The Gordon & Cherise Show

Pain and fatigue can deter you from change. They make us weary and exhausted. What if instead of looking at the hardships, we look at the lessons we can learn from pain? Pain allows us to share in the brokenness of Christ’s body. It leads us to communion with our Father and a deeper prayer life. We begin to learn more about ourselves through prayer. It seems like our false self is sure about every...

Jesus wants to encounter us with the Living Word! In this episode we'll walk through a passage of scripture and discuss what it looks like to pray through what the Word and take action based on what we've read.  We also dive deeper into the topic of whole life living. Compartments cannot fix compartments! Let's allow Jesus to be the center point of our lives. Let's allow Christ...

In a compartmentalized life you have work, marriage, family, financial, personal, spiritual, social, and sex – all leading to the epicenter of self. A compartmentalized life is one in which we try to take control over all of our circumstances. We have to let go of the world’s agenda and start living as God intended. What is that? It's a whole life regeneration. It's taking our faith from...

We are all part of one gigantic narrative - God’s story of life. Nonetheless, we can make the choice to create history-changing decisions for our individual lives. In this episode, we focus on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. These verses discuss seasons and how in different seasons, we have to make different choices. 2020 may have left you feeling empty and powerless to change the circumstances in your life....

With the new year nearly here, many of us have set out to make New Year's Resolutions for ourselves. For us, there is often a tension between setting long-term goals yet allowing the Spirit of the Lord to direct our lives. Sure we can create plans, in terms of strategies, yet we have to be willing to have those morph into the purposes of God.  In this episode, we also discuss "The Ten Co...

"This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." In honor of Christmas this week, we want to take a moment to think about Jesus. Imagine being born in a manger - the smells, the dirt, the animals... Does hope exist in the place where you do not want to be? The manger becomes a reference to the table of God, to which we are invited so as to recei...

In this episode, we discuss FAITH and how it applies to rebuilding a broken life from chronic pain. You need faith if you’re going to build on a strong foundation for this new life and journey.  In Mark Batterson's book, Chase the Lion, he teaches what faith really is. Faith is climbing out on a limb, cutting it off, and waiting for someone to catch us, preventing us from experiencing the dam...

Angela Duckworth's book, "Grit", tells us that one characteristic emerges as a predictor of success. It wasn’t social intelligence, good looks, physical health, nor IQ. It was GRIT – the passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. So how do those with chronic pain practice GRIT? You must develop a growth mindset and believe that you can persevere, even when you fail. Practica...

Often in scripture, we are encouraged to live out our faith with ENDURANCE. In walking through a season of pain and suffering, society encourages us to rely on our own understanding about pain and comfort, instead of leaning on God. Yet, when you allow your endurance to fully develop, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. In order to develop that endurance, we are often lead into EXPE...

Few will actually go through the door that leads to eternal life.  But you can make the choice to walk through the door, which is the foundation of your faith to become extraordinary from what appears to be ordinary in your mundane, pain-filled life. When you’re groping in pain or simply bored with life, the easy option is to give into your physical impulses. They are screaming to become satisfied...

Do you find it easy to blame God for your chronic pain? As you walk through chronic pain, you can feel a loss of control and it can be easier to blame God and others. Yet, maybe we don't actually have a full knowledge of God and His plan. We have to open ourselves to the fullness of His Word in order to understand how He is transforming us into a new person of Christ, despite our suffering. D...

In order to deal effectively with chronic pain, spiritual maturity is mightily required. We are futile in our own strength and effort. We don't have the ability to grind through every spiritual discipline to become spiritually more mature. It has to be a continual process of surrender. We want to remind you that spiritual maturity does not come from our effort, but by doing God's will an...

You might not be able to defeat the RESISTANCE of pain, however, you possibly can change the parameters of pain boundaries. By creating order and routine through changed diet, healthy sleep patterns, exercise, and reading the Word of God, Gordon was able to take practical steps towards transformation. When you change the way you live and recenter your priorities, you can change from a victim menta...

When pain-ridden, how do you get out of bed to START your NEW LIFE? First, you must experience your moment of truth -  an opportunity to see yourself and the world around you in a clearer perspective. Next, you must surrender your will to God. You have to be willing to change before transformation would even be possible. After giving yourself FULLY to God, you must pick up your mat and walk. With...

Do you feel stuck in your state of chronic pain and suffering? It's time to realize that you don't need permission to change your life! Your permission has already been granted because of the Cross. You just have to make the decision to dig up the roots you've currently planted and starting seeking out healing from the inside out from your pain.  We also discuss how our root systems...

Living Abundantly Through Chronic Pain with Gordon & Cherise Pain is a universal language for all of us. Over the last 27 years as a sufferer of chronic pain, Gordon had developed a fluency with the language. There's meaning behind the pain. The pain can be used. Nothing is wasted. As Cherise says, "God wastes nothing! None of your pain. He is rewriting your story in pain."

Very little about our culture ushers us into the hallways of heaven. Truth is very obscure for many. And many have learned to count on their idea of inner truth and tend to follow the path of what they might feel in their heart. But is that really the right path? Over the next few months Gordon and Cherise invite you to join them and learn, truly, that abundant living through Christ is possible, e...

When you compare your life to this world, then it’s easy to lose all hope. There are piles upon piles of all kinds of painful adversities that many are trying to deal with all at the same time. So, how do you establish vision when pain makes everything blurry? In this episode, we discuss the importance of casting vision and why many are often afraid of it. We fear the disappointment of that vision...

When we focus on the outward appearances of life rather than the deeper realities of the heart, we rarely consider that becoming fully human might require hitting rock bottom first. In this episode, we discuss Gordon's journey through Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). It was a season that caused him to reach his endpoint, yet he was able to find hope on the other side. Join us as we disc...

Are you too injured to believe in healing? Have you botched all your chances for a fresh start in life?  In today's episode, we address what it really takes to step out towards healing in our lives. There may not be a magic pill for healing, but miraculous change can happen - it just may not be in our timing or in our way. Instead of being the outsider looking at the possibilities of powerful...

Introducing The Gordon & Cherise Show! We take a look at the story of how we've met and our journey walking through chronic pain together.