Living Your Holiest Hot Mess Life

Colossians 4:2 reminds us of the importance of persistent prayer. Satan is so very busy distracting us that it's easy to forget to focus on God first. When we are persistent in prayer, and when we stay alert so that we are aware of the attacks of the enemy and aware of others who are in need of prayer, and when we continue to have an attitude of gratitude towards God, then we are truly growing in...

In Acts 3:19, Peter is preaching to nonbelievers, but his encouragement to repent - to turn away - from sin is still important for believers, too. God has blessed us with two-way communication with Him, so it's important that we use it! When we repent of our sins we refocus our minds on God. The change that others see in us might even encourage them to turn from their own sins or to even begin a l...

1 John 1:9 teaches us that God desires for us to confess our sins to Him. There is nothing that we do that is hidden from God so we might as well talk about it with Him, apologize for it, and ask Him to help us to do better. In so doing, we'll continue to grow in our ability to live our holiest hot mess lives as our confessions cleanse us from our sin.

As we continue in 1Peter 5:10, we're going to look at how even in the midst of the madness, we can trust that God's working within us and we can refocus our minds on the great improvements He's making in us as He grows our capacity to live our holiest hot mess lives.

1Peter 5:10a There is so much suffering that sometimes it's easy to lose sight of God's undeserved kindness to us. Today we're going to encourage one another to live our holiest hot mess lives despite the struggles, the sorrows, the trials, and the tribulations that we are pressing our way through.

In Deuteronomy 8:5-6, Moses reminds the people of the importance of following God's laws and obeying Him. God doesn't want to correct us to be mean, He corrects us to protect us from natural consequences when we do sinful things. As we're living our holiest hot mess lives, let's be mindful that God's correction in our lives is a sign of His love for us.

Psalm 55:6-8, 16-19 shows us David crying out to God after being betrayed and in the midst of fighting many battles against his enemies. Our lives can often feel like this - the world can often feel like this, especially now as we watch Ukraine and the surrounding countries respond to Russia's invasion. When we're able to remember that we're called to be God Sufficient, we're able to find encourag...

In Deuteronomy 3:22 and 24, we see Moses encouraging Joshua in his role as leader. These verses are a wonderful reminder of God's sovereignty (which we had a whole podcast on last week) and of the importance of rooting ourselves in Him as we learn to live our holiest hot mess lives.

In James 1:22-25, James warns us of the consequences of deception and encourages us to continue to be rooted in grounded in God. When we stay focused on God's Word, we are not only able to do better for ourselves, but we are also able to help others to do better for themselves. Today's podcast is all about living our holiest hot mess lives while making sure we're paying attention to what God is sa...

In this podcast, we look at the lifespan and the fun facts we can find about olive trees, as we discover how our lives and our walks with God compare to them while we learn to trust God with our holiest hot mess lives. Psalm 52:8-9

Let's be honest, this world is full of distractions. We spend so much of our time wondering what other people are thinking about us or comparing ourselves to other people or striving to live up to other people's expectations. Today's episode will help us to be more aware of how we can focus on what God thinks. Only what God thinks matters as we strive to live our holiest hot mess lives.

We hear people talk about God's grace and His mercy in multiple contexts. There are songs that are sung about it and poems that are written about it and testimonies that are spoken about it. But what does it really mean to experience God's grace and mercy in our lives? Today we will explore God's grace and mercy as we continue to look to God to help us to live our holiest hot mess lives.

In today's world it's easy to become distracted by all the noise and the experiences. God's sovereignty isn't always the focus of our lives. As we grow and mature in Jesus, we can be more mindful of Who God is and all that He is able to do. Recognizing God's Sovereignty also helps us to live our holiest hot mess lives as we focus on Him first and foremost.

We don't like to talk about obedience because it implies having to give up something that we want. But God requires our obedience in order to keep us safe and to bless us with our best lives possible. Today we are looking at ways to be obedient to God to help us to live our holiest hot mess lives.

So often in life, when we are discouraged, we forget about all the amazing things that God has already done for us. In today's episode, we are encouraged to share the miracles that we have experienced with God. As we share these miracles with others and as we reflect upon them ourselves, we are truly blessed to grow in our capacity to live our holiest hot mess lives.

Our lives are often filled with struggle, and King David was no stranger to struggle. Today we're going to look at how David was able to praise God even in the midst of his struggle. Prayerfully this will help us to grow our capacity for praise as we continue to live our holiest hot mess lives.

So often in life - especially when we feel under attack - it is really hard not to attack back or not to get bitter. In today's episode we're going to look to some verses to encourage us to stay on the path of peace because in so doing we can encourage one another in our Christian walks and win others to Christ as we continue living our holiest hot mess lives.

People talk about hearing from God all the time but what does that really mean? Today we're going to explore various ways that we can actually interact with God as we continue to strive to live our holiest hot mess lives.

There are times in our lives when it's easier to complain than to trust God. The Children of Israel were amazingly good at complaining and horribly bad at trusting God. Join us today as we look at an example of how God blessed whiny and disobedient people And being encouraged that God is able to bless you in the midst of striving to live your holiest hot mess life.

So often in our lives, we get discouraged by our past or by the past of our families. We feel like we won't see God's Power in our lives because of something we've done or something others have done. Today's podcast is an encouragement to be reminded of God's Power to help us to live our holiest hot mess lives.

We find ourselves wrestling. We wrestle with situations, we wrestle with people, we wrestle with God... and in the midst of the wrestling, there's a purpose... even if it's a challenge to see it at the time. In today's episode, we're learning that beyond the purpose, there's a blessing God desires to give us as we continue to learn to live our holiest hot mess lives.

If we're going to be honest, this world is not an easy place to exist in and so often we find ourselves being persecuted even by people that we thought we could trust. In today's podcast, we're going to read through some verses that we can pray when we're feeling persecuted and trying to still live our holiest hot mess lives.

Whenever we fall into trials and tribulations it's really easy to get distracted or discouraged and forget to ask God what it is that He desires for us to be learning in those moments. In today's podcast, let's reflect on how to make God our singular source for wisdom so that we don't allow all the other noise to block God out as we strive to live our holiest hot mess lives.

So often we find ourselves saying things that we don't even know where it came from - the words just blurt out of our mouths before we can stop them and we're left standing there, sitting there, driving there feeling like an alien took over our mouths. But The Bible says that our mouths speak what our hearts are full of, so today we're going to take a look at what is in our hearts and how that inf...

Today we're looking at how is it possible and why it's important to love God with all of our hearts, all of our souls, and all of our strengths. Prayerfully this episode will bless you and help you - no matter what you're going through - to recognize the power that we have access when we love God and when we allow Him to love us back.