183: When God Orchestrates Your Unconditional Surrender - Sergio Luna

December 21st, 2023  |  24 mins 29 secs

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Sergio had a wonderfully successful marketing/branding firm in Mexico with 30 employees. Then, in one day through multiple confirmations, the Lord instructed him to leave it all behind and move to the United States. This led to the hardest season of his life which literally brought him to his knees in full, unconditional surrender. Since then, his life has never been the same.

182: When it Costs Everything to say "Yes" - Terry Goodman

December 14th, 2023  |  32 mins 18 secs

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After some difficult life circumstances, Terry thought ministry may be over for her. But God wasn’t finished yet – not even close. After a divine meeting with Carole Ward, the founder of Favor International, The Lord woke her up two nights in a row at 2:00am asking her the same questions about going to Africa: “Will you go, and will you stay?” She said yes to both questions. Gave everything away, bought a one-way ticket to Uganda, and hasn’t looked back. What’s happened since has been nothing short of miraculous.

181: When Mental Toughness & Extra Effort No Longer Work - Darryl Lyons

December 7th, 2023  |  33 mins 28 secs

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“Mental toughness, extra effort” was the self-sufficient mantra Darryl lived by, until one February day that became nothing more than a powerless saying. He came to the end of himself and discovered how abiding in Jesus moment by moment was what his heart had always longed for.

180: How Listening to the Lord and Bold Action Brings Breakthrough - Dave Dalton

November 30th, 2023  |  40 mins 19 secs

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Dave has cultivated a life of listening to the Lord's promptings then acting upon them, no matter how crazy they seem. In doing so he's experienced incredible breakthroughs in his life and business - along with incredible resistance. There's been one KEY that has helped him navigate through all of it: remembering what the Lord has said.

179: The Phone Call That Changed My Life - Katie Norris

November 23rd, 2023  |  28 mins 52 secs

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Katie had an idea to combine photography, film and philanthropy into a business called Fotolanthropy. Yet, she became weary of being in the middle ground of knowing the business needed to launch or the idea needed to die. So, she and her husband cried out to the Lord asking Him to help them know what to do. Less than 30 minutes after praying together, she received a phone call that changed her life.

178: From Bankruptcy to Blessing - Mark Terrell

November 16th, 2023  |  12 secs

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Through a divine invitation and a very reluctant "Yes," Mark shares his journey of leaving a successful financial services career and taking over a bankrupt non-profit that had 17 employees, and a budget of $600,000, to become one of Indiana’s largest non-profits with 700 employees, and a budget of $60 million. A miraculous story of bankruptcy to blessing and how God made it happen.

177: The Undeniable Presence of God - Stephanie Brady

November 9th, 2023  |  30 mins 39 secs

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Stephanie was 29 weeks pregnant when the unthinkable happened: On a family excursion, her husband died right in front of her. The overwhelm she experienced was beyond comprehension. Yet, during this unthinkable pain, God’s undeniable presence was like fortified pillars that supernaturally held her up. Stephanie shares how she experienced the truth of God’s promise that His presence is more than enough all the time for everything in your life.

176: The Profound Impact of Speaking Truthfully to God - Jamie Winship

November 2nd, 2023  |  36 mins 5 secs

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Jamie Winship spent nearly 30 years living and working in conflict zones, and during that time he has learned an important truth: all human conflict originates from fear, and fear originates from a false view of God, ourselves, and others. Until we exchange what's false for what's real, we will never experience being fully alive, fully human, and fully free. This exchange starts with one critical step: speaking truthfully to God. He explains how in this episode of Real Faith Stories.

175: The Transforming Power of Suffering Wisely – Rob Reimer

October 26th, 2023  |  36 mins 58 secs

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At age 24, Rob was sitting alone with God and he heard Him say to his heart, “I'm calling you to plant a church. You're going to teach in seminary. You're going to write books. You're going to speak internationally. Everything you do is for revival.” Rob replied, “I will do anything you ask me to do. But I'll never open my own doors and seek to advance my own opportunities. You open the doors and I'll walk through them when the time comes.”

Since then, God has magnificently empowered Rob to fulfill all these dreams, to the point of helping hundreds of thousands of people around the world, but it’s not been without much suffering. Rob says, “You don’t get to choose IF you suffer in life, you only get to choose HOW you suffer.” And the key to growing in spiritual authority and seeing a tremendous increase in God’s power is learning how to suffer wisely.

174: The Hard Questions Can Change Your Life - Allan Blain

October 19th, 2023  |  37 mins 44 secs

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Allan was making over $1 million dollars a year in a lucrative real estate and construction career yet, deep down, he knew he wasn’t making the impact God created him to make in the lives of others. So, with a 180 degree pivot and 90% pay cut, he went into a completely different business that now impacts the lives of thousands around the world. The catalyst for this change came from a friend who asked him hard questions at the right time.