Morning Briefings

He walked in, looked from left to right, took the pulse in the room, and was blown away by the grace of God. 1 podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/267f7cf1/give-or-take-you-decide-acts-no33 I am riveted by the statement - even more so, when I think of just how the grace of God really impacts life. Clearly, Barnabas had been changed by the grace of God himself, so he got it. He was exactly the right person to be tapped to go and check out what was happening in

Words have power. Power to heal and power to destroy.  Power to build up and also tear down. podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2792d218/a-chance-to-interview-yourself-acts-no-32   There are a few powerful words in the last verses of Acts chapter 11 that speak volumes, and make me wish I could step into the setting and experience it. Here is the context--Because of persecution, the Jewish believers flee Jerusalem, going all the way to Antioch, taking the gos

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/ecdc44a0/this-is-about-to-blow-the-whole-thing-wide-open-act-no-31 God is infinitely wise. He is outside of time and space as we know it. God. is. limitless. Why, the same Peter who had such a profound affect on the rise and spread of Christianity wrote, Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 1 Implication? While God is orchestrating som

Every once in a while, it is good to stop and find the arrow that says 'you are here' on the map. This is such a time. podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/21c6e541/ive-got-a-fire-heres-why-acts-no30 We are walking through the New Testament book of Acts which comes right after the gospels. Like the gospel of Luke, this book is also written by the careful historian and covers the start of the early church and the spread of Christianity. But, that sounds so dry

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/28314674/a-storm-is-headed-your-way-ready The storm is coming – it is right...

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3818585d/what-do-you-hope-people-will-say-about-you-acts-no-28 Do you ever stop to think how you will be known?   If folks sum up your life in a sentence, what will it be?   If they remember you by a single word, what might it be?   Interesting thoughts to be sure. Just before our camera moves away from Saul for a while, consider one more element with me--the impact one man had on him.  To this point in the young church, Lu

Tom Petty, theologian? podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1e8f1059/waiting-is-the-hardest-part-acts-no-27 >What’s the reason some seasons seem so long, days marked with uncertainty? >What’s the reason God's timing seems to take forever? You know He has called you to a task, but it feels like he forgot about you. >What’s the reason God redeemed you, showed you the way, then seems to have left you in the desert? >And what’s the reason Jesus Christ stepped dir

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/22fff25e/sink-your-teeth-into-this-one-acts-no-26 Compelled by one provocative sentence, I am. But first, remember that Saul (who we know as Paul) has just rolled into town in a most unconventional manner. But his method of arrival and its accompanying transformation of the man is not known by all--in fact, only by the one sent to pray for him. Word is out, Saul has come to town to round up believers in Jesus Christ, and h

If God spoke to you, would you know it was Him? hmmm. podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2704ce41/would-you-know-his-voice-acts-no-25 Full of fury and armed with authority, Saul was in hot pursuit of the Jesus followers--as they posed a threat to the Judaism he esteemed more than life itself. As they fled the persecution in Jerusalem, he traveled to Damascus to apprehend and imprison them. But a strange thing happened as he journeyed - suddenly, he was blind

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/315257b2/blinded-so-he-could-see-acts-no-24 I have met them, so have you ... know it alls. Sometimes people are so committed to how they see things, so convinced they are right, it takes something very dramatic for them to see things as they really are--for them to know and acknowledge truth. This is that story - about a know-it-all guy. You may be familiar with this part of his story, but as you consider it today, perhaps

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1b613eee/for-such-a-time-as-this-you-acts-no-23 For such a moment as this, you were born. It is no accident where you live, to whom you are related, and with whom you are connected--or for that matter, who you might 'serendipitously'? meet today. For such a time as this, you are here. And for such a time as that one, Philip, a very ordinary man did the extraordinary. We have the perspective of history to see how God was wor