Paths to Glory

We tend to picture grace as a single open door — offered once, taken or missed. But some testimonies reveal a God far more patient than that. This week on Paths to Glory, we trace the life of a woman who walked past that door for the better part of a lifetime. From a one-room house and a barefoot childhood in the Philippines. Through a Pentecostal couple on a crowded street, a missionary family wh...

Every journey has a destination. But for the believer walking the path to glory, the destination is not simply a place on a map — it is a becoming. A conformation, as Paul described it in Romans 8:29, to the image of the Son. And it is also a place — a prepared, specific, glorious home promised by the Lord Jesus Himself in John 14. This week on Paths to Glory, we ask the question the last several...

Every path requires provision. Not just at the beginning, when the road is new and the faith is fresh — but in the middle of the journey, when the supply looks low and the distance still looks long. This week on Paths to Glory, we open the Word and look at what God's provision has always looked like in the lives of those He has called — from the manna in the wilderness to the widow's oil...

Every path to glory runs through one. You may have called it a hard season, a difficult stretch, or simply the longest year of your life — but Scripture calls it by its name: the wilderness. Jacob wrestled in one. Israel wandered through one for forty years. Jesus was led into one by the very Spirit that had just descended upon Him. And in Deuteronomy 8:2, Moses looked back over forty years and to...

Every path to glory has one thing in common — someone went first. Someone moved through the wilderness ahead of you, marked the trees, and made a way where there was no way. In the language of exploration, that person is called a pathfinder. In the language of the church, we call them a soul winner. Solomon said it plainly in Proverbs 11:30 — He that winneth souls is wise. And centuries later, the...

Some gifts travel farther than the hands that carry them. When a small group from Valley Pentecostal Church in Glendale, Arizona answered a call to minister at a National Ladies Conference in Bungoma, Kenya, they went believing they had something to offer. What they discovered on the other side of the world was that God had already been at work — long before their plane ever left the ground. In th...

We are sharing our experiences as we travel to Kenya for the National Ladies Conference. We've arrived in Kenya and discuss first impressions. If you’re enjoying Paths to Glory , be sure to check out our two other podcasts! Paths to Glory Kenya shares powerful stories of faith and transformation from the heart of Africa — voices of hope, revival, and purpose. And for the young — and the young...

Some stories are told after they happen. This one begins before we ever arrive. In this episode of Paths to Glory , we invite you into a moment that is still unfolding. As three generations prepare to travel to Kenya for a women’s conference, this is not a story of what God has already done—but of what we believe He is about to do. With humility, we reflect on the weight of being entrusted with th...

Some lives are measured by what they achieve. Others are remembered for how they lived. In this special Season 8 premiere of Paths to Glory, we honor the life and legacy of Sis. Nadine Thames—a woman whose quiet strength, unwavering faith, and deep love for her family left an imprint that continues to speak. Through reflections of her life—her love for poetry, her gift of bringing people together,...

Season 7 has been a journey through anger, searching, loss, waiting, healing, and fulfillment. Different stories. Different lives. One unmistakable thread. Nothing was wasted. In this closing episode of Paths to Glory, we step back and look at the paths we’ve walked this season — lives redirected from the edge, truth that settled after years of seeking, promises fulfilled after long waiting, gener...

Some journeys are not marked by rebellion or sudden turns. They are shaped by patience, longing, and a quiet refusal to stop searching. In this episode of Paths to Glory, we follow the story of a woman whose life was grounded in faith from an early age—yet carried an unanswered hunger for deeper understanding. Raised in church and devoted to God, she spent years faithfully serving, studying, and s...

Some stories end with answers. Others end with awe. In this episode of Paths to Glory , we follow the long arc of a life shaped by anger, abuse, loss, and generational brokenness—and transformed by mercy, deliverance, and faith. It is not a story of instant change, but of patient redemption, where survival slowly gives way to surrender. As the journey unfolds, the weight of the past meets the fait...

Every journey has a beginning. Some beginnings become stepping stones. This episode returns to one of the earliest stories shared on Paths to Glory—a testimony that helped shape the heart and direction of this podcast from the very start. Before the format was fully formed, before the path was clearly marked, this story stood as a reminder that God is still at work in unexpected places and lives....

Some lives are not measured by the number of years lived, but by the depth of faith they leave behind. This special Paths to Glory tribute honors the life of a young lady whose quiet strength, sincere faith, and gentle spirit touched everyone who walked beside her. Though her time on earth was brief, her path was clear—and it continues to guide others forward. This episode is not a retelling of il...

Some lives don’t unravel all at once. They drift—slowly, quietly—until direction is lost. In this episode of Paths to Glory , we trace the journey of a man whose early years were marked by restlessness, discipline without understanding, and a growing resistance to anything that felt confining. Raised in a structured home yet unable to find his place, he spent years searching for meaning through mo...

Some promises are spoken quietly. Others take years to reveal what they truly mean. In this episode of Paths to Glory , we follow the journey of a man shaped by childhood trauma, domestic violence, and fear—who learned early how to survive in silence. Raised in a broken home and carrying wounds that could have hardened his heart, he instead chose a different path: leaving the door open when bitter...

As Paths to Glory approaches its 50-episode milestone, we pause to look back—not just at the stories told, but at the faithfulness threaded through every one of them. The Sound of Thanksgiving is a special season-finale reflection, a quiet moment to breathe, remember, and give thanks for the journey God has taken us on. We revisit the themes that have shaped Paths to Glory from the beginning: rede...

In this special episode of Paths to Glory , we sit with a couple whose journey is marked by the unmistakable fingerprints of God. From childhood roots in faith to the years when life grew complicated and spiritual drift set in—every step of their story leads to one truth: God was quietly shaping their future long before they realized it. What began with a single family member’s unexpected return t...

In a small Tucson living room turned sanctuary, a broken prayer rose like Hannah’s long ago: “Lord, I can’t do this anymore.” Years of waiting, loss, and unanswered questions had worn her faith thin—but not out. And then one night, in the middle of her husband’s sermon, a word came out of nowhere: “This is your year. You’re going to have a baby.” What followed was a journey of promise, persistence...

From sleeping under church altars in a tiny Montana congregation to launching a new work in Arizona from a park bench and a rented basement, this story traces what God can do with one simple answer: yes . After drifting through his teens, a life-altering encounter with the Holy Ghost in Wisconsin set a new direction that led to Phoenix—where a first service at Faith Temple erupted into a baptism b...

At nineteen years old, he was strung out on heroin, lost, and looking for a way out. What he found was a miracle. The night he walked into Lifeline Outreach, an Apostolic men’s rehabilitation home, he expected pain and withdrawal—but instead, he found peace. God took the addiction from him completely, and within days, he was filled with the Holy Ghost and baptized in Jesus’ name. That moment chang...

She grew up in California surrounded by chaos—drugs, drinking, and brokenness long before she ever reached her teenage years. By ten, she was smoking her mother’s marijuana; by high school, she was lost in the same darkness she had watched destroy others. But through it all, God kept placing light in her path—one quiet, consistent friend who never changed, never compromised, and never stopped invi...

Their faith began in the glow of a small mission school in Ethiopia—but it was proven in the fire of persecution. After marriage, they faced more than hardship—they faced open hostility. The communist government branded believers as enemies of the state. Soldiers raided their home, confiscated their Bibles, and threw her into prison—her infant brought to her only to nurse before being taken away a...

Long before they became pastors and leaders, they were simply two young students in Ethiopia—each searching for truth in a time of kings, communism, and spiritual confusion. He was raised under a royal dynasty that called itself “the power of the Trinity.” She grew up in a village where most children never saw a book. Both learned to read barefoot, both faced the rise of an atheist regime, and bot...

He grew up in Yuma, Arizona—right next door to an Apostolic church. He knew the families, saw the children playing, but never stepped inside. Life took him a different way: a childhood marked by loss, a Navy career that carried him across the country, and years of drifting with friends and nightlife. Yet even in those wandering years, God’s hand was guiding him. One day, after praying a simple pra...