Hearts Set Free podcast

This podcast will help you take your focus off of your circumstances which can lead to depression and put it on Jesus. The goal is this: "Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life!] Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you" (Isaiah 60:1 AMPC). Contact me at emcreasm...

I sent the link to this podcast out to listeners in May, but I could not upload it here to Libsyn for some reason.  Often, I think or say, "that's impossible." Then I'm tempted to dismiss the action God is calling me to. This podcast is to help you bring your "that's impossible" belief to God and put the situation in His hands, believing that He is the God of the impossible. Then comes obedience,...

My struggle is to love people where they're at, to love people who hurt me, and to love those who are unsaved and are antagonistic toward me and God. I pray often that people be drawn closer to God, but lately I've discovered anew that I can be the stumbling block that keeps them away because of holding back on loving them--on letting the love of Christ flow through me. This podcast will help you...

I learned control freakishness happens when it seems God is doing nothing, and I determine I must take actions to demand change from others—especially when a person is doing something negative that affects me. This podcast will help you to stop trying to control  people while you embrace the truth that God is in control and can be trusted. It will also help you to understand the control freaks in...

Often, I meet people who tell me they believe they have gone too far into their sinful lifestyles to be able to have or restore their relationship with the Lord. I confess at times I've believed that about wayward loved ones. This podcast will help you to bask in God's amazing mercy for yourself and extend it to others—even those who seem so far away from God. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com  

My goal in this new year is to be more and more in the center of God's will. There's no better place to be. Too often, especially in difficult times, I consult my own will rather than trying to find out what God's will and ways are. This podcast will help you to discover God's will and to be willing to wait until He reveals it.  Contact me at  emcreasman@aol.com    

This Christmas season the challenge God is putting before me is this: Are you willing to celebrate Me as King of kings and put Me in the place of King in every area of your life—your marriage, your finances, your leisure time, your body…?  When I allow Jesus to be King, life is so much better. This podcast will help you to celebrate Jesus as King of kings and assist you in having him as King in yo...

I have battled the inclination to criticize for as long as I can remember, especially with family members. God has helped me make progress in eradicating this hurtful habit, but I still slip back into it. I've discovered criticism puts a wedge between me and others. The closer I draw to the Lord, the more I see that He is a God who builds up. He wants me to do the same. When I'm struggling with th...

The dictionary defines self-pity this way: "excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's troubles." An AI overview stated this: "In the Bible, self-pity is a sin rooted in selfishness and a low view of God, where an individual focuses on their own misfortunes instead of God's love, goodness, and provision..." Lately, I saw that once again I had slipped into the pit of self-pity because of diffi...

Sometimes it's hard for me to admit, "I have a pride problem." I seem to see this issue in others, but pride can keep me blind to my own lack of humility. This podcast will help you to admit you battle pride and move you in the direction of embracing humility. This will enhance all of your relationships including Your relationship with the Lord. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com

This is a repeat of the podcast I uploaded on May 27, 2021. I realize I need to be reminded God's guidance is always available for me. I confess I too often try to figure things out on my own which is not a good strategy. This podcast will help you to see the importance of God's guidance and help you to call out for it receive it. As we trust and respond to His guidance, wondrous things will happe...

A redeemer is "a person who buys back or restores what was lost." That's what Jesus did for us in regard to our broken relationship with God. This podcast will help you celebrate Jesus as Redeemer and encourage you to tell others you've been redeemed, and that they can be also. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com

A redeemer is "a person who buys back or restores what was lost." That's what Jesus did for us in regard to our broken relationship with God. This podcast will help you celebrate Jesus as Redeemer and encourage you to tell others you've been redeemed, and that they can be also. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com

Do you withdraw from difficult situations or relationships to protect yourself emotionally—ignoring the call of God to reach out and minister? This podcast will help you to renounce the habit of self-protection and to seek the Lord and ask Him, "What do I do next?" You will be amazed at how God will use you to bring healing to the hurting. Thank you to Julie Upman for providing the photo for this...

As I get older, I battle some remembering problems. However, my goal is to always remember who God is and all He has done for me. As I remember and experience God for who He truly is, my life is more fulfilled and joyful. This podcast will help you to get to know, remember, and experience the names of God in your Christian life. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com  

Some days I can slip into having fear of the future. Often this fear involves two areas of my life--family and finances. This podcast will help you to let go of fear of the future as you trust that God is already there, He knows your future, and He is always present to give you strength to face whatever life may bring. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com  

My goal has been that instead of being overcome by the problems and pressures of this life, I can be an overcomer through Jesus Christ. This podcast will help you to do that. 

Each one of us can shine our lights into someone's dark world—even if we feel we are in some darkness ourselves. Sometimes that is what keeps me going during hard times—to be able to reach out to others and give hope even when I'm battling hopelessness in certain situations.  My goal for my Christian life is "to let my light shine." This podcast will help you do just that.  

I know that Christ is in me, but sometimes this fact is not so evident to those observing my life. This podcast will help to make Christ in you something that can be seen by others and sensed by you. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com.

We have all heard about how there was no room in the inn for Mary and Joseph, so that Jesus was born in a manger. In our lives because of many distractions, we Christians can sometimes have a "no room" attitude when it comes to Jesus. This podcast will help you to overcome distractions of this world and of your thoughts and emotions, so that you can always make room for God and His agenda in your...

In hard times, it can be helpful to our souls to cling to God's always promises. This podcast will encourage you with several of those promises and help you to know that they apply to you. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com

God has showed me a promise in Psalm 23 that encourages me. It says "His mercy and goodness shall follow me." I have seen this happen over and over. This podcast will explain what that means and how you can have that happen in your life--even in hard times. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com

Even though we know God's way is to show love even so and even though, we can slip into having a vengeful attitude—especially toward people who hurt us repeatedly and show no remorse. With God's help we can choose to obey His instruction not to repay evil for evil. This podcast will help you to turn your vengeful heart into a loving heart as you seek to leave the matter in God's hands believing in...

How often people say, "Let go and let God." Letting go is hard, and continuing to stay in that "let go" mode sometimes seems impossible since we humans tend to try to control people and situations. This podcast will help you to let go again and once more trust God to be in control. Contact me at emcreasman@aol.com

Deep down we Christians know how important time alone with God is. Yet there are obstacles in our lives that can seem to prevent this from happening. This podcast will help you to deal with those obstacles and make time alone with God a priority. Email me at emcreasman@aol.com