Punky Tolson

SHOW NOTES: Join me as we “Sum It Up” for our study of Philippians 1:3-11. Download the Philippians self-study guide at punkytolson.com/blog. LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: Join me as we walk through Philippians in this self-guided study. Download the study guide at punkytolson.com/blog. In Week 1 we will explore the backstory and do an overview reading of the book. For each of the following 11 weeks you’ll have a short portion of scripture to read and study. The questions I’ve written will guide you to look for things in your study that will point you to God, get personal application from the passage, and help you dialogue with God as you read. Take your time with the passage of scripture and read it several times over the course of the week. Try reading it in different translations, look up unfamiliar words in the concordance (in the back of your bible), think it through, and pray it out with God. Record your responses and thoughts in your notebook! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: What are you living for? What kingdom are you living under and what king are you living for? Are you living with eternity in mind— with an eternal kingdom perspective, or are you living for this life only? How do you want to live as a result of the season you’ve been in? When this pandemic is over, we say we want things to get back to “normal”… but if all we’re hoping for is to get back to normal then we’re wasting what God has given us and intended for us NOW…and we won’t be prepared for THEN, when it comes. Instead of getting back to normal, what if we get back to BETTER? LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: Would you say you are living and breathing a lifestyle of trusting God? Do you believe God is trustworthy? He is! But, some of us don't know that... we're not trusting him because we don't know his character. Listen in to today’s lesson to find how you can trust him completely with everything that concerns you. LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: The awareness of the presence of Jesus in our life dispels fear, panic and the terror of the unknown. We have a choice in who or what is leading us, and if we choose to listen and follow. Who are you following? Who is leading you? Join us as we take a fresh look at Psalm 23. LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: Worry: It’s an attitude of our mind—and our minds can be changed! When you think of all the “what if’s” of life, remember: YOU GET TO CHOOSE your attitude. Tune in to learn how to change worry into peace! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: Contentment is a lifestyle— it’s living in such a way that, regardless of my circumstances, I have enough and I am enough in Christ who gives me his strength to do whatever he’s called me to do. Contentment isn’t a matter of living with less, but living with either more or less and not having it change us, tilt us, or draw us away from Jesus. The power of contentment is that it opens us up to experience more of Jesus… who is enough. This unprecedented time in which we live has been purposed by God for many reasons. Not the least of which is to shake us and awake from our comfort in order to create an appetite, a hunger and thirst for the Only One who can truly satisfy our every need: Jesus. LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: This COVID-19 pandemic is another wakeup call. This time the alarm is loud and personal and it’s shaking us awake…each of us, on some level. I believe that God, once again, God is saying—WAKE UP! So, are you awake? If so, what are you going to do about NOW? Will you hit the snooze alarm and go back to chasing comfortable? Or will you recalibrate and intentionally start rebuilding a life of faith in God? Because it’s not just a spring shower that’s raining outside… it’s a storm…a typhoon, a tornado, a hurricane…and we were meant to do more than just survive it. We were meant to make the most of it and THRIVE. LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

In this 7-week online bible study we will come together, dig deep into God and His Word, and help one another navigate these times by faith. We do this so that we can encourage and build faith in people around us and bring the true encouragement and hope of Jesus Christ to those who so desperately need him. True encouragement BUILDS FAITH…builds confident TRUST in the Only One who can do anything about everything that concerns us. So, if I can help you breathe through the circumstances of your life with faith in your lungs and the iron of God’s word in your bones… then we can help one another breathe. You can help somebody else breath. Join in and let’s do this together! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: We've all got this deep need to belong. We're wired for connection. We're wired for friendship. We want to have our place, our group, our club, our neighborhood, and we want our people– those people who know us personally and intimately… without judgment, but who love us enough to tell us the truth. Want to know how to find these kind of people? Listen in! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: Encouragement - we all need it, we all want it, we’re all supposed to get it, and we’re all supposed to give it away! In the body of Christ it’s not optional. God’s command is that His children encourage one another. But what is encouragement really? Listen in to find out! **The definition of “together” used in this episode was taken from "The Complete Word Study Dictionary of the New Testament" – we regret the omission of the source in the audio recording.** LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: It's been said that there are two kinds of people in the world, those who walk into a room and say, "Here I am!" or those who walk into a room and say, "There you are!" This isn't so much like a verbal expression as it is an expression of the heart. So, you guys out there, which kind of person are you? Listen in! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com/podcast Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: In Season 2 we’ve been talking about how much more effective, powerful, and just better women are when we’re together. As we intentionally strive to do womanhood well for the glory of God, we will have to constantly remind ourselves that the enemy is out to get us stirred up against one another. What better way is there to stir us up than to get us to compete against one another instead of competing alongside one another? Scriptures mentioned: Hebrews 12:1, John 10:10, Ephesians 3:20-21, 2 Kings 4, Philippians 3, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Philippians 1:27, Luke 15:8-10, Psalm 68 LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: We can truly live in contentment… which is the opposite of comparison. Comparison says, “I'm not enough,” but contentment says, “I am enough, and I have enough in Christ Jesus.” How do we find this kind of contentment? Listen in! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: What is it about we girls… we women, that causes us stir one another up – and not in a good way? That stirring starts so early in life! In fact, it started way back in the garden… with our sister Eve and the Devil in Genesis 3. Satan is after you and me and our relationship together. How do we fight back? Listen in! LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: Hey, it’s no accident that you were created as a woman. It wasn’t a random act. God intentionally dreamed you up as a woman. He specifically created every feminine part of you, and purposefully appointed you to be a woman at this particular time in history, in this generation, in the place you’re living your life in this very moment. Why? Because there was something that God dreamed and planned specifically for you to be and to do as part of his grand plan on this earth-- that only you as a woman could do.  LOOKING FOR MORE? Website: punkytolson.com Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast

SHOW NOTES: This world has us thinking that faster is better, and that if we don’t rush we will never be ready. Not so with God. If you’re in a rush, you’ll miss out on being ready for what He has for you. WANT TO READ MORE?  Check out Punky’s blog at punkytolson.com/blog LOOKING FOR PUNKY? Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Website: punkytolson.com Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast Email: heypunky@punkytolson.com INTERESTED IN HAVING PUNKY SPEAK AT YOUR NEXT EVENT? Submit a request at punkytolson.com/speaking LIFE-ON-LIFE PODCAST: Content and Host: Punky Tolson Podcast Operations: Michelle Schroeder Website Management: Simply Design Group The Life-on-Life podcast is brought to you by PunkyTolson.com, a division of The Tolson Group, a discipleship ministry based in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit thetolsongroup.com.

Sweet friends, pause and pray with me as we close out 2019. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

SHOW NOTES: We say hindsight is 2020, but is it possible to have 2020 foresight in this new year and in this new decade? I think so. Here's a thought for you. Wisdom takes a good look back at life, embraces it, thanks God for all of it, and moves forward with understanding - knowing that the one who was with us in the past has gone ahead of us into the future and is also with us in the present. New beginnings are a gift of grace from the Lord you all. Every day, every month, every season, every year. It's a chance to begin again. TODAY’S CHALLENGE: Use the next few weeks before the end of the year and the new year begins to do some thinking and a lot of praying and planning. Where do you want to be next year at this time in December of 2020? How do you want to have grown and developed as a person in these different areas of your life: spiritually, mentally, physically, relationally, and emotionally? What are you going to shoot for? What are you going to aim for? Think through and pray through those questions

SHOW NOTES: What would it look like if loving God was a lifestyle for us? I believe it comes down to choosing to live our lives by and according to God's priorities, and then establishing boundaries to safeguard or jealously guard our relationship with Jesus. How do we do that? Tune in to Wholehearted – Part 2 to hear more! TODAY’S CHALLENGE: Pray that God would be your one true and Holy passion. Pray that God would be your magnificent obsession. And pray that he would be your one glorious ambition of your life. And then go know him, and fall in love with him, and follow him all the days of your life. WANT TO READ MORE?  Check out Punky’s blog at punkytolson.com/blog LOOKING FOR PUNKY? Instagram: @punkytolson Twitter: @punkytolson Website: punkytolson.com Facebook: facebook.com/lifeonlifepodcast Email: heypunky@punkytolson.com INTERESTED IN HAVING PUNKY SPEAK AT YOUR NEXT EVENT? Submit a request at punkytolson.com/speaking LIFE-ON-LIFE PODCAST: Content and Host: Punky Tolson Podcast Operations: Michelle Schro