To The Nations With Love Podcast

One of the greatest needs in the church is to re-establish unity among the people by walking in forgiveness & genuine love. When we harbor unforgivness, resentment, bitterness, and pride within us then Satan is able to destroy the effectiveness of the corporate body. Join Melissa in looking at how we can lay down the conflicts of the past to bring healing and forgiveness into your church that will build a stronger unity and love for each other as we work together for the glory of God!

One of the greatest areas of need in a person's heart is the need to learn to forgive and to forgive quickly and completely. Without forgiveness, we end up carrying heavy burdens that chain us to the things that others have said and done to us in the past. BUT within the love and forgiveness we receive from God we can find the courage to forgive and to move on and to break those chains off our life so we can walk in total freedom today!

One of the most beneficial lessons (and perhaps one of the hardest to learn) a Christian can learn is to control their tongue! The key to controlling your tongue begins with what is in your heart! Join Melissa in finding success through obedience to the encouraging words that God speaks to us! Leave behind who you once were before you knew Him so that you can fully embrace the new life available to you as you grow in Him by choosing NOT to neglect your salvation!

As we learn to deal with our flesh, we also need to grow in the things of God. Join Melissa as we finish our discussion on Galatians 5 and learn how to let the Holy Spirit live and work in us to produce incredible spiritual fruit.

It is for freedom that Christ has made us free. Yet we have the choice to live in this freedom or return to the bondage of sin. Join Melissa as we begin this two-part series on Galatians 5 as we discuss how to win the battle between our flesh and the work of the Holy Spirit in us.

As we grow to trust God more and more, we see that He doesn't just want to meet our needs or solve our problems. He has a divine plan and will for each of our lives. Join Melissa as we talk about the prayer of submitting ourselves to God and how this invites Him to lead us every day, and across a lifetime.

When we face life's struggles and hardships, it's easy to lose hope and take our eyes off of God. Yet when we learn to take those things quickly to the Lord, then we can be strengthened and encouraged that He sees our needs. Join Melissa as we talk about the powerful prayer of casting our cares on the Lord.

Praying alongside of other believers in agreement for God to move is a powerful experience. Join Melissa as we discuss joining our faith with the faith of others to see God answer our prayers.

In scripture the prayer of faith is defined as the type of prayer we use when praying to receive something from the Lord or see Him change things. Join Melissa as we look at the Bible to understand when and how to pray the prayer of faith.

In the Bible we see Jesus' disciples as Him to teach them how to pray. Yet, the lesson He gives them in the example of the Lord's prayer is just one of the many types of prayer we see in scripture. Join Melissa as we conclude a two-part discussion on the rules we need to follow and understand when turning toward God in prayer.

In the Bible we see Jesus' disciples as Him to teach them how to pray. Yet, the lesson He gives them in the example of the Lord's prayer is just one of the many types of prayer we see in scripture. Join Melissa as we conclude a two-part discussion on the rules we need to follow and understand when turning toward God in prayer.

In the Bible we see Jesus' disciples as Him to teach them how to pray. Yet, the lesson He gives them in the example of the Lord's prayer is just one of the many types of prayer we see in scripture. Join Melissa as we begin a two-part discussion on the rules we need to follow and understand when turning toward God in prayer.

In a world that seeks to make things happen, we, as believers, are taught to pause and turn toward the Lord for His wisdom, guidance, and direction. Join Melissa as we look to the scriptures to answer our questions about why we need to pray.

Prayer is interaction with God in Heaven. And yet, it is so much more than just leaning His way to make a withdrawal. Join Melissa as we discuss how to define what prayer is and why it is so vital to our growing walk with God.

Shortly before He returned to heaven, Jesus sat with Peter and asked him if he loved Him. Jesus was not questioning Peter's affection. He was challenging him to show his love and his faith by caring for the sheep. Join Melissa as we look at what it means to live out our faith by how we live, what we do, and how we keep trusting God no matter what. Faith is an action in a God-ward direction with an expectation for His incredible move!

What separates a believer in God from one who actually accomplishing great things for the glory of God? It's a spirit of excellence! Join Melissa as we study Daniel chp. 6 and discuss how our faith in God is something that we must be willing to take a stand for no matter what persecution may come. We must be willing to trust God even in the midst of persecution and know with confidence that He will shut the mouths of the lions and keep us from harm!

What separates a believer in God from one who actually accomplishing great things for the glory of God? It's a spirit of excellence! Join Melissa as we study Daniel chp. 4-5 and discuss how our faith can be used by God to change the heart of those who would probably never encounter Him otherwise. The testimony of how you live for Christ can be used to change even the hardest of hearts!

What separates a believer in God from one who actually accomplishing great things for the glory of God? It's a spirit of excellence! Join Melissa as we study Daniel chp. 3 and discuss how to stand for what is right no matter the cost and know that God is with you…even in the fire! He will sustain you, protect you, and bring you out in total victory! Your faithfulness to Him means the fire no longer has any power over you!

What separates a believer in God from one who actually accomplishing great things for the glory of God? It's a spirit of excellence! Join Melissa as we study Daniel chp. 1-2 and discuss how to remain faithful to God when it would be SO much easier to compromise and how it results in God being able to anoint us with greater wisdom, revelation, and favor!

Join Melissa for Lesson 4 - Jesus was the FULLNESS of grace and truth on earth. His grace gives us unrestricted access to freedom, joy, favor, and benefits (Psalm 103). But more than anything it gives us unrestricted access to HIM. Jesus is the Word, the Living Voice of God. When He came to earth to live, die, and be resurrected back to life, He had more than His journey to the cross in His Heart. He came to dwell among, and within the hearts of real people like you and me.

Join Melissa for Lesson 3: Although many rejected Christ, some received Him. Even when it seems the whole world wants nothing to do with Christ, there are those who receive from Him the power to become the sons of God so the world can see Him through us! Jesus is the Word, the Living Voice of God. When He came to earth to live, die, and be resurrected back to life, He had more than His journey to the cross in His Heart. He came to dwell among, and within the hearts of real people like you and me.

Join Melissa for Lesson 2 as we encounter Jesus as Life & Light. While Jesus was on earth He SHINED as the Light of the world…but does that same light still shine? It does if we allow the life and light of Christ to live on through us! Jesus is the Word, the Living Voice of God. When He came to earth to live, die, and be resurrected back to life, He had more than His journey to the cross in His Heart. He came to dwell among, and within the hearts of real people like you and me.

Join Melissa for Lesson 1 as we encounter Jesus as Creator. Not only was there at the beginning of our world but He was a vital and strategic part of creation that continues to reveal God to men thousands of years later. Jesus is the Word, the Living Voice of God. When He came to earth to live, die, and be resurrected back to life, He had more than His journey to the cross in His Heart. He came to dwell among, and within the hearts of real people like you and me.

Join Melissa for Lesson 4 in this series on Real Growth in God. We have done the work to take what God has invested into us and we have protected it as it grew...NOW it is time to harvest the fruit of the move of God in our lives and take the seeds and plant a new harvest in others!

Once we have prepared the ground and sown seeds then we must protect what is growing and bring it to maturity. Join Melissa for Lesson 3 as we talk about watering, weeding, and protecting the spiritual fruit growing in our life so we have new seed to sow into others.

Real growth in God comes from receiving a consistent investment from God into our lives and then using it to bear fruit for God's glory. Join Melissa for Lesson 2 to learn how receiving the seeds of God's Word into our lives is not enough. We must use those seeds to GROW something that is of lasting and eternal value. The spiritual fruit that grows in our lives will also help us to sow seeds in other people too!

Real growth in God comes from receiving a consistent investment from God into our lives and then using it to bear fruit for God's glory. Join Melissa for Lesson 1 to learn how to prepare the ground in your life to receive those seeds in a way that will make them take root and bear spiritual fruit in your life.

Only a miracle of God could bring the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem to completion in just 52 days. Over the course of those mere months, God was rebuilding a people that had returned from exile and that also had returned to Him. Join Melissa as we look at how returning to God opens us up to rejoicing even as we look forward to a glorious future with Him!

Even as we begin to grow in God and achieve great things...Satan will want to stop our progress. We cannot simply ignore his attacks and hope that they go away. Instead, we must learn how to deal with opposition by strengthening ourselves in the Lord. Join Melissa as we look at the examples found in the book of Nehemiah to see how we can learn to overcome any attack meant to hinder us.

As Nehemiah and the Jews rebuilt the wall surrounding Jerusalem, they also rebuilt the gates used to enter the city. I believe that the order in which these gates were rebuilt also shows the rebuilding of its people as they returned to God. Join Melissa as we walk this same path to build (or re-build) a strong and successful Christian life where you can know and trust God like never before!

In just 52 days Nehemiah and the people of Israel rebuilt the wall and gates surrounding Jerusalem. More importantly, God used this natural challenge to draw a nation back to knowing and seeking Him. Join Melissa as we walk this same path to build (or re-build) a strong and successful Christian life where we know and trust God like never before!

The Birth of Christ brings God to all men. The outcast, the wise, the King in the palace…they all need a Savior and that Savior came to draw all men to God. Join Melissa for Lesson 5 as finish up our 5 week series on the Birth of Christ with Angels on High and a Bright Evening Star!

The Birth of Christ as told in the gospel of Luke shares the enduring truth of the gift of Emmanuel (God with Us) that arrived in Bethlehem one night more than 2000 years ago. Do we still read it with awe and wonder? Join Melissa for Lesson 4 as we celebrate the Birth of Christ and read the story of what happened the night Jesus arrived.

Often Joseph seems to fade into the background of the Christmas story…but if we look closer we will see that he is a very special and powerful part of the life of Christ. It is through Joseph that Jesus is given an earthly father to raise Him but also a spiritual heritage that places Him in the line of Kings fulfilling Biblical prophecy. Join Melissa for Lesson 3 as we look at the Birth of Christ and see all the gifts waiting for us in the events that led up to the coming of Emmanuel.

Mary was an ordinary girl who was betrothed to be married. While still living at home with her parents, she was preparing to be a wife…but she never could have planned for the new hope that was about to be given to her at the visitation of an angel. Join Melissa for Lesson 2 as we look at the Birth of Christ and see all the gifts waiting for us in the events that led up to the coming of Emmanuel (God with Us).

Zecharias & Elizabeth had prayed & waited for a son for a very long time. He lost hope but she never did. See what happens when the angel of the Lord comes with a special message to restore their hope! Join Melissa for Lesson 1 as we look at the Birth of Christ and see all the gifts waiting for us in the events that led up to the coming of Emmanuel (God with Us).

The work of God in your life should be contagious! Join Melissa for Lesson 4 in this series as we discuss how the work of love that God does within each of our hearts SHOULD become the work of love for God that we seek to pour out into the lives of others.

The work of God in your life will transform you from the inside out. But is it just about God giving you a new life in Him for yourself? Join Melissa for Lesson 3 in this series as we discuss how God's work in you can also become God's work through you in the lives of others!

Genuine faith in Christ produces a clear conscience and out of that comes a pure heart that is able to know God, and to consistently show His love to the world. Join Melissa for Lesson 2 in this series as we discuss how God is able to give each of us supernatural ability, wisdom and lead us on the perfect path for our lives as we allow His Word to transform our lives.

Reflecting back on a life filled with the faithfulness of God, David wrote a song of praise to God about the great victory God had provided in his life. What was the secret to this incredible success? Join Melissa for Lesson 1 as we look into the Word and find how having clean hands and a pure heart position us to become all God has desired and to receive incredible blessing that will pour out of our lives into the world around us!

This was the moment that they all had waited for. Yet the strategy that God gave to the Israelites for victory may just surprise you…and yet it WORKED! Join Melissa for Lesson 5 as we learn how to surround what God has promised us and take possession of it spiritually even before we can see it or touch it. When we are fully convinced that God will show up then we can confidently do what He tells us to do and leave everything else up to Him. THIS is when the walls will come crumbling down!

Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground...in full view of Jericho! It was time to go after victory...right? Join Melissa for Lesson 4 as we discuss the challenging turn of events in Joshua chapter 5 where God leads the men of Israel into a time of surrender to strengthen their faith and to show them who He is as divine protector. Sometimes we will walk through a place that exposes our weakness, but God is faithful - this is where we learn just how strong He is and how He will fight for us!

Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground...in full view of Jericho! It was time to go after victory...right? Join Melissa for Lesson 4 as we discuss the challenging turn of events in Joshua chapter 5 where God leads the men of Israel into a time of surrender to strengthen their faith and to show them who He is as divine protector. Sometimes we will walk through a place that exposes our weakness, but God is faithful - this is where we learn just how strong He is and how He will fight for us!

The Israelites were about to go into the promised land. They had heard many stories about God's faithfulness to their fathers, but God was about to give them their own encounter with Him. Join Melissa for Lesson 3 as we talk about how our personal encounters with God build our faith and trust in Him. Along the way, we will also "build memorials" to Him to help us hold onto those miracles to help us to stand firm as we wait for God to show up for us again in the future!

Do you know just how important you are to God? Your confidence in His love for you and in the promises He has given you in His Word are keys to your victory! Join Melissa for Lesson 2 as we discuss how God encourages each of us through how others see Him and also through what He is willing to do – just for us! God wants you to know that no matter what has happened in your past – that you can trust Him to rescue you and to restore your hope and future in Him!

How do we prepare ourselves for the success that our hearts have longed for? Maybe there have been disappointments, delays, and dreams laid down along the way, but be encouraged that God has never forgotten! Join Melissa for Lesson 1 as we talk about how God positions us to take possession of His promises. It will take strength and courage BUT if we do what God tells us to do then we will be able to pick those dreams back up and start looking toward the victory that is ours in Christ!

As we grow in our relationship with God we also realize how important it is to steward our relationships with others. How are you taking time to listen, to care, and to pour out into the lives of others what God is pouring into you? Join Melissa for Lesson 4 as we study how to become good stewards of our personal, professional, and corporate Christian relationships so that the investment God is making in us is multiplied as we invest also in others!

The most important resource we have is our relationship with God. Are we giving it the time (and place) in our life that it truly deserves? Join Melissa for Lesson 3 as we study how to become good stewards of ALL our resources by beginning with building a firm relationship with God FIRST!

When we talk about Stewardship (as Christians), people immediately expect us to begin talking about what we do with our money. Although tithing is a part of good stewardship of the things of God - this is only just one way that we serve God. Join Melissa for Lesson 2 as we study what how to become good stewards of ALL the resources we have available so that we bring God glory, build His kingdom AND help those in the world around us to encounter Jesus!

When we talk about Stewardship (as Christians), people immediately expect us to begin talking about what we do with our money. Although tithing is a part of good stewardship of the things of God - this is only just one way that we serve God. Join Melissa for Lesson 1 as we study what how to become good stewards of ALL the resources we have available so that we bring God glory, build His kingdom AND help those in the world around us to encounter Jesus!

Not all will go to a foreign mission field, but all are called to be a part of the work to help those in need. We can do this in partnership with our local church, in our community, or even on the other side of the globe, we each should be doing our part to provide opportunities that can lead to real change in someone else's life. Join Melissa for Lesson 4 as we discuss how to invest some of what God has given you into what others are doing to bring Christ to the whole world!