Beyond the Building

223. Beyond The Building with Special Guest Amanda Kern

Join Laura and Debbie and special guest, Amanda Kern, of Beckoning Ministries. Amanda is an author, teacher, preacher and a student of the Word of God. Hear her share her story of how God has continued to stretch her in ministry as she seeks to follow His lead one day at a time.

222. Navigating the Sudden Changes of Life

Join Laura Piraino and Debbie Keever as they jump into conversation for the month of September in a new series called, Moving Pieces. Life can suddenly change with one phone call. All the pieces had been in place, all your ducks were standing in a straight line…until they weren’t. God is less concerned that your pieces have suddenly moved and more interested in helping you navigate those sudden changes. Join Deb and Laura as they share some recent examples in their own lives of having had to navigate sudden changes.

221. The Influencers Do Not Define You

Influencers are people whose opinions compete for your attention. Influencers can be in your family, in your peer group and in culture itself. The choice you need to make is: will you value God’s opinion of you more than the opinion of an influencer?

220. Your Performance Does Not Define You

In a performance driven society, we can get tangled in the lie that our identity is found in the strengths that God has given us. Culture seeks to glorify what we do and how well we do it. What we find in this episode is that our strengths are tools that God gives us in order to live out our purpose, but never intended to define who we are.

219. Your Past Does Not Define You

Good or bad, we often allow our past to define who we are today. Christ has made us to live out our purpose in this moment we find ourselves in today, not tied to memories of yesterday. This episode shares the freedom we can experience by living who we are and what we are called to be totally free today.

218. You Can Know Who You Are

The cry of every human heart is to know WHO they are and what their PURPOSE for living is. The only One who has the right to define you, to declare your purpose for living…is the One who created you.

217. The Heat Invites God’s Power

Times in our lives where the heat gets turned up seem like they are purposed to bring us down, but what we find when our eyes are fixed on Jesus is that these times are actually purposed to bring on the power! What if we viewed our challenges as opportunities for God’s power to be on display in our lives? Join us this week as we look at Daniel in the lion’s den and how an entire nation was turned to Christ because of one man’s struggle.

216. Daniel 3 Using the R.E.A.D.S.’ Bible Study tool

Join Debbie and Laura as they share from Daniel 3 using the R.E.A.D.S. study tool. Join the conversation by studying this passage on your own following the method shared in episode 92 to hear what God would speak to you personally through this passage!

215. Heat That Refines

Daniel 3 shares the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three men who decided to follow the one true God. Making that decision set them apart and being set apart led to a moment of personal crisis like they had never experienced before! It was in that fiery place that Jesus met them. He didn’t spare them from going into the fire, but he was with them every step of the way. Feeling the heat today? Be encouraged as you listen to today’s episode with Debbie Keever and Laura Piraino.

214. Prepared for the Heat

This week we begin our new series, When the Heat Gets Turned Up.  Join Debbie and Laura as they look at Daniel 1 and the way God prepared four young men for a challenging season ahead.  What God showed them will prepare us for our challenging seasons as well.