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5 loaves of bread and a couple fish. How would it ever be enough to feed the large crowd that stood before Jesus and the disciples? Today's episode takes us to John 6:1-15, the account of Jesus feeding the 5000. This passage can become very familiar to us; so much so that we miss the weight of just how powerful God is and what He can do. In our lives God will often place before us a need that seems too big to imagine any solution. In that process, He is asking us to display "obedient trust." As we partner with Him and step in faith into what He is asking, we see His glory on display. We see Him as the God of endless resources. Be encouraged, God never runs out!

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Mega church pastors falling into moral failure. Epstein lists and Diddy files coming out into the open. Government admission of misleading Americans during the COVID response. Exposure and potential exposure is all around us. When we focus on what we see and hear, we can get discouraged and perhaps even have our own faith shaken. But if we are focused on the Lord, we don't lose heart. Essentially, exposure must first start with us -- allowing the Lord to examine our souls. From there, we allow ourselves to be used in the process that God is already doing. Even from the ashes of what is being dismantled, God is building an unshakeable Kingdom. May we be bold as we step out in faith in these days.

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Exposure is a term we've been hearing a lot lately. But when it comes to what God is doing and revealing, how do we respond? How does it affect our faith? Today's episode is part 1 of a 2-part series. It focuses mainly on the Biblical and Scriptural support for exposure and realizing that today, God is still doing the same things we see in the Bible. We have to trust what He is doing and even partner with Him to be agents of change in our world. The Lord is at work and exposing much...in 2025 and beyond.

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In John 4, we see an encounter Jesus has with the Samaritan woman at the well. In this encounter, there is a point at which Jesus reveals Himself as the Messiah. In response to this, the woman rushes back to her village with the big news: “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” John 4:29. Many villagers respond and see for themselves this Jesus; discovering that He truly is the Savior.

As we dive into this passage today, we see that there is no one too far gone for Jesus to reach. We also discover that in our worship, the Lord desires worshippers in spirit and in truth. Finally, the news of the Gospel should compel us to go and tell others, just as this woman did. Many are thirsty for Living Water. Are we willing to share Jesus with them?

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In John 1, we see a handoff taking place of disciples. More specifically, the disciples of John the Baptist see Jesus ("the Lamb of God") and follow after Him. The way John recounts this in his Gospel, we see no effort on the part of John the Baptist to take away from or keep his followers from seeking the Lord. And really, that was his mission: to prepare the way for the Lord. This episode examines the call of these first disciples and asks some questions to ourselves: is there anything in our lives that we follow greater than Jesus, are we telling others about Him, and are we allowing Jesus to do "even greater things" in our lives as He speaks to Nathanael in John 1:51? This podcast is an extension to the Wild Faith series; a call to continue seeking after Christ in all we do.

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Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19,20

Ending this series on Wild Faith, we are looking at the Great Commission and how it is a call to simply "Go" and share the Gospel. This episode uses some content from a previous blog in 2021, but the thrust of the message is the same. We are not given the option to simply stand idly by while others do the work of evangelism. When we do move out, we see that Jesus is right alongside us and even goes before us into the situations we come across. Life is too short. The stakes are too high. We must share Jesus with the world. A wild faith demands it.

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But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15

Continuing on talking about "Wild Faith," the home is ground zero for where a bold faith is shaped and put on display. Homes that exhibit wild faith will look different than others on the block. Jesus will be the center and foundation of such homes. And a generational inheritance of Christ will be the mark of the sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters of homes built upon wild faith. Today's episode dives into this discussion and the importance of covenanting with the Lord to make Him the reason for everything we do. This faith will then shape our interaction with the world, making us bold to share the Promise that we have!

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Whenever we put the word "wild" in front of something, we can have a certain impression because of what we perceive wild to mean. In this episode, consider a definition of wild which means "passionately eager or enthusiastic, going beyond normal or conventional bonds, and deviating from the intended or expected course." When considering all of these meanings and then applying it to our faith, we can see how God would use us in ways that take us from living in the status quo or just as a cookie-cutter Christian. In this episode, we get an idea of what Derek means when he says the phrase "wild faith" and how to apply it as Christians. Ideally, it means moving closer to God and further from this world, seeing that God is exactly Who He says He is, and that the patterns we see the faithful display in the Bible are the same patterns that we should expect today. It's a wild faith and we are called to live it!