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What if we could reclaim God’s design for sex ... and truly experience what sex is meant to be? Grace and truth from Jesus empower us to live in harmony with Higher Design. But is the Church losing the Creator's design for sexuality? And is the world out-discipling the Church about sex? Dr. Juli Slattery of Authentic Intimacy is with us in this recast episode. >> Dr. Julie Slattery's site: Authentic Intimacy >> Java with Julie Podcast >> See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com >> Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/podcast

God calls you into his freedom! And freedom is a gradient -- you can grow in it. Just upstream from freedom is truth. And that's a gradient too. The New Testament Greek word for truth also means reality. Did you know that when you're born again in Christ, you're born into a battle over what is real? Truth will increasingly protect you ... and release you into your potential. See all of the Godspeed episodes at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

The warp and woof of your wild, wonderful life is the fabric of your world. Do you know that the weave of heaven on earth can begin to run through your life IN THE NOW? Once born again in Christ, you are a precursor to the restoration of all things ... the new heavens and earth to come. Here are some practical ideas to cultivate this stunning heaven and earth fabric.For more resources and info, go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.comGet the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases and other good things.Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcastThank you for subscribing, rating, and reviewing Jesus Smart: The Podcast on your favorite listening option!

There's nothing more priceless than the truth ... and freedom is downstream from truth. Look around -- progressivism is all the rage today. And it's not just political. It's leaking into parts of the Church too. What starts gradually as soft totalitarianism can evolve into terrifying tyranny. True justice is beautiful. But is Progressivism a delusion? Even more, is it a hellish counterfeit to the real future that Jesus is bringing? For more resources and info, go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases and other good things. Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast Thank you for subscribing, rating, and reviewing Jesus Smart: The Podcast on your favorite listening option!

Everyone wants to "find their life" -- their best life. Jesus' offer is on the table: "If you lose your life for my sake, you will find it." To be real, few discover this. Matt Raines helps us in our quest. He draws on thoughts from Henri Nouwen, a Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer, and theologian. We are CHOSEN by Christ, BLESSED, BROKEN, and GIVEN to the world. This narrow path leads to our best horizons! Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast Rate and review Jesus Smart: The Podcast on Podchaser!

This is a special 2020 Encore Episode. Agree with me at the end in a prayer of Providence and Design over your life. In challenging times, we have to be proactive with our vision. Here are 4 vital steps to optimize the challenge to your vision: 1) Recommit to achieving your vision 2) Innovate new powerful strategies 3) Key - Give thanks to the Creator 4) Now accelerate success. Challenges are a gift ... they are an invitation to step up. To be more. And to do more. (These powerful ideas are traced back to Dr. Bruce Wilkinson.) Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast Rate and review Jesus Smart: The Podcast on Podchaser!

We see the dance of heaven and earth in the Christmas narratives of Matthew and Luke. A faith-response on earth surrounds even the incarnation of Christ. And because Advent is Advancing, we can live today with this Christmas Dynamic. Heaven moves. We move. The best things happen on the Father's Dance Floor! See the show notes page for this Christmas Series at JesusSmart.com/christmas2020 Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

You can be Christmas Chordic this Christmastime! Opportunity is wrapped in chaos. Disruptive Innovation upsets and supersedes the status quo, and everything goes to a new level. How should we live in the true spirit of Christmas all year long? 1) The knowledge of the Holy One sustains us. 2) Welcome the Holy Spirit to overshadow your person, your situation. 3) Listen for the creative heavenly Word. 4) Then, take obedient action.See the show notes page for this Christmas Series at JesusSmart.com/christmas2020Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Hark! The Herald Content Creators speak! It's a special Christmas Crossover episode via MANIFOLD MINISTRIES. You'll hear Ally Rossborough from the Freedom & Truth blog and Stephen Lauterbach, the purveyor of Manifold Ministries and the host of the Despite Popular Belief podcast. And yours truly is in the mix too! We discuss everything Christmas ... traditions, truths, misconceptions, and who put up their Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. We had a blast coming together. Hark! We hope you enjoy the listen! Go see Manifold Ministries. Parts 2 and 3 of the "Hey, Dragon, Yule Be Sorry" Christmas mini-series are coming to your chimney! Show notes page.

Did you know that the First Christmas was an invasion? The King is back! Advent is not just something we look back to. It's in THE NOW. And it's in THE FUTURE. Advent is advancing! This changes prayer, what we imagine is possible, and our decision-making. See the show notes page for this Christmas Series at JesusSmart.com/christmas2020 Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

We can cultivate all things (think Eden!), releasing hidden potential all around us. Capture Part 2 of my coffee-shop dialogue with Bruce Colbert. Are we willing to discover our real life in Christ's Kingdom Enterprise? And let's reconceive something -- Ekklesia (the Church) is for societal good. Not a "Churchianity." It's all wrapped up in the image of God in us! (Listen to Ep 158 for Part 1 of our dialogue.) See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Is there chaos around you? This will be surprising, but you're positioned to experience something new. A different expression of Higher Design. Chaos Theory is the study of how tiny variables can transform chaos into new patterns of design and purpose. You have "Chaordic" Capacity in Christ! Insert these 5 Dynamic Kingdom Variables into the chaos to release a new order in your life and your world of influence. See all of the Godspeed episodes at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

As Creator-King, God places his image in the earth in man and woman. Everyone has it as a baseline expression. And yet, in Christ, God's image goes to a higher level. This is heaven's secret sauce for influencing all things via us! Right here. Right now. The image of God is renewed in us through the Holy Spirit. The opportunity cost for negligence is way too high.See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.comGet the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

There comes a point when we need to talk about your secret advantage in Christ -- receiving and releasing supernatural sound. Developing in Christ is a continuum. Are you on the Christ Continuum? If so, the opportunity cost of failing to develop in supernatural sound is too high. Elevate to your privilege as daughters and sons of God in Christ! (Tight Godspeed episode!) See all of the Godspeed episodes at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Here's a dialogue, a confabulation, a royal riff with J.C.L. Faltot! We are called to lives of influence ... salt, light, Kingdom leaven, all pointing to the coming Kingdom. And, yes, this includes political engagement. How do we think clearly and navigate this? Upstream from politics is culture, then worldview, and then belief systems. And upstream from it all ... the unseen spiritual domain. See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

It's time for the American Church to rise with One Voice and refuse silence! Sean Feucht is leading open-air worship across the nation. In this episode, experience live worship from the capital of California and a prophetic decree from Samuel Rodriguez for the nation. Will you hear the sound of an awakening? See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Go further on this theme of being super-creative in the Spirit. Keys include communing with the Holy Spirit as a matter of lifestyle and bringing order to your own life ... then from that core you can stretch and influence the world around you. As you develop, you can supersede challenges and exploit opportunities. This is Part 2 of a dialogue with Adam Carver, pastor and business owner from Shipley, England. (Catch up with the first part in episode 153.) See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Why live under a lid? That's right -- you have the potential to be super-creative. In all life domains. And in the world you influence. Especially when you relate to the Holy Spirit and allow his creativity to partner with you. Challenges can be superseded. Opportunities can be exploited. Adam Carver from Shipley, England is our special guest in this episode.See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.comGet the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast 

Successfully following Jesus means that we truly live by God's Perfect Pitch and not by sight. We live by Supernatural Sound and not the sights, sounds, and so on of this natural, fallen world. We position ourselves to hear, develop our inner ear ... and then we release Supernatural Sound with praise, prayer, and proclamation. It dominates, releasing blessing! Go to JesusSmart.com/godspeed to see a complete list of Godspeed episodes Get the Jesus Smart eLetterand keep current with podcast episode releases Complete Podcast Archive >>JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Pray with me. Here's another empowering Kingdom Prayer Dynamic ... with forceful prayer, we can occupy spaces and places leading to the manifestation of God's will. In this episode, we draw on the Intercessors for America site and pray and decree over the empty seat in the United States Supreme Court. This is the 9th in a new prayer series we are creating that will become its own podcast soon. (This episode is more diesel than moped or vespa!) "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of Your Kingdom is a scepter of uprightness; You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness" (Psalms 45:6-7 ESV). Go to the article and prayer on the Intecessors for America site Go to the series page for these prayer episodes on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

In Christ you have a true superpower -- it's the power to consecrate things. You can bring things under the leadership and lordship of King Jesus. It's Higher Design. We need to consecrate new frontiers -- transitions, new seasons, opportunities. On the other side of each frontier is new territory you're destined to possess! Listen for 6 key takeaways. Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Is the Holy Spirit breathing on a Kingdom trendline today ... the Micro Ekklesia? Could Jesus be recovering something original and radical? Is an ancient-futurist expression of a "city on a hill" emerging that moves the needle in society and culture? Jesus co-opted a secular construct and infused it with Kingdom DNA -- and it's the real authority! Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Apostolic Christ-Followers Series Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Are you "born again" as Jesus taught? Then you are "in Christ." And that means you are enthroned with him above everything IN THE NOW. So the key is to cultivate a consistent consciousness of that -- live and move "above the line." You can pray and decree down into earth-borne scenarios from King Jesus' POV - Point of View. And execute in life and work from your positioning with Christ! We can develop in this and positively win from heaven's perspective.Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.comGet the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast 

Pray with me. Here's another empowering Kingdom Prayer Dynamic ... we can pray down the plumbline of Christ into earth-borne scenarios. In this episode, we pray for America and China. (If you live in another nation, you can use this prayer template in your context.) If you're "in Christ," then you are "seated with Christ" in the heavenlies. Pray down into scenarios. Pray that things will align with Christ's plumbline -- that the executive will of the Father will be realized in the earth. This is the 8th in a new prayer series we are creating that will become its own podcast soon. "Behold I lay in Zion a stone for the foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; whoever believes will not act hastily. Also I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plummet; the hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place" (Isaiah 28:16-17 NKJV). Go to the series page for these prayer episodes on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Let's be real -- every vision is challenged. In those times, we have to be proactive with our vision. Here are 4 vital steps to optimize the challenge to your vision: 1) Recommit to achieving your vision 2) Innovate new powerful strategies 3) Key - Give thanks to the Creator 4) Now accelerate success. Challenges are a gift ... they are an invitation to step up. To be more. And to do more. (These powerful ideas are traced back to Dr. Bruce Wilkinson.) Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast Rate and review Jesus Smart: The Podcast on Podchaser!

Pray with me. Here's another interesting Kingdom Prayer Dynamic ... prayer is limitless! As we develop in prayer, we access the total possibilities of God. This is the 7th in a new prayer series we are creating that will become its own podcast soon. We pray for the American election. (If you live in another nation, you can use this prayer template in your context at any time.) God is the "Supreme Judge of the World" (American Declaration of Independence). We stand in faith that God will sway the judgment of the electorate, tilting it in the direction of His design for the nation.Go to the series page for these prayer episodes on JesusSmart.comGet the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

King Jesus is coming. And he will restore all things ... the new heavens and new earth are on the horizon. (Are you up for this?) He wants to design your life as a preview of coming attractions. Steve Witt (Senior Leader, Bethel Cleveland) says that if we center on Jesus and talk him up, a “spirit of prophecy” will be activated. All things are possible. This is part 2 of a “pregnant” conversation. It includes a unique, prophetic perspective of the City of Cleveland and the State of Ohio. Be sure to listen to Part 1 too! Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Jesus is the Ultimate Coming Attraction. Both now and future. And he is zealous to design our lives as a preview of what's coming! Steve Witt (Senior Leader, Bethel Cleveland) says that if we center on Jesus and talk him up, a "spirit of prophecy" will be activated. He's living it. We then access the All-Possibilities of God and everything is subject to transformation. This is part 1 of a "pregnant" conversation. It includes a prophetic understanding of Cleveland, Ohio ... poised for a Kingdom "Quake on the Lake." Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Imagine what could be on the other side of your strong decision. Could there be a clear connection between your decisiveness and Providence moving to help you? Scottish mountaineer William Hutchison Murray is convinced there is. Inertia = misery. Movement = joy and energy. Is life asking you to make a move on something? Don't underestimate the interplay between you and Providence. What would your future self say? Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Pray with me. Here's another interesting Kingdom Prayer Dynamic! ... We can pray for the full-on exposure of evil. We can start with our personal world and expand to the macro world of nations and even geopolitics (and everything in between). We are the light of God in Christ (see Ephesians 5)! The white-hot light of Christ exposes everything, producing clarity and acumen. In this episode, I share this Kingdom Prayer Dynamic and then we pray! This is the 6th in a new prayer series we are creating. Go to the series page for these prayer episodes on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

In part 2 of this insightful discussion with Kevin Cloud, author of God & Hamilton, we focus on slavery and today's race relations, the empowerment of women, and how we are co-creators with the Ultimate Creator. Alexander Hamilton was an influential American Founder ... second only to George Washington. How does his life speak to us in our time on these themes and others? Kevin Cloud's book draws upon Hamilton, the acclaimed Broadway musical. (You can hear part 1 in episode 139.) See the show notes page to go deeper -- JesusSmart.com/hamilton Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

The acclaimed Broadway musical Hamilton is now a part of the American cultural conversation. Inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, the extraordinary musical resonates with many on themes of faith, race, and immigration. Kevin Cloud, the author of God & Hamilton, is with us in this episode. Our conversation centers on spiritual themes from the life of Alexander Hamilton, an influential American Founder ... second only to George Washington. How does his life speak to us in our time? See the show notes page to go deeper -- JesusSmart.com/hamilton Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

So you're born again in Christ. Fine. But here's something the Snake doesn't want you to know -- you have authority in Christ to redefine and "name" things in harmony with Higher Design. It's a Sovereign King / Vice-Regent partnership. The Creator-human enterprise is back in play! Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Catch the 2nd part of this important conversation with Willie and Rachel Scott, along with J.C.L. Faltot ... they bring a fresh Kingdom point of view to racism, the protests, and rioting. Jesus is the Ultimate Free Thinker. And we're pretty sure he intends for those who follow him to be free thinkers too. Higher thinking. Includes a short audio excerpt from Dr. Michael Brown. (You can hear the 1st part of the conversation in episode 134.) See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/kingdomrace Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

The "American Experiment" is singular in world history. It's not a nation founded on ethnicity or the legacy of a monarchy. American DNA is made up of high ideas -- the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Unalienable Rights are given by the Creator. Not man. Not human government. Is America on the edge of a Third Great Awakening?

Pray with me. Here's an exciting Kingdom Prayer Dynamic! ... We can invoke the Leadership and Lordship of King Jesus into everything! This covers the Minutiae of our lives and Macro geopolitical and national issues (and everything in-between). We are Vice-Regents -- administrators for King Jesus. This is the 5th in a new prayer series we are creating!Be sure to listen to the first 4 episodes in this prayer series: episodes 118, 119, 121, and 125.Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Jesus is the Ultimate Free Thinker. And we're pretty sure he intends for those who follow him to be free thinkers too. Higher thinking. Kingdom perspective. In this open discussion, Willie and Rachel Scott, along with J.C.L. Faltot, bring a fresh point of view to racism, the protests, and rioting.Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Jesus was the brightest person to walk the planet. In this episode, we examine a "Jesus tactic" -- we don't have to yield ground to the Devil. Why should we continue to experience self-sabotaging setbacks that work against our best interests and our Life Story in Christ? This is an encore episode from a live podcast recording that has received a lot of attention.Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Prayer is the most creative thing we can do. It's high-leverage. The Prayer of Intervention invites the Life, Leadership, and Lordship of King Jesus into anything we target in faith. This is not the Zap view of prayer. It's accurate, aligned, anointed prayer that can cause something to 'stand down.' It can also release things to 'stand up' which need to manifest. In Christ, we can proclaim, invoke, and enforce Kingdom Reality as the Holy Spirit leads.See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/toplifeskillPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcastRECEIVE A WEEKLY EMAIL WITH NEXT-LEVEL CONTENT — actionable insights and modeling from Jesus to help you live your best life. Plus, you’ll be in the know about new podcast episodes. Yes! Send me the eLetterRelated:You Can Access Power to Move Mountains (Jesus Smart)

What’s “top of heart” with King Jesus? Justice, the poor, prisoners for His name. “Remember the prisoners AS IF chained with them — those who are mistreated — since you yourselves are in the body also” (Hebrews 13:3). Will we identify “AS IF” with our Christian Family in North Korea? This is a core component of Christ-following. Includes audio excerpt from escapee. Arielle Del Turco is Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.See the show notes page for the episode at JesusSmart.com/northkoreaGet the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast----more---- RECEIVE A WEEKLY EMAIL WITH NEXT-LEVEL CONTENT — actionable insights and modeling from Jesus to help you live your best life. Plus, you’ll be in the know about new podcast episodes. Yes! Send me the eLetter Arielle Del Turco serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, where she is responsible for international religious freedom policy and advocacy efforts. Through research and analysis of international religious freedom matters, she helps craft effective policy solutions along with coordinating FRC’s advocacy on this issue. Arielle’s work has appeared in the Jerusalem Post, National Review, Daily Signal, Christian Post, Washington Examiner, ERLC, and Townhall. She has conducted a number of media interviews on international religious freedom, and has herself interviewed key advocates and victims of persecution. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics and History from Regent University, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in International Relations.Family Research Council siteFamily Research Council Facebook pageUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom Pray for North KoreaMore info and download a country report from Open DoorsPray North Korean officials will come to know God, for change within the regime and that the power of evil will be broken.During a year when North Korea raised its profile on the world stage, Kim Jong Un continues to consolidate his power. Pray he will accept the one, true God.Open Doors provides North Korean Christians with food, medicine and clothing and safe houses for North Korean refugees in China. Pray the church is strengthened and encouraged to endure by this provision.Pray for Christians who suffer in prisons, labor camps and remote areas to have hope.

Yeah, it's cliche: prayer changes things. But it's true. We could even say it's real. The best kind of real. And there are certain prayers which change things more than others. Like Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1. You'll be challenged in this episode to build this specific prayer equity into your life. Get ready to experience transformation ... in and through you. See the show notes page for the episode at JesusSmart.com/prayerdynamic Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

If you have to be in a cave for a time (like soon-to-be-king, David), you may as well optimize your experience! The optimization may determine things for you moving forward. Are we poised for a New Era? The Jesus movement is based on the currency of Kingdom Concepts. We explore these "gleanings" for a New Era in this episode. See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/newera Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Get ready for quality information, humor, and a challenge. You can survive the current virus crisis. Even more, you can thrive! Frank Viola is the author of more than 20 books, a speaker, and a consultant to writers. He says we can build 3-D immunity -- spiritually, psychologically, and physically -- to face any threat. Never let a crisis go to waste. Get your free 64-page Survival Guide. See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/thrive Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

The Christ-follower's Advantage is that we can access a Meta-Reality, a Transcendent Reality -- the Kingdom of God. We can lean into this way of living every day. Every week. And it gives us more than enough endurance on the natural plane. Don't quit and miss your next level. You'll profit from the second part of my conversation with Doug Gehman, President and Executive Director of Globe International, a missions-sending agency. (See episode 126 also.) See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/keepsweating Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Is God gritty? Yeah, he's gritty. He tracks his purpose with fire and zeal. You could say he's the Ultimate Winner. And he's motivated to make us more like him in Christ -- aspiring to greatness for the Greater Story. Doug Gehman is the President and Executive Director of Globe International, a missions-sending agency. He says God uses difficulty to reveal to us who we are, what we believe ... and to surface what we deep-down desire. See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/keepsweating Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

The Voice of the Lord is a force on the planet! And that voice is to be released via born-again Christ-followers. Let's agree mutually in prayer as we prepare ourselves for Pentecost. We require fresh infillings of the presence and dynamism of the Holy Spirit. This is the 4th beta episode of something new -- we want to hear from you about it.Show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/pray4Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releasesPodcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcastIsaiah 30:31 (NKJV) -- For through the voice of the Lord Assyria will be beaten down, as He strikes with the rod.Psalm 29:3-4 (NKJV) -- The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. Psalm 110:2 (NKJV) -- The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion (i.e., the people of God). Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Michael Hoff is saying that eternal life begins right now, right here in Christ. We can be renewed in the middle of stress and overcome the moment with a Kingdom Point of View. Jesus said, "In the world, you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.] (John 16:33 AMP) See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/builtforcrisis Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

On March 16, 2020, Matt Peterson experienced a prophetic dream — he encountered fearsome Chinese Foo Dogs (Chinese Guardian Lions) and bled profusely from his right wrist. A former telecommunications officer with the federal government and now a pastor in North Carolina, Matt Peterson has sought the Lord for interpretation and insight. He’s advising May 1 could be a pivotal inflection point for the global pandemic (and the American economy) … if we contend in prayer and process with God. See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/beastmode Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast A personal note — Brian Del Turco here. I’d like to share a note, and I know that Matt Peterson would agree. Even more important than dates and the understandable concern to see this struggle end, a more significant focus is, “Lord, what are you asking of me during this time. In what ways can I change?” And another question: “Lord, in what ways are you asking your Church to change?” Our leading focus should be on transformation … personally and together with other Christ-Followers. The Society of Jesus can then please the Lord and more powerfully influence the Society-at-Large. Related episodes: Coronavirus Prophecies — Could They Be True? Plus, Spirit Is Greater Than Matter (Episode #117) Be Absolutely Fearless About the Coronavirus Like Jesus (Episode #115)

The Prayer Architecture in Psalm 149 is not suitable for Sunday School. It's for men and women, developing and seasoned ... fully conscious "Kingdom Agents." Not the semi-conscious. And it's sure not for unconscious church attenders. It's this kind of Prayer Voltage -- led and energized by the Holy Spirit -- which will meet the moment we face. See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/beastmode Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast

Let's release the Kingdom Prayer Dynamic of the 'Solemn (Sacred) Assembly' in our lives ... and in our relationships, families, organizations, businesses, schools, communities of faith, and the nations. We can 'meet the moment' in faith with repentance and living clean. Let's agree together in prayer. This is the 3rd beta episode of something new we may be doing -- we want to hear from you about it. Show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com/pray3 Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast