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Send us Fan MailIn the Old Testament God proclaimed the people would experience a Jubilee. In the New Testament God tells us our Jubilee is in Jesus. Join us as we explore the blessing of the Jubilee, the rest, restoration, release and reset our God wants us to know.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     We can all find the contentment we seek in any circumstance we face. Join us for today's episode as we look at how to find contentment in gratitude and God's word.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailIn todays episode we will walk in the stories of Jonah and Elijah and witness how they speak into our lives. We will witness God's gentle restoration, mercy and grace, amidst their struggles and brokenness. As God was there for Jonah and Elijah He will be there for each of us.  Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailHave you ever felt like you needed a miracle? Our need for a miracle is often heightened during the Christmas season. A time when feelings of loss, loneliness and sadness often feel so insurmountable alongside all the hype, festivities and promises of joy that we simply may not feel. As we study together today, we will meet a woman in need of a miracle, and we may find a piece of ourselves in her life. And we will also find our miracle.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailWhen have you looked at circumstances either in the world or in your own life and said to or about God, "how could you let this happen, what were you thinking? What happens to us when the circumstances in our world are beyond our understanding, and when our God is not who we thought?Join us as we explore scripture to use these times as an opportunity and blessing calling us deeper into our relationship with God, to seek Him and know HIm as He is, and to move deeper into our faith.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailThe question for me was not if I believed in God, but how I believed in God. Asking do I truly know and trust God? Am I living my life in Christ or am I living with a foot in the knowledge of all God can do while still not letting go of living my life my way and in my strength? If this sounds in any way familiar, please join us for today's podcast where with a faith like a grain of a mustard seed, we can expect that nothing will be impossible for us!Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailJoin us as we explore John 5 and discover our hope in all things. Today we meet a man who had no one and found Jesus right before him, Jesus who knew him, saw his pain and suffering and helped him find a way where for 38 years there had been none.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailOur hearts are much like the heartwood of a tree. The center of a mighty tree, its heartwood can be forever damaged when the tree absorbs wounds. Our hearts can also be damaged as we absorb hurts and wounds and take offense. Join us as we seek our Lord's word guiding us to guard our hearts.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailThere are times when we cannot take ourselves out of the way of wrong doings done to us and our world is affected and our peace is shattered. Join us as we explore God's word and guidance to us in these times.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailHave you ever felt as if your life is full of spaces, like a sentence missing words? In Matthew 6:25 we are told," do not worry about your life..." In Matthew 13:22 we are told, "The cares of this world will choke out the life of God in us." If you think about it, we are all bombarded every minute of the day by the cares of this world. So, how do we not worry? How do we not focus onthe spaces, on the times we think we missed out on, on the regrets, on the worries going forward, how do we not worry about our life? The answer is found in the way we worship.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailWhere do we find the strength to change, the strength to face every day and circumstance that may be threatening our hope and peace? Join us for today's episode, as we find God's strength for us.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailThere are times when we all ask ourselves, do I matter, or wonder what value we have. Times when circumstance brings into our lives broken relationships, divorce, unforgiveness, lonliness, job loss and any number of situations that can make us question our value. Sometimes its easy to get caught up in seeing ourselves through the eyes of others or our world and what it values. What do we do during these times, who do we go to, where do we seek comfort?Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailCan we rise above our worst mistakes, the regrets and sin that hold us down, the times we have given in to temptation, and done all we know we should not have? How can we rise above the things we have done, be renewed, break free of guilt and strongholds, and find peace in our hearts and mind? We can find the answer in Jesus' first word to us as He began to preach. He said, "repent for the kingdom of heaven has come near." Of all the words Jesus could have used to begin His preaching He tells us to repent. In today's episode we will talk about three things; what repentance is, God's kingdom, and how repentance can bring us God's blessings and allow us to rise above our mistakes and regrets as it did for David in Psalm 32.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailIn Joshua 6 we find the Israelites circling the walls of Jericho. Circling a city they must overcome, a city with insurmountable walls. We too face our own Jericho's, problems and circumstances that seem insurmountable to us. How do we do it, how do we walk through these kinds of circumstances? Join us as we look to the Lord's word to guide us through the things in life that we in our own human strength cannot conquer.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailWhat does it mean to you to suffer with Christ? Have you thought how Christ uses our suffering to bring us closer to Him? Suffering can lead us to ask some hard questions of ourselves. For example, am I really giving all of my life to Christ? Am I trusting Him totally with every aspect of my life, hurt anger, doubt, grief? Can my suffering awaken in me  a reality that I am not close enough, that I need more, want more and need to cry to Him to help my unbelief? If it was not for our suffering and being pushed beyond our ability to endure, we would never know the power, love and care of our Lord who carries us through it.Join us for today's episode as we study from Luke 13 and meet a woman who was bowed over and suffered for 18 years.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailToday's scripture is from 2 Timothy. Come listen to a story about Onesiphorus and Paul, about the power Onesiphorus' presence had. Come listen to a story about the power our presence can have in the life of another through Christ in us, as we stand in the gap.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail"I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Ps. 16:8As we study Luke 9, the disciples learn to give Jesus all they have, to trust and obey and depend on Jesus for all their strength and provision. As we move closer and closer to Christ in our lives, depending on and trusting in Him above all else, we come nearer to the one true God who promises joy, power, peace, comfort, strength and eternal life. In Christ we find our life and stand unshaken, experiencing His presence and unending compassion.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailThe battle is not ours. But we must come to it, face it head on and stand. Today we explore God's word to us in Exodus 14. We all face battles and trials in our lives, what do we do when they threaten to overtake us? What did God tell the Israelites to do when all they were running from threatened to overtake them and their way forward was blocked? Join us for Holding God's Peace as we hear God's word to us about standing in the face of life's battles.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailScripture tells us that Jesus came to establish His kingdom here on earth. But what does that mean? What is this kingdom, and how do we get to it, how do we live in it, and how can it change our lives?Join us for The Kingdom of God as we explore the words of our Lord telling us not to be anxious and to seek the kingdom of God!Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     How we relate to everything and everyone in our lives ultimately depends on how we relate to God.  In Psalm 16 we see that as we are filled from God's cup we can walk in this world as He commands. We are able to walk better together and be His hands and feet.     As we are filled by His cup and the lines of His care fall around us, our heart is glad, we can rejoice and rest in hope.     Join us for a study of Psalm 16 as we walk in His presence, filled from His cup, safe, secure and blessed.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail"Because you are important everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished, and nothing will ever be the same again." Wm Paul Young.All of our stories belong to God, each having worth and value. Our God is a restoring God and when we turn to Him and place our stories in His hand they can become treasures for ourselves and through us and God's work in us they become treasures for others.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     What if you could enter each day of the New Year filled with promise and hope - would you resolve to do it?     What if what we seek, and want to change could be done for us? And what if this wonderful change would not be solely up to us, but up to our God whose resolutions for us, to work all for our good, never fail.     When we resolve to make Jesus our New Years Resolution we can trust that our God will do a new thing in us. Our God who tells us He will make a road in the wilderness and streams in the desert, is calling to us to not only expect change but to expect miracles!A written copy of this podcast and additional details can be found at the Seeking Level Ground website.    https://seekinglevelground.comPlease feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailForsaken is to be abandoned, deserted and forgotten. It is currently one of the most searched for words on the internet along with loss. If this Christmas season you find yourself in a time of feeling forsaken join us as we explore the apostle Paul's message in his second letter to Timothy.You can also find a written copy of this episode, additional information and sources at https://seekinglevelground.com/Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Welcome to a special Christmas episode, called the Christmas worm and our hope. Join us for a hope and faith filled episode and to hear the story that sounds forth the hope and joy of Christ.     You can also join us for additional Biblical interesting stories, information, short devotions and study at Seeking Level Ground found at https://seekinglevelground.comPlease feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailIn today's podcast, Advent This Season and Everyday, we will look at what Advent means, and what Advent can mean for us and our relationship with Christ and the hope it can bring not just during the Chrisstmas season but every day.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     In today's study Isaiah speaks to us about the walls of Babylon that the mighty King Cyrus will face.  The walls that are physically described as insurmountable. Today's study will also speak to us about the times the walls of circumstance before us feel insurmountable, and our God who goes before us.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Have you ever heard the words, "you're not listening" ? Dietrich Bonhoffer said, "the first service we owe one another is to listen, whoever does not know how to listen to his brother or sister will soon no longer be able to listen to God either". Not only did Bonhoffer speak about the importance of listening but so did Jesus. In today's podcast we will study what it means to listen with the ear of our heart, as we go to God's word in Luke.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailThe power of song is spoken to us in the pages of scripture, the power to restore and speak into our souls. Each of us can likely attest to the power of song in our own lives, to awaken feelings and renew us. Music is not blocked by our thoughts but reaches to a place far beyond... Before Moses death God commanded him to write a song to the people and in today's podcast our study will be about this song, the Song of Moses.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail...A long time ago heaven touched earth, and can do so every day in our lives and hearts as we come to know Jesus deeper and deeper...    Do you know Jesus? Would you like to know Him more and feel He is ever present in your life, walking with you? If so, please join us today as we meet Nathaniel in the Gospel of John, as we like Nathanael answer the invitation to "come and see".Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Have you ever wondered what true humility looks like? Think about this for a minute, it requires a shift in our thinking. Our humility comes when we realize that in our humbleness, we are no longer the center of our world God is. It is at this point our lives change in a monumental way.    Today we will study Naaman in 2 KIngs 5, as well as, look at John 6 and Jesus speaking of Naaman in Luke 4.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Scripture tells us to circumcise our hearts, but how do we do that, why would we do that, and what does it really mean? Join us as we study Deuteronomy and the circumcision of our hearts.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan MailToday's study is on Luke 19 and Zacchaeus, where we will see that God is found wherever we will let HIm in !Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail  God's thread of blue, to see, remember and do.In today's study we will look how God's commandment of the tzitzit still speaks to us today.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     In today's podcast we will study the priestly blessing which points the way for each of us to not only be blessed but to be a blessing for others. God's words to us bring us the beautiful assurance that we are each important to God as well as to each other.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     William Gurnall a 17th century pastor and author said, "Cowards never won heaven...and went on to say dare to be holy in spite of men and devils." In today's study we will talk about Obidiah in 1 Kings 18. Much like Obidiah we live in a culture where many want us to accept what they tell us is right and not what we know according to God's Word.  A culture that wants to disregard the one true God. May we dare to be Holy !Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Join us for a new episode, Restoration and Hope.  Come meet Ezekiel, hear God's words to us through this prophet. Come hear about God's work of restoration in and for us and experience the hope it brings!Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     We all struggle from time to time with the circumstances of our lives. Sometimes we are just searching for a place of rest and hope.  In todays podcast we will look at the life of  hymn writer William Cowper and God's providence in his life and in ours.  Cowpers hymns and recognizing the providential care of God in our life will sing hope into the dark places we all face. Please join us.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     People and music have always had a strong relationship, but why, where did our music come from, why are we so drawn to it and into it, and in the process drawn by it? Music and song are uplifting, encouraging and life changing. In today's study we will glimpse into music, song and hymns from ancient times to early Christianity to modern times, and God's command to sing. Join us today and let God's music and song change you !Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Have you ever thought about prayer? Why it matters? After all God already knows what we are thinking before we think it, let alone speak it. Why do we really pray? Is it to ask for things as if God is a genie in a bottle, is it to change God's mind about things? What do we get from prayer and why is it so very important. The book of Nehemiah has much to tell us about prayer and in today's study we will look at what God tells us through His servant Nehemiah about prayer.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     In this episode we will be studying Matthew 20 and the parable of the vineyard. Where is our faith in God when all seems to be lost? When we are down to the last hour, and we are tired, maybe tired of waiting, discouraged and truly do not know from where our help will come? Do we persist in our faith, do we endure and trust in our Lord Jesus Christ? Do we always believe our God will give us what is right? Is our view of God really that He is always just and fair?Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     What does it mean to be blessed? When was the last time you or someone you know said they were # Blessed? In this episode we will look at what it means to be blessed, and what we can learn from Psalm 84 about being blessed.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     In today's episode we will study Jeremiah 17:1-10. We will study these verses and claim for ourselves God's promise to change our hearts and our lives. Jeremiah will bring us face to face with our desperate need for belief and trust in God totally, trusting Him with everything and trusting Him above all else.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com

Send us Fan Mail     Today's episode is from Isaiah 44:1-5. It was written long ago to the Israelites to comfort and encourage them and is meant to do the same for us today. Join us as we walk through and study these verses and God's call to hear.Please feel free to comment, correspondance can be sent to [email protected] episodes can also be found directly at https://roughplacesintolevelground.buzzsprout.com