Teach & Talk with Lisa Schwarz

God has promises for your life. But what if the thing standing between you and what He has spoken isn't God?In Joshua 1, Moses is dead, a season has ended, and God tells Joshua it is time to arise and go. The land has already been given. The promise is already established. But Joshua still has to move his feet and take possession of it.In this episode of Teach and Talk, Lisa Schwarz challenges us to examine the places where we may be waiting for God to do something He has already invited us to step into. There is a difference between knowing the Word and allowing the Word to get inside of you. There is a difference between talking about the promise and partnering with God to possess it. And there is a difference between being comfortable and actually prospering in what God has called you to.Sometimes the greatest resistance to growth isn't outright disobedience. It's passivity. It's settling for good enough. It's wanting an encounter with God without allowing that encounter to change us.God is inviting you into more, but more may require leaving something behind. It may require movement. It may stretch you beyond what feels comfortable, familiar, or safe. The promise is there. The question is whether you're ready to arise and go.Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

Jesus said His sheep know His voice and will run from the voice of a stranger. But what happens when the strange voices have become familiar? We can become so accustomed to the voice of fear, failure, disappointment, religion, our past, or even our own reasoning that we recognize those voices more quickly than we recognize the voice of our Shepherd.In this episode of Teach and Talk, Lisa Schwarz explores John 10 and what it means to truly know the voice of God. Hearing Him isn't simply about receiving direction. It's about becoming so familiar with His heart and His nature that you can recognize what sounds like Him and what doesn't.Lisa also challenges us to consider whether we are listening for what God is saying in this particular season. There may be things He has called you to, but knowing His voice means also knowing when to move, when to wait, and when to silence everything competing for your attention.The goal isn't to become better at chasing words from God. It's to know Him. Spend time with the Shepherd. Learn His heart. Become familiar with His voice. Then when He moves, you'll recognize Him and be ready to follow.Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

There will always be competing narratives over your life.God says one thing, while your circumstances say another. Your past has a story. Fear has a story. Other people may have an opinion about what is possible for you. And somewhere in the middle of all that noise, you have to decide which voice gets to shape what you believe.In Numbers 13, Caleb stood in the middle of a people overwhelmed by what they could see and silenced the narrative that contradicted what God had already said. The giants were real, but so was the promise.In this episode of Enforcing Purpose, Lisa Schwarz explores what it means to guard what God has spoken, renew your mind, and take possession of what He has already made available to you. Through the stories of Caleb and Gideon, she challenges us to recognize the narratives that have quietly shaped our identity and kept us hesitant at the edge of obedience.Sometimes faith looks like moving before you understand how. Sometimes it means silencing voices you once trusted. And sometimes the greatest shift happens when you stop allowing yesterday to tell you who you are today.You don't have to feel fearless to obey. You don't have to understand the strategy before you give God your yes. The question is, when every other voice gets loud, will you still believe what God said?Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

God never intended for you to experience Him through someone else's relationship with Him.In Exodus 33, the Israelites stood at the doors of their tents watching the presence of God descend upon Moses. They could see the cloud. They could witness the encounter. But Moses stepped inside and spoke with God face to face, as a man speaks with a friend. Through Jesus, that same invitation has been extended to us.In this episode of Enforcing Purpose, Lisa Schwarz challenges us to consider whether we have settled for watching the presence of God move through other people when the veil has already been torn for us to enter in ourselves.You don't have to live on someone else's revelation. You don't have to borrow someone else's oil. You have been invited to know the voice, heart, character, and presence of God for yourself. But face to face encounters change us. They require a willingness to come boldly, release what is comfortable, take a risk, and believe that when God speaks, He means what He says.This is an invitation to stop standing outside watching and step into the relationship Jesus made possible.The veil is torn. The invitation is open. Come closer.Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

What do you do when you know God has spoken, but nothing around you looks like what He said? In 1 Kings 18, Elijah heard the sound of an abundance of rain while the land was still in drought. There was no storm on the horizon and no natural evidence that anything was changing. But Elijah heard something in the Spirit, and what he heard gave him the tenacity to pray until what God had revealed became visible.In this episode of Teach and Talk, Lisa Schwarz explores the connection between supernatural senses, intercessory prayer, and perseverance. God is always speaking, but learning to recognize His voice requires us to cultivate our spiritual senses and quiet the natural noise competing for our attention. And hearing is only the beginning. Sometimes God gives us insight into what He wants to do because He is inviting us to partner with Him in prayer. The word isn't always the finish line. It may be the invitation to travail, intercede, persevere, and pray until something moves.Lisa challenges us to stop measuring God's word by what we can currently see and to become people who know how to pivot without quitting, recognize even the smallest evidence of movement, and keep praying until the assignment is complete.Maybe you don't see the rain yet. Maybe all you have is the sound. Keep praying.Continue exploring this teaching with Lisa's book, There's a Super on Your NaturalStay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

What if there is more available to you in God than what you're currently experiencing?In Luke 14, Jesus tells the story of a great feast. The invitation had already gone out. Everything was ready. But when the time came to respond, the invited guests began making excuses.In this episode of Enforcing Purpose, Lisa Schwarz explores the places where we can love God, believe His promises, and still settle for less than what He has invited us into. Sometimes what keeps us from more isn't rebellion. It's comfort. It's compromise. It's hesitation. It's waiting for a better time when God is saying the time is now.Through Luke 14 and the story of the tribes who chose to settle on the east side of the Jordan, Lisa challenges us to consider where we may have stopped short of the fullness of God's invitation.In this episode, you'll discover:• Why God's invitation is for now, not someday• How comfort can quietly keep us from stepping into more• What the east side of the Jordan reveals about settling for "good enough"• Why following Jesus requires more than simply showing up• How compromise can create a divided life• What it means to count the cost and still give God your yesThis isn't condemnation. It's an invitation to consider your ways. Where have you become comfortable? Where have excuses replaced surrender? And what could you be tasting, experiencing, and carrying if you gave God your whole yes?The invitation has already been given. The table is ready. There's still room for more.Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

What if the greatest obstacle to God's work in your life isn't your circumstances... but the way you've been thinking about them?In this message, Lisa walks through Mark 6, Mark 8, and 1 Corinthians 2 to reveal why the disciples repeatedly missed what God was doing right in front of them. They saw lack where Jesus saw provision. They saw a storm where Jesus saw an opportunity. They were trying to solve spiritual problems with natural reasoning. The invitation of the Holy Spirit is to see differently.In this episode, Lisa unpacks:Why Jesus continually challenged His disciples to think beyond the naturalWhat Scripture means by a hardened heartHow natural reasoning can keep us from recognizing God's activityWhy the Holy Spirit enables us to discern what our natural minds never couldHow to stop filtering every circumstance through fear, facts, and human understandingWhat it means to consider spiritual realities before natural limitationsThe Kingdom doesn't operate by the limits of what you can explain. When you begin to consider what God is saying instead of only what you can see, everything changes. The Holy Spirit isn't inviting you to ignore reality. He's inviting you to see a greater reality. Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv

Many believers know Jesus as Savior... but never step into the life He commissioned them to live.In this message, Lisa explores the progression from identity to assignment, revealing why the Holy Spirit doesn't just transform us from the inside out... He also empowers us to carry His presence everywhere we go. Walking through John 20, Acts 2, and Acts 3, Lisa unpacks the difference between the Holy Spirit within us and the Holy Spirit upon us, showing how God invites every believer to move beyond receiving and into demonstrating His Kingdom.In this episode, you'll discover:• why salvation is the beginning, not the finish• the difference between identity and assignment• what Scripture teaches about the baptism of the Holy Spirit• why spiritual gifts were never meant to stay private• how ordinary people become carriers of God's power• why God still calls His people to demonstrate His Kingdom todayGod didn't simply save you to change your life. He empowered you to become a living witness of His presence wherever you go.The invitation has never been to settle for enough. There is always more.Stay connected: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/buFNYvv