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In this episode, you will hear my interview with New York Times Bestselling author Francine Rivers about her first novel-turned-movie, Redeeming Love, released in theaters in January 2022. From her salvation experience as an adult to her newfound role as executive producer of the movie, to the foundation she has started to help victims of sex trafficking, our conversation centered on how God turns our brokenness into an instrument to help others. It felt like talking to a longtime, wise friend.Please subscribe and share! To read my column for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about this interview and the movie, visit my website:  Soaring with Him Click on the links to connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTubeFind out more about Francine's books and the movie: https://francinerivers.com/Find out more about Francine River's foundation to help sex trafficking victims: Redeeming Love SanctuaryFind out more about She Is Safe and its work to prevent, rescue and restore victims of human trafficking:  https://sheissafe.org/Support the show (https://paypal.me/soaringwithhim)

What does it mean to be -born again--- Is this a real thing-- Does something really happen to us when we come to Christ, or is this just a way of referring to our decision to follow Him------Click to learn about the doctrine of regeneration in this sermon from John 3.

What does it mean to be -born again-- Is this a real thing- Does something really happen to us when we come to Christ, or is this just a way of referring to our decision to follow Him-----Click to learn about the doctrine of regeneration in this sermon from John 3.

What does it mean to be -born again– Is this a real thing- Does something really happen to us when we come to Christ, or is this just a way of referring to our decision to follow Him—–Click to learn about the doctrine of regeneration in this sermon from John 3.

What does it mean to be -born again-- Is this a real thing- Does something really happen to us when we come to Christ, or is this just a way of referring to our decision to follow Him-----Click to learn about the doctrine of regeneration in this sermon from John 3.

Easter 2020 - God is Love Day 14. Who is this Jesus? What was the purpose of the Messiah? (Mark 10:45) Jesus’ mission was to be the Servant of the Lord, and therefore, the saviour of the world as God’s Son (John 3v16). His purpose as the Messiah was neither that He be served nor that He will lead a political overthrow of the Roman government as some had hoped. Rather, His purpose as the Messiah was to be God’s servant and give a message of hope for the spiritually poor and spiritually oppressed people. Follow who Jesus is When Jesus rebuked Peter, he was also telling off the other disciples (Mark 8:33). They did not yet understand how suffering and glory were in relationship with each other. However by the time Peter had written 1 Peter, he had correlated the two as being in harmony with each other. (1 Peter 1:6-8, 1 Peter 4:13-5:10). Some Jewish leaders taught of 2 Messiahs – one to suffer and one who would reign (1 Peter 1:10-12). There is a price to pay for true followers of Jesus Christ. We must surrender completely to him. We must identify with him in his suffering and death. We must follow him obediently, wherever he leads. What is the reward for the true disciple of Jesus? Satan promises glory now, but in the end suffering comes. God promises suffering now, but the suffering turns to glory. We are to confess Him As Lord! Spiritually, at this time, the disciples were still blind to who Jesus was, just as the man who was physically blind. Our confession of Jesus is a matter of life and death (1 John 4:1-3). Confession of Jesus as Lord is necessary for salvation (1 Corinthians 12:1-3), when that confession is from the heart (Romans 10:9-10). Christians are called to follow Jesus, to take up their cross and this could mean nothing less than being ready to suffer and die for Jesus. If we are ashamed of him on earth, he will be ashamed of us when the end of the world has come. He will reward those deserving the reward, and deny those who deny him. Who do you say this Jesus is? What have you done with this Jesus – accepted or rejected Him? Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file Click or tap on the appropriate link below to subscribe, share or download our iPhone App!

The shepherd boy who became king, and Psalmist David wrote in the 23rd Psalm of an anointing from the Lord, just as the shepherds of old anointed their sheep. What is this anointing from the Lord and why is it of great necessity to us in our walk with Him? Click on the play button in the below left to listen.

God Gets His Hands Dirty 14. Why is He called Jesus?   With all that has been said in this series so far, ask yourself this question in relation to Jesus: “What’s in a name?” I wonder what your name means. Parents usually name their children after the hopes and aspirations they have for that child. For example, the name John means “the gift of God”. I know somebody called Grace, and her nature is that of somebody full of grace. My name of David means “beloved” and when my parents named me, it was meant to symbolize the love they had for me. But what does the name Jesus mean? When Jesus was born, his very name imbued the reason he was born. The name Jesus as we discovered in an earlier message means “Saviour” or “One who saves or rescues.” The entirety of His birth, life and death was centred on this very role - saving and rescuing all those who would believe, receive and follow Him. We have seen in the testimony of the Apostles John, Peter and Paul how Jesus came to save sinners, to call people to follow, believe and receive Himself! This Jesus who proclaimed He was the only way to God! Jesus’ conception and birth were extraordinary at every level. So important is our understanding of his birth that, according to the Gospel accounts, no fewer than 4 angels came to give a full picture of the event. Do you think that his parents, Joseph & Mary, ever gazed upon him, and thought “How misnamed He is”! They did not, because they knew the very purpose for which He was born. This Jesus, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, is the most talked about person in history. Almost everyone has an opinion about Him. Jesus was born to confirm God's promises, to reveal God as a Father, and to be our representative before Him. Jesus gave us an example of how to live a holy life to the full. Jesus was not merely a man who received some special power. Jesus was not some strange creation that was half man and half God, with his human nature somehow absorbed into the divine. He was, as we shall see in the coming studies, much more than those ideas – Jesus was fully God and fully human! Jesus came to serve all others and not to be served! Jesus came in order to call others to a life of following, receiving and believing in Him! Jesus came to reconcile people back into a peaceful and dynamic relationship with God by means of shedding his blood on the cross! Jesus trusted God to raise Him from the dead – and he did! Jesus – resurrected, ascended, glorified and exalted! Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world. Jesus Christ, who proclaimed “I am the way, the truth and the life.” Jesus is a name, which is especially sweet and precious to believers. It has often done them good. It has given them what money cannot buy - that is, inward peace. It has eased their wearied consciences and given rest to their heavy hearts. The Song of Solomon describes the experience of many, when it says, "Your name is oil poured forth" (Song of Solomon 1:3). Happy is the person who trusts not merely in vague notions of God's mercy and goodness, but in "Jesus." Jesus proclaimed by the Apostle John, Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul as the saviour and rescuer of the world – just as his name Jesus means! I am bound to ask is Jesus your saviour and rescuer? Are you following, believing and receiving Him? Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file ~ You can now purchase our Partakers books! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site! Click or tap on the appropriate link below to subscribe, share or download our iPhone App!

Christmas Gifts and A Gift Guide for Him Click here to download the free Gift Guide for Him worksheet FROM WENDY: Full Disclosure: I Don't Buy My Husband Christmas Gifts Jamin is a super non-traditionalist (is that a word?) and does not like doing things that people do just because it's what we do. That includes gift-giving on particular days. This is why the kids and I are banned from making or buying any gifts for Papa for Christmas, Father's Day, his birthday...you get the idea. The kids are still figuring this out, and are more than a little confused as to why he wouldn't want something special for Christmas. They'll get there. Maybe. What is allowed are random "just because I love you and was thinking about you" surprises. (Don't tell Jamin, but I have had a kid get a present for Papa around his birthday because they really really wanted to, and then just save it for a different day. Some kids are just really into giving birthday gifts.) So I guess you could call this a Random I Love You Day Gift Guide. Either way, having limited experience in this field, I'm not going to be super helpful, but I do have a couple rules I stick to when deciding if a certain surprise will make a good gift. Rule One: Anything the kids make or think up themselves is a win. A painted coffee mug that says, "I love Papa" will get used way more often than the Mickey Mouse mug we got in Disneyland. Rule Two: Note things he typically spends extra time or money on. We often pick up Cherry Nibs when we're at the one store that sells them because it's Papa's favorite. I also will watch for deals on tickets for events that Jamin could take one or more of the kids to, since he likes to spend his free time on adventures with the family. Rule Three: I don't have a rule three. Seriously, two rules is all I got. Jamin's gonna be way more help in this department ;-) JAMIN RESPONDS: Beware the mug idea!  I like mugs.  I don't want to have to use a lame one.  December 10th, 2008 you gave me NBA 2k09. Total surprise.  Still remember it.  That was the best.  Actually, I probably have the year and the game wrong, but it was the first time I remember you having the guts to not give me a gift on a holiday.  I knew we would be together forever.  Seriously, though - it does a lot for our relationship that you're willing to love me in the way I best receive it instead of the way you think would be safest or most convenient. FROM JAMIN: tldr: Gift Guide for Him? c'mon...you already know...amirite? For me? Nothing. I don't ever want a present on a holiday. Never give me something when the calendar says it's time to give me something. Not Father's Day or my birthday or Christmas or anything. Or at least put in the card, "I wouldn't have gotten you something, but I knew I'd feel guilty if I didn't, so this gift is really a gift to myself. Thanks for helping with my conscience." Then I'll take whatever you want to buy me, but we agree on what's happening here. The only exception is earned events like graduation or unexpected events, like the passing of a loved one. But even then, don't bring it to the funeral/wake or the graduation party. Give it to me before or after...LONG before or after. But I do love gifts any other time of year! And, as you might imagine, I have strong feelings about what kinds of gifts are good. Too many gifts cost me more than they benefit me. Here are my guidelines for giving gifts to a heartless scrooge like me: *Don't spend my money without my input We've been poor. We're still not out of the woods, and some months are downright scary. I imagine if we made a whole lot more money, I wouldn't mind it if my wife bought me a car or a computer or a phone. But not now. As long as we need regular conversations about which bills we're paying when, don't burden me with a thoughtful spending spree that is going to stress me out later. Unless it's money that you saved up secretly, and even then, I might end up being upset that you let us limp along when you had a secret stash this whole time. *Don't try to get me something I'd really like by getting me something from my hobbies/profession that you don't know anything about. And don't get advice from your friends. The fact that your friend's husband also has the same hobby, and he really liked this version of this thing doesn't mean you have insider information about my hobby. If you're not sure it's a winner on your own authority, it's a real gamble whether I'm going to love it or hate it. It doesn't make me feel closer to you that you tried and failed to get me something from a domain you don't know anything about, and now I have to try not to resent you every time I have to use your gift even though I really don't want one in my life. If you really liked my hobbies, you would do them. So it doesn't make me feel like you're more 'involved' with my life that you recognized I have a hobby and you found something related to it, any more than if I bought a tall guy a basketball or a black guy a rap album or a woman some tampons. See? I noticed something obvious about you and bought you an unusable related gift! Now use it and love me. *Don't 'personalize' something for me that I'm supposed to use. They are almost always crappy versions of the thing, so now I am obligated to use an inferior [coffee mug, hammer, guitar pick, whatever because you personalized it. Hopefully it will break soon so I'll have a good excuse to use a quality version of that thing. *Don't make me pay for it in other ways If you're going to fold my laundry for a month, don't neglect cleaning the kitchen (or whatever responsibilities were in your domain). Don't cook me a meal and leave the dishes out. Don't stay up so late working on a gift for me that you're too tired to fool around. Okay, now to the actual list. If I've already hinted at something I like, forget the following list. Get me that. If I said that I wanted something and you're the kind of person who paid attention and got if for me, forget the following list. You already won. Just don't pin your hopes on me. If it was an off-handed remark about something that I don't even remember wanting, don't put that on me. Otherwise, pick one of the following things or give me the choice of one of a few things you'd like to give me... Budgeted Hobbies ...and tell me where we're making room in the budget. With this gift, I can do the stuff I want to without feeling guilty about taking the money out of the budget: *Golf - golf is stupid. I hate golf. But for my friends who like it, some kind of membership or passes would be great. *Indoor soccer membership or passes. Now here's an actual sport. That's probably why it's fun and not stupid like golf. *Shooting range. Ammo and range certificates. Except I am really set on ammo at the moment... *Flying lessons so I can finish my pilot's license. Better versions or more of what I already use ...or new ones if mine are worn out. If I already use it and don't have a better one, it's because I was saving that money for the family. Upgrade something I use all the time and I'll think of you every time I use it. This is the safest gift, and maybe the best: *Phone. I'm still on 5th gen iPhone. Hopefully not by the time you read this. *Upgraded Audible account. I'd love to get an extra audiobook or two each month. *48-pack of zero calorie Rock Stars. I usually only drink them occasionally, but now I can have one whenever I want, guilt-free. Plus, I'll probably have more energy to wash the dishes faster. *Check my Amazon wish list and "saved for later" in my cart. *In-app purchases. I could use more keys in Rocket League to open the crates we earn when we play. *Collector's boxed set of Newsradio, the best show ever made, would also be an upgrade of what I have. I just don't know where I would play a DVD. But for a lot of guys, the upgraded version of their favorite media would be super cool. *Hobby-related apparel.  Usually shoes would be too utilitarian to be an exciting gift, but when my indoor soccer shoes are worn down, new ones would be really cool. Just be careful in case I was planning to get a different kind when these finally really died. Tools I don't want these since I already have them, but they were the best tools for the money: *Impact driver. No! This is definitely not the same as a powered screwdriver or a drill. The "impact" part makes it so a noodle-armed guy like me can drive a 5-inch screw through a board in seconds. I feel very strong with this tool. I only recently broke down and bought this with the studio remodel and realized that all the years I spent with a regular, cheaper drill were wasted years of my life. *Pokey tools. I don't know what they are supposed to be used for, but these are the most used tools in the tool box. They get used almost daily for all kinds of jobs! (I just learned their official name is "picks" and "hooks", but "pokey tools" seems just as good a name to me.) *Magnetic stud finder. The yellow one with the earth magnets. Long story short: regular stud finders try to find dense parts of the wall that probably have studs. This finds the screws or nails that were used to hang the drywall on the studs, so you know there is definitely a stud right there. Artsy. If you wanna go homemade: *Planned 'relations'. Just please don't make me turn in cute cards or ask for stuff. Just tell me that you've got stuff planned then go for it. *Anything the kids made, as long as you didn't tell them to make it or what to write. One of my favorite cards is from my daughter that says, "I love you! You are the best Papa ever and every day your learning to be better and better."  I loved it so much I didn't even fix the misuse of 'your'. *Anything related to family day. This is where the other rules don't apply. A sucky home-made bag is more than a sucky homemade bag when it's the family day picnic bag. A terrible personalized mug is use-able if it's just the one I use when I take the kids on Papa Days. WENDY RESPONDS: Well, I know what I'm doing on January 23rd. Seriously, this is a great guide, and not just for husbands! I think these are probably pretty solid gift-giving guidelines for any of the difficult-to-shop-for people on the list. So, thanks for helping me with my Christmas gift planning :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztTZFSRFHjg