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Before I ever began writing, I had a passion for teaching the truths of the Word. I have faced many trials and dark seasons in life. Some looked beyond hopeless. Instead of giving in to despair, Toni found hope and strength to keep moving forward in the truths of the Word of God.
Truth gives hope. As long as we have His promises, we always have hope.
Hope can be elusive, especially when days are dark and the struggles are ever present. The good news is, hope is real and we get to choose where we put it. And when we hope in the Lord, we will never be ashamed. (Romans 5:5)
I pray these messages let hope arise and leave you with His grace and healing and life and that they bring you into a closer walk with God. (You can also subscribe to us on iTunes podcasts under Toni Lagaras or Tea With Toni.)
Message titles:
A Conversation of Faith with JudiJo Adams: God is on the Move! (37:33)
Date: April 07, 2020
By: Toni Lagaras
Description:
Are you ready for some good news from across the globe? My long-time friend from Bible School days, JudiJo Adams, joins us on the podcast with some good news. They have 45 Bible School campuses on 5 different continents, so she has a unique perspective from many different countries. And let me tell you, God is on the move! I know you're going to fall in love with JudiJo's heart and passion as she gives us her bird's eye view of what God is doing in spite of this pandemic all across the world.
You can connect with JudiJo through their ministry website:
https://ramworld.org/
Bio:
With passionate pursuit to “Train leaders & impact nations,” Judi Jo has a wonder-FULL life. Spending over 25 years in the ministry with her husband, Russ, & adding her two boys, Wesley & Evan along the way, she lives to make a difference.
In addition to her heart for women’s ministry with The Inspired Woman, she is the co-pastor at Church at Glass Chapel, Broken Arrow, OK. Backing it all up to where it began, she & her husband have travelled to over 40 countries to minister with the Good news of the Gospel. Her love for world missions has always been an underlying theme of life.
As founders of XploreNations Bible Colleges, they have over 45 campuses on 5 continents, including their local base at home. To add icing on the cake, in recent years she became the owner of an historical event venue in the Tulsa area, Glass Chapel, where they also base their church. From this vantage point, she balances being a wife, mother, minister, pastor & business owner. Yes, it’s a wonderful life!
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Surviving the Quarantine: From the Perspective of a High Schooler (30:51)
Date: March 31, 2020
By: Toni Lagaras
Description:
We are knee deep in this stay-at-home (shelter-in-place) directive in Ohio, and it's hitting us all a little differently. Today my daughter, Alli, and I had a great conversation about the quarantine from the perspective of a high school student. We chat about surviving, togetherness in a small house, taking things for granted, boredom and pressing in to God as well as what it's like to be a PK (aka pastor's kid). Grab a cup of coffee or tea and hang out with us for a bit!
Faith Part 2: The Purpose for Faith (2nd Service) (51:22)
Date: July 06, 2018
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: In the previous episode, Toni walked us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. This week we look at the importance of faith in our lives, not just to receive from God but what it means to the world around us. (From second service)
Faith Part 2: The Purpose for Faith (1st Service) (49:30)
Date: July 06, 2018
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: In the previous episode, Toni walked us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. This week we look at the importance of faith in our lives, not just to receive from God but what it means to the world around us. (From first service)
Faith Part 1: Don't Let Anything Talk You Into Quitting (2nd Service) (1:05:43)
Date: July 06, 2018
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Toni shares a testimony that's "hot off the press." It's not something that happened years and years ago, but something fresh that God did for her and she walks us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. (From second service)
Faith Part 1: Don't Let Anything Talk You Into Quitting (1st Service) (50:24)
Date: July 06, 2018
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Toni shares a testimony that's "hot off the press." It's not something that happened years and years ago, but something fresh that God did for her and she walks us through the process of what it looks like to use your faith to receive an answer from God. (From first service)
#wearebettertogether (15:04)
Date: September 21, 2017
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: We are better together. It's more than a cool hashtag. It's a way of life. We were never meant to walk this life alone. Isolated. We'll never fully fulfill our destiny that way. In this podcast we look inside why we are better together and how to get there.
Be Like Mary - Called to Carry (42:04)
Date: June 07, 2017
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Mary Did You Know? It's one of my favorite Christmas songs, but it's a question that begs an answer. She carried the Son of God for 9 months. Did she really know who she was carrying? Do we? We, like Mary, are carriers of the Son of God, the Holy Spirit, the Power of God. What would life look like if we REALLY knew who/what we carried inside of us?
Stay Connected to the Power Source (37:16)
Date: May 04, 2017
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: As I look around, I see so many falling short of what God has called them to be - miracle workers. Overcomers in Him. More than conquerors. Carriers of His glory. Why? Because we don't stay connected to the power source. In this message, you will be inspired to stay connected to power, why we need to, and practical ways to make it happen.
Living for the Well Done (part 1) - What's Your Goal? (46:10)
Date: February 16, 2017
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: What does a disciple's life really look like? What does it mean to "live for the well done?" What's the goal of the Christian life? Christian or disciple? Savior or Lord? Find the answers to all these questions and more in this podcast, part 1 of the series Living for the Well Done
Living for the Well Done (part 2) - Are you paralyzed by fear? (53:46)
Date: February 23, 2017
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Once we find out what it means to be a disciple of Christ, we need to ask ourselves, "What's holding me back?" Most of the time, it's fear. In this message, we tackle the 4 main fears that try to paralyze us and keep us from reaching our potential and how to overcome them.
Add To Your Faith Part 1 (50:49)
Date: October 19, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: 2 Peter 1 are Peter's final words. What he most wants his followers to remember and think about and do. Add to your faith. In these 3 messages, we take an in-depth look at what we need to add to our faith, why we need to add it, and what it will do for our lives and those around us. He lives in us. He's given us all the power we need to add these things to our everyday lives. It's our job to walk it out, and in this particular lesson we focus on moral excellence and knowledge.
Add To Your Faith Part 2 (57:33)
Date: October 19, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: 2 Peter 1 are Peter's final words. What he most wants his followers to remember and think about and do. Add to your faith. In these 3 messages, we take an in-depth look at what we need to add to our faith, why we need to add it, and what it will do for our lives and those around us. He lives in us. He's given us all the power we need to add these things to our everyday lives. It's our job to walk it out. In this lesson we learn about patient endurance, godliness, brotherly affection, and love for everyone.
Add To Your Faith Part 3 (1:05:18)
Date: October 19, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: 2 Peter 1 are Peter's final words. What he most wants his followers to remember and think about and do. Add to your faith. In these 3 messages, we take an in-depth look at what we need to add to our faith, why we need to add it, and what it will do for our lives and those around us. He lives in us. He's given us all the power we need to add these things to our everyday lives. It's our job to walk it out. Today we look in detail at self-control.
You Will Always Be My God (49:16)
Date: September 20, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Join Toni as she walks through the life of Abraham and focuses on the thread that holds it all together - the promises, the faith walk, the fulfillment, the happily ever after......no matter what we're facing, this is the most important thing - You Will Always Be My God.
It's a Generation Thing (52:01)
Date: September 20, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Generations. Generation X. Millenials. Baby Boomers. So many generations. Which is the most important generation? The answer is - all of them. There wasn't a generation missing in the first coming of Christ. Every generation played a vital role the first time around. Well, I have some news for all of us. Jesus is coming again, and it's time for every generation to take its place to help usher His presence into this earth again. What part are you supposed to play?
Send the Rain Session #1 - Spirit Fed Prayer (1:01:17)
Date: September 20, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Culture can only reign when the church does not. God has given authority to the church to pray. To speak. To declare His will on this earth, and in this seminar we take an in depth look at what it looks like to reign in this life through prayer. Jesus said if we are thirsty to come to Him and drink and THEN rivers of living water would flow from us. Before we can give anything out, we must first take Him in. And that is what Spirit Fed Prayer is all about. Let's take a drink, shall we, of those rivers of living water!
Send the Rain Session #2 - Praying in the Last Days (1:11:45)
Date: September 20, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: We are living in the last days, and we need to pray. Pray for our leaders and governments. Pray for world events. Pray for the will and plan of God to prevail on this earth. How do we know exactly what to pray? We'll look at all this and more in session #2, Praying in the Last Days. Culture can only reign when the church does not. Let's take our place to influence culture through prayer.
Send the Rain Session #3 - Praying Your Future (53:30)
Date: September 20, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Most of the time when we say, "I will pray," we're referring to praying for something after the fact. Praying for a tragedy that happened. Praying for something we heard on the news. Praying for comfort and grace for something that happened in the past. What if we could pray out into the future? Well....there is good news. We can! And in this session we go over exactly how to do that. Are you ready to pray into your future? Let's do it.
Send the Rain Session #4 - Our Position in Prayer and Q&A (57:54)
Date: September 20, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: The position from which we pray matters. We don't want to pray prayers from the perspective that the problem looks bigger than our God does. No. God is always bigger. In session #4, we take a look at what our position in prayer needs be to be the most effective and open the mic up for a Q&A time.
When God's Not in a Hurry (42:43)
Date: July 01, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: When God when? What's taking so long? Will this ever happen? Have you ever asked those questions? If you have, you're in good company. More times than not God's timing is no where close to ours. What do we do when our timetables don't match? Take a listen and find out.
Make a Whip (37:35)
Date: July 01, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: I love the story of when Jesus sat down, gathered His materials, and on purpose made a whip to drive out of the temple what didn't belong there. We are now the temple of God, and there are things in our lives that don't belong there. Only now we use our words to drive them out. Learn how to use your words as a whip to drive things out of your life what doesn't belong.
What If We Really Knew God? (37:31)
Date: July 01, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: What If? We play the what if game to the negative all the time. What if I fall? What if I fail? But what if we think bigger? Think in God proportions? What would our life of faith in God look like if we really knew and trusted God? What would it be like to pray and see Him answer? What would it look like to lay hands on the sick and watch them recover? What does really knowing God have to do with all of this? Check out this podcast to find out.
Why? Thoughts on Joseph (45:32)
Date: July 01, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Why? Why did this happen to me? That is a thought we all think at one point or another. It's a thought I'm sure Joseph had. In this message Toni shares a few thoughts to help us look at the life of Joseph (and our own lives) with a little different perspective.
A Conversation of Faith (36:53)
Date: July 01, 2016
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Join Pastors Mikel and Toni for this conversation about life and faith and God and trust.
The Christmas Story - There's More to the Story (41:51)
Date: December 17, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Jesus was born. It was the culmination of centuries of prophecies and eager anticipation of Messiah....and then what? Christmas didn't end at the birth. That was just the beginning. God had so much more in mind.
The Christmas Story - Oh The Wonder! (38:17)
Date: December 14, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: I love the Christmas story. I've read it hundreds of times. And it can get a little ho-hum. But I got stuck on one verse of Luke chapter two, and it inspired a poem and a whole message. Take a few minutes to recapture the wonder of Christmas with this podcast. Never lose the wonder!
The Christmas Story - The Prequel (47:43)
Date: December 09, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: I love the Christmas Story. Jesus. Born in a manger. Proclaimed in the heavens on a silent starry night. And Luke is my all-time favorite rendition of it. Luke Chapter 1 is like the prequel to the whole thing. I've read it hundrends and hundreds of times, but this year, I saw so much more in it than ever before. Take a listen and learn how we can live the Christmas Story in our lives every day.
Limitless (53:36)
Date: December 09, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: We live within limits. My checkbook has a limit. My energy has a limit. My car has a limit of how far it can go on one tank. It's hard to imagine life without limits, but that's the realm our God lives in. His power is limitless. His ability is limitless. What He can and will do for us knows no bounds. Let this inspired your faith today about what God is doing for you right now. There are no limits to His miracles.
What's in Your Hand? (46:01)
Date: December 09, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: What do you have in your hand? We may look at it and see very little, but little is much in the hand of God. He still does miracles today, and He uses what we have in our hand. How do you see what you have?
What's Your Something? (32:34)
Date: November 20, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: We all have a purpose. A dream. A something. There's something each one of us can do to make an impact and change the world around us. Sometimes we can't see it. Sometimes it seems hidden. Sometimes what's in our hand to do seems so small and insignificant we dismiss it. But everything we do has value and can make a difference. What's Your Something?
Go Get Your Own (37:21)
Date: September 26, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Faith. It's a belief. It's a firm persuasion. We need it. But what does it look like? Take a listen to Go Get Your Own and see what faith looks like, what it does, and why we need it in these last days.
Jesus Our Example: Abiding (39:28)
Date: September 10, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: In this final lesson of Jesus Our Example, we see the key to how Jesus was able to live in rest. Live in peace. Living in such humility, stress-free and free from insecurities. By Abiding. I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Take a look at just what it means to Abide and how that will help us find rest for our souls.
Can These Bones Live? (38:42)
Date: August 19, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Hope drives prayer. And much of the church has lost hope where it comes to praying for our nation. We can't see HOW it can change, so instead of praying in faith we shrink back in fear. In Can These Bones Live? we look at fear, faith and what God has called the church to do in these last days.
Jesus Our Example: Stress (43:06)
Date: August 24, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Stress. Yuck. It's a real peace killer. It can keep us up at night. It can make us sick. It steals our joy for life. In this message, we take a look at how Jesus handled stress and stressful situations to see how we can walk free of it too.
Jesus Our Example: Insecurities (51:03)
Date: August 19, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Walk with Me. Work with Me. Watch how I do it. That's how Jesus told us we would find real rest for our souls. In my quest for rest, I've noticed something that was missing in Jesus' life but very present and causing unrest in ours. Insecurity. In this message we'll see how we can walk free from the unrest causing insecurities that try to plague our lives and find real rest for our souls.
Jesus our Example: Humility (45:52)
Date: August 12, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Walk with Me. Work with Me. Watch how I do it. Jesus wanted us to follow Him. To watch Him. To be like Him. And humility was one of the key things that marked His life. Walk with me through the gospels and let's take a look at humility...what it is and what it should look like in our lives.
Walk Work Watch (43:58)
Date: July 23, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: I love Matthew 11:28-30. Come to me if you're weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. The Message says, "Walk with Me, work with Me, watch how I do it." So, since I've been on a quest for rest, I took that to heart. In Walk Work Watch, we take a look at this and see what that means for our lives, for our rest, for our peace. Jesus was an amazing example.
Calgon Take Me Away - What to do When You Feel Overwhelmed (44:20)
Date: April 21, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: We are busy these days, aren't we? And stress is never far behind. It lurks. What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? I share my story of being overwhelmed, depressed,and STRESSED! And when I cried out to God, I got the answer nobody wants to hear. Take a listen to see what to do when you're overwhelmed.
Prayer Life - Spirit Led Prayer (Part 6) (48:08)
Date: March 02, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: It's good to pray. To pray in the midst of crisis. To pray for current events. For things going on all around us. We need to release God's power into these situations. But in Genesis 18, we see another way. God says, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I'm about to do." God revealed to him what was about to happen, and Abraham interceded. And He still wants to do this today. In this lesson we see how we can also be used in prayer to pray out ahead of situations. God knows what's about to happen, and He is looking for someone to show so they can pray. Will you be that person?
Prayer Life - Contend (Part 5) (59:00)
Date: February 12, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: God gave us His Word so we have something to look at when everything else in our lives looks opposite to it. In this lesson, we learn about how to contend for what God said between asking and receiving. When faith isn't immediately made sight, we need to learn how to contend. To stand. To fight for it. He is faithful. It will come to pass.
Prayer Life - The Word (Part 4) (56:14)
Date: February 05, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: In part 4 of Prayer Life, we take a look at another layer in the foundation of a successful prayer life - The Word. His Word is the basis of our faith, it's what our prayers are founded on, and it carries power when we speak it. We also check out a few things outside of the prayer room that can hinder our prayers from being answered
Prayer Life - Covenant (Part 3) (43:12)
Date: January 29, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Covenant is not usually a subject taught in conjunction with having a successful prayer life, but part 3 we'll see what covenant is, why we need one, and what in the world that has to do with answered prayer.
Prayer Life - Abiding (Part 2) (51:51)
Date: January 22, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: John 15:7 says, "If you abide in Me, and my Word abides in you, you can ask whatever you will and it will be done for you." Abiding is key to laying a foundation for an effectual prayer life, and we learn in this message just what it looks like to abide in the Vine.
Prayer Life - What and Why (Part 1) (39:15)
Date: January 15, 2015
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: In Prayer Life part 1, we take a unique look at the What and Why of prayer. What it is and why we need to pray. Prayer is so much more than something we do. It should be as natural to us as breathing. Join us as we take a fresh look at prayer and learn to develop not just a prayer time but a Prayer Life.
Birthing the Impossible - Be a Carrier of God (41:03)
Date: December 30, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: (First Service) Mary had a unique job description. She was to be a carrier of the Son of God. She was to birth the impossible. But really, it wasn't that unique at all. We also are called to be carriers of the Son of God. Carriers of His life and power. And we're to deliver it to this world. Are you ready to birth the impossible?
Birthing the Impossible - Being a Carrier of God (49:49)
Date: December 30, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: (Second Service) Mary had a unique job description. She was to be a carrier of the Son of God. She was to birth the impossible. But really, it wasn't that unique at all. We also are called to be carriers of the Son of God. Carriers of His life and power. And we're to deliver it to this world. Are you ready to birth the impossible?
When Good Doesn't Look So Good (39:19)
Date: December 30, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Biblical hope is a confident expectation of Good. So...what happens when good doesn't look so good? Take a look with us at Luke 2 from a different perspective and gain some hope and encouragement as we see what to do When Good Doesn't Look So Good.
Dare to Trust: Faith Like Abraham (44:37)
Date: October 01, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Romans 4 says that we are to have faith like Abraham's. He didn't waver. He stood strong. He plunged into the promise, convinced God would do what only He could do. But what does that really look like? In Dare to Trust, we look at Abraham's life to see what his faith looked like and how we can have that same kind of trust today.
Do. Love. Walk. (What does the Lord require?) (44:41)
Date: September 24, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Do. Love. Walk. These are things that the Lord requires of us. Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly with our God. In this podcast we learn what it means to do, love, and walk and look at our perfect example of Jesus to see just how to do it and what happens when we do!
When God Came Down Part 1 (52:38)
Date: September 22, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: The Word is full of examples of God coming down and interacting with His man. I am so thankful I serve a powerful and amazing God, but I am even more thankful He doesn't keep His power and presence all to Himself in heaven.
When God Came Down Part 2 (52:30)
Date: September 22, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: The Word is full of examples of God coming down and interacting with His man. In part 2 of When God Came Down, we continue to see what drew God from heaven to Earth. The Word is full of examples of God coming down and interacting with His man. I am so thankful we serve a powerful and amazing God, but I am even more thankful He doesn't keep His power and presence all to Himself in heaven. He still comes down.
Seeing Is Believing (36:35)
Date: August 22, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: What you see (or focus on) is what will produce in your life. What you look at makes all the difference in the world where faith is concerned. Is what you're looking at causing doubt or building your faith? What do you see?
Do You See What I See? (34:36)
Date: August 22, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: There are two ways to see - through our eyes at our circumstances or through our faith. It's time to move up higher and see what God sees. That's where victory is!
Pieces and Puzzles (34:25)
Date: June 11, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Many question things every day. And that's good. Some things need to be questioned. But when we start to question our significance, it's not so good. You are significant, and God has an amazing plan for you.
Praying in the Last Days (33:27)
Date: March 11, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: We are living in interesting times, with prophecy being fulfilled all around us, and God has put some things in my heart to pray in these last days. He doesn't need a perfect situation in which to move....He just needs a praying church to release His power. Amen!
What Are You Drinking? (45:25)
Date: February 10, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: There is a river of life that flows from the throne of God and flows out of us...and we can drink of it! We can come and drink freely...what are you drinking?
Don't Stop! (33:59)
Date: February 13, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: When Joshua marched around the walls of Jericho, he had specific instructions to go around and around and around a set number of times. What if he had stopped too soon? What if he didn't finish the 7th lap on the 7th day. Sometimes we stop short just before we get to our miracle. Don't stop....your faith will see you through to the end!
Contend for the Word (28:38)
Date: February 13, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: There are times it seems we get answers to prayers we didn't even pray or right the minute we pray them. Then there are other times that it seems like an answer will never come. Sometimes we have to contend for what God said in our lives. It's not always easy, but it is always worth it.
What Do You Have In Your Hand? (28:32)
Date: January 31, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: God wants to do miracles in us and through us...and He usually uses what we have in our hand to do it. He can do amazing things with almost nothing if we offer it to Him in faith.
That's Not What I Thought it Would Look Like! (36:33)
Date: February 01, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: Do you ever look at your life and think, "Well, that's not what I thought it would look like?" Joseph went through some rough stuff on the way to seeing his dream come to pass. I wonder how many times he had this though: That's not what I thought it would look like. But God had a plan and it lead to a wonderful destiny-filled life.
I Have A Secret (31:29)
Date: February 01, 2014
By: Toni Lagaras
Description: One of my favorite verses is Philippians when Paul tells us he has learned the secret of living content. This can be a difficult thing to walk out in daily life, especially in our culture. Learn how we, like Paul, can live content no matter what.
Below are links to other messages by Toni via the VCC website:
Prayer Is…Series
- Prayer Is…a conversation (Part 1)
- Prayer Is…Knowing God (Part 2)
- Prayer Is…Faith Plays a Part (Part 3)
- Prayer Is…Our Authority (Part 4)