podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/26483601/because-breakthrough-is-possible-this-lent Not so fast. Before we follow Paul's next steps toward Jerusalem, we do well to consider where we are . . . on the calendar. A few days ago, February 18, Christians around the world entered into the season of Lent, a time to humbly prepare our hearts for Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem, and all that happened there--his betrayal, arrest, crucifixion and Resurrection. One of t

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/20f98b4d/the-olympics-prostitutes-a-mob-and-a-supreme-god-no-55-acts Good Day. Last night I was watching the Olympics, specifically the snowboarding competition . . . man, oh man, it is nothing short of amazing what the well-trained human body can do! Isn't it crazy to consider that the Olympic games began before Christ was born? Even in Ephesus, where the Word of God was taking hold, there were also athletic contests in th

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/e824311e/travel-texas-and-truth-a-witch Just in case you missed it, the other day I threw down the gauntlet. I suggested carrying your Bible with you occasionally - maybe placing it on the treadmill rack at the gym, or somewhere near you, visible to passers by at your favorite coffee shop or perhaps on your airplane tray table. Here's my little weekend vignette on the matter. On Friday, I boarded a westbound airplane for L

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2d85bf5c/in-the-valley-of-good-and-evil-no-54-acts This is a little longer than normal, but it kinda' had to be... In the Spring of 2000, I picked up a book that captivated me, and singlehandedly changed my life. Set in the hood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, the author wrote about people and lifestyles I had not encountered (yet)--those heavily influenced by demonic activity. Heck, I had been raised 'in the church',

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1e8bce05/when-somethings-missing-inside-no53-acts It would be interesting to be God, don't you think? Imagine having a view of all the beings He created-- humans, in particular, crafted in His very likeness... 1 equipped with a creative mind, a heart meant to love and be loved, and a soul to be forever one with Him. And imagine with me, that God looks down, and says, 'Do you see me? Why, look at the skies above!' 'Do you h

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3f09ed22/i-hope-it-calls-your-name-no52-acts What calls your name or beckons you?   'Caramel chocolate chip ice cream in your freezer?  Yes! Great waves to surf? The Sunday crossword puzzle, your garden, TikTok, that pile of laundry that needs to be folded,  the Netflix show you have been binge watching or the gym?  I submit to you that if you truly understood its value to your heart and mind, it would be your beautiful Bib

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/cf588e42/double-down-on-this-no-51-acts Somewhere in the middle of the airplane I sat, winging my way west to Southern California ... right after take off, I got out my pink Filament Bible  1  and started reading further in Acts, when I noticed the guy across the aisle was reading his Bible too . What?! That was a first on an airplane...and I liked it.  hmmm...   And then, from the smiling part of my brain, I recall one mor

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/298ec333/gamechanger-he-is-no-50-acts What's the point? When I read a passage of Scripture, I endeavor to determine the main point-- including what I learn about God,  what He might have me apply to myself and readers near and far. As we turn the page in Luke's rendering of the spread of the gospel in Acts 18 and 19, it would be easy to miss that Paul is embarking on his third and final missionary journey. Reading this pass

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/250d6c37/may-this-be-you-and-me Does this  W o R D  describe you?    I remember a day I was kinda putzing in the kitchen with two of my boys nearby, and I turned and asked them,  ' What are you devoted to ?'   And they did what you would likely do . . . they turned and looked at me and said, 'What?!'  Partially because the question came seemingly 'out of the blue'  but also because the word  devoted   itself seems to have l