Yesterday Ended: Healing the Traumas of Life
165 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsYesterday ended is a podcast dedicated to the healing words of Jesus Christ and his story of redemption. Each podcast contains an original poem so that I can portray a confession of our faith of scripture in unique and succinct ways. Come with me on a journey to become a new creation and to declare old things dead and our life anew in Christ. What we meditate on will determine the direction and fruit of our lives. Let's live today speaking the words of life.
The victory we have in Christ can be felt in our everyday life. We can overcome depression. We can overcome fear. We can be confident. We can be free from worry. We can be free from anxiety. We can have emotional healing. We can have hope. We can be set free from our past. The Bible declares the goodness of God. The Bible is more than Christian psychology it is truth. The truth of God brings mental health, spiritual health and physical health. We can walk in peace. We can overcome the traumas of life.
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Something New
April 15, 2024 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBI’m at that age where people start thinking about retirement. As I’ve mentioned before I’m not into retirement I’m into re-fire-ment. Unfortunately, many people in their lives gets stuck in a rut and can’t think of something new to do. They look at their past and think that’s all there is. Are you stuck in a rut? Do you have no hope for the future? Is there a lack of possibilities for a fulfilling future? No matter your age God has a hope and a future for you. No matter your economic status ...
The Rock Within Me
April 06, 2024 18:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBRecently in California there has been too much rain. After years of drought, the rain has come, and now the mud is sliding down the hills. The ground has become saturated and has started to slide down the hills onto the roads, sometimes with a couple houses with it. This points out the challenge of one’s foundation. Are we founded upon the mud or the sand or upon a rock. Where have I heard this before? Oh yeah, there’s a parable about this that Jesus taught. So what is your foundation and ho...
Dead and Alive
March 30, 2024 19:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBBack in the wild west, there were wanted posters for bad guys. They usually had a picture of the wanted criminal and some other description of them and their crime. One of the first wanted posters for Jesse James was for $500 for his conviction. He had to be alive and taken to court. Another later rendition the wanted poster after he had become a worst criminal had the reward of $25,000 for him dead or alive. That makes it easy for the bounty hunter but deadly for the criminal. We as sinner...
The Door to Freedom
March 19, 2024 20:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBI’m currently trying to plan a short vacation day or day and a half. Putting the work schedule and the rest of laborious life behind even if it is for a short time and taking a moment to regenerate is healing. You leave the world behind and go breathe. It’s always nice to get away from it all. Unfortunately, at times, even though we may vacate, one place, the work and the labor of life follows us in our thoughts. Instead of getting away from it all, we bring it with us. At times the challeng...
Use Your Voice
March 05, 2024 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBIt can be said of some people that they have a mouth like a sailor. Meaning of course they have a very colorful, well, very earthy, well, ok let’s get honest, vulgar speech. I mean no disrespect to sailors. Thank you for your service. This description is an actually a very old historical reference dating back as far as the mid 1700s. But then the same thing can also be said about truck drivers and a few other groups of people. So what can be said about the way you talk? What kind of vocabu...
Hope Is
February 27, 2024 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBPiles of paperwork with no end in sight. A long slow moving line of people, of which I am the end. Miles of red brake lights in front of me. Day after day of rain, and no sunlight in the forecast. All of these situation’s depict a lack of hope. Is hope visible to you? Is there hope to get to the end? Is there hope that you will get to your destination? Is hope in your forecast? Jesus warned us that if we lived in the world we would have mental pressure. Life can be challenging, even in the ...
Deadweight
February 20, 2024 21:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MBWhat's the best diet for you? It's a question I recently asked on YouTube to figure out how to lose weight. I'm carrying around deadweight around my belly that I'm finally doing something about. So I looked up how to lose belly fat on YouTube. There are so many different diets and opinions on how to accomplish that. And some of them are in direct opposition to others. Then I finally asked the question,”What's the best diet for me?” There are a few different nutritional aspects that would det...
Are You Exercising Your Faith?
February 10, 2024 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBHow is life treating you? This is a common question we are asked from time to time. Unfortunately, this question puts us under the power of something else. Life is acting on you. We are at its mercy. And unfortunately at times we allow it. We inadvertently allow our “to do list” of responsibilities to dictate to us how we will live. Sometimes we need to take a check up from the neck up and see if we are in control. Are you in control of your life? As Christians, we have many promises from Go...
What can you give to God?
January 21, 2024 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.58 MBIt’s an age-old problem. What kind of gift can you give to someone who has everything? Now consider this challenge. What kind of gift can you give to someone who formed made and created everything? What can we give to God? Are you living your life unto God? What or who is the center of your life? What or who motivates the actions of your life? True Christianity is a relationship between God and his children. Theology is the study of God, Christianity is a relationship with him. I don’t...
Who am I?
January 19, 2024 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBWith so many tragic events happening around the world and close to home it’s easy to be deceived into thinking that life is only harsh. It’s easy to be distracted from the promises of God. So what is our focus? What is our mindset concerning living in the kingdom of God while living in the world? The three pillars of the kingdom of God, are righteousness, joy, and peace. Do we recognize that these three pillars are all gifts? Do we claim them for ourselves? Are we living our lives to the fu...
Out with the Old in with the New.
January 02, 2024 04:00 - 12 minutes - 8.76 MB2023 has ended. It was a challenging year for many of us. I have endeavored to help us all move forward in our walk with God and his son and the Holy Spirit in the episodes I did last year. I know for myself I was challenged in a good way to step up in my walk with God. I was also challenged in a bad way by the circumstances I faced throughout the year. I had to take a check up from the neck up more than once. As you all know, I love to work with old sayings. The one that comes to mind immed...
Steps to Victory
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBThere are many different types of sports throughout the world. Each sport having its own rules and its own set of strategies that if properly executed will bring victory. While in training for any sport, there is a need to know the basics of that sport, the fundamentals of how to play. Without knowing and doing the basics, there is a little hope for victory. What are the steps to victory in life? What are the strategies, what are the fundamentals, what are the basics that we need to be abl...
The Challenge
December 18, 2023 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBWhen you are a young child, tying your shoe laces can be a challenge. When you are a teenager driving a car for the first time can be a challenge. When you are an adult juggling work and family can be a challenge. There’s so many different types of challenges that we face every day. Some things we make a challenge that shouldn’t be so, like the old cliché of a woman trying to decide what she will wear that day can be made into a difficult challenge. Then there are the people we live and wo...
Spirit Led
December 05, 2023 19:00 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MBI recently mentioned this in another podcast. There is a saying that is spoken when someone shows their frailties. They say, “I’m only human.” It’s spoken to show that there’s nothing special about them. That there is a limitation to their abilities. I’m not superhuman. I am only human. A Christian should never say this. Being a Christian indicates first, a belief in Christ and second his presence within them. Christ in you, the hope of glory elevates the believer beyond the limitations of ...
Surrender and Sing
December 01, 2023 19:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBThere’s a very common phrase used to describe a way to attack a foe. The phrase is, “A one two punch.” You hit your foe once and very quickly hit them a second time. Unfortunately in our world today we have many opponents that would like to do the same to us. They’re trying to knock us out. Rejection and loneliness attack together to overwhelm us. Frustration and anger team up to derail us. Anxiety and fear appear as a wall and try to stop us. What do you do to protect yourself against the...
Turn it Off
November 18, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBI have a friend who used to sing while he was working with his dad. At one point his dad looked at him and said, “I wish you were on the radio.” My friend responded, “really Dad why is that?” The Father responded, “that way I could turn you off.” All too often there are voices that we here that no matter the voice quality the content of their words brings no joy or peace to our hearts. In this world today with so many different voices on our phones, our TVs, our radios and all our other de...
Starting Point
November 11, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIn every race, there is a starting point and a finish line. And to get to the finish line properly it is very important to start at the correct starting point. If you’re running on a quarter mile track inside the stadium, you don’t want to start somewhere out in the parking lot. How you finish the race will be determined by your starting point. Unfortunately, the world has done a great job of confusing us as to where we really are. Too many of us, start our race from a position in our past...
Your Sense of Worth
October 30, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBBuying a used car can be a tricky situation. There are so many factors to consider when it comes to estimating the cars true value. Honestly, how much is it worth? How old is it? What kind of condition is it in? How was it maintained? How many miles does it have? What is the history of the make and model of this car? There are so many factors that determine its value. So what determines your value or your worth? Is it all the things you’ve done in your life? What have you accomplished? Do y...
Speak Out
October 16, 2023 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBMany people in their youth have experienced a bully. Someone who attacks them physically or perhaps even worse verbally. Verbal attacks can go unnoticed by others if done stealthily. Bullies can whisper things to us in passing that can strike deeply into our hearts. Someone bigger, someone bolder, someone older, speaks against us and endeavors to break our soul. Without a solid understanding of our own identity, these attacks can ensnare us and cage our hearts in fear. Trying to fight back ...
It’s about Choice
October 10, 2023 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBHow many books are in your local library? How many books are in your local bookstore? Let’s not even think about how many books are available online. How many TV stations are available? How many streaming services are available? How many radio stations, satellite, or regular broadcast or online do you have? What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to? These will determine the quality of your life. Is your life filled with promise and with hope? Is your life filled...
Faithful is His Love
September 30, 2023 21:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBAs early as the 15th century in German and continuing into the late 1800s in France there were songs and games that were called something like “the Daisy Oracle” or "pluck the daisy.” The song or game as some call it has also come into the American culture and many others. It is the reciting of the phrase,” they love me, they love me not,” while picking the petals from a daisy. Whatever the last phrase is on the last petal picked determines the truth of someones affection towards the one pic...
Write Your Story
September 22, 2023 19:00 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBOur lives are made up of a series of events that make up the story of who we are. Each event is a page in a chapter of our novel. Each chapter expands our character. Unfortunately some of our previous chapters have misshapen us. The growth of our character took a down turn. Dark events attacked our soul. The antagonist in our story, a.k.a. the bad guy, plotted against us. His intent was to make sure our story did not have a happy ending. But he is not the author of our lives. We have the ab...
Learning not Earning
September 12, 2023 18:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBIn school you can earn an A from doing your schoolwork well. At work you earn a paycheck by doing your job. If you do your job well you can earn a raise. But when it comes to receiving a gift it's not about earning them. Unfortunately a lot of Christians still think they need to earn the gifts of God. They believe they must work to become good enough to receive. If you believe that salvation is by grace, then it is indeed, not of yourselves, it is a gift by the grace of God. So what are you ...
How do you approach God?
September 04, 2023 22:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBHow you would approach a king or a president would probably be different than how you approach your father. How you approach a brother or sister to speak with them would more than likely be different than how you approach a stranger to speak with them. How would you approach your boss to ask for a raise? How do you approach a loved one? So my question for today is, “How do you approach God?” Do you believe you are unworthy to approach God? Do you believe you've sinned too much to be able to...
Child of Grace
August 26, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBIt is indeed wonderful to receive a gift from a dear friend. Particularly when they are unexpected. Not some thing given on your birthday. Not some thing given at Christmas. A special gift given out of love. We expect gifts on our birthday’s and Christmas but when they come freely on an unqualified day they take on special quality. And the great thing about true gifts is they are never earned. No work can be done and no work is required for a true gift. True gifts are amazing to receive and ...
Walking in the Miraculous
August 09, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBThere are a number of phrases that are in common use today. The fact of the matter is. Or according to the facts. As a matter of fact. It’s just a fact of life. So accept the facts as they are. And I say this all to you matter-of-factly. Facts are things we can see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Facts some say are reality. Unfortunately most people cannot see beyond the facts. There is another world that is as real or perhaps more real than the facts before your nose. There is a world of ...
Focus
July 27, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBWhile you are driving a car, it is best to focus on the road before you. Many laws have been made to encourage such focus. While using a sharp knife it is best to focus on where the blade is in relationship to your fingers. Kevlar gloves are now available to help protect our fingers. While listening to a loved one it is best to focus on them and not someone else in the room. Marriage counselors are helpful to teach spouses how to be attentive. Where is your focus in life? Are there things t...
Sonship rights
July 21, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBWhat is a right? The dictionary says a right is a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way. What are an inalienable rights - these rights cannot be taken away from those who possess them. Rights of all kinds are hot topics in all nations and societies these days. Animal rights and human rights and so on and so forth goes the lists. Let me add another type of right to the list. Sonship rights. As a child of God you have rights that have been given ...
What's Next?
July 12, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBAt every intersection we come to, as we drive, there is a decision to be made. We can go right or we can go left or we can go straight forward or we could go in reverse or we could even stand still. At times in our lives it’s hard to know which way to go. When challenged with what direction we should take in our lives in more major areas, how do we react? When we come to a place where we don’t clearly see the path before us what do we do? Do we sit down and cry about how hard life is? Do we ...
What do I need?
July 05, 2023 22:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBThere’s an old, saying, “out of sight, out of mind.“ Citizens of less developed countries that do not have televisions or roadside billboards, cannot be besieged by massive campaigns of advertising. Advertising puts a product in our minds, building the desire to have it. Most citizens of less developed countries are generally concerned with the simple basics of life. The trick to advertising is if you see it, you might develop a desire to want it. So the question is, Do you really need it? ...
Push Back
June 29, 2023 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.48 MBWe live in a world where bullies exist. Unfortunately starting even in our youth, we are confronted with those who want to push us around and take from us. Belligerent bullies cannot be reasoned with. They simply want to pick a fight. There is no reason in their actions. The challenge we face at times is that there’s nowhere to run. We either get beat down or we must choose to stand up for our rights. The trials and temptations of our past can become bullies in our lives, endeavoring to bea...
Say No to the Past
June 20, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBEmbarrassment, defeat, condemnation, guilt, shame, ridicule are just a few things from our past that can endeavor to haunt us. The memories of these things endeavor to attack and hold us back from the new creation we have been made in Christ. As a new creation, old things have passed away behold, all things are become new. The challenge is, will we hold onto the past or embrace the new life we have been offered. It is not always possible to forget the past. We remember the pain of bad events...
Identity in Crisis or Christ?
June 14, 2023 18:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBThe idea that our identity can be reduced down to a small plastic card with a photo and a few details about our physicality is truly ridiculous. A drivers license or an ID card tells nothing of who we really are. It has become a huge challenge these days to properly identify ourselves. As the drivers license or ID may give some information about our physicality it gives us nothing about our spirituality. For us to be peaceful and confident and walk in power, we must know our spiritual identi...
Holding On
June 06, 2023 18:00 - 14 minutes - 10.4 MBHow much storage space do you have in your house or business? What are you holding onto in those spaces? What things of value do you have? And how do you calculate that value? How much storage space do you have in your heart? What are you holding onto within your heart? What things of value do you have in your heart? And how do you calculate the value of what you have in your heart? At times in our lives we can be deceived into placing value on things that are actually deadweight. We look...
Peace that Guards.
May 29, 2023 21:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBIt is a challenge in our society these days to feel safe either from physical harm or from harm emotionally by the words of others. Being verbally assaulted can leave very deep scars in the heart and make it quite hard to be at peace.. Many people are living with great apprehension. Their mind is in a whirlwind of attack. Uncertainty of finances and uncertainty of relationships and uncertainty about our government has brought anxiety to a fever pitch. How can we walk in peace in such situat...
How to Speak in Tongues
May 22, 2023 23:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBAre you lacking in spiritual power in your life? Are you lacking in spiritual fruit in your life? Into re you lacking in a spiritual connection with your heavenly father.? There is one way to solve all of these problems in your life and that is receiving into manifestation the baptism of the Holy Spirit. One of the benefits of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is receiving your prayer language. Commonly known as speaking in tongues. Unfortunately, through the ages, speaking in tongues has been...
Finding Rest
May 19, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBDrug companies all over the world, nick-named big Pharma these days, make billions of dollars each year from drugs that help people calm down or sleep. Hotels and resorts of all sizes and shapes also make billions of dollars a year in promising people somewhere to get away from it all. Whether you live a fast-paced life or one that drags along, the need for calm, the need for rest, the need to get away from the pressures of life affect us all. How are you doing with your ability to rest...
What’s Stealing Your Healing?
May 03, 2023 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBEveryone in life will face challenges of some sort or another. In the King James Bible the word tribulation is used. It literally means mental pressure. Jesus warned us that if we were to live in the world we would suffer or experience mental pressure. He also warned us that there would be persecution. You don't have to be alive very long to recognize that things don't always go your way. Sometimes they go very wrong. There are times when we become broken in our bodies or our minds. How do w...
How to be Renewed
May 01, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.72 MBFrom time to time things in our lives must be renewed. They need to be repaired or rebuilt or replaced. Recently I helped a friend replace the filters on her air purifier. Every few months new filters show up at her door to replace the old ones. I was amazed at the junk the air purifier had collected in its filters of which there were four. Each one performed a task to clean the air. To properly maintain an automobile you must change its oil and its filter every 3000 miles they say. There a...
Will the Defendant Arise?
April 19, 2023 02:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBTry as we might to deny it, there are times when we are on the wrong side of the commands of God contained in the Bible. We have been disobedient to the truths of God and his Son Jesus. We know in our hearts that we have disobeyed. He rubs our noses in our sin and shame us and further separate us from God. Then our adversary the devil accuses us as sinners. He tells us we are worthy of punishment. Now what? What do you do when you stand accused? How do you get past your failure to obey the ...
How do you describe God?
April 15, 2023 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBThere are different words used to describe the levels of a relationship with another person. These words describe how close we are to the other person. The words could be, Stranger or acquaintance or friend or good friend or best friend. What word would you use to describe your relationship with God? There are many different words that can be used to describe the character of a person. A person could be gracious, or they could be harsh. A person could be generous, or they could be hard he...
Unleashed
April 05, 2023 19:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBRestricted, restrained, handcuffed, chained, imprisoned. Just a few words to describe what fear and failure and shame and pain do to our lives. How can we be set free? How do we walk away from yesterday and it’s trauma and turmoil? How do we live beyond our past? Far beyond being locked in a cage the pain of being locked into a trauma can travel with us. There’s no place to run and hide from what abides within our heart and mind. But there is someone who has come to set us free. There is som...
Inside the Rock
March 29, 2023 20:00 - 14 minutes - 9.75 MBWhere do you go when you feel afraid? Is there a place where you feel perfectly safe? Do you have a castle high that can protect you from your enemy? What brings peace to your heart? It’s unfortunate in these crazy days that we turn to things of the world for protection from our fears. There definitely are challenges that we face today that can definitely provoke negative and fearful thoughts. What do we do when confronted or assaulted by these fears? Today I would like to invite you to a pl...
Can’t Stay Silent
March 22, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBThere’s an old saying that goes something like this. ‘Engage brain before opening mouth.” There are situations in our lives at times where we say something and when others hear about what we said they ask us “what were you thinking?“ Sometimes we say things, that to say the least, or not productive. We say things that literally curse our lives. And in our society unfortunately, there are way too many catchphrases that we say, sometimes daily, that do not bring light and life into the situa...
The Strength of His Joy
March 15, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBWhere does your strength come from? What gives you the ability to continue in the chaos and craziness of life? Who or what do you rely upon to enable you to not give up? What will it take for you to have joy in your life and not fear? What will it take for you to have confidence for a blessed future? Do you have answers for the questions in your life? If you want some of these things today’s episode will give you some help. Give a listen.
Unstained
March 07, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBHave you ever had one of those days when you feel dirty? I call it being icky sticky. But The dirty I’m talk about is Not because you’ve been working hard in the dust or dirt, but because you’ve walked away from God and sinned. Your heart feels dirty from guilt and shame. You feel stained, but it’s in your brain. The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is that he came to take away our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. You do not have to carry the guilt of failure and sin. You...
What is On My Plate
February 27, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBThere are times when all the things on our plate can begin to bury us. Work and family and friends and our community and so many other little details of life pile up on our plate and overwhelm us. Then you can add things from your past that try to push their way in and cover over the good things of your life. They endeavor to tell you that your plate is eventually going to come crashing down to the ground spilling everything everywhere into great chaos, if there wasn't enough chaos to begin ...
Where will you look?
February 23, 2023 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWhat do you need in your life? And secondly, is it a driving need or something more basic? What do you need today, right now? A lot of people will say they need money. But as we have all been told money can't buy everything. Others will say they need health or they need love or they need the most basic things of life. And once you've decided your most pressing need, where are you going to find what you need? And what will you give to obtain what you need? Who or what will be your provider? A...
Hope or Despair?
February 17, 2023 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBDo you have an expectation that what God has said will actually come to pass? That’s what HOPE is, an expectation of fulfillment. Sometimes people shrug and say, “well, I hope so.“ That is usually an expression of doubt. In the world today we have so much to be challenged by that our expectation, our hope of being safe and provided for has definitely been challenged. What do you hope in? Where is your expectation? Do you believe that the government will take care of you? Do you believe your ...
Come Forth!
February 10, 2023 19:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBIt’s very easy to get stuck in a rut. We get used to doing things the same way all the time. We have a certain diet that we follow, sometimes for worse and not better. We get used to the status quo. This is the way we've always done it. We come to believe this is just the way things are. And it can get even worse when we get to the point of why fight it, I can’t change. If you’re having trouble changing your mind. If you’re having trouble walking in freedom. If you think you can’t win the ba...