Honest Prayer, The Heart, and the Fear of The Lord

Authority That Changes A Room

Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2502420/fan_mail/new] Some conversations carry more than information, they carry weight. We have both had moments where someone speaks and our hearts recognize something deeper is happening, not emotional hype, but a clear spiritual resonance. That is the kind of “unexplainable but unmistakable” authority people noticed on Jesus, and it is the hunger driving this conversation on the Hearing God Podcast. We wrestle with what made Jesus teaching feel so different, and why crowds were drawn to Him even before miracles broke out. Then we get practical: spiritual authority is not something we manufacture or chase as an experience. We believe it grows out of union with God, intimacy with Jesus, abiding in the Spirit, and learning to hear God clearly. We also talk about Acts 4 and the startling credibility of “ordinary and unschooled” believers whose main credential is simply that they have been with Jesus. From there, we turn toward the refining work that often comes with deeper intimacy. Dan shares a fresh prophetic picture from a prayer gathering: a packed bookshelf and a “book of insecurities” with no place to belong. As he prays through it, God names what is underneath it, bearing false witness, and it opens a path for repentance, renouncing lies, releasing self-protection, and receiving God’s truth and peace. We close by coaching simple freedom prayer questions you can ask the Holy Spirit and by praying for you to let go of what has felt like comfort but has been stealing life. If this helps you grow in hearing God, spiritual authority, repentance, and identity in Christ, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. What is one “book” you sense God asking you to release?

The Intercessor

Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2502420/fan_mail/new] You can pray “God, I surrender my agenda” and mean it with your whole heart, then wake up the next morning to interruptions that feel like chaos. We’ve lived that gap between intention and reality, and it’s exactly where the spiritual life gets honest.   Union with Christ is an unfolding reality to receive. A revelation in process. That single shift changes everything: how we hear God, how we relate to Jesus, and why worship can be both the right response and the overflow of being loved.  Then we turn toward the role of the intercessor. We define intercession as choosing to carry a burden that isn’t technically yours, standing in the gap for people, communities, and even regions that are experiencing injustice or spiritual resistance. Ezekiel’s call to “stand in the breach” gives language to what God looks for in his friends, and Hebrews 7 anchors it in Jesus, the great intercessor who continues to work.   Intercession is at the heart of the church’s mission: prayer that becomes action, heaven touching earth, and Acts 10:38 as a practical template for doing good and setting captives free.  If this conversation helps you rethink prayer, intercession, and hearing God in daily life, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

Honest Prayer, The Heart, and the Fear of The Lord

Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2502420/fan_mail/new] We sit down with Psalm 103 open and begin with encouraging your own soul, naming God's benefits, bringing our hidden inner world into his gentle care. That's where honest prayer begins and it's often where hearing God becomes clearer, because you're no longer holding back the very thing you need to say. The Psalms are a roadmap for raw, human processing with God. David's prayers don't read like polished lines, and that's the point. They give permission to pray what's real without getting stuck in despair, because the pattern keeps turning toward trust. We also talk about the long game of spiritual formation and inner healing. The slow, garden-pace of wholeness. Why God is patient with the motives and wounds we barely understand ourselves. Then we land on Psalm 86:11: "Unite my heart to fear your name." The fear of the Lord is a reverence you can't manufacture. It grows as the heart becomes whole. We name the risk of surrender, why God's better word can feel dangerous, and how the new self in Christ pushes from the inside to dismantle old frameworks. The surprising outcome is courage. As reverence rises, other fears start to lose their authority. If this conversation helps you pray more honestly and trust God more deeply, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. What’s one part of your story you want to stop filtering in prayer?

Revival: A Generation Awakening

Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2502420/fan_mail/new] Something shifts when you realize the prayer you’ve carried for years is already being answered. We walk through that exact moment as we reflect on One Conference, a gathering of around 4,000 teenagers in Atlantic Canada, and the growing sense that a genuine youth revival is unfolding in schools and communities right now. We talk about the difference between asking God to move and learning to recognize where the Holy Spirit is already at work. That thread leads us into the prophetic question God asks throughout Scripture: “Do you see this?” We connect it to Ezekiel’s river of life and Isaiah’s “new thing,” and we explore why spiritual discernment isn’t about hype, it’s about perceiving the unseen work beneath what your eyes can measure. From prayer ministry lines to spontaneous groups praying in the arena, we share stories that ground this awakening in real fruit: physical healing, honest repentance, deep tenderness, and a moment that stopped us cold, three middle school girls asking for prayer to forgive their bullies and to see them come to know Jesus. We also name a challenge for older leaders: champion the next generation, serve their calling, and refuse the impulse to control what God is doing. If you want to track a move of God with clarity and humility, hit play, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more people can join the conversation.

Revival: Waves, Tides, and the End Goal

Questions? Fun God stories? Let us know! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2502420/fan_mail/new] Revival can feel like a wave that crashes in, changes everything, and then mysteriously pulls back. We sit down and trace the moments that formed us and the questions they still raise: What is happening when a room is charged with hunger and the Holy Spirit seems to be directing the night?  We share personal stories from the 90s, including a massive Promise Keepers pastors gathering in Atlanta where Jesus’ prayer in John 17 for unity became impossible to ignore, plus memories of worship gatherings where young people came to Jesus without a sermon-driven strategy. We also revisit the Toronto Blessing and the Father’s heart emphasis, and we talk plainly about agency: powerful encounters don’t have to mean losing control, and sometimes the simplest truth is that people don’t want to leave because God’s presence feels like home. We land on Ephesians 3 as the ultimate destination of spiritual awakening: strengthened by the Spirit, rooted and grounded in love, and filled with all the fullness of God. If this conversation helps you name what you’ve experienced and where God might be taking it, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it.