The Resting Place

Ben and Logan Robbins
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We are a community of believers coming together to establish a new wineskin of renewal in the Midwest. Come and join us as we adventure into the unknown, with hands open to following the wind of Holy Spirit, and hearts hungry for community and to experience an outpouring of the love of the Father.  If you are interested in joining us, check out our website at www.therestingplaceia.com. Here you will find out more about who we are as well as our gathering schedule. We hope to connect with you!

  1. MAR 18

    Adversity Reveals Real Hope

    Adversity has a way of stripping everything down to what’s real. When the wind is loud, the stress is constant, and your emotions feel one step from spiraling, you find out fast what you’ve actually built your inner life on. We go after a hard but necessary question: how do we grow in hope while we’re living through things that feel hopeless? We define hope as the joyful expectation of good, and we talk about why that kind of hope can’t be borrowed from better circumstances. It has to be formed in you.    We connect Jesus’ picture of building on rock versus sand to everyday pressure like financial turmoil, sickness, anxiety, depression, and prolonged hardship. If “I’m beloved” and “I’m in union with God” stay as mental agreement instead of practiced reality, adversity will expose the gap, and your interior world can crumble even while your theology sounds right. We also name the accusations that hit during suffering: “Why is God letting this happen?” and “If He’s good, why didn’t He stop it?” Then we offer a grounding filter that helps you refuse blame-shifting and stay rooted in the Father’s goodness.    Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians and Romans 8 bring it home: weakness can become the place where grace and resurrection power show up most clearly. The practical takeaway is simple but deep: cultivate relationship with the Holy Spirit. We close with specific practices you can start today, especially silence and listening, along with worship, Scripture, and praying in the Spirit. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s under pressure, and leave a review. What’s one practice that helps you stay hopeful when life gets hard? -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

    39 min

  2. FEB 18

    Perfect Love That Makes Us Bold

    What if fear isn’t your opponent to outmuscle but a signal that love hasn’t finished its work yet? We explore how the Trinity’s invitation draws us into the “great dance” and why awareness—not just language—determines whether we actually live inside that reality. Rather than staging a tired match between “faith vs fear,” we anchor in Galatians 5:6 and 1 John 4 to show how faith truly works only when love fuels it, and how perfect love casts out fear’s authority so boldness can rise. We get practical about spiritual senses, naming the difference between natural fear and being under the influence of fear. That distinction changes everything. When fear governs, we hesitate, stall, and ask permission from anxiety; when love matures us, we move at the Spirit’s impulse. Think of love as the gasoline and faith as the engine—you can have all the horsepower and still go nowhere if the tank is dry. We share stories, litmus tests for discerning the whisper, and the subtle ways passivity disguises itself as wisdom. Zechariah’s encounter reframes disappointment as the soil where unbelief often grows. His silence wasn’t punishment; it was mercy that protected a promise and trained a father to raise a son who could recognize the Lamb when few could. That same mercy meets us in the corners of our hearts where the fear of man, fear of lack, or fear of missing it still decides when we obey. As conduits of heaven to earth, we’re called to carry kingdom culture into ordinary spaces—work, family, community—so that recognition of Jesus becomes second nature, not a rare surprise. This conversation is for anyone tired of white-knuckling faith, ready to let love clear the gate and let faith actually run. You’ll learn how to awaken spiritual senses, respond to the Spirit’s whisper, and take the next step without waiting for fear to stand down. If this resonates, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review telling us where love is setting you free next. -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

    45 min

  3. FEB 10

    Build Before The Rain

    Rain was a rumor for Noah, yet he still built an ark plank by plank. That’s our starting point to rethink how we build communities, gatherings, and personal lives that can carry presence without warping under pressure. We’re wrestling openly with pace, materials, and motive—because speed without seasoning makes joints fail. We share a working vision for The Resting Place as a gathering house where hungry people arrange life around Jesus. Locally, that looks like roots, family sanity, and a healthy rhythm of worship nights and regional gatherings.  Scripture offers a blueprint for heart-work. The Shunammite woman built a room and turned visitation into habitation; Mary’s quiet “be it unto me” shows consent under mystery; Zechariah’s imposed silence becomes the surgery that heals cynicism so he can father a voice that chooses wilderness over a safe priesthood. We reflect on unusual moves of God that confront control, the danger of double-minded confession, and the simple assignment between promise and fulfillment: tend the fire. Keep the flame alive, and when the moment comes, throw out nets not net. If you’re aching for community that burns hotter than hype, for gatherings that honor presence over polish, and for a steady way to build before the rain, this conversation is for you. Listen, share it with a friend who’s hungry for more, and if it speaks to you, subscribe and leave a review so others can find their way into the room. -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

    1h 3m

  4. JAN 20

    Let Your Roots Run Deep

    What if the most radical thing you could do for your faith isn’t to chase the next moment, but to grow roots where you stand? We open with a startling image of the wild prairie rose—small above ground, anchored by roots that plunge 10 to 20 feet deep—and let it reshape how we think about place, calling, and spiritual resilience. When the landscape looks gray and thin, depth adds color. Depth finds hidden aquifers. Depth makes beauty stand out where no one expects anything to grow. From there we turn to Luke 1 and sit with Zechariah and Elizabeth—righteous, careful, and barren—under the weight of a culture that misreads lack as divine displeasure. An angel announces joy and promise and Zechariah’s question—How can I be sure?—reveals not rebellion but the collision between mercy and an inherited picture of a withholding God. We make a case that his silence wasn’t punishment; it was mercy protecting a miracle from the frequency of pain. We track that goodness straight into John’s baptism of repentance—metanoia as a renovated mind, not a treadmill of guilt. Law can restrain, but without a theology of divine kindness, hearts wander. John points beyond water to the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world and baptizes in the Holy Spirit and fire.  Along the way, we talk about planting family before platform, why Jesus must be the burning center, and how to test your root depth: can you say none of these things move me, live in righteousness, peace, and joy across seasons, and obey the whisper without demanding a shout? If you’re tired of shallow soil and constant transplanting, this conversation invites you to go deep enough to outlast drought and bloom where the world expects nothing to grow. Make sure to subscribe and share with a friend! -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

    1 hr

  5. 12/17/2025

    Strength Perfected In Weakness

    What if the place you feel most unable is the very doorway God chose for His kingdom to enter? We sit with Luke’s opening chapters and watch heaven subvert expectations: a barren couple called righteous, a priest silenced into faith, a teenage virgin overshadowed, and unpolished disciples commissioned to change the world. The theme running through every scene is startlingly consistent—power arrives where human strength runs out. We talk about the prayer Jesus taught and why daily bread is the antidote to anxious futures. From there, we trace how comfort limits our witness. If everything you attempt can succeed without God, don’t be surprised when you rarely see what only God can do. That’s why acts of faith feel risky: praying for the sick, starting the work you can’t fund, telling the truth that could cost social approval. Dependence isn’t a feeling; it’s a structure where, unless God fills it, it fails. Zechariah’s temple encounter becomes a map for wounded hope. These were prayers no longer prayed, dreams shelved to survive the ache. Gabriel’s announcement meets a heart formed by years of quiet obedience under loud cultural shame. We reframe his silence as mercy—space where disappointment can’t derail promise—and celebrate Elizabeth’s simple confession: how kind the Lord is; He has taken away my disgrace. Their son, John, trades prestige for the wilderness so he can become a clear voice that points to Jesus. That exchange didn’t happen in a vacuum; it was forged in a home that learned to hear from and follow God's whispers over public opinion. We explore the law of divine restriction—how God sometimes withholds good to grow capacity for great. Think Rachel and Samuel: adversity as careful gardening so the gift can be given back to God without being lost to ego. Then we turn the lens on us: where is your contradiction—obedience without visible fruit, faithfulness with delay? Don’t flee it. That is often where revelation waits. Ask again for the prayer you buried. Build the space He actually asked you to build, then leave room only He can fill.  If this episode of The Resting Place podcast resonated with you, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs fresh hope, and leave a review to help others find these conversations. Support the show

    1 hr

  6. 11/18/2025

    Partnering With Grace

    What if the answer you’re praying for is already in your hands—just in seed form? We dive into Hebrews 11, 2 Corinthians 12, and Luke 1 to reframe faith, grace, and what favor actually feels like when it shows up in real life. The thread running through everything is simple but disruptive: God’s grace is sufficient, and most breakthroughs begin as small, easy-to-miss seeds that grow as we partner with them by faith. We start with faith as confidence in the unseen and move into the common trap of resisting grace because it looks too small for our very real needs. From there, Paul’s confession—“My grace is sufficient for you”—becomes permission to step into assignments that outsize our strength. Weakness is not disqualification; it’s where Christ’s power rests. If God sends you, grace sustains you. That truth dismantles the pressure to manufacture outcomes and clarifies the difference between grace-empowered effort and anxious striving. Mary’s yes in Luke 1 brings the theology home. Favor made her vulnerable to misunderstanding, yet God secured what she couldn’t—Joseph’s trust, provision for the journey, and the unfolding of a promise the world had never seen. The sign God gives her is relational: Elizabeth. Their friendship becomes a symbiosis of faith where impossible promises leap to life. That’s a pattern for us—find people carrying holy impossibilities and let mutual encouragement become the oxygen for your calling. If you’re carrying a word that feels heavy or delayed, this conversation offers a sturdy map: honor the seed, set your faith toward the word, take the next step grace reveals, and surround yourself with voices that make your promise leap.  If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs courage today, and leave a review to help others find these conversations.  What seed are you tending right now? -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

    54 min

  7. 11/11/2025

    Finding Christ In Contradictions

    What if the place you’re trying hardest to avoid—the gap between your limits and your calling—is exactly where God intends to meet you? We step straight into that tension, tracing how revelation often shows up where contradictions collide: hunger and lack, favor and fear, promise and process. We start with a striking picture from a Colorado trail—bighorn rams slamming together with the force of a car crash—to frame the lived experience of faith. From there, we revisit two blind men who somehow follow Jesus across a threshold they were never “supposed” to cross, reminding us that hunger often outruns propriety. Then we let Paul guide us into the core paradox: “My power is made perfect in weakness.” We contrast polished, strength-forward leadership with the quieter way of boasting in infirmity so the power of Christ rests personally, not just on a room.  Mary’s encounter with Gabriel reframes what favor looks like. “The Lord is with you” comes with risk, surrender, and an assignment beyond ability. Her yes becomes a model for incarnation today: expose your insufficiency, consent to being overshadowed by the Spirit, and carry what God conceives. We explore why the “five loaves and two fish” pattern still applies—offering what is clearly not enough and watching grace multiply it—and how life itself can tutor us in the supernatural if we stop waiting to feel qualified. We close with something practical yet profound: joy in distress is born from nearness. Cultivate simple rhythms of union with Jesus—quiet mornings, breath prayers in pressure, courageous yeses in small tasks—and watch courage rise where you expected collapse. If you’ve been waiting to feel strong before you move, this conversation invites you to lead with weakness and discover the strength that meets you on the water. If this spoke to you, share it with a friend who needs courage today and subscribe to stay up to date with us here at The Resting Place. -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

    54 min

  8. 10/22/2025

    When The Giver Becomes The Gift We Seek

    What if faith isn’t just belief, but a firm persuasion grounded in who God is and how He feels about you? We dive into Hebrews 11 and Luke 1 to show why every gift from heaven arrives by grace through faith, and how that changes the way we face chaos, lack, and calling. You’ll hear why God’s laughter at the raging world isn’t indifference but confidence in the answer He’s already enthroned: Jesus. We explore the stories of Abel and Enoch, then shift to Mary’s breathtaking yes. Elizabeth’s line becomes the hinge for the entire conversation: “You are blessed because you believed the Lord would do what He said.” That clarity reframes favor as something that may feel uncomfortable, misunderstood, and beyond your résumé. Yet it’s precisely in those stretching places that grace supplies what experience cannot. We talk about walking on the turbulence that sinks others, about how honor attracts what it esteems, and how a culture of mutual honor destroys comparison while multiplying breakthrough. Along the way, we get honest about fear, provision, and the temptation to play small. Pain teaches us to hedge our hearts, but perfect love drives out fear so faith can flourish. Expect practical encouragement on agreeing with God’s view of you, stepping before the facts line up, and letting the Holy Spirit teach you in real time. If you’ve been waiting for every prerequisite to click into place, this conversation will nudge you to move your feet and give God real estate to bless. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage, and leave a quick review so more people can find these messages. Your yes might be the spark someone else needs. -------------------- As always, we hope this message stirs and encourages you! If you were blessed by this message and feel led to sow financial resources into The Resting Place, you can do so at the link below. Thank you! If you would like to give to The Resting Place click here: https://subsplash.com/u/therestingplace/give You can now support The Resting Place podcast by joining our subscription! Click the link below to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2129391/support If you would like more information about The Resting Place or to subscribe to our email list, contact us here: https://therestingplaceia.com Support the show

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We are a community of believers coming together to establish a new wineskin of renewal in the Midwest. Come and join us as we adventure into the unknown, with hands open to following the wind of Holy Spirit, and hearts hungry for community and to experience an outpouring of the love of the Father.  If you are interested in joining us, check out our website at www.therestingplaceia.com. Here you will find out more about who we are as well as our gathering schedule. We hope to connect with you!

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  • Creator
    Ben and Logan Robbins
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    73
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Resting Place
  • Show Website
    The Resting Place

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