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"Either growing up and out, or sin is bringing you down and in." — Alisa Keeton God is not finished growing you. And spiritual growth isn't about earning God's love or striving to become someone you're not. It's about making room for the life God has made available to you through His Spirit. In this REVING the Word episode, Alisa Keeton takes us to 2 Peter 1:3–8 and explores Peter's invitation to keep growing in faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. Think of these qualities as spiritual supplements—not replacements for the foundation God has given you, but supports that help your faith grow stronger and your life become more fruitful. Stop settling for "this is just how I am" and start reaching for the more excellent way of life Jesus offers. Because we're either growing up and out, or allowing the patterns of the world to pull us down and in. Grace is not opposed to effort. It's opposed to earning. And with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can keep showing up, practicing self-control, doing the hard things, and becoming more like Jesus.   THE QUALITIES OF A GROWING FAITH Faith — Trusting what God has given us. Virtue — Living with excellence as image bearers of God. Knowledge — Growing in our understanding of who God is. Self-control — Learning to live by the Spirit rather than our impulses. Steadfastness — Continuing to show up and practice, even when it's hard. Godliness — Reflecting God's goodness in how we live. Brotherly affection and love — Seeing others as God's children and choosing to love them well.   AN EMBODIED PRACTICE As you move through your day, consider where God might be inviting you to grow. Notice where you've been saying, "This is just how I am." Identify one thing you've been avoiding, procrastinating, or justifying. Practice self-control by taking one small step toward what you know is good. When a difficult moment comes, lean in and ask, "How might this be an opportunity to grow?" Choose to keep showing up. Do it again. We can do hard things.   ANCHOR SCRIPTURE 2 Peter 1:3–8 "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness..."   PRAYERFUL REFLECTION Where have you settled into believing, "This is just how I am"? Which of these qualities—faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, or love—is God inviting you to grow in right now? You are not finished growing. With God's help, keep reaching up and out.   PLAYLIST I Know That I Know (Live) | The Belonging Co, David Dennis A Bright Day | Gramatik Joy. | RAYE, Absolutely, Amma Billie Jean (Afro House) | Luka Malossi Even Though I Walk (Live) | Bethel Music, Hannah McClure HOW GOOD GOD IS - IN THE ROOM! | Brandon Lake Mighty Name of Jesus (Live) | The Belonging Co, Hope Darst   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Revelation Wellness Instructor Training and Retreat God uses community, movement, and shared learning to bring healing and growth. Curious about instructor training? Learn more about becoming a RevFit Instructor or a LiveWell Health Coach, or explore the training for your own personal growth. Learn more about Revelation Wellness Instructor Training   READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected: revelationwellness.org | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who could use encouragement in their walk with God? Send this episode their way. And if this episode stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at: SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

"What if one of the most powerful ways to fight loneliness is to be fully present with the people right in front of us?" — Ian Simkins We live in a world where we can be constantly connected and still feel deeply alone. We're distracted by our phones, divided by our differences, and often too busy to notice the people right in front of us. What if one of the most powerful ways to push back against division, distraction, and loneliness is surprisingly ordinary? Pull up a chair. Share a meal. Be present. In this conversation, Alisa Keeton sits down with Ian Simkins, pastor at The Bridge Church and author of Every Table an Altar: Reclaiming Connection in a World of Division, Distraction, and Loneliness. Ian shares how the tables where Jesus ate, listened, welcomed people, and told the truth have reshaped his understanding of community, spiritual formation, and what it means to love our neighbors. This isn't just about hospitality or hosting a meal. It's about learning to see the ordinary places we already occupy as opportunities to participate in the kingdom of God. Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WBIQnkrlSg4   In This Episode The cost of distraction: How our phones and constant consumption of information can keep us physically present but emotionally absent. The grief beneath disconnection: Why recognizing what we've lost can become an invitation to change direction. Small steps toward a different life: Why spiritual formation is more like a crockpot than a microwave—and why small, faithful practices matter. Moving from division toward unity: How sharing a table with someone who sees the world differently can make it harder to dismiss their humanity. Taking the first step against loneliness: Why we can't always wait for an invitation and how curiosity helps us build meaningful connection. Learning to love through listening: Why being truly present with another person is one of the most practical ways we can love them well. An Embodied Practice You don't have to overhaul your entire life to begin. Ian offers a few simple ways to practice presence: Choose one meal this week to eat intentionally, without your phone. Turn off your phone for a set time so you can be fully present with the people around you. Go first. Invite someone to share a meal or coffee instead of waiting to be invited. Practice being more interested than interesting. Ask a question, listen closely, and make room for another person's story. Reflection question: What table are you already sitting at, and how might God be inviting you to bring more presence, curiosity, grace, or connection into that space? Meet Ian Simkins Ian Simkins is the lead pastor of The Bridge Church near Nashville, Tennessee. He and his wife, Katie, have three boys. His book, Every Table an Altar, invites readers to reclaim meaningful connection in a world shaped by division, distraction, and loneliness. Learn more about Ian: https://iansimkins.com/   Connect with Ian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iansimkins/   Get Ian's book, Every Table an Altar: https://iansimkins.com/every-table-an-altar   READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected — revelationwellness.org | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who feels disconnected, overwhelmed by distraction, or hungry for deeper community? Send them this episode as an invitation to slow down, pull up a chair, and be present. We'd love to hear from you, too. Leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

What if success isn't about the results we can see, but the faithfulness we practice every day?   In this REVING the Word interval workout, Revelation Wellness Instructor Katrina invites us to wrestle with that question as we move our bodies and reflect on what it means to trust God when life doesn't look the way we expected.   Whether you're navigating changes in your body, waiting for clarity about what comes next, or continuing to show up when you're tired of waiting for things to change, this workout is an invitation to release control and be faithful right where God has placed you.   Through challenging intervals and honest stories from her own life, Katrina reminds us that faithfulness doesn't always mean taking the next big step. Sometimes it means pressing on. Sometimes it means waiting. And sometimes it means doing the ordinary thing right in front of us and trusting God with the outcome.   Because our faithfulness is never wasted, and the greatest reward isn't a particular result. It's knowing Jesus. In This Episode Rethinking success through the lens of faithfulness Stewarding your body with care, even when it changes in ways you didn't expect Trusting God through seasons of waiting and transition Releasing control over your children, your circumstances, and your desired outcomes Continuing to do good when you're tired and can't yet see the fruit Finding hope in the truth that God is faithful, even when life feels messy Scripture Psalm 28:7 — "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me." Galatians 6:9 — "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Embodied Practice As you move and as you go about your day, ask yourself: What does faithfulness look like for me today? Where is God inviting me to keep showing up? What do I need to release control of and trust Him with the outcome?   You don't have to know what comes next to be faithful right where you are. Keep showing up, keep trusting, and keep pressing on.   PLAYLIST: Water Into Wine | Leanna Crawford, Seph Schlueter Glorious | Louis II Blind Faith | House Gospel Choir I Like It When Your Nice To Me | DAN CROUCH Believe It |Elevation Rhythm  Jerico | Transform Nobody Like You - RetroVision Flip | Landis, RetroVision get lifted. | Capital Kings Won't Let Go | Jamie MacDonald Someone To You | BANNERS Psalm 91 (I Will Say) - Live | Anna Golden     READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected — revelationwellness.org | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who could use encouragement in their walk with God? Send this episode their way. And if this episode stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

What if the next harvest in your life doesn't come from working harder, but from trusting deeper? In this time of being still and being loved, Alisa invites you into a time of intentional breathing, rest, and surrender as you reflect on Jesus' words in Luke 5:4: "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." After a long night of fishing with nothing to show for it, Simon is invited by Jesus to try again. Not by Trying harder, but by trusting His word. Maybe you know what it feels like to keep working at something that no longer seems to be bearing fruit. Maybe you're facing a dry season, an unanswered prayer, or a place that feels impossible. Through gentle breathing and guided prayer, Be Still & Be Loved offers you space to release what you cannot control, bring your weariness to Jesus, and trust Him enough to go deeper. You don't have to understand what comes next. You can rest in His presence, let down your nets, and trust Him with the harvest.   Anchor Scripture Luke 5:4 — "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." Songs On Earth As It Is In Heaven | William Augusto Into the Deep | Citipointe Worship Prayerful Reflection Where in your life are you working hard but struggling to see fruit? What might it look like to release control, trust Jesus, and let down your nets? Take a slow breath. You are held in His presence.   READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected — revelationwellness.org | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Share this episode with someone who needs space to slow down, listen for Jesus, and trust Him with what comes next. And if this guided prayer helps you hear God's invitation to go deeper, we'd love to hear from you. Leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast  

We live in a world overflowing with information, noise, and constant connection. But what if our souls are craving something different? What if God is inviting us to stop white knuckling to hear from Him, and simply learn to be with Him?   In this teaching, Alisa Keeton shares a personal story from a silent retreat that changed the way she experiences God's presence. In a season when she couldn't hear God speaking the way she wanted, she discovered that His silence didn't mean He had left her. He was teaching her a new way to be held by His love.   As says, "Without the ability to hear the voice of God, to hear we got no chance at living out the love of God, which is a response to the love we've received."   God isn't always asking us to do more, study more, or fill ourselves with more information. He invites us to sit at His feet, quiet our hearts, and receive His presence. Silence isn't rejection. It can be an invitation to rest, peace, and deeper intimacy with the One who holds us.   WATCH THIS TEACHING ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/kAvcPUIiJNU   ANCHOR SCRIPTURE Deuteronomy 6:4–5 Mark 12:29–30   IN THIS TEACHING Why learning to hear God begins with learning to be still. How God's silence doesn't necessarily mean His absence. The difference between doing things for God and simply being with Him. How quiet can help us slow down, settle, and become more present. Why peace is something we're invited to embody, not just understand. A simple practice for beginning to make room for silence in your everyday life.   EMBODIED PRACTICE Take one minute to be still with God. Settle your shoulders, quiet the noise around you, and notice what's happening in your body without trying to fix it. You might feel uncomfortable or restless at first. That's okay. Give yourself permission to stay present and discover what it feels like to simply be with Him. You don't have to hear a directive or receive a new revelation. Just be with Him.   REFLECTION QUESTION What does silence mean to you? And what might change if you made space to listen?     READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected — revelationwellness.org | YouTube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who needs permission to slow down, get quiet, and simply be with God? Send this episode their way. And if you're discovering something new about listening for God in the silence, we'd love to hear about it. Leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

"When the work becomes more important than the love, we are headed for divorce court." Alisa Keeton doesn't hold back in this REVING the Word workout. The church in Ephesus was working hard, enduring patiently, and holding tightly to truth. But somewhere along the way, they had abandoned their first love. It's possible to be busy doing things for God and lose the intimacy that started it all. As Alisa says, "The productivity cannot become more important than the intimacy." God isn't asking us to abandon the work. He's inviting us to return to the love that makes the work matter.   ANCHOR SCRIPTURE Revelation 2:1–5 "But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first." — Revelation 2:4   IN THIS WORKOUT Recognizing when spiritual activity becomes more important than love Remembering the quality and intensity of your first love Repenting as an invitation to refreshment, not shame Choosing intimacy with God over the pressure to produce Returning to the love that sustains you and carries you forward   PLAYLIST Love Theory | Kirk Franklin Resonate | Rezident Ride Like The Wind (Yacht House Mix) | Christopher Cross, Party Pupils Seek Me and Find Me | Divine Vibes Sing My Love (feat. Kim Walker-Smith) [Live] | Jesus Culture Wild Rushing Wind (Live) | SEU Worship, Caylie Bryant Reckless Love | Cory Asbury Runnin' | Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake   EMBODIED PRACTICE As you move, take Alisa's question with you: How's your loving going? Has the work become more important than the love? Has productivity, serving, or striving begun to crowd out your intimacy with Jesus? Take time to remember the love you had at first. Bring your honest heart to God, and ask Him to restore that passion. As Alisa reminds us, "Love started this thing. Love keeps this thing. And love will finish this thing." Remember. Repent. Return. Get your FREE guide to practice inviting God into your everyday rhythyms: revelationwellness.org/liturgy READY FOR MORE?  👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected — revelationwellness.org | Youtube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who needs to be reminded that they are seen, valued, and honored by God? Send this episode their way. And if this episode stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

What do you do when what you see doesn't look anything like what God said? In this REVING the Word endurance workout, Aaron invites you to move at a steady pace while reflecting on Mary's story in Luke 2. When circumstances don't seem to align with God's promises, we can treasure what He has shown us and remember that His faithfulness doesn't change. You may not see it now. It may not look the way you thought it would. But if God is in it, it's not over.   IN THIS WORKOUT What to do when what you see doesn't align with what God said Learning from Mary's practice of treasuring and meditating Building spiritual "equity" for the hard moments Releasing the responsibility that belongs to God Trusting God when you don't understand Remembering that the One who called you is faithful ANCHOR SCRIPTURE Luke 2:19 "But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart."   EMBODIED PRACTICE As you move, sit with this question: What do you do when what you see doesn't align with what God said? Then remember what God has already shown you. Treasure it. Meditate on it. Write it down. Store it up. And when you come up against something that feels too big, remember: if it's not good, it's not over.   PLAYLIST GOOD DAY — Forrest Frank Hard Fought Hallelujah — Rave Jesus feat. Brandon Lake Good Day to Have a Great Day — Russell Dickerson Holy — Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper Dive — Stephen Curtis Chapman I Trust You — Jonathan Traylor Alleluia — Elevation Worship I Thank God — Maverick City Music He's Working (Everything for Good) — CCV Music   READY FOR MORE? You don't have to see the whole picture to trust the One who does. Keep moving, keep remembering, and keep trusting that the One who called you is faithful. 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected —  revelationwellness.org | Youtube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who needs to be reminded that they are seen, valued, and honored by God? Send this episode their way. And if this episode stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

"Facts will only get you so far. Nobody needs more information. Everyone needs the encounter with the God who loves you." What if the invitation isn't to try harder, but to receive? In this conversation, Alisa sits down with our friend, Stasi Eldredge, author of The Ladder of Love, to talk about learning to receive the love of God, the healing journey of knowing ourselves as beloved, and what it means to honor the bodies God has intentionally formed. They talk about moving from performance to receiving, from striving to rest, and from watching and controlling our bodies to letting ourselves be shepherded by the One who made us. IN THIS CONVERSATION • Learning to live as God's beloved • Moving from performance to receiving • Why our bodies matter to God • Being formed and shepherded by God • Emotional healing and spiritual intimacy with Jesus • What it means to embody the love of Christ WATCH ON YOUTUBE Watch this conversation over on the Revelation Wellness YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/NOguSqB95WQ?si=HiRd75CTrIwSN2R4   LEARN MORE ABOUT STASI Explore Stasi Eldredge's work and minstry, Wild at Heart: https://wildatheart.org/ Stasi's new book, The Ladder of Love: A Pathway to Emotional Healing and Spiritual Intimacy with Jesus, invites us deeper into relationship with Jesus—not just knowing about His love, but receiving it. https://wildatheart.org/the-ladder-of-love Take the risk of believing it. Ask God to show you. And let yourself be loved.   READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected —  revelationwellness.org | Youtube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who needs to be reminded that they are deeply loved by God? Send this episode their way. And if this conversation stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast.

In this REVING the Word workout, Alisa walks through Jesus' promise in John 16: the Holy Spirit is our Helper. He comes to strengthen us, advance us, and convict us—not to condemn us, but to lead us back into truth.   Conviction can feel uncomfortable, especially when the Holy Spirit points out where we've stopped trusting, started compromising, or allowed the world to get in us. But what if we learned to welcome His correction as a gift?   You are not alone. You have a Helper.   New to REVING the Word? In REVING the Word episodes, we don't just listen to Scripture; we practice it. We let God's truth move from our ears into our hearts and through our bodies. So move any way you want as you listen. Walk the dog, mow the lawn, listen as you lift weights in the gym, or dance in the kitchen. There isn't one right way. Just move, breathe, and as your body moves, let His Word move in you.   ANCHOR SCRIPTURE John 16:7–8   EMBODIED PRACTICE Look at the "rocks" coming in your day. Where will you need help? Ask the Holy Spirit, "How do You want to help me here?" Then picture yourself moving through that moment differently with the Helper.   PRAYER "Holy Spirit, I give You the right to convict me. Make me a prisoner of hope. Make me a prisoner of love. Tell me my faults. I welcome Your correction because I know it's for my life."   PLAYLIST: Let's Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire The Fool | Jerro Edge of Desire | Jonas Blue, Malive HOLYGHOST | Sons Of Sunday We Make Space | Melissa Helser All Hail King Jesus (Live) | Bethel Music, Bethany Wohrie Miracle in Me (Radio Version) | Red Rocks Worship   READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected —  revelationwellness.org | Youtube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who needs to be reminded that they are seen, valued, and honored by God? Send this episode their way. And if this episode stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast

What if the parts of you the world has taught you to dismiss are the very places God wants to honor? In this time of being still and being loved, Alisa invites you to breathe, release what you've been carrying, and receive the truth that you are beloved by God—your body, your heart, your mind, your desires, all of you. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 12:22–23, we're reminded that the parts of the body that seem weaker or less honorable are indispensable—and that God bestows great honor on what the world may overlook. Your weakness is not disqualifying. Your rejection is not the end of your story. Your pain does not make you less worthy. You belong to the body of Christ. You have an important role to play. Take a deep breath. Come, Holy Spirit. And receive the honor God is giving you. ANCHOR SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 12:22–23 "The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable, we treat with special honor." BE STILL & BE LOVED Come back to your breath as an act of surrender. Let the words of Scripture rest on you. You don't have to figure them out. Just receive them. I honor you. You belong. You are indispensable. Receive my honor. SONG "You Say" | Lauren Daigle   READY FOR MORE? 👉 Join the RW+ Membership for faith-based workouts, health and wellness programs, and a community pursuing health and wholeness together. 👉 Become a Donor — Support the mission of Revelation Wellness and help us continue to train people to love God and their bodies so they can live like Christ. BONUS! Your gift is tax deductible! 👉 Get connected —  revelationwellness.org | Youtube | Instagram | Facebook   SHARE THIS EPISODE Know someone who needs to be reminded that they are seen, valued, and honored by God? Send this episode their way. And if this episode stirred something in you, leave us a voice message at SpeakPipe.com/RevelationWellnessPodcast