MTN.fire

What name have you been answering to? Abandoned? Addict? Worthless? Failure? Pain and people are quick to hand us labels, but those false names don’t define you. In this episode, Matt unpacks the spiritual battle for your identity and how trauma, lies, and scars try to rename you, and how God has already spoken a better word. Through scripture, testimony, and practical steps, you’ll discover how t...

Campfires don’t go out in a flash, they fade little by little when nobody tends them. Same with your soul. On March 31st, Jesus healed me - PTSD, anxiety, depression, all gone. But the next morning I realized something: fires don’t stay lit by accident. If you don’t feed them, guard them, and stir the coals, they’ll fade. In this episode of MTN.fire , we walk through Paul’s charge to Timothy: “Fan...

You think your past disqualifies you? You think the chain around your neck is too heavy to break? The cross says otherwise. In this episode we unpack Colossians 2:14–15 —how Jesus canceled the record of debt , nailed it to the cross , and disarmed the powers that accused you. We walk through a raw personal moment when old lies tried to creep back in, and we look at the Barabbas exchange as a livin...

Breakthrough changes everything. When God heals, restores, or delivers, it’s powerful, but it also paints a target. The enemy will try to whisper, distract, and pull you back into the fear you’ve been freed from. In this episode, Matt shares the story of how God completely healed him from PTSD, anxiety, and depression, and the moment, just weeks later, when the enemy tried to rattle him with fear...

Nobody wakes up in chains. You walk there, one compromise at a time. In this Season 2 opener, Matt takes you inside one of the hardest seasons of his life, a relationship wrapped in compromise, betrayal, and the weight of PTSD. But this isn’t just his story. Scripture warns us about the “slow fade,” from James to Galatians to the story of Samson himself. This episode unpacks: How small compromises...

🌪 The Whirlwind, the 3AM Encounter, and the God Who Speaks 🌪 After chapters of silence, Job finally hears from God, not in an explanation, but in a whirlwind. In this episode, we walk through Job 38, where God bypasses the “why” and reveals Who He is. I share my own whirlwind experience, the night I stopped demanding answers and started receiving revelation, and unpack why God’s presence is greate...

Sometimes the voice you least expect is the one you most need to hear. Job knew it. I’ve lived it. In this episode, we step into the moment when a young, unexpected voice, Elihu, speaks life and truth into a scene heavy with silence and hurt. From Job’s story to my own 25-year journey of resisting and finally accepting God’s call, we’ll see that He speaks in more ways than we realize! It can be th...

Sometimes the deepest wounds come from the people who were supposed to help you. Job knew it. I’ve lived it. In this episode, we walk through the sting of bad advice, the weight of well-meaning words that wound, and the even heavier moment when God feels silent. From Job’s friends to my own battles with PTSD, insomnia, and emotional spirals, we’ll uncover the truth: silence is not absence, and God...

Job 1–2 “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” What do you do when the fire hits your life—and you didn’t do anything wrong? In this raw and personal episode, I walk through the story of Job, a blameless man who lost everything… and still worshiped. I share my own experience with pain that wasn’t punishment—loss, heartbreak, mental health struggles—and how s...

I was broken. Diagnosed. Done. But Jesus wasn’t finished. This is the moment everything changed—the night the chains fell off, the darkness lifted, and the fire of God hit my life like never before. This is the healing. The vision. The calling. And the undeniable proof that He still moves in power. “...so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is...

This is the darknight of the soul—the valley. After the chaos of sin and the traumatic event inEpisode 2, this chapter dives into what happened after: the PTSD, the panicattacks, the insomnia, the isolation, and the downward spiral. But even in thedepths, God was watching. This episode is raw, vulnerable, and filled with thepain that came before the healing.   Psalm40:2 (ESV) – "He drew me up from...

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of gun violence and a real-life double homicide that the host witnessed. While handled with care and reverence, it may be triggering for some listeners. Discretion is advised. Before the fire, there was the fall. In this unfiltered episode, Matt shares how rebellion and sin opened doors that led to deep darkness—including the night he witnesse...

Before the fall... there was the fire. In this debut episode, I take you back to where it all began—childhood in Virginia, being adopted into a loving home, and discovering that God's hand was on me long before I ever knew His name. I talk about my early identity, the whispers of the enemy, and the moments that marked me: playing barefoot in the backyard, hearing God’s voice at a youth conference...

Welcome to MTN.fire - a podcast born from a miracle and fueled by a mission. I was once battling PTSD, anxiety, depression, and insomnia - until Jesus Christ healed me completely. No symptoms. No turning back. This is the beginning of the calling He placed on my life - to share the Gospel and prepare the way for the fire coming from these Appalachian Mountains. “But he knows the way that I take; w...