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Neal hosts the Open Doors podcast and shares a first for Unbound – prison ministry!

Joining Neal are Dan Gahagan of Unbound Maryland and Jakob Kerlin, a pastor at Victory Church. Both were part of the Unbound team that recently ministered inside a Pennsylvania maximum-security prison.

Invited there by the prison chaplain, it “felt like it was a divine appointment,” said Neal. “It had a profound effect on each of us.”

Neal, Dan and Jakob describe their experiences and offer their personal take-aways from within the prison walls.

A core team of inmates, well- trusted men who had studied Unbound materials in preparation, were dubbed “The Magnificent Seven.” They felt excited to shed their bondage through Unbound prayer on day one of the team’s visit. On the second day, twenty more prisoners received prayer.

After Unbound prayer, one inmate declared, “I got my identity back – now I know who I am.” Another prisoner ditched his negative nickname and assumed a new, more accurate name for himself.

Dan, Jakob, and Neal all testify of inmates who found freedom and hope through Unbound ministry most beautifully expressed by the one who said, “I’m freer now than I ever was on the other side!”

“There was no holding back of forgiveness,” stated Dan.

You won’t want to miss this riveting episode of Unbound unbarred!

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“This is where the real stuff happens,” says longtime Unbound partner and Polish interpreter, Gosia Wojcik. Gosia joins Matt in this informative episode that covers exciting ministry developments in United Arab Emirates and Ukraine!
 
Hear Gosia’s Unbound story beginning with the “First-ever Unbound conference,” in Poland and how she interpreted for Neal and Janet as they returned year after year. “All that I learned from Neal and Janet has really shaped me – who I am as a follower in Christ. They introduced me to the Holy Spirit and how he works in people and what he does for them.”

Gosia describes ministering with Matt in United Arab Emirates, an experience quite different from Poland. Struck by their humility and openness, she described conference attendees like “an army destined to change the country they come from and maybe the region.”

Gosia tells of exciting developments in a peaceful region of Ukraine where a Bishop, who learned Unbound directly from Neal, dreams of establishing Houses of Mercy – permanent sites of Unbound ministry – such as are found in Poland. “Neal planted the first seeds and now we are helping to make them grow,” says Gosia.

Can Unbound prayer work in a hurry? Find out from Gosia in this chock-full episode!

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Author Matt Lozano talks with Lisa Livezey and host Jacqueline Harper.

Tempted to jump out a window when it comes to holiness? In this final episode of our Free to Be Holy book study, the author himself speaks!

We discuss Chapter Seven where Matt invites us to learn from his own mistakes. He shares his personal backstory of realizing he had believed the enemy’s lie. We learn what led Matt to write this book which he calls, “One of the graces of the pandemic.”

Chapter Seven is an informal introduction to Unbound ministry – helping people expose deceptions that keep them in bondage, to practice the Five Keys, and to walk in freedom.

If you’ve hit a wall while pursuing a lifestyle of holiness, ask the Holy Spirit, “Show me what I’m not seeing,” suggests Matt. The Holy Spirit can help us identify internal struggles, patterns of thinking and behaviors which reflect ways we aren’t free.

Hear a “Cliff-notes version” of Common Lies of the Enemy and know that God can take what the devil intended for destruction and turn it into great blessing,

Our Free to Be Holy series ends with Matt speaking the last lines of his book as a prayer. Join us!

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He’s Right Here!!

Jenn hosts Neal and Lisa for a distinctive discussion during Week Three of our Free to Be Holy book study.

Free to Be Holy means being “free to walk in holiness,” says Neal and “free to grow in holiness,” adds Lisa.

One reason we fail is because we aren’t free. Hear Neal’s story about a prayer recipient exclaiming at The Father’s Blessing, “He’s right here! He was always right here!”

Even when we mess up, Jesus is with us. He respects our free will, but is always there with the hope and the knowledge that we will yield. We discuss Matt’s list of what God will do and won’t do, followed by a beautiful story surrounding the one question God may ask at life’s end: “Did you learn how to love?”

Growth in holiness looks different for each individual, like spring flower bulbs that push up through dirt towards the light, each one displaying unique beauty.

Trivia Quiz from this episode:

1. What was Neal’s original title for his book Unbound?
2. What theological thought does Neal first remember having at age four?
3. What four-year-old in Lisa’s life exemplified discipleship?

Find these answers and more inside this podcast. We’ll meet you there!

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“The J’s are in the house” this week as Jenn and Janet Lozano along with Jacqueline Harper sum up Chapters Three and Four of Matt Lozano’s book Free to Be Holy.

“Reading Chapter 3 was like going into the throne room. I just encountered the Lord,” said Jenn.

God is totally other – completely unique and excellent in every way. And yet He’s excellently accessible to us!

Jesus carried the world’s sin on the cross, but it didn’t change Him. He emanated perfect excellent love.

Listen to Janet describe an Unbound conference in Poland where she profoundly experienced God’s presence, giving her courage to intercept security guards and minister to someone in desperate need.

Learn what we can do to see God with the eyes of our heart, plus three aspects of God’s grace. Discover the difference between guilt and shame.

Picture Matt seeing the stars unhindered while on a camping trip to West Virginia. Compare that to Unbound ministry, where a filter is removed allowing someone to see God’s love, presence, his activity in their lives.

If you haven’t yet read Free to Be Holy, check it out. Go somewhere quiet, sit down, and expect an encounter with God. At the very least, listen to this podcast!

“There is always more to see,” writes Matt.

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On this Holy Thursday, we begin studying Matt Lozano’s book Free to Be Holy.  

What is Holiness? The Hebrew word kadosh translates as “set apart, sacred, holy.”  This applied to items used in the temple vessels and nothing made holy could be returned to ordinary service. Proper ritual allowed outward participation, but not interior restoration. Through Jesus, God removes our hearts of stone and gives us hearts of flesh.

There are fascinating parallels between the purposes of blood in the human body and the work of Jesus’ blood upon our soul. Blood animates, heals, and reproduces.

Holiness is a lifestyle of making oneself available to God. We limit holiness by continuing to earn God’s favor yet“We can’t be holy without Jesus,” writes Matt.

What isn’t holiness? False approaches to holiness include: performance, out-of-reach holiness, and having false standards.

When we put something above Jesus, we inevitably fail and can fall prey to the enemy’s traps of shame, self-hatred, or pride.

Escaping our sense of inferiority means putting off self-justification and pressing into Jesus. Our relationship with Christ is what we need to rely on.

The Pharisees were so focused on Jesus actions that they missed Him – the Savior right in front of them.

Deepening our walk in holiness means being available to Jesus. It’s not just about what we avoid but what and Whom we embrace.

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