God has a plan // S10E11
We are commanded to go. To go and share His news, to love, and to care for people. Not to just choose one part that you like most, but to do all He has commanded. And once we do we find out how intertwined they are. If we really love people and care for them, we will want them to receive the same freedom we have through Christ, and if we have a genuine desire to preach the Good News, we will do so out of a love and care for others. We want to give hope. Whatever form it may be given in, providing for physical and financial needs, or emotional and spiritual, or all of them together, we do so through faith in Christ.
Guest Info:
Pam Whitehead is the Executive Director of Prolove Ministries, founded by Abby Johnson. She calls herself a “hope dealer”. From conception, she was targeted for abortion and after years of abandonment, abuse, and addiction, she found herself facing a crisis pregnancy with only one option: abortion. Her conversion is radical and so is her love for other women facing crisis like she did. Pam’s story can be found in the devotional “Planned from the Start” by Lorraine Vela that accompanies the major motion picture, Unplanned.
Verses from Spreading Hope:
Ephesians 2:1, James 1:27, Galatians 6:2, Romans 15:1, Hebrews 11:1, John 14:12, 2 Corinthians 3:4-6, Hebrews 9:16
Quotes from today’s episode:
“That day I surrendered my life, I understood what it says ‘With the Spirit of the Lord is liberty’ “
Pamela Whitehead, The Pantry Podcast, Spreading Hope
“God has a future for me. He’s the one who knows my future, who has a plan and a hope, not the enemy! Cause he’s got nothing but our old stuff.”
Pamela Whitehead, The Pantry Podcast, Spreading Hope
“He has given this enormous blessing! Its not like we are working for this salvation, like trying to pay off this gift we got, He wants us to be apart of it.”
Michelle Watson, The Pantry Podcast, Spreading Hope
Topical Timeline:
00:37 – Intro
03:34 – Guest Intro
05:48 – Filling the Gaps
07:40 – Pure Religion
09:40 – Demonstration
12:50 – Counting the Cost
16:09 – People of Faith
19:49 – Living Representation
21:35 – Introducing Christ
25:55 – They don’t Understand
27:20 – Pam’s Story
39:55 – Why we do what we do
43:30 – Commission
45:09 – Outro