Matthew 12:46-50. How God restores order to our lives. Subscribe to our Email List amenpodcast.com/donate

Matthew 12:43-45. nothing changes unless everything changes. amenpodcast.com

Spiritual signs unveiled: connecting with God. Matthew 12:33-42. amenpodcast.com

God speaks life into us. Words matter because words create life. God's word empowers us to control our tongues and use our words to speak life not death. Matthew 12:33-37. amenpodcast.com

How to quiet intrusive thoughts with the Word of God.support: DONATE: https://amenpodcast.com/donate Amen Podcast: https://youtube.com/amenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/amenpodcast/ #christianpodcast #sermon #intrusivethoughts

God chooses and we have choices. He is sovereign and we have free will. In the old testament, Israel chose to reject God, so he chose to send his son to redeem us from sin. When Jesus came, he did so as a suffering servant, not a conquering king. As a result, God’s chosen people look different than whats expected.  Our greatest desire is to be chosen by someone who is far more wonderful than we could imagine. Infatuation flirts with the object of its affection, but true love longs to be with the one it has chosen. Jesus made a decision to die for the undeserving so he could satisfy our hearts desire to be chosen by God. It was Jesus desire to glorify God and satisfy our debt by making the decision to die for the undeserving. So what does a chosen person’s life look like? How do we live like were chosen?  amenpodcast.com/donate

Atrophy is the wasting away of body tissue and or an organ. Without exercise, muscles will atrophy. Without spiritual exercise, our spiritual muscles will atrophy. Stretching prevents atrophy and promotes the growth of muscles. have you stretched your spiritual muscles lately? Do you have spiritual atrophy? It is time to start using those muscles again. How? We will learn as my husband Alex preaches on Jesus healing the withered hand of a man at the synagogue in Matthew 12:9-14. AMENPODCAST.COM/DONATE

Jesus tears down religious, man-made fences designed to keep us from God. The best spiritual offense is a good scriptural defense. The burden of religion can only be lifted with the mercy of God. Works based salvation is an unattainable standard, and a deep, theological lie. In today’s episode, Alex will preach about how Jesus tears down religious fences, while also becoming our defense and righteousness. Matthew 12:1-8 

Every human is looking for the same thing: rest. And it is found in the face of God. knowing him for who he really is and being at peace with him is how our soul can finally rest from its eternal work. we punch our spiritual work card and take a deep existential breath once Jesus reveals to us that he is the only way to the father. in this episode, alex will unpack what it means to find rest in God. Matthew 11:25-30. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 11:20-24. Responsibility is the ability to give a response. christians have the supernatural ability to respond to God. We must take Him seriously. the more we know about God, the more we are empowered by the knowledge to give the correct response, which is obedience. our obedience is our responsibility. in the words of uncle ben, with great power comes great responsibility. Christians are held at a higher standard than unbelievers because Christians have been given much knowledge, and with that knowledge much is required. in this episode, alex will be preaching about christian responsibility and how to respond to God.  amenpodcast.com

christians are called to be childlike not childish. in matthew 11, Jesus explains that religious people are hard to please. sometimes they dont want truth and the dont want grace, just like a child who can make up their mind on what to eat, their hungry but nothing sounds good to them. if you find yourself unpleased with your relationship with God, or unable to please people in your life who seem bent on opposing you, in this episode, my husband alex will be preaching about leaving childish faith behind and choosing to give your all to God. matthew 11:16-19 esv

Are you confused with God? in this episode’, Alex is preaching about “How to not be confused by God” He will be giving us 4 steps out of confusion with God. Need to know what God wants you to do? Need to know the difference between your voice and God’s? Do you find yourself struggling to understand what God has next for you? or where to find God in your life? Join us as we continue our study through Matthew in chapter 11 verses 1-15.  support us shop amen merch our instagram our YouTube

In the east, holding hands is a sign of close friendship. It’s one thing to have Jesus in your heart, and in your head, but have you taken him by the hand? Here are 3 steps to taking Jesus by the hand. Matthew 10:40-42. amenpodcast.com

5 steps to putting God first in your life. Matthew 10:34-39. amenpodcast.com

The fear of people is stunting your spiritual growth and quieting your spiritual gift. You aren’t truly free until you’re free from fearing people. Only fear of God fixes the fear of people. matthew 10:26-33.

When God asks, “Do you understand the assignment?” amenpodcast.com

A divinely, green-lighted message from heaven has reached planet earth, the world desperately tries to cover it up. Will you receive it before it’s too late? Matthew 10:1-15. amenpodcast.com/donate

A “gatekeeper” is person that controls access to something. In Matthew 9:34-38, there are good gatekeepers and bad ones. What kind of gatekeeper are you? How can you gate-keep God’s way?

in Matthew 9:27-33, Jesus reveals what He's finna do next in Israel's story. As we look, we will find what He is finna do next in your life. amenpodcast.com/donate

When your spiritual life is dead, there is something you've misread. Matthew 9:18-26. amenpodcast.com/donate

Matthew 9:14-17. Jesus broke the mould of what religion is. In what ways do you need a fresh look at God and your own spirituality?

Matthew 9;9-13. Getting spiritually healthy and why being sick is better than being self-righteous. amenpodcast.com/donate

Matthew 9:1-8. Your problem isn’t medical, physical, financial, or mental. It's spiritual. Sin is your greatest problem. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 8:28-34. To stop overthinking we must think of ourselves less and think of others more. amenpodcast.com

Jonah was headed to Tarshish not Joppa*. Sleep is sweet when peace is deep. If Jesus can sleep through a storm (Matthew 8:24), then He can empower you to have peace in any storm. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 8:18-22. Are you making decisions based on earthy security or heavenly security? amenpodcast.com

Matthew 8:14-17. What God removes from us, let us never go back to. amenpodcast.com

Christianity is the only religion that asks you to really think. Jesus wants us to trust Him blindly AND deeply contemplate His words. At some point, every other religion becomes cult-like, telling its followers to just digest the religion's claims and beliefs, but Jesus says, "Stop, think about it. Once you do, you'll see why I am the way, the truth, and the life." Thinking is trusting. AmenPodcast.com. Instagram

Alex preaches about how to approach God properly. Lokelani share her discoveries in spiritual healing. amenpodcast.com

We posted a question sticker on our instagram story. We talk about our relationship, how to give God glory everyday, having kids and more! amenpodcast.com

Matthew 7:24-29. Christianity is to about what you do, its about what Jesus did. However, if you're not a doer of the word and only a hearer, you'll spend eternity in hell and you'll spend this life revisting destruction. Today, Alex preaches on "doing God's word", afterwards Lokelani shares a chilling story of what NOT doing God's word looks like. AmenPodcast.com/Donate

Mathew 7:13-23. Alex preaches about how to think small, be small and live a small life by choosing to walk on the narrow path of Jesus. Lokelani shares her journey away from the world's wide road of destruction to the small path that leads to life. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 7:7-12. Alex will preach about why you need to ask God for big things and how God exceeds our expectations and imaginations. Lokelani will share what she wants to start asking God for and the problem with asking God for "the little things". AmenPodcast.com/Donate

Matthew 7:1-6. Are you respected? Do you want to be? Showing respect to others is an indication of one’s own self-understanding. A person is respected when someone understands themself well enough to show respect. Being misunderstood is one of the loneliness feelings in the human existence. Jesus shows how he understands us but doesn’t affirm our practices, and shows us how we can be respected but also show respect to others in next part of our Matthew series. AmenPodcast.com

Matthew 6:31-33. Anxiety is a product of what we seek. When we seek God’s kingdom, we will have peace. Why do we keep falling back into anxiety? Our culture is constantly convincing us that we need to seek our own kingdom. But we can’t blame the culture, there’s something in us that doesn't trust that God is good. Today, Alex will preach about how to not be anxious and Loke will share what makes her anxious. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 6:25-30. Jesus never worried. Worry is rooted in fear and disbelief. Jesus invites us to truly live: life without worry. We are called to turn from chasing things and encouraged to follow the King. Through Christ, it is possible to live one day at a time, not worrying about the future, not caring about having new stuff or living for earthly pleasures, but instead be so free and present that we are unbothered by our worldly lack because of our great riches in Christ. Today, Alex preaches about how to live unworried, while Lokelani shares what she worries about most.  amenpodcast.com

Matthew 6:22-24. How well do you see spiritually? or in other words, are your eyes fixed on God? Are you truly devoted to him? To test your spiritual vision you must look at your heart’ devotion by asking yourself, “what takes up most of my thoughts?” To help us see God more clearly, Alex will be preaching about vision, as we continue our series in Matthew. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 6:19-21. Alex is preaching about How to reach the goals God has purposed for you. What are your goals? short term? long term? At your funeral what do you want people to say about you? Are your goals God’s goals? amenpodcast.com

What is your motivation for being a Christian? Do you want the ethics? The benefits? The status? The culture? Or do you want the king? Today Alex is preaching about having more of the right motivation to follow Jesus. https://amenpodcast.com/

Alex is preaching about the power, purpose, and position of prayer by looking at Matthew 6:5-15. Do you pray as often as you’d like? Do you feel as though your prayer life could improve? Well, this message is for you. Jesus has made it possible for you to have a safe place and constant audience with the Father. amenpodcast.com

Alex preaches about not chasing a spectacular life, but rather a simple, quiet and humble one. The world tells us to be spectacular, but the Word tells us to be specific. amenpodcast.com

Are you a basic Christian? In slang, when someone is "basic" they are unoriginal, unexceptional, and mainstream. Jesus was nothing of the sort. To be like Him is to be unique, free, simple, confident, mature and so much more. What makes Jesus so attractive is that He is unlike anyone, yet so much like us at the same time. In this episode, Alex preaches on "How to not be a basic Christian" from Matthew 5;34-48 and Lokelani confesses her struggle with self-righteousness. amenpodcast.com | instagram

Matthew 5:38-42. Alex preaches how to be free from the never-ending cycle of retaliation, payback, holding grudges, and relationship drama. Lokelani gets deep as she explores what this looks like in her life as a wife, mom, & friend. AmenPodcast.com | Instagram

BONUS EP. Mark 9:33-37. How to surrender your social status: you're not special, you’re family. Live from Wheaton College. amenpodcast.com

Alex preaches about honesty from Matthew 5:33-37; Lokelani shares her honesty journey through parenting. AMENPODCAST.COM

Matthew 5:27-32. Alex preaches on how to find contentment while Loke shares her struggle with "bouncing back" after 5 pregnancies. AmenPodcast.com | Instagram

Alex teaches “How to be Chill” as he explains Jesus’ view of anger in Matthew 5:21-26. Also, Lokelani shares how God has turned her internal rage into eternal peace. AmenPodcast.com | instagram

Alex preaches from Matthew 5:17-20 about how to find fulfillment and Lokelani opens up about her struggles with looking for fulfillment in the wrong places. AmenPodcast.com

Matthew 5:14-16. Why Jesus calls you the “Light of the World” and How to be the “Light of the World”. AmenPodcast.com

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus calls the disciples the "Salt of the earth", what does that truly mean? The answer will shock  and challenge you to be more than your-everyday-table-salt. AmenPodcast.com

Matthew 5:10-12. The need, problem and solution of persecution. What is persecution and how do we respond? amenpodcast.com

Matthew 5:9. Don't be a peace-faker or a peace-taker or a peace-breaker. Be a peacemaker and you'll know true happiness. amenpodcast.com

Matthew 5:8. How to be pure in heart and experience God daily. AmenPodcast.com

How to be merciful and receive God’s mercy. Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. AMENPODCAST.COM

How to be satisfied in life.  Matthew 5:6. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled Need: satisfaction. John 4:31-34 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Problem: we long for the wrong. John 4:16-18 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her. 17 “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband— 18 for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!” Solution: know Him ask Him. John 4:10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” amenpodcast.com

Make yourself small: how to practice the meekness of Christ. Matthew 5:5. Donate  Luke's Registry

Jesus says those who mourn are truly deeply happy and satisfied. How? What does it mean to mourn our sin? How can we do it stuck in a world that celebrates sin.  amenpodcast.com

How being poor in spirit is the first key to happiness. amenpodcast.com

Mountains are where heaven and earth meet. This episode is about how to meet with God and how God moves His mountain into you. It begins our series on the most famous discourse from Jesus, the sermon on the mount. Matthew 5:1-2. amenpodcast.com

experiencing God's whole healing. Matthew 4:23-25. amenpodcast.com

repent, quit and revisit what it means to follow Jesus. amenpodcast.com

'Shade is a subtle, sneering expression of contempt for or disgust with someone—sometimes verbal, and sometimes not.' Today we explore: faith growing despite shade throwing. amenpodcast.com 

Let go of power and let God provide. Matthew 4:8-11. amenpodcast.com

Living by faith, not facts. Matthew 4:5-7. amenpodcast.com

from spiritual hangry to spiritually happy. Matthew 4:1-4. amenpodcast.com

How to make right choices, every time. amenpodcast.com

If you don't have fruit, you'll have hell fire. Matthew 3:7-12. amenpodcast.com

How to turn from sin and back to God. Matthew 3:1-6. amenpodcast.com

God uses the home to bring Heaven here. amenpodcast.com

How to be a fearless christian. Matthew 2:16-18. amenpodcast.com

God: you're called, despite your falls. amenpodcast.com

Connecting with God simply, securely and strongly. amenpodcast.com

being influenced by God, not sin. amenpodcast.com

when God fills you with purpose and peace. amenpodcast.com

stop trying and start trusting, salvation is finally here. amenpodcast.com

how God is changing you. amenpodcast.com

how to have newness of life daily. amenpodcast.com

how to invite Jesus into every relationship. (4/4) amenpodcast.com

how to handle drama like Christ. amenpodcast.com

how to be the type of friend that thrives in their relationships. amenpodcast.com

how to have great communication in your relationships. amenpodcast.com

how to hear God and be heard by Him. amenpodcast.com

how to be consumed with God rather than the world. amenpodcast.com

when God's Word makes you alive, again. amenpodcast.com

how to draw near to God, so He will draw near to you. amenpodcast.com

how God's righteousness hooks us in. amenpodcast.com

when God's Word leaves you breathless. amenpodcast.com

God's Word gives us spiritual sight. AMENPODCAST.COM

God's Word is our support. amenpodcast.com

How to stay committed to God, after all, He's committed to you. amenpodcast.com

God's Word gives us wisdom.

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how to trust God’s word more and become a more trustworthy christian. amenpodcast.com

There is nothing more comforting than the sweet whisper of a father to His child saying everything is going to be all right. Those who find their comfort in God will find themselves blameless in God‘s eyes and will be found as a source of hope and joy in the eyes of others. Countless stories in scripture show us of the strongest men and women in history who found comfort in no other place than God‘s word. how can we be like them? let's find out. (amenpodcast.com/donate) 

Everything He allows and does is ultimately for our good. We will explore God‘s goodness and how it will transform our perspective to live life confidently and hopefully and give us an increased desire to love God’s word. PSALMS 119:65-72. DONATE | AMEN MERCH

Trusting that simple statement will make you live confidently and powerfully. you won’t compare. you won’t shame yourself. you’ll live free. but the world, the devil and your own self, want you to remain in slavery. so they say” you need a new vehicle, you need more followers, you need a relationship, you need more money”. in this episode we will listen to what God says about our needs, and what it looks like when His words change our perspective, purpose and inner person. donate

Jesus is risen, our hope is alive. Because he is alive, our hope of forgiveness, revival and eternity will never be taken from us. A major source of our irritability, frustration and sadness is from misplaced hope. Sometimes we may not even be aware of the things that we are hoping in. Any one or anything that we place our hope in outside of God‘s word is dangerous and doomed to disappoint. Today we will learn not only how to hope in God‘s word, but also what happens when we do. donate

we live in a world where if you do not think like everybody else you will get canceled and mocked and laughed at. The person that wrote psalms 119 lived in a similar world. In this episode, we will explore how the unfailing kindness and love of God empower us to live boldly, unashamed and full of freedom in the face of personal attacks from enemies within Christianity and from the outside. amenpodcast.com/donate

the word of God is the Christian’s teacher. teaching leads to learning and learning leads to growth. true growth is measured by how much we obey and delight in the teaching of the word of God. how can we learn to love what God’s word teaches and obey it supremely in our lives and thus experience the joy of growing in confidence, strength, peace and oneness with God? Well, tune in and listen up. amenpodcast.com

revival is defined by robert coleman as “the awakening or quickening of God's people to their true nature and purpose”. in order to receive revival and the new life that comes with it, our old life has to die. this is called dying to self in the bible. but what does that look like? we must know the answer to have this God-promised, new life from above breathed into us. amenpodcast.com/donate

Have you ever tried playing a game or building something without reading the instructions? At first, it’s exciting to take on the challenge of seeing if you can figure it all out yourself. But eventually, you find yourself confused and frustrated because things aren’t going right. The pieces aren’t fitting together.  Well, in the game of life, the Word of God is our guide! Like instructions or a map. In God’s word we will find freedom from the grip of sin and the emptiness of the world that a lot of us are chasing. it also helps us see past the lies of the world and the enemy and reveals the truth of God’s direction and plan for our lives. The Word of God must be our guide, otherwise we will roam this world defeated, wandering and lost. amenpodcast.com/donate

How do we stay pure when we live in a world that encourages us to just do whatever feels right? We do not have the power to overcome this on our own. We cannot muster up enough strength to keep ourselves from doing the things our flesh wants to do or to fight against some of the demonic forces that are behind temptations. We must find strength by hiding God’s word in our heart and truly delighting in it. We can’t just read and memorize scripture. We must love it more than anything else and believe that it is true. amenpodcast.com/donate 

Yesterday we got rid of the 2 tv’s we had in our house. Our oldest son, Amos, loves TV and one might say he was even addicted. When we first told him he was shocked for about 20 seconds, but once we explained why we were doing it and that having better integrity is important, he had the biggest smile on his face. Honestly, he was so joyful, I was the one left in shock. Alex will talk more about how true happiness and integrity are linked together by looking at Psalm 119:1-8. donate 

we will discover that by looking at the resurrection of Christ, we can trust that God’s plan and purpose for our lives is unstoppable. 🤍 donate 🤍 instagram

its time to come out. mark 15:42-47. 🖤 donate 🤍 instagram

The crucifixion shows that Christianity is for outcasts. Those rejected by religion, the world, friends or family. It gives a place and a purpose and a position for thought whom the world might label “losers”. Let’s discover more of who you are in Mark 15:38-41. (amenpodcast.com/donate)

we’re not meant to live in darkness, but sometimes we have to live through it. in this episode, we will see how Jesus pushed through darkness on the cross and that in him we can have the strength to live through darkness. www.amenpodcast.com/donate

God‘s plan is different than the world’s spirituality says. God‘s plan is not just blessings and prosperity. It is deeper, darker, simpler, more mysterious, more beautiful and far greater than simple blessings. God‘s plan for you reveals who you are and who you will be. It reveals what has been predicted about you long before the creation of the universe. let’s explore God’s plan. amenpodcast.com/donate

 how do you know if you are close to God?  true Christians are often closer to him than they think.  If we’re not close, how do we get close to him? If we are close to him, how do we remain there?  In this episode we look at a man name Simon who is so close to Jesus he helped him carry the cross.  what does this story mean?  did Simon understand what he was doing?  let’s gets close and see.  www.amenpodcast.com/donate

No more silence from heaven. God is speaking and listening to you. mark 15:1-20. amenpodcast.com

Stop ghosting God. He loves you. mark 14:66-72. amenpodcast.com