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Hey friend, its hard to believe, but January 2021 is almost halfway over! Here is an overview of the thoughts I’m working on for 2021 podcasts.
Todays episode is the first of a series of thoughts about Beginnings. You'll be surprised to learn how a clean, sparkling, swimming pool displays the act of creation!
Thought #1-Beginnings: The first Creation-how it all began. A close look at the creation account found in the book of Genesis, and the references to creation throughout the Bible.
Thought #2-Responses: a response is an answer or reply verbally, written, or physical action. In the book of Jonah, the responses we witness the in the four short chapters tell us a lot about God, others, and ourselves.
Thought #3-Providence. Providence denotes the care of God for his creatures and the fulfillment of Gods plan upon the earth regardless of the various elements of wickedness that seek to derail it. Starting in Genesis Chapter 37 and continuing all the way to the end of the book in chapter 50, we see the heavy hand of God’s providence at work in the life of Jacob’s second to the youngest son Joseph, despite the evil actions of his older brothers. A working title for this series is Point Man of Providence- Standing Strong for God in a Fallen World. The requirement that providence stems from a personal agent, in other words God, once seemed an absolute, just plain common sense, but in fact, now many people have lost sound thinking, and like the Stoic Greek philosophers of old, hold to the belief that the ordering of the universe emanates, or flows from a first principle designated as theos, “God,” but which they conceive of simply as the immanent/inherent/fundamental active principle of the universe. Today you hear people give thanks to the Universe. The story of Joseph starting in Genesis chapter 37 rejects that concept and reveals a God intimately involved in the activities and salvation of his creation.
Thought #4-Rebirth: Rebirth may not be the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about the book of Revelation, but in the final chapters we see the new heaven and the new earth coming down. Plain Revelation-simple, straight forward talks about how it all will end and begin again…a chapter by chapter look at the book of Revelation. It is delineations of disappointments, determinations, and destructions. It defines what already is, what will be, what is that no longer will be, all with such certainty that there is no question about its advent, course of trajectory, or its completion/fulfillment.
The God of the Universe has given us a 50,000 feet overview of the end of history as we know it, and it makes sense that we really should know it - and we can know it. That does not mean at this moment you will fully understand every symbol and description. What it does mean to know it is to have it embedded in your mind enough that as things come to pass, you will recognize the terrain… where you personally are on the timeline of the end.
Connection: Quiet Time-how to spend time alone with God. “Be still and know that I am God.”
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Google meets for prayer and encouragement.
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Here is the YouTube link for Chris Rea's song "Texas" that I reference in this episode (ignore the video, it has nothing really to do with the song!)
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The Jordan Peterson Podcast I mention in this epispode.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - Season 4 Episode 1: Matthew McConaugheyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wBjH8aXw4
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583. How a Flop Became the Heartbeat Movie of Christmas
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582. Choose Gratitude Over Bitterness
05:13||Season 27, Ep. 582📝 This Thanksgiving, we’re stepping into one of the most astonishing moments of God’s providence in early American history. 🍂✨The Pilgrims were grieving a brutal winter, weakened, hungry, and unprepared for a land they didn’t know. Yet God was already arranging provision they couldn’t see. 🙏🌅That provision arrived through a Native American man named Squanto—a man who endured kidnapping, enslavement, forced travel across oceans, and the devastating loss of his entire tribe. 💔⛓️🌍History doesn’t record his motives. But it does record his actions: Squanto stepped toward the Pilgrims with generosity, teaching them how to grow food, fish, and survive. His kindness helped an entire community endure. 🌽🐟🤝This episode reflects on how Squanto’s service stands in contrast to the bitterness his suffering could have produced. And it challenges us—those who follow Jesus—to choose gratitude over bitterness in our own storms. ✨🕊️Romans 8:28 and 1 Thessalonians 5:18 aren’t just verses; they’re invitations to trust God’s providential care even through the hardest chapters. 📖🔥Today, friend, let Squanto’s example and God’s providence lift your eyes:👉 Choose gratitude over bitterness.👉 Choose mercy over withdrawal.👉 Choose trust over cynicism.Happy Thanksgiving. Go love someone with open hands today. 🧡🤲🍂📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org 🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.
PSA — Teaser: Choose Gratitude Over Bitterness
00:19|Get ready for Thanksgiving 2025's Thursday episode: “Choose Gratitude Over Bitterness.” 🌽🕊️⏰ Even brief, this reflection shows how gratitude 🙏💛 can rise above bitterness 😔➡️😊, and how God’s providential care 🌿✨ works through history 📜⏳ and human hearts ❤️🕊️ to preserve life 🌎 and faith ✝️.✨🙏 Start Thursday’s busy day with a heart prepared to fully celebrate the grace of God He has extended to you in 2025! 🦃💛🎉📖🙌
581. When the Beam Cracked
05:47||Season 27, Ep. 581⛵️ Thanksgiving week is here, friend — and today’s episode takes you back to a night in 1620 when the Mayflower almost turned back. A cracked beam… a raging storm… sickness… fear… and a group of believers choosing gratitude anyway. 🙏💨⚓️In the middle of the chaos, William Brewster opened Psalm 107:23–31 and reminded everyone that the God who stirred the waves was the same God who stills them. 🌊➡️🤫They weren’t thankful for the storm — but they were thankful in it. That same posture shows up in Colossians 2:6–7: being rooted in Christ and overflowing with gratitude. 🌿💛A repaired beam held. 🌊 And 102 weary passengers pressed forward toward a new life of worship and hope.Today’s episode invites you to stop, breathe, and look up. Whatever storm is shaking your little boat, Jesus is already in it — steady, faithful, unchanging. ✝️✨Let your “thank You” rise before the answer ever arrives. 🕊️🙌📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org 🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.
PSA / Teaser: When the Beam Cracked
00:14|Sunday PSA / Teaser: “When the Beam Cracked”Hey friend, happy Thanksgiving week! 🍂✨Step back to September 1620. The Mayflower has been at sea for weeks. The passengers are sick. Supplies are low. And during a violent North Atlantic storm, one of the main support beams cracks.In that moment of fear and tension, William Brewster read Psalm 107:23–31, and the passengers chose gratitude—not because life was easy, but because God was with them in the storm.Colossians 2:6–7 reminds us to be rooted, built up, and overflowing with gratitude, even before answers arrive.Take five minutes to hear this story and let your heart be encouraged to choose gratitude in your own life today. 🙏💛🎧 Full episode drops Monday at 6 AM Central on gwot.rocks.
580. Plugged into the Wrong Power?
06:10||Season 27, Ep. 580Show Notes 🗒️⚡✝️Main VerseA midnight power outage taught me: wrong plug = no vision, systems crash. ⚡Proverbs 29:18 (CSB): “Without revelation people run wild, but one who follows divine instruction will be happy.” 👀📖 This “people” = God’s covenant family (Israel then, church now). When we ditch God’s prophetic word for celebrity pastor “vision,” restraints collapse—idolatry, scandals, chaos.In today’s storm (anxiety epidemics, attendance freefall, 2024-25 pastor moral failures), we must unplug from men & plug our minds into Jesus alone—Hebrews 12:2, the pioneer & perfecter of our faith.True vision & power come only from Him. Fix your eyes, reroute your cords. ✝️🔌Key VerseHebrews 12:2 (CSB): “…keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith…” ⚓❤️Quick Stats Mentioned50M+ U.S. adults with anxiety disordersMassive post-COVID church attendance dropWave of high-profile pastoral moral failures (2024–2025)Challenge this week 🔌Audit your “power cords”: Where are you getting your spiritual vision? Reroute anything that isn’t Jesus.Drop a ⚡ in the comments if God spoke to you through this one. Share with someone running on empty. See you next time — stay plugged into the Real Power. ✝️🔥#TrueVision #JesusIsTheSource #UnpluggedFromMan #SpiritualStorm #FixYourEyesOnJesus📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org 🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.
579. Silence Louder Than Noise
04:20||Season 27, Ep. 579📖 **Key Verse (CSB):** > “During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.” – Luke 6:12 🔥 **Spurgeon Reworked:** - 🏔️ He hit the mountain. Solo. - 🙏 All night. No quick vibe check. - 🤫 Silence. Full lock-in. - 😡 After Pharisees came for Him. - 🚫 No comeback. Just climbed. - 🌌 Alone. Prayed. Nonstop. - 🌅 Dawn: Named the Twelve. - 💪 Mission on. Enterprise live. 🚪 **So What?** Prayer = **gate** to His enterprise. Not a side quest. The main drop. Solitude → Authority → Action. 🌑 **Big Picture:** World slept. Darkness flexed. One Man, one night, one prayer—**broke the dark**. No post. No noise. Heaven heard. History flipped. 🔇 Silence > noise. 🌠 Aloneness echoes forever. 💡 **Your Call:** - 🧎♂️ Slip away. No clout needed. - 🌙 Pray like it’s war—cuz it is. - 🚀 Step through. Launch *your* mission. 🔥 **Go dark. Win loud.** 🔇#SilenceLouder #PrayLikeChrist #SpiritualWarfare 📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org 🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.
578. Your 5-Minute Peace Reset
05:46||Season 27, Ep. 578☕ Your 5-Minute Peace Reset – Let’s Do This TogetherNeed a spiritual reboot? This 5-minute episode walks you through a daily peace plan — a simple solution to reset your soul, guard your mind, and live as peace in motion.💡 Today’s Flow:1️⃣ Soul Reset: Whisper, “Jesus, I’m handing You every mess I woke up with.” (Psalm 23:1-3 CSB)2️⃣ Mind Guard: Let Philippians 4:8-9 (CSB) be your filter — true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable.3️⃣ Peace in Action:• Text a lifeline (Colossians 3:15 CSB) 💬• Pray for someone in passing 🙏• Leave a sticky-note of hope to a friend or family member 💛🌿 Takeaway: Peace isn’t passive. It’s practiced. When you reset your soul and guard your thoughts, the God of peace guards you — and your calm becomes someone else’s courage.🎙️#faith #peace #devotional #ChristianPodcast #gwotrocks📱 Connect with Us:💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org 🔗 ResourcesCharles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source)The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.
577. The Echo of Eden Lost
09:00||Season 27, Ep. 577Ever feel a restlessness that no pleasure can satisfy? 🤔💭 You’re not alone — centuries of Puritan insight reveal that the human soul is made for infinite satisfaction… which can only be found in God Himself. 🌊✨In today’s episode, we explore the pursuit of created pleasure 🍰📺💸 and why it always leaves us wanting more. From the thrill of the next bite, the next scroll, the next distraction — none of it can fill the soul’s deepest longing.We also examine the life of Christ 🕊️, fully human and fully God, who experienced hunger, joy, friendship, grief, and labor, yet never misplaced His desires in created things. He shows us the path to true, God-centered delight — enjoying creation as a reflection of its Creator, not as a replacement for Him. 🌟🙏If you’ve ever wondered why “more” never satisfies, or why rest feels just out of reach, this episode is for you. Tune in to discover the cure for emptiness and how the life of God in your soul transforms the way you see pleasure forever. 💡💛✨ Listen, reflect, and let your longing point you home. Your soul was made for more than fleeting delight — it was made for the infinite God. 🕊️💧📱 Connect with Us: 💻 Website: gwot.rocks home page 📺 YouTube: "Other Things with... " ❤️ Support the mission: DONATE . For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3) Transform This City Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org 🔗 Resources Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening (Public Domain Source) The Four Spiritual Laws- how you can be born again and have eternal life? The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit! LIFE HELPS Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.