The Presence Driven Life

Well, it's been a minute since we've posted a new episode. And the one we are finally posting today was a bit of a surprise. But, as always, we want to be led by His presence and sometimes that means posting content that wasn't previously planned. While this topic may not have been planned, with every episode it is our hope and prayer that you catch a greater glimpse of God’s heart. And today we are specifically hoping you catch a glimpse of God's heart for Israel. While there is never a shortage of changing opinions and controversies when it comes to the nation of Israel, God's heart for this land and people has never changed. In today’s episode, Cindy shares from a chapter in her book, The Key to His Heart, that addresses this topic specifically. Listen in for a perspective that approaches this lightning rod subject from the unchanging heart and character of God--rather than from the political narratives of the day. Whether or not your opinion changes, we pray your heart is touched! As always, we'd love to hear from you, Let us know how God is moving in your life and in your community by sending an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com You can also follow and send us a DM on Instagram @thepresencedrivenlife  or visit The Arising Global's website.  If you'd like to purchase a copy of The Key to His Heart, you can find it here. For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

"Faith means try. Hope means try again." This is one of the quotes shared in this week’s episode as we continue talking about building fires that will keep burning on the altar in every season of life. It’s all about consistently showing up before Him—AND showing up for life—moment by moment and day by day. Join @aeronbrownart and @_tracykatebrown and @cindypowell633 as we continue our discussion about building fires—in ourselves and in our communities—that will endure. Grab a cup of coffee and join the conversation! For more information, you can connect with Aeron here, and Tracy here. You can also follow the Arising Global on Instagram or by visiting our website. If you'd like to share some of the ways God is building fires in your community, please send an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

James said to "Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces [patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing." Perfect? Complete? Lacking nothing? Are those things even possible? The Bible says they are but they are obtained through developing something we don't tend to like very much ... patience. What does it mean to let patience have its perfect work in you? Could it be that some of the things we consider delays, aren't just happening to us, but they are actually happening for us? Grab a cup of coffee and listen in as we discuss some of what it might look like to really believe patience obtains all things. We'd love to hear from you! Let us know how God is moving in your life and in your community by sending an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com You can also follow and send us a DM on Instagram @thepresencedrivenlife  or visit The Arising Global's website.  For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

You belong. You really, really do. Even if you don't feel like you do. Even if you've struggled to find your place. You are an integral and essential part of God's plan. You reveal a unique facet of His face and a unique piece of His heart. Without you, we are incomplete.  That's what this week's episode is about—the burning of belonging. So often the Body of Christ has focused only on those who fit within the confines of what a particular church or denomination believes faithfulness should look like. While we don't ever want to oppose truth or violate the integrity God's Word, how God's Word is applied in our individual lives can and should look very  different. Our gifts, personalities, and perspectives should look very different. We are one Body with many members.  This episode speaks most specifically to those loosely termed "creatives and contemplatives"—those who have been disproportionately misunderstood and, often, misjudged, by the larger Body of Christ. But we are living in a time where that is finally changing. It's time for the whole Body to arise and shine--and burn brightly for the glory of our King! Click here for the full text of The Arising, a Call to Creatives and Contemplatives.  We're also trying something new this week—a teaser at the front end of the episode. Still working out the technology but let us know what you think! We are also working on tweaking our intro and outtro so stay tuned. If you'd like to share some of the ways God is building fires in your community, please send an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! You can also follow and send us a DM on Instagram @thepresencedrivenlife  or visit The Arising Global's website.  For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

Smoldering wicks, strange fire, simmering vs boiling, returning to our First Love, new seasons, ancient paths, and a whole lot more—that’s what we’re talking about on this week’s episode! Join Aeron & Tracy Brown + Cindy Powell, as we continue our discussion about building fires—in ourselves and in our communities—that will endure. Grab a cup of coffee and join the conversation! If you'd like to share some of the ways God is building fires in your community, please send an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! For more information, you can connect with Aeron here, and Tracy here. You can also follow the Arising Global on Instagram or by visiting our website. If you'd like to share some of the ways God is building fires in your community, please send an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

When is the last time you thought about all the elements involved in building a fire? There are are multiple parallels between the natural and spiritual process of "fire building" and that is what we are discussing in this week's episode. How do we position ourselves (and our logs) to burn for the long run? Grab a cup of coffee and join Aeron and Tracy Brown for this open and insightful conversation. And please stick around at the end for some amazing spontaneous worship! For more information, you can connect with Aeron here, and Tracy here. You can also follow the Arising Global on Instagram or by visiting our website. If you'd like to share some of the ways God is building fires in your community, please send an email to: thearisingglobal@gmail.com We would love to hear from you! For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life ..." familiar words but how often do we really stop to contemplate the fact that Jesus Himself is THE Way? We spend so much time seeking understanding—and sometimes that may be important--but more often we find peace when we give up our right to understand. How sweet it is to simply trust in Jesus and rest in the knowledge that He is leading us perfectly when we see Him working, and especially when we don't.  That's the topic for this episode. So grab a cup of coffee and listen in as we explore following the way of Jesus.  For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

Arise and build! That was God's charge to Nehemiah and the community that rebuilt the walls around Jerusalem. Could it be what He is directing our community to do as well? Building is a team effort that requires both spiritual discernment and practical steps, but in His timing, and done His way--the work can't be stopped. Grab a cup of coffee and listen in as Aeron and Tracy Brown discuss some of the ways they are sensing God's direction for our local communities. There may be more questions than answers at the moment, but we are pressing into His heart and know that unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain! For more information, you can connect with Aeron here, and Tracy here. You can also follow the Arising Global on Instagram or by visiting our website. For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

Life can be incredibly confusing at times. But in Jesus we can face life's perplexities and NOT be in despair. Giving up our right to understand the confusion and perplexities of life is difficult, but it's only when we let go of trying to make everything make sense that we can truly experience the peace that PASSES all human understanding. Grab a cup of coffee and listen in as we talk about finding rest for our souls right smack in the middle of life's chaos and confusion. For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

When you think about the Church as a whole--in your community and beyond--what do you see? What do you long to see? That's the topic we are exploring in this episode with Aeron Brown and Nick In't Hout. There are so many amazing things happening in our local expression of the Body of Christ, and also many areas where there is much room to grow and learn. Aeron and Nick are both spiritual leaders in our local community and always add tremendously to the conversation, so grab a cup of coffee and join us around the table as we tackle this thought provoking topic! To learn more about Aeron, check out his website here or reach out to him on instagram. To find out more about Nick, you can reach out to him on facebook or instagram. For more info on this podcast, visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast If you have a question, you can reach us at simplefaith247@gmail.com

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you... These are the first words of a brilliant prayer/meditation attributed to St Teresa of Avila. And that’s what this episode is all about: finding—and staying—in that place of undisturbed rest. We hope to be back to a semi-regular posting schedule for most of the rest of the year—a couple of times each month or so at any rate. Our next episode will be our first new community conversation of the year so you won't want to miss it. But for right now, grab a cup of coffee, take a deep breath, and enjoy a few simple moments contemplating the joy of finding contentment and rest in every season. For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast

"Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You. There is no greater thing ..." As I sat down to summarized this episode, immediately the words of this old-ish song by Graham Kendrick came to mind: "You're my all, You're the best, You're my joy, my righteousness. And I love You, Lord ... "Now my heart's desire is to know You more. To be found in You, and be known as Yours." That about sums it up. I have no greater desire. There is nothing I value more. And THAT is what this week's episode is all about—in both the devotional content being shared, and in the return to the heart of the presence driven life. Really, it is a reminder of why this podcast exists in the first place. So, yes, this episode still takes another Few Minutes in Philippians  but this time as the Spirit leads rather than following the order of the book or any of my thoughts or plans. While we will no longer be releasing a chapter a week of the book (at least not at this time), if you do want to read the rest of it, it is, of course, still available on Amazon in both paperback and kindle versions. But above all … lean into Him. “Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You, there is no greater thing.” Now, always forever, knowing Him is the greatest treasure of all❤️ For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee!

" And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. " What a powerful statement! Paul said EVERYTHING that happened to him help to spread the Good News. Which is crazy because everything that happened to Paul was a lot - including a lot that definitely did NOT seem conducive to spreading the Gospel. This week we are taking a look at this amazing verse and its application to our lives here and now This one challenges me! As a reminder, these bite-sized episodes of encouragement are taken from A Few Minutes in Philippians (Cindy’s new devotional book). Since the book isn't yet available in an audible version, we are releasing several chapters on the podcast. If you don't want to wait for the next episode to get the next chapter, the book is currently available on Amazon in both paperback and, as of this week, in kindle versions. For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee!

"I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding." Grow and keep on growing. That is the topic this week. How do we stay teachable and open that we might live "pure and blameless lives UNTIL the day of Christ's return"? As a reminder, these bite-sized episodes of encouragement are taken from A Few Minutes in Philippians (Cindy’s new devotional book). Since the book isn't yet available in an audible version, we are releasing several chapters on the podcast. Originally the plan was to release an espisode every Friday, but we are going to get the first 7 chapters (which covers all of Philippians 1) out before the end of the month so we'll be posting on both Monday and Friday for a couple of weeks. If you don't want to wait for the next episode to get the next chapter, the book is currently available on Amazon in both paperback and, as of this week, in kindle versions. For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee!

“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ”  (Phil 1:6, NKJV). Not might, not maybe, but He WILL complete the work He has begun in you. This is the verse at the center of this week's episode of Friday's in Philippians. As a reminder, each bite-sized episode in this series will be taken from A Few Minutes in Philippians (Cindy’s new devotional book). Since the book isn't yet available in an audible version, we are releasing a chapter a week on the podcast every Friday. If you don't want to wait another week for the next chapter, the book is currently available on Amazon in both paperback and, as of this week, in kindle versions. For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee!

"Could the joy of life be found in simple gratitude, and is gratitude as simple as perspective?"--Twila Paris This is the theme we are exploring in the first official episode of our new feature, Fridays in Philippians. This week we will be looking at Philippians, Chapter 1, verse 3. As a reminder, in this series each bite-sized episode will be taken from A Few Minutes in Philippians (Cindy’s new devotional book now available on amazon). Since the book isn't yet available in an audible version, we are releasing a chapter a week on the podcast every Friday starting today, January 3rd. If you don't want to wait another week for the next chapter, the book is currently available in paperback on amazon (see the link in the paragraph above). The Kindle version should be out within a few weeks! For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee!

Tune in today, and every Friday starting January 3rd, for Fridays in Philippians. Each week we’ll be releasing a few quick encouraging thoughts from “the epistle of joy.” Each episode will be taken from A Few Minutes in Philippians (Cindy’s new devotional book now available on amazon). Since the book isn't yet available in an audible version, we are releasing a chapter a week on the podcast starting in January. Today’s episode will share from the Introduction which will give a bit more info on the format, history and what is to come! These short Friday episodes will be in addition to other content we plan to publish in the coming year. Thank you for tuning in throughout this past year—we can't wait to see all that is ahead! In the meantime, wishing you and yours a Christmas season filled fresh wonder! For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee! If you have questions or need to contact us, please email: simplefaith247@gmail.com

Short and sweet episode today with a few simple, quick, and hopefully, encouraging thoughts about recalibrating to a place of gratitude and truth. God is always so good and kind to meet us right where we are, and always so faithful to remind us of the truth that is always ours in Him. For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee! If you have questions or need to contact us, please email: simplefaith247@gmail.com

In this reflective episode, Tracy & Aeron Brown explore the themes of sowing seeds of faith in times of uncertainty, navigating seasons of waiting, and holding on to hope during life's trials. The conversation highlights how God’s work often occurs in the unseen, much like seeds planted during a drought, which eventually sprout when the rain comes. Key points discussed: Sowing in Faith: The importance of continuing to "sow" into life, community, and faith even when outcomes are unclear or delayed. In seasons of spiritual dryness, we are encouraged to trust that the seeds sown in prayer and worship will bear fruit in due time. Perseverance in the Dark: Personal reflections on the challenging season of waiting and feeling like you're navigating through darkness, yet still choosing to trust God’s plan. Prophetic Encouragement: The reminder that God is still sowing into our lives, even when we can’t see it. Just as Elijah prayed for rain and saw a cloud no bigger than a hand, there’s hope in the small signs that God is working. Embracing Uncertainty: The conversation touches on the struggle of wanting breakthroughs and blessings immediately but learning to accept that God's timing doesn’t always align with our desires. Ecclesiastes 11 Reflection: The passage about casting bread on the waters and sowing in faith, not knowing which seeds will prosper, resonates with the theme of trusting God's sovereignty over the outcomes we cannot foresee. Listeners are encouraged to continue sowing in prayer, worship, and community, knowing that God is faithful and will bring forth life even after prolonged seasons of drought.

We are celebrating 50 episodes! Which sounds like a perfect time to reevaluate and align ourselves for what is ahead. Quietness and trust are always a good barometer for our spiritual lives and values we hold dear as we seek to live a presence driven life. Tune in for some thoughts on how we will continue to hold space for authentic "quiet time" in a noisy and chaotic world, as well as some updates for the coming season. For more info on this podcast, click to visit our hosting website or follow us on Instagram here and here. If you'd like to help support this podcast, please click here: Support the Presence Driven Life Podcast Or simply buy me a coffee! If you have questions or need to contact us, please email: simplefaith247@gmail.com