The Accord Sessions

In this podcast, we have a special guest in the studio! Have a listen to find out who it is as they share more about their journey and the things they have learnt along the way

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about some of the impact points from The Honesty Conference with some feedback from the attendees. It was held in Houston from the 23rd to the 25th of June, and the conference focused on honesty with ourselves, honesty with God, honesty with others, and finally living a lifestyle of honesty. Some of the key truths were accountability is a h...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about some of the impact points from The Honest Conference with some feedback from the attendees. It was held in Houston from the 23rd to the 25th of June, and the conference focused on honesty with ourselves, honesty with God, honesty with others, and final living a lifestyle of honesty. Some of the key truths from the conference were that...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about gaslighting and the effect that it can have on us. Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that is attained through passive means, and it is done to make people doubt reality. We can all be prone to gaslighting, some more than others. Gaslighting can be a habit of those who struggle with their own self identity and management, and rathe...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the importance of trusting God and not interfering in the plans that He has for us. It is possible at times for us to feel as though things are not moving fast enough or in the timing that we would like. That doesn't mean that God is not at work in our lives but it may mean that He has to clear out the room before we see the resul...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the words that we say and importance of what is behind those words. Words in themselves are not good or bad, they are just words just like a hammer is not good or bad in itself, but it's how we use it that creates delight or horror as we build a house, or end someone's life with a fatal blow. We all need to be constantly aware...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi talk about how big God is and how we can forget that at times. Sometimes, we become so focussed on our own lives that we can become insular and in this place, we are not able to see the bigger picture. God cares about all of us individually and we are told in scripture that He even knows how many hairs there are on our heads. But God is all in co...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about honesty as we get ready for The Honesty Conference from the 23rd to the 25th of June. Honesty is our culture in Accord and it is something that we talk about a lot. Honesty is the beginning for us and it is the starting point for so much in our lives. Without honesty, nothing works, because honesty is our part and the truth is God&#39...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about respect. How we treat others is probably one of the most telling insights we can get about a person, and we need to pay attention to what our behaviour is telling us about who we really are. How we treat others is about ethics and the value we put on others, but it also gives us high indication as to how we feel about ourselves. Respe...

In this podcast, The Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it means when we hit rock bottom. We can spend so much time and energy trying to navigate, manipulate and even try to avoid anything that we can't control, because what we crave is the quiet life, the unbumpy road, and a journey with nothing difficult to overcome. When life is "tickety boo" we have to guard and stay...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it means to get your house in order. The culture and personality of God is freedom, and everything touched by Him has that opportunity. But with freedom comes responsibility and there is a part we carry in that process that facilitates that liberty, and that is our acknowledgement and obedience to the divine order of God within o...

In this podcast, The Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about being free indeed. Freedom can mean different things to different people, but we need to know if we live our lives in any form of constraint because that is not living in the fullness of what we have. It takes architecture to be free, it is a choice, a decision, a desire, and once made, we then have the responsibility to do it, walk i...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about not forgetting certain things. There is much emphasis in scripture to forget former things, sin, the past and all that that opposes the new, but there is also much emphasis on NOT forgetting certain things. God isn't contradicting Himself here, He instructs us to forget former things but not to forget Him and what He has done for...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, look at the scripture in Matthew 7 v 6 which tells us not to cast our pearls before swines. It can be tricky to think about Jesus instructing us to not cast our pearls before swines because that sounds like a contradiction to our Kingdom life. The truth is, we need to be filled with the love of God, full of the ability to forgive those who wrong...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about embarrassment and how it can affect our lives. Embarrassment is the uncomfortable feeling we all get when we have done something which we think will make us look bad. There are many reasons why we feel embarrassed, but ultimately it is all to do with our need to control how we are perceived and judged by others. Whatever the root of t...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what it means to have faith. It is easy to have general faith but our faith has to be tested and it needs to be strong enough so that we can stand upon it and rely on it. God uses situations and circumstances to meet us in a place to expand our belief system in Him. We have to have new faith and trust and belief in God because He want...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about God's timing and specifically the scripture from Habakkuk 2 v 3. In this scripture, we are told that though it tarries, wait for it. Sometimes, it can feel overwhelming when God is doing a lot but there are times when He makes things tarry and that can be things from last week or things from years ago! We have to wait for those things...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about what God is doing at the moment. We have been on a journey since September where we were at the end of ourselves, and God met us in that place and started to show us vision and purpose, and then provide resources for that. After Christmas, when we came back in to the studio, we felt disorientated and a bit vague but knew that sometime...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi talk about the importance of renewing our mind. Renewing our mind is our responsibility and it is completely within our control, and there are some practical ways that we can do these. One of these is that we need to ask Holy Spirit to guard and direct our mind. Our behaviour starts in our mind and that is the epicentre of everything that we do....

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the importance of taking our thoughts captive. We are all completely able to be responsible and have control over our thinking, but this requires us to slow down, choose Him, and exchange our negative thoughts for His thoughts. This process doesn't have to be effort or slog, but it is about our obedience to choose to jump on any negat...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the importance of dealing with our minds, Our mind is our responsibility, and it is the place where the battle for sight occurs. We are told nearly 460 times in the Bible that to deal with our mind but we are the ones that have to actually do it. We can do this by taking our thoughts captive, and by renewing our minds. We have to reme...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about how we deal with injustice. In those moments where someone has done something wrong towards us, we can enter a state of flight or fight, where we either stay and try to justify ourselves, or we run away and become consumed by that feeling of injustice. The injustice can cause us to feel vulnerable, desperate and as though we are not b...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about shame and the effect that it can have on us. Shame is complex, and when we feel shame, it is very rare that we only feel that in one area. It affects everything! And it can change everything about us and who we are. Shame changes our identity, it affects our access and confidence to approach God, and ultimately, it can keep us ou...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, talk about the fact that our life in God should be an adventure. It should be exciting and full of joy! It is easy to get caught up in the grind, the norm of day to day, and the monotony of that, but in Christ, we have the opportunity to live a life that is exciting and full of adventure. This requires us to make a decision and to choose to live...

In this podcast, the Accord Team, Rebecca and Naomi, look at some of the things from the Accord vision that will be happening next year. This includes the next Accord Conference which will take place from 23rd to the 25th June 2023 in Houston, and the Heart Space Retreats which will start in November. We also look at the exciting new podcast channels that we will be starting in January, and Teen A...