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podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/b5f4522b/lost-looking-for-meaning-i-got-you Conversations are revealing. I learn a...

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/36795fda/live-like-there-is-no-tomorrow The sun was just coming up as I greeted the...

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podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/c01e858b/vengeance-honor-and-the-king-acts-no-35 Sometimes it seems like God takes it on the chin.   Think of it--in many respects, God is painted as a bit of a weakling, hoping  people will consider he is real, hoping they will recognize he is powerful and can do all things.  It is strange to think how this could ever be thought true, but it is-- In today's world, God is oft cast in a weak impotent position, in that of the

You hold one very powerful key in your hand. Do you use it? Or wait--perhaps you do not even know such a thing is in your possession or it may have fallen down next to your console in your car, and you have forgotten about it! Time to find it again, and look at what this valuable key may unlock in your life. podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3712fcda/you-have-the-key-to-the-lock-acts-no-34 Here's the thing: no one likes to feel powerless in life--as though

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