The elections are on Tuesday, less than a week away. It's such an unsure time in our nation. We have talked in the last two episodes about the process of determining how to vote. Let's take a look at what happens when it's all said and done. The polls are closed. The votes are cast. It's the day after....What happens Wednesday?…

My husband and I recently heard a statistic that somewhere upwards of 37,000,000 (yes, that is thirty-seven million) evangelical Christians who have decided not to vote. That number is astounding and perplexing to me. In this two-part series, we are going to address why we need to vote, some reasons why maybe we don't think it's necessary, and how …

My husband and I recently heard a statistic that somewhere upwards of 37,000,000 (yes, that is thirty-seven million) evangelical Christians who have decided not to vote. That number is astounding and perplexing to me. In this two-part series, we are going to address why we need to vote, some reasons why maybe we don't think it's necessary, and how …

In Ezekiel 37, God showed Ezekiel a valley full of dry bones and asked him a simple question. Can these bones live? It's a question He is also asking each of us. Do you have an situation that needs a supernatural solution? Check out this episode and learn to say along with Ezekiel, "Dry bones hear the word of the Lord!" And watch God do the miracul…

But we are back this week with All The Prayer Things. We dive deeper this week into Walking with God by glancing at Enoch and Abraham and taking a closer look at Jesus' prayer life. What does it look like to drift? Is there a different between works and effort? Can I really do this? Yes you can! Find out how today.…

There's a fight for the deep places in the heart of the church, because if the enemy can keep you in the shallows, he wins. And sometimes we don't even recognize what the enemy looks like so we give him no opposition. What are the deep places? How can we recognize our enemy? Let's dive out into those deep places together.…

Everyone wants to know the secret to an effectual prayer life, which really is a prayer life that gets answers. We dive into that today in this episode on walking with God. We want to move from a prayer life that is all about transacting business to one that takes us into the deep places of God, and we do that in walking with Him. Walking with God …

We are back (under a new name - Let's Go Deeper!) with the same love and passion for going deeper in the Word of God together and deeper in our walk with God. Today we are going to glance through the Christmas story and on to Elijah to see who God can use to accomplish His plans on the earth, how He needs us to pray in these last days (it's easy - …

Trust me. You need this podcast in your life. It’s like CPR for the soul. I cannot contain my excitement about this episode with my friend, Patsy Cameneti. I've known Patsy for just a few years (since 1991). She started as one of my Bible School instructors, became my employer and moved on to being a mentor and lifelong dear friend. She walks so cl…

Are you ready for some good news from across the globe? My long-time friend from Bible School days, JudiJo Adams, joins us on the podcast with some good news. They have 45 Bible School campuses on 5 different continents, so she has a unique perspective from many different countries. And let me tell you, God is on the move! I know you're going to fa…

We are knee deep in this stay-at-home (shelter-in-place) directive in Ohio, and it's hitting us all a little differently. Today my daughter, Alli, and I had a great conversation about the quarantine from the perspective of a high school student. We chat about surviving, togetherness in a small house, taking things for granted, boredom and pressing …

The middle. It's no one's favorite place. You're not at the beginning. You may not even have sight of the end yet. It's a place where discouragement can settle in and bring with it a sense of feeling stuck. In this message, Toni shares with us not only how to survive The Middle but how to thrive there.…

We've been rescued! What a miracle! But we haven't only been rescued from something, we've been rescued FOR something. So what are you doing with your rescued life?Toni Lagaras

God can speak over the chaos of our lives, but He only tells secrets in a whisper. And in order to hear a whisper, we have to lean in. In this message, Toni shares simple truths about intimacy with God and hearing His whisper.Toni Lagaras

Toni shares a testimony that's "hot off the press." It's not something that happened years and years ago, but something fresh that God did for her and she walks us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. (From first service)Toni Lagaras

Toni shares a testimony that's "hot off the press." It's not something that happened years and years ago, but something fresh that God did for her and she walks us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. (From second service)Toni Lagaras

In the previous episode, Toni walked us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. This week we look at the importance of faith in our lives, not just to receive from God but what it means to the world around us. (From first service)Toni Lagaras

In the previous episode, Toni walked us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. This week we look at the importance of faith in our lives, not just to receive from God but what it means to the world around us. (From second service)Toni Lagaras

How's your city? Is it prosperous or poor? Godly or wicked? God has a plan for our cities to be full of His power, and it all starts with prayer. Culture can only reign when the church does not. Listen as Toni shares how to take our cities back for God through the authority He's given us in the Word and prayer. God wants to use you to change your c…

What difference does it make? It's a question we usually ask when we're frustrated. When what we're doing isn't working or when we're thinking of making and change and trying to see if it'll be worth it. Will it make a difference? It's also a question the people around us are asking about God in our lives. Has God made a difference in their lives s…

We are better together. It's more than a cool hashtag. It's a way of life. We were never meant to walk this life alone. Isolated. We'll never fully fulfill our destiny that way. In this podcast we look inside why we are better together and how to get there.Toni Lagaras

Mary Did You Know? It's one of my favorite Christmas songs, but it's a question that begs an answer. She carried the Son of God for 9 months. Did she really know who she was carrying? Do we? We, like Mary, are carriers of the Son of God, the Holy Spirit, the Power of God. What would life look like if we REALLY knew who/what we carried inside of us?…

As I look around, I see so many falling short of what God has called them to be - miracle workers. Overcomers in Him. More than conquerors. Carriers of His glory. Why? Because we don't stay connected to the power source. In this message, you will be inspired to stay connected to power, why we need to, and practical ways to make it happen.…

Once we find out what it means to be a disciple of Christ, we need to ask ourselves, "What's holding me back?" Most of the time, it's fear. In this message, we tackle the 4 main fears that try to paralyze us and keep us from reaching our potential and how to overcome them.Toni Lagaras

What does a disciple's life really look like? What does it mean to "live for the well done?" What's the goal of the Christian life? Christian or disciple? Savior or Lord? Find the answers to all these questions and more in this podcast, part 1 of the series Living for the Well DoneToni Lagaras

2 Peter 1 are Peter's final words. What he most wants his followers to remember and think about and do. Add to your faith. In these 3 messages, we take an in-depth look at what we need to add to our faith, why we need to add it, and what it will do for our lives and those around us. He lives in us. He's given us all the power we need to add these t…

2 Peter 1 are Peter's final words. What he most wants his followers to remember and think about and do. Add to your faith. In these 3 messages, we take an in-depth look at what we need to add to our faith, why we need to add it, and what it will do for our lives and those around us. He lives in us. He's given us all the power we need to add these t…

2 Peter 1 are Peter's final words. What he most wants his followers to remember and think about and do. Add to your faith. In these 3 messages, we take an in-depth look at what we need to add to our faith, why we need to add it, and what it will do for our lives and those around us. He lives in us. He's given us all the power we need to add these t…

Culture can only reign when the church does not. God has given authority to the church to pray. To speak. To declare His will on this earth, and in this seminar we take an in depth look at what it looks like to reign in this life through prayer. Jesus said if we are thirsty to come to Him and drink and THEN rivers of living water would flow from us…

Most of the time when we say, "I will pray," we're referring to praying for something after the fact. Praying for a tragedy that happened. Praying for something we heard on the news. Praying for comfort and grace for something that happened in the past. What if we could pray out into the future? Well....there is good news. We can! And in this sessi…

We are living in the last days, and we need to pray. Pray for our leaders and governments. Pray for world events. Pray for the will and plan of God to prevail on this earth. How do we know exactly what to pray? We'll look at all this and more in session #2, Praying in the Last Days. Culture can only reign when the church does not. Let's take our pl…

The position from which we pray matters. We don't want to pray prayers from the perspective that the problem looks bigger than our God does. No. God is always bigger. In session #4, we take a look at what our position in prayer needs be to be the most effective and open the mic up for a Q&A time.Toni Lagaras

Join Toni as she walks through the life of Abraham and focuses on the thread that holds it all together - the promises, the faith walk, the fulfillment, the happily ever after......no matter what we're facing, this is the most important thing - You Will Always Be My God.Toni Lagaras

Generations. Generation X. Millenials. Baby Boomers. So many generations. Which is the most important generation? The answer is - all of them. There wasn't a generation missing in the first coming of Christ. Every generation played a vital role the first time around. Well, I have some news for all of us. Jesus is coming again, and it's time for eve…

Why? Why did this happen to me? That is a thought we all think at one point or another. It's a thought I'm sure Joseph had. In this message Toni shares a few thoughts to help us look at the life of Joseph (and our own lives) with a little different perspective.Toni Lagaras

Join Pastors Mikel and Toni for this conversation about life and faith and God and trust.Toni Lagaras

I love the story of when Jesus sat down, gathered His materials, and on purpose made a whip to drive out of the temple what didn't belong there. We are now the temple of God, and there are things in our lives that don't belong there. Only now we use our words to drive them out. Learn how to use your words as a whip to drive things out of your life …

When God when? What's taking so long? Will this ever happen? Have you ever asked those questions? If you have, you're in good company. More times than not God's timing is no where close to ours. What do we do when our timetables don't match? Take a listen and find out.Toni Lagaras

What If? We play the what if game to the negative all the time. What if I fall? What if I fail? But what if we think bigger? Think in God proportions? What would our life of faith in God look like if we really knew and trusted God? What would it be like to pray and see Him answer? What would it look like to lay hands on the sick and watch them reco…

Part of the fun of the New Year is making lists. What do I want to add to my life this year? What do I want to cut out? There are 3 very crucial things we want to make sure to add to - and keep on - our list. These 3 things will get us through life - through the good times and the not so good times. These 3 things are vital to life. Are they on you…

Jesus was born. It was the culmination of centuries of prophecies and eager anticipation of Messiah....and then what? Christmas didn't end at the birth. That was just the beginning. God had so much more in mind.Toni Lagaras

I love the Christmas story. I've read it hundreds of times. And it can get a little ho-hum. But I got stuck on one verse of Luke chapter two, and it inspired a poem and a whole message. Take a few minutes to recapture the wonder of Christmas with this podcast. Never lose the wonder!Toni Lagaras

What do you have in your hand? We may look at it and see very little, but little is much in the hand of God. He still does miracles today, and He uses what we have in our hand. How do you see what you have?Toni Lagaras

We live within limits. My checkbook has a limit. My energy has a limit. My car has a limit of how far it can go on one tank. It's hard to imagine life without limits, but that's the realm our God lives in. His power is limitless. His ability is limitless. What He can and will do for us knows no bounds. Let this inspired your faith today about what …

I love the Christmas Story. Jesus. Born in a manger. Proclaimed in the heavens on a silent starry night. And Luke is my all-time favorite rendition of it. Luke Chapter 1 is like the prequel to the whole thing. I've read it hundrends and hundreds of times, but this year, I saw so much more in it than ever before. Take a listen and learn how we can l…

We all have a purpose. A dream. A something. There's something each one of us can do to make an impact and change the world around us. Sometimes we can't see it. Sometimes it seems hidden. Sometimes what's in our hand to do seems so small and insignificant we dismiss it. But everything we do has value and can make a difference. What's Your Somethin…

Faith. It's a belief. It's a firm persuasion. We need it. But what does it look like? Take a listen to Go Get Your Own and see what faith looks like, what it does, and why we need it in these last days.Toni Lagaras

In this final lesson of Jesus Our Example, we see the key to how Jesus was able to live in rest. Live in peace. Living in such humility, stress-free and free from insecurities. By Abiding. I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Take a look at just what it means to Abide and how that will help us find rest for our souls.…

Stress. Yuck. It's a real peace killer. It can keep us up at night. It can make us sick. It steals our joy for life. In this message, we take a look at how Jesus handled stress and stressful situations to see how we can walk free of it too.Toni Lagaras

Hope drives prayer. And much of the church has lost hope where it comes to praying for our nation. We can't see HOW it can change, so instead of praying in faith we shrink back in fear. In Can These Bones Live? we look at fear, faith and what God has called the church to do in these last days.Toni Lagaras