It is a very real possibility to live our entire lives & not recognize when, where and how God was speaking to us personally. Below are the scripture references used in this episode He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. (John 1:10 NIV) My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27 NIV) Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works; be alert for signs of his presence. (Ps 105:3–4 MSG)

Thank you Kathy & family for all the hidden sacrifices. We know & love God more because of His ministry through you. God buries his messengers but not his message. May Tim's life speak louder than ever before!!! "by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead." (Heb 11:4)

God's will is always different and better than what we assume! I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; (Isaiah 42:16).

There seems to be something strange happening at Asbury university. Today we consider a few ideas of what to make of it. 3 A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.  4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. 5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. (NIV Is 40:3–5)

God often brings us to those critical moments in our lives where tactics & techniques just won't work! A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner This podcast is made possible thanks to loyal listeners like you. If you would like to contribute or book a private consultation you can click our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T6HZ44LE6GM52 or visit our website www.strengthen.org.za for more information.

Every year we map out our future, only to find that the meanders of God take us in different directions. Maybe it's best to go with the current & not fight it! A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner This podcast is made possible thanks to loyal listeners like you. If you would like to contribute or book a private consultation you can click our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T6HZ44LE6GM52 or visit our website www.strengthen.org.za ...

As we stand at the starting line of a New Year, should our focus be on goals, dreams, mountains & harvests or a tiny seed? "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows". (Ga 6:7) A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner Our second first podcast :) is made possible thanks to loyal listeners like you. If you would like to contribute or book a private consultation you can click our PayPal link:...

God wants to give fresh starts & clean slates to all who will ask for it. A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner This is episode 16 in our podcast series. This podcast is made possible thanks to loyal listeners like you. If you would like to contribute in anyway please visit: www.strengthen.org.za.

End of year blues and why I feel ungrateful "Just quietly present your healed body to the priest, along with the appropriate expressions of thanks to God. Your cleansed and grateful life, not your words, will bear witness to what I have done." MSG 8:4 Matthew A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner This is episode 13 in our podcast series. This podcast is made possible thanks to loyal listeners like you. If you would like to contribute in anyway please visit:...

As parents we're always disciplining our children for the same things... Is there anything we can do to change this? Luke 3:8 "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance." A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner This is episode 12 in our podcast series. This podcast is made possible thanks to loyal listeners like you. If you would like to contribute in anyway please visit: www.strengthen.org.za.

A rich man builds bigger barns with his profits in the hope of a lovely retirement, a potentially foolish idea many of us pursue. "This very night your life will be taken from you." Luke 12:20 A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner www.strengthen.org.za

We discover, God reveals! One of the most exciting things about being a Christian. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner. A Couple's Journey through the Bible. This is episode 10 in our podcast series. "We're in no hurry God. We're content to linger in the path signposted with your decisions." MSG Isaiah 26:7-8

We may claim to be Christian but the family conversations we're not included in may reveal whether we are winsome or repellant!

Do we trust for God to bring or take what we want? This is another one off episode from A Couple's Journey through the Bible. Hosts are Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner.

In life, we all have vivid memories of things we wish we could click undo. God has a strange way of not only rewriting our stories but using them in ways we can't imagine. Joel 2:25 "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locusts have eaten." (ESV) A couples journey through the bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner. This is a one-off podcast on the idea of regret from the book of Joel.

Do I plan my life or does God plan my life? How do they work together? James 4:13 "Look here, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town. We will stay there for a year. We will do business there and make a profit." How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog, it's here for a little while then it's gone. What you ought to say is 'If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that?' A couples journey through the bible....

When we look back, remaining patient in suffering is the thing that God uses to show us all the ways he was kind to us through the process. James 5:11 "You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy." A couples journey through the bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner. We're working through the Book of James. This is episode 5 in our season.

God promises to be with us but so often we wake up in the morning and He just seems so far away. Why do our feelings have so much power when it comes to accessing His presence? James 4:8 - "Come close to God and God will come close to you" A couple's journey through bible. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner. A conversation between a husband and wife, how they navigate God's word and the realities of life. We're in the book of James. This is episode 4 in the series.

I want people's attention on me and my attention is always on what I don't have.... so I scheme... James 4:2 "You want what you don't have, so you scheme" A couples journey through the word of God. Ryan and Kirstin Wiesner. Episode 3 in the series.

We often don't watch what we watch or reject what we permit. A slow leak is more dangerous than a blow out.

We assume that angry, strict parenting produces well behaved children but does this approach actually work?