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You may recognise toxic love in relationships with others, but have you considered how you've been trying to love God? We finish our week in Toxic Love by exposing the spell of good-looking flesh and asking where the agape Jesus commands can come from. Only Jesus can love like Jesus, and His love is now your love. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

When somebody shares a problem, you can immediately assume responsibility for finding the answer. Malcolm Smith challenges you to learn how to listen, bringing people to the Father rather than allowing them to become dependent upon you. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

There's an enormous difference between laying down your life in obedience to the Father and taking responsibility for demands you've placed upon yourself. Discover how genuine sacrifice comes from responding to Him, and the joy of participating in what the Father is doing. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

Jesus lived completely free from the need for human acceptance, even when His decisions disappointed those closest to Him. His life reveals what it means to respond to the Father rather than the expectations and demands of everybody around you. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

You can be heavily involved in ministry while living under the fear of failing God. Discover how counterfeit service makes your performance the measure of the Father's acceptance, and why what you do for Him must come from the Life of Christ within you. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

You can become exhausted by taking responsibility for other people's decisions, responses and problems. Malcolm Smith exposes this reversal of responsibilities, and how self attempts to control others while calling the whole thing love. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

Coming from Sealy, Texas, I share a deeply personal experience from January 2025, when my highly developed abilities as a teacher completely failed me. What followed was a profound exposure of my performance-based flesh, and the discovery of how the power of sin can operate through the very things we have come to rely upon. No amount of preparation could have prevented what the Father was exposing. In Acts 4, we find Peter and John standing before the religious authorities with a confidence they could never have produced from themselves. The same Peter who had denied Jesus is now standing before them with the Life of the indwelling Christ as his source. What impresses you has the power to intimidate you, and the enemy will use that intimidation to silence the gospel that produces sons. As the new man matures, he steps forward in the confidence of Christ Himself. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive ⁠https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing⁠ 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) ⁠https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing⁠ 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray⁠ 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray⁠ 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page ⁠https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

You can believe you're loving somebody when you're actually looking to that relationship for acceptance and approval. Discover the difference between agape and eros, and how the Life of Christ within you frees you to love others from what you've already received. 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

In the final episode of What Is He Building?, we come to the words of Jesus: “A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” What is the Father building, and what kind of sons is He preparing for the nations? We look at the freedom that comes as the Father breaks our dependency on other people, the yoke of the Son, and the way He joins sons together to express the Life of Christ. From Matthew 5 to the City John saw in Revelation, the invitation is to consider what it means for the glory of God — Christ in you, the hope of glory — to be seen through His people. These are deep days of preparation. Wherever your ford may be, what is He preparing you for? 1. Listener Guides — Google Drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment — Travel Itinerary (October–December 2026) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus — YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee — Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation — Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

In this episode of What Is He Building?, we come to the words of Jesus in Matthew 16: “I WILL BUILD MY EKKLESIA.” What did He mean by ekklesia, and is what we call church today actually what He said He would build? We look at how this word was used, the people who belong to Christ, and the difference between what man can build from his own knowledge and abilities and what Jesus Himself is building. In Ephesians 3, Paul tells us that the Father is making known His many-sided wisdom THROUGH HIS EKKLESIA, according to His eternal purpose. In Ephesians 2, Jesus has created ONE NEW MAN IN HIMSELF, and these sons are being built together as the Father’s dwelling place, with Christ as the chief Cornerstone. Peter calls us living stones, and Paul describes the Body receiving its supply from Christ as Head. We finish with Jesus’ words about a CITY SET ON A HILL, and the questions of the City Abraham was looking for and the City John saw when he was shown the Bride. 1. Listener Guides https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing 2. On Assignment Itinerary – October to December 2026 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing 3. Firm Foundation Focus – YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@firmfoundation-alexgray 4. Buy Me a Coffee – Giving & Monthly Partnership https://buymeacoffee.com/alexgray 5. Firm Foundation – New Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship/

** PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A NEW AUDIO FOR THIS EPISODE ** Correction: Jesus was led into the wilderness by Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. What happens when the Christian life we've been trying so hard to make work begins to fail? In this episode of What Is He Building?, we're dealing with two words: SEPARATION and FAILURE. The power of sin keeps believers living as though they're separated from the Father, while self works harder to earn what is already ours in Christ. But what if the failure of self is one of the greatest gifts the Father can give to a maturing son? Through my own experience and Peter's failure, we look at how the Father exposes our independence so that we might discover Christ Himself as our Life. And this leaves us with a question about the Church Jesus said HE would build: Is HE building HIS Church, or are WE? Listener Guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing October to December Itinerary and giving information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZhFrLzEhWsn__Hcz7giPR6GJhBqJCyqK/view?usp=sharing YouTube: www.youtube.com/@firmfoundaiton-alexgray Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/firmfoundationdiscipleship

Why does this Christian life seem so exhausting? In this episode of What Is He Building?, we look at self and flesh, and Paul’s statement in Romans 8 that flesh will not submit to God — “indeed it cannot.” The old man has already been crucified with Christ. His Cross IS my cross! Taking up my Cross is my AGREEMENT with the Father concerning what He has already done, and the new man is fully alive, learning to walk in newness of Life. Abraham and Sarah had the promise of God, but they couldn’t make it happen. Sarah was barren, and Hagar gave them something they could actually do. Ishmael was born “according to the flesh,” while Isaac was born “through promise.” Self wants to know HOW? What am I supposed to do? How do I make this happen? But the Lord visited Sarah “as He had said,” and did for Sarah “as He had promised.” Listener Guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing YouTube: www.youtube.com/@firmfoundaiton-alexgray Facebook: facebook.com/alboygray

In today’s episode of What Is He Building?, we’re going to see how the Father has always wanted a vast family of sons, the Son has always wanted a counterpart, a Bride, and Holy Spirit has always wanted a permanent dwelling place — and how each member of the Godhead finds Their desire in you and in me. We follow the story from Israel, His firstborn son, to Jesus Christ, the Last Adam and the Firstborn among many brothers, and the new humanity that comes from Him and shares His Life. Humanity in Adam could only reproduce Adam, so Jesus didn’t come to repair the old humanity; He came as the Last Adam to bring it to its end in His death. The one grain fell into the ground, and from the One came the many: sons born of God, the Bride who comes from Christ and shares His Life, and a dwelling place for Holy Spirit. Christ is our Life, His Life in us is Light, and as that Light exposes self and flesh, the Life already within the new man increasingly finds expression. The Father has His sons, the Son has His counterpart, Holy Spirit has His dwelling place — you have been brought home in THE Son, because you are what They have always wanted. Listener Guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing YouTube: www.youtube.com/@firmfoundaiton-alexgray Facebook: facebook.com/alboygray

“I cannot produce anything.” In this episode of What Is He Building?, we come to the tyranny of self-production and the breaking that exposes our inability to manufacture what the Father is after. Self can produce an enormous amount of Christian activity and even build something that appears successful, but the fire reveals what it was built with and where it came from. Following Israel, His son, into the land, we see what happens when something genuinely given by God is taken into our own hands and we assume responsibility for the outcome. Israel looks at the peoples around her and asks for a king “like all the nations,” and the same comparison can begin in us when we look at what somebody else has and start measuring what God has placed in our hands against what He has placed in theirs. He is building a certain kind of person: sons who are learning that everything that comes from the Father is unto the Father, that what He places in our hands never becomes independent from Him, and that what He is building must come from His Life and will stand the test of fire. Listener Guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing YouTube: www.youtube.com/@firmfoundaiton-alexgray Facebook: facebook.com/alboygray

Moses is dead, the season is over, and Israel is standing at the Jordan ready to move with God into a land they have never walked in before. In this episode of What Is He Building?, we follow His firstborn son across the Jordan and into the land, where the manna stops, giants and fortified cities remain, and Israel must learn to possess what God has already given them by staying with Him and receiving His way. We look at the danger of familiarity, how flesh can become highly skilled at reproducing what it already knows, and how something that genuinely began with God can become institutionalised within us. From the ark going ahead into the Jordan to the walls of Jericho, the Father is building sons who live from Christ as Life, with the power of the Cross dealing with deeply established flesh patterns and strongholds as we learn to move with Him where we have genuinely never passed this way before. Listener Guide:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CghKe2NP9ZMslL3fq12ijjq6DhciUFuh?usp=sharing YouTube: www.youtube.com/@firmfoundaiton-alexgray Facebook: facebook.com/alboygray