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The Braveheart Podcast produces gospel centered content that explores the majesty of the gospel and results in Christians who are happy and free in Christ.
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This episode is a message by Peter given at UR Dallas about going low and allowing the Father's mercy to be bigger than our faults.
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This episode is a conversation between Katelyn Cook and Kristi Louis about the pursuit of holiness and the return of Christ.
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This episode is part of our plan to feast on the Gospel. In this episode, Aaron and Ashley talk about the love of God and how that affects the way we worship. If you would like to continue feasting with us, take a look at these next steps:
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In this episode, Peter shares about how Christ is our living and breathing hope, and how trusting in Him gives us joy, peace, and freedom beyond measure. We pray it blesses you to see Christ and His trustworthiness.
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This one is for all of the worshippers who want to bring the Gospel into their church through a life laid down. In this episode, Aaron Tedeschi and Ashley Bailey lead a breakout at the Braveheart Summit about how the Gospel is expressed in our worship to God.
If you would like to get FIT with us in 2025, the first step is to create a free profile on our website and start feasting on the Gospel through our free online resources. You can do so at braveheart.run.
If you have been blessed by the Braveheart Podcast and would like to sow into seeing the Gospel go forth, please consider giving a one-time or a recurring gift. This allows us to make more Gospel-centered content to in turn help you continue to feast on this glorious Good News. You can give at https://www.braveheart.run/friends.
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In this episode, Kate Powell and Wesley Fagan unpack how the Gospel affects every aspect of our lives and how it can be uniquely expressed through each of us as we begin to look more and more like Christ. Enjoy!
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Discipleship is meant to be relational, but unfortunately it has become systematic in the church. In this episode, Peter and Stacia share what it means for the Gospel to be central to discipleship and how the the Gospel practiced in community actually works to see people grow up into Christlikeness!
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Too often, we think any kind of suffering we endure means we are being punished by God... but what if it's actually His invitation to being refined into His likeness? In this episode, Kristi Louis and Lindsay Allen talk about what to do with pain and how to receive it in a way that allows us to look more like Christ. We pray it equips you to know what to do with suffering when it comes. We love you!
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Our heart for our devotional sets is to express the Gospel through raw, unfiltered worship. Our hope is that as you listen, you would fall more in love with Jesus and faith would rise up in your heart. Be blessed!
Many times as believers, we have this fear of approaching God in our time of weakness, but it is in this place of humility that our Father actually shapes us into His likeness to a whole new measure.
In this episode, Kristi Louis talks about approaching God in the secret place in your time of need and how essential this is to the Christian life. We hope it blesses you and encourages you to allow God to be your greatest comfort.
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Too often, Christians struggle in dating relationships, but the Gospel has the power to transform every aspect of our lives, even dating.
In this episode, Wesley asks Seth and Brylea Church about their story in dating and marriage and how the Gospel has transformed their relationship.
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Our heart for our devotional sets is to express the Gospel through raw, unfiltered worship. Our hope is that as you listen, you would fall more in love with Jesus and faith would rise up in your heart. Be blessed!
The cross of Christ confronts our flesh and and our old way of living as Jesus invites us to imitate Him. In this episode, Peter shares some distinct ways in which we need to lean into the offense of the cross.
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In this devo some of the Braveheart team hosted a worship night for a group of college students in Dallas. The night was marked by surrender and entering into a lifestyle of living by faith
Enjoy!
In this episode of the Braveheart Podcast, Peter Louis discusses the importance of daily wisdom through Proverbs, shares his personal journey of overcoming the fear of man, and encourages listeners to embrace their identity in Christ. He emphasizes the significance of boldness in sharing faith and the transformative power of God's love. The conversation culminates in a call to action for listeners to engage in their spiritual growth and community.
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In this devo set Aaron reads Psalm 23 and prays through it. I encourage you to let the words of this psalm minister to you as you listen and meditate on the reality that YOU have a good shepherd!
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The reality of Jesus as our High Priest is so foreign to many believers, yet it is so central to our Christian walk. In this episode, Peter hosts a zoom call with some friends of Braveheart as they explore what it means to have an advocate and High Priest in Heaven!
Enjoy!
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In this episode, Peter and Kristi Louis share insights into their marriage and how they navigate the challenges of being in ministry together while raising five children. They discuss the importance of connection, identity in ministry, and practical tips for protecting their marriage and family. The conversation emphasizes the significance of hearing God's voice, prioritizing time together, and the role of family discipleship in fostering a healthy spiritual environment for their children.
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Our heart behind these devo sets is to have the Gospel expressed through raw, unfiltered worship. I pray you fall more in love with Jesus through joining in with us. Be blessed!
Many times as believers we are looking for God to speak to us on mountain tops but we miss Him in our everyday lives at the table. In the episode, Wesley shares about how the beauty of the new covenant is encountering Jesus at the table in our daily lives and the power of inviting Him into the mundane.
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In this devo Aaron Tedeschi and Ashely Bailey show up with an empty slate and they start singing out of Psalm 62. Afterwards, they describe their process of flowing with the lord and singing the Truth.
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Jesus is not only the resurrection, He is the LIFE! In this episode, Peter hosts a zoom call with some friends as they discuss Jesus the resurrected One. This is foundational for our faith and I pray that it strengthens you.
These verses and much more are covered in our free video course "The Majesty Of The Gospel" on our website! Check it out below!
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Our heart behind these devo sets is to have the Gospel expressed through raw, unfiltered worship. I pray you fall more in love with Jesus through joining in with us. Be blessed!
Jesus going to the grave was not an accident! It was a very important and symbolic step for us on our journey of following Him. In this episode, Peter hosts a zoom call and discusses the importance of having the right perspective on the grave.
These verses and much more are covered in our free video course "The Majesty Of The Gospel" on our website! Check it out below!
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In this episode Peter has a conversation with his good friend Robin Blakeley. They discuss what true biblical masculinity looks like and the tension that many men in the church feel between being masculine and also be a follower of Jesus. In this episode, Robin shares some incredible wisdom and personal history from his walk with the lord about what it means to be a son and I pray that it encourages you.
Here are a few of the resources that Robin mentioned:
1.) Wild at Heart - John Eldridge
2.) Fathered By God - John Eldridge
3.) Keep The Blood Warm - Peter Louis
4.) Josh Garrels' Music
5.) Braveheart the Movie
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Many of the problems that we face in our Christian lives are a result of us not fully identifying with being crucified with Christ. In this episode, Peter and some friends on a zoom call dive into what it means to be crucified with Christ and they explore how free that really makes us!
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In this conversation, Peter talks with Strahan Coleman as he shares his about his journey of walking God and the importance of vulnerability in connecting with Jesus. Strahan oozes with intimacy with Jesus and I pray that this episode stirs you and your faith.
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In this devo set Aaron reads out Psalm 46 and plays some beautiful music behind it. I encourage you to let this scripture strengthen your spirit and allow Jesus to reveal Himself to you through this.
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Many believers are burned out in their faith and feel that they are never doing enough for God; however, the Christian life is meant to be lived from a place of joy and rest. In this episode, Peter shares one of our Braveheart pulses about rest and invites us into the Heb 4 new covenant rest. Enjoy!
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In this episode of the Braveheart podcast, Peter Louis interviews Stacia Brundage, the local church coordinator for Braveheart. Stacia shares her journey of discovering Braveheart's resources and how they transformed her faith and her local church in San Diego. The conversation delves into the importance of discipleship, the challenges faced by local churches, and the role of Braveheart in equipping churches to foster a culture of discipleship. Stacia emphasizes the need for prayer, unity among churches, and the significance of understanding true discipleship as a means to achieve Christ-likeness.
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Many time as believers we think that if we are experiencing pain, we are encountering spiritual warfare or that we are outside the will of God. In this episode, Peter shares a biblical view of what we do with pain as believers.
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In this episode Kristi and Lindsay unpack Luke chapter 1 and how significant Mary and Elizabeth's connection is as they walk out the callings of God for their lives. We cannot do this alone!
We would love to get to know you! If you make a free account on our website you can share your story with us and we can interact more! We also have so many amazing resources on our website just waiting for you to check them out!
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Did you know that if you are in Christ you are dead to sin?! In this episode, Wesley gives a teaching on Romans 6 and gets granular about how we have been crucified with Christ, raised with Him and how it changes everything about us.
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Psalm 139 is packed with amazing truths that real the heart and nature of God to us. In this episode, Aaron and Peter unpack some of these truths and discuss how they impact our lives.
We would love to get to know you! If you make a free account on our website you can share your story with us and we can interact more! We also have so many amazing resources on our website just waiting for you to check them out!
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In this devo set Aaron reads out Psalm 139. I encourage you as you listen to this to meditate on these words and make this your prayer.
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In episode Lindsay Allen unpacks one of our Braveheart Pulses. The Braveheart pulse is a list of key scriptures that we operate by as a community of believers. This week Lindsay dives into our value for dependence on God. She opens up John 15 exploring what it truly means to abide and live in dependence.
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Our heart behind these devo sets is to have the Gospel expressed through raw, unfiltered worship. I pray you fall more in love with Jesus through joining in with us. Be blessed!
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Jesus said that He is the door and He gives us a clear way in which we enter into eternal life. In this episode, Lindsay lays it out for us and invites us to enter in.
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In this episode Wesley gives a teaching on Romans 5 and the gift of righteousness. Once you receive the Gift Of Righteousness, everything changes!
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This is part 2 of my conversation from last week with Austin Rigsby. Austin is a Braveheart running with the gospel in California and in this episode we unpack the transforming power of grace! Enjoy!
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Our heart behind these devo sets is to have the Gospel expressed through raw, unfiltered worship. I pray you fall more in love with Jesus through joining in with us. Be blessed!
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In this episode, Austin Rigsby shares his story and opens the Word as we dive into grace and how we are saved by grace. Enjoy!
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In this episode peter shares how living in the spirit impacts every are of our lives. Living in the spirit makes the Christian life all that God intends for it to be.
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In this episode I sit down with Alzavian Jones as we discuss one his passions and callings--making disciples. Alzavian has so much life experience and wisdom in making disciples and he carries so much joy. I know you will love this conversation!!
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What caused the disciples to go from scattering when Jesus is arrested, to being bold proclaimers of the Gospel? In this episode, Wesley gives a teaching on the book of Acts and answers this very question. Enjoy!
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In this episode, I sit down with Alzavian Jones as he shares his story and some of the key moments of impact in his walk with the lord. I LOVE Alzavian's authentic and unique relationship with the lord and the way that he overflows with joy. I pray that as you listen you see Jesus more clearly through his story. Enjoy!
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Our heart behind these devo sets is to have the Gospel expressed through raw, unfiltered worship. Let these truths wash over you. Be blessed!
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Jesus gives us a clear path in the scriptures of how to be great! In this sermon, Peter shows us that path and challenges us to walk in it.
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*This is part 2 to the episode from last week titled "A Story Of The Radical Love of God"*
In this episode I sit down with Aaron Tedeschi and we discuss how he first got connected with Braveheart as well as what it looks like for him to run with the gospel. There are some incredible perspectives that he shares about the Word of God in this episode and I pray it blesses you!
Check out or website for free video courses and other content to help you grow into Christlikeness. https://www.braveheart.run/
We would love to hear testimonies or question you may have! Text us or email us! We will be posting devo sets every Friday led by various people who express the gospel through music and song. Our heart behind these times are to give you a stripped back and raw worship and prayer set that you can join in to and just worship with us throughout the week. I encourage you to not just listen but to engage your heart.
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Many believers think that baptism is just a public declaration of our faith, but in reality baptism is so much more than that! In this episode, Peter gives a short yet powerful teaching on baptism from a biblical and early church perspective.
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In this episode I sit down with my good friend, Aaron Tedeschi, as he sahres his of meeting Jesus and how He has transformed his life. Hearing about Aarons relationship with the Lord is so impactful and inspiring to me and I hope you enjoy!
Check out our website for free video courses and other content to help you grow in your faith: https://www.braveheart.run/
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We would love to hear testimonies or question you may have! Text us or email us! We will be posting devo sets every Friday led by various people who express the gospel through music and song. Our heart behind these times are to give you a stripped back and raw worship and prayer set that you can join in to and just worship with us throughout the week. I encourage you to not just listen but to engage your heart.
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The Israelites scouted out the promised land, but because of their lack of faith in God's promise they were not able to inherit it. In this episode, Peter recounts this story form Numbers and challenges us to have big faith in God and what He has promised in the New Covenant.
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When we get mixed up between our calling and our identity we endure lots of unnecessary suffering. We are first sons and daughters and from that place we serve our Father freely. In this episode, Kristi and Lindsay talk about how we can navigate this well with the fear of the Lord.
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We just started a new rhythm for the Braveheart Podcast and this is our first devo set! We will be posting devo sets every Friday led by various people who express the gospel through music and song. Our heart behind these times are to give you a stripped back and raw worship and prayer set that you can join in to and just worship with us though out the week.
I encourage you to not just listen but to engage your heart and spirit.
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As soon as we begin to approach the truths of God's word just as knowledge rather than as invitations to know Him more, we are veering off of the way of Jesus. He did not just speak the truth, but was shaped by it and lived it out. In this episode, Peter highlights some simple truths that have a substantial impact on our lives.
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This is the first episode of the new season of the BH podcast! We are posting conversations every Monday with people running with the Gospel to hear how they are living out the Gospel in their sphere.
In this episode Kristi Louis sits down with Lindsay Allen as she shares her story of following the leading of the lord into the radical unknown.
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We are stepping into a new season of the Braveheart Podcast! This is something we’ve had in our hearts for a while and we’re overjoyed to share it with you.
When is the last time you got your vision checked? Isn't it amazing how you could be seeing everything blurry and never even know it until you get the right prescription? In this episode, Peter opens the Word of God and opens his heart to us regarding the importance of seeing rightly. It's time to get your vision checked and it's time for you to see clearly!
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When you begin to grasp the reality that you have been made righteous through Jesus' finished work on the cross, it transforms every area of your life. Being in right standing with God gives us an overwhelming peace and an unshakeable joy. We pray that as you listen your faith is strengthened and you discover the joy of righteousness.
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Jesus' work on the cross was all to connect us back into relationship with God as our Father. When we miss this, our Christian lives turn into us trying to work to please God rather than living life enjoying Him. In this episode, Peter unpacks what it means to have God as our Father and how it effects every area of our lives. Enjoy!
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Many Christians are happy with asking Jesus to be their savior, but do not want to make Him Lord of their lives. In the episode, Peter gives us some key indicators that we have not made Jesus lord and leads us into a time of repentance and inviting to Jesus to be lord of all. Enjoy
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For many believers, the phrase "grace of God" has lost its impact completely, yet the grace of God has the power to completely transform our lives. In this episode, Peter unpacks the beauty and power of the grace of God in the life of the believer as he restores awe towards this amazing grace. Enjoy!
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Our human nature is always looking for satisfaction, and if we begin looking for satisfaction outside of being made right with God, we will continually be disappointed and remain unsatisfied. In this episode, Peter challenges you to answer this one question: "Are you satisfied by righteousness?"
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Many Christians live their lives in the wilderness of the old covenant never experiencing true rest. Jesus did not die on the cross so that we can wander in the wilderness, but so that we can live in the promised land of the new covenant with union and rest in Him.
Many Christians do not interact with God as their Father. They feel distant from God and they do not believe that God really can or will meet them in the secret place; However, Jesus promises us that our Father DOES see us and He does meet us when we seek Him. In this episode, Peter preaches on the importance of prioritizing the secret place with God and shares how it truly transforms our lives.
Often times we can feel rejected or unseen by those around us and not feel that we are truly valued. This can cause us to get sidelined in our calling and make us forget our purpose. In this episode, Kristi opens her heart and shares how every person is a vital part in the Body of Christ and how we need YOU to play your part. I pray this message encourages you and refocuses your heart on truth.
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In this episode Peter continues opening his heart and talking about a topic we rarely talk about as a church...Suffering. If we do not deal with suffering and pain rightly we will stay stuck in hurt and trauma rather than grow and maturing into who God has called us to be.
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In this Episode Peter is opening his heart and talking about a topic we rarely talk about as a church...Suffering. If we do not deal with suffering and pain rightly we will grow weary and fainthearted, but when we know how to consider Jesus we will be able to endure faithfully until the end.
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If we are righteous why do we still sin? What about Romans 7? Peter answers these questions and more in this Q&A episode.
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This is that last week episode of our Now That You're Born Again teachings where we are discovering the joy of growing up in God. If you haven't listened to week 1 make sure to do that before listening to this one. It's titled "You're a Good Seed."
Here is the declaration that Kristi read out at the end. I encourage you to speak this out for at least a week. Good Seed Declaration
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Join us over the next few weeks as we discover the joy of growing up in God. If you haven't listened to week 1 make sure to do that before listening to this one. It's titled "You're a Good Seed."
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Join us over the next few weeks as we discover the joy of growing up in God. If you haven't listened to week 1 make sure to do that before listening to this one. It's titled "You're a Good Seed."
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Join us over the next few weeks as we discover the joy of growing up in God. If you haven't listened to week 1 make sure to do that before listening to this one. It's titled "You're a Good Seed."
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Join us over the next few weeks as we discover the joy of growing up in God.
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Join us as we go through Now That You Are Born Again starting in February.
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Join us as we go through Now That You Are Born Again starting in February.
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Join us as we go through Now That You Are Born Again starting in February.
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Most Christians live in the house of God, but never really feel home in God. In this episode, Peter and Kristi preach on the incredible love of our Father who is always inviting us to come home in Him.
If we don't know how to walk in the Spirit, our Christian lives will become all about us and what we can do to please God and walk free from sin in our own strength. Once we know how to walk in the Spirit we begin to live the Christian life effortlessly and we find that we are happy and free in God.
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Jesus often asks us questions that reveal a deeper truth. In this episode, Peter unpacks how what seems like a simple conversation with Jesus and his disciples about bread, really is about so much more. Enjoy!
The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation for EVERYONE who believes. In this episode, Wesley shares how he has seen the lord impact hearts in the nations of the Earth, and also the lord moving in his own neighborhood. Enjoy!
If we are not trained to fight we will keep losing the most important battle we're called to as Christians. In this episode, Peter coaches us how to flight to good fight and to overcome the world. Get your training great on and lets get started!
Jesus is alive and active and He is transforming lives from the inside out! In this Episode, Lindsay Allen shares her testimony of meeting Jesus and how she went from death to life and will never be the same! Enjoy!
One of the enemy's biggest tactics to divide the Church is...offense. Too many times people leave churches, communities or even their own families because offense is breeding in their heart. In this episode, Aaron and Alzavian get raw about when offense started breeding in their hearts, and how they overcame.
If we don't rightly understand the authority that we have been GIVEN as believers, we will think that it is dependent on our own works. This leaves us self conscious and disconnected from the love and power of the Gospel. In this episode, Peter teaches on the gift of authority that we have been given in Christ and exhorts us to give as freely as we have received.
In this episode Kristi and Caroline sit down and talk about how simple it is to invite the lost into the Kingdom family. You can live on mission with your own friends, family and in your own house by just loving people with the love of Jesus. Enjoy!
When we approach the Gospel message just to get knowledge, we forget the beautiful melody that it carries and we reduce God's word to pages full of words. In this episode, Peter encourages us to come back to the Music of the Gospel that God is singing over us.
Whom the son sets free is free indeed!! Are you free from sin and alive in God?
The Kingdom of God is a family that is always growing as we welcome new brothers and sisters to the table. As we live on mission together we not only grow closer to the Lord and his heart for the lost, but we grow closer to each other as well. In the episode, Kristi sits down with Lindsay and Brylea as they share testimonies about what the lord did in South Africa this Summer and how He united us as a spiritual family in the process.
Our God is the God of promises, but most times the fulfillment of these promises looks very different and happens in a much different time than we were expecting. If we don't have faith and patience we will give up and never see the fullness.
In this episode, Peter and Kristi share their heart and history with the lord about South Africa and how they have stewarded the promise over the last few years and now they are seeing it unfold in the LORDS timing.
Kristi Louis shares her own spiritual journey and gives language and insight behind the various “seasons” that we may experience in pursuing God. From the honeymoon season to the wilderness and into the prophetic promised land, Kristi helps give language and meaning to some of the most confusing seasons in our spiritual walk. As we continue on this spiritual journey, understanding God’s greater purpose in each of these seasons will help us run well until the end.
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Before we can see a grassroots discipleship movement, we must embrace and understand the heart behind a minister of the gospel. For too long we have focused on trying to motivate and inspire people to righteous living, instead of helping them understand and experience the power of the gospel. The power of the gospel is that our hearts are made brand new. As we again examine the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul, we will extract some key characteristics of a faithful minister of Christ. Though we may feel as though these traits are missing in our own lives, all we have to do is have a willingness to walk in them and God will go to work! Once our hearts are aligned with the gospel, we will find that ministry is a great joy and not a burden!
Peter peels back the curtain into the heart, motive and passion behind a Cultivate leader. Before we can effectively share the gospel with others, our hearts must be impacted by the good news of Jesus Christ. We do not need to possess these qualities in fullness before we begin, but the desire to grow in love, compassion and understanding must be present if we want to lead others into a place of freedom. To illustrate this, we look at the Apostle Paul and his motive in ministry.
Peter addresses two major problems facing the Body of Christ. The first problem is that Christians are looking less and less like Christ. This creates confusion not only in the Church but for the world. If they cannot find Christ in Christians, where can they find him? In addition, the Church has tried to unify around expressions of the faith, instead of the faith of the gospel. What is the solution? Return to a gospel-focused on Jesus Christ instead of man.
Peter gives a backdrop for how Braveheart Ministries started and the purpose of Cultivate. A faith crisis in the Church has produced a lack of passion, sin issues running rampant and people leaving church. Instead of trying to address these symptoms as individual problems that must be solved, we must treat these symptoms at the root. Cultivating the faith of the gospel in our hearts and the hearts of others is the answer to this faith crisis.
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Peter speaks at Power and Love in Toledo, Ohio where he unpacks the power of the blood and the confidence we have through the Holy Spirit. Through these truths we are able to take our eyes off of ourselves, stop judging ourselves incorrectly and shine like lights in a dark world!
If we treat the truth of the Gospel as just knowledge, we will diminish it's power to work in our lives and transform us. In this Episode, Peter unpacks the truths of the Gospel and challenges us to live by them.
The Lord's table is a place of victory and celebration. In this clip from the National Communion Celebration, Lou Ingle and Peter proclaim the better word of the blood of Christ and the joy that it releases.
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Forgiveness, salvation, healing and true Life are available to all who are willing to come to the Lord's table. In this clip from the national communion celebration Peter and Kristi, along with Michael and Lorissa Miller proclaim the Lord's table.
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It is time for our nation to come back to dependence on God as Lord and King. In this clip from our National Communion Celebration, fathers in the faith gather together and make declarations over our nation, and repent for turning away from God.
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On July 3 as our Nation prepares to celebrate its independence, we are gathering father and mothers; pastors and leaders at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to come together as one voice and declare our dependence on God as a Nation and to proclaim the Gospel message. In these short podcast episodes, Peter explains the history, heart and vision of this communion celebration because we want YOU to join in with us.
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On July 3 as our Nation prepares to celebrate its independence, we are gathering father and mothers; pastors and leaders at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to come together as one voice and declare our dependence on God as a Nation and to proclaim the Gospel message. In these short podcast episodes, Peter explains the history, heart and vision of this communion celebration because we want YOU to join in with us.
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On July 3 as our Nation prepares to celebrate its independence, we are gathering father and mothers; pastors and leaders at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to come together as one voice and declare our dependence on God as a Nation and to proclaim the Gospel message. In these short podcast episodes, Peter explains the history, heart and vision of this communion celebration because we want YOU to join in with us.
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On July 3 as our Nation prepares to celebrate its independence, we are gathering father and mothers; pastors and leaders at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to come together as one voice and declare our dependence on God as a Nation and to proclaim the Gospel message. In these short podcast episodes, Peter explains the history, heart and vision of this communion celebration because we want YOU to join in with us.
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On July 3 as our Nation prepares to celebrate its independence, we are gathering father and mothers; pastors and leaders at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to come together as one voice and declare our dependence on God as a Nation and to proclaim the Gospel message. In these short podcast episodes, Peter explains the history, heart and vision of this communion celebration because we want YOU to join in with us.
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It is important that we don't stop at just believing the truth, but that we speak the truth and live it out. In this episode, Peter shares seven foundational gospel confessions for us as believers. Write them down, speak them out and live them. We Love you!
Too often we get numb to the unsearchable and eternal Gospel and it just becomes a message to us. In this episode, Kristi sits down with Brittany Funk from Ohio to talk about how to Lord awakened her heart afresh to the majesty of the Gospel and made it personal to her through communion. They also share some great practicals about how the Gospel impacts family life and being a mom! Enjoy!
One of the greatest challenges we face when we walk in close knit community is conflict with other believers. Sooner or later we will have an opportunity to either get offended and hurt, or to walk in the spirit and forgive. In this episode, Peter shares real life stories with practicals about what to do in those situations and it how to be a voice of forgiveness.
Oftentimes a sugar-coated view of what it means to live in community causes us to draw back when things get hard, when in reality that is exactly when we need to dive in deeper. In this episode, Peter and Kristi share wisdom they have gained through years of living in close-knit community and how we can be transformed into looking more and more like Jesus no matter the circumstance.
If we don't know how to belong at the Fathers table we will live our lives constantly trying to earn His approval and delight. This will cause us to turn our Christian walk into a burden and a chore rather than a lifegiving relationship with our Eternal Father. In this Episode, Peter teaches how the Lords table is a place of belonging and delight.
If we think community is all about getting our own needs met, we will never really feel that we belong; However, when we come to love others and serve, we find true Life. In this episode, Peter interviews Aaron and Sydney and they share some amazing nuggets of wisdom from years of living in close-knit Kingdom community.
Because of the finished work of Jesus on the cross believers can now freely receive the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Peter teaches from John 20:23 about the authority and responsibility that we have as carriers of the Holy Spirit.
In this episode, Charis interviews Peter and Kristi and asks them to share the history of how Braveheart started as well as what they feel the Lord is calling us to in this season.
Many Christians are wandering around looking for purpose and calling while the Word of God clearly tells us what we are called to. In this episode, Peter shares from 2 Peter about our calling as believers and how it transforms us into Christlikeness.
In a culture that is always looking for newer and better, we often dismiss the Eternal. This mindset causes us as Christians to be more focused on ourselves and what man can do, than Jesus and what He has done. In this episode, Peter unpacks the Eternal Gospel and shares how the Gospel of Jesus Christ never changes, never grows old and never loses its power.
Many Christians live their lives treating the blood of Jesus like the blood of bulls and goats. If you think His blood only offers a temporary forgiveness of sins you will turn the cross a reminder of your sins rather than a reminder of His love for you and of the power of the new covenant. In this episode, Peter teaches how the blood of Jesus is meant to produce a clean conscience in you. Enjoy!
If we don't understand the holiness and majesty of God by reading the old covenant, we will not comprehend the magnitude of Him now being in us. Join us as Peter overviews how people related to God in the old covenant and contrasts it with the gory of the new covenant that we now live in. Thank you Jesus for the Cross!
The broken body of Jesus has a message in it -Healing. By His stripes we are healed from all affliction and disease. Healing is not a side topic to the Gospel message but it is an essential component of what it looks like for the Kingdom of God to be proclaimed.
Many believers are living burned out, stressed and with numb hearts. They are looking for ministry for symptoms but are not addressing the root problem--forgetfulness. Many have forgotten the cup that has brought us near to God and given us redemption in Him. This cup is the solution to many of the problems we are facing as a body of believers today and is the cure for a numb, distant heart.
Are you experiencing the freedom and joy that the Gospel is designed to produce in your life? If not, you may have wrong view of your Father in Heaven. In this episode, Peter unpacks Luke 15 and dives into the nature of God and how relating to Him rightly fuels intimacy, identity, and joy!
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Did you know you can reign in life? What does that mean? It means that you can overcome sin and all the effects of the fall on humanity. In this sermon Peter unpacks Romans 5 and shows us how this is possible only through the work of Jesus on the cross.
Did you know if you have been born again you are dead to sin and alive in Christ!? In this episode Peter unpacks Romans 7 and how it is a key in us walking in this reality as believers. Enjoy!
In this episode Wade Aaron and Kristi Louis dive into the reality that Christ's body was broken for us to live whole. In His body is forgiveness of sins, restoration of our right standing with God, and healing of our bodies. I bless you to live from this reality of His body broken for you. Love you!
This past summer, God called Peter and Kristi back to South Africa with their family where they held their first Come to the Table event. Peter teaches out of 1 Corinthians 11 on how we proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
Week 12 of "The Garden" series
Jesus said, “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” (John 15:8) Many of us desire to bring God glory with our lives, but as we now see, abiding in the Vine, living in experiential union with Christ requires our lives to be washed and immersed in the glorious Gospel. Bearing good, kingdom fruit is the result of our union with Christ and it is through this abiding that we will finally be able to do things that please our Father.
Week 11 of "The Garden" series
When we discover that God intended for our salvation, sanctification, glorification and maturity into the likeness of Christ rests upon a continual invitation to be joined, experientially, with the works of Jesus on our behalf…the Christian life will become the extravagant, joy-filled adventure it was always meant to be!
Week 10 of "the Garden" series
Salvation and righteousness are two sides of the coin called GRACE. One liberates, the other deifies*. Union with God is the purpose, the highest revelation of the Gospel. Complete, unhindered union with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Naked and unashamed in His presence, confident in His Return and steadfast in his love. This union can only be accomplished through salvation and righteousness. These two are necessary in order to experience a real, living union with God.
Week 9 of "The Garden" series
Salvation is not an idea or a sentiment in the Christian faith…it is the experiential reality of having been delivered and liberated from the effects of sin, sickness and death through the works of Jesus Christ. It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set us free and the purpose of this lesson is to build your faith and to provide an indisputable biblical framework for a true, God-sized salvation!
Week 8 of "The Garden" series
We are saved by grace, through faith. Our salvation is past, present and future tense. I believe in the church today we have a grace problem. Grace is not just connected to Jesus’ work as Messiah, but it also flows from the other two works. The gospel of grace is needed more than ever!
Week 7 of "The Garden Series"
Our salvation is past, present and future. This triune salvation is connected to the triune promise of the Father concerning the triune works of Jesus providing us with a triune grace! Here we will examine the final promise, the consummation of his saving work that is an event yet to come. But how do we engage with a future salvation? Hope!
Week 6 of "The Garden" series
Jesus ascends to the right hand of the Father, enters into the Holy Place, heaven itself, by the means of his own blood. He lives forever by the power of an indestructible life and has become our High Priest who lives to make intercession for those who draw near to God. He received the Holy Spirit from the Father with the authority to baptize humanity, not with water or blood but with the precious Holy Spirit. His life now sanctifies us through the Spirit.
Week 5 of "The Garden" series
BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD!!
Jesus’ work as Messiah is what initiates our salvation. We are immediately, once and for all saved from the penalty of death through this work. Having our sins forgiven, we identify with the death of Jesus and are raised to newness of life. This awakens our once dead spirit and we become alive to God once again. Our spiritual death is reversed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ!
Week 4 of "The Garden" series
God starts a family in the midst of a dark, corrupt world and begins to shed light on his marvelous plan of redemption. Through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) God would start a family and make three distinct promises to the world concerning His Son, Jesus.
Week 3 of "The Garden " series
The consequences of the fall of man on humanity spread like a virus from the spirit of man, into the soul and ultimately conquering the human body with death. Understanding the progression of sin and how it produced death in mankind will give us greater insight and understanding of our redemption and salvation.
Week 2 of "The Garden " series
What really happened in the fall? How did the separation between God and man play out after Adam and Eve were deceived by the Serpent and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?
Week 1 of "The Garden " Series
The Garden is about that place of unashamed intimacy and fellowship with God. Before mankind ever sinned, he enjoyed fellowship and connection with his Creator. This study begins with the Garden because this is what we are all journeying towards…the heart of God.
The body and blood of Jesus are speaking to us. This is what they're saying.
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If we lose sight of the truth we will easily be distracted and our faith will be hindered. In this episode, Peter reminds us that Christ is in us and that because of this truth, we can take heart and overcome.
Many believers are walking as orphans and widows because they don't live with a daily connection with their Father and Husband -Jesus. In this episode, Peter shares the Father heart of God and what it looks like to live life aware of this reality.
Many of our divisions and problems that we are facing as the Church are because we have strayed from the simplicity of the Gospel. It is time for us to come back to the simplicity of the body and the blood of Jesus that was broken for us and to proclaim it to the hurting, broken and dying world around us.
In this episode Peter and Bishop T.D. Jakes sit down and talk about Bishop's book "Crushing" This is part 3 of a 3 part series that was posted in 2019. You can find the original podcasts by searching "Braveheart Podcast Bishop T.D. Jakes" We hope you enjoy - Be brave!
I’m calling 318 men and women to join me for the next year to be trained to put on Christ and to go into our nation with this ministry of reconciliation. Me and my team will take you through an intense, 3 month training program that will establish you in your faith, equip you to preach the gospel and empower you to walk like Christ.
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In this episode Peter and Bishop T.D. Jakes sit down and talk about Bishop's book "Crushing" This is part 2 of a 3 part series that was posted in 2019. You can find the original podcasts by searching "Braveheart Podcast Bishop T.D. Jakes" We hope you enjoy - Be brave!
Do you fell like you are never doing enough in your relationship with Jesus? It's impossible to have a guilt-free relationship with Jesus if you're married to the law. In this episode, Peter goes through Romans 7 and discusses how Jesus gave us freedom from the law and enabled us to live our lives in union with Him instead. This union empowers us to live from His grace in constant connection with Him.
In this episode Peter and Bishop T.D. Jakes sit down and talk about Bishop's book "Crushing" This is part 1 of a 3 part series that was posted in 2019. You can find the original podcasts by searching "Braveheart Podcast Bishop T.D. Jakes" We hope you enjoy - Be brave!
As believers, we begin to succumb to numbness, apathy, and unbelief when we forget the precious blood of Jesus and His ultimate sacrifice. Our circumstances pull at our attention, and we begin to exalt that which we are facing more than the death of our Lord. In this episode, Peter speaks boldly upon the importance of setting the eyes of our hearts on the humbling reality of Jesus’ death and allowing it to deeply impact us day and night. Once our hearts are kept set on His sacrifice, we become aware of the Father’s unconditional love that He lavished upon us through His Son. We pray you receive grace as you look to Jesus – Be brave!
Many times we as Christians are looking to encounter God on the mountain tops of life and we miss Him in the simplicity of communing at the table. In this episode, Peter shares how Jesus meets us at both the mountaintop and at the table. If we don't learn to value both of these places and recognize Jesus at each of them, we begin to limit the ways in which we allow Jesus to speak to us. We hope you enjoy this episode! Be Brave!
We all have a desire to become more and more like Jesus in every aspect of our lives, but we often find ourselves struggling to access His power - which is His grace. If we don't access this grace, we will live our lives stuck in sin and never being intimate with God. In this episode, Peter lays out the supply chain of grace that Jesus is offering us and unpacks how it affects every aspect of our lives.
Did you know the gospel story is still unfolding? The gospel is not just the good news of what Jesus did, but the good news of what He is yet to do upon His return. If we don't get this, it leaves us with a small gospel that leaves us with small power. In this episode Peter talks about the true majesty of the Gospel with it's complete saving power.
Do you feel near to God when you're "doing good" and far from Him when you're "doing bad." This is a clear sign that we are still relating to God according to the old covenant law and not according to the cross. It is imperative that we know and understand God’s heart and posture towards us regarding sin. In this episode, Peter dives into the new covenant and God’s unchanging posture towards us that empowers us to be near to Him and be transformed by His grace.
Have you ever wondered what God's perspective of the Gospel is? So often the only parts of the Gospel that we know are the parts that benefit us. This puts us in the center of the Gospel and in turn makes it all about us. In this episode, Peter gives a heavenly perspective of the Gospel and restores Jesus back at the center of the message and our hearts.
Did you know the Gospel starts before the New Testament? Many believers think that the old testament passed away with the old covenant. If we believe this, we miss the shadows of Jesus and foundation for the new covenant and what we believe. In this episode, Peter shows the Gospel thread and the goodness of God through the old testament. Once we see Jesus in the old testament, our faith is strengthened and we can walk with confidence in what He did on the cross.
Do other people's actions cause you to walk in the flesh? If this is the case, it is a clear sign that you are regarding them according to the flesh and not according to the spirit. In this episode, Peter unpacks what it truly means that we are new creations in Christ and how it allows us to truly overflow with love for those around us.
Many Christians understand that they are forgiven of their sins, but they don’t understand the righteousness that Jesus gave them. If we don't understand the righteousness that Jesus gave us on the cross, we feel out of place in the presence of God and we will never be truly intimate with Him. In this episode, Peter unpacks the gift of righteousness and how it gives us a clean conscience and allows us to walk in true fellowship with God.
If we don’t understand the New Covenant, it will be impossible to cultivate intimacy with God. If this is the case, we often try in our own strength to earn nearness to Christ not realizing that it is only possible through His work on the cross. The offense and mystery of the Gospel is that Christ is in you and has given Himself freely to you when you least deserved it! When we meditate on the truth that Christ is in us, the Christian life becomes a joy as we begin living from union with Christ and overflowing with love for those around us.
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If you don't understand God's perfect design for spiritual growth, you will not grow up into your salvation! And if you're not growing up, you will wander around in Christianity confused, frustrated and stuck in your sin. In this episode Peter talks about his new book "Now That You Are Born Again" and discusses how simple it truly is to grow up into Christlikeness.
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Peter and Todd White sit down and share what they see the Lord doing in the nations, as well as some key aspects of the Gospel that we need to keep in front of us in the times to come.
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In this episode, Wesley sits down with Wade Aaron and they discuss Wade's new book and course "The Reward of The Lamb" which is designed to give you a foundation of personal identity with God, and then challenge you to love those around you like Jesus does through evangelism and sharing our faith.
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Did you know you were created to reign in life?! What does that mean? It means you were created to have dominion over sin and all of its effects on humanity. That's some good news! Most Christian either don't know this is possible, or they think it can only happen in their own strength. In this episode, Peter gives a biblical foundation for how we can rule over sin through Jesus' work on the cross and experience the freedom from sin and confidence with God that Jesus died for. We hope you enjoy and use this as an invitation to step deeper into the freedom of the Gospel.
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Our growth as believers and the fruit that is produced in our lives is not dependent upon our ability to follow a system of do’s and don’ts. If we try to make it about do’s and don’ts we will ultimately try to strive our way into fruit. Rather, we are called to abide in the love of Jesus and receive the grace of God according to His design for those that are born again. In this episode, Peter unpacks the powerful design of God for believers, reminds us of our new nature in Christ, and equips us with the essentials needed to truly grow up into salvation. We pray this encourages your faith - be brave!
We're excited about Peter's new book, "Now That You're Born Again" being released on Easter Sunday! It talks more in depth about the things discussed in this episode and we hope you check it out.
If we don't understand God's design for spiritual growth we will try in our flesh to grow in the Spirit and we'll end up burned out, feeling distant from God, and still not maturing in our faith. In this episode, Peter walks us through God's beautiful design for spiritual growth that flows from rest and produces a steadfast faith and maturity in Christ. We hope you enjoy it!
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Most Christians are unclear what it means to walk in the Spirit even though so much of the new covenant hinges on it. If we don’t grasp this, we will live our lives in bondage to sin and never free from our flesh and the law. In this episode, Peter gives two simple, practical steps that will propel us into walking in the Spirit.
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Many believers really don’t know what it means to be born of God so we spend our lives trying to earn what Jesus already gave us. This leaves us feeling condemned and distant from God because we can never do enough to earn what only He can give us. In this episode, Peter walks through what it means to be born of God and explains how we can live our lives from our true righteous nature.
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Revivals and moves of God aren't meant to die out. This only happens when we start pursuing the wrong things and lose focus of Jesus. In this episode, Peter talks with Roman Trachuk about how to faithfully steward a move of God and shares some key values that have guided the leadership of UPPERROOM over the years.
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Many of us struggle to have faith for what the Lord is wanting to do in our lives right now because our eyes are fixated on the past. Because of discouragement, our flesh begins to work to try and “help God” make the promises from the Lord come to pass. This, in turn, causes feelings of weariness and remaining unsettled. In this episode, Peter walks us through the story of Isaac becoming settled in the land God has given him by digging the wells of his father, Abraham. When we turn from looking at ourselves and towards the finished work of Jesus, wells of the Spirit that have been blocked by our flesh, begin to spring up and in turn deepen our relationship with God.
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So many Christians are experiencing burnout, anxiety, and hearts that feel numb towards others and towards God. This all stems from not receiving God’s extravagant love towards us. In this episode Peter shares how everything you need flows from the love of God through His work on the cross. Once you receive this extravagant, unending love, there's no way to remain the same! We bless you to receive God’s extravagant love as you listen!
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If you are lacking purpose and are experiencing complacency in your faith, it’s because you have taken your eyes off of Jesus and lost sight of what you’re running towards. In this episode, Peter gives a message at the UPPEROOM Maranatha conference about what will matter on the day of Jesus’ return; and how “The Faith'' ignites a passion and purpose in our hearts that will sustain us until that day.
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A lot of believers feel stuck in the relationship with God and are not experiencing the growth and transformation that the Gospel offers. This is a direct result of believing a “small Gospel”. In this episode, Peter Louis and Vik Fomenko unpack how a right view of the Gospel produces a transformational, overcoming, unwavering faith.
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It's difficult to trust God and be intimate with Him when you don't know His will and what He's like. In the episode, Peter shares how we can know the will and willingness of God by looking at the man Jesus. When we understand this, His power will flow in us and through us and we will see the world around us transformed.
Tension and stress in relationships is not God’s plan for you. Often our own dreams and desires for marriage turn into unrealistic expectations that cause stress, tension, and disconnection with our spouse. In this Episode, Kristi shares how forgiveness and patience allow us to have intimacy in relationships and a heart that’s free from relational burdens.
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I saw a stat the other day that said that only 17.8% of US households are ‘nuclear families’ with a married couple and children. Just to give some perspective, that number is down 40% from the 1970s…
What does that mean? It means that your marriage and our families are under attack! If you’re wanting to change the world, get married, cultivate a healthy marriage and have kids. In this special episode of the Braveheart Podcast, Peter sits down with his wife, Kristi to discuss the devastating effects of unrealistic expectations, impatience and unforgiveness on your marriage. Without a strong faith in Jesus, these things can derail your marriage. Peter and Kristi share honestly how the gospel has allowed them to let go of unrealistic expectations and the key to offering forgiveness and unconditional love to your spouse.
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In this short gospel perspective, Peter gives insight into how unrealistic expectations can produce tension in your marriage and how a right view of Jesus can actually help you love your spouse (or loved ones) and cheer them on in their journey as they continue to grow.
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This week’s featured sermon comes from a message Peter gave at Upper Room Dallas where he shows you why we are losing the battle to the world, the flesh and the devil. Most people think that the way you conquer these things is by working harder, doing more and being more disciplined. But God’s word is clear that it is only those who RECEIVE the abundance of God’s grace and the free gift of righteousness who will actually overcome the world, the flesh and the devil. So to get out of that pit you are in you have to receive from God...and in this week’s episode Peter will guide you through the challenges we face when trying to receive grace and righteousness from God.
We all want a deeper connection with God, we want to experience lasting freedom from sin and we want to know that our lives are making a difference. The key to this spiritual transformation is in “beholding the glory of the Lord”...and as confusing and hyper spiritual as this sounds...in this message, Peter will show you how to behold the glory of the LORD and why your spiritual life will be transformed as you do. Be brave!
According to Barna, 38% of US Pastors have thought about quitting full-time ministry in the past year. Recent data collected from Barna’s pastor poll indicate that U.S. pastors are currently in crisis and at risk of burnout.
Why are so many pastors burned out? Why has serving the Lord become such a burden? In this podcast, Peter sits down with Pastor Rod Brewer and discusses the power of the gospel to revive a weary, pastor's heart.
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Peter speaks at Upperroom Dallas about the coming day of the Lord. Jesus will have His pure and spotless bride. Maranatha, come Lord Jesus!
Peter speaks at Upperroom Dallas about how unity in the body of Christ is better! Together is better!
What do you do when the enemy comes knocking on your door? Do you answer it? Do you rebuke him? Peter shares some powerful insights out of a story found in Isaiah 36 on what to do when the enemy attacks with accusation, fear and lies. This podcast will strengthen you and empower you to stand firm in the day of trouble.
Peter sits down with his good friend, neighbor and founder of The Unseen Story, Adam Fish to discuss the power of feasting on testimonies. Adam shares a powerful personal testimony and gives insight into why focusing on God stories can strengthen us spiritually.
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Without This, You Don't Belong to God
God disciplines those he loves. If we are without the discipline of our Father, the Scriptures say we are illegitimate children. Sometimes the love of God is painful. Don't despise those times in your life where you are in difficult or painful situations. Remember that Jesus endured such great hostility from sinners and it was the joy set before him that allowed him to endure! Instead of trying to "flex" your way through the discipline, submit to God and trust the process.
In this podcast, Peter finishes his series on ABIDING by diving into 1 John 4. We love because he first loved us. Walking in love is the key to abiding in Christ.
In this podcast Peter dives into John 6 and explores what it really means to abide in Him. What did Jesus mean when he said that the bread that he would give for the life of the world would be his flesh? How do we practically receive this meal? The quality of our spiritual life hinges on our ability to receive this meal.
In this podcast, Peter talks about one five-letter word that determines the quality of our Christian life. ABIDE. From knowing the truth, experiencing freedom, bearing fruit, and being confident at the Lord's return, Peter shows us that abiding is more than just a fancy spiritual word.
Peter sits down with Mr. Sanate himself, Alzavian Jones to speak about sin. What is sin? How do we identify it? How can we overcome it and live a life of righteousness, peace, and joy?
Braveheart Ministries is witnessing an ordinary move of God begin to take place. In this podcast, Peter sits down with his friends from Cincinnati, Ohio to discuss what God has done over the last year. Through humility, simple obedience and the power of the gospel, God is moving through ordinary people in an extraordinary way.
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"Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread." --Luke 24:35
Peter sits down with his good friend Chris Klimis to discuss a "new sound" through which Jesus is being revealed to the Church. On the road to Emmaus two disciples were walking with Jesus and yet they didn't know it. It was only until Jesus broke the bread that he was revealed to them. The sound of the breaking of bread represents the intimacy of the new covenant...with God and one another.
Joy is underrated. Most of us think that joy is sort of like the cherry on top of a decadent ice cream sundae that we could do without if needed. It is treated as a luxury instead of a necessity. And the result of this lack of value that we place on joy is many of us living in depression and apathy. Depression is running rampant. Joyless Christianity is not Christianity. Christianity without joy becomes some vacant moral code of excellence that people must strive to achieve in order to receive some token of God's love and blessing. It is anathema to the gospel. It is contrary to life in the New Covenant. But for many, it has become normal. Marching through life with no smile. No warmth of affection or care for fellow man. This doesn't have to be the case.
So if we are not experiencing this joy, what is the problem? Who or what is stealing our joy? If those things should be producing joy in our lives, and they are not, what's wrong? Something must be taking our attention away from all of this glory! What is that something...? I believe that "something" is what the Scriptures call a "sin conscience". A conscience that is defiled by sin is a conscience that is more aware of its own weakness, sin and failure than it is the cleansing power of the blood of Jesus. Our consciousness of God and his abiding presence is directly affected by the cleanness of our conscience. Our conscience is not the Holy Spirit, but I do believe our conscience can perceive the Holy Spirit. And the quickest way to deaden our senses to God's spirit and his presence is to allow our conscience to be dominated by an awareness of sin. This awareness of sin is not the same as an acknowledgement and confession of sins.
Hebrews 10:1-4
"For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered each year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins."
How did God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, walk the earth for so many years but was not recognized by most? What is it about God that he can hide in plain sight? He came to his own, but his own did not recognize him.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. (John 1:9-10)
It was people's perceptions about how the Messiah would come that blinded them to his manifest presence. Can you imagine, prior to Jesus' ministry, how many ordinary and mundane interactions Jesus must have had with people? How many times did people dismiss him, ignore him, insult him or even joke with him. The breath they used to speak to him was given by him and they knew it not! Jesus' ways are so contrary to our ways. His humility offends us at best and keeps us blind to his nearness at worst.
What if Jesus was hiding in plain sight? What if he was not far from you? What if you could discern his presence even now?
If you do not now see, experience and enjoy Jesus...then you should look differently! It can be hard to find Jesus in all the cultural hiding places. In the foggy mirrors of politics, religion and pain. But the good news is that Christ has been revealed to us. And in this revealing of Christ, we are forced to think differently about God. We are forced to open our minds and expand our hearts to believe that there is a good God who is for us and not against us. That there is a kind and loving Father that longs for us his children to know him intimately.
2020. If we tried to sum up this year with a single word, TRIAL seems most fitting. From a global pandemic and subsequent economic challenges to the loss of loved ones, riots, racial tensions boiling over and an election year marked by unprecedented vitriol and uncertainty, we have been bombarded with ample opportunities for discouragement.
But as sure as these trials have come, we have this precious light, God’s word that has and will always illuminate our path. Read this exhortation in the first chapter of James:
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4)
I keep hearing this phrase rattle around in my spirit.
“DON’T WASTE A GOOD TRIAL.”
The year of 2020 has tried us. It has tried our nation. It has tried the church. It has tried our families and our businesses. It has tried our own hearts and resolve to keep the faith. And yet, in spite of what we may see or feel about 2020, I believe with conviction that within this trial is an invitation to do some heavenly mathematics!
“COUNT it all joy…”
LOOKING FORWARD
As I look to 2021, my heart is filled with expectancy and excitement for all that God is going to do. We received more testimonies this year from our simple resources of people getting unstuck in their relationship with God and starting to enjoy the freedom and power of the New Covenant. But I believe the best is yet to come!
In 2019 God gave us a vision of planting Braveheart groups all over the world to see the fruit of this gospel multiplied in the hearts of his people. To train and equip ordinary people to be loved by an extraordinary God. And the result? Burning hearts that live to see others experience the same joy and freedom that they have found in Christ.
What has started as a vision, has become a reality. In November of this year we held our first ever Cultivate Training. Around 100 people came together from around the nation to be equipped to cultivate the faith of the gospel where they live. From pastors, mothers and fathers, businessmen, teachers and everyone in between, we gathered to encounter Jesus and to receive his love for his people.
We now have more than 30 active Braveheart Cultivate groups (some of these groups are local churches where pastors have adopted our simple resources!) across the country and in a few other nations. Our heart is to continue to pour into these Cultivate Leaders, empowering them to raise up even more leaders!
As you look forward to 2021 with us, imagine the impact these groups will have on the Church as this humble, grassroots discipleship movement continues to grow. Imagine believers coming alive to God, falling in love with Jesus and being empowered to make his Name known. This is the cry of my heart. To wake the sleeping giant that is the Church and to see her take her rightful place in the world as a beacon of hope, a messenger of reconciliation and an expression of unconditional love to a dying world.
A friend of mine recently sent me an article by John Piper called, “Did Jesus say we are gods?” that I found interesting. Though I honor John Piper and his amazing teaching and pastoral ministry, I wrestled with the conclusion he makes in the article from the Scripture in John 10 that is being referenced. This podcast is not a rebuttal, it is merely another perspective from the same text.
As with any topic that can be debated, I try to approach it with humility, knowing that we all see in part. My desire (as I know is the case with Piper and other Bible teachers) is that people come to know God intimately through his Word and by His Spirit and that that knowledge of God converts into a life of holiness and fruitful kingdom work.
The problem I have seen with accepting dual nature teaching (we are simultaneously both sinners and saints) is that it creates double-mindedness within the believer. When we are feeling sinful thoughts or desires we just assume it is because our sinful nature is at work. When we have a moment of inspiration and see some fruit of the spirit in our lives we assume that God was able to break through. So for many believers we have become comfortable identifying with the first Adam, but uncomfortable identifying with the last Adam.
And why does Jesus pray that we are included in this divine union? So that the world may BELIEVE! Our union with God is necessary in order for the world to know and to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that his work of reconciling humanity back to the Father is more than just belonging to some religious organization. Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ is to become a partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1), to be born of God (John 1:12-13), to no longer be stuck in sin (1 John 3:9), to be one flesh with Jesus (Ephesians 5:29-32) and to be one spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17). It is to possess the righteousness, holiness and beauty of his character.
And should we take this precious union with Jesus Christ and use it for our own gain? Should we use our freedom as a cover up for evil? Should we serve our carnal nature with this gift of God?! NEVER!
On the contrary, as Paul says in Philippians 2, we should have this mind in ourselves, which belongs to us in Christ.
Can you see it? God has given us the RIGHT to become children of God (John 1:12-13). He has given us permission to no longer identify with our fallen nature but to identify with our Elder Brother, Jesus Christ. To become little gods, little image bearers of the One true God of all the earth. And in doing so, we would follow in his steps by not thinking that this divine nature means that we are equal with God...NO! We are to follow Jesus by taking on the form of servants, by humbling ourselves in love and using this surpassing power entrusted to us in jars of clay to serve and bless a dying world.
At church this weekend I was gripped with a word for pastors and ministry leaders that I wanted to humbly submit in this week's podcast. It came to me during worship as I was reading a passage about the birth of Jesus in Luke 2:8-14:
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
I saw a picture of many of God’s shepherds who have been pastoring their flock in this dark night. The year of 2020 has caught many of us by surprise and at times it can feel hard to know what God is doing. This uncertainty has not stopped you from continuing your call to keep watch over your flock and I felt the Lord’s pleasure and delight over you for your faithfulness to continue this call.
As I read this text I felt that it was a prophetic word for pastors and ministry leaders in this hour. That God wants to encounter many of you, from now until the end of the year, with a fresh revelation of the “good news of great joy”! The gospel is good news of great joy for all people! And what is this news? The news is that a Savior has been born, and his name is Jesus Christ. I saw that God wanted to encounter you, just like he encountered these shepherds, with his glory and his light. In this place of encounter there is a fresh deposit of the fear of the Lord along with a resurrected understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Many of our congregations are filled with people who are suffering with discouragement, despair and fear about what the future holds. And our privilege, as ministers of the gospel, is to proclaim to them the Savior of all the world, Jesus Christ the Lord! When we proclaim Christ as Savior, not just of our past sins, but of our present troubles, we will see the darkness dispelled. We will see the lost saved! The sick healed! The oppressed set free! The numb and apathetic revived! Marriages restored! Spiritual fruit multiplied! I believe that out of these divine appointments for God’s shepherds, that 2021 will be marked by a clear, loud and powerful proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations -- “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)--according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.” (Colossians 2:20-23)
Let me paraphrase this text. If what you are doing is not working in stopping the indulgence of the flesh, then it is man-made wisdom and it is not the power of the gospel. The gospel includes us in the death of Jesus Christ. The good news here is that we no longer have to rely upon asceticism or self-made religion to overcome the flesh. It is not a matter of how disciplined or faithful we are. The assumption, through the gospel, is that we died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world! This means the rules that govern other people such as “do not handle, do not taste”...no longer apply to the redeemed of God! We’ve died to that old system and been born again into a higher law! The law of love! We are now hard-wired for righteousness which means we don’t need an external system of do’s and don’ts to control us. We have the Holy Spirit of God leading and guiding us into all truth, freedom and holiness!
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” (Colossians 3:1-4)
Notice that the death, resurrection and return of Christ is the anchor point for all instructions in the gospel. God gives us instructions on the wake of us seeing Jesus and being joined to him at each step of his work and life.
Many Christians are still struggling with their flesh because they have not seen the power of the cross. The assumption made in Colossians 2:20 is that Christ’s death has become our own. Our sinful, lustful flesh has been co-crucified with Christ. This is something that took place 2000 years ago that we are NOW invited to partake of by faith. When we finally accept this fact that the death of Jesus Christ was also OUR DEATH, we will finally begin to experience the freedom promised to us in the New Covenant. In addition to this wonderful truth, the Bible also teaches us that Jesus’ ascension to heaven is also an invitation to us to partake of this resurrection. We have been raised and seated with Christ in heavenly places. Partaking of this union gives us permission to seek the things that are above. To set our minds on things that are above.
I believe the remedy for a lot of the anxiety, stress and fear that many believers are currently experiencing is found in these few verses.
We have the power to set our minds on heavenly things or on earthly things. Which will you choose?
This Psalm is about the leadership of the Lord. The Lord’s name as our shepherd comes with his leadership.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
The Lord is not just a shepherd, or even the shepherd. He is my shepherd. This confession of belonging is intended to produce contentment in our hearts. Examine your heart for contentment. Are you content? If not, make this confession your own. The Lord Jesus Christ is YOUR shepherd.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
After producing contentment in our hearts, he makes us lie down. Notice here that he doesn’t request that we lie down. He makes me lie down because we don’t want to. Rest is anathema to our flesh. Our flesh feels the need to constantly be working for God instead of resting in God. These first two verses are paramount for us to experience the Lord’s leadership highlighted in the rest of this Psalm.
He wants us content and at rest and then he begins to LEAD us.
He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.
The most quiet waters in all of God’s word are the ones before his throne. The sea of glass is completely still. It is from this place, in the throne room, that God leads us. He leads us to drink of His Spirit and it is in this place that we find the restoration of our soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Now that we are at rest, content and with a restored soul, he begins to take us down the paths of righteousness. Notice the reason he leads us down this path...it is for his name’s sake. Many of us get discouraged and confused about why certain things happen in our lives because we have made our Christian walk all about us! But oftentimes God leadership in our lives is not about us! It is for his name’s sake! He will take us down a path to accomplish something for HIS NAME.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Notice that right after David speaks of the paths of righteousness, he ends up walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Sometimes the right paths don’t feel like the right path. Many of us are led by God through the valley of the shadow of death and we feel as though we are on the wrong path. But any path where God is with you is the right path. He also does not say that there is no evil. He says that he will fear no evil. There is a big difference!
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
And just when we thought we would get out of this valley, God’s leadership often offends our sensibilities. In this valley of the shadow of death, the Lord stops and begins to prepare a table! This is the table of the Lord, we now know to be the table of communion, where covenant is made and anointing is given. If God has led you into a dark place, look for the table! There is a place of nourishment and life to be found even in the darkest of valleys. In the presence of our enemies we feast with our God, knowing that victory belongs to the Lord.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
In the New Covenant, we become God’s house through our confidence in the finished work of Christ and the hope of his return!
Our fruitfulness (what we do, how we act and our Christ-like character) hinges directly on our BELONGING to Christ Jesus. Notice that the fruit of the Spirit is connected to those of us who belong to Jesus Christ. But this belonging hinges upon our understanding, our faith or our union with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.
If the work of the cross is simply a passport into heaven and you are still trying to overcome your flesh and you are still trying to relate to God based on a system of do’s and dont’s...then you will find it hard to experience the belonging promised to us in the New Covenant. We must accept the fact that Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection has become our own. And this is great news for us! This means that our flesh, along with its lusts and passions have once and for all been crucified! This means that we no longer have to relate to God based on our own performance...we can belong to him even in the midst of a struggle! Why? Because our nearness and our connection with him rests solely upon the work of Christ. In this place of belonging we find God’s love, his correction, his wisdom and his grace to continue to grow up into the character and likeness of Christ.
But if we do not accept this as our highest calling...to BELONG to Christ Jesus, we will seek connection with God through all the things we DO for him. And this is a dead end road and one that leaves many Christians burned out, frustrated and tired. The answer is simple. Consider yourself dead to sin, dead to the lusts of the flesh and draw near to God. Allow him to love, even in weakness, and get used to being close to him even when you’re still trying to overcome weakness and brokenness. You are called to belong. You are called to be a saint. The result of this calling? A fruitful life lived to the glory of God!
You are what you eat.
The same is true in your spiritual life. In John 6, Jesus reveals the secret to a healthy spiritual diet. There is a spiritual food that will satisfy our hunger and a spiritual drink that will quench our thirst.
There was a group of people that were seeking Jesus after he performed the miracle of the fish and loaves of bread. They start off questioning Jesus about his life and the works he is going to perform only to be confronted by their own unbelief. Jesus finally gets them where he wants them when he reveals that there is a meal that is above all other meals. They finally ask him for this meal. Jesus then reveals himself to be the bread of life and tells them that this flesh and his blood is the spiritual meal that will cause them to live forever and to possess true life.
This obviously confuses them, because at this point he had not given his flesh for the life of the world. The chapter ends with many of his followers abandoning him because they do not understand what he is talking about. His own friends though acknowledge that he has the words of life and they reaffirm their commitment to him.
But what was once a hard saying is now a source of life and simple understanding to true spiritual satisfaction. Neglecting the spiritual truths revealed in John 6 will leave our lives void of true spiritual life, power and energy. For those of you who have fasted (from food) you know that when you stop eating your body slows down and becomes lethargic. If you fast long enough, your body will eventually shut down. It is the same with your spiritual life. According to John 6, the bread of Christ and the wine of his blood is the only meal that possesses true spiritual nourishment. We must understand how to eat this meal.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
If we are honest with ourselves, the thought of abiding in God seems too good to be true. Why does something as simple as remaining with Jesus (abiding) under the watchful and loving eye of our Father become so hard? Let’s start with the end of this passage to understand Jesus’ purpose for this teaching.
V11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
Do you see it?! JOY! This is Jesus’ desired outcome for this teaching. I love that he explains this to us. He helps us filter our responses to this teaching. If you hear this teaching and get discouraged because you feel like you are bad at abiding, then you missed the lesson! If you hear this teaching and feel like you can never attain that level of spirituality, then you missed the point! Jesus tells us that the reason for this lesson on abiding is so that HIS JOY may be in us and that OUR JOY may be full! So as you listen to this podcast and you meditate on this Scripture...expect the joy of Jesus to fill your heart!!
The priests in the Old Covenant were required to keep the fire burning on the altar, it was never meant to go out. This is a picture of the flame of the Holy Spirit that is placed on our hearts when we are born again by a living faith in Jesus Christ. Just like the Old Covenant priests had to tend to the flame so that it remained burning on the altar, so too, must we tend to the flame of God. In this message we look at two things that hinder the flame. We also examine two practical ways for us to steward God’s flame in our hearts. Our God is a consuming fire! What a joy it is to have God living on the inside of us!
The fact that God loves us unconditionally and has guaranteed to give us His Holy Spirit on account of the work of Christ is offensive! It flies in the face of everything we grow up believing. We are conditioned to work for what we get. There is no such thing as a free lunch, remember? But the cross confronts this type of thinking. The passion and intensity in which God loves us is offensive. One of the devastating effects of sin in our lives is that we unknowingly paint ourselves in a negative light. We compare ourselves to people who are holier and more loving. We criticize ourselves for not being more faithful. We shame ourselves for being stuck in the same old sins that we’ve always struggled with. We embrace condemnation as punishment for missing the mark. Over time, these mindsets become cemented so deeply that we begin to identify ourselves as failures. As rejects who have missed the mark. In the best case, we tolerate a mild consciousness of God by assuaging our conscience that his mercy and forgiveness will prevail over punishment. In the worst cases, we assume that every challenge, trial and consequence in our lives is a direct result of God’s punishment.
If faith has footsteps, it also has a voice. Last week we discovered that within God’s voice is the grace (or provision) to walk out what he says. But in this text, Jesus models a different aspect of faith. The voice of faith! Abraham had to climb his mountain, but we can speak to it! We do not negate the importance of taking real action in obeying God, but Jesus is revealing another aspect of faith that we must pay closer to attention to.
Jesus is teaching his disciples (us) how to exercise the voice of faith. He speaks to the fig tree and it withered in a day. There is power in the voice of faith to tear down or to build up. The Proverbs say that life and death are in the power of the tongue (18:21). We can speak life or we can speak death.
One of the mountains in my life was my own sinfulness. More specifically an addiction to pornography that I struggled with as a teenager and into my early twenties. It was my understanding that I had to learn to conquer this mountain by climbing it. If I read my Bible, prayed and had enough accountability I would be able to overcome it. I was trying to walk in the footsteps of faith but I was actually walking in the footsteps of my flesh. It wasn’t until I learned to SPEAK to this mountain of sin, based on what I heard God say, that I was truly set free.
“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 6:11)
Faith walks a certain way. It has a certain swagger. Abraham is the father of our faith. When you want to know more about your family or the way of life of your ancestors you sit with your mother or father and listen to stories about how they prevailed over trials and the way in which they navigated life. Fortunately, much of the life of this father of faith has been recorded for us to study. We are people of faith. We were made to walk in the footsteps of faith. Faith takes action! Faith moves! Faith climbs mountains and receives the promises of God. Let's look at one of the most amazing acts of faith taken by this father of faith!
Obedience to God can only happen “of faith”. If we are not in “the faith” we will not be able to obey God. But how do we know whether or not we are in “the faith”?
“...through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.” (Romans 1:5-6)
Let’s look at one of the most powerful explanations of the gospel and how it impacts those who receive it!
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17)
Podcast: God is Fire
God is fire. He is not like fire...He is fire. The Word of God tells us in Hebrews 12:29 that “our God is a consuming fire.” To walk with God is to walk with One who is holy, good, passionate, pure, majestic and merciful in such intensity that He can only be described as fire.
The beauty of being in covenant with God is that the intensity and brightness of his nature can and will consume everything in us that is earthly, unspiritual or demonic. We only have to draw near enough to allow him to consume us!
You were made to burn. You were never made to burn out!
But in order to burn we must understand how to steward this flame that God has given us. Let’s look at Paul’s letter to Timothy to further understand our role in ensuring that our faith, that living flame of God on our hearts, does not burn out!
2 Timothy 1:5-7
5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Justin Williams was stuck with debilitating panic attacks for 8 years until he confronted a single lie that he believed about God. In this podcast, Peter interviews his good friend and now the Creative Director of Braveheart Ministries about why they created a new website, how it is designed to help you get "unstuck" and some powerful new resources they have just released.
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Michael Koulianos, founder of Jesus Image, joins Peter on the Braveheart Podcast for a honest discussion on how to handle the chaos and noise we are facing today. "Most people are looking for direction when the Lord is looking for affection." We pray that it encourages you to stand in this hour and ignites a fresh love for Jesus.
In this week's podcast, two of my dear brothers Jon Postell and Michael Mauldin join me for an honest conversation about race, injustice and what it looks like to have a kingdom perspective amidst the noise. Love covers a multitude of sins.
In this episode I talk with my friend Brian Guerin of Bridal Glory International about the secret place. We discuss practical ways to engage with the Lord from the time of day, various types of prayer and what to do when you feel "too busy".
Trusting in the Lord can move the mountains in your life. In this podcast we look at Psalm 31 and some practical ways to trust in the Lord in these uncertain times.
There are three types of people in the world. Those who are enjoying God, those who are trying to please God by working for him and those who have wandered from him. You know you have been "working" for God because you're tired and you're lacking joy. You know you've wandered from God if you're in the world, chasing the pride of life. In either instance, you're there because of some lies you have believed about God.
In this podcast we look at a three barriers we face in enjoying a deeper connection with God. Hope it stirs you up!
Join us for a 30 Day Journey through Peter's new devotional, Keep the Blood Warm: A 30 Day Guide to a Heart on Fire. You will be encouraged to bring your heart before the Lord every morning and evening to allow His love to penetrate and nourish your heart.
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In this podcast, Peter talks about the importance of being "born again" as it relates to our New Covenant experience. Being born of God is more than poetic language, it is the reality of sons and daughters of God living free from sin and alive to God in every facet of their lives.
The beginning of wisdom is this, get wisdom! Peter discusses the importance of wisdom and how the presence of certain sins and mindsets exposes our lack of wisdom in this hour.
In this podcast, Peter shares a broad overview of the Gospel of Jesus and how it differs drastically from the way many of us were brought up in church.
In this podcast Peter continues his talk about grace upon grace that saves us and gives us the gift of righteousness.
In this podcast Peter walks us through John 15:1-11 to explain what it means to abide. As we learn how to abide in the vine, growth will happen and good fruit will be produced in our lives.
In this part 2 podcast Peter talks about how Jesus, as our High Priest mediates the New Covenant. Jesus’ ministry to us as High Priest includes intercession, helping us if we sin and supplying us with the power and grace to overcome every trial we face.
Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11
In this podcast Peter talks about how and what it looks like to consider ourselves dead to sin. He then invites us to live from our new righteous nature by identifying with Jesus’ crucifiction, burial, and resurrection in order to manifest Christ to those around us.
In this podcast Peter talks about how Jesus, as our High Priest mediates the New Covenant. Jesus’ ministry to us as High Priest includes intercession, helping us if we sin and supplying us with the power and grace to overcome every trial we face.
In this podcast, Peter unpacks how we have been given the authority to forgive one another of our sins and the significance of that authority that we now have in Christ. Forgiving one another of sin is not just for our own hearts, but for the ones who we forgive. The authority we have been given through the Holy Spirit is powerful when we use it correctly and devastating when we don't.
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6
In this podcast, Peter walks us through parts of Hebrews 3-4 explaining how we enter into the rest of God and from that place allowing God to fight for us in every circumstance. Peter then relates this to walking by the Spirit, when our hearts are fixed on Jesus and not on our flesh and out of that place the peace and grace of God flow.
"But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself. For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted, but the one who examines me is the Lord." 1 Corinthians 4:3-4
In this podcast Peter walks us through parts of 1 Corinthians to help us see that we no longer have to judge ourselves through the knowledge of good and evil but instead to allow God to be our judge. As we allow God to be our judge and the One to examine our hearts we will then began to see Christ being formed in us the way that He has designed it under the New Covenant.
In this Podcast, Peter walks us through Romans 7 and highlights how the believer has been set free from the Law and now have been brought into grace. He then explains how we now don’t have to relate to God through a system of “do’s and don’ts” but through an intimate relationship with Him; which then leads to obedience. Peter then ends with how we can now as believers identify with our new man which is in Christ Jesus.
We hope that this encourages you as you listen!
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35
Peter in this podcast talks about what love looks like by taking us through 1 Corinthians 13:4 and then explains how through the life of Jesus we can manifest that kind of love to one another.
In this podcast Peter walks through Matthew 8:5-10 and highlights three main points from this passage of scripture that pertain to our lives today: Is God able? Is God willing and How?
Peter teaches that discovering the answer to these three questions will help strengthen our faith in every situation that may come our way. And realizing that the source of power to overcome is connected to Jesus.
“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,” Colossians 2:6
It’s by the life of Jesus that we are sanctified in our souls by grace. The root of our sanctification is grounded in our relationship with Jesus which then will lead to works. Our spiritual discipline serves our faith and the foundation is grace.
In this podcast Peter teaches on how our sanctification is connected to the life of Jesus.
For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. Romans 4:15
God no longer has an external demand on His people because He has now written His law on the believer’s heart. It’s now in our will and desire to walk righteously. The grace of God is the only environment that will empower the righteousness of God. Jesus Christ in us as believers will confine us to good behavior more than the Law ever could. It's only by faith that rests on His grace that we will see the manifestation of righteousness in our lives.
In this podcast, Peter teaches on Law vs Grace and how understanding the two pertain to how we walk righteously as believers.
“So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.” Matthew 7:17
In this podcast Peter talks about our identity as new creations in Christ Jesus by showing us two different kind of trees that represent the old nature and new nature. Understating what kind of tree we are as believers is important to what fruit we bare.
“For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace” John 1:16
In this podcast Peter talks about the grace of God and how it pertains to how we mature in Christ. Peter, also distinguishes grace from mercy and the importance of understanding the two. We hope that you are encouraged by this message and that you experience the grace of God in every area of your life.
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
In this podcast, Peter reads through Exodus to find a powerful illustration of how the process of salvation looks different from the process of our sanctification (renewing of mind, will, emotions).
Finally, Peter returns to the new testament to express that the process of our sanctification is something produced in rest, relying on the work of the Lord to change our hearts, renew our desires, and bring us closer into intimacy with Him.
“I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My Flesh” John 6:51. We see that the flesh of Jesus was given for the life of the world. There is a meal for us that is connected to the Cross of Jesus Christ to partake of that leads to our sanctification. As we look at the work of Jesus on the Cross we will see that is how we partake of His flesh and blood. The cross is a meal that is meant to sustain us every single day of our Christians lives.
In this podcast, Peter explains how we engage with the flesh and blood of Jesus and it pertains to our sanctification in Christ.
Salvation and righteousness are two sides to the same coin. Salvation is being saved from sin, death, and the power of the evil one. Righteousness is the nature of God conferred upon us as a gift to be received by faith (Romans 3:22). Understanding that the believer has been made righteous because of the works of Jesus is pivotal to our intimacy with God.
In this new episode of our podcast, Peter explains the significance of a believers salvation and justification and how it pertains to the intimacy and fellowship we now have with God.
In this episode of our podcast, Peter explains how through the journey of Israel's freedom from Egypt corresponds to the journey of our salvation in Jesus and why it’s important to look at both in order to walk in the promises that we inherit today as sons and daughters.
I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord (Exodus 6:7-8). Not only does God save Israel out of Egypt but wants to bring them into the Promised Land. Moses is sent by God to save Egypt out of slavery; later down in history God sends Jesus to save mankind from slavery to sin.
In this podcast Peter explains how the works of Moses and Joshua correlate to the works of Jesus pertaining to our salvation.
Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians (Exodus 6:6-7). The Lord's works for Moses, Joshua, and the people of Israel echos to what Jesus would do for all people in His life, death, and resurrection.
In this podcast Peter Louis speaks on the works of God unto salvation across time.
“But from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die” (Genesis 2:17). We see that God says that both Adam and Eve would surely die the day that they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. What died that day? Their spirits had died. It took 900 yrs for death to fully work its way in them. The eyes of Adam and Eve were opened to their own nakedness which caused them to hide from God.
In this podcast, Peter talks about the consequences that took place after the fall to show us what we have been restored back into through Jesus in hopes that our conscious would be clear of the guilt and shame that keeps so many of us bound.
“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths” (Genesis 3:7). The eyes of Adam and Eve were opened to their own nakedness which led to shame and caused them to shrink back from the presence of God. The knowledge of good and evil ruined the way that Adam and Eve viewed themselves and God.
In this podcast, Peter explains how through Jesus and His works we can now walk with a clear conscience before God which Adam and Eve first had before their eyes were opened to the knowledge of good and evil.
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed” (Genesis 2:25). Before the fall, there wasn’t any shame between God and man. The passivity of Adam with the word of God led to Eve’s deception. After being deceived by the serpent to partake of the fruit, their eyes were opened to their own nakedness which brought shame which cause them to be afraid of God.“Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings” (Genesis 3:7).
In this podcast, Peter takes us into an in depth journey of the fall to show us how and what man fell from in hopes to see what we have been restored back into through Jesus
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust” (2 Peter 1:4). Here are the three main promises that we are going to look at together: The promise of the Messiah (salvation), The baptism of the Holy Spirit (power), and the return of Jesus. Faith in each of these promises (the works of Jesus) will allow us to fully experience all that God has for us.
In this podcast, Peter starts to give us context on which each of these three promises come; by starting in The Garden.
In this podcast, Peter talks about the new website braveheartministries.org and the vision of the ministry. Braveheart Ministries exists to see believers experience and enjoy the freedom that the Gospel promises through Jesus Christ. Whether you have been a Christian your entire life or you are new to the faith, our ministry exists to give you hope, strengthen your faith and deepen your love relationship with the Lord. Many believers struggle with their identity in Christ, never sure if they are “doing enough” and uncertain as to where they stand with the Father.
This uncertainty can produce feelings of fear, believing that our shortcomings are distancing us from God’s pleasure and affection. It can also cause us to become overactive where we try to make up through religious activities where we feel we are falling short. In either case, the result is weariness and a heart that becomes numb to God and his great love. Our ministry is committed to providing you with resources that renew your mind, strengthen your faith and establish you in the New Covenant that is in the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
When Jesus rose from the dead he appeared to his disciples and he breathed on them saying, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld." (John 20:22-23) In giving them the Holy Spirit he also gave them the authority to forgive or withhold sins. Many people are confused by this verse because we have equated being born again with having our sins forgiven. But forgiveness of sins existed in the Old Covenant through the sacrificial system where the blood of bulls and goats would temporarily cleanse the conscience of the worshipper. Then when the Old Covenant was coming to an end, John the Baptist came preaching a message of repentance and offered the people forgiveness of sins through water baptism.
Though Jesus said there was no man born of a woman that was greater than John the Baptist, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John (Matthew 11:11)...but how? It is because the one who has been born into the kingdom of heaven has been filled with the Holy Spirit and given the authority to forgive or withhold sins. In this podcast, Peter explains this great responsibility and how it is not to be confused with the power to get people "born again" but is an integral part of our ministry in reconciling the world back to the Father.
Walking by the spirit produces the fruit of the Spirit in the life of the believer. The Good News is that God has made a way for us to be born again, partakers of the divine nature and to enjoy the flow of God's Spirit which enables us to bear fruit effortlessly as we abide in the vine. In this podcast, Peter gives practical wisdom on how believers can walk in the Spirit, partnering with God's beautiful design to walk in the victory and freedom that the Gospel promises.
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit has often been a source of division in the Body of Christ over the years...some saying the primary purpose is to speak in tongues, others say you get all of the Holy Spirit the moment you are born again. But what did Jesus say would be the mark of the one who was baptized in the Holy Spirit? In his own words, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you..." (Acts 1:8). In this podcast, Peter unpacks what that power actually looks like and how you can experience it for yourself.
There is scarcely a more holy thought than the fact that a born again believers becomes the living, breathing temple of God on the earth. Paul writes to the Corinthian church, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price." In this podcast, Peter encourages us to rely upon God's power and to put no confidence in the flesh. If you are struggling in your faith then it might be you are still relying upon your own strength instead of the power that God offers through the Holy Spirit.
When Moses sent spies into the Promised Land he was looking for a report on whether or not the land was really as good and habitable as they had hoped. There were twelve men that journeyed to spy out the land and though they all saw the same thing, only two filtered what they saw through the eyes of faith. The other ten spies, though they too had experienced God's saving power as they came of Egypt, forgot their history with God and the result was catastrophic. In this podcast, Peter encourages us to remember our history with God in light of what we are facing. Though your circumstances may be difficult and trying, when you learn to filter it through the eyes of faith, your giants will become your bread.
Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, "For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." This is still true today! We live in a day where people are looking for the next quick fix, the solution to their restlessness or the next diet fad to give them lasting health. It offends our minds to think that the truth revealed through Jesus' death on the cross still has power to bring life, healing and salvation to us today. It seems too easy. We don't like things that only require faith because then our flesh has nothing to boast in. We are more comfortable with God AND instead of CHRIST ALONE. In this podcast, Peter shares the message of the cross and four practical ways you can engage and experience its saving power.
In ancient days, bread was a staple food and the cornerstone in the diet of most people. In John 6, Jesus begins to teach his followers that in the same way bread nourishes and strengthens our physical bodies, so too would his body and blood strengthen and nourish our spiritual lives. Though the hearers at the time could not understand the teaching (because his body had not yet been broken and his blood was not yet shed) and they rejected it, today we can gain great insight into possessing a truly abundant life as we learn to eat from the Bread of Life Himself. In this podcast, Peter is teaching his students at CFNI practically how we eat the Bread of Life and thus satisfy our deep spiritual hunger for fellowship and connection with the Lord.
In ancient days, bread was a staple food and the cornerstone in the diet of most people. In John 6, Jesus begins to teach his followers that in the same way bread nourishes and strengthens our physical bodies, so too would his body and blood strengthen and nourish our spiritual lives. Though the hearers at the time could not understand the teaching (because his body had not yet been broken and his blood was not yet shed) and they rejected it, today we can gain great insight into possessing a truly abundant life as we learn to eat from the Bread of Life Himself. In this podcast, Peter is teaching his students at CFNI practically how we eat the Bread of Life and thus satisfy our deep spiritual hunger for fellowship and connection with the Lord.
In the same way builders take great care in laying a solid foundation and a square, well built frame to a home...we as believers need to take care as we build our thoughts and beliefs about what God is really like. AW Tozer said the most important thing about a man is what he thinks about God. In this podcast, Peter helps us to see that the Gospel is more than a message but a perspective or a frame through which we build our life around. If the frame is fractured or insecure then the other components to our life will most certainly be affected as well. Be encouraged to examine the frame of your spiritual life and build your life upon the Rock, the love and finished work of Jesus Christ.
In the same way builders take great care in laying a solid foundation and a square, well built frame to a home...we as believers need to take care as we build our thoughts and beliefs about what God is really like. AW Tozer said the most important thing about a man is what he thinks about God. In this podcast, Peter helps us to see that the Gospel is more than a message but a perspective or a frame through which we build our life around. If the frame is fractured or insecure then the other components to our life will most certainly be affected as well. Be encouraged to examine the frame of your spiritual life and build your life upon the Rock, the love and finished work of Jesus Christ.
Everything that God has created fulfills its purpose based on the design that God gave it. An apple tree produces apples not because it wants to or because it tries hard, but because that is how God made it. In the realm of design, the only thing necessary for the power of God's design to work properly is nourishment. A small acorn will become a mighty oak tree if it is nourished properly and according to God's design. The Christian life is no different. When we understand the power of God's design, that we have become partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4) then the only thing we need to grow up into all that God has for us is the appropriate "nourishment". But how has God designed us to be nourished? In this podcast Peter unpacks the power of God's design and the various ways we are nourished and strengthened to mature into all that God has created us for.
We all know that Adam and Eve really screwed up in the garden of Eden. They blew it and we all have been experiencing the consequences ever since. Many of us know that at some level, Adam and Eve disobeyed God, sin entered into the picture and chaos, death and destruction has ensued ever since. But on closer inspection of this familiar story we find a sequence of events that illuminates the domino effect that sin had on humanity and helps us understand how mankind, who once enjoyed perfect fellowship with his Creator, was blinded to the beauty of God and thus hid in shame. In this podcast, Peter unpacks this familiar story and helps us understand what actually happened in the garden and how mankind has been hiding from God ever since.
Though most of us acknowledge that humanity is precious in God's sight, few of us have learned to truly adopt the value system God has given us through the Gospel. The value of something is determined by what someone is willing to pay for that thing. When we understand that God has placed the highest value on humanity by giving His Son Jesus on our behalf we are given the opportunity to value and love people just as He does. In the same way we do not dock the value of a $20 bill because someone spends it poorly, so too must we learn to value those around us not according to how they "transact" with us, but according to the life of Jesus Christ. In this podcast, Peter describes what he calls Gospel Economics and encourages us to value people based on what Christ has done and not according to the works of the flesh.
Covenant is God's word for relationship. It is where two people give themselves to each other, fully without holding anything back. It is a binding relationship that can only be separated through death. The power of the Gospel is that God, because of his great mercy and love, revealed his desire to make a covenant with all of humanity. Though he didn't propose to us with a diamond ring, he did indeed humble himself and invite us into this covenant (the New Covenant) by sending Jesus, his only son, to die on a cross, be raised on the third day and ascend back into heaven with the keys of Death and Hades. In this podcast, Peter highlights the importance of the New Covenant and how God intends for us to be confident in our relationship with him because of what He has done.
In this sermon, Peter addresses some misconceptions about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and gives some practical explanation for this wonderful promise of our Father and how it impacts our lives today. Many people in the past have made the baptism of the Holy Spirit about the gift of speaking in tongues, others have ignored the topic altogether...but in this sermon, Peter highlights the importance of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and how it is the climax of Jesus' redemptive work which will most definitely produce a Christian life marked by....power. Power to praise God, power to overcome sin and temptation and power to be a witness to the world around us.
In this podcast Peter discusses the importance of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and how it is central to the Gospel. You can find more information and other resources on www.braveheartministries.org
Listen to the sermon of the month where Peter shares on how to live free from OFFENSE and COMPROMISE which are two of the biggest hinderances to a life of power, love and self-control.
In this podcast Peter discusses the importance of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and how it is central to the Gospel. You can find more information and other resources on www.braveheartministries.org
A series of exhortations on relationships, resting in the Lord and receiving favor and blessing from God.
En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.