The Holy Shift Devotionals Podcast

Send us a text Think you're disqualified from God's story? Think again. In this powerful episode, we're starting a transformative 15-day journey through Matthew 1-3, exploring how the birth of Jesus reveals YOUR place in God's story. Day 1 dives into the genealogy of Jesus—yes, the genealogy!—and uncovers why Matthew intentionally included prostitutes, foreigners, adulterers, a...

Send us a text The final day. Learn how to keep choosing freedom daily. Discover why freedom is a daily choice, not a one-time achievement, and what the journey forward looks like. You made it to Day 30. You're not the same person you were 30 days ago. This finale episode teaches you how to stay free: keep doing the daily work, share your story, stay connected to community, and celebrate your...

Send us a text Learn why forgiveness is one-sided but reconciliation is two-sided. Discover how to release guilt over unreconciled relationships and why forgiveness doesn't mean access. You can forgive someone completely and still keep your distance. Day 29 teaches the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, why some people don't want reconciliation, why some aren't safe...

Send us a text Discover what life looks like on the other side of offense. Learn why your new normal will feel uncomfortable at first—and why that's actually okay. Freedom feels strange when you've lived in prison for years. Day 28 teaches what to expect in your new normal: triggers won't trigger the same way, you'll have more bandwidth, relationships will shift, and you will b...

Send us a text Discover why the relationships that last aren't the ones who never fight—they're the ones who know how to fight well. Learn the difference between conflict that destroys and conflict that builds. The healthiest relationships fight—they just fight well. Day 27 teaches you that conflict isn't the problem, how you handle it is. Learn how healthy conflict starts with curi...

Send us a text Learn how free people create free spaces. Discover why the culture of a space is set by the most emotionally mature person—and how to be that person in the rooms you occupy. Once you've experienced freedom, you have a choice: protect your own freedom and watch everyone else stay stuck, or help create environments where everyone can breathe. Welcome to Day 26 of Freedom From Off...

Send us a text Discover why your freedom story matters more than you think. Learn how your testimony becomes the bridge between someone else's prison and their freedom. Your mess has a purpose. Your freedom story could be what gives someone else hope. Day 25 teaches why the enemy wants you silent, how your testimony gives others permission to be honest, and how to share your story in a way th...

Send us a text Learn how to protect the freedom you've fought for. Discover why freedom is a daily practice, not a one-time event, and how to stay vigilant. Getting free is hard. Staying free is harder. Day 24 teaches you how to maintain your freedom from offense by guarding what you consume, noticing thought patterns, doing regular heart checks, and remembering what freedom cost you. Scriptu...

Send us a text Learn what to do when YOU'RE the one who hurt someone. Discover the anatomy of a real apology and why "I'm sorry but..." isn't an apology at all. For 22 days, we've talked about being offended. Today we flip the script: What about when you're the offender? Day 23 teaches the anatomy of a real apology, why good intentions don't erase bad impact...

Send us a text Discover the difference between giving up and letting go. Learn why your future is waiting on the other side of your open hand. There's a difference between giving up and letting go. One is defeat. The other is wisdom. Day 22 teaches you how to identify what you're gripping, physically release it, grieve it, and make space for what God has next. Scripture Focus: Philippian...

Send us a text SHORT DESCRIPTION: Discover why blessing your enemies is the final act of taking your power back. Learn the most radical command in Scripture—and why it sets you completely free. Forgiveness releases the debt. Blessing releases your heart. Day 21 teaches you why blessing those who hurt you breaks the emotional tie, forces you to see them as human, reveals what's still in your h...

Send us a text Learn why forgiveness is obedience first, feeling second. Discover how to keep choosing forgiveness even when you don't feel it—and why feelings will catch up. Sometimes you'll say "I forgive" before your heart catches up. Day 20 teaches why the decision comes before feeling, why some offenses require daily forgiveness, and how God honors obedience with emotional...

Send us a text Learn how to navigate social media without getting offended, staying offended, or spreading offense. Discover why your peace is more important than your post. Social media has created entirely new ways to get offended—exclusion, silence, misinterpretation, comparison, and vaguebooking. Day 19 teaches you how to take conversations offline, create digital boundaries, and pause before...

Send us a text Discover how the story you tell yourself about the offense will either imprison you or free you. Learn to separate fact from interpretation and reframe your narrative without denying the pain. The narrative you create about what happened matters—because that narrative shapes your emotions, responses, and freedom. Day 18 teaches you how to question your narrative, separate fact from...

Send us a text Learn how to navigate the pain of being misunderstood without becoming bitter or defensive. Discover why your identity isn't determined by who understands you, but by who created you. Being misunderstood is one of the most painful forms of offense. You know your heart, your intentions, the full story—but they don't. And they won't believe you when you try to explain....

Send us a text Learn the difference between wise observation and unfair testing. Discover how to protect yourself without sabotaging healthy relationships before they even begin. After betrayal, you'll test new people—but unfair tests destroy relationships before they begin. You create secret tests, set hidden expectations, then punish people for failing tests they didn't know existed. W...

Send us a text Discover how pride fuels offense and why humility is the antidote. Learn why the more humble you become, the less you'll be offended, and how to uproot pride at its source. At the heart of most offense is pride saying "I deserve better treatment than this." Pride makes you easily offended, refuses to forgive, and demands acknowledgment before moving forward. Welcome t...

Send us a text Learn how to break the cycles of offense, grudges, and toxic conflict patterns you inherited from your family. Discover how to be the generation that stops the cycle and creates new patterns rooted in grace. Sometimes the offense you carry wasn't even yours to begin with—it was handed down to you. The way your family handled conflict becomes your default unless you intentionall...

Send us a text Learn the difference between guarding your heart (wisdom) and building walls (isolation). Discover how to stay open to healthy relationships while protecting yourself from toxic ones. God says guard your heart—not close it. There's a massive difference. After hurt, it's tempting to build walls. But walls don't just keep pain out—they keep love, connection, and God&apo...

Send us a text Learn how to discern when you're feeling offended versus when the Holy Spirit is convicting you. Not every uncomfortable feeling is offense. Sometimes it's the Holy Spirit convicting you. And if you can't tell the difference, you'll reject correction from God thinking it's just offense from people. Welcome to Day 12 of Freedom From Offense, where we're...

Send us a text Learn when staying isn't strength—it's stubbornness. Discover how to know when God is releasing you from a relationship and how to walk away with wisdom, peace, and no guilt. Are you wondering if you should keep investing in a relationship that keeps hurting you? Do you feel guilty about the thought of walking away? Do you wonder if real Christians are supposed to endure e...

Send us a text Learn the difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking. Discover when to pursue reconciliation and how to do it with grace, wisdom, and truth. This episode equips you to be a peacemaker, not just a peacekeeper. Are you avoiding a hard conversation to "keep the peace"? Do you wonder if you should address the offense or just let it go? Are you unsure how to pursue reconci...

Send us a text Discover why unhealed rejection makes you see offense everywhere. Learn how to heal the rejection wound at its root and let God's truth redefine your identity. This tender episode will help you identify the source of the wound and bring it to God for healing. Do you feel like you're always being left out? Do you take things personally even when they're not? Do you see...

Send us a text Discover why you can't talk yourself into freedom while speaking the language of offense. Learn how to use your words to break free instead of staying stuck. This episode reveals the difference between processing and rehearsing, and how to speak life over your situation. Do you find yourself rehearsing the offense over and over? Do you vent about the same situation to everyone...

Send us a text Discover how to say no without guilt, protect your peace without apology, and love people while still having limits. This episode will give you permission and practical tools to set healthy boundaries.  Welcome to Day 7 of Freedom From Offense, where we're learning that boundaries aren't walls—they're gates that protect what God has entrusted to you. In this episode,...