Jan Johnson is writer, author, speaker, and biblical teacher at churches, retreats, and conferences nationwide.

Paul and Jan discuss how Jan as through some 20 books, countless articles, and presentations she has lead us in ways to discover greater intimacy with God.

Jan’s latest book Meeting God in Scripture introduces us more powerful and satisfying methods to encourager God through scripture as we live in a world of ever growing interruptions.  

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Sheila’s Shofar – Today’s Call-to-Action - Tip of the Day  

Whether it is selling a product, getting at job, or telling someone about Jesus

Today - Be a Rejection Specialist - check it out – my call to action tip for the day.

Conversation with Jan Johnson

     Amazing Snippets from Jan:

Meditate on these Guest Snippets to see the useful wisdom that might come from God’s voice and resonate with your heart and be implemented today on your journey. 

1. I wonder why the guy next door, who is pretty wicked, why does he have a great life and great kids and why is not my life any better? It’s not about being partners with God and walking in his kingdom. It’s like, okay I’m doing this, and okay, where’s the payoff?
2. People are just reading (the Bible) to get to the bottom of the page and playing games that they don’t even know they’re playing. So I do all the right things and then God is supposed to give me all this cool abundant life and I don’t even know I’m playing it until my will life falls apart.
3. I have this conversation with God in the morning and then we began throughout the day and then God does just the wildest things and I say, “I saw that, I saw that!”
4. When you grow up in a lot of chaos you just try to control the world and it hurts the people you love.
5. My job is to do whatever it looks like to connect with God today which may be to go on a walk and may be to just cry out to God all the things that are making me crazy.
6. Where we get into trouble is we try to be good and we strain and struggle and everybody around us knows we are trying to be good and they wish we would just be ourselves.
7. I like the phrase that God likes partners not puppets. So we are partnering with God and advancing the kingdom of God. We are partnering with God and what it is like to love people around us.
8. The first one is about believing that God really loves me because I find that this is the central issue behind every problem we have.

     Key Points Discussed:

• Hearing God’s Voice
• Achieving greater Intimacy with God
• Lectio Divina - Relax, Refocus, Read, Reflect, Respond, Rest
• Discovering your life calling or set of nudges

Jan’s Take-Away Wisdom that leads to action today: 

For the next 10 minutes imagine what would it look like to love God and connection him.  Then do the same for an important person in hour life.  Both a la the Great Commandment –   

 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Matt 22:36-40 ESV

Resources Mentioned

The Alpha Course

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

Meeting God in Scripture: A Hands-On Guide to Lectio Divina by Jan Johnson

Jan Recommends Resources

The Devine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard

Connect with Jan Johnson

http://janjohnson.org/

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Dr. Phil Carson is pharmacist, podcaster, blogger, speaker and life coach.

Paul and Dr. Phil discuss how to lead Healthy, Happy, and Balanced lives.  As president of Carson Natural Health and host of The Feeling Good Podcast, Dr. Phil teaches us how to think outside the box and equips us to make right choices to achieve optimal health.

Additionally, Dr Phil has an inspiring story that we all can learn from on how faith, perseverance, friendship and giving can turn your life around.  From failure to realizing improbable dreams – that journey is available to you.

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Sheila’s Shofar – Today’s Call-to-Action - Tip of the Day  

Today –Practice Daily One-Item Thankfulness check it out – my call to action tip for the day.

Conversation with Dr. Phil Carson

     Amazing Snippets from Dr. Phil:

Meditate on these Guest Snippets to see the useful wisdom that might come from God’s voice and resonate with your heart and be implemented today on your journey. 

• A lot of time when bad things happen, people often turn their back on God, they run from God, they get angry at God, but our strength was strong enough to know we needed to run to God not away from him.

     Key Points Discussed:

• Phil’s business failure to restoration story of God’s guidance.
• How to Live a Healthier, Happier, and Balanced Life.
• Methods for staying focused on God’s guidance.
• Resources for reducing stress in your life.
• What kind of water should you drink?
• The importance of regular collaboration with friends.

Dr. Phil’’s Take-Away Wisdom that leads to action today: 

Start allowing God and others to help you by regularly speaki into your life.  Don’t close yourself off and try to be Superman or Superwoman.

Resources Mentioned

48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal by Dan Miller

The Feeling Good Podcast hosted by Dr. Phil Carson

Dr. Phil Recommends Resources

Fully Alive: Lighten Up and Live – A Journey that Will Change You Life by Ken Davis

Connect with Dr. Phil Carson

 http://carsonnatural.com/

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Natasha Crain is author, blogger, speaker, and Christian thought leader.

Paul and Natasha discuss how to help parents maintain a Christ centered home.  Since around 2011, through her blog Christian Mom Thoughts and now her new book, Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith, Natasha equips parents to train their kids to face the ever increasing tough questions about Christianity from the secular world and to confidently respond with compelling answers.

Sheila’s Shofar – Today’s Call-to-Action - Tip of the Day  

Today - Take a Baby Step towards God’s next emerging purpose in you life  - check it out – my call to action tip for the day.

Conversation with Natasha Crain

     Amazing Snippets from Natasha:

Meditate on these Guest Snippets to see the useful wisdom that might come from God’s voice and resonate with your heart and be implemented today on your journey. 

1. What it means to train our kids is to get them to engage at a deeper level where we are not just pushing information at them but are inviting them in to a journey where they discover what is true themselves.
2. If your kids are someday shocked by the claims skeptics make, then you didn’t do your job.
3. No matter how old your kids are, you have the opportunity to talk to them, mentor them, guide them, and influence them as well as your grandchildren.

      Key Points Discussed:

• Natasha’s journey from concerned mom to influential Christian blogger, author, and thought leader
• 65 Apologetics questions every Christian parent needs to learn to answer
• The 4 Big Questions you with which you should start.
• 40 answers parents need to know
• The number one sign your kids are just borrowing your faith and not developing their own
• Influencing your kids through the decades
• Natasha’s upcoming two books next year regarding 30 conversations about God and 30 conversations about Jesus.

 Natasha’s Take-Away Wisdom that leads to action today: 

Today, start learning a deep dive answer to one question with which you will engage your kids. Then go to a next question.

 Resources Mentioned

Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith by Natasha Crain

Natasha Recommends Resources

Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J Warner Wallace

Finding Truth: 5 Principle’s for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes by Nancy Pearcey

Connect with Natasha Crain

Christian Mom Thoughts Blog  http://christianmomthoughts.com/

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Mike Kim is a blogger, podcaster, former worship leader musician and artist; copywriter; marketing, communications, and leadership coach; and conference speaker.

Mike hosts the value packed, number one rated in its category Brand You podcast.   Paul & Mike discuss Mike’s pivot story as Mike reveals great wisdom, tips, and resources for making life transitions. 

Mike’s passion and signature theme is to help you live your message, love your work, and leave your mark on the world. 

Mike trains us to make life transition or Pivots as he calls them, and his own personal life Pivot exemplifies a journey that has resulted in the creation of his Pivot course.

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Conversation with Mike Kim

     Amazing Snippets from Mike:

Meditate on these Guest Snippets to see the useful wisdom that might come from God’s voice and resonate with your heart and be implemented today on your journey. 

1. You can fast-track a lot of things because you have transferable skills into other industries
2. A lot of people have a very weak definition of faith I don’t think the opposite of faith is doubt, it is certainty.
3. Every journey we read about in scripture or in our favorite movies or stories, the story is of no interest if the hero doesn’t have any fear, anxiety, or uncertainty.
4. People hide behind faith and God a lot, not within Him, and there is a big distinction to me.
5. I think when we step out in faith and we have courageous steps, we are in abiding God and hide under the shelter of His wings, but that doesn’t mean we stay where He is and that doesn’t mean He wants us to stay where we are.

     Key Points Discussed:

• Mike’s Career Pivot Story
• The Pivot Course
• How you can make a successful life transition/pivot
• Sensing God’s emerging purposes for you
• Doing an inventory of your skills and talents
• The importance for You being in a Mastermind, Coaching, and/or an Accountability group
• Episode 100 Brand You podcast contest

     Miracle or Epiphany Story

• Sustainability and steadfastness of God and how He has been OK with questions.  

Mike’s Take-Away Wisdom that leads to action today: 

• Stop being over responsible for people and underworking them because the more you do this, the less you can actually love them.

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Jonathan Collins is a podcaster, speaker, entrepreneur, mentor, business consultant, and market place Christian leader.  He is the co-creator of The Bible Project and co-host of a podcast of the same name. Paul & Jon discuss Jon’s back story of the fascinating and innovative videos for you to discover and better know God.  Visit GodZoneShow.com for show notes and to ask a question or leave a comment.

Sheila’s Shofar – Today’s Call-to-Action - Tip of the Day  

Be a Julie (or a Julian if you are a guy)

Hear my “discount lady” story on Julie showing God’s love in practical ways. A  great example to us all.

Today – Be a Julie - check it out – my call to action tip for the day.

 Conversation with Jonathan Collins

     Amazing Snippets from Jon:

Meditate on these Guest Snippets to see the useful wisdom that might come from God’s voice and resonate with your heart a d be implemented today on your journey. 

1. Behind every good business there is an epiphany (a why) that is driving it.
2. It can feel overwhelming at times but it’s really rich and I think there are tons of opportunities for ideas to be flushed out and brought to life with this new medium and I think we are kind of just at the beginning of things.

     Key Points Discussed:

• The back story of The Bible Project
• Inspiration for using videos to tell fascinating stories
• Expect epiphanies and miracles in your life
• Using The Bible Project videos at church, in school, & in family

     Miracle or Epiphany Story

Jon’s home invasion robbery experience as a victim.

Jon’s Take-Away Wisdom that leads to action today: 

• Sit down and read the Bible as a love letter from God and as a unified story that leads to Jesus and not as a rule book or ancient confusing manuscript of things that don’t fit together.

Jon Recommends Resources

CGP Grey   https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey

Minute Physics   https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics

Crash Course   https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

 Connect with Jon Collins

Email: jonpdx@gamil.com

Websites – Jonpdx.com

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