PODCAST · religion
The Ekklesian
by Xavier LeMond
We live in a society where Believers have lost sight of who God is, when traditions and rituals have lost their significance, and religion has replaced intimate relationship with God. As a result, the world reflects the deficiencies of our spiritual immaturity. The Ekklesian is for those with a hunger to know who God really is. If you realize that occupying a seat in church doesn't make you righteous, or you're one of the too many who've been wounded or disenfranchised with church, then listen and discover what the Lord is doing differently, supernaturally, in the world today.
Episodes
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Why Is The Chosen So Impactful?
I haven’t mentioned it before here, but I’m a big fan of the independent television series “The Chosen.” Its portrayal of Christ and his followers is not just inspiring, but inspired. The creators, producers, and staff of this show have aligned themselves with the Spirit of Heaven to capture...
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What Are You Led By?
Many who sincerely seek to walk with the Lord and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, fall prey to the adversary's well-honed schemes of distraction by circumstance. Even as they perceive the direction and guidance of the Lord, challenges present themselves. Instead of staying focused on God’s...
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Faith Or Flesh?
The Holy Spirit molds you into the image of Christ. This transformation is a natural result of the work the Spirit of God is doing in your life as you cultivate a personal relationship with Him. In doing so, you don’t live, operate, or stand in your own strength, you stand in the glory and power…
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Bad Fruit?
Most of us know that the Fruit of the Spirit (found in Galatians chapter 5 - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control), these fruit are characteristics we aspire to achieve as followers of Christ. These are the things that are supposed to define…
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Don’t Hold God At A Distance
Many believers prefer to hold God at a distance. They really don’t want to get too close and they certainly don’t want intimacy with Him. They have little desire for a direct, personal relationship with the Almighty. They want to keep something between the Lord and themselves: denomination…
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How Do We Worship In Spirit and In Truth?
What is it to worship “in the Spirit and in truth” as Jesus related in John 4:23-24? Even ardent believers struggle, stumble, and fail in their faith because they are trying to use their will, determination, and intellect not just to worship God, but to solve the challenges that life, and the...
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When Christian Religion Fails You
Many believers have enough faith to be saved, but not enough to live in the power that the Lord has provided for their lives because Christian religion has not taught people to cultivate divine intimacy, preferring to lead them into “learned dependence” and reliance on the institution. Yes, many...
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Step Into The Gap?
Here is a question that has been asked for millennia: “If God is really there, if He is loving, sovereign, and omnipotent, then why are things such a mess?” The answer is simple: God’s plan has always been to work on Earth with and through His people, not independently of them. The fact is, God...
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What Is Jesus Waiting For?
As believers, we know and put trust in the fact that Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice that we might be saved. But that is not all there is. There is more to the equation. Like children of any family (ours being a divine one), we are given responsibilities as we grow and mature spiritually....
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Today's Ekklesia
As chaotic, tumultuous, and anxiety-ridden as the world is right now, we are living at a time where seeds of divine revelation and restoration are starting to break through and bear fruit. In this time of great unhappiness and discontent all across the world, God is fulfilling promises of His…
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God’s Desire For Relationship
As a devout follower of Christ, it pains me to say that Christianity, as largely practiced in the Western world especially, that it has been reduced a little more than a "social construct," a weekly get together to feel good or even bad about ourselves. I believe that there are far too few...
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Releasing revelation To Ordinary People
What I share on this podcast ruffles feathers and makes a lot of people uncomfortable, if not downright angry. And I'm sorry if I offend some, but I know that a lot more people who hear these words are going to be freed, going to be unbound from oppression, and they're gonna experience the power…
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Grace Makes Us A Blessing
I have to be honest. I've grown weary of people who have a negative relationship with Scripture. It leads to a negative attitude and an outlook regarding everything. And there are too many who are always looking at the faults in other people. They're sin-obsessed, constantly looking for evidence...
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Through Grace Comes Fullness
Colossians 2:9 informs us that in Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form. And Ephesians 3:17-19 explains why it matters: "...So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints…
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Grace So We Can Be Like Christ
There isn't any part of us that God doesn't love because He is Love. And that's why He's given us His empowering presence, His Grace. He understands our flesh. He knows our struggle. He knows what we're going through. He knows everything about us and He's empowered us to be like Him. He doesn't...
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Grace Beyond Time
God knows you. He looks at you from a place of completion, not from where you started or from where you are now. I like to remind people that God invented time and He exists outside of time. He holds it in His hands. When He looks at you, He's always seen you across the span of time. And so He…
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Grace Is Divine Empowerment
There are a lot of bad definitions of God's grace out there. I think a lot of people, confuse it with mercy. They think that God's grace or that grace is God's willingness to overlook their failures and their shortcomings and love them despite their sin. But that's not grace. That's mercy if...
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Are You Missing The Mark?
Christ was, is, and always will be God's provision for reconciling mankind and restoring our divine relationship on His terms, not mans. Throughout church history, many things that well meaning men (and some not so well meaning) have insisted are God's will and God's intent were never what the…
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The Foundation Is Relationship
The life of a true follower of Christ is not about religion at all. It's about relationship: personal intimacy with God. It's about surrendering to the Holy Spirit and allowing God's Spirit to renew your heart and mind. That is what transforms a person. For most of us, the relationship we have…
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Five Reasons The Holy Spirit Matters #5
The Holy Spirit is calling out and seeking after individuals who have a desire and want to make a commitment to come into true relationship with the God of Heaven and who want to be transformed by the Holy Spirit. Now, these individuals are receiving revelations that are radically shifting how…
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5 Reasons The Holy Spirit Matters: #4
A huge paradigm shift is taking place in “the Church.” Nothing less than a Holy Spirit-led reformation is underway and it is happening in the hearts and minds of untold thousands of the children of God whom He is calling out to directly. Those who will answer are the salt and light of the Earth…
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5 Reasons The Holy Spirit Matters: #3
The Holy Spirit is critical to your life because the fullness of God is only revealed through the power of the Holy Spirit. You will not perceive spiritual truth with your natural eyes, hear spiritual truth with your ears or even speak it with your tongue. Only those in whom the Spirit abides can...
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5 Reasons The Holy Spirit Matters: #2
The Holy Spirit is critical to your life to teach, instruct, and guide you directly. This is a greater blessing than I can convey. Invite the Holy Spirit to teach you the ways of the Lord just as David requested: Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me,...
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Five Reasons The Holy Spirit Matters: #1
The Holy Spirit is critical to your life because · it is the Holy Spirit entwined with your human spirit who testifies and confirms that you are God’s child (Romans 8:16); · it is the Spirit who transforms your heart and mind bringing you into alignment with the Lord (2 Corinthians 3;18 ); · it…
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Missed Blessings
“How many of God's blessings have you missed out on?” Human nature is to believe something because we see it. In God's order however, in the Kingdom of Heaven, you will see when you believe. That makes no logical sense, but God is Spirit (John 4:24) and as Isaiah 55:8 reminds us, “For my thoughts...
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God Isn't Into Casual Relationships
God loves you. We’ve all heard those three words at so many times before that we likely take them for granted, although they are words that should never be uttered in mere repetition or without conviction. They are words that should never ring hollow. God’s love is a concept beyond your ability…
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Small God Big Problems
For many people, the strength of God in their personal lives is very small. While they have accepted Jesus, they are living lives in powerlessness and misery. They may have salvation, but they don't understand and aren’t realizing all the blessings that He has given to bring victory to their…
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Broken Paradigms & Zombie Christians
As believers, especially in western society, we tend to act and operate out of a broken paradigm with regard to our faith and trust in Jesus Christ. We place our emphasis on what we know about God over getting to know God personally. We have substituted the warm, personal relationship He designed...
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Peace Is A Practice Not An Outcome
If I want God's presence, I have to respond to Him. If I want stress and anxiety, I merely need to react to circumstance, and situations and people. Response to the Lord, to the Holy Spirit, creates confidence and trust in Him. Reaction outside of Christ creates separation, doubt, and stress. He...
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In Vain Or In God's Image?
I believe it was Graham Cooke who said, “A Christian is someone who has been overwhelmed by the majesty of God’s affection, by His empowering presence, and by His total willingness to make you exceptional as a person. He is making you like Him.” What God wants for you is about being, not doing....
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World Problems Or Heaven’s Possibilities?
Our world is in crisis. Authoritarianism is on the rise. Democracy is in decline. Nature seems to be striking back with ferocity. People are reacting as one might expect. Old mindsets are being challenged. Long-held beliefs are being threatened. Frustration and anxiety are running rampant and we...
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What True Christianity Is NOT
The real issue and question for every believer is not, “Are you good enough to get into heaven?” It's, “Are you abiding in God and well-aligned with the Holy Spirit to bring Heaven down to Earth?” Your life as a believer is not about waiting around for Jesus to come back and rescue you, it's…
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What Happens As You Mature In God
When you hold God at a distance, when you choose not to let Him into an area of you life, then you sever yourself from discovering and actualizing your true spiritual identity. While nothing can separate you from the love of God or His abiding presence. You can however be disconnected from your...
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Where Your "Good" Comes From
I was raised in a fundamental religion, a sin-conscious culture where teaching and training revolved around controlling one’s behavior. Freedom wasn’t prized in that setting. To many people, freedom was seen as independence from God, and perceived as an excuse or license to sin, leading to…
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Religion's Terms Are Not God's
The terms of our relationship with God are not now, and never were, set by man. If your interaction with Christ is primarily about doctrine and theology, that is, if the meaning of Christ in your life is defined more by rules than by a truly personal relationship with Him, then you are completely...
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Peace In Adverse Circumstances
As a believer, your adverse circumstances are never the problem. The trials, tribulations, and pressures that weigh upon you aren’t the problem. But God wants you to be aware of His reality above all else. If you are in Christ, then by definition, so are your circumstances. When you truly abide…
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Are You "Mooching" Off God?
Deep relationship with God changes your awareness and perception. When your primary focus is about your circumstances, then you relate to Him through circumstances. Your objective ends up being about how He's going to fix this or that, or rescue you. It becomes about what you perceive He can do…
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You Are Called To Intercede
As Believers, our (often) forgotten role is to present the needs of world before the Father in Heaven and lift up Christ the Son to people on Earth. Each of us is called to intercede for others, a theme of the Scripture time and again. This is the very reason He has called His people to be a…
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The Rise of the Ekklesia
The Lord is calling out and gathering together His own people, those I call His “Ekklesia Kuriakos” which literally means “an assembly of the called who belong to the Lord.” God is raising up, not institutes of religion, but assemblies of His Kingdom. Religion has preached the good news of...
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You As A Conduit of Heaven
As followers of Christ, you and I are called to be conduits of Heaven’s provisions and blessings, and intercessors for people who do not yet know Him. Our commission is to live by the order of the Kingdom however – which is not to rule or subjugate, but to serve. This is the reality of being the...
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God Doesn’t Want A Long-Distance Relationship
Your personal connection with God matters and He is not satisfied with a “long-distance” relationship. Unfortunately, too many believers have been misled and think their sins make them unworthy to come before God. That is an outright lie of the enemy perpetuated by those who seek to control the...
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Fake Behavior Doesn’t Fool God
Are you struggling and failing to manifest the fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control — are these things consistent in your life? If not, chances are good that you’re striving under your own strength and not taking the time to...
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God Doesn't Do Guilt
God doesn’t do guilt. Religion does it very well, not God. It’s a shame how many believers are walking through life wracked with guilt, worried about what God is thinking about them, condemning themselves for their failures and mistakes. But God’s wrath against sin was expended on the cross. The...
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My Story | "Performance Anxiety" With God
I was a popular Bible teacher, itinerant preacher, life coach and more, serving in any area I was asked. For years I shared all that the Lord was revealing to me… until I burned myself out completely. I suffered from a potent strain of “Performance Anxiety” with God. I thought my purpose was to...
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What Is Earth's Fate?
What do you believe is the fate of the world we live in? Is it irredeemable, headed for hell and destined to burn? Or do you think that behind all the distracting noise in the news and social media that God can and is moving to advance his Kingdom on the Earth? I ask because what you believe...
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Women (& Others) Called By God To Business
I believe that in our day and age there are more women of faith than men succeeding in business as never before as they respond to the Lord’s call to business leadership. I see that God is pouring out His favor upon women. But no, it’s not just women. It’s from people from any walk who are…
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The Only Way To Truly Understand The Bible
The Word of God cannot be fully comprehended or applied to your life without the guidance of the Spirit of God who inspired it. It is the Holy Spirit who reveals the depth of the scriptures and God’s Word. If you want to know the Truth and how it applies to your life specifically, you must allow...
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What To Know BEFORE Pursuing God.
When you decide to pursue intimacy with God, prepare yourself. It will not go unchallenged by the enemy. People and circumstances will try and change your mind. Your decision will be tested. But don’t let that stop you...
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Partnering With God In Business
The Lord has commissioned us to be faithful stewards over all of the earth… in partnership with Him. As believers, we are equipped and empowered to exercise Kingdom authority against the powers of darkness in our spheres of influence; believers who will lead in every aspect and sphere of society,...
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Called By God To Business
At its core, business is about taking less and making more or increasing worth by adding value. These are in fact, attributes of God. Not only does the Lord have a heart for business, the best business ideas and dreams actually come from the throne of Heaven. Abundance, the divine truth that more...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We live in a society where Believers have lost sight of who God is, when traditions and rituals have lost their significance, and religion has replaced intimate relationship with God. As a result, the world reflects the deficiencies of our spiritual immaturity. The Ekklesian is for those with a hunger to know who God really is. If you realize that occupying a seat in church doesn't make you righteous, or you're one of the too many who've been wounded or disenfranchised with church, then listen and discover what the Lord is doing differently, supernaturally, in the world today.
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Xavier LeMond
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