Episode Focus: Ephesians 4:8-13

We've grown, we've learned, and we've got God and now we're ready to move into a new season, a new job, new community, new something.. but let's hold on a little longer. we have to stay 'posted on the strip', or in other words, what if God is telling you to stay in the place he saved you from a little longer? Don't be so quick to leave. Sometimes God gets us out but tells us to stay… in the place He called you out of, in the environment you’re now ready to rush out of, stay there a bit.

What if God's promise and power is in the place you're ready to rush out of? Don't miss your blessings, the power, the promise, and the Spirit that God is pressing in you because you want to be seen as someone that has grown. You and God know that there has been growth. Growth happens in the inside before ever showing up externally and often times where we are doesn't show us how much growth has actually transpired in our lives and we're eager to showcase that. But stay posted, keep in pace, there are still things you can acquire in the place that once broke you, the place that once held you back. Use your newfound self and enlightenment in the place you were once ignorant and in darkness. God wants to use you there. Don't strip God of using you in your stripping.

You're still being stripped, even though you've been refined. Can you strip the attachment in proving that you've grown, that you're better off and doing better than others, that the place you outgrown is less than.. can you outgrow, continue to be refined, and be stripped from these thoughts & disposition of yours??

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Episode Focus: Ephesians 4:11-16

Something that not much theologians, born again Christians, or even seasoned Christians talk about... the GRIEF of leaving the lifestyle, the people, the environments, the influence, the love, the emotions. It's such an interesting transition from the world into the Kingdom, and at times a painful one, a boring one. We miss what's familiar.. but stay the course, we have to keep going!

If we're not careful, grief will walk us right back into the prison we walked out of and that prison is not of one for the Lord, but one of self and for the world.. Grief can either mature you or make you immature.. it can help you build strength or backtrack. It took us how long to walk out, and we're willing to do it again? Don't take that risk, don't overestimate your ability to come back out again. This is call to maturity and a recall to be prisoners for the Lord.

Once you feel this grief, you are at the most important place, the step before where God finally reveals the why and you are at the cusp of walking into it, but hold fast & firm in your choices. It may seem that it's best to go back, but doing so is going back on your word, the Word of God, and the future you were so close to attaining.

Just in case anyone is tired, wondering after making the tough decisions, and grieiving the steps you took, let this be your encouragement that there is a point that will show itself after you finish grieving! Your strength is in your endurance and the enemy knows it, which is why it's pressing harder on your emotions. Keep firm because God will strip off your grief too!!

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Episode Focus: Ephesians 4:1-6

What is being sacrificed during your stripping process?

In this episode, we dive into God's stripping process and the sacrifices required for true transformation. One of the greatest acts of sacrifice during this process is fasting. We explore the true intentions of fasting, its meaning, the do’s & don’ts, and how to approach it in a way that helps your stripping process become fruitful, even in the frustration...

Entering the sacrificial act of fasting, is entering Oneness with Christ! "The slower the sacrifice, the faster the death"..

If we can just allow God to take His time with us, to take His time in stripping us, then the faster He helps us put to death the past attachments, addictions, hurt, you name it. In that death of self is the acknowledgement of the death of Christ, which comes the recognition of the life that God always had for us. But what have you placed in front of that recognition? That blockade has to be sacrificed to fully walk in the purpose & will of Christ.

Topics covered:

• Sacrificing as surrender to God
• The intentions of fasting and its spiritual power
• A Fruitful Fast is entering oneness with Christ
• Fasting as a 'fast track' in the stripping process
• Obedience, Discipline, & Trust

How beautiful it is to be stripped. Though uncomfortable, it is an act we must become accustomed to if we truly desire a strengthened spirit, deeper intimacy with God, and sharper discernment & power to deny our flesh. This conversation unpacks what it means to trust God even in our doubts and skepticism. If you’ve been in a season of pruning, stretching, or transformation, this episode is for you!

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Anchor Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Episode Focus: Ephesians 4:1

What if the life you’re praying for requires a version of you that you haven't decided to become yet? Have you ever wondered why things were taken away from you when you gave your life to Christ?

There is always a moment before our transformation that is prompted and nudged by God for us to make a choice that is pleasing to Him. A moment or reminder that triggers a "stripping" opportunity to finally embark on the call God has for us. Simultaneously, it allows us to see what we value most, who we value most, and where our hearts are devoted to. Everything is revealed before God, but the stripping reveals everything to us!

Through a brief raw personal story, this episode explores:

• The triggering moments where God gets your attention
• How God uses reminders and opportunities to prompt change
• Why obedience starts with a decision
• The tension between your will & God’s will
• What happens when you ignore God; and how conviction redirects you
• Why you can’t avoid the process—you have to go through it

If you’re in a season of transition, conviction, or feeling called to something greater.. this is for you! You don’t get sent or reSENT without being stripped first!

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Anchor Scripture for the Season: Ephesians 4:1-16

In this first official season of reSENT The Podcast, we will discuss the stripping process God takes us through to remove false identities, habits, attachments, and whatever has created distance between us & Christ. There is a calling we all individually have, a version of ourselves that is so precious to His Kingdom and valuable to the body of Christ, but we cannot carry these chains covered in culture, and expect our calling not to be covered too… God has to shed us, refine us, and uncover us into who we truly are and were meant to be. 

“The Stripping” clothes you in strength, dignity, & grace -- come & get stripped!!!

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Jié prays this is an episode where listeners can take the time to reflect on where God has been calling you, and whether you have decided to answer the call or continue letting it ring out. The answer to our deepest desires and deepest struggles are in the call we are avoiding and the opportunity we aren't viewing as one... God bless you!

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