Last episode explored what it looks like to fall back into captivity. This episode continues that exploration by taking a look at what our lives looked like before Christ. Upon the Lord’s prompting, we begin to look at the idea that despite being free, we are training ourselves to fall back into the captivity we once lived in when we were apart from Christ. How could the way we exercise and live our daily lives be training us to become hostile to God? The answer can be found in Romans 8:7, which...
Jun 25, 2025•44 min•Season 1Ep. 49
It’s time to address the battle that is before us. Those who are hostile to God desire to take us captive as prisoners of war. The issue we face is that we may have already been taken captive and our unaware. This episode explores our risk of falling into captivity by looking at Colossians 2:6-10. When we accept Christ, we receive Him by faith, but it doesn’t stop there. We must continue living according to Christ, by faith, as we do this, we grow up in Christ. He becomes the perfector of our fa...
Jun 11, 2025•54 min•Season 1Ep. 48
We are excited to welcome Dr. Carmen Imes to the show this week. Dr. Imes is an associate professor of Old Testament at Biola University. She is well known for her love of the Bible and her desire to understand it well, and help others understand it well. We begin this episode by introducing Dr. Imes to the message of the Temple Restoration Project and the idea of living by faith over fitness. From there, she expands our understanding of what it means to be the image of God and the idea of beari...
Jun 04, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Jenny has spent the last 4 weeks learning to wait on the Lord. In this episode, Amanda and Jenny discuss the lessons the Lord taught during this time. They centered around further understanding what it means to be weak, perceiving the Lord’s presence, and being ready to move when the Lord moves. Every lesson brings deeper understanding to the realization of how willing the Lord is to carry His children to victory. Join us as we explore what it means to wait on the Lord, a fundamental concept of ...
May 28, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 46
We have reached a pivotal point in the podcast; the Lord is up to something, as He always is. In past episodes, Jenny shared the stories of the races that she ran with the Lord. Their purpose has always been to reveal God’s bigger plans for His children and teach what it means to be strong in Him, but one race has yet to be talked about. In this episode, we discuss the last race and its relationship to the future of The Temple Restoration Project. God is using this story to reveal His plans for ...
Apr 16, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Through the years, Jenny has struggled with an overwhelming feeling of despair when faced with the task of conveying the message of The Temple Restoration Project and 610Fit. When these thoughts present themselves, feelings of heaviness and hopelessness come over her. It has always felt like a battlefield, a place the enemy shows up to slow down the momentum of the project, that was, until the Lord revealed the truth of what was going on. What the Lord revealed shows us what it can look like to ...
Apr 09, 2025•47 min•Season 1Ep. 44
In the previous episode, Jenny shared her powerful story of how God freed her from anxiety. In this episode, Amanda opens up about her own journey, which began in first grade and persisted into her adult life. Through faith, Amanda found healing as the Lord restored her heart and granted her peace. Her testimony reminds us that while God's presence may not always be apparent in life's storms, hindsight reveals His unwavering guidance and care." You can listen to The Temple Restoration Project on...
Mar 26, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Jenny is joined by her long-time friend Leighton Cromwell to discuss the ins and outs of dealing with anxiety. In this episode, Jenny shares her story of how the Lord delivered her from the grip of fear and restored her heart to peace. Often the uncertainty of life leaves us feeling alone and scared, but God has shown His love for us, that by sending His son Jesus Christ, we should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). If you struggle with anxiety, we hope that this episode will remind y...
Mar 19, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 42
To be in God's presence is to be filled with joy (Psalm 16:11). In light of this truth, why do so many of us experience a lack of joy? We know Yahweh is with us, so what is it that keeps us from receiving it? In this episode we explore what could hinder us from receiving the joy that is so readily available to us. Our discussion leads to the realization that our attempts to live in our strength has hidden the joy that has been placed in our hearts through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Join u...
Mar 14, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 41
After reflecting on Sylvia’s 610Fit journey and the joy she experienced in her suffering, the Lord led us to explore the topic of joy. I realized being joyful is somewhat unfamiliar to me, and you may find it is with you as well. Happiness, anxiety, and sadness can often hide from our eyes the joy the Lord has gifted us with. Even so, we are meant to experience joy and without it, we cannot accurately demonstrate who God is to the world. This episode explores all the different aspects of joy, wi...
Mar 05, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 40
God’s timing is always perfect, and now is the time for Sylvia Vera to share her story of becoming strong in the Lord. Sylvia’s story begins as the burdens of life from childhood to adulthood had her feeling left behind and lost. In her brokenness, she asked the Lord to catch her up physically and spiritually. The Lord responds to her prayer and faithfully begins the process of bringing beauty from the ashes. Sylvia's heart for the Lord reminds us that when the struggles of life resemble a downp...
Feb 26, 2025•46 min
As we conclude our series on making a name for ourselves, Amanda and I discuss the process of going from living for our name to living to glorify God. Our conversation leads us to dive into more detail about what it means to trust in the name of the Lord. The most important thing we walk away with is the understanding that the Lord is with us as we decide to deny ourselves take up our cross, and follow Jesus. You can listen to The Temple Restoration Poject on FaithChannel The Temple Restoration ...
Feb 19, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 38
We begin our discussion by examining the idea of our name and the desire to be known that lives inside of us. Our name is more than a label given to us at birth, it becomes the reputation we are known by. The behaviors we pursue in life are often created to reflect how our name is portrayed before people. Our choice to follow these patterns is rooted in our innate desire to be known. This episode examines the way we carry our name with the call to take up our cross and follow Jesus. What does it...
Feb 12, 2025•51 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Venturing deeper into the topic of making a name for ourselves, we see how Hollywood stands out as the quintessential example of this mentality found in Genesis 11. In this episode, we place the concept behind Hollywood against the backdrop of the incident at Babel. What we find is that our society has been influenced heavily by the same mindset of those who were building Babylon. What are the similarities? Is there a bigger motive at play? We seek the answer to these questions through the under...
Feb 05, 2025•37 min
It’s time to kick off a new series called To Make a Name. We will focus on the importance of understanding the dangers of living by the motive of making a name for ourselves. Our exploration of this concept begins with the story of Babel. Unfortunately, the society we live in today is centered around the Babel incident and we must seek awareness from Christ on how to change our course so it is no longer our name being made great, but the name of the Lord. You can listen to The Temple Restoration...
Jan 29, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 35
In this episode, Amanda opens up about her journey to becoming strong in the Lord. Initially she felt drained in her everyday life and decided to begin exercising at 610Fit to regain her energy. As she invited the Lord into her exercise goals, Amanda realized her fatigue was more of a spiritual issue than a physical one. Through her journey, God revealed that true strength comes from Him—boosting her energy, easing her anxiety, and transforming her daily life. Along the way, Amanda's connection ...
Jan 22, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 34
In this episode, we spend time in Zechariah 4:6-7. These verses address the Old Testament temple restoration project that awaited the Jews returning from exile. In the New Testament, we are the temple and have our own restoration project. Referencing these verses will help us explore the similarities between their building project and ours. One of the most important things we will see is how the work was to be accomplished. It could only be done by divine power, not by human power. How can this ...
Jan 15, 2025•40 min
2 Corinthians 12:9 says God’s grace is sufficient for us, but what exactly does that mean? This episode is about Jenny's experience with the Lord, where He taught her how to receive grace through her weakness. God has used this experience to bring light to the way a surrendered heart opens up a place for the Lord to gift us the ability to function as His people through grace. Join us as we hear Jenny’s story of grace and discuss how being in our strength keeps us from demonstrating to the world ...
Jan 08, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 32
As we move into the new year we often take time to analyze the past and explore what can be done to make the future better. This year, the Temple Restoration Project hopes to encourage the Body of Christ to turn away from goals that aim to make a name for ourselves, so that we come together to make a name for the Lord. In this episode we begin to discuss the topic of coming together for one purpose and explore concepts to help us move forward in becoming who God created us to be. You can listen ...
Jan 02, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Suzie Devorsky joins us in this episode to share her journey to becoming strong in the Lord. Together we explore what the Lord has taught her on the journey, including what it looks like to be still and how to yield daily to what the Lord has for us. We discuss a 20-mile walk she did by faith and how she saw the Lord’s hand guiding her during her training and on the day of the walk. Suzie also reveals a new adventure the Lord is taking her on, where she hopes to encourage others to seek the Lord...
Dec 25, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 30
We are wrapping up a series of episodes where we have been discussing what it looks like to set our minds on Christ rather than our behavior. This concept often feels complicated to grasp because we live in a world so focused on the importance of creating healthy and proper behaviors. Because of this, we begin with a quick review of the previous 3 episodes. After reviewing, we dive into the most important concept of all, Christ’s love for us, and how His love influences our process of behavior c...
Dec 11, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode, we continue discussing behavior change and how it should be approached differently when living by faith. We begin to direct our attention to the concept of habit development. We start with a reminder and explanation of God’s warning that the Body of Christ, is exercising naked. Then, we connect the dots to understand how attempting to change our behavior through our strength is stripping us of who we are clothed in Christ. As we learn more about behaviors and habits, we will dis...
Nov 27, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode we continue our discussion on what it means to focus on our Savior instead of our behaviors. We follow up our last episode by looking more into the significance of our desires. Scripture states that our desires come from our hearts, but what exactly does that mean? To understand this, we explore what God says to be true about our hearts and how that truth influences our behavior. We also take time to understand who it is we are becoming and what this has to do with our desires. J...
Nov 13, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode we begin a series that looks at behavior through the lens of faith. We start by drawing into question the importance of habit development. As we move through this topic, we dive into scripture to explore if it is our behaviors that are to be pleasing to God or something else altogether. Join us on the journey to understanding the relationship of our behaviors in our relationship with our Savior. You can listen to The Temple Restoration Project on Faith Channel. https://www.faithc...
Oct 30, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In past episodes we have discussed what it means to be fit, now it's time to discuss what it means to be unfit. When we feel unfit, we can experience feelings of insecurity and unworthiness. This often creates a desire to avoid being unfit, which results in a drive to become fit. Is this the way we were created to function? This episode looks through the lens of faith, to see how a change in perspective can restore feelings of security and worthiness. We discuss the importance of a renewed under...
Oct 16, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode Ginger Stanfield joins us as we look at the topic of yoga. We discuss what she learned through her journey as a yoga instructor and how the Lord revealed truth to her as she attempted to implement ‘Christian yoga’ in her church. We explore the topic by discussing its history, yoga as stretching, and the concept of worshipping Yahweh through the practice of yoga. Listen as we tackle the question of whether or not the Body of Christ should participate in the ever growing movement t...
Oct 02, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 24
The work of the late Dr. Michael Heiser has meant so much to so many, but recently it has come under scrutiny. Those who scrutinize his work have been doing so through misconceptions about who Dr. Heiser is and the understanding of what he taught. If you are new to his work, we want to encourage you to see past the barrier that some have attempted to create around his work and instead explore it for yourself. This episode aims to give you an overview of his teachings and discuss many individual'...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 23
As we wrap up the series on Faith over Fitness we look at what it means to exercise by faith rather than in our strength. We read through some Biblical representations of this important concept and see how God’s people were able to do the impossible by faith. We discuss how these truths should be incorporated into the way we exercise our bodies. Join us as we learn more about who we are in Christ and how, in Christ, we too can achieve the impossible. You can listen to The Temple Restoration Proj...
Sep 18, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Our journey of learning what it means to live by faith over fitness continues with episode 4 in the series. Before we begin an exercise program, we first mentally prepare to successfully attain our goal. Today’s discussion focuses on this process but through the lens of faith. We also look at how to set goals that not only increase our physical health but more importantly our spiritual health. Join us as we study the preparation phase of living by faith. You can listen to The Temple Restoration ...
Sep 11, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 21
As followers of Jesus Christ, our physical bodies take on a new significance. We, as temple both individually and collectively, become the intersection between heaven and earth. In today’s episode we dive into the implications of this newfound physical importance and explore how we can glorify God in our bodies and grow in our relationship with Him. You can listen to The Temple Restoration Project on FaithChannel Website: www.610Fit.com Social Media: Https://www.facebook.com/TempleRestorationPro...
Sep 04, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
