LetsAskGodPodcast

I felt strongly led to share an incredibly personal visionGod gave me—one that spoke deeply to my heart and exposed the difference between the yoke of responsibility and the yoke of relationship. It revealed how easily the weight of calling can become spiritually depleting when carried through striving, self-reliance, and my own understanding. Even in the pursuit of doing what I believed God had called me to do, I found myself drifting into inner exhaustion and separation. This vision brought me back to a deeper truth: I was never meant to carry my calling apart from Him, but to co-labour with God and live from the overflow of relationship with Him.

In episode 2 we go deeper into the same theme from Episode 1 — the imprisonment of shame and condemnation that often follows sexual immorality, and the way Jesus breaks that prison with love, mercy, truth, and freedom.For years, sin didn’t just create regret — it formed a stronghold: compromise, secrecy, self-disgust, and the constant feeling of being unworthy, unloved, and disqualified from God. But the turning point for me wasn’t self-improvement — it was the moment God exposed the lie that kept me bound, and began rebuilding my life on what’s actually true transforming the stronghold of corruption & lies into a stronghold of truth set up against the enemy. God’s love and the cost of restoration — why Jesus endured suffering to bring us back into relationship.Freedom from accusation — how the cross doesn’t only forgive you, it presents you holy and free from accusation.Guilt vs conviction — why shame keeps you hiding, but Jesus brings you into the light to heal and restore.Temptation and the battle of the mind — how temptation often targets a deeper belief (identity, worth, belonging), not just behaviour.How to demolish strongholds — practical steps using prayer, God’s Word, the Holy Spirit, and honest fellowship.If you’re battling temptation, living under condemnation, or stuck in the cycle of sin → shame → secrecy→ separation, my prayer is that this episode helps you come back to the heart of Jesus — not to be crushed, but to be restored… and to learn how to walk in freedom in Christ.

For years, sexual immorality didn’t just create regret—it built a stronghold: cycles of compromise, hiddenness, self-disgust, and feeling disqualified from God. But Jesus didn’t respond to me with disgust or distance. He came with love, mercy, and truth—not to excuse sin, but to restore my heart, rebuild my identity, and lead me into freedom.Keagan Howell shares a brief testimony from a prayer ministry training weekend. Moments before a message on “Strongholds,” during worship, I sensed the Holy Spirit prompting me to publicly recount—for the first time—how Jesus met me in the prison of shame and condemnation and began to set me free. I had no time to prepare. I simply chose to trust God’s leading and speak as He gave the words.

Faith as a Mustard Seed — The Faith That Takes GroundWhat if Jesus wasn’t talking about small faith… but living faith?In this episode, we unpack the true meaning behind “faith AS a mustard seed” — a kind of faith that disrupts, grows, purifies, and transforms everything it touches.

A sermon of freedom from strongholds