Milk & Honey Podcast

10/03/2025

The Lord honors faith filled prayers even when our timing isn’t perfect, or when we pray without fully understanding the bigger picture, God still sees the faith and love behind the prayer. Scripture shows us that He looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). Sometimes we may ask for things before their appointed time, but because God is merciful, He takes even our imperfect prayers and works them into His perfect plan (Romans 8:26–28).

Think of Hezekiah in Isaiah 38, when God told him to set his house in order because he was going to die, Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed. That prayer wasn’t “timed” according to what God had already declared, but because of Hezekiah’s heart, his tears, and his faith in God, the Lord added fifteen more years to his life.

Faith moves God’s heart, even when our timing doesn’t match His. Love makes our prayers fragrant before Him (Revelation 5:8). And sometimes, God answers in mercy because His love for us is greater than our limitations.

10/01/2025

People want to say that speaking in tongues isn’t for today or it’s of the devil. There is not a single verse in Scripture that says the gifts of the Spirit have ceased, or that speaking in tongues is of the devil. In fact, the Bible shows the opposite.

Jesus promised that “these signs will accompany those who have believed… they will speak with new tongues” (Mark 16:17, NASB1995).

Paul instructed the church not to forbid speaking in tongues. “Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues” (1 Corinthians 14:39).

Peter declared on the Day of Pentecost that the promise of the Spirit was for ALL generations. “For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself” (Acts 2:39).

So biblically, the gifts ARE for today, for the Church, and for every believer who desires to walk in the fullness of the Spirit.

Hebrews 11:1 reminds us that faith is not based on what we’ve already seen or experienced, but on trusting God’s Word even when we don’t yet see the evidence. To dismiss spiritual gifts simply because one hasn’t personally experienced them is to walk by sight, not by faith.

It’s a bit like salvation itself, just because someone hasn’t personally experienced being born again doesn’t mean salvation isn’t real. The reality of God’s promises isn’t determined by human experience; it’s determined by His Word.

09/30/2025

Tradition is sending people to hell. “Well, this is how we always done it.” And that’s why you always get what you’ve always got. Many times, people cling to tradition over truth.

Jesus Himself warned about this:

“But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.”
Matthew 15:9 (NASB1995)

Tradition can become a chain if it replaces the living Word of God. The Pharisees were experts at “this is how we’ve always done it” but their rituals lacked heart, faith, and obedience. The danger is when tradition numbs people to the Spirit, making them comfortable instead of transformed.

That’s why Paul wrote

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”
Colossians 2:8

When people elevate tradition over Scripture, they risk being like the church in Revelation that had a name that they were alive, but were dead. Weak-minded Christians keep recycling the same powerless results because they refuse to let God’s Spirit move them into deeper obedience and faith.

Truth is, tradition without transformation leads to a spiritual death. Faith in Christ, alive and active, breaks those chains

09/27/2025

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV

Revelation 2:10 is one of those verses that sees through all excuses and halfway commitments. Jesus isn’t calling for part-time faithfulness or surface level devotion. He’s calling for endurance and loyalty. A steadfastness unto death.

It means faithfulness when it hurts and when it’s inconvenient, when no one else sees, and even when it brings suffering or persecution. This is covenant loyalty!

Not one day a week, because true faith is not a Sunday-only identity; it’s who you are every day.

Not when you feel like it, because feelings waver, but faith is rooted in trust, not emotions.

Not only when people are watching, because God sees in secret, and the crown of life is promised to those who endure for His sake.

It’s the same spirit Paul spoke of when he said, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7)

The promise is written. “I will give you the crown of life.” That’s an eternal reward, eternal victory, eternal joy all for a temporary endurance.

09/26/2025

My faith can bring you healing, but only your faith can keep you walking in it.

We see tension in Scripture between someone receiving something by grace (or through another person’s faith) and then keeping it through their own faith and obedience.

In the Gospels, there are times where Jesus’ faith and authority clearly heal people regardless of their level of belief (raising Jairus’ daughter, healing the servant of the centurion, and so on.) Yet there are also many times where Jesus explicitly says, “Your faith has made you well” (Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48, Luke 17:19). The miracle happens through Him, but the continuance of that miracle, the walking it out, standing firm, resisting doubt is often tied to your faith.

It’s like this. Sometimes a person can receive a breakthrough, healing, or deliverance because someone else interceded, prayed, or stood in faith for them.
But to keep it, to walk in it, not let the enemy steal it, not let doubt choke it out, that requires your own faith to be activated and sustained.

This is what Jesus implies in John 5:14 after healing the man at the pool of Bethesda.

“See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

He healed him freely but warned him to live differently afterward, essentially saying, “Guard what has been given.”

09/25/2025

The Bible is inspiring and full of truth, but not every passage is suitable for every age group at every stage of life. God’s Word covers the full reality of human sin, brokenness, and redemption and some parts deal with subjects like violence, immorality, and adult struggles that younger hearts and minds simply aren’t ready to process.

That’s why Scripture itself emphasizes the importance of wisdom in teaching.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every matter under heaven.”

1 Corinthians 3:2 reminds us that Paul gave the believers “milk, not solid food,” because they weren’t ready for deeper teaching yet.

In the same way, children can be guided into the truths of Scripture gradually, starting with God’s love, creation, Jesus’ kindness, forgiveness, and the hope of salvation before being introduced to more mature themes as they grow.

It’s not about hiding truth but about giving it in the right measure, at the right time, in the right way.

09/23/2025

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭22‬-‭24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Smith Wigglesworth gave us four principles we need to maintain: “First, read the Word of God. Second, consume the Word of God until it consumes you. Third believe the Word of God. Fourth, act on the Word.”

1. Read the Word of God – This is the foundation. Just as we need daily bread for our bodies, we need daily Scripture for our souls (Matthew 4:4). Reading consistently keeps us anchored.

2. Consume the Word of God until it consumes you – Don’t just skim like a comic book, meditate. Let it sink in until it shapes your thoughts, desires, and responses (Psalm 1:2; Jeremiah 15:16).

3. Believe the Word of God – Reading without faith leaves it as mere ink on a page. When we believe, the Word becomes living and active in us (Hebrews 4:2, 12).

4. Act on the Word – Obedience completes the process. James 1:22 warns us not to be hearers only. Faith becomes visible when we walk out what we’ve read, consumed, and believed.

09/22/2025

“For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.”
Zechariah 4:10 (NASB1995)

It’s encouraging that even when something looks small or not important at first, God values it, then blesses it, and uses it to accomplish His purposes. Often times, every mighty work of God often begins with a humble seed.
David started as a shepherd boy before becoming king.
Jesus was born in a manger, not a palace.
The church, the body or ecclesia, began with 120 people praying in the upper room.

A massive oak tree that gives shade, shelter and food for many animals always starts as a small sapling.

Be enocuraged. God delights in the beginnings that look small because they reveal His power to multiply, to grow, and bring about His glory!

09/21/2025

Today, as Charlie’s wife Erika, their children, family, friends, and supporters gather, we honor the life of a true man of God.

Charlie was more than a leader. He was a bold voice in the Christian faith, unafraid to stand for truth and pour into the next generation. He lived unshaken, and he laid down his life for the Gospel. We believe he is a martyr, now wearing the crown of martyrs, welcomed into eternity with the words of Matthew 25:23: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

His legacy calls us to rise higher, to speak bolder, and to proclaim God’s Word without compromise. We believe a mighty move of God is sweeping across our nation, and Charlie’s life will continue to fuel it.

Today we lift Erika in prayer, asking the Lord to surround her with His shield of protection, flood her with His peace, and ignite His boldness within her. May her heart be comforted as only the Spirit of God can do.

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days… But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of.” (2 Timothy 3:1,14 NIV)

09/20/2025

In 1 Samuel 16, Jesse lined up all his sons, and each one looked like they could have been the next king. But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God does not see as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” 1 Samuel 16:7, NASB1995

David wasn’t even considered worthy to be called in by his own father. He was out tending sheep. Overlooked and underestimated. Yet God saw him and knew his heart. And therefore God chose him.

People may overlook you, dismiss you, or even fail to recognize the gifts God placed inside of you, but God never overlooks His own. He sees what no one else sees. His choice is not based on human approval, or appearance, but on His sovereign purpose and the condition of the heart.

So be encouraged. When you feel hidden or forgotten, your “shepherd’s field” season is preparation. The same God who called David from obscurity knows exactly where you are and what He has planned for you. People may pass you by, but God never will!

09/14/2025

04/16/2025

Jesus simply doesn’t know how not to love you.