Monday Musings Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Bible”

Episode 247: We Interrupt These Musings…

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

From the schoolhouse to their bedroom, your child is bombarded by the enemy. A parent is their first line of defense. That’s why God chose you.

Episode 213: New Year, New You. Are You Ready?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0500

We are going to build something new this year together! Are you ready?

Episode 210: The Battle for Your Real Home

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Ever wonder why nothing satisfies here… on this earth? It's because this isn't your real home. Yet the enemy has propagated multiple lies to try to get hearts to miss their true home. Let's talk about them on this Monday morning.

Episode 209: The Battle for Your Obedience

Denise Hildreth Jones — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0500

God desires nothing greater than our obedience because He knows that obedience protects us, directs us and allows Him full access to move in our lives. That’s why the enemy works so hard to try to thwart it.

Episode 208: The Battle for Your Agreement

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Every day the enemy offers us lies that we can agree with. “This will be too much for me.” “I’ll never make it through that.” “I can never love anyone again.” Agreeing with him limits God’s power to work in our lives. Let’s talk about how to guard our hearts in this battle.

Episode 207: The Battle for Your Comfort

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0500

In a season where our hearts are screaming for comfort, God may very well be trying to make us wholly uncomfortable for holy reasons.

Episode 206: The Battle for Our Lives

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Satan is never satisfied with just stealing from you. Remember, he is after your total destruction. That’s why he seduces us with what looks pretty while never revealing the actual price.

Episode 205: The Battle for Your Offense

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0500

None of us can prevent being offended, but it is a choice to live offended. Offense leads to bitterness and bitterness is as the sin of witchcraft scripture says. Let’s talk about how to guard our hearts from this most dangerous weapon.

Episode 204: The Battle for Your I Must

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0400

There are a lot of things in this season we could be doing, but what are the things we must be doing?

Episode 203: The Battle For Your Post

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400

There are so many places in this moment of time that feel like they need our voice and input. However, each one of us has a specific post. Let’s talk today about what it is to stay at your post.

Episode 202: The Battle for Your Prayers

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Have you ever considered what happens when you pray? That a cosmic battle is set in motion? Today's musing might make you look very differently at your prayers.

Episode 201: The Battle for the Single Heart

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400

The single heart faces its own set of battles. This week let's talk about ways we can guard and protect the hearts of these very precious individuals.

Episode 200: The Battle for Your Peace

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0400

How do we have peace in such chaotic times? It's by remembering that we have the same God of every chaotic moment history has ever known. You have weapons for this war.

Episode 199: The Battle for Your Connection: It's Atari's Fault!

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Social media has convinced us we are connected. Yet, we are the most disconnected generation. Let's discover why and how important connectivity is to spiritual warfare.

Episode 197: The Battle for Your Marriage

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Marriages are under continual assault. The heartbreak is when we begin to be a part of the assault on our own marriages. May this message give us some perspective on how the enemy attacks one of the greatest gifts God has given.

Episode 196: The Battle for the Heart of a Woman

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Women are often referred to as messy and emotional. When in fact, we are perfectly designed. A woman's battle is different from a man's. Let's talk about it on this Monday morning.

Episode 195: The Battle for the Heart of a Man

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Culture has often demeaned and belittled even to the point of mocking men. A man's heart lives in a real war zone. But men, rest assured you were created for the position God has placed you.

Episode 194: The Battle for Your Heart

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

It's a Monday. Are you facing it with dread? Even though your heart lives in a war zone you can face even a Monday feeling fully alive!

Episode 193: Your Braveheart Moment

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

William Wallace in “Braveheart” was created for the moment he was living. You are, too. This is your Braveheart moment!

Episode 192: Are You Using Your Authority?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Jesus told His disciples that He was giving them His authority. That means you and I have that authority as well. The question is, are we using what we have been given?

Episode 191: Identity Crisis?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Our world is having an identity crisis, yet it seems we are looking to everything other than who created us to define us. We will never walk in our God-given authority until we know our God-given identity. That's why today's musing is so important.

Episode 190: Do You Know You Have Authority?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0400

As followers of Christ Jesus left us real authority. Authority to live our lives offensively instead of defensively. Let's spend some time realizing how we got such a privilege in this life.

Episode 189: The Privilege of Prayer

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0400

For almost two thousand years only one person could enter the presence of God to pray, but Jesus’ death gives you and I access at any time, anywhere, and with any request. Yet, how often do we ponder the extravagant privilege of prayer?

Episode 188: Can We Really Pray About Everything?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0400

The mere thought that we can pray at all times seems impossible. Yet, what if our whispers, our thoughts, our hopes became prayers? It might not be as hard as we think.

Episode 187: Destroying the Fortress in You

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0400

We are living in a moment in time where we have become masters at pointing out splinters in others while ignoring the logs in us. What stronghold might your heart need to pay attention to?

Episode 185: Defeating that Battle in Your Mind.

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Every battle we will face will start in our mind first. So, how do we protect our minds from that thought that can become an action and ultimately a belief? That’s what we are talking about on this Monday morning.

Episode 184: Quench That Dart!

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Roman soldiers were accustomed to arrows of fire. They knew how to battle them. It was all in how they used their shield. It might hold something for us in the fiery darts we face.

Episode 186: Buckle Up!

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0400

I've learned in life to follow the peace. What does that mean for our everyday life?

Episode 182: Are Your Vital Organs Exposed?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0400

In the armor of a Roman Soldier was a breastplate that protected every vital organ. What are you wearing to protect yours?

Episode 181: Buckle Your Belt

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 31 May 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Roman soliders' belts held all of their armor together and it's where they hung their sword and shield. Now let's figure out what your belt can do for you.

Episode 180: Where Do You Need a Strategy?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 24 May 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Need a strategy for the heart of your child? Your marriage? Your calling? There is one... let's talk about how to get it.

Episode 179: Are You Using All of Your Arsenal?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 17 May 2021 06:00:00 -0400

What if you got to heaven and realized you had an arsenal against the enemy of your heart and never used it? You don't have to. Let's learn how.

Episode 178: Do You Know the Might of Your God?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 10 May 2021 06:00:00 -0400

He parted seas. Closed lion’s mouths. Raised the dead. What might He want to do for you?

Episode 177: Open That Mouth!

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Did you know the number 20 in Hebrew means “Mouth?” So when we entered 2020, we entered a decade prophetically about our mouth. Yet, so much in the natural has tried to close our mouths. That is no accident. It’s time to open them! Let’s talk about how on today's Monday Musing.

Episode 175: Whose Move? Fear or Faith?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0400

It should be no surprise that a world that doesn’t know Jesus would be moved by fear. But shouldn’t the follower of Christ live differently? So, where is your expectation today? Are you expecting collapse? Hardship? Or are you expecting to see God do mighty things? It might do us all good to stop for a moment on this Monday morning and take a look at who or what we are expecting to make the next move. And if you know someone struggling with fear right now, this might encourage their heart today.

Episode 174: Why Did God Make You So Intricately?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0400

I don’t know about you, but often times when I’m reading the Bible I wonder, “Why did you put so much detail in here?” But I think there is something powerful to discover today in those passages we often skip over.

Episode 173: Fanaticism or Zeal?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Have you noticed how many labels are flying around lately? It seems if we can label
something a name we don’t like then we can discard them. Christians have been labeled with
many different names through the years. Maybe you’ve labeled Christians a time or two yourself. What if instead of labeling people so we can cancel them, we got curious about them. Listen today, and maybe you’ll discover something about Christians you hadn’t thought of.

Episode 172: But is Evil Really Winning?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Somedays scrolling through Facebook or watching the morning news can convince your heart that darkness has taken over. The death. The division. The disease. But there is a much different way to look at what is happening in these times we are living. Let’s talk about it together, on this Monday morning. And if you know someone else who needs this encouragement, feel free to share.

Episode 171: Who Knew Skipping a Meal Could do so Much?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0400

When is the last time you’ve heard a message on fasting? Many of us have never heard one.
However, there is so much to be encountered with Jesus. That is why, I believe, the enemy keeps so many people in the dark about this powerful weapon.

Episode 170: Worship and the Courthouse

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0400

What if you never had to even step on the battlefield? What if you could win the battle without lifting a finger and only by lifting your voice? It might be worth listening to know how others have done it. And if you know someone else going through a battle right now, you might want to share it with them.

Episode 169: When Terrorists Strike

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Chains of steel. Doors of Bronze. Bars of Iron. Satan can often hold our hearts captive behind any one of these things. But not one of these hold any power against worship!

Episode 168: Worship Your Way to Freedom

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Worship has a power in spiritual warfare that is often underestimated. Yet in a moment it can release your heart from the heaviness you may be feeling. So take a few minutes today to remind your heart of the power that worship has to change your very trajectory, and if this musing has ministered to you – please share it with a friend.

Episode 167: Are You Living Under God’s Umbrella of Protection?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Do you feel like nothing is working out well right now in your life? That anything that could go wrong is going wrong? Leaving you weary? Confused? Could it be that you’ve stepped outside of His umbrella of protection because you are no longer submitted to His purposes and plans? Living this way limits the power of God’s authority because you are instead trying to live by your own self-sufficiency. Let’s talk about the power of submission and what it affords us to fight the battle the enemy brings.

Episode 166: How Do You War for the Hearts of Your Children?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0500

It has become even more clear that the hearts of our children are in a war zone from the womb
to the college dorm room and everywhere in between. No greater responsibility exists in this
life as a parent than raising our children. If 2020 did anything, it gave us more time as families
and allowed us to realize that ultimately the people responsible for the stewardship of their
hearts are their parents. How are you warring for the heart of your child in a world that is
battling for them relentlessly?

Episode 165: Your Heart Lives in a War Zone. What Weapons Are You Using for Your War?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Even with a new year there are a lot of battles raging right now. But, you and I as followers of
Christ are given some powerful weapons. We do not live in a day and age where we can afford
to leave any of our weapons of spiritual warfare on the table. So, we need to be fully awake,
fully watching and fully armored for the battles that we face!

Episode 164: Do You Even Know What the Enemy Is Stealing From You?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0500

No one ever begins a lifestyle of sin by jumping right in. Usually, it happens increment by increment. A poor decision here, a dangerous decision there. Until eventually what was just a moment of the enemy trying to steal from us becomes a place of real destruction in our lives. This picture of the strategy of the enemy is real. However, it doesn’t have to be the end of any of our stories. Why? But God…But God came so we could have life, and not just a little life, but a super-abundant life. We get to choose. But first, we need to recognize how the enemy is actually stealing from us.

Episode 163: Are You Aware of the Angels All Around?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Over and over scripture reveals how involved angels are in this cosmic battle that we live. They battle for us. Minister to us and sometimes we even entertain them unaware. Yet, we rarely talk about them. Let’s take a few minutes to ponder how real and present they are in the workings of even our everyday lives.

Episode 162: Do You Even Know the Cosmic Battle in Which You Live?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0500

One of the greatest deceptions the enemy has gotten our hearts to believe is that we are natural beings living in some spiritual world. But, that is the complete opposite of what is true. Believers in Jesus are spiritual beings living in a natural world, yet because we don’t live this way we often fail to realize the demonic assignments that have been set against us. But, worse than that we don’t realize the power that we have to defeat the demonic assignments coming our way. God has no equal! So, that situation in your life where the enemy is trying to take you under has to bow its knee to the authority that God has given you!

Episode 161: Just In Case You Forgot, You Are a Conqueror!”

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0500

Often, we forget that every single promise in the Bible is ours. As a follower of Christ, we hold possession to those promises. And one of those promises is that we are conquerors over all the things that come into our life that battle for our peace, our hearts, our minds and our joy. The only way these things are allowed to be stolen is if we hand them over. So, just in case you forgot through all the challenges that were 2020, let me start this year by reminding you, you are a Conqueror!

Episode 160: Recalibrating as We Begin a New Year

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 03:00:00 -0500

As we step into this beginning of a New Year it feels like much of 2020 is still going with us. But what if we offered up the first of our year in a new way to recalibrate our hearts. To slough off the old so we can hear the voice of the Lord for what’s to come. Maybe you need to renew your first love. Maybe you need to renew your mind. Maybe you need to renew your heart. There is no better time than the beginning of a new year.

Episode 159: The Old Is Going, but Did the New Come?

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 03:00:00 -0500

As we close out this most monumental year let’s take a few moments to make sure we aren’t leaving it like we entered it.

Episode 158: The Lukewarm Church

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 03:00:00 -0500

We’ve heard of this church many times. The one Jesus couldn’t tolerate. The one He wanted to throw up. Wow! That’s serious coming from Jesus, but it is also reflective of the church of the final age before He returns. This one. The one we live in now. In this final church, The Church of Laodicea, Jesus calls them The Lukewarm Church. Neither hot nor cold, He’d rather have one or the other. As we head into the week of Christmas, when we celebrate the greatest gift that deserves hearts that are on fire, let’s ask Jesus if there is any place in our life that needs to be ignited. The gift of His life deserves that kind of love.

Episode 157: The Faithful Church

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 03:00:00 -0500

What could be more beautiful than Jesus calling you faithful? One church, The Church of Philadelphia, was a standout in its faithfulness. So much so that Jesus didn’t have one word of correction for it. How can we live like this church?

Episode 156: The Dead Church

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:00:00 -0500

In the fifth letter to the church, Jesus addresses The Church of Sardis, whom he called The Dead Church. How sad to have been once alive and then have Jesus look at us and call us dead; especially when the enemy is standing at the gate. There is no greater time for us to be alert and watching than this today! We cannot afford to be dead! Why? Because there is a book of life that awaits us in eternity where our names are written.

Episode 155: The Corrupt Church

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 03:00:00 -0500

In this 4th letter to the churches in the book of Revelation Jesus addresses those who have allowed a Jezebel spirit to enter their midst. This spirit worshipped the god of Baal whose anger could only be satisfied by the shedding of the blood of children. We shed the blood of children today literally. But we also have allowed a Jezebel spirit to seduce us into offering the hearts of our children up as well when we get too comfortable with this world here, because we often forget that our children are watching every decision we make to align our hearts with the “gods” of this world. When we plant roots here and allow the ways of culture to dictate the ways of our lives instead of our lives being surrendered to Jesus our children lose every time. Sometimes tough things need to be talked about. This is one of those tough things.

Episode 154: The Compromising Church

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 03:00:00 -0500

Jesus called, The Church of Pergamum, The Compromising Church. This church had held to its faith but allowed places of compromise to get in without getting rid of them quickly. Let’s listen together at Jesus’ words to them and to us today because compromise removes God’s best from us and that is not what He desires for us. And in this day and age when compromise is just as prevalent in the church as in the world, it is even more vital that we stand guard.

Episode 153: The Persecuted Church

Denise Hildreth Jones — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 02:00:00 -0500

In the second letter to the Church of Smyrna – known as “The Persecuted Church” we have some insight into how Jesus sees it. Though the church in America still knows nothing of persecution like other countries, we are experiencing it in a greater way than we ever have before.