Living The Abundant Life

This is exactly the time we need to declare prophetic promises over ourselves, our families, and our businesses. We speak and the natural shifts! 

God's words and His promises are unthwarted by the temporal circumstances of today, even the reality of a global pandemic. Now is the time to pray boldly into the promises God has given you. 

Scripture says the kindness of God leads man to repentance. Kindness isn't just some sweet, mild virtue it is a powerful aspect of God's divine nature that actually carries the power to change lives, facilitate repentance, and transform dark to light. Anne-Marie is a wife, mom, ministry leader, and friend who is living with a keen revelation of God's kindness and it flows through her life abundantly blessing all who know her. She shares about how kindness illuminates the dark and is, in fact, a part of our spiritual inheritance. Listen in and be encouraged!

** "Life is too short not to leap" - Nick ** There are so many things I love about this episode with Nick &Steph Bradac. They are a couple of faith-filled, people-gathering, coffee-loving Christians who are going all-in on a dream from Jesus and you WANT to hear their story! Nick quit his very successful career and took a "leap" with his wife Stephanie to launch a coffee food truck in their small midwestern town. It's become a beloved meet-up spot for locals to connect and share life and it's really just the beginning of their dream! They have 4 boys and, as a family, are committed to taking courageous leaps and loving people in big and practical ways. Grab a cup of joe and enjoy! 

I sat down with my friend and author Lindsay Morgan Snyder for a great convo about letting the love of God transform us from the inside out. She literally wrote the book on it, Letting Love In: How God Renews Relationships by Crushing Your Inner Critic. In her book and our conversation, Lindsay shares the common lies that made it hard for her receive God's love. She also explains her practical approach to Journaling with Jesus and how it facilitates breakthrough in our conversations with God, allowing Him to actually speak to and destroy those lies. 

Marriage author Scott  Means and his wife Jenni joined me for a phenomenal conversation around what makes a marriage full, overflowing in joy and intimacy.  Scott has been writing and researching on the topic of marriage for over 20 years and the wisdom, perspective, and candid stories he and Jenni share are truly inspiring! Listen in until the end of the episode for a special discount code on Scott's bundle of books available only to our listeners. 

Michelle Haswell, Sr Pastor at Northlands Church, joins us to share about her new book Living Refreshed.  Her passion is to see leaders thrive and so we sat down to chat about what exactly it looks like for leaders to live refreshing and flourishing lives in the midst of the incessant demands of life and ministry. Michelle gives us all permission to set healthy boundaries, tells us how to avoid burnout, and finish well in the area we are called to lead.

Russell Poland, a sales consultant and local church leader, shares how he and his wife have abounded in faith through what they call "the battle of their lives for the lives of our children." In the midst of the deep pain of a long journey with infertility, Russell shares how faith has not only sustained them but fresh promises from God actually grew their faith even when circumstances weren't changing. Listen in and hear this family's story of faith through infertility. I truly believe it's a powerful gift that we get to hear this from a man's, a Dad's, perspective!

Rachel is a woman with a past like your worst nightmare and a present that is pretty darn abundant. She lived through losing two husbands tragically in an instant.  As a mom, a ministry leader, a wife and a friend, Rachel shares how Christ led her through loss into a grace-filled, miraculously abundant life despite the unimaginable pain she has endured.

Friend, Writer, and Pastors Wife - Nicole Hannel - shares how she has come to experience abounding hope in the midst of professional disappointment, prolonged sickness, and other trials. Hope is our portion, our inheritance and can be our expectation in Christ! 

Greg Haswell, Sr Pastor of Northlands Church, unpacks the gifts of the Spirit for us. The 3 types of gifts, what they mean, and how they reflect and radiate the glory of God and unleash the abundance of his presence and nature this side of heaven. 

Guest Tyler Hannel - a teaching pastor at Northlands Church and the Director of Sales with Catalyst - shares what he has discovered to be the recipe for happiness through Paul's writings in Philippians 4. Tyler explains how our hunger for soul satisfaction can never be satiated through external accomplishments, but it is found in Christ. Abundant joy comes from knowing our Creator and his kindness. 

Greg Haswell, Sr Pastor of Northlands Church, shares about hearing God's voice and how because we are "in Christ" we have constant unhindered access to conversation with his Holy Spirit. Greg unpacks some of the mystery around what God's voice sounds like, what Holy Spirit talks to us about and how to practically develop our ability to recognize his voice. 

Lindsay shares her wisdom and experience on how powerful it is when we interweave celebration into our daily lives and make it not just an occasion but a lifestyle. She tells us how we can celebrate God, others, and ourselves, unlocking another key aspect of the abundant life we are discovering in Christ. "Celebration is not a human invention, it is a God invention." - LVZ 

Children's Book Author, Emily Assell, joins me for an incredible conversation unveiling her own story and how the power of declaring God's word has transformed her family and her future.  God's word never returns void and Emily has a testimony of abundance that illustrates this truth. Her story is like theology with skin on.  

You were made for more than meager ... you were make for abundance! Preaching "Living Abundance" at Refresh 2019 Conference. 

Sometimes I need a reminder of the purpose and importance of living aware that we are a part of the Body of Christ and knowing what our role is as a member of it.  In this episode I talk briefly about how we can help unleash abundance for those among us in the Body of Christ who are struggling with lack and difficulty. 

We are not trying to drive better on "bad gas," We were designed by God to live fueled by love not fear. Fear is a roadblock that limits us from living the abudant life.

Do you ache for limitless living but feel like you keep hitting obstacle after obstacle? Today we are talking about 4 Limitations we can lose in order to gain a lifestyle of abundance.

Ever feel like your just aren’t worth God’s abundant blessings? God says, not only are you worth my Son’s life, my Spirit, and my abundant blessings .... but so are the people around you. God wants to pour so much abundance into our lives that it spills out on our friends, neighbors and even strangers in order to transforms lives and communities.

Too often we ask God to show us our passions and calling and then drag our feet in actually living it out. We are slow to start because lies count us out. But...Truth counts us in. Be encouraged today that God has called and qualified you for the dream in your heart. Count yourself in and take a step forward, this year in living out your dream .... living the Abundant Life!

It’s the start of a new year, and for me the start of a new dream- this podcast! Living the Abundant Life is a podcast offering truth and practicality to living out the Abundant Life promised to us and secured for us by Christ (John 10:10).