HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

It's Monday and the week opens with an honest confession many avoid: sometimes your faith feels dry. You pray, you read, you sing, and yet everything feels quiet. This episode welcomes you into that experience and reframes it as a season of hidden growth rather than spiritual defeat.Using Psalm 42:2 — "My soul thirsts for God, for the living God" — the host tells a story of longing that becomes proof of life: thirst shows desire. Dryness becomes a classroom where faith learns steadiness, not fireworks. You’ll hear gentle, practical encouragement to stay planted, keep praying in the silence, and trust that roots are strengthening beneath the surface.With a short, grounding prayer and a call to perseverance, this episode is a companion for anyone wondering what’s wrong with their faith — and a reminder that deep roots often form before visible fruit appears. Have faith. Let it begin.

Tag In Jesus: Let God Fight Your Battles
You've been in the ring long enough — late nights, clenched jaws, the weight of arguments and outcomes you were never meant to carry alone. This episode opens on that quiet, heavy moment when you finally ask: what if I don't have to win every fight?
Then someone whispers Exodus 14:14: "The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still." It's not surrender as failure, but a bold strategy. Tagging in Jesus doesn't mean giving up; it means turning the page and trusting that the cross has already faced what you're afraid of.
Listen as burdened resolve turns into calm faith, and fear loosens its grip. Peace walks in, strength follows, and victory is no longer a struggle but a promise. Turn the page. Tag him in. Have faith — let it begin.

Angel opens the episode from a sleepy morning, nursing a cold and carrying a message that feels like a quiet rallying cry: sometimes the fiercest battles are fought on tired feet. She turns a small, honest moment—feeling worn, tempted to stop—into a story about stubborn hope and the surprising power of weakness.Drawing on 2 Corinthians 12:9, she reframes struggle as proof you're still standing and invites listeners to a softer kind of courage: whisper a prayer, keep showing up, and trust that grace works in the silence. It’s part two of "Evil Won’t Win," a short, tender call to faith that celebrates gentle persistence as true victory.

A voice stands at the edge of defeat and refuses to yield, watching negativity try to infiltrate a home, a life, and the joy inside. With vivid sports metaphors and intimate confession, the narrator maps every tackle and home run that threatens to steal peace, only to reveal a deeper, unshakable resolve.
As setbacks mount, the real story unfolds: a tag-team partner who never quits, a faith that rewrites the scoreboard, and the quiet power of forgiveness. This episode traces the tension between darkness and light and the small triumphs that lead to ultimate victory.
Listen in for a short, stirring narrative of resilience—where losses are counted, hope is chosen, and the final inning belongs to a higher hand.

If you're just getting here, welcome to First Reformed Church. Today is truly a blessing as Scouts, leaders, and families gather for Scout Sunday — a service that weaves jokes about knot-tying and Lions Club uniforms into a larger story about trust, service, and the light of Christ.Through a candid, heartfelt message the pastor compares faith to hiking with a compass: you may not see the whole path, but you follow the One who knows the way. Anecdotes — a lost pair of keys found at customer service, the honest confession of not making it past knot-tying, and the painful work of forgiving a child’s bully — turn everyday moments into invitations to trust delays, practice patience, and live faith in action.The sermon culminates in a simple challenge: one random act of kindness. As the congregation brings the light of Christ into the world, listeners are asked to be prepared — to serve, forgive, and build a life on the rock of Jesus’ love — carrying this Scout Sunday message into family, community, and everyday choices.

Welcome to First Reformed Church on Scout Sunday, where the sanctuary fills with the eager faces of scouts, leaders, and families. In a candid and warm sermon, the pastor jokes about failed knot-tying, shares personal trials, and invites the congregation to treat faith like a hike guided by a compass—trusting the path even when the destination is out of sight.
Through a Proverbs-inspired teaching and a poignant Walmart moment—when a lost set of keys becomes a small miracle of divine timing—the message shows how delays can be protection and storms can reveal what a foundation built on Christ will withstand. Faith, the pastor reminds us, is not just heard but practiced daily in prayer, kindness, forgiveness, and steady obedience.
The service issues a simple challenge: be prepared every day. Perform one random act of kindness, lean into patience and forgiveness amid family struggles, and carry the light of Christ from the church into the world. The benediction sends you out to build faith that lasts—together.

On the morning after a powerful sermon and the Super Bowl, A father lays his soul bare: the sting of watching his daughter face bullying, crushing headaches, and the relentless weight of doubt. He recalls preaching about faith like a campfire — once lit, it won’t go out — and now must confront whether his own light still burns.
Through candid reflection, prayer, and a plea for compassion, he invites listeners into a tender, honest moment of soul-searching. This episode moves from personal pain to shared hope, urging us to forgive, to understand, and to hold fast when the world feels too heavy.

A seven-year-old voice opens the door to a living room confession: marriage can feel heavy even when the love is real. In this episode, Angel Santana shares a quiet, honest story of stretched patience, mounting responsibilities, and the moment he stopped carrying the burden alone.Listen as a simple Bible truth — two are better than one — becomes a lifeline. Through candid reflection, prayer, and a call to invite God into the hard parts, this episode unfolds like a short journey from strain to steady hope.If your marriage feels heavy, come in, sit down, and let this episode remind you that grace, partnership, and faith can change everything—one small choice at a time.