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143 | The Age of Criticism
What do we do when, not if, we face criticism? Often the critique has truth in it, but the internal messages that go along with it aren't the most accurate. Our culture has become a dehumanizing and critical one, but even when the criticism is nothing more than a difficult conversation, there are ways we can learn to navigate well.
Kindness Toward Ourselves
Kindness is such a beautiful way to care for your soul. Discover the power of this simple practice in this conversation inspired by John's new book, Get Your Life Back.
39 – Identity Theft – 1/29/2020
1/29/2020: Identity Theft – Join us as we dive deeper into the beautiful truths of who we are in Christ and what our magnificent God has accomplished for us! Growing in our practice of resting in these truths helps us to guard against Identity Theft — the enemy’s #1 tool to keep us from living in the love and power of God. Video Cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428fqMxsPxM&feature=youtu.be>Start at 1:35 and end at 2:39Worship Set for January 29, 2020You Are Mine - Live (5:24) (Mosaic MSC; Glory & Wonder)Met by Love (Live) (5:30) (United Pursuit; Simple Gospel [Live])Jesus We Love You (Live) (6:55) (Bethel Music, Paul McClure; We Will Not be Shaken [Live])Holy Spirit - Live (9:55) (Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes; Kari Jobe Collection)Saturate (3:00) (Children Of Inheritance; Children of Inheritance)Lord, I Want You (4:51) (Forerunner Music, David Brymer; Devotion: Songs of Intimacy)No Fear in Love (3:15) (Steffany Gretzinger; The Undoing)Where You Are (Live) (8:42) (Leeland; Christ Be All Around Me - Live)More Than Ashes (5:54) (Time Reimherr; Let the Weak Speak)No Other Name - Live (7:20) (Hillsong Worship; No Other Name [Delux Edition])
142 | Cost to Joy Ratio
An elegant tool, from a more civilized time. Wait, that's not right. A simple tool, for a cluttered time? Better. Pursuing joy and life can feel like uphill and difficult choices in every direction. But what if joy isn't as far away as we think?
Simple Unplugging
To celebrate the release of John's new book, Get Your Life Back, this series reveals everyday practices to care for your soul in a world gone mad. Part 1 begins with a look at technology's assault on our attention.
141 | Dreaming, Hope, and God’s Sharing of His Heart with Humanity
Dreams (and we mean aspirations) are difficult. They are, on the one hand, a way God tells you about your future. They are, on the other, vulnerable, sabotaged, and often unrealized. In this episode, Sam and Blaine unpack dreams. What does it mean to share part of God’s heart for creation? What does it mean to see an unrealized potential in the world no one else sees? Because dreaming is, in fact, meant to show God’s heart to the world. But, because we live in this story and not another, dreams are usually intertwined with deep pain. Sam and Blaine explore dream-care as soul-care, whole-heartedness, and the loving act that is making your dreams available to God.
The River of Life
Everything coming against us isn't from us. Discover how to bring the River of Life against the spirit of death and the Fire Love of God against the spirit of hatred.
God, Movies, & Your Story - Part 2
John and Allen conclude this 2018 series by revealing new ways to see God through story - and understand why we're drawn to certain stories.
139 | Framing the Season
FRAMING THE SEASON 1. What are you doing, Jesus, in me in this season? 2. What’s the theme of this season? 3. What do I need to know about my role in your larger mission for this season? 4. What prophetic words, images, or instructions do you want to call to mind to frame this season? 5. What are you doing in my (area of concern: work, marriage, house search, job search, etc) in particular? UNDERSTANDING THE OPPOSITION 1. What warfare is set against me in this season? What strategies is the enemy employing in an attempt to undermine your work, Jesus? 2. Who’s in charge (the ranking foul spirit)? 3. What is set against my marriage (or area of concern from above), in particular? 4. What in my flesh is vulnerable, or in the way of what you’d like to do? 5. What in the World is particularly opposed to your work in this season? TAKING HOLD OF THE PROVISION 1. What is your provision in this season? What is it in you, Jesus, and in your kingdom and work, that overwhelms and envelops the opposition as I take hold of it? 2. Provision for the warfare? 3. Provision for the opposition of my flesh? 4. Provision for the opposition of the world? 5. What personal instructions to you have for me to help my alignment with you in this season? 6. Anything else?
God, Movies, & Your Story - Part 1
Discover how the films and stories you love reveal essential aspects about your heart, your dreams, and your story with God.
138 | Body and Soul (Human Nature Pt. 4)
Referenced in the show: Space, Time, and Incarnation Thomas F. Torrance Deus Caritas Est by Pope Benedict Fill These Hearts by Christopher West For Sigmund Freud, nephew Edward Bernays, and marketing, PR! - A Social History of Spin by Stewart Ewan Nephesh by the Bible Project Ruach by the Bible Project
The In-Between Times
John and Morgan share thoughts on navigating the days between Christmas and the New Year.
Merry Christmas from And Sons
Merry Christmas from And Sons by And Sons
Christmas Blessings
Some of the Wild at Heart team gather to offer Christmas prayers and blessings for you this holy week.
137 | No Smartphones for a Month
In an effort to fight the creeping, medicating, overextended presence of our smartphones, the And Sons team and four Ransomed Heart team members gave up their smartphones for a month to see what would happen. The goal was to see if technology is really the enemy, or if we use other forms of medication in its place. It's an And Sons experiment.
Christmas Stories
In this third week of Advent, John and Stasi share thoughts and stories about Christmas.