The Accord Sessions

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about change and transformation. When we have encounters with God, that should cause us to change as things in us die and we allow God to touch things within us. God is the one who brings about transformation, but change is our responsibility.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about how we can become too focussed on times at waging war with our flesh when it doesn't need to be a constant battle. It is true that at times we lead ourselves astray and need to take ourselves into hand, but a continual combative, offense against ourselves, is not a healthy perception. Our battle is not against flesh and blood, and...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the importance of counting the cost. We operate under the grace of God, and we operate where He does it, not us. But also, within that, is the meeting of us with that, and that is the place of responsibility and the place where we have to completely die. We have to make sure that we have counted the cost.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about how God turned up in the Sunday community meeting. During this time of being His presence, part of the emphasis was on completely surrendering to Him and letting go of things that are trying to distract us so that we can fully rest in Him. As the systems of the world intensify and try to distract us, the only thing that we can truly r...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what discernment is and how important it is that we are able to discern things correctly for our lives. Each of us is required to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, and that means that we have to be able to stand upon our own convictions and beliefs. It is good to reason together and be teachable, so that we can learn...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the importance of stability in God. Sometimes, we can doubt what God is doing in our lives because we become impatient with the speed that He is doing it at, or thoughts can creep into our thinking which plant that seed of doubt. We have to be patient and trust that God is working within us, and that even though we may not know things...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about some of the things that have happened over the Christmas break and the fact that sometimes, the only thing that can stop us connecting fully to what God is doing is ourselves. In order to connect fully to something, we have to desire it, be hungry for it, be expectant, and be willing and open. We draw near to God and then He will alwa...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about connectivity and how important it can be for us. There has to be a balance between knowing something and feeling something, and God can use our emotions to tell us how He feels about something or for us to be guided by the Holy Spirit. Sharing those emotions and being honest about how we feel draw us closer to God and His people, and...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about unity and how important it is to God. Unity does not mean that we have to completely agree with each other about everything, but it does mean that we keep short accounts, we love each other, we are humble and compassionate, and forgive each other. We are required by God to have unity with each other, and our unity allows God's glo...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about God as Jehovah Jireh, our provider. God wants to provide everything for us and we cannot rely on ourselves for our own provision. We are told in the Word, that God will provide what we need but not necessarily what we want. God's ways are not our ways and that sometimes means that He provides for us in ways that we are not aware o...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it means to be tired and to rest in Him. There is a difference between exhaustion and burnout, and being tired because He wants you to rest in Him. This is not an exhaustion where we cannot function, but is because we feel that we have completely poured out what God has given us right now and He needs us to just rest and be renew...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi talk about what has been happening recently and what God has been saying. Newness and change can both be exciting and often the natural mirrors the spiritual. When God is preparing us for newness spiritually, this can also be shown in our lives practically as we desire newness. Life in God is full of excitement and joy as we continually draw near...

In this podcast, The Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the make do spirit and how it can impact us. This spirit means that we make do with substandard things and we can lose our air of pursuit. We just scrape through and survive, without having a vision or a hope for the future. This is something that we need to consider because there is a difference between making do where we live in a w...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about spiritual sight and how important that is for us. There are many scriptures in the Bible that talk about sight and blindness, but we need to remember that the battle will always be for sight. It can be very difficult to talk to someone who is a Believer about something that they cannot see, but it can also be something that brings abo...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about people pleasing and how it can cause a whole lot of problems for us if we have this spirit or personality. Some of the signs of a people pleaser are you find it difficult to say no, you have to be seen as a giver, and you apologise for everything even if it wasn't your fault. Kindness is different to being a people pleaser, and wa...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about gossip which is where we talk about people behind their backs or without their knowledge, and that can include details that are not true. It is not wrong to talk about people without them being present but it is something that we have to do correctly from a correct heart position. Gossip can be damaging for us, the people that we are...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the fact that if we are in Christ, we cannot be possessed but we can certainly be oppressed by demonic things. These can be in the form of words from others, things in our hearts, sin, but the best way to deal with these things is to take care of business and deal with them straight away rather than allowing them to stay and grow. The...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the mountains and valleys that we go through in our lives. Life is a moving experience that is seasonal, where we are designed to have different experiences in different seasons and the sooner we understand that, the more we will get out of it. Life is a mixture of both highs and lows, mountains and valleys, ease and difficulty and it...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the difference between something being an attack and something being an annoyance or a niggle. Irritation, niggles, little foxes, bug bears, annoyances whatever we want to call them, actually can be hugely used (and orchestrated) by God for our good if we just handle them correctly. Annoyance is an emotion and it is rooted in our pers...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about foolishness and folly. There are many reasons why we rely on ourselves and our own limited understandings and beliefs, but whatever the reason, it is all rooted in one thing, our own foolishness. The problem with foolishness is that it is a rolling stone that loves to gather the moss. One act of foolishness breeds other acts of foolis...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, are joined in the studio by Elfriede from the Netherlands, as we talk about friends and how rare and valuable it is when you find those people that you click with. Psalm 133 v 1 says, 'How good and pleasant it is when God's people dwell together in unity,' and that certainly is a beautiful place to be in. Sometimes, you realise that...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, share what has been happening over the past few weeks, including the Times of Refreshing Conference, going on holiday, and Cinema Night at St Vincent's. We cannot take gathering together with God's people for granted, just as we cannot take the simplicity of God for granted, because, "Where two or three are gathered together in My n...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it means to live a life of purpose. Our life in God should be full of purpose, joy and excitement as we serve Him. That serving is not done from a place of obligation but because we love Him and it is what we want to do. He delights in that and will then work all things together for our good.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what God is doing in this season. At the moment, things feel vague but God is taking us through a time of being rested and refreshed in Him. All we have to do is trust Him and see the things that He is doing in our midst in this beautiful season.

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about breakthroughs. We serve a God who is in the business of breakthroughs, and He empowers us for that as we learn to wait and be faithful when it doesn't look like that breakthrough is coming today. We breakthrough because we realise we can do all things in Him! Our breakthrough is the cutting loose of our own self belief, and connec...