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Can something that feels spiritual lead us away from Jesus? In this episode of Head to Heart, I sit down with Paul Risse, author of The Psychedelic Christian, to explore the spiritual dangers of psychedelics for believers. Drawing on his extensive personal experience with psychedelics and his journey to faith in Christ, Paul brings a firsthand perspective to the search for healing, truth, and connection with God. Together, we discuss why discernment matters when pursuing spiritual experiences and the importance of grounding our faith in Jesus. Connect with him on Instagram at   / paulrisse   Find his book through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Psychedelic-Ch...

What if the battles you're facing aren't just emotional, physical, or psychological—but spiritual? In this powerful conversation, Christa sits down with author and speaker Beatty Carmichael to explore the biblical case for hidden spiritual roots behind suffering, recurring struggles, and unanswered prayer. Together they discuss difficult topics including unrepentant sin, unforgiveness, occult involvement, sexual sin, generational patterns, and whether these can create spiritual strongholds that hinder healing and freedom. Beatty shares the biblical principles behind The Prayer of Freedom, explaining why he believes true breakthrough often comes by addressing the root rather than simply managing the symptoms. Whether you're skeptical, curious, or searching for answers, this conversation will challenge you to examine Scripture and consider whether there are unseen spiritual obstacles standing in the way of the freedom Christ offers. Connect with Beatty and buy the book: https://theprayeroffreedom.com/

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Moses was betrayed by the very people he was called back to liberate.  David was betrayed by the very king he had fought for. Joseph was betrayed by the very brothers he was called to save. And Jesus was betrayed right before the cross.   What if we've looked at betrayal incorrectly? What if we've seen it as something to avoid instead of seeing it as an initiation into our destiny?  Maybe God uses betrayal to prepare us, expose our hearts, and squeeze every ounce of bitterness and offense into the light where it has to heal?   Betrayal is a gate Jesus had to walk through -- that we all have to walk through.  Let's find out it's purposes where we use it to become the version of ourselves God always intended.     Instagram: @christablacksingh

Can we use our 5 senses to connect to the Holy Spirit?  Biblically, we can!  In this week's episode we learn how.   Instagram: @christablacksingh

Are we in the Days of Noah as outlined in scripture?  And if so, what does that mean?  With wars, fear, and our devices and minds innundated with negative news, we look at our part as believers in these end times and how BIG our God is.   @christablacksingh

Feel stuck? Going around the same mountain? Has the enemy taken the timeline God had for you and defiled it with trauma, disobedience, pride, sin, and pain? In today's session, we actively go into our lives with the Holy Spirit and find all the places the enemy stole from us, collapsing defiled timelines with the judgment and justice of Jesus, and asking Him to redeem all that has been taken.   @christablacksingh

The Epstein files were released, and to divert us from the reality of millions of missing children, we've gone to war and two presidents have discussed aliens. What are we to do as Christians? And how is the Holy Spirit calling us higher into discernment, prayer, and action? Instagram: ‪@christablacksingh‬

Today is March 5, and on this day 12 years ago I gave birth to my daughter Goldie who lived and died in my arms -- 40 minutes of pure terror and heaven wrapped up in a little 5lb 10oz bundle of love and pain. In this episode we dive into the process of grief, processing deep emotions of pain surfacing right now with the state of the world, wars, Epstein files, losses and disappointments.   Instagram: @christablacksingh

With disclosure happening all around us, are emotions are a powerful way Jesus moves us into action -- but sadly, many of us were taught certain emotions were unspiritual or wrong. This week we dive into the biblical importance of anger, fear, grief as it pertains to Jesus, as well as a few other hot topics. Instagram: ‪@christablacksingh‬

Veneance is MINE says the Lord. But what's our role when we're righteously angry?   Instagram: @christablacksingh

As the Epstein files were released and the coverup culture in the church is being revealed, emotions are high.  Natural emotions like anger, rage, a desire for justice, sadness are normal, but how do we manage these emotions and pray while we're holding them in our bodies? In this episode we dive into the biblical ways our prayers might get blocked from being answered, how we can remove the blockages, and pray prayers that bring justice to earth in the face of deep betrayal and abuse.

With so much corruption coming into the light, emotions are high.  But as we process our disappointment, grief, anger, coming to terms with leaders and idols falling -- what is our heart posture, and where is Jesus in it all?

When I walked away from Jesus, there were very preventable things Jesus outlined that I wasn't practicing to preserve the connection he paid for with his blood  I wasn't reading His word and meditating on the scriptures to renew my mind with the mind of Christ.  I wasn't praying daily out of devotion to preserve and deepen my connection. I wasn't looking at Jesus's model of deliverance and being delievered from demonic oppression in my life.   I felt guilty when I couldn't get out of sin cycles -- that God was disappointed in me because I was disappointed in myself. But what if someone had discipled me early on, showing me what it meant to walk with Jesus at an intimate level? What if I realized that my relationship with Jesus was a relational process of transformation and not a perfection I needed to obtain?   In this week's podcast, we go into the things I wish I had known when all hell broke loose after I got saved.  And that nothing was WRONG. Instagram: @christablacksingh

I asked my kids at the dinner table the other night, "Kids, why did Jesus save us? What did we need saving from? And how do you get saved? Most people have heard of Jesus, but have they heard the good news of the gospel? WHY we need to to be saved -- what did we get saved from?   If the most important decision we make on planet earth is what we truly believe about who God is, the afterlife, and what is ABSOLUTE truth -- then the gospel has to be considered and presented in a way that people can accept it.   In this week's episode, we talk about our sin nature, why it needed saving, how it was saved, and what we can do to not only expeirence the salvation of Jesus, but to share it with others!   To Join our Wednesday 'Just Jesus' live calls, sign up for my email list in the linktree on my Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/christablacksingh/