Tara Lee Davis's Podcast

Send us a textWhat kind of a God sleeps in the midst of the raging storm? Is He so disconnected from us and our everyday realities that He chooses to disengage and sleep? God loves to prove Himself faithful, but especially in the midst of the storms of life when all odds are against us!

Send us a textIf Jesus purchased our complete freedom and redemption on the cross, then why do so many of us live bound to sin and addiction? Why do we return again and again to the same sin that never satisfies and so easily entangles? Only in and through the cross of Jesus Christ are chains completely broken. Whether we choose to return to bondage or not lies not on Jesus, but on us. Bound people don't number their days, bound people don't worship God, bound people don't live with a heart of wisdom. Could it be that we are wasting our lives by choosing to stay bound when Jesus' desire is to completely set us free?

Send us a textHow much of our lives do we waste by digging up dead things? Old relationships, past failures, recent disappointments, old habits and sins? When we dig up dead things, we don't number our days but rather number our losses and when we do that, we gain a heart of foolishness instead of a heart of wisdom. We will never find the living among the dead, we will never find what we're searching for, we will never find life in old graves. What if we were asking the wrong questions?

Send us a textEvery single day, the forces of evil and good collide in an epic war and lives hang in the balance and with nearly 2 people dying every single second and 2 billion people in the world who have never heard of Jesus, then why does it matter that we stand and fight? And if the Gospel isn't real and God is a fake, then why is the enemy of our souls relentless in his pursuit of trying to steal, kill and destroy us? And how do we stand and fight every single time? The Scripture makes it clear for us: Who the enemy is, what's at stake, and what the strategy is. And if that isn't enough, we also know the end of the story...............................we win every time in and through Jesus Christ who conquered it all for us.

Send us a textDo you know what extreme measures they go to protect the Olympic torch flame? How much more should we work to protect the fire of God planted within our hearts? How do we fight to keep the flame alive?

Send us a textWhy does it matter that Jesus prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies? What keeps us from the table of fellowship with Jesus, what do we allow to get in the way of enjoying time with Jesus? David learned to strengthen himself in the Lord long before he relied on the Lord's strength to slay giants. Only when we choose to stay connected to Jesus and allow Jesus to stay connected to us will we ever fully be known and loved as we are, strengthened for the battle ahead. The ultimate way to shame the enemy of your soul is to sit and dine with Jesus and rest, knowing that He is God and He has all things worked out for our good!

Send us a textIn recent weeks, the current of the conversations have remained the same while the faces have changed. As God's children, there is constantly a tension between wanting to do the right thing and yet longing to do the wrong thing. And while tension makes most of us crawl under a table, this is the very thing that God uses to produce in us a work of art as He grows and stretches us and prepares to launch us into the next level. Stay in the tension, because as long as you do, it means you're in the fight against the enemy of your soul and we win every single time.

Send us a textGod desires obedience over sacrifice because obedience is birthed out of our love for Him. And even when we get it wrong, in His kindness and mercy, God gives us chance after chance to get it right. God not only uses vomit to show us the depravity and disgust of our own sin, but God will also use vomit to win our hearts back to Him again. We, like Jonah, would do ourselves a great favor if we would be quick to obey the first time.

Send us a textJust because you slap some tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese on it doesn't mean it's pizza. As God's children, we often wear masks, unsure of who we really are and what our lives are about. God created each of us to look like Jesus, sound like Jesus, and even smell like Jesus. But so often, we walk around reeking of vomit because we return again and again to the same sins that never satisfy. What would it look like if we understood who we really are as God's children and took the masks off? Jesus endured the brutality of the cross because our lives weren't a game to Him. The prodigal son, after squandering everything the Father had given him, realized that all he ever needed was found in the Father. When the prodigal son failed to understand who his father was, he had no clue who he was and when we walk around not knowing our true identity we end up squandering the very thing that was meant to be a blessing.

Send us a textI believe that prayer is one of the most powerful yet unused tools of our time. Think about it, direct access to an incredibly loving God who is available day and night and has the power to do anything, yet most of us utilize prayer as a last resort. What if we believed what we were praying for? How would that change the trajectory of not only our lives but the lives of the ones around us? Come engage in a conversation on prayer and hear an incredible testimony about a precious girl in Haiti by the name of Roberta who stole my heart forever.

Send us a textMiddle school is one of the most awkward seasons of life. After chasing a dream in basketball, God would totally interrupt my life with injuries and surgeries and disappointments. Could God be trusted in the midst of setback and crushed dreams?

Send us a textThe Father had to treat Jesus like Barabbas so that He could treat Barabbas like Jesus. In one of the greatest exchanges of history, Jesus stepped in and took our place on the cross yet how often do we reject that gift? We can become so comfortable with the stories we hear time and time again that we grow numb to the often gruesome details that bring the story to life. In this account, we get to hear from a doctor's perspective the impact that the cross physically had on Jesus. What does it mean that the crowd chose Jesus? Maybe we've been asking ourselves the wrong question all along...........instead we should be asking, what does it mean that the Father chose to love us like Jesus when we've lived like Barabbas?

Send us a textI had the incredible opportunity to go on my first out of country mission trip at the age of 15 when I traveled to Haiti. When I was 11, I knew that God was calling me into full-time ministry and to travel the world and speak about Jesus. If Jesus is the greatest gift we've ever received, then what will we do with it? Are we spreading the good news? There are lives that hang in the balance, with nearly 2 people dying every single second. Are our lives living examples of a God who is big enough to save the day and transform us from the inside out? God wants to use our story, as part of His bigger story, to rewrite the history books for all the world........for His sake, name, honor, fame and glory!!

Send us a textWe all fight social media split personality, hiding behinds masks of Pinterest perfect lives and homes when in all reality, our lives are a mess. Adam and Eve once hid from God too, but they thing is they never were actually hidden, even in shame. The same God who walked the garden and knew exactly where they were hiding is the same God who sees you and I today. The problem with wearing masks is not in convincing others to see and believe what we see and believe, but rather that we've already bought into a lie ourselves. It's time to get real, it's time to take off the masks, it's time to surrender to be fully you; broken, sinful, messy you.

Send us a textI will never forget the first time I heard her worship Jesus, she carried His presence so sweetly and had a beautiful anointing that ushered us into His presence. Anyone can stand up and sound good in a microphone, but to be able to steward the presence of Jesus in such a way that He just continually pours out more of Himself on you? That's my friend Kristin Baker, she lives a life completely undone and poured out for the glory and fame of Christ. I'll spend a few minutes in this episode asking her to share her heart behind worship, and then we dive in together for an evening of spontaneous worship through song, prayer and speaking the Word. I hope you'll join us and be refreshed in His presence.

Send us a textEver wonder how a Yankee like me ended up in Texas? My life has been a constant story of God weaving His mercies and goodness into the midst of my failures and heartaches and writing something beautiful.

Send us a textThe Israelites struggled in their journey towards the Promised Land because time and time again, they forgot all that God had done for them. We too will struggle in our walk with Jesus when we are quick to forget His faithfulness to us over the years.

Send us a textWhat does sin have to do with vomit?! A whole lot! So often we talk about the pleasures of sin and how enticing it is, but the reality is much different. Sin is ugly, it's a cancer, and it always brings death. Just how deadly is sin? And since we all have a sin problem according to Romans 3:23, what do we with it? The Bible tells us to repent and obey, but what exactly does that look like? In this message we talk about how ugly sin is and yet how beautiful repentance is. Wordly sorrow always leads to death but Godly sorrow always leads to repentance!

Send us a textWhat is Christmas really about? And what is the significance of Jesus coming for our lives today? Could it be that we've missed the real meaning of Christmas?

Send us a textWorship isn't counting what it will cost us but rather worship is measuring the worth of the One we're adoring. All of us spend every moment of every day worshipping someone or something, and if we are not worshipping Jesus, then our worship is whack. We cannot worship who we do not know. What does a pinata filled with vegetables have to do with worship? Take a listen and find out!