Jesus Time!

Our very special guest, Madison James, shares her personal and beautiful story! Her father wounds through OCD, eating disorder, willful pursuit of sin were met with the love of her parents and God's complete redemption-- all her sins nailed to the cross. Please tune in to hear how God pursued and found her!!!

The sweetest part about being Christ's disciple is that He promises to be with you! (Matthew 28:20) We can know He's with us but it's a whole other wonderful thing when we experience His promise as our reality!

There is a very real cost to following Jesus. There is also a very real joy that surpasses understanding! Tune in to hear how early church disciples experienced and lived out this joy!

The Kingdom of Heaven in Luke 14 initially is described by Jesus as a feast where all are welcome. Then He warns that just because all are invited, one should not take that invitation lightly, and definitely should not dismiss it. Jesus concludes that chapter with a heart piercing proclamation laying out what it means to be His disciple. Heaven, feasting, rewards, inclusion to sacrifice, surrender...

My very special guests are helping me ring in the new year! Tune in to hear how God spoke to Isabel and Christia as they fasted together, prayed together, attended a conference together, listened to God, and moved forward with a deeper sense of God's adoration. You don't want to miss it!!

If you're struggling a little bit to find the joy in the season, you are not alone. As beautiful as lights and tinsel are, they can leave us empty and unsatisfied. Join me as I share God the Father's heart in sending the Savior, and how Jesus clues in the Old Testament point to Him! Remembering our desperate need for a Savior makes it so much easier to rejoice at His birth!

Christmas is coming and, as Christians, we rejoice! And when we connect with family members who don't know the hope of Christ, we are desperate for them to know Him. Tune in to hear how to make a posture shift from urgent and pressured to trusting and peaceful.

Reading through most of the Old Testament, especially the prophets, God can seem vengeful and full of wrath. But if you read the whole story, a very different narrative emerges. Reading through Ezekiel specifically, God showed me a helpful perspective in understanding His character. Tune in!

Holidays are busy. Life is busy. Several weeks ago, my husband and I got to get away and enjoy stillness with the Lord. There were no new revelations, no creative insights, no new charges or instructions. He reminded me to abide in Him. We all need this reminder, so I invite you to tune in and receive His reminder to abide.

The people in this world are scrambling for identity. As children of God, He tells us who we are! That said, sometimes we get it wrong, too. Tune in to hear how we can uncover wrong thinking and how God faithfully brings us into right thinking. Anchored in the identity God gives us, leads to peace and joy with Him!

During one of our breakout sessions, Evelyn Jones (on staff with Ablaze Church at Virginia Tech.) and I talked through discipling younger women. As a younger woman and older woman, we shared on initiating discipleship, the value of listening, and tools for discipleship. Originally a much longer discussion (1.5 hours!), we offer a 27 minute snippet that will hopefully launch a discussion in your lo...

On day two of the Women's Leadership Conference, Shirley Ferguson shares her testimony of how she experienced God's love in her cancer NOT in spite of her cancer. So genuine and so powerful, she finishes her story by reciting 1 John which she memorized!! It is clear that God and His word abide in Shirley and she abides in Him. (The recording is a little quiet, so you'll have to turn the volume way...

Tune in to hear the kick off session for the Women's Leadership Conference--Leading Together! The Great Commission is EVERY believer's commission, yet some feel that they can't or shouldn't be fully involved. Further, most women in the church actively stay away from leadership. Why is that?!? Listen in to hear my story, what led me to launch a leadership conference for my sisters, and the obstacle...

It was so fun and encouraging having Frank back to wrap up this spiritual gifts series! We got to talk about being honest with ourselves, relying on Jesus, and how exercising our spiritual gifts is an expression of that reliance. We also talked about WHY this series was launched and WHY this is so important! Tune in!

Do spiritual gifts run in families?? What does it look like when two people have the same gifts but are from different generations? Join my conversation with Isabel, my feisty daughter, with whom I share teaching and exhortation gifts! I was so refreshed and surprised to see that we have a lot more in common than what we have that is different!

Is it possible to burn out in your spiritual gifting? Absolutely. Please tune in to hear Angela share her story of burn out, what led to that, and what safeguards she has in place to keep it from happening in the future. Pay special attention to the clues that lead down that path!

With all these spiritual gifts, why don't we have the position we want, fruitfulness we hope for, recognition we desire? Is God a withholding God? Tune in to hear the answer and the change in thinking we need to accurately answer that question!!

Ministry leader, Gaia Stanley, shares her life with us-- from early evangelism gifts to present day leadership roles! Please bless yourself and tune in to hear how to use all your gifts to bless the body of Christ. She talks through the male/ female confidence gap, how to work through fear and help others do the same, and paints a beautiful picture of leading together!!

Administration and service are two spiritual gifts that bless the body of Christ so much! Tune in to hear Lainey‘s heart for kids ministry, her skilled hands in church administration, and the very vulnerable and honest help that she needs to continue serving with joy!!!

It doesn’t matter how complex or impressive a machine is unless there’s oil in the gears to make things work properly. Alyssa is the oil in the body of Christ with her awesome gift of administration! Everything in the church runs smoothly because of her vision, her gifting and her service! Please tune in to hear how she does this with joy and fun!

We are all called to serve because Jesus command us to. And then some of us are given the spiritual gift of service to bless the body. So what’s the difference? Tune in to hear how both are required, important, and how spiritual gifts bless and teach the greater body of Christ to obey with joy and a deeper understanding of Him!

In the midst of this spiritual gifts series, we have to remember to look up! We must remember the Source, Designer, and Power of our gifts so that we don't become self focused. Everything we are, will be, and should be is from Him and for Him.

Laurent has such a passionate heart for Jesus and helping others know Him! Tune in to hear how she has used her gifts— in particular her beautiful gift of hospitality— in every season and role! Ministry, marriage, motherhood!

My very special guest, Alexis Anthony, shared so much vulnerability and wisdom! Please bless yourself and listen in to hear how discovering her spiritual gifts helped her understand her purpose. As someone who desires to be a wife and mom, but is not yet, Alexis has learned to bring her purpose into every season and role she is in. This has freed her to trust God‘s goodness and timing.

New season and new series!!! Tune in to hear pastor Frank Liu talk about the importance of spiritual gifts and how we get to experience God's power when we operate in those gifts! You do not want to miss it!