Sharing the stories of saints from the Body of Christ. You will hear interviews from people who encountered God. They will share their upbringing, struggles, and their victories. It's a platform for believers to share and to be a voice for the Kingdom of God. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saint-stories/support
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How can I arrange my life to apprentice under Jesus? The Rule of Life podcast is designed to guide you in arranging your everyday life around being with and becoming like Jesus. Each season will cover one of nine ancient Practices from the Way of Jesus: Sabbath, Prayer, Fasting, Solitude, Scripture, Community, Simplicity, Generosity, and Hospitality. You’ll hear from pastors, thought leaders, and everyday apprentices of Jesus, all hosted by John Mark Comer and produced by Practicing the Way. ...
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Service 04: Where Does Service Lead? (featuring a Luminary Roundtable)
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1:07:20What if service in the way of Jesus was meant to lead not first to life change or impact, but to relationship? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore kinship as Jesus’ destination for a life of service, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with a roundtable…
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Service 03: How Do I Serve? - Part 02 (Edwin Colon)
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52:32How can we cultivate an intentional and interruptible life of service in our everyday rhythms and routines? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore this “Good Samaritan” way of being in the world, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with Pastor Edwin Colon.…
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Service 02: How Do I Serve? - Part 01 (featuring Jonathan Tremaine Thomas)
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1:01:51How can service grow beyond projects and campaigns and into a lifestyle? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the primary environments and relationships where Jesus invites us to serve, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminary Jonathan Tremaine …
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Service 01: Why Do I Serve? (featuring Gary Haugen)
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1:08:28Love is the hallmark of Jesus’ followers, but what does it look like? Join Tyler Staton and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the topic of love — the core motivation of a life of service — featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminary Gary Haugen. In this episode’s lum…
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Community 04: What We Avoid in Community (featuring David Kim)
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50:18What kind of community do we desperately long for, and yet, what are we often unwilling to do to form it? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore five practices for cultivating community, featuring testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminary David Kim. In this episode’s luminary interview, John Mark and D…
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Community 03: Overcoming Shame — The Ancient Enemy of Community (featuring Dr. Curt Thompson)
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1:01:21What is the main culprit behind so much disconnection and damage in our relationships? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the universal experience of shame, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with shame expert Dr. Curt Thompson. In this episode’s l…
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Community 02: Family Systems and Life in Community (featuring Jay and Danielle Pathak)
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54:52Is Grandpa really in my bones? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the topic of Family Systems, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminaries Jay and Danielle Pathak. In this episode’s luminary interview, John Mark, Jay, and Danielle explore Fa…
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Community 01: Rediscovering Jesus’ Vision for Family (featuring Andy Crouch)
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1:05:46How can we cultivate the deep relationships Jesus invites us toward in an age of isolation, transience, and superficiality? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the topic of kinship groups, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminary Andy Crouch…
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Scripture 04: Reading Scripture as a Spiritual Discipline
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28:42John Mark and guests Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley explore what it means to read Scripture as a spiritual discipline and why, as apprentices of Jesus, reading is ultimately about following him and becoming like him. Reading Scripture aloud in groups, a tradition rooted in early house churches, allowed for a shared, transforma…
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Scripture 03: Unlocking the Wisdom of Scripture
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55:58John Mark and BibleProject’s Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley discuss what it means to approach Scripture as “wisdom literature” and “meditation literature.” Wisdom literature encourages readers to internalize God’s values, making decisions that promote flourishing for themselves and others. Meditation literature invites readers…
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Scripture 02: Scripture as a Cross-Cultural Experience
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42:33BibleProject’s Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley continue a conversation with John Mark around BibleProject’s seven-part paradigm for understanding Scripture. Episode 02 addresses common struggles with interpreting ancient texts, such as reconciling difficult laws or cultural norms with modern values, and how to approach puzzling…
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Scripture 01: Three Problematic Approaches to Scripture
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47:06In this first episode of the Scripture season of the Rule of Life podcast, John Mark is joined by BibleProject scholars Dr. Tim Mackie, Dr. Brittany Kim, and Hakeem Bradley for a conversation on the nature of Scripture and our relationship with it. Common traditional approaches to Scripture — such as the “reference book” approach, the “domesticated…
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Generosity 06: Roundtable with John Cortines, Jimmy Mellado, Sara Miller, and Christian Huang
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1:06:22In this second roundtable on Generosity, John Mark is joined by John Cortines, co-author of God and Money; Jimmy Mellado, president of Compassion International; Sara Miller, founder of A House on Beekman and partner at Praxis Labs; and Christian Huang, president of Mobilize Love. This wide-ranging conversation explores nuanced issues around giving …
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Generosity 05: Roundtable with Patrick Johnson and April Chapman
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57:23John Mark leads the first of two roundtable conversations with leaders who have devoted a significant share of their lives to advancing generosity and giving. This episode features Patrick Johnson, founder of Generous Church; April Chapman, CEO of Generous Giving; and Reward Sibanda, Senior Advisor at World Vision. Their conversation explores the r…
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Josh and Abbi learned early on in marriage to live on a meager income – just enough to cover essential needs, and not much else. Today they consider it a gift, because it taught them how little they really needed. When they did make enough for a small surplus and sensed the pull of materialism, they incorporated practices into their lives to mainta…
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The early church was marked by extravagant generosity to the poor. Followers of Jesus formed socioeconomically diverse communities that cared for each other like family, something unheard of in the 1st century Greco-Roman world. All of this was in response to the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles, which repeatedly emphasize the call to care for t…
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Lola grew up in a family that, in her words, “gave with ease.” When she joined a community of followers of Jesus, she experienced the same generosity during a period of unexpected difficulty. Taking in generous love softened her heart and kindled a desire to show up for others in need. This podcast accompanies the Generosity Practice, a four-sessio…
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From the first pages of Scripture, this simple truth is clear: We are guests in God’s world. Our role is that of a steward, not an owner, and in that role, we are entrusted with God’s resources for our own good and for the good of others. Through careful examination of key passages such as Luke 12 and 2 Corinthians 8 and 9, John Mark Comer and Chri…
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Sunny believes that how we use money is a concrete reflection of what we truly value. That conviction, along with the understanding that everything he owns is really God’s, has produced a lifestyle of increasing generosity in his family. As an engineer, Sunny knows that measuring and reporting is key to improving, and he’s given that same scrutiny …
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Accumulation and acquisition are often celebrated as the path to security and happiness, but Jesus warns against the broken human desire to always want more. In Episode 02 of the Generosity Season, John Mark and Christian Dawson explore how Jesus’ way of generosity can set us free from enslavement to greed and slowly train our hearts to be deeply h…
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Jim and Jan faithfully tithed over the years, but their vision for generosity was dramatically expanded through a Generous Giving conference. After hearing Jesus’ counterintuitive words on money and listening to testimonials from people who’d given over $100 million over their lifetime, they left with a deep conviction that everything they had was …
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Generosity 01: There is More Joy in Giving Than Receiving
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42:17The practice of generosity, and specifically our open-handedness with money, is not a peripheral issue in the teachings of Jesus. It is a central aspect of our apprenticeship to him. It is also a counterintuitive pathway to joy. Jesus’ teaching on money and possessions sound absurd or even reckless to our modern ears. Yet social science over the la…
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How often should I practice solitude? What if I don’t have a good time or the right place to practice solitude? What if solitude makes me more anxious? These are all questions that you, our audience, wanted help with! Join John Mark Comer, Bethany Allen, and Bryan Rouanzoin on this final Question and Response episode of season 4 of the Rule of Life…
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Solitude 05: Encountering Our God with Emily P. Freeman
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48:42In this podcast season so far, we’ve discussed two encounters that we may experience during solitude — an encounter with ourselves and an encounter with God. In this final interview of the season, John Mark Comer and Bryan Rouanzoin interview Emily P. Freeman about how solitude enables us to encounter the living God. Through this encounter, we can …
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Solitude 04: Encountering Our Enemies with Ken Shigematsu
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47:45In solitude, we not only encounter ourselves and who we are before God, we also encounter the voices of others. We can be met with fear, regret, and external voices that may be challenging to distinguish from God or ourselves. Is this why solitude can be so challenging? How can we tell the difference between God’s voice and the voice of the enemy? …
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Solitude 03: Encountering Our Self with Bethany Allen
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51:57Solitude is a place of encounter, where we confront the reality of who we are before God. There are so many voices, including our own false selves, that we use to curate who we are. But in solitude, we encounter our true selves — created and loved by God. And we are free to bring all of our selves before God for healing, prayer, and reflection. In …
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Solitude 02: The Quiet Place with John Ortberg
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58:14Jesus regularly oscillated between rich time in community and beautiful time connecting with God in solitude in the eremos. The “quiet place” was an intentional space Jesus entered to be alone with God and himself. As apprentices of Jesus, we desperately need to set aside time for this too. In episode 1 of the Solitude season, Bethany Allen and Joh…
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Solitude 01: An Introduction to the Solitude Practice
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50:50Our world is noisier than it’s ever been. Between noise pollution, our phones, and the digital era we live in, it is now possible to be alone but never truly be alone. Solitude has essentially disappeared from our modern world. And yet, Jesus prioritized solitude. In the first episode of the Solitude season, Bethany Allen and Bryan Rouanzoin interv…
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Luminary Interview: Dr. Alison Cook
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1:04:10After discussing the ancient practice of fasting — its origins, practicalities, and benefits — the questions still remain: What about those of us with a history of disordered eating? Or a medical condition that prevents us from fasting? How do I know if it is healthy for me to fast? Am I missing out if I struggle in this way? This final episode of …
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Does a practice like fasting matter in the face of injustice and evil in the world? Can fasting really change any of it? If so, how? For the fourth week of our Fasting series, pastor and writer, Tyler Staton joins John Mark Comer, Yinka Dawson, and Jarin Oda to talk about three key characteristics of biblical justice, the differences between standi…
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Last week, we heard a story of miraculous, physical healing through prayer and fasting. But how does fasting heal communities? Generations? Systems? What is the effect of fasting outside of individuals? In this episode, our roundtable is joined by South African church planter Chris Wienand. Chris shares his experience in fasting and praying during …
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Do you have a theology of the body? Many of us Western followers of Jesus have been formed to separate our bodies from our spirituality. But fasting might be the discipline we’ve been missing — a way to integrate our faith and our bodies and bring our whole self before God. To sanctify our souls as we fight sin in the flesh. In episode 2, John Mark…
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Fasting 01: To Offer Ourselves to God
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1:37:34Fasting is arguably one of the most neglected spiritual practices in the Western world. Disciples of Jesus and non-Christians alike have so many questions: What is fasting? How can I practice in a healthy way? What about body shame and eating disorders? Is it mandated in the Scriptures? Where do I start? Join us for episode 1 of the Fasting series,…
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Luminary Interview: Strahan Coleman
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1:33:22In this final episode of season 2 of the Rule of Life podcast, we are joined by Strahan Coleman for a conversation on experiencing God, the differences between the fruits of the spirit and the gifts of the spirit, the dangers of depersonalizing God, and how to bring ourselves to silence. Strahan Coleman is an award winning musician, poet, writer, a…
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Luminary Interview: Jonathan Tremaine Thomas
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1:19:26How should we exist in the tension between contemplation and action? Between listening and speaking? Between public and private? Where do our thoughts and prayers enter in? Join us for a conversation with luminary thinker, Jonathan Tremaine Thomas. This conversation covers contemplative activism, praying in the spirit, and the communion with God fo…
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What is it to simply be with God? What does it look like? What does it feel like? In this discussion on the fourth movement of prayer, you’ll hear what it means to go from talking to God, talking with God, and listening to God…to being with God. Existing together in his presence…free from any words at all. This episode features wisdom from Rich Vil…
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Have you ever wondered: Does God still speak? If he does, how does he speak? And what is he saying? How can I know that it’s him? In the last two episodes of the series, we learned about talking to God and talking with God. And like in many contexts in our modern world, we are better at talking than we are at listening. So what does it look like to…
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If you have any amount of experience with prayer, you probably have questions. Why does God answer some of my prayers and not others? Why does God wait to answer my prayers? If Jesus came to seek and save the lost and if prayer is powerful, then why doesn’t God seem to answer prayers for my lost friends and family? These questions can compound into…
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In Luke 11, the very first disciples of Jesus ask him something profound. They don't ask Him how to heal the sick, or how to perform miracles, or how to gain salvation. They ask Jesus something simpler: to teach them to pray. In this second season of the Rule of Life podcast, John Mark Comer is joined by Gemma Ryan, Reward Sibanda and Tyler Staton …
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In this final episode of season one of the Rule of Life podcast, you will hear an interview with luminary thinker, Andy Crouch. Topically, this conversation covers a wide range - touching on topics like the spiritual implications of labor saving devices, modern magic, Sabbath, and the truth about human desires. Andy Crouch is partner for theology a…
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Luminary Interview: Tish Harrison Warren
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1:06:33In previous episodes of the Rule of Life podcast, listeners tune in to a roundtable discussion as well as audio-snippets from luminary thinkers, pastors, and apprentices who are following Jesus in the every day. Featured in the Sabbath series (season 1) is luminary thinker, Tish Harrison Warren. This episode of the Rule of Life podcast is the inter…
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Sabbath 04: Worship / Whole Life Orientation Toward God
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54:29What do you worship? And are you sure? Often times we have a narrow view of what worship is. We think that worship is just singing songs at the front end of a church service, but how do we orient our whole lives toward worship? In this fourth roundtable discussion, John Mark, Bethany, and Bryan discuss the fourth movement, the climax, of sabbath. T…
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Sabbath 03: Delight / The Joy of Sabbath in Community
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1:01:59In a delight deficient culture, what does it look like to delight in God? Is delight different from happiness? What does delight have to do with practicing the sabbath? In this third episode of the sabbath series, John Mark, Bethany, and Bryan dive into the third movement through the lens of one core reality: God is joyful. These podcasts accompany…
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Sabbath 02: Rest / An Act of Resistance
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1:13:32When you hear the word rest, what comes to mind? Relief? Pressure? Familiarity? Foreignness? In this second episode of the sabbath series, John Mark, Bethany, and Bryan answer two ever-present questions: what is rest? And why is rest so hard? Alongside the wisdom of luminary thinkers and every day followers of Jesus, they discuss this second moveme…
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Sabbath 01: Stop / The Rhythm of Creation
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54:45What does it mean to stop in an ever-moving, always quickening, “just a bit more” culture? In this first episode of the Sabbath series, John Mark Comer, Bethany Allen, and Bryan Rouanzoin take a deep dive into the spiritual significance and soul-wide implications of stopping. They’re joined by the wisdom of Rich Villodas and Tish Harrison Warren, a…
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What is a Rule of Life? Whether you know it or not, you already have a Rule of Life. You already have rhythms by which you map your days and live. But is this rule working for you or against you? Listen to this trailer to hear a brief overview of the ancient church model of a Rule of Life, as well as to learn what’s coming from the Rule of Life pod…
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The Power of Forgiveness | Charlie Rapp | Saint Stories #5
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53:55🟡 Charlie Rapp is the Prayer Pastor from Harvest Valley Church. His passion is for you to experience God's best. His gift of compassion will draw you to know more about God. You will hear his powerful story on how he was abandoned as an infant and how he tried to adapt to his new family. He faced abuse and had a loss of identity. His story will rem…
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Holy Laughter | Eric Perales | Saint Stories #4
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38:57Eric Perales is a Worship Pastor and Youth Pastor from Harvest Valley Church. He has a background of experiencing God's supernatural love and mystical experiences. He shares his stories on his denominational background and how he journeyed with the Holy Spirit. He was involved with a Mystic Christian Group that emphasized mystical and supernatural …
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Satan Hates Us | Rita Felix | Saint Stories #3
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53:09In the summer of 1974, God’s Apostle of Faith attended a Christian Conference where thousands gather together to hear the word of the Lord. As she was waiting among the assembly, a woman approached her and asked if her name was Rita Felix. Her immediately response was “Yes.” The woman begins to explain by saying,” I was sent here by the Lord to giv…
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Can Women be Prophets? | Saint Stories #2 - Prophetess Yvonne Galletta
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35:22Prophetess Yvonne Galletta is the daughter of the founding member of Genesis Upper Room Church and was ordained as a ministry in 1989. She has been involved in Christian ministry from a very young age when she attended services held by her mother and was a help mate to the ministry. Eventually she attended the inaugural class of Morris Cerullo’s “S…
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