Start at Home EP1 - You Are Not the First to Feel This

Start at Home EP1 - You Are Not the First to Feel This

Most Christians have felt it, but very few name it out loud — that gap between knowing God is real and being unable to feel Him. It shows up on ordinary mornings, after a hard week, or in the middle of a season that should feel good and doesn't. If you've ever wondered whether that gap means something is wrong with your faith, this episode is for you. We open with the story of a Thursday morning after a layoff — dread already waiting before the day even started — and the second wound underneath the dread that most people never talk about. Then we walk through three people in Scripture who lived in that exact gap: David lamenting from the middle of Psalm 13, Elijah collapsing under a broom tree after the biggest victory of his life, and Jeremiah writing about darkness and mercies new every morning in the same chapter of Lamentations. This is the first episode of Start at Home, a new series about where we actually are as Christians in America, what God originally designed for the family, the church, and government, what went wrong, and what one person does about it starting at their own kitchen table. Free resource — The Doors: ten real ways back toward hope when you can't feel it. Grab it here: https://discipleblueprint.com/form/sah-door-overview [https://discipleblueprint.com/form/sah-door-overview] Read the companion blog: https://discipleblueprint.com/when-you-cant-feel-gods-hope-start-here/ [https://discipleblueprint.com/when-you-cant-feel-gods-hope-start-here/] Follow Disciple Blueprint on Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest @discipleblueprint.

He Is Not Finished with What He Started in Your Mind

EPISODE 5 — HE IS NOT FINISHED WITH WHAT HE STARTED IN YOUR MIND Mental Health Maintenance Series • July 10, 2026 Wendy always pushed Raymond to write. For years he had good excuses. Then April 2, 2024 arrived, and six months later Disciple Blueprint launched — because sometimes God uses the thing you are most afraid of to get you to finally do what He has been preparing you for. That is what Philippians 1:6 sounds like in a real life. In this series closer, Raymond brings together everything from the week and lands on the most hopeful truth in the series: God began the work in your mind, and He has not set it down. Your job is to keep showing up. Also includes a teaser for the next series — Start at Home: Why Your Kitchen Table Matters More Than Washington Ever Will. IN THIS EPISODE * Wendy's story — the years she pushed Raymond to write, and what happened six months after she was gone * Philippians 1:6 — God who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion * What "completion" actually looks like in practice — not the absence of struggle, but increasing ability to navigate it with the tools God has given you * How every habit built, every lie named, and every honest prayer is evidence that the work is still ongoing * Teaser: Start at Home — Why Your Kitchen Table Matters More Than Washington Ever Will — coming next week FREE RESOURCE Disciple Blueprint Store — books, digital bundles, and tools to take the work of this series further. Including the Renew and Guard Complete Bundle — seven tools for a healthier thought life. 👉 Visit the store: https://www.discipleblueprint.com/store [https://www.discipleblueprint.com/store] SCRIPTURE REFERENCED * Philippians 1:6 (NLT) — God who began a good work in you will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. * Romans 12:2 (NLT) — Transformed by the renewing of your mind. * Colossians 3:2 (NLT) — Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. CONNECT WITH DISCIPLE BLUEPRINT * Podcast: https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast [https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast] * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint [https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint] * Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint] #Philippians1 #christianmentalhealth #mentalhealthfaith #biblicalmentalhealth #discipleblueprint #christianpodcast #renewyourmind #faithandhope #Godisnotfinished #christianwomen

The Peace That Doesn't Make Sense

EPISODE 4 — THE PEACE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE Mental Health Maintenance Series • July 9, 2026 The night after Wendy's Celebration of Life in Pennsylvania, Raymond came home to a house that was too quiet in every room — and waited for the chaos he was sure was coming. It didn't come. What arrived instead had no business being there given everything that wasn't. In this episode, Raymond unpacks Philippians 4:6-7 — the sequence Paul gives for accessing the peace that passes understanding — and shows why that peace is specifically promised to guard your mind, not just your heart. Written from a Roman prison. Lived out in a quiet house in Pennsylvania. IN THIS EPISODE * The night after Wendy's Celebration of Life and the peace that arrived when Raymond expected chaos * Why Philippians 4:7 uses a military garrison image — and what that means for your mind specifically * The sequence that matters: prayer first, peace second — and why the order is not reversible * Why gratitude doesn't deny grief but places it inside a larger truth * What it means that God's peace guards both your heart and your mind — not just one of them FREE RESOURCE Disciple Blueprint Membership — weekly teaching, Bible studies, and member resources for believers who want more than Sunday morning. Disciple and Teacher level memberships available. 👉 Explore membership: https://www.discipleblueprint.com/explore-membership [https://www.discipleblueprint.com/explore-membership] SCRIPTURE REFERENCED * Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) — Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand, will guard your hearts and minds. * Philippians 4:8 (NLT) — Fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. CONNECT WITH DISCIPLE BLUEPRINT * Podcast: https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast [https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast] * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint [https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint] * Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint] #Philippians4 #peacethatpassesunderstanding #christianmentalhealth #mentalhealthfaith #biblicalmentalhealth #discipleblueprint #christianpodcast #grievingchristian #faithandgrief #christianwomen

Jesus Had an Answer for Every Lie. So Can You.

EPISODE 3 — JESUS HAD AN ANSWER FOR EVERY LIE. SO CAN YOU. Mental Health Maintenance Series • July 8, 2026 In Matthew 4, Jesus was hungry, isolated, and at His most vulnerable — and that is exactly when Satan showed up with three lies dressed as reasonable suggestions. Jesus didn't argue. He didn't debate the premise. Every single time, He said the same three words: "It is written." That is the model for taking your thoughts captive. In this episode, Raymond unpacks why willpower fails where Scripture succeeds, what the military language of 2 Corinthians 10:5 actually means, and what to do when the lie comes back for what feels like the hundredth time — because the returning is the discipline, not the failing. IN THIS EPISODE * The wilderness temptation in Matthew 4 as the definitive model for answering lies with Scripture * Why Jesus said "It is written" instead of arguing — and what that teaches us about how to fight * The military language behind "taking thoughts captive" in 2 Corinthians 10:5 * Why the lie coming back is not evidence of failure — and what the return to truth is actually building * What consistency with Scripture does to the mind over time FREE RESOURCE Disciple Blueprint Scripture Library — organized by topic so you can find the verse that speaks directly to the lie you are carrying right now. No subscription required. 👉 Browse free: https://discipleblueprint.com/scripture-library/hub/ [https://discipleblueprint.com/scripture-library/hub/] SCRIPTURE REFERENCED * Matthew 4:1-11 (NLT) — Jesus in the wilderness. Three temptations. Three "It is written" responses. The enemy left. * 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NLT) — We capture rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. * Romans 12:2 (NLT) — Transformed by the renewing of your mind. CONNECT WITH DISCIPLE BLUEPRINT * Podcast: https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast [https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast] * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint [https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint] * Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint] #takingthoughtscaptive #christianmentalhealth #biblicalmentalhealth #mentalhealthfaith #discipleblueprint #christianpodcast #Matthew4 #scripturepower #renewyourmind #christianwomen

What Goes In Is Coming Out Somewhere

EPISODE 2 — WHAT GOES IN IS COMING OUT SOMEWHERE Mental Health Maintenance Series • July 7, 2026 You are not neutral about what you consume. What you consistently bring into your mind deposits — and over time those deposits shape what you think, what you believe, and how you respond to the world. In this episode, Raymond unpacks the Hebrew word natsar from Proverbs 4:23 and makes the case for guarding the gate of your mind. He shares honestly about what he consumed in the months after Wendy's death, what it cost him, and what changed when he became intentional. The most hopeful part: the gate swings both ways. IN THIS EPISODE * What Raymond noticed about his own thought life in the months after losing Wendy — and what he traced it back to * The Hebrew word natsar and the ancient city gate as a picture of how your mind works * Why passive consumption is not neutral — and what it quietly does to what you believe over time * The hopeful flip side: what happens when you intentionally change what goes in * A two-minute audit you can do tonight to start seeing the pattern in your own life FREE RESOURCE 5 Daily Habits for a Healthier Mind — a free 5-day guide with one biblical habit per day. Day 3 walks you through exactly the kind of audit Raymond describes in this episode. 👉 Download free: https://discipleblueprint.com/?ff_landing=45 [https://discipleblueprint.com/?ff_landing=45] SCRIPTURE REFERENCED * Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) — Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. * Philippians 4:8 (NLT) — Fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. * 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NLT) — Bad company corrupts good character. CONNECT WITH DISCIPLE BLUEPRINT * Podcast: https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast [https://www.discipleblueprint.com/podcast] * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.facebook.com/discipleblueprint] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint [https://www.youtube.com/@discipleblueprint] * Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint [https://www.pinterest.com/discipleblueprint] #guardyourheart #christianmentalhealth #mentalhealthfaith #biblicalmentalhealth #discipleblueprint #christianpodcast #Proverbs4 #renewyourmind #faithandmedia #christianwomen