Have you ever started your morning by setting an intention, surrounding yourself with protective white light, or asking for spiritual guidance throughout your day?

What if the Bible has been teaching us something similar for thousands of years?

In this episode of Friends With God, I'm exploring Ephesians 6:10–18 and the Armor of God, making connections between the spiritual practices I've taught and experienced over the years and the biblical wisdom I'm rediscovering through my growing friendship with Jesus.

From the helmet of salvation and shield of faith to the power of prayer and renewing our minds, we're exploring what it means to prepare ourselves spiritually for everyday life.

I also share why I once pushed the Bible aside, how my journey through yoga, meditation, and New Age spirituality shaped my understanding, and why I'm learning to stop placing limits on how God can work in our lives.

We'll close with a guided meditation inviting you to put on the Armor of God, connect with the Holy Spirit, and prepare for the day ahead.

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Scripture: Ephesians 6:10–18

What have you been rehearsing in your mind that you no longer want to become?

In this episode of Friends With God, Joe Longo explores Romans 12:2 and what it really means to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

Using the simple metaphor of learning to drive, Joe looks at how repeated thoughts can eventually become automatic. Fear, scarcity, regret, worry, and the belief that we’re not good enough can become mental habits we barely notice anymore.

But awareness gives us an opportunity to interrupt the pattern.

Joe shares a simple practice for noticing repetitive thoughts, pausing, breathing, and asking: Is this thought reflecting faith or fear? Is it helping me or hurting me?

This episode is an invitation to stop trying to solve tomorrow with yesterday’s thinking and return to the grace God has given you for today.

You have a choice in what you rehearse. You have a choice in how you renew your mind. And you can continually return to faith, trust, courage, and the present moment.

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What if Psalm 23 isn't simply a scripture we believe, but a roadmap showing us how to live?

In this episode of Friends With God, Joe Longo explores Psalm 23 as an invitation to stop waiting for someday and begin experiencing the presence of God right here, right now.

“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”

What changes when we actually carry those words into our everyday lives? When we trust that God is guiding us, refreshing our souls, walking beside us through the darkest valleys, preparing a table for us, and reminding us that we already dwell in the house of the Lord?

Joe offers a simple practice for the week: read Psalm 23 every day. Read it slowly. Let it become more than words you know. Allow it to settle into your heart and become a reminder that you are guided, provided for, protected, and never walking alone.

The episode closes with a slow, meditative reading of Psalm 23 and a prayer to help you return to the present moment and trust God one step at a time.

Stop waiting. Start living. You are already dwelling in the house of the Lord.

And if you're ready to go deeper, join Joe and the Friends With God community for the Monday Night Mastermind beginning in October as we explore renewing the mind, trusting God, abiding in His presence, and opening ourselves to receive.

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