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PODCASTS WITH CHRIS ADAMS

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At The Table, Jacki King

The Prayer Clinic, Leighann McCoy

  • Beach Lessons,  Leadership Lessons,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  Test,  The Cost of Leadership Series,  Trial

    The Cost of Leadership Part 7

    July 24, 2022 / 0 Comments

     Please start with the first 6 posts in this series if you haven’t already. The seventh aspect in the cost of going deeper is battles. Followers of Christ have an adversary, and his name is Satan. His desire is to keep us from knowing, serving, and trusting Christ as we walk with Him. At times we will carry scars from the battles with him.  Ultimately Christ has won the war, but this side of heaven the enemy still has influence on earth that we will face continually. It may come through painful relationships, failure, criticism from others, health…any number of situations in which we face spiritual warfare. Even when we…

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    When We Fall Down

    November 4, 2019

    More Lessons From Hurricane Sally

    October 12, 2020

    Embrace God’s Love

    September 30, 2019
  • Beach Lessons,  Leadership Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  The Cost of Leadership Series,  Trial

    The Cost of Leadership Part 6

    July 17, 2022 / 0 Comments

     Please start with the first 5 posts in this series if you haven’t already. The fifth aspect of the cost of going deep is prayer, and the time it takes to pray. Deeper for me was when our daughter walked away from our family for 8 years.  And God called my husband and me to continue walking and serving faithfully when the waves we had to cross got even bigger. We continued to pray for years that the Lord would bring her back, keep her safe and draw her to Himself.  Sometimes as we serve and lead, God does not answer for a long time. But He is at work even…

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    The Cost of Leadership Part 7

    July 24, 2022

    Step On In

    June 5, 2018

    MY Cornerstone!

    October 5, 2020
  • Beach Lessons,  Leadership Lessons,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  The Cost of Leadership Series

    The Cost of Leadership Part 5

    July 10, 2022 / 0 Comments

     Please start with the first 4 posts in this series if you haven’t already. The second aspect in the cost of going deep involves laying down our fears through our faith in Him. For me, the deep, was when He first called me to speak in front of my church. If you know me, you’ve heard me say, I’d never be a public speaker. Deeper was when the Lord called me to LifeWay to continue serving out the call to disciple women, this time training church leaders across the country how to effectively develop ministries for women that help them grow deep! Laying down fear takes courage. Just look through…

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    Have You Paddled Out Too Far?

    October 28, 2019

    His Love Rushes In: Fall Beach Lesson 2021

    October 11, 2021

    Grab It While You Can

    November 18, 2019
  • Beach Lessons,  Leadership Lessons,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  The Cost of Leadership Series

    The Cost of Leadership Part 4

    July 3, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Please start with the first 3 posts in this series if you haven’t already. Cost 4: the cost of going deep. Although similar to cost 3, this is specifically talking about depth in our relationship with Christ. Just a heads up, I won’t finish cost 4 in one post, but will share 8 aspects of this cost.  Hebrews 6:1-2  reminds us to leave the elementary things, let go of shallowness, and go on to maturity. We are warned to be careful not to become lazy in our spiritual life.  Therefore, let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance…

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    More Lessons From Hurricane Sally

    October 12, 2020

    Finally, Retreat Time! 8 Tips for Retreating Often

    June 26, 2018

    Perfect, Broken or Perfectly Shaped?

    January 24, 2018
  • Beach Lessons,  Blessings,  Spiritual Growth

    The Vastness of God: Fall Beach Lesson 2021

    September 28, 2021 / 0 Comments

    As I sat on the beach or balcony this beach trip, my eyes continually look at the horizon. As far as I could see was water. And more water! This is one of the repeated reminders I get when we are here: the vastness of the water is like the vastness of God. At this stage of life, the older I get, the more I realize I don’t know…about life, ministry, relationships and so many things, but certainly about the Lord. I know now more than I ever have, yet I understand how very much I still don’t know. That is what keeps me coming back again and again to…

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    Just Below the Surface

    September 17, 2023

    I Blew It…And Yet

    July 8, 2019

    Beach Blessings Big and Small

    November 2, 2017
  • General,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  Test,  What I'm Reading

    Do I See?

    January 27, 2020 / 0 Comments

    God is continuing to refine and add to my focus for 2020. One way is through a study by Christine Caine that I just happened to be doing this January. You can read more about my 2020 focus in my first two posts for this year: Focus 2020 and Settle In. It’s both exciting and frightening (in a good way) to see how God is refining and speaking to me in this overall topic of having a heart for Him. In the first day, Christine labels the first week’s study, “When We Feel Hidden in Plain Sight.” She asks if we have ever felt hidden and unseen by others and…

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    A New Year…And?

    December 28, 2021

    Restoration and Redemption

    September 11, 2018

    Great Success to Great Fear

    May 27, 2019
  • General,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  Test,  Trial,  What I'm Reading

    Settle In

    January 13, 2020 / 3 Comments

    I’m not sure how you feel about our country, or our global world, right now. With elections in the future, crime and violence, anger and hatred all over the news and filtering into whatever we watch, read or hear, we could just decide to go live on a tropical island somewhere away from it all! Tempting isn’t it? Definitely for this beach girl. The thing is, God has not put us here to run away. He has placed us here to make a difference. He actually has a plan for us, for our lives and He wants us where He has placed us. I read a post by Noe Garcia…

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    Is Discipleship Optional?

    February 25, 2019

    Contentment…No Matter What Part3: Crisis(Forever!)

    August 7, 2018

    I Wonder If….

    April 1, 2019
  • Blessings,  General,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth

    Focus 2020

    January 6, 2020 / 4 Comments

    This time of year I am always watching for direction from the Lord on a theme or passage of scripture He wants to develop in me for the year ahead. As I was reading and preparing for teaching at an event in 2020, the topic for the weekend grabbed my attention. It’s based on Kay Arthur‘s study, “Lord, Give Me a Heart for You.“ Our key passage for the event is Ezekiel 36:26-27: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place my Spirit within you and cause…

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    Empty Nest? What’s That, and How Will I Handle it?

    November 22, 2021

    Joy Restored

    January 21, 2019

    When God Says No

    September 10, 2023
  • General,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth,  Test,  Trial

    The Sting of Thorns

    December 9, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Today’s post is written by one of my daughters, Alycia Neighbours (see bio below). She has written a number of posts on my blog and is an amazing writer who shares her journey and her faith with many. I know you will be touched by this message. Chris One of my children is in crisis. Not a “I have nothing to wear to school” crisis, but very serious. I’m currently at a total loss, so I went to the barn because that’s where God will usually meet me and help me sort through the blur of emotions. When I arrived I found my horse covered head to toe in burrs.…

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    Whispers and Shouts

    June 7, 2021

    Who Feeds You?

    September 18, 2018

    Younger Women…Be Humble and Keep Asking!

    May 22, 2018
  • General,  Generations,  Leadership Lessons,  Lessons,  Spiritual Growth

    Impatience in Finding God’s Will

    December 2, 2019 / 0 Comments

    I love discipling Christian young women. They are so hungry to know Jesus and serve Him with their life. They are desperately seeking His calling, His purpose. They want to obey it and start living it out. But one thing I’m seeing as well is that they want that purpose to be clear and immediate. Their whole world is instant so why would understanding God’s will not also be instant? There is an impatience about their finding His will that sometimes leads to not being content, at peace, with where God has them currently. They may even be thinking, as I was in my younger life, that once we find…

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    The Waiting

    December 6, 2021

    Living in the Not Yet

    June 22, 2020

    I Have Everything I Need!

    February 24, 2020
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