Living Word Namibia Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Marissa explains what Jesus really meant when He said" the pure in heart will see God"?
Marissa teaches on the 4th Beatitude as Jesus teaches us that our first priority should be seeking His Kingdom and His Righteousness.
Johannes shares on the 3rd beatitude, The meek shall inherit the earth and explain how you can grow in meekness in your life.
Sunday 12 May 2024 we took a moment to honour every mom and woman in our world!. We also continued our series on the Beatitudes.
Marissa shares on how to conquer Distraction so we can live intimate, powerful and fruitful lives with Christ
Jacques shares more on the importance of having God' perspective in order to move effectively with him
Johannes shares from the story of Abraham looking for a wife for Isaac, on how we should be standing out as believers in a world that needs Christians to shine.
Johannes shares on how we need to allow the memorial stones in our lives (the significant times where God's spirit accomplished something in our lives) to empower us to live in the resurrection power of Christ.
Marissa shares on 2 accounts of Jesus encountering people hungry to see Him before He enters Jerusalem for Holy Week before His crucifixion.
Johannes shares more on Jesus' 5th "I AM" statement that He is the resurrection itself. Follow our sermon notes on the Bible app, Youversion every week. (Search "Living Word Windhoek" under the Events section).
Marissa shares on the 4th "I AM" statement Jesus made, this time talking about His nature as the loving, caring and providing Shepherd.
Johannes shares in the 3rd week of our series of Jesus IS - how is Jesus the door and what does the door really mean?
Marissa continues week 2 of our 7-week series: "Jesus Is" and focusses on John 8:12 where Jesus makes the statement "I AM the Light of the world".
Johannes starts part 1 of our 7 week series on "Who is Jesus", as we look at the 7 x "I AM" statements Jesus made in the Gospel of John. Week 1 covers why Jesus said He is the true bread of life.
Johannes encourages us with practical tips on how we can grow in intimacy with God. We also dedicated a special baby boy.
Ps Johannes & Marissa share their heart and vision for 2024 and what we believe the Lord is leading us to focus on in this year.
Marissa shares from Luke's account of the birth of Christ, how important our words are when it comes to the promises of God for our lives.
Melani shares on the important biblical principle of stewarding our time well for the Kingdom.
Marissa shares from John 6 on Jesus teaching that He is the True Bread of Heaven and what this means for us.
Marissa starts a 2-week series on how we can practically engage with the Bible more in terms of growing in our reading and studying of the Word.
Marissa shares how, as children of God, we can grow in favour with God and man as we walk in righteousness, obedience and faith.
Our guest speaker, Bennie van Loggerenberg, teaches on the importance of understanding our identity in Christ as children of God.
Johannes teaches how the Truth of Jesus can sometimes offend us but how we have a choice to grow through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Marissa shares Jesus' teaching on the cost of discipleship and talks about how truly following Jesus is radical in our world today.
Johannes explains the biblical context on the gift of healing and how we can still trust God for physical, emotional and spiritual healing today.
Marissa shares a key to living in the fulfilled promises of God: the power of a thankful heart and expressing gratitude towards God.
Johannes shares more on the foundation block of repentance that every believer needs in their journey towards spiritual maturity.
Today we spoke through Romans 12:1-2 where Paul gives us the key to transformation and change in our lives: the renewal of our mind!
Marissa shares lessons on the hidden seasons of our lives from Elijah's story and how God uses these times to prepare us for what is ahead.
Johannes shares a prophetic outlook on the importance of discerning the time and season we are in, as well as the right tribe (people) we are to be aligned with.
Jacques reminds us of the necessity of spiritual training through consistent discipline if we want to grow spiritually fit for the Kingdom.
The reason many believers are oppressed in their soul (mind, emotions) and often bodies (sicknesses), is because they are trapped in a prison of unforgiveness. Marissa unpacks this more and how forgiveness is the key to freedom.
Johannes teaches on how to cast down strongholds and purify our imaginations so we can see clearer in the spirit.
Marissa encourages us on our responsibility to keep the fire of our spiritual hearts burning for the Lord at all times!
Johannes teaches the basic foundations and understanding of what salvation in Christ is and how we can be assured of our salvation.
Marissa talks about the power of having a revelation of God's love for us personally and how it heals every part of our soul so we can live the victorious life God planned for us.
Marissa encourages us on the power of our expectation and how all of our hope and expectation should be in our Father in Heaven and His trusted Word.
Johannes explains why we need to understand the significance of Jesus' ascension in order to live "ascended lives" with Christ here on earth.
Jacques shares how the faith of a godly mother have a large impact in her household and in the world around us.
Jacques reminds us of the necessity of having our own revelation of Jesus and how the Holy Spirit is the One who reveals Jesus to us.
Johannes encourages us to each stay in our lane and run our individual race, as we learn to conform to Christ's character.
Marissa explains what the "judgement seat of Christ" means for believers and how it encourages us to live our lives as faithful stewards until Jesus returns!
Johannes reminds us of the power and the evidence of Jesus' resurrection to empower us to share our faith more boldly!
Johannes reminds us of the power of the cross and how Jesus enables us to pick up our own cross to truly follow Him.
Marissa takes us through the account of Jesus entering Jerusalem just before His crucifixion and we talk about different people's expectations of what Jesus' Kingship would look like and what that means for us today.
Marissa shares the difference between worldly happiness and Godly joy and how the Lord's joy is truly our strength to live victorious lives.
Jacques reminds us of the importance to walk habitually in relationship with Holy Spirit and not in the flesh.
Johannes starts a 2-part series on the Holy Spirit as our Helper. Part 1 explores His role in our lives from salvation.
Marissa shares on the necessity of seeking God's wisdom first if we want our lives' foundations to last.
Johannes takes us through a biblical overview of understanding the fear of God and why this is crucial for all believers.
Jacques encourages us on the power that our praise and worship has in the spiritual realm.
The Bible says the power of life and death is in the tongue. What will our words produce this year over our own lives and over others?
Marissa continues our series on God's presence. Jesus said He will never leave us nor forsake us, will seeking His presence be our pursuit and heart's cry in 2023?
During our Christmas service we spoke about Immanuel God with us - the gift of Christmas that means God's presence is always with us and accessible to us as children of God.
Johannes shares a message to encourage us to take personal responsibility for our spiritual growth in 2023.
Johannes shares seven ways the enemy attacks believers in our thought life and how we can counter lies with the truth of Jesus to live in victory.
God calls us to be bold, brave and courageous in a world that will often try to diminish us and hold us back through fear and discouragement. Be encouraged in your faith as we look at the bravery of Joshua.
Johannes & Marissa share lessons on obedience & sacrifice as we start a new season in our new building.
Johannes shares 3 practical points on how we can know that we are walking in God's will for our lives.
Johannes shares from the book of Isaiah on how we should honour and revere the Father with a holy awe and respect, as the Creator of the universe.
Marissa talks about one of the most necessary spiritual disciplines we need as believers: to guard our hearts daily through the help and power of the Holy Spirit.
Johannes reminds us of the power that is available through partaking in communion with Jesus, because of what Christ accomplished for us on the cross.
Jacques reminds us of the power of the anointing on every believer and how it always points to Jesus
Johannes and the team share testimonies from this week's outreach to our Divundu church family!
Johannes continues our series on spiritual maturity and how God desires for us to grow into the knowledge and grace of Jesus.
Marissa talks about the goal of spiritual maturity and the first steps we need to take to grow towards maturity in the spirit.
Marissa talks about the spirit of fear and how we can live free from the paralyzing types of fears that sets us back in our Kingdom purpose.
Jacques reminds us of the power of God's love for us and how we need to stay in love with our first love.
Johannes shares on the importance of gaining private victories before we can trust God for the public victories. Also includes a few testimonies from our Voice of God conference with our Lewende Woord Kaap team last weekend.
Marissa talks about the principle of spiritual hunger and how it determines our spiritual health.
Johannes continues our discussion on authority and how we have to start by submitting ourselves to God's authority first.
This week we continue our theme of faith and focus on understanding what the authority is that we have in Christ as believers.
Marissa continues our discussion on faith and looks at the power our words have when we come into agreement with the Word of God.
Johannes reminds us about the Fathers' perfect plan and purpose for every man to lead and impact in every sphere of life.
Jacques encourages us on how we are to use the measure of faith assigned to us and that all we need is faith the size of a mustard seed.
We start off Pentecost Sunday with communion led by Johannes. Then Marissa shares how we are carriers of God's Kingdom through the power of the Holy Spirit, how Pentecost was the activation for all believers to establish the Kingdom on earth.
Johannes takes us through the power of ascension day and what this means for us as believers today.
Johannes shares, alongside our Divundu missions team, of all the things the Lord has done in the last week on our mission to Divundu!
Marissa continues on the topic of grace and how God's grace empowers us to live the lives He has called us to live.
Marissa shares on how a revelation of God's grace can change our relationship with Christ and others. Week 1 of a 2-week series on amazing grace.
Jacques encourages us on the greatest pursuit we'll ever go on, that is to pursue a more intimate, passionate relationship with Jesus Christ.
Johannes shares on the topic of salvation: what true salvation in Jesus really is according to Scripture.
This Easter, Johannes takes a prophetic look at the third day (when Jesus rose from the dead) and how the third day applies to us today.
Johannes & Marissa shares the vision afresh for Living Word Windhoek as we start services at our new venue.
Johannes reminds us of the characteristics of a true soldier for Christ to encourage us in our daily journey.
Marissa talks through three overarching purposes of how God uses the local church today.
Johannes encourages us on how God wants to teach us to see the world through His eyes, not ours.
We celebrate our 2nd birthday as a church community in Windhoek, with some testimonies of our church family.
Marissa continues on the topic of how do we yield to the leadership of the Holy Spirit and learn to hear His voice.
Marissa shares on the importance of fully yielding to the leadership of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Johannes shares what the Lord put on his heart for us as a church for 2022, as we prepare for the Lord to do a new thing!
Johannes continues our dreaming again series with lessons we can learn from Simon Peter's life to fulfil our purpose and calling.
The delay between the time of us receiving the dream and the fulfilment of a dream, is God's time to refine and test our character. Marissa shares from the life of Joseph 3 tests he had to pass before his dream was fulfilled.
God has a dream for your life, bigger than what you can think or imagine. Marissa encourages us to dream again as we prepare our hearts with expectation for the future.
Marissa talks about the importance of understanding our true identity if we want to reach our full potential and destiny in Christ.
Marissa shares on how we can learn and grow to trust God as our only reliable truth and source.
Marissa shares on the story of Gideon in Judges 6 & 7, how God turned him from a timid and scared young man, into a bold hero of the faith!
Marissa continues on the theme of unity: how we can cultivate unity based on Paul's encouragement to the Ephesian church in Ephesians 4.
Marissa shares on the importance and power that lies in unity: when we are divided, we lose our power as the church.
Marissa shares on the 3rd key to victory as we seek the Lord in our 21-day fast: praise! Based on 2 Chronicles 20.
Marissa continues on the topic of prayer during our 21-day fast by discussing the power of the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6.
Marissa shares how the spiritual discipline of fasting, can increase our spiritual capacity in a powerful way as we prepare for new seasons. This week we are starting a corporate 21-day prayer and fast as a church, from 6 - 26 September 2021.
Johannes, Marissa and team share some feedback & testimonies from the August 2021 missions trip to our Divundu church family in the Kavango region. God has done incredible things through this outreach and we're so expectant for the future as we continue to build our relationship with this community.
Johannes shares on two initial focus areas we'll look to for increasing our spiritual awareness and sharpening our ability to hear God's voice on a daily basis.
Johannes starts a new series on hearing God's voice and how we can position ourselves to hear from our Father on a daily basis.
Johannes shares on the importance of walking with discernment in these challenging times. He teaches from Colossians on how to stand firmly rooted in our faith through discernment.
Marissa shares in this covid season, the importance of recognising that this world is not our home. She shares from the book of 1 Peter on how we can change our perspective on earthly trials and suffering.
Johannes shares a profound angle on the power of God's name and how this relates to our character in Christ.
Coenraad shares on the necessity of daily renewing our minds if we want to see change and progress in our spiritual lives in the days that we are living in.
Marissa shares on the Kingdom principle of servanthood and why we are empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Marissa shares the fundamental Christian foundations of Blood, Water, Fire on Pentecost Sunday and why it is necessary for believers to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Johannes shares the prophetic vision from the book of Ezekiel on the River of Life, and explains the relevance of the Holy Spirit as our river of life today.
We conclude our 3-week series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with a verse-by-verse teaching on Matthew 7.
Marissa continues in the series on the upside down Kingdom as we focus on Matthew 6 - part of Jesus' well known sermon on the mount teaching.
Johannes shares on lessons we can learn from the book of Daniel, on which kingdom we will choose to serve. Choosing God's Kingdom over the kingdom of the world will lead us not only to eternal life, but to blessing, favour and peace in this world.
Marissa shares the first of a series of 3 on the upside down Kingdom. Today we focussed on the beatitudes from Jesus' sermon on the mount in Matthew 5.
Johannes shares on one of the main reasons Jesus came to earth: to reveal the Father and His love to us.
On Easter Sunday, Marissa shares the apostle Paul's two biggest ambitions that is relevant to us today as well: to know Christ and to know the power of His resurrection (Phil. 3:10). Are we experiencing the resurrection power of Jesus in every area of our lives and daily walk?
Johannes shares on the importance of understanding that the Kingdom of God is at hand, that His Kingdom is inside of us and we have a mandate to release it on the earth as it is in heaven.
Marissa continues from last week's message on strongholds, discussing how crucial it is for believers to control our thought life through renewing our mind.
Johannes shares a powerful word on how we can use spiritual weapons of prayer and biblical confessions to pull down strongholds (lies we believe) in our thinking in all areas of our lives.
Coenraad shares on the importance of learning how to speak life and not death, releasing God's words of power and life over our lives.
We believe we are living in the end times as Jesus taught in the parable of the ten virgins. Do we have enough oil in our lamps for when the Bridegroom returns? Johannes shares more on this parable and how we can live awakened and ready as a church.
What are we feeding on to sustain us in these days? There is nothing else more sustaining and nourishing spiritually than the Word of God! We need to meditate on the Word, ponder it in our hearts, re-chew it, until the logos becomes rhema revelation in our hearts.
We look back at our first year since planting the Living Word Windhoek community and give honour to our King for what He has done in and through people in our first year. Including some testimonies from those in our community.
Marissa speaks about how we are called to bear fruit in our lives, as a result of our intimacy with Jesus Christ. We dig into John 15 where Jesus teaches on abiding in the true Vine.
Marissa shares on the importance of knowing and being in relationship with the person of the Holy Spirit.
Johannes shares the direction of where God is leading our community in this new year of 2021. A year of focussing more on His presence and going deeper in intimacy with our King.
Johannes shares on the importance of choosing joy in this season as we reflect on the year that has passed and the birth of our King.
Ps Marissa shares on some lessons we can learn from the shepherds who were the first to receive the news from God of the newborn King Jesus.
Johannes shares a special word on our family lunch Sunday about Ekklesia: "being the church" and some vision for 2021 of how we want to build our church family and community.
Marissa shares a message on how the enemy will try and use the trap of busyness and distraction to keep us from having an intimate relationship with Christ. Without intimacy with Christ, we will not be able to bear fruit or do anything in our lives.
In light of International Week of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Jacques Classen from Martyrs for Christ encourages us to continue praying for the persecuted church, our brothers and sisters, around the world.
Marissa shares part 2 on the topic of faithfulness discussing the parable of the talents and how Jesus expects His Bride to remain faithful until His return.
Johannes shares from the life of Moses on how we can encounter the glory of God, His power and presence, and also walk in it in our everyday lives.
Marissa shares a teaching on how we can trust in God's faithfulness in seasons where we do not yet see breakthrough or fulfilment of God's promises in our lives.
Ps Johannes shares a teaching on Genesis 24, where Abraham sends Eliezer to find a bride for his son Isaac and applies this to us today, as we represent the bride of Christ today.
A lady in our congregation shares how Jesus healed her painful back in a service during the month of September 2020.
Ps Marissa shares part 2 in the 2-week series on the Great Commission of Matthew 28:16-20. In part 2, we talk about how we can make more disciples in our home, church, and city.
Ps Marissa shares on Matthew 28 - the Great Commission that Jesus gave His church as the last command before He ascended to Heaven. In part 1, we talk about the difference between a believer and a disciple of Jesus.
Ps. Marissa shares some of the prophetic words that have been spoken over our church and to encourage us to prepare and persevere in prayer for what is coming in the spirit.
Marissa shares a message for this season on how we can hold on to hope in the biggest of storms.
Johannes shares a message on how we can remove obstacles in our lives to grow closer in our intimacy with Jesus.
The second part of the series of God's love. This second session focusses on how we give out God's love through serving each other.
This week Marissa shares in the first part on a series of God's love. The first session looks at God's unconditional, utterly selfless, gracious love for us as His children and the power of His love in our lives to heal, restore, and transform us.
Johannes shares how we can claim back our spiritual authority, given to us by Jesus, to be as bold as lions in the current season we are in.
We are continuing to talk about the principles of Kingdom living. In today's episode, Marissa talks about the power of our words and how changing our words, can ultimately change the direction of our lives.
The third message in our series of the Kingdom of God, based on Romans 14:17. In this message, Johannes unpacks how we can receive the peace of God that surpasses all understanding.
The first message in our series of the Kingdom of God, based on Romans 14:17. In this message, we look at the difference between the world's definition of happiness and the Bible's definition of joy.
This is the second message in our series of the Kingdom of God, based on Romans 14:17. In this message, we look at the topic of the righteousness of God and how important this foundation is to our relationship with the Lord.
God is busy with a divine reset in our relationships, responsibilities, resources, and rest.
We go through many tests and trials daily. What decisions are we making to pass these tests, and does it bring us into a closer relationship with Jesus?
Do not forget what God has done for you. There is a power in remembering the promises of God.
Part 2 in follow up from Shield of Faith. We are in a spiritual battle and need spiritual weapons. The sword of the Spirit is God's Word and one of our most powerful weapons!
In this unique and challenging time, God can use our "slowed-down" time to give us a new perspective. His heart is that we bear fruit and sometimes He'll use the slower seasons to prune us to bear even more fruit for His Kingdom.
Faith is the key to the Kingdom and in this challenging season, we have to lift up our shield of faith.
Is the soil of our hearts in a healthy condition to receive and grow the seed of God's Word?
Before we can move in the authority of God, we first need to understand our identity in Christ and who we are in Him.