ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide

Todd Andrewsen
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ToddTalks--Spirit By Design is for those of you who desire to increase your spiritual wellness, utilize spiritual gifts, and overcome spiritual obstacles. If you struggle to maintain your spirituality, your beliefs, your testimony, in this chaotic world, come listen in and learn some things that can change your life. Maybe you can't make it to church due to your responsibilities whatever they may be. Maybe you struggle with your Testimony or beliefs and are looking for help. Maybe you just need someone to give you ideas on how to build and strengthen your faith. This podcast is to help you design your spiritual life. Spirit by Design means you are in charge of your life. You surrender it to God and allow him to help you design the life you desire. By developing and strengthening your spiritual side, you will find peace, joy and serenity in this chaotic world that is only getting worse.

  1. 23H AGO

    Knowing Better Raises The Standard For Discipleship - Spiritual Light Increases Accountability

    Send us Fan Mail “When you know better, you do better” sounds like a gentle nudge. I argue it’s something far more serious: spiritual light changes you, and once it shows up, you’re accountable for what you do with it. That’s the uncomfortable mercy of clarity. Light reveals what’s true, what’s off, and what direction your life is actually moving, whether toward life in Christ or slow spiritual decay. We walk through a Latter-day Saint framework for knowledge as “light and truth,” using scripture from Doctrine and Covenants, the Book of Mormon, Alma, and James to show why greater understanding raises the bar. Accountability is not just about behavior; it’s about alignment. When God gives revelation and you listen and act, your agency gets sharper, your decisions get more exact, and the still small voice becomes harder to ignore. Keep resisting and you can lose sensitivity to the Holy Ghost and even the light you once carried. Discipleship, however, is not powered by willpower alone. The natural man doesn’t get educated out of you; he yields to the spirit through repentance, obedience, and the enabling power of Jesus Christ. The Atonement is not only for sinners who need forgiveness, but for saints, and we're all really sinners wanting to be saints, who want to do and be better, to become the kind of person who lives what they know. If you’ve felt that tension between what you believe and how you’re living, you’re not alone. Listen, share this with someone who’s trying to follow promptings, and leave a review. What’s one piece of “light” you’re going to act on today?2026 Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    14 min

  2. 4D AGO

    Build Faith One Focused Day At A Time with Prayer, Meditation, and Vision!

    Send us Fan Mail Faith doesn’t usually break in a dramatic moment. It drifts, quietly, one distracted thought at a time, until we look up and realize we’re nowhere near where we meant to be. We want a practical way back, not just a motivational quote, so we walk through a simple framework for building faith intentionally: meditation, prayer, and vision boarding, used together and anchored in the truths of the gospel. We start where every battle starts, the mind. Meditation isn’t about “emptying” your thoughts; it’s about training your attention so you can notice fear, doubt, and temptation before they take over. From there, prayer becomes more than words. It turns focus into a relationship with God through a pattern that shows up again and again in scripture and modern revelation: ask, listen, and act. When we actually pause to listen, our choices get clearer and our hearts get steadier. Then we tackle vision boards, including the hard distinction most people skip. Vision boarding without God can slide into self-centered manifestation, even if it produces results. Vision boarding with God becomes faith in action, because it helps you rehearse righteous desires while staying open to the Lord’s better plan. We tie it all into a “faith loop” and finish with a daily routine you can start today in under 15 minutes to strengthen spiritual focus, increase personal revelation, and improve family life. If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels spiritually scattered, and leave a review with the daily practice you’re committing to try first. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    16 min

  3. APR 28

    Remember Your Soul's Purpose Through The Light of Christ - Interview with Shane Murphy and Myles Treanor

    Send us Fan Mail Your mind can argue forever, but your soul often knows in an instant. Todd sits down with Shane Murphy and Myles Treanor to explore the Soul Alignment Method, a practical approach to remembering your soul's purpose by learning to listen for a the sense of lightness and/or clarity within life force. We talk about what happens when modern noise drowns out intuition, why “alignment” can make decisions simpler, and how spiritual growth becomes real when we act on the promptings we receive.  Myles also shares how intense life moments and patterns found in near-death experience research point to a universal theme people struggle to describe with words: the experience of an overwhelming light and a sense of coming home. From there, we dig into discernment in a world full of persuasion, charisma, and information overload. Words can be used to heal or harm, so we focus on where they come from and how the heart helps us tell the difference between truth and false light.  You’ll also get a guided alignment meditation you can return to, built around breath, awareness, and heart-centered affirmations like “Oh Sacred Heart, I am listening.” After the practice, we share simple questions to ask when you feel aligned: what makes you feel alive, what inspires you, and what truly matters. If you want to go deeper, learn more at thesoulalignmentmethod.com and check out the six-week Remember Your Soul Purpose journey that starts in May.  Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs clarity, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    47 min

  4. APR 24

    Becoming Unshakable - Moral Agency Part Three - Building a Foundation on Rock Not Sand

    Send us Fan Mail Part three of our Moral Agency discussion.  Chaos doesn’t break most people all at once. Drift does. One skipped prayer turns into a week, one “I’ll handle it” turns into relying on willpower, and suddenly the old patterns are back. We apply a framework to spiritual growth and moral agency, aiming for the kind of discipleship Helaman describes as “firm, steadfast, immovable.” We dig into why real progress can still collapse: winning battles without building support systems. From there we walk through three foundations for an unshakable life: identity (who we truly believe we are), decisions we make once instead of endlessly renegotiating, and the environment that either reinforces righteousness or quietly fights it. We get practical about removing triggers, setting boundaries, and designing the life we actually want to live, not just the life we hope we’ll choose when temptation shows up. To make it actionable, we share a clear daily checklist (morning prayer anchor, scripture immersion, physical discipline, service, midday reset, evening debrief, nightly surrender) and a weekly system (sacramental reset, deep study, environmental audit, goal realignment). We also talk about why none of this works in isolation, and why the guiding influence of the Holy Ghost is essential for spiritual survival and steady faith in Jesus Christ when the storms still come. If you want stronger spiritual discipline, better habits, and a more resilient moral agency, listen now, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more people can build on rock. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    22 min

  5. APR 21

    Stop Digging The Ditch You Keep Falling Into - Agency Part Two

    Send us Fan Mail There’s a point in every battle where you’ve stabilized after the first hit and you finally have space to choose your next move. That’s the moment we focus on here: shifting from being acted upon to acting with spiritual agency. If you’ve ever felt like a negative habit, an anxious thought loop, or a dull “I’m fine” season keeps pulling you away from God, this episode will show you what's happening and give you a path forward. We unpack how entrenched sin and negative spiritual strongholds form as prisons in layers over time. It often starts small with intrusive thoughts, then turns into entertained ideas, repeated mental rehearsals, and behaviors that break your own moral code. The most dangerous layer is the identity lie: “This is just who I am.” We walk through real-world examples including anxiety that stops you before the first step, hidden habits that turn into dependence, and spiritual apathy that quietly drains desire and discipline. Then everything pivots to hope in Jesus Christ. Strongholds feel permanent, but they aren’t. We share a six-step counteroffensive strategy for overcoming sin and breaking negative beliefs: identify the target, expose the lie, replace it with truth, interrupt the pattern, build a new pattern through consistent habits, and invoke covenant power through worship and spiritual support. If you want practical repentance, Christian mindset help, and a clear plan for addiction recovery and spiritual growth, this is for you. Subscribe so you never miss what comes next, share this with someone who needs a reset, and leave a five-star review to help more people find the show. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    16 min

  6. APR 17

    How To Protect Your Moral Agency In A Noisy World - Agency Part 1 of 3

    Send us Fan Mail Losing control and losing your agency rarely happens all at once. It happens the way a pilot gets off course: one small degree at a time, until you look up and realize you’re heading the wrong direction. That’s why we start with a dogfighting lesson about initiative and translate it into spiritual terms, because moral agency works the same way. When you’re acting, you’re positioned, purposeful, and hard to deceive. When you’re being acted upon, you’re reacting, drifting, and hoping the enemy makes a mistake. We dig into the doctrine of agency as the first battlefield for your soul, tracing it back to the pre-mortal choice between coercion and Christ’s plan of growth, repentance, and real freedom. Using scriptures like 2 Nephi 2:26 and Moses 4:3, we name the adversary’s core strategy: destroy agency without you noticing. From there, we walk through seven stages of spiritual decline that lead to “capture,” from disengagement and distraction to desensitization, distortion of truth, dependence, bondage, and finally justification. Then we shift to the counterattack: a practical daily checklist to strengthen moral agency and keep the initiative. Morning alignment through prayer, input control to guard your mind, mastering micro choices, quick repentance and early course correction, acting instead of reacting, nightly debrief with journaling and prayer, and staying linked to God’s power through covenants and the Holy Ghost. If you’ve felt stuck, scattered, or spiritually numb, this gives you a clear path back to control and clarity. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    19 min

  7. APR 14

    You Do Not Fall Away All At Once You Drift Until You Gear Up Again with the Armor of God

    Send us Fan Mail Spiritual collapse usually does not look like a sudden break. It looks like getting comfortable, skipping the small things, and slowly taking off spiritual protection piece by piece until peace is gone and God feels far away. I walk through the seven stages of spiritual decline so you can spot the pattern early, name what is happening, and stop drifting before it becomes disconnection.  Then I shift to the practical solution: putting on the whole Armor of God from Ephesians 6 as a daily checklist for spiritual strength. We talk about the belt of truth that shuts down self-deception, the breastplate of righteousness that protects your desires and identity, and the shoes of the gospel of peace that keep you stable in a chaotic world. We also cover the shield of faith against doubt and shame, the helmet of salvation to guard your thoughts, the sword of the Spirit through scripture and revelation, and why prayer is the power source that activates it all. Along the way, I connect these ideas to Latter-day Saint teachings on covenants, personal revelation, repentance, and thinking celestially.  Finally, I lay out a counter pattern you can actually live: daily meaningful prayer, daily scripture study, intentional obedience, remembering your divine identity, protecting the Holy Ghost by removing spiritual noise, acting in faith even when you do not feel ready, and living outwardly through service and peacemaking. If you want stronger spiritual resilience, clearer guidance, and steadier peace, this is your roadmap. Subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review so more people can find it. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    25 min

  8. APR 10

    Mercy Vs Tolerance: Why Mercy Demands Truth and Change

    Send us Fan Mail Mercy is often expressed like it means “accept everything,” and tolerance gets sold like it means “approve of everything.” That confusion sounds harmless until you try to lead a family, keep covenants, or make a hard call with your conscience awake. I’m drawing a clean line between mercy and tolerance, then pushing deeper into what Christ actually models: love that tells the truth, protects agency, and still invites real change. We start with a gospel definition of mercy rooted in the Atonement of Jesus Christ and Alma 42: mercy cannot rob justice, but it can claim the penitent. From there, we define tolerance as a social tool for peaceful coexistence, not a saving principle. I also call out the cultural bait-and-switch where tolerance becomes moral relativism and silence about sin, and why that drift quietly numbs spiritual discernment. If you’ve felt trapped between saying nothing and saying it harshly, you’ll recognize the tension immediately. Then we name three counterfeits that wreck relationships and discipleship: tolerance without truth, truth without mercy, and mercy without change. Using practical examples, an aviation analogy, and case studies from scripture, I show how Christ calibrates His approach to the person in front of Him. The real skill isn’t memorizing a rule, it’s receiving real-time revelation through the Holy Ghost. I close with five concrete ways to strengthen personal revelation and apply Christlike mercy with better timing, better delivery, and more courage. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who’s stuck “on the fence,” and if it helps you, leave a review so more people can find it. Support the show You can reach me anytime at  email: tandrewsen.monat@gmail.com Instagram @toddtalks_ig

    33 min
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ToddTalks--Spirit By Design is for those of you who desire to increase your spiritual wellness, utilize spiritual gifts, and overcome spiritual obstacles. If you struggle to maintain your spirituality, your beliefs, your testimony, in this chaotic world, come listen in and learn some things that can change your life. Maybe you can't make it to church due to your responsibilities whatever they may be. Maybe you struggle with your Testimony or beliefs and are looking for help. Maybe you just need someone to give you ideas on how to build and strengthen your faith. This podcast is to help you design your spiritual life. Spirit by Design means you are in charge of your life. You surrender it to God and allow him to help you design the life you desire. By developing and strengthening your spiritual side, you will find peace, joy and serenity in this chaotic world that is only getting worse.

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