The Call Pod: Recent Episodes
Gbenga and Busola Oni
The Call is a platform where we share on the practical application of the Bible as it pertains to pursuing purpose. It's a place of vulnerability and complete realness. We hope that our listeners will gain clarity, develop audacity, receive leverage and be empowered to live the kingdom lifestyle.
In this episode, we delve into the next armor of God, the body armor of God's righteousness, also known as the breastplate of righteousness. Body armor is our last line of defense when all other armor fails because it protects our vital organs. The scripture charged us to only dwell on good thoughts, avoiding bitterness and jealousy because they open the doors to the dark world.
We delve deep into the full amour, discussing the belt of truth. In the discussion, we concluded that the belt not only sets free but also empowers. Listen and be blessed.
Now that we know what spiritual warfare is and the myths surrounding it, we begin to delve into the weapon believers need to fight it. The weapon is nothing but the armor of God. In this episode, we discuss what the armor of God is and why it is crucial to put on the full armor.
In the last episode, we discussed what spiritual warfare is, and in this episode, Busola discusses what it is not. We will expose some of the myths around spiritual warfare and prepare ourselves as believers for real spiritual warfare by putting on our full armor, which will be covered in the next episode.
In this episode, we discuss spiritual welfare, what it is all about, and why we, as call-chasers, must take up our armor and fight the good fight.
Welcome to 2024. In this episode, we reviewed 2023 topics around leadership of the spirit and stewardship and how they relate to our call as those chasing our call.
The episode concluded by introducing the theme of the first half of 2024 episodes, which is around spiritual welfare.
We conclude the stewardship series with a conversation on our relationship with material things. It is the last episode of our call mandate. The central issue the episode covered is for believers to remember it is God's mind that we walk in abundance and yet live in the focus of heaven, not merriment alone.
In the third part of the stewardship series, we discussed how to steward oneself to meet the call mandate.
In this series on stewardship, we focus on how to steward our relationship with people. The central point was for us as call chasers to remember that people are the crown of God's creation and He is interested in how we relate with one another.
The discussion of stewardship is becoming paramount in our generation that has arrogated everything to herself. A generation that claims to be self-made. However, in God's design, call chasers must continually remember we are all stewards of God's resources (life, resources, and relationships). In today's episode, we begin the series by exploring how we steward our relationship with God, which is the foundation for managing resources and connections with others.
As we conclude the series of the spirit leadership. We discussed the place of waiting and listening. One critical submission from this episode is knowing that it is possible to wait on God and not be a good listener. We must not just be listening to messages, storing pads loaded with notes from sermons, and yet not revisiting them or meditating on what the Lord might have given us. The series concluded with tips for us as call chasers on how to wait and listen.
Continuing the conversation on help, we focus today on how to receive help. The discussion explored some of the reasons why people might not receive help, some of which include pride, fear of shame, and disappointment, amongst others. It concluded with what should be the disposition of those on the call journey to receiving help. Joy, Hope, Faith, a heart of gratitude, and accepting the love of God tops the list.
In this episode, we discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in teaching believers how to give help, supporting us also to imbibe God's nature of provision of help. Even Christ said it is in the best interest of Christians that Him `Christ goes home so that the Holy Spirit comes. He helps our weaknesses, helps us to pray and overcome temptations. He reveals the heart of the Father and helps us understand all that Christ taught while on earth.
Continuing the conversation on spiritual leadership a fortnight ago, we explored the place of trust. And like the famous Christian song words, trust and obey, for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey. Gbenga shares the place of obedience, God's invitation for us to be doers of the word, or whatever revelation is gotten from the place of zero resistance.
In a generation where the world struggles with trust. The Lord is inviting us back to the place of trust and total dependence on the holy spirit. It is an invitation to a place of ZERO resistance. So in today's episode, still on the series of the call mandate and exposition of spiritual leadership, Busola shares on trust and how we, as call chasers, can work/walk in trust.
This episode continues our conversation on our call mandate under spiritual leadership, reflecting on Miracles. If anything causes a considerable debate on earth or even divides believers, it is called "MIRACLE." Yet people use the word always, expecting it or saying I just got a miracle. The episode explores what it means and why you should believe in miracles.
In today's episode, We deep dive into the call mandate starting the series spiritual leadership. We explored his personality, who is the Holy Spirit, how He enables us to deliver on our call, and the challenges we encounter in living a spirit-led life.
Welcome to Season Five of the call podcast. This season will be year-long and digging deep into the call mandates. The mandates will be discussed under three broad terms, first, spiritual leadership, secondly stewardship, and lastly, the concept of parenthood. You don't want to miss the 20 total episodes discussed in season five. In today's episode, Busola and Gbenga shared an overview of what to expect for the season.
We conclude season four with the conversation on death. Looking at what death should mean for us as call chasers.
As this series and season end with an episode left, today's episode covers the place of love in the hope of God's calling.
When the Bible talks about the Glory in relation to the Hope of His Calling, what does this mean? This episode of the call podcast discussed this question reflecting on the glory and all the various form of it and the place of suffering and thankfulness in showing forth God's glory.
In this episode, we explore the hope of His calling by reflecting on the incredible greatness of God's power towards those of us who believe and are called according to His purpose. We reflect on what the power means, how we can access it and the benefits of living mindful of this power.
We continue with our conversation in season 4 on the Hope of His Calling. In today's episode, we will explore what the hope of his riches is all about. How do we receive these riches and understand the connection to our calling as call chasers? And what should be our response.
As call chasers, it is important to know that the hope of His calling is our manifesto. In season 4 we will be exploring what this hope is about. For today's episode, we explored what it means, why we need to settle into this hope, and what the role of the Holy Spirit is in bringing us into enjoying the benefit of this hope.
In today's episode, we share the need to avoid seeking validation from our work or from others' approval/disapproval.
In this episode, we reflect on the importance of working from a point of rest. The impact it has on our productivity and life in general. As we approach a new year, we invite you to reflect on the themes shared in today's podcast and plan to work from a place of rest.
In today's episode, we discuss the threefold stream of work - an act of worship, a service, and a blessing. We review how walking purposefully in our call makes us see our work as service to God and to serve Him is to worship Him.
Do you see your work (job, business) as part of your calling or separate from it? Do you regard work as a necessary burden just to pay the bills and you would rather be enjoying on an island everyday?
We understand that feeling. In this episode, we explore the concept of the work we do as part of our calling.
Listen and be blessed.
Today, we begin season 3 by exploring the concept of work as we pursue our call.
Is work a result of the Adamic sin?
Is work only meant to meet our physical needs?
Is there important vs. non-important work when we are pursuing our calling?
We dive deep into these questions in this episode.
What does an infinite-based life look like when pursuing the call? How many times do you pause to consider the long game over the short term as you make life choices? Today's episode is the final in the second season of this podcast and we reflect on what it means to be eternal focused as we pursue everyday life decisions.
In this episode, we are discussing optimism. The Called Life is Optimistic. There is a lot of confusion when call chasers or believers sound optimistic. People think we are denying reality. However, optimism is not about denying reality. And it isn’t positivity either. Do listen to learn more about the difference between positivity and optimism in the context of the Call and how/why you should stay optimistic.
We hope you have been developing a heart of compassion since we met a fortnight ago. Today we will reflect on the importance of humility in the pursuit of our Call. Jesus, in the sermon on the Mount, said blessed are the meek. The message version. Matthew 5v5 says, “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourself proud owners of everything that can’t be bought."
Here Christ defines humility as being content with who you are, and in so doing, you get all you need to deliver on your purpose or call. In this episode, we reflect on humility and how it helps us in achieving our call.
Many in this generation are quick to label themselves as independent or self-made. As much as we agree that we are not called to be needy or dependent on others, God's design is interdependence. Out of interdependence stems the need to show compassion. This episode, we explore with practical examples why we should put compassion before the mission.
When Christ calls us, it is into an individual walk with Him. We are encouraged to be in community with others but we must not lose sight that we will give an individual account. This episode shares some markers on how to stay focused on this personal journey.
Last episode, we shared extensively on the need to guard our hearts. Today we explore why we should guide our hearts as call chasers.
You've probably read this scripture - "Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it flows the issues of life". On today's episode we reflect on the importance of guarding our hearts as call Chasers.
What does being a call chaser mean to you? Do you feel tempted to put your call on the back burner? We have a word of encouragement for you in this episode.
Following our call is not for the faint hearted. It requires discipline and this episode we dissect what discipline looks like for the Called and share some real life experiences. Listen and enjoy!
Season 2 is all about Living in the Call and we begin the conversation by sharing on process. We don't just arrive at purpose, we go through a process. It doesn't happen overnight.
It's the final episode in this series of Call Chasers. Today we return to the conversation on how we should keep track of our progress as call Chasers. We hope you've enjoyed the entire series and look forward to your communication thecall633@gmail.com
Should we wear burnout as a badge of honour? What would Jesus do? This episode we explore in more depth how to overcome days when we are tired and recognise the need to "come aside and rest".
We all get tired in this journey. Sometimes we are tempted to throw in the towel. What do we do during these tough days? In this episode, we share from Christ's example how to respond and rejuvenate during periods of tiredness.
We are now in a generation that's more obsessed with numbers. Technology advancement has made life more measurable, more quantifiable, more countable. And many of us just can’t stop counting. In asking questions like "How many followers do I have? How many figures are in my bank account? How many scores did I get on my last test? How many likes or comments did my post receive?And we think answering favorably to those questions means we are indeed pursuing our calls, unfortunately, we are here today to say "call chasers don't keep scores."
We continue the conversation on what the Call is and burst a few myths about it. We look forward to hearing from you what other myths might be worth bursting about living an intentional and purposeful life.
Is the Call all about becoming a "pastor" or setting up a "ministry"? In our first episode, we share some insights into what we believe the Call to be.
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