Keep It 100 with Sean & Christa Smith

We live in a world where hustle culture is huge.  We’re busier and more stressed than ever before. Our commotion culture enjoys a lack of sleep as a badge of honor. Stimulants, like caffeine & Red Bull, provide the means to get moving in the morning; while sleeping pills, and night sedatives, allow us to forcibly shut down for some shuteye.  Buying into the misguided notion that “You...

 #YOLO. #FOMO...We live in a driven culture...One ruled by hurry and worry. We spend our time talking about how busy we are, how tired we are, and about how little sleep we get. We hustle, we rush, and we cut back on sleep. We measure our non-existent R.E.M. by our wrist computers. Simultaneously, We also are living in a very troubling time in the world. The atmosphere of...

Since the mid-20th century, we have seen the medium of communication. News reports and data go from a dependency upon the printed page to the audio/visual, and now to the present digital age. The results have been nothing short of a seismic shift concerning the modern barrage of unlimited voices the average person must sift through. Back in the day, you had to have a degree of prominence, be answe...

Long before the term “influencer” was coined, young people played that societal role by creating and interpreting trends. Now a new generation of influencers has come on the scene. Members of Gen Z are true digital natives, from the crib they have been exposed to the internet, to social networks, and to mobile systems Now Generation Z is officially the largest generation in the world today. T...

In a world where power is often interpreted as the ability to exert physical and political influence over one’s enemies, it is important not to ignore a very different sort of battle space: the fight over perceptions and the struggle to influence ideas. In this arena, narratives can be as powerful as physical force, but where physical force is often a tangible battle; narratives are an intangible...

As chaos abounds, we need to be poised to release life and hope into the gathering darkness.  In this hour, it is crucial that we learn to listen to Holy Spirit and live from Heaven's reality. We must have the right prophetic perspective, or we won’t have the correct interpretation of things that are happening around us.  Meanwhile, we mustn't allow our culture or circumst...

Most people associate the role of a prophet with the idea of telling the future & prognosticating what is going to happen next.  But telling the future was not the major role of the Biblical prophets. In fact, their prophecies were more of a side effect. Their primary in the Bible was to serve as God's megaphones, declaring whatever God commanded them to say...

The global spiritual climate is fast attracting the attention of the discerning and undiscerning alike. Cosmic upheavals of varying degrees have kept newscasters, forecasters, pundits & podcasters busy, as nation after nation, records disasters of disturbing magnitudes. We have seen shutdowns, let-downs, and breakdowns, and now we need to be empowered to take down what stands between us and Go...

We live in an “anything can happen and probably will” world. The unthinkable has become the acceptable.  Recycled opinions are passed as original thinking, and people settle for what is, rather than fighting for what could be. There are current cultural shifts, which means that our mindsets and ministries must shift as well. To be effective in soul-winning, we must be open to change. Wha...

The prophetic evangelism movement is growing…. Groups of typically young believers are pouring out into the streets, coffee shops and shopping malls; listening to the Holy Spirit as He directs them to speak with people. Knowing their identity as sons and daughters and recognizing the moment they’ve come to; they are rising up in compassion and confidence and releasing an epic witnes...

As the world changes, post-COVID, the task of evangelism could very well become harder & harder with opportunities potentially increasingly restricted. Yet, if anything is true in this era, the need for evangelism is greater, as so many people have been confronted with their own mortality.  With a world that seems to be on the threshold of MASSIVE uncertainties, people are asking question...

Bruce Springsteen was right when he said, "Everybody’s got a hungry heart." Today we live in a day of information overload – daily crisis is the rule of the day. Media channels bombard us over and over again. Every day there is a new issue, a new catastrophe, a new problem with crime, economy, politics, a new murder, a new INJUSTICE, a new war. That is all we talk about and that is...

“ When a man loses money, he’s lost nothing; when he loses his health, he’s lost something; but when he loses his hunger, he doesn’t just lose something, he is lost” .   The world seems ripe for spiritual enlightenment. Secular humanism no longer satisfies. But, neither does any form of Christianity that relies more on traditions and creeds, than on a personal relationship with God. The push-...

Every one of us are waiting for something.  We wait for the unanswered prayer, the apology, the relationship to be restored, for the grief to pass, for the wedding day to arrive, the promotion to be given, for the family, the baby, the breakthrough … we wait.  But, maybe instead of focusing only on the desired outcome we took a deep dive into the purpose and value of our waitin...

How many times have you felt like you were singled out because of your relationship status? Unfortunately, we live in a society that equates personal fulfillment to whether or not you have a ring on your finger. Too often, single Christians are viewed as if they are missing out on life because they don’t have a romantic interest or that they feel the need to put their lives on hold as they wait fo...

The personal presence of God is not merely some "force" or "influence" that we seek.  But, a personal, real, life-changing dynamic of a living God who abides in us, dwells among us, and wants to encounter us.  An Encounter is a divine appointment with God. It becomes a specific time in your life when God "shows up"! Understand, that life is not just the...

Life is not meant to be mundane, ordinary, and uneventful...There's a demand for that Divine catalyst that sparks and fuels you toward your supernatural destiny, a redefining!  We all have had redefining turning points in our lives. Of course, some can be negative and brought on by our own bad choices and the actions of others. But those pale in comparison t...

Spiritual warfare is vitally important in a world of spiritual intrigue and ignorance. With the increase of New Age thinking, Atheism, Wiccan and a growing interest in the Occult worldwide, the need for Christians to understand what spiritual warfare has never been greater. The vast majority of modern believers are peacetime Christians and are constantly surprised when they fac...

We live in a culture that is intrigued with the idea of supernatural activity.  Meanwhile most of what many know about the spiritual and the supernatural they’ve learned from TV and the big screen.  Hollywood’s interest in angels, demons, and the afterlife has dramatized spiritual warfare so much that it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s not.  Not only is our cult...

Across our modern culture there's an insatiable interest that has been growing in spirituality, transcendental meditation, Eastern centering. This rise in do-it-yourself spirituality and the crystal craze, is part of a larger barometer of a culture in search of a deeper connection…the substitutes for prayer creates an even worse problem.  Sometimes the biggest steps are often the sm...

It’s humanly impossible to just keep going without ever stopping to rest. Even machines need downtime for repairs and maintenance. The human body is no different, with the exception that we keep the machine running at the expense of physical, emotional and spiritual needs. You need quiet time, that uninterrupted silence that is so elusive and prized, to rest and renew. While today’s world has...

Today’s headlines are rife with tension and conflict...DEMONSTRATING THAT conflict can ignite from the smallest word or action and can spark TOXIC responses and behaviors. Unresolved or poorly navigated conflict can damage and even destroy relationships. -However, Conflict does not have to be destructive. Handled effectively, conflict can actually contribute to stronger, deeper relationships and c...

A pandemic rolled in and showed us the best and worst of humanity. The conditions caused by this phenomenon allowed us to see the anxieties, injustice, misplaced priorities and discord. It also revealed the need to change and adapt more quickly than most thought possible, and reminded us what is really important. Human connection and it’s nemesis – conflict. Conflict is all around us. People have...

Socrates ONCE SAID, “The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of THEM! - IT’S TRUE that integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is looking. TRUTH BE TOLD  someone IS ALWAYS looking. ..THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS …What I...

We live in a culture where demeaning and debasing are virtues instead of vices…the landscape of modern culture is littered with victims of dishonor…yet it’s clear that hating and defaming is not the culture of the kingdom, but the culture that causes Jesus to bounce...meanwhile, we have a mandate from heaven to honor. Making room for people according to the god-given honor they deserve…it is the c...