Empowering You with Dr. Marc Garcia

Dr. Marc Garcia continues the series of analyzing biblical characters through the lens of being a wartime soldier and the effects of that on the man or woman who serves our country.

How PTSD and MI can be seen in biblical characters in how they interacted, lived, and made decisions. Then to see what God offered them as a solution to the issue.

In this episode Dr. Marc shares about redefining Our Identity from soldier to civilian - how to accomplish that from a biblical perspective.

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If you are a veteran in need of immediate help please call from your cell phone or even text 988 to access someone 24x7 who can help you.

Are you a combat veteran? Do you experience PTSD or MI as a veteran?

Dr, Marc Garcia (Navy Veteran) shares some of his challenges with this and how certain personalities in Bible can help us overcome the voices that battle in our minds.

Part2 of the Veteran and PTSD series - if you are a veteran in need of help or contemplating suicide please call 988 and press 1 for 24x7 help!

Are you a Veteran? Do you know a Veteran who is dealing with PTSD or MI?

Dr. Marc Garcia (Navy Veteran) shares how the most biggest curse word for a soldier may be that soldier's saving grace.

Part 1 of a 4 part series for Military veterans to help them overcome the challenges of post-war life.

If you are a veteran in need of immediate help please call or dial 988 from any cell phone OR even TEXT 988 to get immediate help!

In scripture, and probably in today’s culture, LOVE seems to be a common word used. And an emotion desired by pretty much everyone. After all, scripture does say, God is Love. 

Now there have been some “unhealthy” expansions on what Love is. It is not appeasement. It is not the infamous, “Unless you let me do this, you don't love me”. That is not how love is demonstrated. 

Well, the last 4 of our date settings have changed. Now we have to get used to changing the last 2 to a 3. Which if you're like most of us won't happen as a form of habit until March or April. :-)
Dr. Marc Garcia elaborates on the prophetic word he was given from the Lord concerning 2023. Be encouraged and empowered by this word. (Runtime: 11:15)

If we were to ask other leaders in your community about you - what would they say? Are you able to be worked with or are you a solo-island? Centurion Leadership Leader Collaboration is a review on how you as a leader work alongside other leaders in your community (not organization). Lessons we can take from the Centurion Soldier and his leadership style AND method to help you as a leader grow and progress in your influence as a leader. Matthew 8 & Luke 7. 
How do you work with other leaders outside of those who follow you? Do you value external relationships with other leaders?  Do you invest time in relationship building with other leaders who are different from you?
Dr Marc closes the 4 part series with this empowering message and a clarion call to leaders to collaborate with other leaders.

Centurion Leadership submission is often something that goes unnoticed. Lessons we can take from the Centurion Soldier and his leadership style AND method to help you as a leader grow and progress in your influence as a leader. Are you as a leader – submitted to someone else? Being submitted allows you to recognize authority. He recognized that Jesus was under authority.

Centurion Leadership Protocol Breaker is the leader who puts aside protocol for the benefit of ONE in his/her team. Centurion soldier in the bible is an amazing example of true non self-serving leadership. Lessons we can take from the Centurion Soldier and his leadership style AND method to help you as a leader grow and progress in your influence as a leader. Would you break protocol to help someone who follows you? Would you move yourself aside and understand that you may need someone else to help you in the gaps you cannot fill for your team? Would you approach an unknown to get help for your team?

Today Veterans Day I said yes to speak to the students at Whitlock school from the perspective of a veteran. I wanted to share this with others because although the audience was a school - the message passes the limitation of age. Runtime (9:44)
This is raw video no "cleaning or prettying up"... 

Lessons we can take from the Centurion Soldier and his leadership style AND method to help you as a leader grow and progress in your influence as a leader. Do you value the people you lead? Would you do what this man did for your people?

Dr Marc Garcia begins a 4 part series on leadership using the Centurion soldier as the basis and points out key areas of leadership in his life. In this episode we will speak about the level of humility demonstrated by a ROMAN leader of a military division in a jewish community. This is Centurion Leadership humility.

servant leadership, servant leadership and transformational leadership, servant leadership examples

In this episode of Empowering you with Dr. Marc, he shares perhaps one of the most powerful principles yet seldom practiced method for getting a new blessing in your life as a leader.. (runtime: 5:05)

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Phil. 1:6 says, "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Is God still really working on us? Are we a work in progress and is that work on God's shoulders to complete?
Dr. Marc Garcia goes into bible to help encourage and empower you to understand the finished work of God and Jesus.
runtime: 23min

Do you find it is difficult to go the direction of change as a leader, pastor, ministerial leader especially when Scripture has so many absolutes?
Dr. Marc shares how to embrace and consolidate change in the world of absolutes of faith. There is a danger in judging change while in the world of absolutes of our faith - but there is a place where they can both reside and it can be GLORIOUS!

runtime: 8:46

Have you ever found yourself struggling to get a word in edge-wise when talking with someone? Healthy debate can be a catalyst for growth however this art has become something we lost in our current society and culture. Dr. Marc (as always) shares from experience lessons learned on how to communicate amidst debate to have a healthy debate. 

What do you do when a member of your church comes to you and tells you - God told me it is time for me to leave?
How do you handle that? Well Dr. Marc in this podcast sheds some light on a new perspective on how to handle it. 

It may very well surprise you!
Dr. Marc shares from the spiritual parenting perspective and parallels it with being a natural or foster parent. He explains how Foster parenting is the most INTIMATE level of pastoring.
runtime: 17:31

Podcast Introduction. 

Dr. Marc Garcia shares a timely word for the new year 2022. - Re-Define... 

After 2 years of COVID - it is now time to redefine who you are, what are you doing and where you are going. A message sure to empower you!

Have you ever had a dream, an aspiration, a deep desire to accomplish something and you launch thinking God has "got you"?

To then come years after to realize that the dream you had has died? Have you become bitter with God about it? Have you been angry with others because of it? Do you feel like a failure? 

Dr. Marc Garcia sheds light from his own experience on how he overcame this with God, relationships, and His Word. Recorded back in 2014 the message is timeless and empowering.