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#059: Addressing Tough Questions on God, Sin, Tattoos and Relationship Conflicts [Podcast]

Today we want to open up the show for addressing questions, especially the tough ones that no one wants to address or knows how to address. We want to tackle them head on.

Questions #1 from  Jaso Mitchell (Connecticut)

If God knew the whole eternal plan for Making mankind why did he plant the tree of knowledge and good and evil if he knew Adam and Eve would fall?

Question #2 from  Melody Spicer (California)

I have a question . . . in Leviticus it says not to Tattoo or pierce . . . how does that apply to the New Testament is it sinful if a Christian does those things.? I know from research on the subject that these things have demonic evil practices and certainly some tattoos can be evil in nature. We have decided not to let our daughter pierce her ears because of what it says in Leviticus. I’m just curious what your thoughts are and if that’s a balanced view in Gods word. I guess what I’m saying isn’t I don’t want to give her a legalistic view. 

Question #3 from Anonymous

This past week I have had two people who I love dearly become very enraged with me. I did and said things that were completely innocent, looking back I had the purest of intentions. Well…lol…I must have missed some mundane detail that was a big detail to them and they became VERY angry with me. I’m a sensitive guy and the fact they are angry with me disturbs my peace. So should I just accept their anger and talk to God about it? They clearly can’t just shut off their anger. I find it very unsettling to have people mad at me when I didn’t intentionally hurt them. 

Question: Which discussion was the most helpful to you in your journey? (Comment Below) 

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#058: Can Transformation Affect Your Personality? [Podcast]

Today episode will address the human personality and ask the question, “Can you personality be transformed at all?” Take a listen in this episode as we look at this issue, asking questions like:

What is our personality? 
How is it formed?
Is our personality set in stone or can it be changed?
What actually forms our personality? 

We also address the following questions:

Can the enemy mess with our personality?
What are some examples of how the enemy can train our personalities?
Can you give some personal examples of this?
So can our personality be changed? If so, how does that happen? 
So how can we set ourselves up for wholeness in our personality?

Question: What are your thoughts on personality transformation? (Comment Below) 

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#057: What is a Real Friend and How Do I Find One? [Podcast]

Today, we are addressing questions on the subject of friendships. 

Questions Like:

What is the purpose of a friend? 

What is a real friend? What makes a good friend? What makes a bad friendship? 

What should I look for in a friend? 

Who should our friends be? 

What if our friends are not Christians but believe in God?

How are friends supposed to be to each other?  How we act?  

What about friendship with the opposite sex?

Friendship problems? Struggling making friends? 

Question: What areas of friendship are the most challenging for you? (use the comment section below)

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Confronting the Blocks to Change Part 3: Check Your Priorities [Audio Teaching]

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This audio teaching will uncover the struggle that we have to live according to strong priorities. In our busy lives, we end up serving daily busyness, but never attending to what we see as the most important. Our relationships suffer, our health takes a hit and we never see true change manifest.

To live effectively in the Kingdom of God, we are going to have to live with a laser sharp focus on what is most important. This teaching will help you do that, as well as cover the following areas:

1. What happens to us when we do not live out of priority.

2. Healthy practices to make sure we stay tune to priority.

 

 

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#056: I Am Holy – An Interview with Mike Massé [Podcast]

We are excited to host an interview with today’s guest, Mike Massé, who has been in ministry for 20 years in the state of Connecticut. He has an amazing story of transformation and a heart to see people changed by the understanding of grace and the power of Christ working in our lives. If you are stuck in your journey, make sure you listen in!

Mike and Becca

Mike Massé loved God and lived to reach the lost. He was admired for his commitment to the gospel and his passion for ministry. But for many years he harbored a private sense of unworthiness and inadequacy, striving to be “good enough”—until a grace conversion liberated him from the chains of expectation and requirement. Only as he came to recognize his true position in Christ did he find the power to love God and others as he desired—from the safe place of total acceptance. Challenging conventional wisdom, traditional thinking, and religious attitudes as he shares his experiences, Massé explains how you can find the same freedom to be who God has always said you are. With honesty, humor, and heart-felt conviction, he celebrates the liberty to be found in the radical truth between legalism and license.

Links to Mike’s Resources:

I Am Holy Web Site
Order #iamholy Online
Mike’s Facebook Profile
#iamholy on Facebook

Other Links to Things Mentioned on the Show: 

River of Life Christian Fellowship
Dan Mohler Ministry Web Site
Petra Band Web Site
John Schlitt Web Site

Question: Which part of the interview was most helpful for you in your transformational journey? (Use the Comments Section Below) 

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#055: How to Stop Passive Aggressive Communication [Podcast]

Today our subject is one that affects pretty much everyone. It involves the habit of passive aggressive communication. 

This pattern has to do with anger and aggression, but it is not done outright, but passively.

Outright aggression is spontaneous; an unplanned act of anger that aims to hurt or destroy someone or something. Passive aggression is far more deliberate, but yet a covert way of expressing anger in a way that subtly but surely “gets back at” someone.

Ways We Often Act in Passive Aggression:

We bottle up our feelings instead of talking them out.
Deliberate procrastination. Putting off something. Rather than telling the person you can’t do it, you delay acting on it.
Intentional mistakes.
Bad attitude or moping.
Hiding cheep shots in compliments.
The silent treatment.
Hiding anger and resentment in a joke. 

. . . neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Ephesians 5:4 NKJV

Steps in Removing Passive Agressive Patterns: 

Get bitterness out. 
Deal with self-hatred within you.  
Stop doing it yourself and recognize you can only change you.
Create boundaries.
When someone else acts passive aggressively, ask yourself, “Should I stop them and ask if there’s a problem we need to discuss?”
Focus on thanksgiving and appreciation. 
You may need to change the relationship dynamic. 
Focus on what God sees them to be. 

Recommended Resource: Bitter Free!: How to Forgive Anyone, Resolve Conflict and Overcome Anger

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Question: Which part did you find helpful towards breaking passive aggressive patterns in your life?

 

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#054: Developing a Strategy for Overcoming [Podcast]

Our episode today covers two questions that have to do with developing strategies for overcoming. In one question, its about overcoming anxiety. The other is about moving into a new level without neglecting your assignment in your current position.

News: My teaching on Healing and Freedom from the Inside Out (Module 1) is not available on iTunes! Get your copy today!

In answering these questions, I share on some of following points.

Developing a Strategy for Overcoming Anxiety: 

The most important question to ask in overcoming anxiety.
The declaration I made to keep myself in the process of overcoming.
The practical day to day mindsets I focused on to get victory.
How to developed an immersion atmosphere for your overcoming.

Developing a Strategy for Where You Are Going, But Also Being Effective Where You Are: 

How to let where you are going and where you are, collide effectively.
The greatest thing you can do to move forward in any organization.
How to invest into your dream.
I give an important safeguard when it comes to pursuing the dreams of your heart.

Question: Which of the points mentioned today help you the most in your overcoming?

 

 

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#053: How Much Do My Genetics Determine My Future? [Podcast]

Today’s episode Mark’s one year of podcast recordings, so we included a special introduction in today’s episode for you to enjoy.

This episode has to do with generational struggles – issues that run in family lines.

Question: How far can I really go in healing without anything breaking generationally with my parents. Is there a limit or a cap ?? Or is it something that may not manifest until generations to come?

Scripture mentioned: The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself (Ezekiel 18:20 NKJV)

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Question: In what way has this episode helped you to understand the areas you battle that are inherited? 

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#052: How to Trust When You’ve Been Burned [Podcast]

Today’s episode overs the subject of trust; how to build it and how to rebuild it when you have been burned, betrayed and hurt. You don’t want to miss the home run points that were talked about in our discussion. Take the points to heart and share them with your friends!

Here are some of the points that we uncover:

Establishing the Importance of Trust:

Trust is a foundation of all relationship.
Trust is built on honesty and transparency.

The lack of trust often points to the lack of real honesty in the relationship.
This builds a suspicious environment.
Until we can have honest communication, the relationship will be stagnant.


The areas we get burned in, we transpose on everyone else – if we don’t get healed.
When we don’t trust, we are limited in our growth and potential.
When we put up walls, we think we are protecting ourselves. But it becomes a prison.
We become victims to the walls around our heart.

How to Begin to Trust or Trust Again:

See the importance of trust.
Confront the fears that keep the walls up.
Understand that trust is an act of surrender.
Forgive the past.

What is not forgiven will come up for recall.
Part of forgiving is releasing. This goes back to surrender.


Walk in God’s nurture to heal you, so you can trust:

But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts. Psalms 22:9 NKJV

Allow God to be the ultimate Healer of your wounds.

Question: Which point in our discussion today was the most helpful? (use our comment section below)

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#052: How to Trust When You Have Been Burned [Podcast]

Today’s episode overs the subject of trust; how to build it and how to rebuild it when you have been burned, betrayed and hurt. You don’t want to miss the home run points that were talked about in our discussion. Take the points to heart and share them with your friends!

Here are some of the points that we uncover:

Establishing the Importance of Trust:

Trust is a foundation of all relationship.
Trust is built on honesty and transparency.

The lack of trust often points to the lack of real honesty in the relationship.
This builds a suspicious environment.
Until we can have honest communication, the relationship will be stagnant.


The areas we get burned in, we transpose on everyone else – if we don’t get healed.
When we don’t trust, we are limited in our growth and potential.
When we put up walls, we think we are protecting ourselves. But it becomes a prison.
We become victims to the walls around our heart.

How to Begin to Trust or Trust Again:

See the importance of trust.
Confront the fears that keep the walls up.
Understand that trust is an act of surrender.
Forgive the past.

What is not forgiven will come up for recall.
Part of forgiving is releasing. This goes back to surrender.


Walk in God’s nurture to heal you, so you can trust:

But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts. Psalms 22:9 NKJV

Allow God to be the ultimate Healer of your wounds.

Question: Which point in our discussion today was the most helpful? (use our comment section below)

If you cannot see the player, click here to listen to the show.

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