Episode 11 of the POTL podcast - Don’t let the devil steal your hope

 It looks like I missed posting about episode 11 of the Planting of the Lord podcast. The title of that episode is: Don’t let the devil steal your hope. It looks like YT found it when I searched by the title of the video. Here it is below.

Planting of the Lord episodes 12 and 13

 It looks like I'm a bit behind on here. I think I recall the editor on here doing strange things during my last post, so I've been avoiding posting again. But I'm back, we'll see how it goes. 

And I just saw the option to add a video, so I'll try to add the YouTube videos of the podcast, except when I selected that option it didn't see any videos to add. Even though I uploaded episode 13 on this browser a couple days ago. 😕

I wanted to let you know that I've uploaded both episode 12 and 13 of the Planting of the Lord podcast. I'll post the links below.

The title of episode 12 is: "Upgrade Your Thoughts" and I talk about why we should work to control more of what we think.

The title of episode 13 is: "EFT Tapping for Trauma and PTSD" and I discuss some and read from a book titled EFT for PTSD by Gary Craig and then show parts of an EFT training video titled: 6 days at the VA.

Hearing God's voice - part 1 of 3

 The first few podcast episodes I did were primarily based on articles I’ve written either on my Substack or on my website. Going forward and starting with episodes 8-10, I’ll be writing an article / post related to the topics I talk about on my podcast. In some cases I may post an article before I do a podcast about it, we’ll see how it goes. And I won’t be writing exactly what’s in the podcast, though they’ll be very similar.

So, in episode 8 I mostly discussed why would we want to hear God’s voice? I know that before I became a believer, I was afraid of hearing from Him because I was afraid he’d yell at me. I think some of that is based on how we’re raised and our relationship with our earthly fathers. My father was great in some ways, and very critical and not so great in other respects. He passed away in 1990, which is part of what put me on my spiritual journey. I considered myself agnostic through the latter part of the 1990s, but then decided I did believe in God but not in “organized religion”. I’m still not a big fan of “organized religion”, but I am a Christian.

I saw this image on social media and saved it. It gives the attributes of God’s voice vs that of the devil. It can be helpful for discernment, and is one way to see that it’s “safe” to want to hear from God. 

By way of a couple personal stories on this topic, I believe that I have heard the audible voice of God (or Jesus, or the Holy Spirit) a few times, but the last time was 19 years ago. Back in the late 1990s I was exploring some new-age teachings and every now and then I would hear a male voice behind me, like in the next room or somewhere close by would call my first name. I’d look around and didn’t see anyone there. It didn’t happen often, maybe 3 or 4 times I guess, over the course of a couple years. Then, I don’t remember exactly when it was, but I had started to read the New Testament and I got to the passage in the book of John where it says: “But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. John 10:2-3 (ESV). “ When I read that I realized that was who had been calling my name! I never had that happen again after that.

To continue reading, please see the original post at https://ciawatson.substack.com/p/hearing-gods-voice-part-1

Episode 9 & 10 of the Planting of the Lord podcast uploaded

Hello. It looks like I forgot to post about episode 9, but that and episode 10 of my podcast are now live. I've also started uploading audio only files of the podcast to RSS.com, I'm up to episode 6 on there currently. I'll be caught up within a week or so.

Episode 9 is part 2 of 3 on the topic of hearing God’s voice. On this one I share the different ways that God talks to us, such as a still small voice, dreams, etc. I also share methods from others about how to hear His voice, such as through the Bible, asking a question and believing that you can hear His voice. It runs about 30 minutes.  

Episode 10 is the last of 3 parts where I talk about hearing God’s voice. I talk a little bit more about that topic and then talk about and show some resources to help you in your journey.

Links to episode 10 are below, as well as the main page on the RSS platform.

https://rss.com/podcasts/planting-of-the-lord

https://rumble.com/v7cg5xy-hearing-gods-voice-part-3.html

https://youtu.be/_yxx37ZYW38

https://ciawatson.substack.com/p/ep-10-hearing-gods-voice-part-3

I'd love to get your comments or questions. Please leave them here or where you view

or listen to the podcast. You can also contact me through my website 

https://isaiah613ministry.com

Episode 8 of POTL podcast is up!

Hello. I have posted episode 8 of the Planting of the Lord podcast on Youtube, Substack and Rumble. It is part 1 of 3 on the topic of Hearing from God. In this one I talk about some personal experiences on that topic, as well as discuss why would we want to be able to hear from God? It runs about 31 minutes. In part 2 I'll focus more on "how-to" hear from God. (And when I say God, I include Jesus and the Holy Spirit.) Let me know if you have any comments or questions!

YouTube: https://youtu.be/V2E4ljczZD4

Rumble:

https://rumble.com/v7a8mwi-ep.8-hearing-from-god-part-13.html

Telegram:

https://open.substack.com/pub/ciawatson/p/ep8-potl-hearing-from-god-part-1?r=21kti9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Does the devil need God's permission?

Hello! I have uploaded episode 6 of the Planting of the Lord podcast. The topic is asking the question of whether the devil needs to get permission from God to attack a believer (Christian). The short answer is: No. And I use scripture to justify that answer.

Links to episode 6:

Audio on Substack:

https://ciawatson.substack.com/p/ep6-devil-need-permission

Youtube: https://youtu.be/G_keUtS6M24

Rumble:

https://rumble.com/v77u586-devil-needs-gods-permission.html

I've started a podcast

 I started a podcast a few months ago and thought I would post the links here. It is called "Planting of the Lord" on Rumble, Youtube and Substack. The Substack one is audio only. Here's the description of the podcast, which is subject to change as I get more experience:

Podcast for Isaiah 61:3 Ministry discussing emotional healing, spiritual warfare and more.

Rumble link: https://rumble.com/c/c-7670418

Substack Link: https://ciawatson.substack.com 
then select the Podcast tab, though the most recent ones will be listed on the linked page.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@plantingofthelord-w1h

Didn't know this blog still existed

Hello! It looks like my last post on here was a little over 10 years ago. I stopped posting messages because I got a full-time job and had to navigate a new diet (gluten-free) and stopped coaching until recently. I started coaching again with a new website, and started a substack a little over a year ago and recently decided to see if this blog still existed. Apparently it does!

I'm not sure if I can post the same thing here and on Substack or not, but I'll try to post on here occasionally. I've updated the links to reflect my new website, and next up is a post about a new podcast I'm starting. 

Stop letting DEMONS jerk you around!! THE SEQUEL

This is a very good video about spiritual warfare, it runs about 43 and a half minutes.

Cortisol, Stress and EFT

In case any of my return visitors haven't noticed, I've changed the name of my website from "EFT for Spiritual Warfare" to "Renew Your Mind" ministry. I'll skip the long story for now, but I was going to shut the whole thing down when the old domain expired at the end of 2012. When I prayed about it, I didn't think that was the right thing to do, so I ended up moving to a new hosting provider and changed the domain name. The new domain name is primarily because I don't want to focus solely on spiritual warfare and EFT.

In the process I visited a site so I could find their contact information in order to ask them to update a link on one of their articles, which went to one of my articles on the old site. They had an article about a study that was to be published last year which showed that EFT lowers cortisol, a stress hormone. In fact it showed that it lowers it more than psychotherapy or no treatment; which were the other two methods tested on the group of 83 people. Cortisone is considered a stress hormone, which is important when it's needed in the short term. However, chronic stress along with elevated cortisol can cause a lot of problems. Some of those problems include problems with digestion and impaired memory.

In line with the digestive problems, I had personally noticed that I had a much easier time keeping my weight down when I was relaxed and well-rested. Since one of the things that cortisol does is elevate blood sugar, it may be that lowering one's stress level is at least as important as cutting down the carbohydrates or other methods some use for losing some weight. Possibly more important.

However, the biggest impact chronic levels of elevated cortisol may have in relation to one's weight is that of lowering metabolism. When I write about metabolism, I mean one's metabolic rate as measured by their body temperature. I have never been a fan of the 'calories in, calories out' way of thinking. I'm sure most of us know someone who can eat and eat a lot of food and not gain any weight. Yet there are others of us that eat very little in comparison and don't lose, or even gain weight. Those differences have a lot to do with your metabolism. When I found the article about EFT and cortisol, it was after I had found a health-related website called 180degreehealth. Matt Stone of 180d writes a lot about metabolic rate. So it would be interesting to look into using EFT in relation to helping to raise metabolism. I have discovered that certain food additives, as well as gluten, cause my body temps to go down. I have not yet experimented with tapping to increase temps, except that I do know from years of trying to tap on having a 'problem with wheat' that it doesn't work for me in that respect. I have used tapping to help with the frustration of trying to figure out my diet, however.