Powerhouse Momma Podcast
by Michelle Da Silva
A podcast for Powerhouse Mommas, women who want to live life to the full, who want to step out and live the life of purpose they were created to live, and who want to share their unique superpower with the world. It's inside of each one of us just waiting to come out, our unique gifting and light, along with the power and love of Christ. It would be my great joy to connect with you every Wednesday with weekly womanly wisdom, inspiration, and stories to inform and encourage you along the way. This is my passion and purpose in life. So, join me and let's do this.
Episodes
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Beautiful Feet
(Romans 15-16)What makes someone's feet "beautiful"? Certainly not the feet themselves—but the message they carry. As we come to the final week of our Rooted & Sent: Romans Study, Paul reminds us that the Christian life was never meant to end with personal growth. Every lesson we've learned...
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Reflecting Christ
Rooted and Sent - Romans Study Wk 9 Last week we read 📖 Romans 13–14. So, in this episode that follows, we ask what does it look like to live as a follower of Jesus in a world full of division, strong opinions, and competing priorities? We discover that the Gospel doesn't just transform our...
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The Love that Changes Everything
The love that changes everything is the agape love of Jesus. This love, and the transformed mind, leads to living a Transformed Life In our Rooted and Sent Romans study, week 8, we go through Romans 12:3–21. What does a transformed life actually look like? After calling us to become living...
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A Living Sacrifice
This is about becoming a Living Sacrifice... living a life of True Worship in a World of Counterfeits. The renewing of your mind leads to the transformation of your entire life. 📖 Romans 12:1–2 What is shaping the way you think? Every day, our minds are being formed by something. Social media....
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Purpose in the Process
📖 Romans 8:18–39 What if the hard season you’re walking through isn’t meaningless? What if God is still working—even in the waiting, the pain, the disappointment, and the unanswered prayers? In Week 6 of our Rooted & Sent: Romans Study, we dive into one of the most hope-filled passages in all of...
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The War Within: Living in the Spirit
This week we're in Romans 7–8. Why does the Christian life sometimes feel like such a battle? Why do we still struggle with sin, negative thought patterns, fear, anxiety, or old habits—even after giving our lives to Jesus? In Week 5 of our Rooted & Sent: Romans Study, we dive into Romans 7–8 and...
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From Death to Life
From Death to Life 📖 Romans 6 What does true freedom really look like? In Week 4 of our Rooted & Sent: Romans Study, we dive into Romans 6 and explore one of the most powerful truths of the Gospel: through Jesus, we are no longer slaves to sin—we have been made alive in Christ. So many believers...
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Trading Truth for Counterfeits
We're in Romans 1:18–3:20 What happens when we exchange God's truth for something else? In Week 2 of our Rooted & Sent: Romans Study, we explore one of the most challenging—and relevant—passages in the book of Romans. Paul reveals what happens when people suppress truth, pursue idols, and look to...
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Set Apart for the Sake of the Gospel
🌿 Rooted & Sent: Romans – Week 1📖 Romans 1:1–17 In this first episode of our brand-new Rooted & Sent: Romans Study, we begin exploring one of the most powerful books in the New Testament and uncover what it truly means to be transformed by the Gospel. In Romans 1, Paul boldly declares: 📖 “For…
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Power On: The Storm Can't Stop the Mission
As we close out our Rooted and Sent Acts Study, we follow Paul through one of the most difficult journeys of his ministry—a violent storm, a shipwreck, uncertainty, and unexpected detours on the way to Rome. And yet through it all… 👉 God’s mission continues. In this episode, we talk about what…
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Set Apart for the Mission
In Week 7 of our Rooted and Sent Acts Study, we step into a powerful moment in the early church—when Barnabas and Saul are set apart by the Holy Spirit and sent out for the work God has called them to do. 📖 “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” (Acts…
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The Gospel is for Everyone
In Week 6 of our Rooted and Sent Acts Study, we step into a powerful turning point in the early church—when the Gospel begins to move beyond familiar places, comfortable spaces, and expected people. In Acts 8–10, we see the message of Jesus reach Samaritans, an Ethiopian seeker, and even Saul the...
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Standing Firm in Your Faith
In Week 5 of our Rooted and Sent Acts Study, we step into one of the most powerful and challenging themes of the Christian life—standing firm in faith when it’s not easy. In Acts 5–7, we see the apostles boldly obey God despite opposition, and we witness the unwavering faith of Stephen, who stood...
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Becoming Bold for Jesus
In this week’s episode of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast, we continue our Rooted and Sent Bible Study as we dive into Acts chapters 3 and 4—where faith moves the believers from belief into bold action. We see Peter and John step out in faith, leading to a powerful healing miracle… and then face...
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Living Life Together... as One Body in Christ
“You Were Never Meant to Do This Alone | Acts 2:42–47” In this week’s episode of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast, we continue our Rooted and Sent Bible Study as we dive into Acts 2:42–47 and explore the beauty and power of biblical community. The early church wasn’t just gathering—they were devoted…
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Pentecost: The Presence and The Power that Goes With You
In our Acts Study - Week 2 – The Spirit Is Poured Out (Acts 2) In this episode of the Rooted & Sent series, we step into one of the most powerful moments in Scripture—Pentecost. In Acts 2, the Holy Spirit is poured out on the early believers, fulfilling God’s promise and launching the mission of...
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Called to be His Witnesses
Week 1 of the Acts 8-week study– (Acts 1:1–11) We are beginning Part 2 of the Rooted & Sent Bible study as we move from the Gospel into the book of Acts. In this episode, we explore Acts 1:1–11 and the moment when Jesus commissions His followers and promises the power of the Holy Spirit. Before...
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Come and See
This is Week 1 of our 1-yr. journey through the New Testament in a Bible Study and Podcast series called Rooted & Sent. What if faith doesn’t begin with having all the answers—but with an invitation? In this first week of our Gospel study, we step into John 1:35–51, where Jesus calls His first...
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Preparing the Way for Christmas - Ep 8
In December (1st-24th) we are going through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In this eighth episode, in Luke Chapter 9, Jesus is revealed for who he really is and he also reveals what's coming for him-to his disciples. We also learn what it means to truly be a disciple of...
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Preparing the Way for Christmas - Ep 7
In December (1st-24th) we are going through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In this seventh episode, in Luke chapters 7-8, we begin to see Jesus working more in the power and authority of God, bringing Heaven to Earth, and it is truly miraculous. We discuss 5 key points to...
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Preparing the Way for Christmas - Ep 6
In December (1st-24th) we are going through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In this sixth episode I share from Luke Chapter 6 and we learn a lot about Jesus's heart and what he says it's like in the Kingdom of God, therefore, what it should be made like here on Earth (as…
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Preparing the Way for Christmas-Ep. 5
In December (1st-24th) we are going through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In this fifth episode I share from Luke Chapter 5 and I end in asking four very applicable questions for our own lives... things we can ask ourselves as a result of how we see other people…
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Preparing the Way for Christmas-Ep 4
In December (1st-24th) we are going through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In this fourth episode I share about three things we can learn from Jesus in the beginnings of his ministry in Luke Chapter 4, when Jesus is tempted and when He declares who he really is but gets...
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Preparing the Way for Christmas Series-Ep 1
In December (1st-24th) we are going through the Gospel of Luke to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In this first episode I share from Luke Chapter 1 in a daily dose of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast. It'll be short but sweet. Spoiler alert, John the Baptist is promised... and then he's born. Jesus...
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Created to Create
In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth and all the things in it, including us humans. But why did he create us, what is it that he wanted us to do while we were here? That's what we'll explore today on the PowerHouse Momma Podcast as we also look at Genesis Chapter 1.
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Advent Series-Wk. 1-Jesus Was Foretold...
God had a plan for Jesus and His life... we know that because Jesus was foretold. But if this is the case and Jesus was a part of a bigger plan and God had a reason and a purpose for his life... isn't it possible that he has a plan, a reason and a purpose for your life, as well. Let's think on…
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Faith Like Noah and Faith Like Abraham
In this episode we talk more about Strong and Courageous Faith as we look into Hebrews 11:1-16. Read it and then come on this journey of faith with me.
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Building Strong and Courageous Faith-Part 2
In this episode we focus on the truth that When it is impossible for men (for us), it is possible for God. The Bible Study teaching is from Daniel 2, in which you will learn three things that you can do to be faithful in captivity, and see God do the impossible in your life and/or in this world.
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Building Strong and Courageous Faith -Part 1
There was a time when many of God's people were take captive in Babylon (in the book of Daniel in the Bible) and they had to make a choice when given new identities and introduced to a new way of life whether they were going to remain faithful to God and live according to his ways or just go with...
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Jesus' I Have a Dream Speech-Part 2
This is the next part of the series covering Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (from Matthew Chapter 6) that informs us on how to live the way God intends for us to live to bring more Heaven to Earth, more up there, down here. He has a dream way of life for us and this is the formula, Jesus tells us in...
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Mason's Minute-Episode 1
If you would love to have some fun podcast content that is great for your kids, then this special bonus is for you. My son Mason shares about a 1-minute Bible lesson, a one-minute Super Mario Bros hack, and about 1 minute on a fun fact for kids. Check it out with your kids. I really hope your...
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Jesus's I Have a Dream Speech-Part 1
Jesus gave us a great dream life or "I have a dream" speech in the Sermon on the Mount. He explained how he wished for us to live and to be so that humanity could thrive, so that we could thrive. He really gave us the answers to how we could bring a little more Heaven to Earth, or a little more…
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Finding Eternal Joy
We hear so much about joy and how to cultivate joy in our lives today. And certainly, there are moments of happiness here that are truly like glimpses of Heaven for sure... but the truth is we need God to sustain us between those temporary moments of happiness and to find joy and peace even in…
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A New Hope
If you've lost all hope in this place, well don't worry, the best is yet to come... oh yeah, and you can join God in making things better and making all things new in the here and now, too! There is a new hope in the new Heaven and the New Earth that is coming. This is a brief study on Revelation...
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Preparing the Way... for Christmas-Part 1
In this Advent related episode we start to prepare the way for Christmas, we begin to hear the Gospel, as told by Luke. And we begin to prepare our hearts... I challenge you along the way with some things to think about, to think about how you can prepare your heart and your life for Christmas…
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Daily Dose-Washed Clean
This Daily Dose episode of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast is a short but sweet reminder about how much we need Jesus to wash us clean every day. This is a reflection from Titus 3:4-5 and a prayer for you. Enjoy and let me know what you think. Be blessed!
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Daily Dose-Thy Word is Sweeter than Honey
In this Daily Dose episode of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast I speak from 2 Timothy Chapters 3-4. There is some great wisdom in there about how to stand firm in the faith and stand on truth... mostly by staying in the word of God, which is so sweet and life giving to you. So please, take this in…
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Fun Facts For Kids with Mason Da Silva-Pikachu
In this just for fun kids episode of FUN FACTS FOR KIDS (by the PowerHouse Momma Podcast) my son Mason tells you what he knows and loves about Pikachu from the Pokemon Franchise of shows, movies, games and cards, etc.
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Daily Dose-Train Up with Godliness, Setting a Good Example for Those You Love
In this episode I share some reflection on how we can apply the wisdom of Paul from 1 Timothy 4. In this passage Timothy is told how to prepare himself for ministry and live his life in a Godly way as a good example to the people he is ministering to. We can do the same in our own lives, not only...
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Daily Dose of Biblical Encouragement for Moms
This is a Daily Dose episode that is here to encourage Moms in all that you do, from the life and ministry of Paul. I go on to share about how we should be so thankful for every moment and remember what Jesus did for us so that we would never really have to do it alone. Jesus is always with us…
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Starting Well with PowerHouse Habits-Part 2
If you are looking for some inspiration and some clear direction in how to organize your life to focus on Christ and to draw on his power for your life then this is for you. You can do many daily habits and practical things that will help you to stay focused on the things above and save you from...
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Daily Dose for Tuesday-Fill Your Lamp
Fill your lamp with oil so you're ready for the bridegroom when he comes. Also, fill your lamp for all that comes up in life, be ready for what God has called you to do. Fill your lamp and power up your life for the journey ahead. That is what this little daily dose of the PowerHouse Momma…
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People Get Ready... because Jesus is Coming Soon
In this brief, Daily Dose of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast, I share my reflection on some daily Bible Reading in Matthew 24 and 1 Thess. 3 about the warning Jesus gives us to be ready when the Jesus returns and the end comes. Will you respond to the challenge I pose. Let me know. Leave a review.
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Daily Dose for Wednesday-Getting your Just and Unjust Rewards
In this episode I talk about some parables that Jesus shared in his Earthly ministry to describe how God and the Kingdom of Heaven work. You can follow along with some reading from Matthew 20 and Matthew 25. God gives us our unjust reward of Eternal life through the work of Jesus Christ because…
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Daily Dose for Monday-Build up your treasures in Heaven
This is the new Daily Dose version of the PowerHouse Momma Podcast. These are shorter, daily reflections and devotions based on Bible readings that you can do along with me. Just listen for the chapters that I reference. Today is Matthew 19 and Colossians 2. I share wisdom that can be taken from...
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Powerhouse Momma Podcast Trailer
This is what to expect on the Powerhouse Momma Podcast (Formerly Purpose Driven Mommy with a Coffee podcast) with Michelle Da Silva. Weekly, womanly, wisdom to empower your life, in Christ! And now with the added Daily Dose Bonus episodes, as well.
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Powering Through to the End
This is a special double episode that incorporates my new notes from Hebrews Chapters 12 and 13 (to end our series called She Brews in Hebrews) and also an older episode you may not have heard yet that has wisdom and inspiration from the same passage in Hebrews 12. I also share some news here…
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She Brews in Hebrews Part 3-Just a glimpse of the better life to come
There is an ongoing story, a plan that has been put in motion by God from the beginning of time and it will continue on to eternity. And this is just a very small part of it. This world we live in and this life we live has been tainted by sin... but there is a way out to something better, with...
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Maturity in Christ-from our series She Brews In Hebrews
If you're wondering what being a true Christian, or follower of Christ, entails then this episode is for you. This is a message, inspired by scripture in Hebrews, that talks about maturity in Christ and warns against immaturity in Christ and also falling away. Y'all this is what it is all about…
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The Most Important Thing a Mom Can Do
In this episode we look at the stories of the moms that came before us in the Bible and learn from their examples. Then we also look into a story of hope for us all... but especially for those children that we are worried about, that are wayward and far from home. There is always hope for us and...
About this show
A podcast for Powerhouse Mommas, women who want to live life to the full, who want to step out and live the life of purpose they were created to live, and who want to share their unique superpower with the world. It's inside of each one of us just waiting to come out, our unique gifting and light, along with the power and love of Christ. It would be my great joy to connect with you every Wednesday with weekly womanly wisdom, inspiration, and stories to inform and encourage you along the way. This is my passion and purpose in life. So, join me and let's do this.
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