In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall and Pastor Brad continue the Go to Battle series by taking on the battle of discouragement.

Using Nehemiah 4, they explore the common factors that make us vulnerable to discouragement: fatigue, frustration, failure, and fear. When strength runs low, the rubble feels overwhelming, and criticism keeps coming, it can be easy to believe the work is no longer worth continuing.

Kendall and Brad also look at Nehemiah’s response. He cried out to God, kept doing the work God had given him, focused on the bigger picture, rehearsed God’s promises, and helped people carry the burden together.

This episode is a reminder that discouragement may tell you to stop, but God can give you the strength to keep building.

Key Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1–23 2 Corinthians 4:1 Luke 18:1 Psalm 46:1–3 Galatians 6:9 Matthew 11:28

Listen in and reflect: Where are you discouraged, and what would it look like to keep building with God’s help?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall and Pastor Brad begin a new series called Go to Battle by taking on one of the most common battles we face: fear.

Using Deuteronomy 1, they look at the moment God’s people stood on the edge of the Promised Land but allowed fear to rewrite the story. Fear disregarded God’s plan, distorted His purpose, discouraged His people, disbelieved His promises, and eventually led to disobedience.

Kendall and Pastor Brad discuss how fear can control our decisions, shape the atmosphere around us, and keep us from walking into what God has already called us to do. They also unpack practical ways to go to battle with fear: confront it honestly, confess when fear has become disobedience, believe God’s promises, cultivate a closer relationship with Him, and surrender fully to Christ.

Key Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:19–40 2 Timothy 1:7 Psalm 139:23–24 Psalm 34:4 Proverbs 29:25 Psalm 27:1 Deuteronomy 31:6 Isaiah 41:10 Philippians 1:21

Listen in and reflect: Where is fear keeping you from trusting and obeying God?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall is joined by Dillon Nickel, RIO 180 Church Youth Pastor, to discuss Dillon’s message, Do This in Remembrance.

Together, they walk through James 1 and explore what it means to face trials with faith, ask God for wisdom, endure hardship, and remain surrendered to Christ when life tests what is really in our hearts. Dillon explains how trials can build endurance, why doubt can pull our faith in the opposite direction, and how God uses difficult seasons to reveal what we are depending on most.

The conversation also examines the difference between trials and temptation, the danger of wandering without purpose, and the call to live a faith that is visible in our words, compassion, purity, and surrender.

Key Scripture: James 1:2–16 James 1:26–27 Hebrews 12:6–7 Proverbs 24:16 Colossians 3:2–3 Acts 17:28

Listen in and reflect: What is this season exposing in you, and are you willing to surrender it to Christ?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall and Pastor Brad talk about what it means to live for Jesus today.

Using Hebrews 3 and Paul’s words to the Thessalonians, they discuss the urgency of following Christ in a world where hearts can grow cold, truth can be twisted, and faith will be tested. Rather than waiting for someday, this episode challenges listeners to consider what obedience, courage, and faithfulness look like right now.

Kendall and Brad walk through four challenges for living for Jesus today: speak boldly, live purely, love deeply, and endure faithfully. They explore how boldness comes with the help of God, how purity means living to honor Him instead of chasing applause, how deep love shares both the gospel and our lives, and how enduring faith stands firm when pressure is greatest.

Key Scripture: Hebrews 3:13 Matthew 24:12 1 Timothy 4:1 Matthew 24:9–10 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8 1 Thessalonians 3:7–8 1 Thessalonians 3:12–13

Listen in and reflect: What would it look like for you to live for Jesus today?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall is joined by Kelcey Bumbalough, who preached this week’s message, Believe.

Together, they walk through the story of Lazarus in John 11 and wrestle with a question many of us have asked: How do we believe God hears us in every situation, especially when He does not show up the way we expected?

Mary and Martha believed Jesus could heal Lazarus, but when He did not arrive before Lazarus died, their hope collided with disappointment. Kendall and Kelcey discuss what it means to keep looking to Jesus in the middle of the storm, trust that struggle does not have to be the end, and believe even when God’s timing does not make sense.

This episode is a reminder that experiencing disappointment is real, but we do not have to live in it. Because of Jesus, healing is possible, faith can grow, and the story is not over.

Key Scripture: John 11:1–44 Matthew 14:30 Hebrews 12:1–2 Romans 8:28 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 Micah 7:7–8 Isaiah 53:4–5

Listen in and reflect: Can you still say “even now” when God does not move the way you hoped?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall and Pastor Brad continue the New Things series by exploring the importance of new community.

Using Isaiah 43 and Hebrews 10, they discuss how God often does new things in us through the people He places around us. Together is God’s plan, but together is not always easy. Community requires intentional choice, commitment, encouragement, and the willingness to keep showing up.

Kendall and Brad also look at the life of David and the key relationships that helped shape him into a man after God’s own heart. Samuel saw what others could not see. Jonathan helped David find strength in God. Nathan loved David enough to speak the truth.

This episode is a reminder that we were not created to follow Jesus alone. We need people who see the best in us, seek God with us, and speak truth to us in love.

Key Scripture: Isaiah 43:18–19 Hebrews 10:23–25 Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 1 Peter 5:8 Acts 13:22 1 Samuel 16:12–13 1 Samuel 23:15–16 2 Samuel 12:7 Proverbs 27:5–6

Listen in and reflect: Who is helping you follow Jesus more faithfully, and who are you helping follow Jesus more faithfully?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall is joined by Kelcey, who preached this week’s message in the New Things series. Together, they discuss what it looks like to move from simply wanting new faith to practicing the spiritual strategies that help us stay connected to God.

Building from Isaiah 43 and the story in Mark 9 and Matthew 17, this conversation explores what happens when we feel disconnected from God and too connected to the world. Kelcey unpacks Jesus’ words about prayer and fasting, showing how prayer reconnects us to God while fasting helps disconnect us from the distractions, desires, and patterns that compete for our hearts.

Kendall and Kelcey also talk about honest faith, the father’s prayer, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief,” and why fasting is not about manipulating God for answers, but humbling ourselves so we can experience deeper intimacy with Him.

Key Scripture: Isaiah 43:18–19 Mark 9:14–29 Matthew 17:14–20 Psalm 145:18 Psalm 139:23–24 Matthew 6:6 Matthew 6:16–18 2 Chronicles 20:3–4

Listen in and reflect: What do you need to disconnect from so you can reconnect with God?

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In this episode of the Living Out 180 Podcast, Kendall and Pastor Brad begin a new conversation called New Things, New Faith, looking at Isaiah 43 and God’s promise: “See, I am doing a new thing!”

Together, they reflect on how easy it is for faith to become familiar, routine, or tied to the past. But God continues to call us forward into fresh faith, renewed surrender, and a deeper awareness of what He is doing in our lives.

Kendall and Brad discuss what it means to remember what God has already done, repent and turn fully toward Him, go all in with faith, move on from old history, hurts, and habits, and commit to finding and fulfilling our God given purpose in Christ.

This episode is a reminder that God is still working, still restoring, and still making things new.

Key Scripture: Isaiah 43:18–19 2 Corinthians 5:17–18 Psalm 103:10–12 Acts 3:19 Matthew 22:37 Colossians 3:17 Ephesians 2:10 Proverbs 16:3

Listen in and reflect: Where is God calling you into new faith?

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