Morning Briefings

Commissioned.

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1ab596f6/commissioned-acts-no7 Dateline _ Jerusalem. May I direct your attention back to the Old City? There is much I could say about sirens and warning signs right now, but it is the first century city, busting at its seams, I want you to picture. Remember the devoted followers of Jesus were praying when they were suddenly filled with the Holy Spirit, and began speaking in unknown languages--strange to them, but familiar

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 154 min read

Are you COnnECTED?

PODCAST: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/546f1497/are-you-connected-acts-no-6 Connectivity and maintaining relationship is vital for life. Loneliness and isolation in our world is at epidemic levels, leading to greater and more disastrous woes. Social media deludes young people into thinking they are engaged with people, but theirs is a connection with a flat screen or device, not really a person they can see and touch . . . better yet, hug. And how about divine

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 125 min read

Here's the Power to be Resilient.

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3b5e29af/heres-the-power-to-be-resilient-acts-no5 Strength and power. It is a whole new day for the believer in Jesus Christ . . . the Holy Spirit has come! Peter, James, John and the rest now understand what Jesus meant when he said, he [the Holy Spirit] dwells with you and will be in you. 1 Suddenly, it all makes sense!. But just before we see how this specifically impacts the lives of those early Christ follower

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 103 min read

Promise made good ... life changed!

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/4cf61c6b/promise-made-good-life-changed-acts-no-4 Today is Pentecost Sunday, 50 days since Jesus Christ defeated death, and the day that changed everything for Christians. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. [last Morning Briefing important for this one: Game changer: https://conta.cc/4kRsmt0 ] Because I did not grow up in a church that taught much about the Holy Spirit, and also because folks have asked me plainly, " WHO or WHAT i

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 94 min read

Game changer: just what you need, just in time. Acts, no.3

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/34899f0d/game-changer-just-in-time-just-what-you-need-acts-no3 THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. What an outrageous claim! You say, 'Really, you have something that will change my life? Something that will inspire, breathe life and bring hope to my existence??' Yes, Friend, I sure do, but first you must understand the context of this Change Maker's arrival onto the scene, and this takes a bit to establish and explain; hang with me

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 65 min read

What to do while waiting.

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/4598f747/what-to-do-while-waiting-acts-no2 What happened next? Here's what we know: Jesus was crucified, walked out of the tomb, and just over a month later ascended into Heaven, his closest followers left behind. Okay, okay, but then what? >And right here, you need to know I see faces. . . people I have met while traveling, at the gym, or conducting business around town, who do not know what came next, but they want to kno

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 45 min read

Waiting for the GIFT

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/d99c11f6/waiting-for-the-gift This is about to get really exciting! But first . . . in one of His last conversations with his disciples, Luke writes that Jesus “opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.” 1 And so, we pray "Lord, would you open our minds today that we might also understand the Scripture? How apt are Your words for our lives! Free us from distraction for a bit, I pray, so we might see and clearly u

Christine DiGiacomo

Jun 14 min read