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What could happen when you invite God into the places where you already live and lead? In part two of Houses of Acts, Matt Flegler shares stories of God’s goodness, praying over a home in Brisbane, a living room becoming a place of encounter, and prayer bringing peace into a family facing turmoil. This episode explores hearing God’s voice, welcoming His presence into your home and workplace, and making disciples as you go about everyday life. An encouragement for Kingdom leaders to pray with faith, notice the people around them and put God’s love into action. If you missed part one, start with Episode 59. Follow the Salt + Light Wealth Podcast and share this message with someone who needs encouragement.

Can your home or workplace become a place of encounter with God? In part one of Houses of Acts, Matt Flegler shares personal stories of faith and hearing God’s voice, including an unexpected encounter while scrubbing a toilet during an internship in America. Through the widow’s oil in 2 Kings 4, the fellowship of the early church in Acts 2, and the praying household in Acts 12, Matt explores how ordinary homes can become places of prayer, discipleship and breakthrough. An encouragement for Kingdom leaders to make room for God in everyday life and grow in expectation of His goodness. Follow the Salt + Light Wealth Podcast for part two, and share this episode with someone who needs fresh encouragement in their faith.

How do you keep clients for years without a single contract? Matt is joined by Kat Flannery, CEO of Picco Press, a marketing agency in Alberta, Canada. Kat went from freelance writer to best-selling author to building a team of ten women serving trades and professional service businesses. She shares how she hears God through daily devotion, why she treats clients and staff like family, and what she's learnt about scaling without losing yourself. In this episode: How a writing gift became a marketing businessRetaining clients through trust, not contractsLeading staff with care, even when you have to let someone goKat's keys to scaling: keep learning, stay humble, giveWhat she does when a client walks away Want more info on Kat - check out https://www.piccopress.com

What if the weapon for your next giant is already in your hands, and you've been waiting for someone else to give it to you? Matt shares a dream about serving alongside Kris Vallotton, where everyone was told to go and find their own smooth stone. Half the line came forward empty-handed. From there, Matt unpacks why some things God won't hand you through another person, and why the word you search out with Him becomes something you can fight with. In this episode: Why David chose his own five smooth stonesThe trap of wearing someone else's armour in businessWhy God isn't hiding things from you, He's hiding them for youWhy the promise doesn't remove the pursuitHow the giants in your business can become breadWant help turning what God is saying into a clear strategy? Book a call with Matt at https://saltlightwealth.com/bookcall

Ever noticed how every argument seems to need a bad guy? In this episode, Matt Flegler continues the Free and Responsible series, turning to relationships. Drawing on Danny Silk's Keep Your Love On, Matt unpacks the victim, rescuer, bad guy pattern that quietly runs marriages, teams, and even churches, and shares how he and his wife Jo ran it for years without knowing it had a name. In this episode: Why every drama needs a bad guy, and how fast the seats swapThe exact exchange that used to play out in Matt and Jo's marriage over who was more exhaustedThe four words that give away a powerless mindsetFive questions that help someone else without rescuing themHow to actually step out of the pattern for goodListen now, and find out which seat you've been sitting in.

What if the freedom you're chasing is only half the picture? In this episode, Matt Flegler unpacks one of the core values of the Kingdom, we are free and we are responsible, both together, always. Using Galatians 5, a backyard covered in seed pods, and a story about his son Judah, Matt breaks down why freedom without responsibility just becomes somebody else's chore, and why responsibility without freedom turns into religion with a to-do list. In this episode: Why "free" is never actually free, and what that means for your faithWhat happens when freedom and responsibility come apartThe poinciana tree story that reshaped how Matt parentsA simple, workable definition of freedom you can actually applyWhy you can only ever really control one personListen now, and find out what it actually means to be free and responsible.

Most people say both. But there's a real gap between those two words, and I reckon it's the reason a lot of good Christian business owners end up successful, exhausted, and quietly wondering what the point of it all was. This one comes from my conversation with Ryan McKinney on the Acts Social Podcast. In this episode: The difference between potential and purpose, and why Jesus only chased one of themWhy God leads from the inside out, and what that means for your next decisionAssignments as projects — some last a season, some last a lifetimeThe bloke who took his guitar to a public park because God told him to, and what happened nextWhy the thing intimidating you most is usually the door you're meant to walk throughIf your business feels too small or too ordinary to matter, this one's for you. 🎧 Listen now, then come and grab a time with me at saltlightwealth.com

Somewhere along the line we decided God cares about our soul but not our strategy. He's interested in Sunday. Indifferent about Tuesday. Available for the eternal stuff, unavailable for the quote you're about to send. I don't believe that — and I spent years learning why it's the single biggest thing holding Christian business owners back. This one comes from my conversation with Ryan McKinney on the Acts Social Podcast. In this episode: Why "pray more, fast more, read more" is the wrong answer to a business problemThe myth of wearing different hats, and why God sees your life as one thingWhat my Monday morning planning meeting with the Holy Spirit actually looks likeThe flip from "bless what I'm doing" to "what are You already blessing?"Two questions you can ask today to find out whether you're already hearing His voiceIf you've ever assumed your work is too ordinary for God to weigh in on, start here. 🎧 Listen now, then grab the book at heargodatwork.com

What if the breakthrough you're praying for is sitting in a file you've already paid? Two and a half years. No funding. Every door shut. In this episode I take you into the lowest point of my business life — the project I nicknamed the Project from Hell — and what happened when praying more, fasting more and reading more stopped working. This one was recorded as a guest conversation with Ryan McKinney on the Acts Social Podcast, and it's the fullest version of this story I've told. In this episode: Why "pray more, fast more" advice breaks down under real financial pressureThe night I ended up on the lounge room floor, and the two words I heardHow God found $4,000 in a tax bill I'd already paid twelve months earlierThe faith pictures process — blade, head, harvest — and how to know what season you're actually inThe question about machinery colour that decided a multi-million dollar contractIf you're staring at a situation that looks nothing like the promise, this one's for you. Note: this episode includes an honest account of a season where I experienced suicidal thoughts. If that's difficult for you right now, skip the opening section. Support is available — Lifeline 13 11 14 in Australia. 🎧 Listen now, then grab the full story in my book at heargodatwork.com

Ever had God speak to you in your sleep and you brushed it off as "just a dream"? In this episode Matt unpacks why dreams aren't a second class encounter with God — a third of your life is spent asleep, so it makes sense He'd use that time to speak. Matt shares a personal story of getting so consumed by the Middle East conflict and its impact on his construction business that it became an idol, until a dream about two diesel tankers reset his whole perspective. Why you need your own dream language, not someone else's dictionaryWhat Jacob and Joseph teach us about a shared family dream languageA daily practice for processing your dreams with clarityThe real story behind the diesel tanker dream and the idol it exposedThe practical takeaway for surrendering blind spots in your businessHit play and let this one challenge where your attention has really been.

How do you actually know if that thought is God, or just you? Matt breaks down the real difference between the enemy's voice (easy to spot — it's laced with fear), your own voice, and God's voice. Spoiler: it usually comes down to one word. Peace. In this episode: Why the enemy's voice is the easiest one to rule outWhy God's voice answers root causes, not symptomsWhy God's voice is childlike, not childishThe coaching story behind two words that changed everything — "I love you"Why business leaders are great at giving and hopeless at receivingThe one phrase flip that changes "it's probably me" into "it's probably God"If you've ever second-guessed whether you're really hearing from Him, this one's for you. To go deeper into Hearing God check out the online course - www.heargodatwork.com

Why does the prophetic flow effortlessly with some people you've just met — and feel like hard work with others? Matt unpacks a scripture he's read a hundred times but never sat with properly: Matthew 10:41, and what a "prophet's reward" actually means. It comes down to honour — seeing people the way God sees them, not how they look, sound, or perform on a first meeting. In this episode: Why some conversations carry instant rapport and others don'tWhat Matthew 10:41 really means by a "prophet's reward"Samuel, David and the danger of judging by outward appearanceA lesson from Cairns: why board shorts and sandals can fool youWendy Backland's turning-point encounter with God on hopelessnessWhy the Kingdom advances through right believing, not right doingIf you've ever caught yourself sizing someone up before you've even had a conversation, this one's for you. 🎧 Listen now.

What's the actual point of being a Christian in business? Is it the money? The giving? The impact? A business owner asked Matt this exact question — and the answer that came out of him changed the whole room. In this solo teaching, Matt unpacks why success in the Kingdom has less to do with your bank account and more to do with friendship with God, and why your business might just be the table where that friendship gets real. The coffee analogy: why the business isn't the point, it's what facilitates the pointDiscovering your assignment, and why that's where relationship stops being theoreticalPaul's handkerchief, Adam in the garden, and what it means for your work to be worshipWhy the Holy Spirit is called the Comforter, and what that has to do with your Monday morningIf you've ever wondered whether God actually cares about the deals, the decisions and the pressure you carry — this one's for you. 🎧 Listen now on the Salt and Light Wealth Podcast.

What do you do when God asks you to build the one thing you can't stand? Shawn Whitson had deleted his own social media years ago — he couldn't stand the format. So when a struggling season in his tech company drove him to his knees and handed God the keys, the last assignment he expected was "build a social media platform to glorify my Kingdom worldwide." That's exactly what happened, in a moment so unmistakable it stood the hair up on his arms. In this episode, Shawn takes us through the whole arc — the call, the failures that trained him for it, and the proof God has shown up in the harvest since Acts Social launched. In this episode: The failing tech company and the lie every entrepreneur believes: "if it's meant to be, it's up to me"The December 2022 morning God interrupted Shawn's prayer timeWhy he calls himself a "screw-up," and how failure trained him for this callingSharee's side of the story — 30 years married, downsizing homes twiceThe inverted algorithm that rewards kindness and suppresses bullyingTamara's testimony: "for the first time in a long time, I feel like someone hears me"7,000 users in days, and the upcoming book, Called Out of NowhereShawn Whitson is the founder and CEO of Act Social. Listen now, and if this stirs something in you — go check it out at actssocial.com.

Do you keep second-guessing every desire, every decision, every dream — because you're scared of getting it wrong? In this episode, Matt unpacks why your desires aren't automatically flesh, why the "old you" is dead, and why a good Father isn't sitting in heaven waiting to punish you for choosing wrong. God is for you. And He's forming you into someone who can make bold, wise, faith-filled decisions — without living in fear of your own heart. In this episode: Why desire isn't automatic evidence of fleshWhat Psalm 37 actually means when it says God gives you the desires of your heartWhy "not my will but Yours" isn't the flex you think it isA simple way to bring decisions to Holy Spirit and see their fruit before you chooseWhy God trusts you more than you think🎧 Listen now and stop second-guessing the dream He put in you.