What if God is less concerned with your presentation and more concerned with your preparation?

In this episode of Impact Over Influence, we explore the biblical difference between showing up and showing out. Through the lives of David, Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3, and Peter's call to humility, we discover that God strengthens the hidden places before He ever expands our public influence.

David wasn't qualified by a stage, he was formed in the pasture! Read that AGAIN! David wasn't qualified by a stage, he was formed in the pasture! While everyone else focused on the size of Goliath, David focused on the greatness of God. His courage wasn't born on the battlefield; it was cultivated in private.

Together we'll ask:

• What area of your life needs to be strengthened in your inner being?
• Are your daily priorities rooted and grounded in love?
• Have you been relying more on fleshly preparation than spiritual resilience?
• What has God already prepared you to do that hesitation has kept you from stepping into?

We'll also unpack Paul's powerful prayer in Ephesians 3:14–21, discovering why deep roots always come before lasting fruit and why true Kingdom influence begins with humility, hidden faithfulness, and complete dependence on Christ.

If you've ever wrestled with comparison, fear of failure, or the pressure to impress, this conversation is an invitation to stop striving for recognition and simply surrender to obedience.

Show up. Stay rooted. Let God handle the outcome.

Podcast Description: The Questions Jesus Asks

What if the greatest breakthroughs in your life don't begin with the answers you give, but with the questions Jesus asks?

In this episode of Impact Over Influence, we walk through John 5, the account of the man at the Pool of Bethesda, and uncover the powerful questions that expose our hearts, challenge our excuses, and invite us into transformation.

Together we'll explore:

• Why Jesus asked, "Do you want to be made well?"
• The difference between seeking relief and pursuing true healing.
• Why your hope can never be placed in people, systems, or circumstances but only in Christ.
• What it means to "take up your mat" and allow your testimony to become part of God's story.
• How religion can sometimes become so focused on rules that it misses the miracle standing in front of it.
• Why Jesus heals us not only to restore us but to call us into a life of holiness and obedience.
• How the Holy Spirit brings life today, freeing us from spiritual paralysis.
• Why Scripture is living and active, bringing clarity, encouragement, conviction, and transformation when we allow it to shape us.
• The importance of taking every thought captive, renewing our minds, and shifting our focus from the created things to the Creator.

We'll also discuss the textual note surrounding John 5:4, why many modern translations omit the verse, and how understanding the history of the text actually strengthens our confidence in God's Word rather than weakening it.

Jesus is still asking questions today! Not because He lacks information, but because He is inviting us into revelation.

The question is... how will you answer?

Who You Are vs. Whose You Are

Who are you... really?

When someone asks you to describe yourself, where does your mind go? Your career? Your accomplishments? Your failures? Your roles? Or do you begin with the One you belong to?

In this episode, we unpack the life-changing difference between knowing who you are and remembering Whose you are. Our identity was never meant to be built on what we do, what we have, or what others think of us. It is rooted in our relationship with our Good Father.

Together, we'll explore:

• Why Jesus taught His disciples to pray, "Our Father..." before anything else.
• How sonship changes the way we face life's storms.
• Why your circumstances don't determine your identity.
• The danger of allowing problems to become so magnified that they blind us to God's presence.
• How Hagar's story reminds us that God often opens our eyes to the provision that was there all along.
• Why obedience often requires courage before clarity.
• How God turns empty nets into overflowing ones when we trust Him.

If your life feels uncertain, your identity feels shaken, or you're trying to navigate a difficult season, this conversation is an invitation to lift your eyes from your circumstances and fix them on the Father who has never lost sight of you.

Because when you truly understand Whose you are, everything about who you are begins to change.

Key Scriptures:

• Luke 11:1-4
• John 1:12
• Genesis 21:14-19
• Romans 8:28
• John 21

"You don't have to do anything on your own. Our Father equips, encourages, and walks with His children every step of the way."

A Good Father

What if the greatest struggle in your faith isn't a lack of discipline... but a misunderstanding of who your Father is?

In this deeply personal episode of Impact Over Influence, we explore one of the most foundational truths of the Christian life: you don't belong because of your performance—you perform differently because you belong.

So many believers live like spiritual orphans, striving for approval, chasing promotion, and trying to earn what the Father has already freely given. But Jesus never operated from a place of proving Himself. He lived from the security of His relationship with the Father, saying, "The Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees the Father doing."(John 5:19)

Together we'll unpack:

• What it truly means to belong to the Father.
• The difference between an orphan mindset and a child of God.
• Why fear of loss, lack, and being "unclaimed" keeps us striving.
• How prayer shifts from asking God to bless our plans to asking, "Father, what do You want for me?"
• The freedom found in Matthew 7's invitation to ask, seek, and knock—knowing our Father gives good gifts.
• Why identity always precedes assignment, and belonging always comes before doing.

If you've ever questioned your worth, felt like you had to earn God's love, or measured yourself by your accomplishments, this conversation is an invitation to come home.

Because the cross didn't simply reconcile you to God—it restored you to the Father.

Your identity isn't something you achieve.
It's Someone you belong to.

You are chosen. You are known. You are loved. You have a Good Father.

What if fear was never meant to control you…

but to lead you somewhere deeper?

In this episode of Impact Over Influence, we unpack a powerful truth:

fear of the Lord isn’t something to run from—it’s something that transforms us.

“I know that I know”… but do we really?

Scripture warns us in 1 John not to be deceived—and yet so many of us are walking in a version of faith that’s missing the awe of God.

When fear is misplaced, it produces:

➡️ Anxiety

➡️ Confusion

➡️ Control

But when fear is rightly placed—in the Lord—it produces:

➡️ Wisdom (Proverbs 9:10)

➡️ Surrender

➡️ Transformation

This episode dives into:

• The difference between worldly fear vs. fear of the Lord

• How blind spots can quietly open doors to the enemy

• Why unity and purity matter in your walk (Psalm 139)

• The role of the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2) in shaping us into Christ

• What it really means to be in the Potter’s hands (Jeremiah 18)

You’ll hear real moments where things didn’t go as planned…

rooms double booked, pressure rising…

BUT GOD stepped in.

Because sometimes when we don’t have it all figured out,

that’s the exact moment God begins to move.

🔥 “God is making a vessel.”

🔥 “Lean into the Potter.”

🔥 “Are you waiting on God… or is He waiting on you?”

This episode is a call to:

✔ Examine your heart (Psalm 19:12)

✔ Lay down pride and selfish ambition

✔ Walk in truth, humility, and repentance

✔ Sit still long enough to hear His voice

Because when fear turns into awe,

you don’t just believe in God…

you revere Him—and everything changes.

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🚨 NEW PODCAST DROP 🚨

“The Destructive Nature of Comparison” is here and it’s one you don’t want to miss.

In a world where everything is visible and everyone seems to be “winning,” it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparison… but at what cost?

This episode dives deep into:

✨ How comparison steals your identity and purpose

✨ The root issues of jealousy, pride, and discontentment

✨ Why what we “gain” in comparison always comes with a trade-off

✨ How it impacts our marriages, parenting, and spiritual walk

✨ What we are unintentionally teaching our kids through our own habits

✨ The freedom found in humility and focusing on what God has uniquely given YOU

📖 “Each one should test their own actions… without comparing themselves to someone else.” – Galatians 6:4

Comparison isn’t just harmless thinking—it disconnects us from gratitude, distorts our calling, and keeps us striving instead of surrendering.

It’s time to stop looking side to side… and start looking up.

🎧 Tune in now and be encouraged to walk confidently in who God created you to be.

Join Shelli as she breaks down scripture and personal testimony to show us how scripture is real, relevant and relatable.