The Benefits & Blessings of Knowing God (Part 1)
Release Date: 07/14/2026
The Benefits & Blessings of Knowing God (Part 1)
The One Thing That's Needful
In today’s episode, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches begins a new series and delves into the benefits and blessings of knowing God. Dr. Funches picks up where she left off in the last episode, recapping a bit from last week and then diving deeper into these truths. To know God is to know His Word. The benefits and blessings of knowing God are the benefits and blessings of knowing Jesus because Jesus is the Word. Dr. Funches encourages you to listen to the messages from the previous weeks. Dr. Funches says God is using those messages to teach us how to inherit our inheritance. When God blesses...
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Selfishness is a Setup (Part 8)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches-Dunham concludes the series “Selfishness is a Setup” by teaching that love is meant to give, even in hard seasons. Drawing from John 3:16, she emphasizes that God’s love is active, generous, and self-sacrificing, and that believers are called to reflect that same unselfishness in their lives. The heart of the message is the life of Joseph, whose story becomes a powerful picture of Christ and a testimony of what it looks like to keep sowing good in the middle of betrayal, injustice, and suffering. Though...
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Selfishness Is a Setup (Part 7)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches-Dunham continues her series, “Selfishness Is a Setup,” with a strong reminder that love is unselfish and that God designed reaping and sowing as a spiritual law. The message centers on the idea that selfishness keeps believers stuck in their own pain, while love moves outward in faith and trust in God’s provision. Using the Book of Ruth, she shows how Elimelek’s decision to flee Bethlehem in fear led to loss, while Ruth chose loyalty, sacrifice, and generosity even after deep personal grief. Ruth’s...
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Selfishness Is a Setup (Part 6)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches-Dunnom continues her teaching on why selfishness is a trap that keeps believers from walking in the fullness of God’s design. She emphasizes that love is not selfish but gives, and that Christians are called to reflect Christ by serving others, sowing seeds, and trusting God to multiply what is given. The message is rooted in the truth that what we do for others is never wasted, because in God’s kingdom generosity always comes back in greater measure. To illustrate that principle, she revisits the story of...
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Selfishness Is a Setup (Part 5)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Siobhaughn Funches-Dunham continues the series “Selfishness Is a Setup” with a message centered on how love gives, and how unselfishness positions believers to receive God’s best. She emphasizes that love is not just a feeling but an action, and that God’s pattern is to bless people so they can become a blessing to others. The teaching follows the story of Queen Esther, highlighting how God placed Esther strategically as queen after a season of loss and obscurity. Through Esther and Mordecai, the episode shows how God was...
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Selfishness Is A Setup (Part 4)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Sivan Funches-Dunham continues the series “Selfishness Is A Setup,” teaching that love gives, and selfishness keeps people trapped in a spiritually empty, “Dead Sea” mindset. She presents selfishness as a trap that turns attention inward and blocks the flow of life and blessing. Using Genesis 24, she shows how Abraham’s servant was sent to find a wife for Isaac, and how Rebekah’s quick, generous response to a stranger revealed the kind of unselfish faith God was looking for. Her kindness was not only immediate, but...
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Selfishness Is a Setup (Part 3)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Sivan Funches-Dunham continues her series on selfishness and shows how love is meant to be active, not passive. The central message is that love gives, and that giving is one of the clearest ways believers reflect God’s nature. She returns to John 3:16 and emphasizes the phrase “For God so loved the world that He gave,” explaining that God’s love is seen in action. The episode also points to Jesus as the perfect example of humility and service, since He came not to be served but to serve and give His life for others. The...
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Selfishness Is a Setup (Part 2)
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In this episode, Dr. Sivan Funches-Dunham continues the series Selfishness Is a Setup by teaching that love is meant to give, not hoard. Drawing from John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13, she emphasizes that God’s love is active, generous, and reflected in practical acts of service, encouragement, prayer, and presence. A major theme is the principle of reaping and sowing. Dr. Funches-Dunham explains that God designed this system so that what believers sow—whether time, prayer, care, or resources—will return to them, though not always from the same person or in the same form. She encourages...
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Selfishness Is a Setup (Part 1)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches-Dunham launches a new series, “Selfishness Is a Setup,” with a message that exposes self-absorption as a spiritual trap. She begins by grounding the teaching in God’s love, reminding listeners that love gives, and that the clearest picture of that love is seen in the Father giving His Son for the world. Using 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Peter 4:8, and other scriptures, she shows that spiritual activity without love is empty, and that true love is always expressed through giving, covering, and serving others. The...
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If You Don’t Have It, You Don’t Need It (Part 12)
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In this episode of The One Thing That’s Needful Podcast, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches-Dunham brings the series “If You Don’t Have It, You Don’t Need It” to a close by reinforcing a central truth: God is faithful to supply every need, even when circumstances make that seem impossible. Rooted in Philippians 4:19, the message encourages believers to stop being ruled by natural logic, lack, or fear, and instead trust the Lord’s provision with full confidence. Dr. Funches-Dunham uses several powerful Bible stories to illustrate this point. She revisits the feeding of the multitude in John 6,...
info_outlineIn today’s episode, Dr. Siohvaughn Funches begins a new series and delves into the benefits and blessings of knowing God. Dr. Funches picks up where she left off in the last episode, recapping a bit from last week and then diving deeper into these truths. To know God is to know His Word. The benefits and blessings of knowing God are the benefits and blessings of knowing Jesus because Jesus is the Word. Dr. Funches encourages you to listen to the messages from the previous weeks. Dr. Funches says God is using those messages to teach us how to inherit our inheritance.
When God blesses one, He blesses all through that gift. Others also need to see your sign and your miracle. It is God’s will to teach us all these things. Now is the time to receive those benefits and blessings by faith in the Living God who has done it all for you, already. We don’t want to delay our destiny.
God says to be anxious for nothing. Dr. Funches explains Psalm 1:1–3 to apply it to New Covenant believers, contrasting prosperity in God against the greed for money. Dr. Funches covers the connections between knowing God and Jesus, knowing the Word and the truth, and being free. We learn in 1 Samuel 1 that God answers our desires and in John 15:5,7 that those who abide in the Word, Jesus, bear much fruit and they will have the desires they ask of Him.
Please listen as Dr. Funches examines the benefits and blessings of knowing God through His Word.
KEY BIBLE VERSES
[2:29] John 1:1, NKJV 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[2:35] John 1:14, NKJV 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
[8:35] Proverbs 9:10, NKJV 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
[12:26] Psalm 1:1–3, NKJV 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
[22:13] John 8:32, NKJV 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
[25:49] John 17:17, NKJV 17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
[26:03] Psalm 119:130, NKJV 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
[26:55] Psalm 119:99, NKJV 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
[27:32] Psalm 37:4, NKJV 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
[28:23] 1 Samuel 1, NKJV (full chapter)
[32:00] John 15:5, NKJV 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
[33:15] John 15:7, NKJV 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
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