Tara Lee Davis's Podcast

Send us a textWe often need to be recalibrated to who we are, whose we are, and what our lives as God's children are to look like.  Can we say with confidence that God can indeed rescue, but even if He does not, He is still good and He is still God and we will still do the right thing?

Send us a textAnytime you and I drink from something or someone other than Jesus, we will not only be thirsty but we will end up being dehydrated.  Jesus is the Living Water and only He can satisfy the deepest longings our hearts and souls.  The reason we are thirsty is not because Jesus isn't better or good enough, but because we are drinking from the wrong water source.

Send us a textGod does not mince words in 1 Corinthians 13 when He talks about love.  Think you're doing well at loving others?  Take the word "love" out and insert your own name.....Warning:  Not for the faint of heart.  We are told to love others well, simply because He first loved us.

Send us a textIn this introductory lesson, we give a breakdown and overview of the Parable of the Sower.  What do the four different types of soil represent?  And who is the Sower?  And who does God love anyway?

Send us a textYour position determines your perspective and your perspective shifts everything.  There are countless examples of people in the Scripture who found themselves in precarious positions and yet what they held to be true deep in their hearts, is what affected them most in their outcome because how we see and view the things of life greatly affects how we live our lives.

Send us a textThe purpose of the fire is never to consume, but rather refine.  And when we don't trust the God behind our stories with the broken, painful pieces of our lives, we will in fact be consumed by the fire and instead of looking, sounding and smelling like Jesus, we will look like and sound like and smell like we've been in the fire.  But when we choose to trust God, and acknowledge that He is not only powerful enough to save us, BUT EVEN IF He doesn't, we are not only refined by the fire but others come to see and acknowledge that God is the only God worthy to be praised and worshipped.

Send us a textIt was a classic, dramatic scene of panic when they woke Him that day on the boat; "Teacher, teacher.....don't You care that we are perishing?!??!"  We've all been there before, questioning what God is doing in our lives when things don't make sense.  But when we forget what He has spoken, we invite the chaos into our lives and hit the panic button prematurely.

Send us a textThere are many different names of God found throughout Scripture, and each one reveals the nature and character of God.  Why does it matter that God is known as the Alpha and Omega?  One word:  Sandwiches.

Send us a textWhen the disciples tried to tell Jesus what to do, He commanded them to do the impossible.  And when a crowd of 15, 000 people were able to eat until they were satisfied AND there were 12 basket fulls left, the disciples were reminded who God was..............and it wasn't them.  The chaos of our lives is simply an invitation to Jesus, asking Him to be God, and He rsvps's a solid YES every single time because that is who HE is and He loves to prove Himself, even to His biggest doubters.

Send us a textMany of us have heard the crucifixion story of Jesus our entire lives, but do we really grasp what He endured to set us free? Why do we keep returning to vomit like a dog when Christ prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies? Regardless of how you and I live, Jesus loves us.

Send us a textI think the question that's asked most often, when in the midst of a difficult season, is this; is it to possible to endure suffering while still following Jesus? But perhaps, all along, we've been asking ourselves the wrong question. It's not a matter of possibility, but rather worth. Is it worth following Jesus when that involves enduring suffering? Job lived a life that proves that following Jesus, even in the mist of extreme suffering, is always worth it.

Send us a textJohn 14:15 says that if we love Jesus, we will do what He asks of us. The greatest commandment is to love Jesus with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength and the second is like it; to love others as ourselves. So when you and I have the opportunity to love the ones in front of us and we choose not, we are simply saying "I don't love Jesus."

Send us a textWhy does God desire obedience over sacrifice? Sacrifice is birthed from a budget, or rather a measured portion. Obedience is birthed from love for Jesus, according to John 14:15. The bottom line is this; Jesus doesn't want a measured portion of us or our lives, He wants all of us. Because when He has all of us, He has all of our portions and that is when He does His best work!

Send us a textWe conclude our series on Hope from Romans 15:13 which looks at the power of the Holy Spirit. We don't have to strive for hope, we can trust that God will keep His Word and empower us to walk in hope all the days of our lives, even when things don't make sense.

Send us a textAccording to Romans 15:13, we are to live lives that are overflowing with hope. But what does that look in the everyday details, especially when we feel like we are drowning under the weight of the world?

Send us a textRomans 15:13 makes it clear that while hope comes from God, joy and peace come first. But how many of us experience joy and peace on a daily basis? Joy and peace is ours to enjoy, even in rough times. So either God is a liar or we aren't doing our part. And what exactly is our part? To believe in God, or as another translation puts it to trust in Him. So my joy and peace is directly correlated to my trusting in God. But why is that difficult to do, especially when God has proven Himself faithful again and again?

Send us a textWho doesn't need hope? In a busted up, broken world where it seems that evil prevails and the people of God don't win, is there hope? What does hope look like in our everyday lives? Why do we need hope? In Part One of our series on Hope based on Romans 15:13, we are looking at our need for hope!

Send us a textWe're told to live our lives in such a way that we are a walking advertisement for the value and goodness of the Gospel and yet, if we really look at our lives, they exemplify the false value of sin and self and pride. David was as bold as it gets, refusing to be backed down by a giant but instead being backed up by all of heaven and the Word of God, David turned history upside down on it's head and proved to every hater that those who are bold in their stand for God are always the winners!

Send us a textWhat is wisdom and why does it matter? What does it look like to number our days?

Send us a textBefore he was ever born, Samson had been set apart for the purposes of God. Even though God remained faithful to him, Samson chose to listen to the voice of the enemy over the voice of God and in so doing, wasted not only his life but his potential as a man of God. When we choose to listen to the voice of the enemy over the voice of God, we not only lose our strength but we lose our ability to see.