Almost every person involved in the Christmas story had been in some point of pressure. For Zachariah, it was his job as a priest. For Mary, it was her betrothal. For Joseph, it was cultural expectations. For the wisemen, it was obedience to a king. But we need to look at what they each decided to do when the Lord gave them a word to guide them and…

This Christmas season, don’t glaze over the nativity story. When the angel visited the shepherds to tell them of the coming of the Savior, it was a sure-fire word that they could act upon immediately. They lived a mundane, day-to-day cycle of faithfully tending to their sheep, when God’s meticulously planned moment intended for them to experience w…

Jesus has COMPASSION for the remainers. To those who have stayed by His side for a long time, when the suffering has been long, God desires to bless you. No matter the mess, no matter how many pieces of your life are laying around you, Jesus has compassion for you. He has come to reverse what the darkness has wrought in the world and in your life. …

Join Autumn as she interviews Pastor Troy Gramling about his new book, “Potential: The Uncontainable Power of God within You” and how people can overcome doubt about their God-given purpose and potential. More from Pastor Troy Gramling: Book: https://troygramling.com Website: https://potentialchurch.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Troy.Gramli…

If you are struggling in some sort of crisis, KNOW that God has placed unlikely vessels of deliverance often in the very place of your struggle. In a health crisis, God has an ally fighting for your healing. In financial ruin, God has a friend rallying for your relief. In an unlikely situation, God placed Jael behind enemy lines to defeat the comma…

Description: Intimidation is the enemy’s most effective tool. He knows he doesn't have authority over you, so he tries to manipulate you with fear and intimidation. Oftentimes, it works. Deborah, the fourth judge of Israel, understood the enemy’s tactic of intimidation more than most. She rose above it and stood on the authority of the power of God…

Description: The story of Deborah in Judges 4 puzzles many theologians. One even calls her the “unexpected choice” to rule over Israel as the supreme leader, a judge. However, she was exactly who God chose as Israel's leader. God wasn't confused when He chose a strong woman. Sometimes you will be underestimated by humans just like Deborah. This epi…

In marriage there are good years and there are hard years. The one thing that holds marriage together is both people putting God at the center of it. This week Autumn brings Eddie, her husband, on as a guest to discuss practical ways they put God first in their marriage. Monologue: Autumn and Eddie talk about how much fun it is to watch their son J…

Finances are not something almost anyone wants to talk about, but this is a NEEDED conversation for believers. God invites you to TEST HIM with your finances. He wants to bless you, He wants to bless His people! But He cannot blow your mind with His “God-math” if you do not test Him. It is not supposed to make sense how He does it. We need to trust…

Spiraling, negative thoughts take up residence in our minds more than they should. King David himself struggled with anxiety and depression, as evident in the Psalms. However, in the Psalms, David does something that we should also be doing: he puts his thoughts against the character and Word of God. What would happen if WE did that? Do you think w…

Has God ever told you something that you thought, “Maybe I need to seek someone else’s opinion about this?” Maybe he’s told you to get up and move next week, or to give your car away, or don’t take that job promotion, or something else that just sounds crazy to human ears. When you KNOW that God has told you something, DON’T seek another’s opinion!…

We, as believers, in the western church, have forgotten a VITALLY IMPORTANT aspect of our faith. It’s the axle to our bicycle wheel of faith, from which everything holds together. We have forgotten to put God above and before EVERYTHING else. In our decisions, in our feelings, in our children, in our marriages, in our careers, in our ministry, God …

Join Autumn as she answers YOUR questions! From personal questions to deep theological questions, Autumn brings wisdom in each answer to your awesome questions! Bible References: 1 Samuel 3 Joshua 6:16 James 1:5 1 Corinthians 10:13 John 10 Hebrews 13:5 Phil 1:6 Links from the show BOOKS: www.autumnmiles.com/resources SPEAKING: www.autumnmiles.com/s…

Has God ever given you something that is so hard to wrap your mind around? You’re looking at something God has told you, and you’re saying, “I have no idea how to make sense of this! It’s weird, it feels icky, and I don’t understand it.” You have no idea what to do with it. Jesus told his disciples one of the weirdest things to understand in John 6…

Sometimes deliverance looks like a parting of a Red Sea and you simply walk through. But what about those times when it’s a process? Peter, imprisoned and in need of a supernatural act of God to achieve freedom, was not given an instantaneous deliverance. The angel of the Lord walked him out in small, bite-sized, easy steps. He told Peter to put on…

Jacob, terrified, acted upon what he heard from his messengers instead of what God’s word to him was. When we receive news of situations that we will have to face, it LACKS context. Esau was never meeting with Jacob to kill him, but Jacob could not shake it. God told Jacob that He was protecting him and has already gone before him. When God tells y…

Jacob received the blessing of his father and his father before him, but not without his brother threatening to kill him in revenge for Jacob’s deceit. God knew that before Jacob could become who he was blessed to be, he had to face his brother. The fear kept him from experiencing all the blessings that he was to have. Sometimes, we as believers ca…

Jesus didn’t just send His disciples into a storm, He MADE them get into the boat, TWICE. But what’s even more interesting about Jesus forcing His disciples to face a storm is what Jesus completely blocked His disciples from being threatened by. God does the same thing with us. Whatever storm we are facing today, whatever scary situation has our in…

What does the world fear? We might think of divorce, bankruptcy, illness, and other things, and we would find that these are things that we, a believing remnant, might also fear. But what does GOD say? What are His facts? He commands us to “fear not,” but how do we do that when we face traumatic, horrible, hard things? We need to look to God’s Word…

All five steps for how to step into the next season with confidence conclude in this episode of the 4-part series, “When the NEW Makes You Nervous!” Process your past, listen and receive, Obey and do what the Word says, be strong and courageous, and don’t get too many opinions. The Hebrew translation for Joshua 1 can tell us a lot about the nature …

The third step to do when the new season you face makes you nervous is simple: meditate on the Word and live it. God gave this command to Joshua, because He saw what was coming. He saw the trials, the mistakes of the Israelites, the cities and strongholds they will face, the tensions within the nation of Israel, and Joshua’s heart. Joshua needed th…

Now that you’ve made peace with your past, what is your next step? Are you afraid of repeating failures you’ve made before? Before God set Joshua out for the new season, God had a private dialogue with Joshua to tell him exactly what he needed to know. Joshua needed to know what he was doing, who he was doing it with, where he was going, and why. B…

When facing a new season, there is something missing in our day and age that we need to be doing. We go go go, move on to the next without a thought about anything that’s in our past that may still be deeply affecting how we step into the new season. We need to take the nation of Israel’s lead and make space to grieve and mourn the bad things, make…

Do you want to know how to SURVIVE in your current wilderness season? This week, Pastor Elizabeth Demarest shares her real-life example of how she survived a wilderness season, sharing biblical principles that we’ve discussed these past few weeks in action. You CAN have hope in this season. You CAN survive the wilderness. It is time to trust and mo…

The comforts you had in bondage look a lot sweeter when you no longer have them in the wilderness. You’ve got to understand that while you had those comforts then, you do not need them in the wilderness! God removed you from the bondage of those comforts because He WANTS you to be free. The Israelites had forgotten how they cried out to God to deli…

What looks like the wrong direction to you might very well be the RIGHT way. Have you been fighting what seems like a step back, a demotion, or a weird move that God has been asking you to take? God may be asking you to trust Him, because your obedience to step back will allow Him to CATAPULT you forward. Joseph was given dreams of how he would be …

Israel’s reputation before the wilderness was not good. Egypt considered them their property, other nations saw them as weak, and Israel’s own mindset of themselves was poor in spirit. God knew that taking them through the wilderness would not only transform their reputation, but their perspective. Israel went from complaining about not knowing wha…

In the wilderness, we will face challenges. These challenges are designed to change our “Egypt mentality,” because for where we are going, IT DOES NOT WORK. Wilderness seasons transform your mentality, so you can be prepared to enter the next place God has set aside for you. The comforts you’ve held onto in bondage are gone. We must learn to rely o…

How do you WIN in the wilderness? The Israelites were led by God into the wilderness, not the enemy. In your life, when a season of walking through the wilderness comes, what is your perspective? Are you complaining? Are you looking back at the Egypt God pulled you out of and wishing to go back? Or are you looking for God in a new way? God brought …

The story of David and Goliath is super well known, but have you considered how David did not suddenly have the courage or even the favor of the people and his own when he sought to face Goliath? David knew the crown was coming for him, and yet, he remained consistent with his mundane, day-to-day lifestyle of faithfulness. David EASILY could have b…

David after his anointing was sought after by King Saul because of his talent and his character. Because of God’s favor on David, Saul’s people took recognition of him through his talents and his abilities. When God places His favor on you after your faithfulness to steward well what He has given you, what skills and talents will you have honed in …

God is the God who sees and who hears. In the everyday, mundane, thankless tasks, God sees your faithfulness in them. You put food on the table, you fold the laundry, you clean the bathroom, and maybe nobody thanks you for it. But God sees your faithfulness to the things He has given to you to steward. Maybe you’ve been faithful at your job, but yo…

The Holy Spirit is our Helper. Jesus sent Him to us to guide us and help us, not only on a personal level, but in ALL things, including our children! Joseph and Mary, Jesus’ parents Spirit-led parented Jesus by listening to the angel of the Lord that spoke God’s message to them on what they should do to protect Jesus. Autumn brings on her mom to an…

Are you facing a new beginning? Or are you beginning again? You’re entering a new season, maybe it’s life after a divorce, you’re moving to a new place or starting a new job, or maybe you’ve hit rock bottom and everything just seems dark and void. You need to know this: God didn’t need anything to create everything. He didn’t need Adam, and He does…

GOD GIVES EASY instructions for victory! The instructions are often easy, but the action required on our part is hard! On Elisha’s deathbed, the king of Israel, Joash, realized he had one opportunity left to ask the power of God to give him victory. The passion Joash had for the victory he wanted showed in the way he obeyed the instruction from the…

When things don’t make sense, when things don’t go your way, what is your response? Maybe you get frustrated at your job because they didn’t give you that raise they promised, or maybe you get depressed when that opportunity you’ve been looking forward to for years falls through. What if, instead of placing your expectation on the things God has pr…

Ervin Lee joins Autumn in this special wrap-up episode of our series about soul cravings. Ervin shares his testimony of going from seemingly having it all in the world, from wealth, women, and wine, yet an unfilled void in his soul, to becoming satisfied in his soul through faith and treatment. Ervin’s story is a miraculous full-circle from endless…

Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts rise in your hearts?” If you feel that Jesus is asking you this today, buckle in because this message is for those of you who are seeking clarity in your lives. The apostles had walked away and had doubts beginning to fill their hearts and minds despite all the things they had witnesse…

Have you ever faced a situation that you are just praying for it to not happen? Maybe it’s bankruptcy, a divorce, or a child who is a prodigal, but whatever it is, you are begging God to take it from you so you don’t have to face it. Jesus shows us, in the Garden of Gethsemane, that deliverance does not always mean FROM a situation, but sometimes i…

Jesus said to His disciples, “I have food to eat that you do not know about,” in John 4, just after speaking with the woman at the well. What is this food He speaks of? Where can we, as believers, find this food and receive it? It was no coincidence that He said this to them immediately after He spoke to the woman at the well, who had been seeking …

Israel cried out for God to give them peace, but what they failed to understand is that what they THOUGHT would give them peace would never fully satisfy them. God’s peace doesn’t always come after a situation is resolved. Sometimes, God’s peace comes before the impending hardship even begins. Gideon knew this, and he received the Lord’s peace befo…

Join Autumn as she interviews Vanessa Benavente (“Mary Mother”) and Brandon Potter (“Quintus”) from The Chosen! From anticipation for season 4 to what goes on behind the scenes, this episode is full of stories that ultimately point back to the beauty of the Gospel. Links from the show BOOKS: www.autumnmiles.com/resources SPEAKING: www.autumnmiles.c…

The enemy will do everything he can to try to persuade you from seeking true satisfaction for your soul by offering things that won’t ever satisfy you. They LOOK like they could, and they have a sweet aroma to them. But it won’t satisfy your internal craving. Maybe for you, it’s romantic partners. Maybe it’s the acceptance of others, or maybe it’s …

The adoption of Moses and Haven in the Miles’ family is packed all into this one episode to encourage you, believer, while you are waiting in between the word that He said to you and when God delivers on His promise. Monologue: Autumn shares about her and Eddie’s Valentine’s date at a cooking class. Message: Autumn details the Miles’ adoption story…

Does it feel like you have been walking in circles, or have you just been told no by God? What God has set apart for someone else is their territory. And, what God has set apart for YOU, God has had to tell others no because it’s yours. His no will always lead to a better YES. The Israelites had to walk through the territory that God set aside for …

Have you checked your foundation recently? Have you been asking, “What in the world is happening right now?” Maybe you used to go to church every week, believing even when others didn’t, but that hasn’t been you for a long time. What have you been making your foundation? If your life seems a little unsteady, check the foundation. Monologue: Autumn …

Lazarus has died, and his family went through the entire process of burying him. In the midst of their grief, Jesus tells the disciples that He is glad that He wasn’t there to stop Lazarus from getting sick and dying. NOW was the time for Jesus to strengthen their faith! When facing a Lazarus situation, the enemy will try to cloud your mind with em…

You’ve been overlooked, you’re frustrated, and you’re starting to think that God has forgotten about you. But He hasn’t! Your hidden season is where God has placed you, not just to keep you from public eyes, but to impart wisdom and truth to you that you will need in your next season. Joseph’s life was full of hidden seasons before his public seaso…

You hear this phrase said all the time, “Won’t He do it?” But you only hear it said from people whom God has done something for. You hear it when your friend just got married after waiting for YEARS for God to bring her a husband. You hear it when your sister announces a long-awaited pregnancy after years of infertility. You hear it when another fr…

All these other people you see get their prayers answered, from finding their spouses, having babies, getting that job, or something else, and you ask yourself, “What do they have that I don’t that they got their prayers answered, but I haven’t gotten mine?” You’re tired and you’re exhausted from waiting and waiting and waiting. In 2 Kings 6 throug…