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Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. The story of Jacob shows that a life driven by self-serving motives can lead to prolonged struggles, broken relationships, and unfulfilled desires. Jacob's journey taught him the hard way that his manipulative tactics and self-centered behavior did not bring lasting satisfaction or true fulfillment. Similarly, many pe...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. When I was a kid, I created my fair share of fake identities. I used to watch karate movies and try to work on all the karate moves and would have fake fights. It wasn’t that I was trying to be something that I wasn’t or that I was trying to deceive anyone. Maybe it was just me trying to belong or maybe it was too uncomfor...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. True happiness does not solely rely on self-improvement or the elimination of our flaws. While change and growth are essential components of personal development, they should not be pursued blindly for the sake of change itself. It is vital to understand that our weaknesses do not necessarily dictate our happiness, and tha...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. When it comes to our weaknesses, we tend to oscillate between two extremes. We wallow in our weaknesses, or we pretend they don’t exist. The problem with having a pity party about our weaknesses is that we authorize ourselves to contradict the calling that God has placed on our lives and we in essence deputize ourselves to...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Ever wondered how your deepest weaknesses could actually be the stages for God's greatest work? This week on Connecting the Gap, we will discuss those topics as we endeavor to navigate the path of overcoming weaknesses through God's power. Many times in our lives, we think we have the solution all figured out to...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. If discovering God’s identity is so important, how do we find out who God is? How can we comprehend the invisible, eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing creator of the entire universe? How do we relate to the God who bends time and space and gravity to his will? Especially when there are infinite interpretations that often vi...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Have you ever let anyone hear you? The REAL you? Do you prefer to emulate someone else? We often spend a significant amount of time and energy trying to be like other people due to various societal pressures and influences. Society often emphasizes certain ideals and standards of success, beauty, and acceptance, which lead...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Have you ever felt like your true self is hidden beneath layers of past experiences and societal expectations? Like an onion, we can peel off one layer and find many more. Some of those layers are hard to navigate through as we try to deal with this thing we call life. This week on Connecting the Gap, we unpack the explana...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Luckily for us, while our given names identify us, they don’t define us. They don’t describe us. They don’t say anything about who we really are, about our dreams, our feelings, our passions, or our potential. In the vast landscape of our identities, our names occupy only a small corner. We understand, to some extent, that...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Don’t let your contradictions keep you from your calling. Many of us are overwhelmed by the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God’s work or to live out the possibilities we imagine. But God has a way of using our weaknesses for good....

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Check out this week's episode for an exclusive interview with author, Drew Williams. Drew wrote a children's book geared towards 5–9-year-olds to kick off a future series of books entitled, "Backyard Benny".  After moving into CityTown's newest neighborhood, four future friends face the furriest of...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. What if the miracles you've heard about weren't just stories, but real experiences shared by someone who's lived them? Join us this week as we sit down with Ron Beebe, an 82-year-old music minister whose life is a testament to the incredible power of faith and prayer. From surviving double pneumonia as a chi...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Over a decade ago, Nate Vainio with Something to Gnaw on Podcast, took a job in the goldmines in the mountains of Montana. Little did he know the challenges he would face and the battles that would be won in that short experience in his career. We all have to go to work at some point in our lives. The probability and stati...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Over a decade ago, Nate Vainio with Something to Gnaw on Podcast, took a job in the goldmines in the mountains of Montana. Little did he know the challenges he would face and the battles that would be won in that short experience in his career. We all have to go to work at some point in our lives. The probability and stati...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk ... HUH?? It's a bonus episode this week! A Connecting the Gap Shortz! Have a blessed week! Support the show Contact us at Marriage Life and More and Connecting the Gap Ministries Website: https://www.marriagelifeandmore.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ctgaponl...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Rise Up began as a small women’s prayer group led by Holly Hoyer that met at her house in the fall of 2021. Within a short time, the group outgrew two other host homes. During this time of exponential growth, the Lord birthed a passion in several leaders’ hearts to start a prayer conference for women. As these prayer meeti...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Christian headlines reports that the best-selling book in 2023 was the Bible, but you likely won’t find it on any best-seller lists. The reasons for that vary, but according to The New Yorker, the Bible is quote “the best-selling book of the year, every year.” In 2006, per the New Yorker, the amount spent annually on Bible...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Christian headlines reports that the best-selling book in 2023 was the Bible, but you likely won’t find it on any best-seller lists. The reasons for that vary, but according to The New Yorker, the Bible is quote “the best-selling book of the year, every year.” In 2006, per the New Yorker, the amount spent annually on Bible...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. We’ve all made foolish requests of God, which we’re now glad He didn’t answer. But this is easily forgotten when He’s presently withholding something we think is good. With so many scriptural promises to answer prayer, why is God saying no? According to His Word, there are several possible reasons. God has forbidden it. Go...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. What is the cure for demonic influence? Demonic influence is not a foreign concept to many Christians due to their belief in the existence of spiritual influences such as demons. Christians derive this belief from things they read, watch, and study, particularly the Bible, which extensively references demonic activity. Add...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Did you hear about that time that Joshua asked God to make the sun and moon stand still for a day? Why did he do that? And did God grant him his wish? It's a bonus episode this week! A Connecting the Gap Shortz! Have a blessed week! Support the show Contact us at Marriage Life and More and Connecting the Gap Ministrie...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. As Christians, we never want Satan to break through our defenses and take up residency inside of us. We never want Satan to get inside and disrupt the plan of God in our lives. But what if he is already in? What if we put up the shield too late or didn’t pick up our armor when we should have? Taking a preventative solution...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Why is being mindful of God’s presence so critical? The answer is very simple. If you forget God is there, you won’t talk to Him. When we fail to focus on God's presence, it becomes easy for us to neglect prayer and rely solely on our own strength and abilities. In our self-sufficiency, we often forget the importance...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “the deceit, the lie of the devil, consist of this: that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God’s word.” But in all reality, that is living with no authority. In the Roman Empire, soldiers held a position of authority and were known for their strength, discipline, and alle...

Send Questions or comments here! We'll respond back in future episodes. “The spiritual battle, the loss of victory, is always in the thought world.” That is a quote from Francis Shaeffer. In our fast-paced, microwave popcorn society, it is increasingly evident that there is a relentless and ongoing battle for our minds. This battle, however, extends beyond the reality of external influences su...