Tara Lee Davis's Podcast

Send us a textWhat's the problem with idols?  Who or what am I worshipping, other than Jesus?  Is Jesus really the Lord of your life, or is He just your genie-in-a-bottle?

Send us a textLife is full of incredible disappointments, and certainly the graduating class of 2022 has faced 2.5 years of cancellations, new normals, and a majority of their high school lives spent in isolation with all of the fun cancelled.  But, as God's children, how are we to respond in the middle of life's crushing blows?  Can we trust the goodness, the Godness, and the faithfulness of God in the midst of life's crushing disappointments?  There are 2 paths, the one less traveled is the only path in which we find true hope, sustainability, and the wildest adventure ever, walking with Jesus in all things.

Send us a textRevelation 21:1-6 paints a beautiful picture for us of what's to come when Christ reigns fully with His glory on display, but how exactly are we to live within the tension of the here and now?  How are we as God's children living out His love and putting His glory on display, or have we grown too sour for that?  What does Christ call us to while we wait and yearn for the promise of heaven?

Send us a textHebrews 12 instructs us to throw off everything that weighs us down and hinders us from running our race, but what if what kept us held back from true freedom in Christ was our own obligation?  Do we read Scripture out of obligation, or desire?  Do we pray because we have to, or because we want to?  Do we worship because that's part of our routine, or because it is our pleasure to do so?  What does it look like to have heart in following Christ?  How does heart affect the way in which we do things?

Send us a textIsaiah 55:1-9 offers us an interesting invitation, an invitation to those who are hungry and thirsty to come and be satisfied, an invitation for those who are broke to come and buy.  Oh how the grace and mercies of Christ satisfy us in ways we've never known.  We are called as children of God to stay thirsty; thirsty for Jesus and His sweet presence.

Send us a textYou cannot give what you have not received.  Who is our role model for compassion?  Christ, Himself.  Have we forgotten the incredibly high price that He paid for us?

Send us a textIn order to have compassion on others, we must learn to see others as God sees them.  The father in the story of the prodigal son saw, from a distance, who his son truly was.  And his acceptance of him, inspire of his failures, changed the trajectory of his life forever.

Send us a textFor Jesus, compassion was more than just a feeling.  It was a commitment to get involved with hurting people.  What could it look like if we embraced others, even with their oozing sores?

Send us a text90% of conflict stems from misunderstanding, so how do we, as God's children, practice perspective in a Biblical way?  We speak and be honest, we lean in and listen, and then we set our mind on things above.  Those who learn to look through the lens of God at their life circumstances will find a power and strength they've never known.  As Charles Surgeon so once wisely said, "Christian, remember the goodness of God in the frost of adversity."

Send us a textWhat if a right perspective gave us a power to get through the hard things?  Jesus gives us the ultimate example of this as He looked to the joy that set before Him and having done so, He endured the brutality of the cross.  What does that mean for our everyday lives and the trials we face?  How powerful can perspective really be?

Send us a textWe are in Part 1 of a 3 part series on Perspective.  What shapes our perspective, and how can a blind man see Jesus more clearly than His closest followers?

Send us a textWhat if all  of the great things we've done for Jesus didn't amount to a hill of beans?  In Revelation 2, Jesus issues a stern warning to the church at Ephesus, and to us as well.  They had abandoned their first love.  We are called to remember and repent, our love for Jesus is the most important thing we will have or grow in our lives.  Have you abandoned your first love?

Send us a textWhat could God do with our everyday lives if we live with eyes wide open?  The opposite of apathy is simple, loving God and loving others.  Embrace the process, it prepares you for the destination.

Send us a textOne of the roots of apathy is insignificance not given to God.  However, we can overcompensate and in so doing, act out of pride and disobedience.  Our pride and disobedience can actually keep us from the gifts and blessings that God wants to give us.  Moses and Aaron were prevented from entering the promised land because of their pride and disobedience.  What can we learn from their example in Numbers 20?  Sometimes the biggest enemies we face aren't on the outside, but on the inside.

Send us a textIn the last 2 years, apathy has swept over our young people, and adults, like a raging wild fire out of control.  What is apathy?  Where does it come from ?  What difference does it make?  This is Part 1 of a 3 part series as we look to Scripture to find out how to live the abundant life that Christ paid for us.

Send us a textWhat if the thing we longed for the most at the start of a new year wasn't found in the gym, our amazon carts, or wrapped under the tree?  We all long to be the best version of ourselves, but what does that look like for a child of God?  Here we take a look at the 5 signs of a life hidden with and in Christ, and what a difference it can make, not only for ourselves but for those around us.

Send us a textOur lives are signposts, pointing to someone or something else.  What or who is your life pointing to?  The problem with a signpost is that if we follow the wrong one, we end up wasting our lives through a cycle or rerouting and we not only get to where we really want to go, but we lead others astray.

Send us a textAre we living our best lives for God?  God our Father longs to give us the Kingdom, but instead we are living in poverty, merely wasting our days eating dinner out of toilets.  What does our best life for God look like that?  And what is keeping us from living our lives to the glory and honor of Christ?

Send us a textHave you ever felt like the odds were stacked against you?  Are you unknowingly living with a "big me little God" mindset?  How does God respond in the midst of our fear, doubt, confusion, and anxiety?  What does God see that we cannot?  How do we fully live as His children?  Are we guaranteed victory doing things His way?  Gideon was one of the biggest wimps in Scripture, yet God used him, despite his doubts and fears, in a big way.  But the saddest part of the story?  After such an incredible talent show with the power and glory of God on full display after He rescued the Israelites from the hand of the Midianites, the people of God forgot.  And in their forgetting, they turned and walked away from God.  How do you forget what God has done, how do you just walk away?  By living with a dangerous mindset, the mindset of "big me little God."

Send us a textWhat if our lives are filled with broken pieces of disappointment, pain, and confusion?  Is it possible to worship Jesus and give Him our best?  What does giving our best look like that?  How do we keep going when we find ourselves in the dark?