In life we are constantly connecting with people. And with each connection that we have, we are provided the opportunity to show who Christ is in our live's. While friendships come and go, they all serve a purpose that can help to grow us as followers of Christ. Join your host Tamika Mahomes as she shares three important things we must understand about Godly connections.

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The topics we cover:

• Why open and honest communication is vital
  
• That some connections are only seasonal
  
• Why we must understand prayer is necessary
  

Quotes:

• "After I moved past the hurt of the friendship dissolving, I was able to see the beauty in those relationships."
• "Seasonal connections always serve a purpose."
• "When we have open dialogue with those we are connected to it helps us to solve issues and misunderstandings and it allows us to not take hurt into our other friendships."
• "We can be so busy looking for people to pour into us that we miss the fact that God is connecting us with certain people so that we can encourage them." 
• "God does not want us to have friendships to merely fill our time with. He wants us to have appointed and spiritually nourishing relationships." -Anonymous

“Somehow many have come to believe that a person can be a Christian without being like Christ, A follower who does not follow.” -Francis Chan

Salvation is available to all of us, but there is a common trend where people are accepting God, but refusing to live like him. The Bible makes it clear that part of being a follower of Christ is being a follower of his ways. On today's podcast, Tamika Mahomes discusses the necessary side of salvation, Obedience. Join her as she unpacks how and why the Bible requires us to not only accept God but to walk in obedience to his word.

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Scriptures we cover:

• "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." Romans 12:2 (KJV)
• "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
• " If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15 (KJV)

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Quotes:

• "When you look at the state of Christianity today, we see a people that are conformed to the world without a mind transformed and stayed on Christ."
  
• "The word repentance means to change direction and to go the opposite way of how we are living."
• "While accepting Christ is important, what we do after we accept Christ is a vital piece of our acceptance of him"
  
• "We can sacrifice our time, our treasure and talent but if we do not sacrifice our need to cling to the world and learn to instead cling to Christ we are truly missing a necessary part of our salvation."
  

Today we are celebrating all the MAMA'S! Join your host Tamika Mahomes as she shares the most beautiful lesson she learned since being a mom, LOVE! Today we talk not only about the love you share for your child but how that love points back the the cross!

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Scriptures covered:

• 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
• 1 John 3:18 

Quotes:

"The thing we must understand about love, is love isn’t love just when the other person does everything right, it's not just loving someone when they do everything that you want. Love is loving someone through mistakes and loving someone through the hard times."                                                                                    

"Christ's love was spelled action."

"When I think I can’t love, when I think that she has messed up too much or hurt me too bad, I can always point back to the love of Christ." 

​"Slow down, love on your kids and let your love be spelled action."

​Have you even found yourself in an unfamiliar place? Have you ever wondered God why am I right here right now? In life, when we are in places we do not recognize, we can automatically default back to what is familiar to us. In today's podcast, host Tamika Mahomes unpacks Exodus 14, where the children of Israel were found in an unfamiliar space. And like we sometimes do, Israel questioned God, they questioned the uncomfortable. But as we see in todays podcast it was in Israels unfamiliar place that God was working to birth something bigger than them. Join us for today's podcast as we discuss how to find God in the unfamiliar season.

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​The topics we will cover are:

• How Israel's fear made them question God’s purpose
• Why Israel defaulted to what was familiar to them
• What Israel had to be willing to give up  in order to get where God was taking them

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Quotes:
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"It's sometimes in our hardest season that God can work on us the most."
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"We have to realize the importance of not being controlled by our fear and instead be controlled by freedom in Christ."

"Our fear of the unknown can lead us to default back to what is familiar to us. But the very thing that is familiar to us may be the very thing that is stopping us from walking into the purpose God has for us."

"God’s purpose in our lives requires us to get familiar with unfamiliar."

​"God doesn’t move to align with the plan’s that you have for your life he moves according the purpose that he has for your life."

In dealing with the current pandemic, it is easy to put faith in what the world looks like right now. However, when we choose to follow God, our faith should be in what he says is truth, not in what the world calls truth. Join us today for an encouraging message about what truth is, who truth is and how to get the truth in our in our lives.

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Quotes:

"If you read the Bible and if you go all the way to the end you see the only person that really wins this thing is Jesus."

"Our faith is supposed to stand in and through all things it’s not supposed to be faith that’s just sometimes. God calls us to have faith at all times."  

"We can’t say we are Christians if we just want to be Christians when everything looks good." 

"We can’t be different if we don’t know what the difference is."  

"Here’s my urgent message, God wants to speak to his people, God wants to help his people, God wants to change his people, but if you don’t open that Bible, you’ll never know."

When we go to church on Sunday's we often are looking for a word to encourage, inspire and help us grow in our relationship with God. But, did you know that hearing a sermon is just the start for a deeper devotion with God? Come join us for today's episode as your host Tamika unpacks how to take a Sunday sermon from the pulpit to your everyday life.

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The 5 topics we will cover are:

• The human flaws of Pastors
• The importance of studying the text
• The call to walk in obedience to the word
• The proper way to approach the text
• Why prayer and devotion together are necessary 

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Quotes:
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"The Bible requires us to study for ourselves, it does not say that the pastor is responsible for studying for us."
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"We are called to apply God’s word, HIS WORD, not your Pastors word"

"Will you apply the word correctly per your pastor or per your Savior?"

"We seem to forget that we are to apply it according to God’s word and not to our own standard."

​"We can not know God’s will, his purpose or his plan if we do not first know him."

Did you start your 2019 on fire for reaching your goals and dreams? Well so did I! And while I started the year on fire, I can not necessarily say that I have met the goals I set out to achieve. The truth is I have found it is easy to find yourself distracted, unmotivated, and uninspired. Can you relate? On this journey I have learned that when we are honest about out shortcomings, we are better able to address them and have a better outcome.

In today's episode, your host Tamika Mahomes is sharing 5 things you need to do in order to press past the obstacles that are keeping you from achieving those dreams. These 5 points are sure to get you refocused and find that motivation and zeal that you have been lacking. This podcast is meant to encourage you to find the transition from allowing life's circumstances to stop you to allowing life's circumstances to push you!

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The 5 topics we will cover are:

• How to make sense of your "no"
• Why you need to go back to the beginning
• Roles necessary to your success (yours & God's) 
• Why controlling your time is essential
• How to recommit to the purpose God has given you

Quotes:
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"One thing that we must understand about life is that we can not control what happens to us, but we can control how we respond to it."
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"Setbacks and final destination are not the same thing."

"No does not mean that it is over, no means you may need to work a little harder."

"We often can get so caught up in the dreams of others that we forget about the dreams that God has given us."

​"Get to a place where you stop allowing discouragement and defeat to stop you from pursuing your dreams."

​Have you ever found yourself asking, what is the purpose of marriage? While many people ask this question, many people still find this to be an unanswered question. The truth is anyone can tell you what they think the purpose of marriage is, but the Bible shows us what the true meaning of marriage is. 

On today's episode of the Flourish In Purpose podcast, your host Tamika Mahomes, answers the question, What is the purpose of marriage? Join us today as we uncover the Biblical truths about marriage, and understand how our marriages are meant to bring glory to God.  ​

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On this episode we will:

• Understand the Biblical truth behind marriage
• Cover the topics of connection, servanthood, and connecting
• Unpack biblical texts from Genesis 2, and Ephesians 5
• Determine the connection between our relationship with Christ, and our relationship with one another

Quotes:
"The ultimate purpose of marriage is to bring glory to God."
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"God told Adam he needed a helpmeet and then provided it for him."

"When you submit to your husband, you are submitting unto God."

"Sacrifice is about loving through and in all things."

​"Our marriages need to be a reflection of who God is and what God has done in our lives."

To hear the marriage Q&A from Innovation Church go here: ​http://www.inc4u.org/our-app

Have you ever messed up so badly that you felt unusable by God? Have you even allowed your past mistakes to stop you from drawing closer to God? Well, if you have today's podcast is for you. Join us for today's episode, where as host Tamika Mahomes explores the story of Peter's post-resurrection encounter with Jesus. An encounter after he messed up so badly that he felt Jesus was done with him. As we unpack the text,  of John 21:1-7 we watch how Jesus response to Peters mess, and we begin to see that although Peter messed up, Jesus still had a plan for him. Through Peters story we are reminded that even through we may have messed up and fallen short, God is not through with us yet.

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Show Highlights:

• While Peter’s response was to run from Jesus, Jesus’ response was to call him back to him.
• What we are connected to, influences who we are a servant to
• Loving God is reflected in obeying God
• Progress requires  confrontation

Quotes:
"We often do not want to admit it but our connections and our surroundings can begin to influence who truly reigns over our lives."
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"Love does not have If/Then conditions."

"If people can boldly life their lives in this world, we should be able to boldly live our lives for Christ."

"There can be no progress without head-on confrontation." -Christopher Hitchens

When we first come to Christ, we are often taught of his forgiving nature. The truth is, the forgiveness that is given to us, is called to be given to others. The Bible says in Matthew 6:14-15: "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins". While the Bible calls us to forgive others, the truth is that forgiveness does not come easy. And on today's podcast, we are talking about just that. Come join your host Tamika, as she shares the beauty in forgiving others.

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Show Highlights:

• Forgiveness is given to us and should be extended to others!
• Forgiveness not only releases the other person, it releases you!
• Forgiveness is about MINISTRY
• Forgiveness is not optional, its required

Quotes:
"God forgives us and we also are called to forgive others"

"Holding unforgiveness towards others affects you way more than it affects the other person."
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​"The payment that Jesus made on the cross for your sin is far greater than anything that anyone on this earth can do to you."

"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return you will receive untold peace and happiness." -Robert Muller