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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.
136 | Advent, Hope, and Longing
The season of advent is evoking a lot of longing for us this year. It seems you can't say the word hope without feeling the pain of all the things not yet realized. There's joy to be sure, but the longing for Jesus to come again is getting to feel more like a cry for relief than any joyful carol.
Conversations on Prayer - Part 5
In the series conclusion, John and Allen respond to questions about prayer sent in by podcast listeners.
135 | Using the Fruit to Find the Root
"You will know them by their fruits" Matt 7:16 It's a litmus test Jesus gave us for false prophets, and yet it extends deeper than just teachings. The fruit of an action, the fruit of a train of thought, the fruit of an experience... they all tell us about the Good of the thing producing them. Can we use the fruit and work backwards, though? When we experience inner death, sorrow, grief... can we use those as breadcrumbs to find a deeper root that is producing them, and if so, can we change what's going on beneath the surface?
Conversations On Prayer – Part 4
Why pray if God already knows your needs? Bart, Alex, and John discuss how prayer is meant to be an active partnership with God that both involves and matures us.
Stories from the UK Boot Camp 2018
Remembering is crucial, because it's so easy to forget. After their return from the UK Boot Camp in 2018, the men's team gathered to remember. Listen as they share stories and celebrate together everything that God did.