About 15 years ago our heavenly Father began encouraging me in my role as His son and out of that in my role as a father, both biologically and spiritually. Through multiple encounters on my journey God has revealed His heart as my Father and affirmed my sonship in Him. Out of this has come His call to fully embrace who He has created me to be as a father and to share that with others.
I want to thank Steve for sharing with us from the depths of his heart over the first half of this year. If you followed us on this journey you have just received the core of what Steve pours into missionary trainees. Today Steve and I talk about courage. To be faithful day in and…
In this episode Bob and Steve share word pictures about the preparation that is involved in producing fruit. Contrary to popular belief we were not designed to produce fruit 24/7. Part of the preparation for producing fruit is plowing. God wants to plow up the fallow ground of our hearts so that our roots can…
Today Steve and Bob take us deeper into faithfulness in our walk with Jesus. Steve shares a story from when he was 18 and serving for a month at a Young Life Camp. One night after being a part of preparing and cleaning up a chicken barbeque meal for 400 campers he was the last…
Over the last several weeks Steve and Bob have discussed calling and serving. Today they dive into faithfulness. Faithfulness is connected to finding our place in kingdom service because God is calling faithful men and women. Jesus said, “He who is faithful in little will be faithful also in much.” And in Matthew 25 he…
Today Bob and Steve continue their conversation about the relationship between calling, ministry, and serving. Our core ministry is serving. Having a servant’s heart is not only critical to understanding the nature of the kingdom of God but it is also critical to greater responsibility in the kingdom. We are called to bear more fruit…
Today we begin to look at “release into ministry” and how our calling to belong, become, and to do are tied together. When we speak of “release into ministry” one picture would be like a rocket being launched that has to break free of the earth’s gravity. As believers we need to break free of…
We continue our conversational series of life messages between Steve Sizemore and Bob Swank. (For Steve’s bio see episode 1) Today we jump into the topic of calling. What does it mean to be called? When we think of “calling” we typically think of someone going into full time “vocational” ministry. In doing so we…
Today Steve and Bob show us that embracing grace and humility leads to obedience. Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “Those who believe obey. Those who obey believe.” Obedience is twofold: It is a becoming and a doing. How does grace fit into that? God’s grace is sufficient for us but we have to cooperate and partner with…
In this episode Steve and Bob continue their conversation on gratefulness. Steve jumps in with the question, “If you could have a superpower, what would it be?” Gratefulness is like a superpower. Gratefulness is a hinge on which heavy doors turn. It’s a timeless truth. Squeeze the idea of gratefulness for every ounce that is…
In this episode we invite you to explore gratefulness with us. Gratefulness is a sign of humility. It is also a great way to measure our humility. It is our humility “dipstick.” Humble people are grateful. And grateful people are humble. They go together. What kind of spirit am I walking in? What is coming…
