Before We Go

David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “To move from confusion to confidence, you must do your best to remove any of life's unnecessary distractions.”

David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “A good time to embrace the great promises of God's written Word is when trying to maneuver through a maze.”

David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “Messed up people in a messed up world would do well to accept the Lord's grace and forgiveness.”

David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “What to do when you don't know what to do? Work at building a support relationship with someone who loves the Lord.”

David and Karen Mains continue to offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “When life is confusing, choose to believe the Lord will make a way for you through the maze.”

David and Karen Mains offer a very helpful suggestion for those listeners who may be dealing with a crisis or trial in their lives: “Even in difficult circumstances it is important to hope in the Lord.”

David and Karen Mains share another chapter of their wonderful book: Tales of the Kingdom. This Tale also emphasizes the fact that Jesus felt His followers should live with the Kingdom of God as the driving reality in their lives.

David and Karen Mains share the first chapter of their wonderful book: Tales of the Kingdom. This Tale emphasizes the fact that Jesus felt His followers should live with the Kingdom of God as the driving reality in their lives.

David and Karen Mains use two broadcasts from The Chapel of the Air Archives to continue to introduce listeners to the Kingdom of God.

David and Karen Mains use a broadcast from The Chapel of the Air Archives to introduce listeners to the Kingdom of God.

David and Karen Mains share an assessment that will help believers gain an understanding about the great value of the Kingdom of God.

David and Karen Mains offer a strategy to help end loneliness.

David and Karen Mains discuss the value that Listening Groups provide to those who wish to apply a valuable solution that will help everyone deal with some of the difficult discussions that seem to occur more and more in our society today.

David and Karen Mains offer a valuable solution that will help everyone deal with some of the difficult discussions that seem to occur more and more in our society today.

David and Karen Mains explore the great benefit of writing short prayers to use for many of the times when special needs arise during the course of a day, including concern for our national needs and concern for our country.

David and Karen Mains discuss the three descriptive words that help us understand the nature and character of our enemy, Satan. Then, they offer suggestions on how to deal with the besetting sins that Satan uses to trip us up.

David and Karen Mains offer listeners a solution for the secret sins that may weigh down their lives.

David and Karen Mains discuss the need for followers of Jesus to guard what we say. It is possible to employ the strategies that David and Karen discuss to cure a troublesome tongue.

David and Karen Mains issue a call for the people in their churches to join together and pray for our local, regional, state, and national leaders.

David and Karen Mains continue to issue a call for the clergy to call the people in their churches to join together and pray for our Nation.

David and Karen Mains issue a call for the clergy to call the people in their churches to join together and pray for our Nation.

In Part 12, the final part of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 11 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 10 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 9 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 8 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 7 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 6 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 5 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 4 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

In Part 3 of this series of Podcasts, David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains a key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains the key to understanding how to prepare for what will happen at the End of the Age.

David and Karen Mains discuss the general meaning of the Book of Revelation—the last Book in the New Testament—and how it contains the key to understanding what will happen at the End of the Age.

David and Karen Mains discuss the great value that listening has in reducing the plague of loneliness. They encourage listeners to conduct a personal “Listening Autobiography.”

David Mains shares the Introduction to Karen's—his wife's—latest book on the topic of “Listening.” Then, he discusses how he has endeavored to help her bring this book to completion. Karen offers her own observations on how the topic of “Listening” can motivate the church to reach out to people, who need to be listened to and to be understood.

David and Karen Mains discuss the one final task that David believes God has been directing him to begin. This will involve creating a process of gathering wise counselors to help pastors improve the relevancy of the sermons they preach in these critical days.

Keeping a written record of how God is at work in our lives, as well as keeping a record of our prayers and God's answers to those prayers, has great value to our Christian spiritual development. David and Karen Mains discuss the reality that “Christians who develop the discipline of prayer journaling will not only keep a record of their lives, but will discover the extraordinary ways God has interacted with them.”

David and Karen Mains discuss the great value that keeping a Prayer Journal has in developing an individual's Personal Spiritual Formation: “Keeping a Prayer Journal is a time-honored path to spiritual maturity.”

David and Karen Mains wrestle with the idea that from time to time, as we seek God's will for our lives, He gets our attention in a very direct way. When that happens, we should remember this principle: “Lord, when I sense You wanting to get my attention, just know that my response will be: ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.'”

David and Karen Mains discuss the critically important message that Jesus shared many times throughout His earthly ministry. This discussion emphasizes: “Close followers of Jesus are aware that His ‘Go-to Message' was about the Kingdom of God.”

David and Karen Mains discuss the breadth of hospitality and how God uses this gift in astonishing ways, urging us to: “Think of hospitality as a lifestyle we can practice no matter where we are.”

David and Karen Mains discuss the power of God expressed by followers of Jesus when they determine to extend hospitality to the people they encounter in their everyday lives. This is best expressed by this statement: “When Christians practice spiritual hospitality, they show the presence of Christ to the people they include in ways that don't happen with other settings.”

David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the tales in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom trilogy series.

David and Karen Mains continue to discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the stories in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom series.

David and Karen Mains discuss the backstories that form the foundation for some of the stories in each of their three books in the Tales of the Kingdom series.

David and Karen Mains share an interview from the 1980s with Christian author, Roy Hession. Listening to such a Christian leader, who has now gone home to be with the Lord, enhances our desire for a great movement of God in our nation and in our world.

David and Karen Mains discuss how the church is viewed in America and consider what can be done to bring about a new relevancy within the church and its people, particularly as they approach the last years of their lives.

David and Karen Mains have recently celebrated their 63rd Wedding Anniversary. They reflect on the goodness of God down through the years, with an emphasis that: “The God Hunt is one of the most wonderful ways we can search for God in our daily world and this discipline will certainly change our lives for the good.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

Having experienced a lifelong success of looking for evidence of the presence of God in their daily lives, David and Karen Mains discuss reinvigorating their practice of “God Hunt Sightings.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

David and Karen Mains provide updates on several items related to this very important year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message

David and Joel Mains continue to take an insightful look back at David's life and ministry. What has David learned about preaching and how ministers can improve the effectiveness of their communications? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/before-we-go/message