The Wake-Up Call

Martha wanted Jesus to come to her home. Mary wanted Jesus.

Consecration is a way of showing up before God that says simply and humbly, “I’m here and I’m yours.”

Transformation is not a good person becoming a better person. It’s a dead person becoming a truly alive person.

Lent is the journey of transformation, of reversal even, in which we are turned from ashes into fire.

On the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus unveils and reveals to us what we are meant to become—ordinary human beings invested and infused with the transcendent presence of God.

Holy discontent is the sense of having a splinter in your soul.

“This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

To know you is to love you, and to love you is to know you more.

You will need to shift out of the gear of striving and into the gear of surrender—less taking on and more letting go.

In this episode, JD and guest Mark McGovern delve into the themes of prayer and spiritual awakening, centered around Mark's new book, "The Shining One." The conversation explores Mark's journey from his roots in the Midwest to his current role in San Francisco, where he leads a church and a prayer movement called "Pray the Bay." They discuss the transformative power of prayer, the importance of consecration, and the Beatitudes as a framework for spiritual growth. Mark shares personal stories of revival and the impact of prayer on his community, emphasizing the need for a prayerful life that aligns with Jesus' teachings. The episode concludes with a prayer for the book's success and its potential to inspire a spiritual awakening in the Bay Area and beyond.

The goal is not to amass knowledge about something. The goal is to grow in knowing someone—namely, Jesus.

A person can learn all the answers to all the questions and still fail the test.

“Who do you say I am?”

We must deal with the condition of our fallenness rather than endlessly try to mitigate our failures.

The Word of God needs no comment.

To bear the image of your Creator means when other people see you, they see your Creator.

Believe doesn’t mean just accept it. Believe means lean in with your whole weight.

We must pull the fire alarm in here. Awakening starts with me.

Lent is an invitation to break the predictable pace of another trip around the sun and to get in step with the movement of the story of Jesus.

If there is no way to be forgiven, then there is no hope!