Tara Lee Davis's Podcast

Ever feel doomed by temptation? Is it wrong to be tempted? How do we respond to temptation? What happens when I give in to temptation? You were created to wage war against temptation and win every single time with Jesus!

Here we talk about what it means to walk this out, how do we deny ourselves, take up our cross, lose our lives for Christ and yet go back home from camp where life is sometimes hard?

We take a closer look at Matthew 16:24-25 and ask ourselves what it means to turn from our selfish ways, take up our cross and follow Christ.

What exactly did Jesus mean when He told us to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him? What does it look like to be all in for Jesus? And why did Peter jump out of the boat to swim to shore when the boat was only 100 yards from shore?

Esau exchanged what he most wanted for the temporary pleasure of here and now. Selling his birthright in exchange for a mere bowl of bean soup, he settled for less. How often, as children of God, do we do the same? God is trying to give us His Kingdom, but we settle all the time for the temporary pleasure of here and now.

Self or surrender? What does it mean to follow Christ? What does it mean to deny self and pick up our cross?

I was asked to give the commencement speech at a graduation this past weekend, and asked myself what's the one thing I'd want them to remember? Have you ever felt like the underdog? The one who can't seem to win or gain any ground? We all have, especially Cliff Young. A remarkably true story about how to keep running, even when life would try to persuade us to quit!

Discouraged? Tired? Ready to quit? Jesus tells us to fix our eyes on Him so that we will not grow weary and lose heart, you were created to run this race with Jesus and win...don't quit! You've got this!

Taking an in-depth look at sin; what it is, what it does, and how to deal with it. It's time to wage war against the sin in our lives, Jesus paid too high of a price for us to play around with the evil in our lives.

Every day our lives are engulfed in war, a clash between darkness and light, good and evil. Here we take a look at some battles of the Bible and are reminded that the battle does belong to the Lord, we must fight it His way, and we are guaranteed victory every single time we choose to trust Jesus and follow His plan instead of our own!

In a culture that uploads 17 million selfies a week to social media, we're consumed with ourselves. And the moments we're not, we've filled up with things and people and relationships that promise something more than they can give. It's time to rediscover what love it, Christ hung high and stretched wide on the cross because He is enough, He is always enough. At the conclusion of this message, 20+ high schoolers gave their lives to the Lord, while countless others confessed and repeneted, laying sins and dark secrets and lust and hate and unforgiveness and drinking at the cross. What a beautiful thing that God has done in our midst, nothing but Christ and His love will ever satisfy us.

I was invited back to the university I attended to speak about the process of reconciliation, specifically looking at the life of Saul. This was truly an honor and a dream to come true, to go back to where it all began and share my testimony and encourage others that yes, God uses broken people all the time!

This was a devotional I shared at a women's Christmas gathering...Christmas, when darkness collides with light and the world is never the same again.

Jesus came, Jesus left, Jesus will come again. A look at what the return of Christ looks like for those of us in the here and now of everyday life.

Based on Philippians 3:8...what do we consider as rubbish? Our very lives or knowing Christ?

This was the session after many decisions for Christ had been made, so we needed to talk about what it meant to live as one who is chosen by God. This was taken from Romans 8:12-17.

This is a message I shared with a youth group from Grace Fellowship Church, based out of 2 Timothy. Yes, I used an actual toilet full of spaghetti as an object lesson!

This was the first message of our weeklong camp with middle school and high schoolers. The theme was "Chosen" based off of Romans 8:12-17. This message was an introductory one for the week.

This was the last night of camp where we talked about how in order to be considered coheirs with Christ we must share in His suffering in order that we may share in His glory. Again, based out of Romans 8:12-17 with the theme of Chosen......what a call to come and die to ourselves, and in so doing to truly fight for the heart of our King!