Beyond the Building

39. Words that Hinder Growth

For such a small part of the body, the tongue has an incredible power over your potential for growth.
Negative words hinder growth and positive words breathe life.
Each of us needs to consider how we are responding to what has been spoken over us…and each of us must give an account for how we speak to others.

38. Building Strong Female Relationships

Our female friendships can be some of our greatest blessings, they can also produce some of our greatest challenges!
In this podcast we will be focusing on some tools for creating longevity and health in our relationships with other women.

37. Mentors and Relationships with Lisa Smith

This week, we focus on the importance of mentoring relationships as a means to build the Kingdom of God.
At a time in life when we feel disconnected, these relationships can keep us grounded, connected and growing spiritually, emotionally and relationally.
Professor Lisa Smith shares practical thoughts on how to form these relationships with us today.
Lisa is the author of "Godly Characters: Insights For Spiritual Passion From The Lives Of 8 Women In The Bible".
This book is available for purchase on Amazon as well as Square Halo Books.

36. Parenting with Missy Elliot: Watchmen at the Gate

In a time when culture seeks to turn our children away from the truth of the Word of God, we can raise our children to love the Lord and be lights in the dark.
Missy Elliott shares profound application from the book of Esther on how we as parents have been given the call to be watchmen at the gates for our children, turning their hearts toward the Lord.

35. Relationships: A Matter of the Heart

We have been created with a tremendous need to be in relationship.
We desire to really be known for who we are: to be loved, valued and accepted.
Until we discover that our deepest needs need to be met first by our Heavenly Father, we will struggle in achieving healthy relationships with others.

34. How to Break Free from Being ”Stuck”

While emotional or spiritual injury can leave us stuck and unable to live in true freedom, God has provided a way for us to recover and be whole.
The process can be painful but similar to the unfreezing of a shoulder, it leads to freedom and range of motion that may have been forgotten along the way.

33. A Bitter Heart is a Frozen Heart

All of us experience a wounded heart in our lifetimes.
When the wound is not addressed and healed, a door is opened for unforgiveness to enter which then leads to a bitter heart.
A heart that is stuck in bitterness is cold and unmoving.but, there is hope.
This is a powerful episode on how the choice to forgive (and be forgiven) melts even the most frozen of hearts.

32. Frozen by Fear and Anxiety

All it takes is an open door. We have a thought or experience that ushers in a simple thought of fear or anxiety.
If not addressed swiftly, these emotions can overtake us - leaving us paralyzed.

31. Identifying What Keeps Us Stuck

Similar to the way an injury can produce a scar, impeding the free movement of our bodies, emotional or spiritual injury can produce unseen scar tissue that keeps us from living free.
In today’s episode, learn to identify the warning signs of these injuries in order to avoid being in the pain that comes along with these frozen places.

30. Christmas: More than Conquerers

In a Christmas season that looks very different than others have in the past, we may find ourselves exhausted, weary and struggling.
The same thing could be said of those in the very first Christmas story.
In the middle of their struggle, a conqueror was born making a way for us all to be more than conquerors in every battle we face.