God's Word for Life
by Pentecostal Publishing House with Host: LJ Harry
As a companion to our Word Aflame Adult Level Curriculum, this podcast serves to encourage adult disciples to think deeply about God’s Word, further develop their personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and make a greater commitment to the purpose and plan of God for their lives.
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Grateful for Spiritual Gifts
Send us Fan Mail God graciously bestows spiritual gifts on His great church for His glory and our good. Although some may have misused or even abused those gifts, Paul wrote to the church in Corinth to teach them proper use. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to I Corinthians 12 to hear all...
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Moved with Compassion
Send us Fan Mail One day one man shuffled out of the shadows to risk it all. Everyone gasped as this leper approached Jesus, but Jesus did not shrink back. He reached out and touched the leper—someone no one dared touch for years—and restored his health and humanity. Pick up your Bible or device,...
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A Pulpit in the Prison
Send us Fan Mail Felix. Festus. Herod Agrippa. These were two governors and one king who sat at the bench and listened to the evidence against Paul during a long, drawn-out trial. But rather than complain or curse God, Paul took the opportunity to share his testimony with Felix, Festus, and Herod...
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To the Ends of the Earth
Send us Fan Mail Like a to-do list, Jesus called His followers to preach the gospel in Jerusalem (where they were), Judea (the region where they were), Samaria (what?!), and to the ends of the earth (clearly Jesus loves everyone, not just those like us). Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to...
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HIs Church Is Marching On
Send us Fan Mail The first miracle in the first church followed hot on the heels of Acts 2. The crowd could not believe it, but they could not deny it either. After Peter and John prayed in the name of Jesus Christ, they all watched a lame man leap. Explain that. Pick up your Bible or device, and...
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We Are the Church
Send us Fan Mail Jesus first found four frustrated fishermen and worked a wonder in their lives. He waited until He had filled their boats with nets full of fish before He called them to leave it all behind to follow Him. Starting with those four fishermen, Jesus built His church that continues…
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Water in the Desert
Send us Fan Mail God lifted a preacher from a city-wide revival to a dusty desert because one hungry heart needed to hear the gospel. God loves the world, and He also loves the one. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 8 to hear all about it. This episode is based on the God's Word for...
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The Good News
Send us Fan Mail Just as Jesus was ascending, He left His followers with a commission to go and teach all nations. Share the gospel—the good news—with all who would hear it. That same first-century commission is our twenty-first-century commission: Go and teach. Pick up your Bible or device, and...
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Some Salt, a City, and a Lamp
Send us Fan Mail In the opening of Jesus' landmark Sermon on the Mount, He called all who follow Him to live as salt, a city on a hill, and a lamp. These metaphors illustrate how we are called to point people to Jesus through the lives we live and the words we share. Pick up your Bible or device,...
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I Am a Disciple
Send us Fan Mail As Jesus gathered an audience on the plain, He called them to live their lives for Him: to follow Him. Two thousand years later, though much of our world has changed, Jesus' call to us remains the same: Follow Me. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 6 to hear all about...
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The Covenant Fulfilled
Send us Fan Mail Fifty-two weeks ago, we embarked on a beautiful journey with our heels in the Garden of Eden. Today, we finish our journey with our toes in the crystal river flowing through the heart of the New Jerusalem. God will right every wrong and bring justice to every injustice. God will...
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The Throne Room
Send us Fan Mail Although the apostle John was exiled on a prison island, presumably to die, God called him up to view the throne room. There John saw one throne and one sitting on the throne. No matter the chaos battering the earth, John realized Jesus Christ still reigns on His throne and is...
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The Armor of God
Send us Fan Mail Although today may seem to be a routine day full of work, errands, and maybe some frozen custard, we are ever in a spiritual war. To ensure we are ready to war, we must be full of the Spirit so we are suited up with the whole armor of God. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn…
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Send us Fan Mail There's a major difference between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. One of them separates us from God and others; the other draws us closer to God and others. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Galatians 5 to hear all about it. This episode is based on…
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Paul's Testimony
Send us Fan Mail Paul had been arrested and stood trial for his faith—possibly, even his life. As the Jews' lawyer leveled the capital charges against him, Paul defended himself by sharing his testimony. His testimony in a public trial even led to an altar call. Pick up your Bible or device, and...
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Reminders from Ephesians
Send us Fan Mail Paul was saying goodbye. The leaders from his beloved church in Ephesus met him, wept over him, and hugged him. Paul shared some final face-to-face words with them before boarding a ship bound for Jerusalem. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 20 to hear the story.…
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Paul and Silas in Philippi
Send us Fan Mail It was all going according to Paul's plan . . . until it wasn't. God gave Paul a vision of a man in Macedonia calling for help, but when Paul arrived in Macedonia, he didn't find a man; he found a worshiping woman. Then a demon-possessed girl. Then a prison cell for doing right....
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The Council in Jerusalem
Send us Fan Mail God's church was growing and picking up steam, but by the time they arrived in Acts 15, Jewish and Gentile Christians could not get along. The Jews were preaching that the Gentiles needed to keep the Jewish law first; the Gentiles were preaching the gospel was enough. Would the...
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The Gentile Revival
Send us Fan Mail Only God could have put these two men together: a Roman centurion hungry to know God and a Jewish Christian preacher willing to preach the gospel. From that unlikely encounter, God opened wide the door to the rest of the world to know and follow Him. Pick up your Bible or device,...
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Paul's New Birth Experience
Send us Fan Mail His is one of the most dramatic testimonies in the history of the New Testament church. Saul went from being the chief persecutor against Christians to being a chief preacher for Christians. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 9 to hear the story. Find an Apostolic...
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Revival in Samaria
Send us Fan Mail The church in Jerusalem was growing by the day, but persecution drove the Spirit-filled Jesus followers out of the city and into the surrounding countrysides. As they fled Jerusalem, they spread the gospel everywhere they went, even into Samaria. And God showed up in Samaria just...
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The Day of Pentecost
Send us Fan Mail The day finally dawned. But it wasn't just the Day of Pentecost for that particular year. It was the day God had waited nearly four thousand years to pour out His Spirit upon humanity and enter into a new covenant with us. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Acts 2 to hear...
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Jesus' Great Commission
Send us Fan Mail As Jesus ascended, He promised His followers that they would receive power to be witnesses unto Him in Jerusalem, Judea, even Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Jesus was establishing an unchanging principle: Disciples make disciples. And the Spirit gives us the power to make...
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Jesus' Resurrection
Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldiers stood guard, guarding the tomb that was sealed with the indomitable Roman seal. They were ready to keep the disciples from trying to break in and steal Jesus' body from the tomb. They could not have conceived that they would need a guard inside the tomb. Pick…
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The Cross
Send us Fan Mail The Jews who cried "crucify Him" and the Romans who heard that cry and crucified Him did not know that Jesus was dying, not for His crimes, but for ours. And these crimes were crimes against God, not just against humanity. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 27 to...
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Jesus in the Garden
Send us Fan Mail Jesus was surrounded by twelve disciples most of His ministry. But this night, one of them walked away from Him, He walked away from eight of them, took three of them further, and then fell on His face and prayed. On that night, Jesus warred for our souls. He prayed the hardest...
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The Lord's Supper
Send us Fan Mail Jesus brought His sometimes faithless, sometimes faithful followers to a second-story room for the Passover meal. Four thousand years of human history have been building toward this night: This night, Jesus would introduce the new covenant He was making with them—and us. Pick up...
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The Triumphal Entry
Send us Fan Mail Jesus came but not like everyone expected. He rode into Jerusalem in a one-float parade, on a colt that had never been ridden. People came from all corners of the world, plucked palm branches, doffed coats and cloaks, and worshiped Jesus as the Son of David: the Messiah. Pick up...
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Raising Lazarus
Send us Fan Mail Lazarus was sick. Jesus healed the sick. It was the perfect situation. Mary and Martha would pray for Jesus to come to the house, Jesus would come to the house, and Lazarus would be playing pickleball by the afternoon. But that's not what happened at all. Pick up your Bible or...
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The Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son
Send us Fan Mail An unlikely crowd gathered together around Jesus: self-righteous Pharisees and publicans and sinners. They all waited to hear Jesus' words, and Jesus shared three parables of a lost sheep, coin, and son. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 15 to hear the story. This...
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Peter's Confession and Denial
Send us Fan Mail After seeing Jesus work wonders and walk on water, Simon Peter boldly declared, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." But days later, he denied he ever met Jesus, even though he walked with Him for three years—once on water. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to...
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Disciples Called and Sent
Send us Fan Mail After Jesus had sent out the Twelve to work wonders, Jesus sent out another group of seventy—mostly unnamed to work wonders in His name. They were surprised and overjoyed that Jesus worked the same wonders through them He had worked Himself. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn...
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The Miracles of Mark 4 and 5
Send us Fan Mail In just two chapters, Jesus demonstrated authority over nature, the devil, disease, and death itself. And for Jesus, it was just another day at the office. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 5 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Spring...
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Jesus Forgave Sins
Send us Fan Mail Four friends shocked everyone, except Jesus, when they began ripping apart a roof to get their friend in front of Jesus. But Jesus' response was even more surprising. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Mark 2 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for...
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The Woman at the Well
Send us Fan Mail What was He doing talking to her? She's a Samaritan. She's a Samaritan woman. She's that Samaritan woman. He's a Jew. He's a Jewish man. He's a Jewish holy man. He's that Jewish holy man. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 4 to hear the story. This episode is based on...
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A Conversation with Nicodemus
Send us Fan Mail Jesus and Nicodemus met late one night to talk through the Word of God. Nicodemus opened up the conversation with a sincere compliment, and Jesus responded by rocking him back on his heels. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to John 3 to hear the story. This episode is based…
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Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
Send us Fan Mail After Jesus' popularity grew all around the region, He climbed a mountain, took a seat, and began to teach. His powerful message is recorded in three chapters in Matthew's gospel. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Matthew 5 to hear the story. This episode is based on the...
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Jesus in the Wilderness
Send us Fan Mail After a forty-day fast, Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness. But Jesus was ready and fended off his temptations with the Word of God. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 4 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026, Adult...
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The Incarnation
Send us Fan Mail After four thousand years of waiting and watching and praying and hoping, God showed Himself faithful yet again. God Himself came in the life-changing, history-changing, date-dividing event called the Incarnation. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Luke 1 to hear the…
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John the Baptist
Send us Fan Mail After walking through the breadth of the Old Testament, we have crossed over four hundred silent years into the New Testament. To break the silence, a camel-hair-wearing, locust-and-wild-honey-eating John the Baptist marched out of the wilderness preaching, "Repent, for the…
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Mordecai and Esther
Send us Fan Mail The Book of Esther is the only book in the Bible's sixty-six books that does not mention God one time, but His fingerprints are everywhere. This book teaches that God is still working, even when He seems absent or silent. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to Esther 4 to hear...
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Daniel and His Friends
Send us Fan Mail Daniel and his friends had been loaded up and carted off to captivity in Babylon, hundreds of miles away from Jerusalem. But when they faced tests to turn their backs on God, they remained faithful and found God stands with those who stand for Him. Pick up your Bible or device…
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The Prophet Ezekiel
Send us Fan Mail Judah had been overrun, defeated, chained, and marched over five hundred miles away to Babylon. Just when Judah wondered if God would ever hear them again, the glory of God surprisingly showed up right there in Babylon to give Ezekiel a message of hope to give the people. Pick up...
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The Prophet Elijah
Send us Fan Mail Israel had run a long way in the wrong way and appeared to be far gone, but into that melee of pagan practices stepped the prophet Elijah. Pick up your Bible or device, and turn to I Kings 18 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026,...
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The Prophet Jonah
Send us Fan Mail Jonah had one job: Preach to the city of Nineveh. He paid for a one-way trip to Tarshish, about as far from Nineveh as you could get. But God had a way of getting His wayward prophet going the right way. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to Jonah 4 to hear the story. This...
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The Kingdom Divided
Send us Fan Mail After Solomon's reign, his son Rehoboam reigned over the nation of Israel—but not for long. Soon, Rehoboam would make a foolish decision and divide the kingdom in two: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to II Kings 11 to hear the…
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The Wisdom of Solomon
Send us Fan Mail David's son, Solomon, was chosen to be Israel's next king. When God asked him what he would like from God, Solomon wisely asked for wisdom. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Kings 3 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter 2025–2026…
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King David
Send us Fan Mail It was one of David's finest moments: the two times he could have killed the paranoid, murderous King Saul, but he showed mercy. David's willingness to show mercy to someone who only hurt him prepared David to one day be King David. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I…
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David and Goliath
Send us Fan Mail It has become a proverb in our day: a David and Goliath battle. Well, let's see the first David and Goliath battle between . . . David and Goliath. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 16 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for Life, Winter...
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Samuel and Saul
Send us Fan Mail Israel had all they needed: God was their King. But He was not what they wanted, so they asked the seer Samuel to help them find a king. That's where we meet Saul. Pick up your Bible or phone and turn to I Samuel 8 to hear the story. This episode is based on the God's Word for...
About this show
As a companion to our Word Aflame Adult Level Curriculum, this podcast serves to encourage adult disciples to think deeply about God’s Word, further develop their personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and make a greater commitment to the purpose and plan of God for their lives.
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Pentecostal Publishing House with Host: LJ Harry
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