For My King His Kingdom Podcast
A weekly Christian podcast encouraging athletes with mental health challenges, including autistic and neurodivergent athletes.
Hunger
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A Christian spoken word poem about spiritual hunger, identity, and finding lasting fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
The Gospel is the only nourishment that truly refreshes the soul.
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Outstretched Hand
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A spoken-word poem about God's outstretched hand--present in the stillness, steady in the climb, and faithful in every season.
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In The Morning
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In The Morning is a short spoken-word poem of gratitude, offered to God at the start of a new day.
A quiet reflection on grace.
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Wind-Filled Sails
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Wind-Filled Sails is a spoken-word poem about anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and the moment when self-calming falls short.
The poem turns quietly toward trust- not in strength regained, but in being carried by God.
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Faces(Poem)
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Faces is a spoken- word poem about presence, perception, and the moments we carry with us after we've looked away. God still sees us, even when it seems like others don't.
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By His Hand (A Poem)
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By His Hand is a spoken-word piece about release, trust, and the quiet tension between effort and surrender-and the hands of God we trust to carry us.
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Spiritual Grid Position
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Don't worry about being left behind in your spiritual walk. God knows your heart and wants us to know that in each one of our spiritual journeys, that its a distance race, and that it will take time to mature your faith.
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Godly Sorrow
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God knows us, and He softens our hearts so that we can see our sins, which enables us to repent to Him, so we can live our lives free of regret.
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Wash Thy Feet
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Jesus wants us as believers to show humility and kindness towards our fellow man just like He did when He washed the disciples feet. It is that type of selflessness and love He wants us to show on a daily basis.
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Interview with Christian Taylor
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On today's episode we have 2x Olympic Triple Jump Gold Medalist, 4x World Champion, and 7x Diamond League winner Christian Taylor on on the show. We talk about his faith journey as well as an amazing athletic journey as he prepares for another Olympic run this year.
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Turning Groans Into Thankfulness
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It is good to thank God for all of the things He has brought us through in all of our journeys. We have to be able to look back and understand where we have been in order to understand where God is taking is taking us too. Complaining about the blessings He hasn't given us, will keep us from seeing what He potentially has in store for us.
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Fullness Of Joy
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Being close with God, fills our heart with both joy and peace, and we should take that joy and let people see it, and take the peace to calm our minds and heart.
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His Comforting Words
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It is important that as believers we fill our hearts with The Word of God, to be able to have His love, grace, and mercy so that we can help share that to others who may need to be encouraged. We know how God’s kind words have comforted us in our troubles, so it makes it even more important that we share that.
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Spiritually Charged
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Life can drain us both physically and spiritually, leaving us feeling like we have no energy to do another task or be there for a loved one. The Lord wants us to feed off His Word and call on Him daily in order to regain that strength that we need to go about our day and week. Like a battery life will constantly drain us, but with the Lord as our constant energy source we have continued hope.
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Unforgotten Gains
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It's important as believers that we do not get discouraged in growing in our faith, or even in our physical well being. The Lord sees our hard work being done for Him and He will honor us with blessings in time.
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Eager for the Lord
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When those with good judgement receive knowledge, they want to continue to actively seek it to gain wisdom.
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Faith Endurance
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It is important as Christians to develop a strong faith that can endure not just through the good times but also the bad so that you can continue to grow strong, and go the distance.
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A Great Masterpiece
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It is important that we constantly seek the Lord for His help and guidance, and He will deliver us from our struggles, and renew our spirit.
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Will I Be Ready?
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God wants us to grow both in wisdom and understanding, so that we can show humility in our actions to others.
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I Come Humbly Before Thee
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It is important that as believers, that we are not hesitant with asking the Lord for help. Be humble and confident, He is our Heavenly Father, and is waiting to accept us and help us with anything that we may face.
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When The Pocket Collapses
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When you feel the pressure of life’s issues bearing down on you like a defensive back, continue having faith in God protecting you with his offensive line, while also showing you His plan.
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Biblical Preparedness
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It’s important that as believers that as we start off this new year, we ask God to teach us His laws, His understanding, and direction as we tackle what’s ahead of us. We need His mind and the proper guidance, to be able to turn our hearts towards what He wants and not for our own selfish gain.
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Wilderness Of Life
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As we start off this new year, we can't let ourselves fixate on the problems we have faced in our lives or in society , and try to fix them ourselves. God has seen us battling in the wilderness, He has seen what we are facing, we have to give up that control to Him. He is our light for us to be able to see in order to get out of that wilderness.
Focus this year on giving up your control and let God shine His light, so that He can give y...
Birth Of A King
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This Christmas, keep in mind the true Christmas Story, of Christ's birth. God provided for His son Jesus and for His mother Mary and Father Joseph, during times of uncertainty and danger during Christ's birth, and all the way up to when He was fully grown and made the ultimate sacrifice for our sins.
God is doing the same for all of us as believers, helping us and guiding us as we mature in faith, and battle life's obstacles. Call on Him today, He is ready to listen.
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Interview with Jordan Gray
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Jordan graduated from Kennesaw State University where she was a 10x Conference Champion and 4x All-American in NCAA Division I Track and Field.
Jordan competed at the NCAA Championships, USA Championships, the Thorpe Cup in Germany x2, The National Women's Decathlon Championship x2, and the Open De France. She also just earned a Bronze Medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in the Heptathlon.
She is the American Record Holder in the Women's Decathlon, as well as the Women's Decathlon 100m Dash, and Long Jump American Record Holder. She also is th...
My Closest Friend......God
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Understanding that God is with us through our life journeys, through the ups and downs, and the dark times. We can't hide from God, but we also have to know that when we are struggling, we aren't alone, He is ready to guide us and to provide us strength.
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Give For Christ
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During this holiday season, keep in mind to show Gods love in helping those who may be struggling. We can’t keep Gods love all to ourselves, it’s important that we share it, and show it.
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100th Episode with returning guest Andre Thornton!
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We conclude celebrating our 100th episode month with our returning guest former Cleveland Indian, my dad, Andre Thornton. We talk about how God wants us to show thankfulness, hold each other accountable in our faith, and how an athlete can move on once it’s time for their athletic career to be done.
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Songful Praise
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Thanksgiving is a time for thankfulness, and what better way as believers to show our thankful hearts is to give praise back to the Lord for all that He has done for us. Not just in prayer but in songs of praise in communion with others. Look at what God has done in your lives today, and show your thankfulness with songs of worship.
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Interview with Morgan Zerkle
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Welcome listeners, we celebrate our 100th episode month with having Marshall Softball Head Coach Morgan Zerkle on the show with us today.
Morgan is from West Virginia, and went to Marshall University where she earned All-American honors as a shortstop in softball.
She was Conference Player Of The Year, and Conference Regular Season Champion in 2017. She won two silver medals with team USA and was a Pan American Champion. She was drafted to play professionally in 2017. She currently plays in the pro league called Athletes Unlimited, and is the current Head Coach fo...
Given Strength
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Contentment for believers is understanding that God is walking by your side providing for you, and giving you what you need when you need it, and finding peace in that.
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This Is The Way
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Making big plans like moving, can take a tole on you mentally and physically. That is why it is important to have God at the center of your plans, so that when things get too much, you can listen for His voice to guide you.
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Comeback Season
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Adversity can hold us back and even lead us away from God, but God is still ready and waiting to accept us back, and to give us help when we ask for it. He strengthens us to overcome that adversity so that we can have our own comeback season.
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Look To God
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Whether you are facing strenuous challenges on or off the field of play, the God can prepare you to face them and give you the strength to come through them. Keep your eyes on Him and not on the struggles.
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Grace For The Traveler
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When society shows a lack of God's love and grace with each other, know that when you call on God, He will show up for you no matter the situation.
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Heavenly Instruction
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When God gives us a gift to pursue, He also provides us skills and helps guide us on how we should use and grow that gift.
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Interview with Marcus Farris
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Marcus Farris joins on the show today. We talk about his veteran non-profit work with Mission 22, his faith, his time in the military, and sports.
Marcus Farris is an author, counselor, health coach, and Army Reserve officer. He currently works full-time for the veteran non-profit, Mission 22 as the Post Traumatic Growth Director. In his time away from his full-time work, he trains for ultra marathons and CrossFit competitions while working for the 320th PSYOPS Company out of Clackamas, Oregon as a Reserve Officer.
He has his undergraduate degree in Industrial and Sy...
Path Of Life
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In today's episode we discus the importance of "staying on the path of purity", and living by God's Word. Keeping His scripture on our hearts will keep our minds off of what is happening in the world, and focused on where God is guiding us.
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Fix Our Eyes On Him
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On the outside our bodies may take hits that may harm us negatively, but on the inside of us, our faith is still keeping us strong to take those hits because God is fighting for us. We have faith in a Heavenly father that is unseen, but He sees us every single day and knows what we are going through and has blessings waiting for us in the end.
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Good Medicine
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God wants us to have a cheerful heart that has hope in Him, a broken spirit can hurt us emotionally and physically. Turn to Him for His help so you can then give out His love.
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