Episodes
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October 30th - Fear Can Come Along
Fear can be a very vocal passenger. It warns us, questions us, and sometimes tries to make every decision. But after thirty days of Fear Less, we've learned that courage doesn't require fear to disappear. Today on The Morning Briefing, Psalm 56 and Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane remind us that we…
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November Preview Theme - Remember: The Stories We Remember
This November on The Morning Briefing, we're exploring Remember: The Stories We Carry. From childhood memories and defining moments to the people we've loved and the lessons we've learned, we'll discover how our past shapes who we are today. Join us for daily reflections, meaningful…
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October 29th - Fear of What is Next
What if you could preview tomorrow before you had to live it? We often want certainty about the future before we're willing to face it. But in Exodus 16, God teaches Israel to gather manna one day at a time. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're learning that faith doesn't require knowing…
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October 28th - The Fear You Thought You Would Be Over
What happens when a fear you thought you'd overcome comes back? Does it mean you haven't grown? Today on The Morning Briefing, we return to Psalm 56:3 and David's words: “When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.” Progress doesn't always mean fear disappears. Sometimes it means we're learning to...
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October 27th - Fear of Losing Control
How much of our anxiety comes from trying to guarantee outcomes we were never capable of controlling? Today on The Morning Briefing, Jesus' words in Matthew 6:27 help us distinguish between responsibility and control. We can make wise decisions, take faithful action, and prepare thoughtfully...
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October 26th - When the Worst Actually Happens
Sometimes the diagnosis comes, the relationship ends, the job disappears, or the answer really is no. What happens to our faith when the thing we feared actually happens? Today on The Morning Briefing, we stand with Mary, Martha, and Jesus at Lazarus's tomb and discover that faith doesn't require...
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October 25th - Courage Has a Reason
Why can we move forward even when we're afraid? In Joshua 1:1–9, God doesn't promise Joshua an easy journey or perfect outcomes. He promises something greater “The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Today on The Morning Briefing, we conclude our Fear Less series by remembering that...
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October 24th - One Step
Sometimes the whole journey feels so overwhelming that we never begin. But Psalm 119:105 describes God's Word as a lamp for our feet not a spotlight illuminating the entire future. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're learning to stop demanding the whole map and start looking for the next…
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October 23rd - Courage Can Look Really Small
Not every act of courage is dramatic. Sometimes it's a phone call, an apology, asking for help, or simply showing up again. Today on The Morning Briefing, we meet a woman who reached through a crowd to touch Jesus' clothes and discover that courage isn't measured by how impressive it looks to...
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October 22nd - Afraid of Getting it Wrong
What happens when our desire to make the right decision keeps us from making any decision at all? Today on The Morning Briefing, James 1:5 reminds us that God generously offers wisdom but wisdom isn't the same as certainty. We can prepare carefully, seek guidance, remain teachable, and still take...
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October 21st - Afraid of the Conversation
Sometimes we're not afraid of the conversation itself we are afraid of how the other person might respond. Today on The Morning Briefing, Esther reminds us that courage doesn't mean controlling the outcome. We can prepare carefully, speak honestly, listen well, and act with grace. Then we have to...
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October 20th - The First Step is Usually the Worst
Fear often seems strongest in the space between deciding and beginning. Today on The Morning Briefing, Israel standing at the Red Sea reminds us that there comes a moment when faith has to move. You don't need courage for the entire journey today. Sometimes you just need enough courage to move…
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October 19th - Don't Wait Until You are Ready
Sometimes “I'm not ready” means we genuinely need more preparation. But sometimes it simply means “I'm afraid.”Today on The Morning Briefing, we're beginning Week 4 of Fear Less by asking a different question. Instead of waiting until we feel completely ready, what if we asked whether we're…
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October 18th - Whatever is...
“Whatever is true. Whatever is lovely. Whatever is admirable.” Paul wrote those words while imprisoned not while insulated from life's difficult realities. Philippians 4:8 isn't an invitation to positive thinking denial. It's a practice of intentional attention. Today on The Morning Briefing…
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October 17th - Check Your Diet
If everything you gave your attention to this week came with a nutrition label, what would yours say? Fear? Outrage? Comparison? Hope? Gratitude? Today on The Morning Briefing, we're taking a practical inventory of what we've been feeding our minds and hearts not to create guilt, but to notice...
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October 16th - Feed your Faith
It's not enough to simply feed fear less, something healthier needs to take its place. Before David faced Goliath, he remembered the lion, the bear, and the God who had been faithful before. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're learning to feed our faith through truth, gratitude, Scripture,...
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October 15th - Stop Rehearsing Tomorrow
Sometimes we experience tomorrow's catastrophe dozens of times before tomorrow ever arrives. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're exploring the difference between wisely preparing for the future and repeatedly rehearsing fear. Preparation leads somewhere. Fear just keeps running the same scene....
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Oct. 14th - Whose Voice is the Loudest?
A voice doesn't have to be right to become convincing, sometimes we simply hear it often enough. Today on The Morning Briefing, Jesus' picture of sheep recognizing their shepherd invites us to consider which voices have become most familiar to us. What are they teaching us about ourselves, other...
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October 13th - Endless Scrolling
You pick up your phone to check one thing and twenty minutes later, the whole world feels terrible. This doesn't necessarily show us things that aren't real, it can show us one part of reality over and over until we mistake it for the whole thing. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're asking…
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Oct 12th - The Fear Loop
Fear grabs our attention and the more attention we give it, the more evidence we seem to find that we should be afraid. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're learning to recognize the cycle of fear, then attention, then more fear and then more attention and discovering that we don't have to solve...
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Oct. 11 - Who Gets to Tell the Story
Twelve spies saw the same land, the same fortified cities, and the same powerful people but they told very different stories about what those facts meant. Fear often works the same way in our lives. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're separating our circumstances from the stories fear tells…
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Oct. 10th - But What if I am Right?
Sometimes the thing we're afraid of really could happen. Biblical faith doesn't require us to pretend otherwise. In Daniel 3, three men facing a furnace declare both “God is able” and “even if He does not.” Today on The Morning Briefing, we're discovering a courage that doesn't depend on knowing...
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Oct. 9 - This is Never Going to Change
Fear has a way of taking today's difficulty and turning it into a prediction about forever. In Psalm 13, David repeatedly asks God, “How long?” He doesn't pretend things are okay but he also refuses to let today's pain write tomorrow's ending. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're learning the...
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October 8th - I'm Not Enough
Sometimes insecurity sounds surprisingly reasonable: "I'm just being realistic." Moses had plenty of reasons to believe God had chosen the wrong person but when Moses asked, “Who am I?” God didn't give him a motivational speech. He said, “I will be with you.” Today on The Morning Briefing, we're...
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Oct. 7th - What Will They Think?
Sometimes we change what we're going to do because of an opinion someone hasn't even expressed. Other people's voices matter but there's a difference between listening to people and living for their approval. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're asking who gets the most weight in our lives and…
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Oct. 6th - I'm Going to Fail
There's one guaranteed way to avoid failure: never try. But what might that cost us? Today on The Morning Briefing, Peter's famous attempt to walk on water gives us another way to think about failure. Yes, Peter sank but he also got out of the boat. Failure can hurt, teach, redirect, and humble…
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Oct. 5th - What If?
Two little words can carry us into futures that haven't happened, 'What if?' Fear takes uncertainty and begins writing a story often one where everything goes wrong. Today on The Morning Briefing, Jesus' words in Matthew 6 invite us to stop living tomorrow before tomorrow arrives. We can plan...
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Virtual Gathering Oct. 4th - When Fear Shows Up
Fear is a normal part of life but it doesn't have to make our decisions for us. In Mark 4:35–41, the disciples find themselves caught in a very real storm while Jesus is in the boat with them. Their fear doesn't just react to the storm; it begins telling them a story: Jesus doesn't care. In this...
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Oct. 4th - When Fear Shows Up
The disciples weren't imagining the storm. The wind was real. The waves were real. The boat was filling with water and they were afraid. But the storm wasn't the only thing that was true. Jesus was in the boat. Today on The Morning Briefing, Mark 4 reminds us that faith isn't pretending the storm...
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Oct 3 - What are you Feeding Fear
Fear may show up on its own but sometimes we help it grow. An unanswered message becomes rejection. One problem becomes ten imagined problems. One alarming headline becomes an hour of worst-case scenarios. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're asking what we're feeding our fear and learning to...
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Oct. 2nd - What Are You Actually Afraid Of?
Sometimes the thing we're reacting to isn't the thing we're really afraid of. An unanswered phone call, a difficult conversation, an unexpected problem—what's on the surface may be pointing toward something deeper. Today on The Morning Briefing, we're getting curious about fear and asking what's...
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Oct. 1 - Fear Isn't the Enemy
What if being afraid doesn't mean you're failing at faith? As we begin October's new FEAR LESS series, we're starting with an important distinction: the goal isn't to become fearless. Fear is part of being human and sometimes it even tells us something important. The question is what happens…
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Sept. 30 - Keep Showing Up
Thirty days ago, we began with a simple prayer: "Lord, teach us to pray." As our September journey comes to an end, we haven't mastered prayer and that was never the goal. Today's final reflection is about carrying what we've learned beyond September by doing one simple thing: keep showing up....
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Sept. 29th - When God Says Wait
Sometimes the hardest answer to prayer isn't yes or no but wait. In today's episode, we look at Psalm 27 and discover that biblical waiting isn't passive. It's choosing to trust God's character and live faithfully even while the answer remains unresolved. Your life doesn't have to be put on hold...
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Sept. 28th - When God Seems Silent
What do we do when we pray and nothing seems to happen? Psalm 13 shows us that Scripture doesn't dismiss the pain of God's apparent silence or offer easy explanations. Instead, David shows us how to keep bringing our questions, frustration, and sorrow directly to God. Sometimes faith isn't having...
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Sept. 27th - Pray Continually
It's easy to say, "I need to pray more." It's much harder to turn that good intention into a way of life. Today we're getting practical about building a sustainable daily rhythm of prayer by connecting prayer to the ordinary moments already built into our days. As September begins to wind down…
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Sept. 26th - Pray Without Ceasing
What does it really mean to "pray without ceasing"? Does God expect us to pray every second of every day? Today we discover that continual prayer isn't about nonstop words, it's about living with a continual awareness of God's presence. This episode we're invited to carry prayer beyond a daily...
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Sept. 25 - Bold Prayers
Have your prayers become too safe? In today's episode, we explore what it means to pray with bold faith while still trusting God's perfect will. Looking at Ephesians 3, we're reminded that we pray to a God who is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine. Discover how bold prayers...
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Sept. 24th - Prayer Walk
What if one of the simplest ways to pray was simply to go for a walk? In today's episode, we explore the practice of prayer walking and discover how slowing down helps us see our neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities through God's eyes. As we pray over the places where we live and the people...
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Sept. 23rd - Prayer During Stress
Stress has a way of convincing us that everything depends on us. But Scripture invites us to a different response. In today's episode, we explore Philippians 4 and discover that anxiety isn't a sign of failure, it's an invitation to pray. Learn how bringing your burdens to God doesn't always…
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Sept. 22nd - Praying While you Work
Does God care about your everyday work? Absolutely. In today's episode, we discover that prayer doesn't stop when the workday begins. Through the example of Nehemiah and Paul's words in Colossians, we learn how ordinary tasks can become acts of worship and simple moments of prayer. Whether you're...
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Sept. 21st - Praying Through Your Day
Prayer was never meant to be confined to one moment of the day. In today's episode, we begin our final week by exploring what it means to carry an ongoing awareness of God's presence from morning until night. Discover how small moments of prayer throughout the day can transform ordinary routines...
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Sept. 19th - Standing in the Gap
Prayer is one of the greatest ways we love another person. In this Sunday edition of The Morning Briefing, we explore the biblical picture of standing in the gap through the lives of Abraham, Moses, and ultimately Jesus Christ. As we conclude our week of praying for others, we're challenged to…
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Sept. 19th - Prayer for Revival
What is revival, really? Is it an event, a series of meetings, or something much deeper? In today's episode, we discover that revival begins with God's people being renewed by His presence. Before we ask God to transform our churches and communities, we're invited to pray one courageous prayer:...
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Sept. 18 - Praying for your Community
God hasn't placed us in our communities by accident. In today's episode, we explore Jeremiah's call to pray for the cities where we live and discover that prayer changes how we see our neighbors. As we carry our communities to God, we may also find that He is inviting us to become part of the...
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Sept. 17th - Praying for those who Lead
Leadership carries responsibilities that many people never see. In today's episode, we explore Paul's instruction in 1 Timothy to pray for those in authority not because they are perfect, but because they need God's wisdom. Whether it's a pastor, teacher, employer, parent, or public official,...
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Sept. 16th - Praying for Difficult People
Jesus told us to pray not only for our family and friends but even for those who have hurt us. That's one of the hardest commands in Scripture and one of the most transformative. Today we discover that praying for difficult people isn't about pretending the hurt didn't happen. It's about placing...
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Sept. 15th - Praying for Friends
Friendship is one of God's greatest gifts, and one of the greatest ways we can love our friends is by praying for them. In today's episode, we explore how intentional prayer strengthens our relationships and reminds others that they are not alone. Discover the power of simply saying, "I prayed…
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Sept. 14th - Praying for Your Family
This week we begin a new theme: Carrying Others to God. Today we start with the people closest to us, our families. Looking at the example of Job, we discover that one of the greatest gifts we can give those we love is faithful, intentional prayer. Join us as we learn what it means to carry our...
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Sept. 13th - Teach us to Pray
The Lord's Prayer is more than a prayer to memorize it's a pattern for life. In this Sunday edition of The Morning Briefing, we look at Jesus' response to His disciples' request, "Lord, teach us to pray," and discover that He wasn't simply giving us words to repeat. He was inviting us into a…
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