "A Storm...

Send us Fan Mail His trial was a most unconventional one. It started off strange, and in the end of the Book of Acts, it got even stranger. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Acts 26 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Paul on Trial" (May 18, 2025).  Get Our Great Big God VBS Get Pathways K–12 Bible Cur...

Send us Fan Mail Paul and Silas wanted to go to Asia, but God said no. They tried to go to Bithynia, but God said no. Then God gave Paul a vision to go to Macedonia where God would do what only God could do—just not how they expected. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Acts 16 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, &...

Send us Fan Mail Ananias couldn't believe what he was hearing and seeing; Saul couldn't believe what he was hearing and seeing. God was about to bring Ananias the preacher to Saul the persecutor to preach the gospel to him. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Acts 9 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, &qu...

Send us Fan Mail Peter couldn't believe what he was hearing; he couldn't believe where he was going; he couldn't believe what he was doing, but he did it all because of the power of the gospel. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Acts 10 to hear the greatest story ever told. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Gr...

Send us Fan Mail It is Easter Sunday, and we are celebrating the gospel: Jesus' death, burial, and triumphant resurrection. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Romans 5 to hear the greatest story ever told. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Jesus Christ Died for Us" (April 20, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that p...

Send us Fan Mail As Jesus rode in a one-float parade down the mountain into Jerusalem, the crowd came from everywhere, picked up palm branches, laid down their coats, and worshiped Jesus for who He is. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to John 12 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Grace for the World" (...

Send us Fan Mail As Israel marched their army toward the Promised Land, they found faith in a most unlikely place: in the heart and home of Rahab. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Joshua 6  to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Emboldened by Grace" (April 6, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preach...

Send us Fan Mail It is one of the Bible's most beautiful portraits of God's great grace, and it's tucked away in the Historical Books. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to II Samuel 9:7 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Kindness for the Father's Sake" (March 30, 2025).  ABLE Ministr...

Send us Fan Mail Gideon had three hundred men with pitchers and trumpets to ward off an innumerable enemy army. Oh, and Gideon had God on his side, so it really wasn't a fair fight. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Philippians 4 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "I Can Do All Things" (March 23,...

Send us Fan Mail Ah, the sweet sound of success. But success according to Scripture is not found in faster, nicer, newer: It's found in meditating on and obeying the Word of God. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Philippians 4 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Think on These Things" (March 16,...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Paul thought of the armor of Roman soldiers and used it as a template to help us arm up for this good fight of faith. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Ephesians 6 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "The Whole Armor of God" (March 9, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preach...

Send us Fan Mail There's nothing quite as amazing as God's grace. He shone His great grace on an unlikely but abundantly grateful soul. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Luke 19 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring 2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "By Grace Ye Are Saved" (March 2, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preache...

Send us Fan Mail Pilate was handsomely paid to convict and condemn criminals, but He declared Jesus innocent. So, why did he still sentence Jesus to die? Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to John 19 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2024–2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Powerless Pilate" (February 23, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church...

Send us Fan Mail Pilate had a choice to make: Jesus or Barabbas. We all have a choice to make: Jesus or anything else in this world. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to John 18 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2024–2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Jesus or Barabbas?" (February 16, 2025).  Find an Apostolic church that preaches this...

Send us Fan Mail The good shepherd stays and lays down his life; the bad shepherd runs for his life. The apostle Peter wavered between good shepherd and bad shepherd. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to John 18 to hear that story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2024–2025 Adult Lesson Guide, entitled, "Even Peter" (February 9, 2025).  Find an Apostolic c...