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What feels more obvious for you right now: what God is doing in your life, or what He isn't doing? When God doesn't answer our prayers the way we expect Him to, we determine He has shut down our hopes and abandoned us. But what if He has something different in mind? Join Rick & McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!  Acts 28:31  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

We talk about grace, A LOT. And that's a good thing, but what actually is grace? Does it just apply to forgiveness or sins? Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  Although I am less than the least of all the Lord's people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ  Ephesians 3:8  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

If you're being honest with yourself, is "The Joy of the Lord" something that you experience in your relationship with God, or more just something you read about? If you've been missing Joy, join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. If you call the Sabbath a delight… and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please… then you will find your joy in the Lord.  Isaiah 58:13-14  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

Hope can feel risky. When it's placed in people or plans, there's no guarantee it won't fall apart. And maybe that's why it feels safer at times not to hope at all. But God offers us something different. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The Lord has spoken! In that day the people will proclaim, "This is our God! We trusted in him, and he saved us! This is the Lord, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!"  Isaiah 25:8-9  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

"Peace is a person." Is that just a cheesy, overused phrase or is there some wisdom there? Dig into your prayers for peace with Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"  Mark 4:40  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

When the obstacles pile up, it's easy to lose focus, and even easier to lose heart. But just because the path got hard doesn't mean your purpose disappeared. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: Look at what's happening to you! You have planted much but harvest little.  Haggai 1:5-6 WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

Guilt can creep in from the most unexpected of places. If you've ever felt like you're not doing enough because you're not "saving" anyone, you're not alone. But that pressure to save people was never yours to carry. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:30-31 WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

When you're staring down a problem that feels bigger than you, it's easy to let fear take over. But just like King Hezekiah, we can shift our perspective by reminding ourselves who God really is. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. "And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 'Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.'" 2 Kings 19:15 WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

When problems come, what's your first move? Maybe it's to go inward—planning, worrying, or feeling the weight of it all. But the story of King Hezekiah shows us another way. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. "Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord." 2 Kings 19:14 WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

It's easy to feel pulled in a hundred directions with so many voices telling you what's right. Who can you actually trust to guide you? Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would lead us into truth—not confusion. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come." John 16:13 WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

Normally when someone asks a question it's because they don't know the answer. When God asks a question, it's because He's trying to show us something. And the first ever question we see God asking tells us a lot about how He wants our relationship with Him to look. Join rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  But the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"  Genesis 3:9  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

When you have to repeat something 30 times, you know it's important. The Bible reminds us 30 times to seek God and He will be found. What can we learn from this reminder? Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  That they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;  Acts 17:27  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

How do you maximize the amount of good you do for Jesus? How do you force your heart to be more kind and forgiving and patient? Often we get so focused on becoming more like Jesus that we forget that the transformation of our lives and hearts can only come from spending time WITH Jesus. Join Rick and McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.  Colossians 2:7  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

Do you know where you belong? What do you have to do to earn that spot? The list of expectations and pressures may be long in our minds, but as far as God is concerned, you belong with Him. Join Rick & McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus. "You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household."  Ephesians 2:19  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.

Do you know where you belong? What do you have to do to earn that spot? The list of expectations and pressures may be long in our minds, but as far as God is concerned, you belong with Him. Join Rick & McKenna for today's episode of The Morning Focus.  "You are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household."  Ephesians 2:19  WCIC Podcasts are made possible by your support. Click here to give.