What I learned from the latest Exorcist movie.
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Release Date: 06/02/2024
When God Teaches You Through Family Pressure (59)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“Lessons From the Tight Place: When God Teaches You Through Family Pressure” Genesis 37 • 1 Samuel 16–19 • Mark 3:21 • 2 Corinthians 4:8
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WHEN LOVE MEETS BOUNDARIES - 58
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Every one of us knows what it feels like to love people who don’t always love us back. Some of the deepest wounds don’t come from strangers — they come from kinfolk. People who share our blood but not our values. People who take our time, drain our peace, and expect access without accountability. The Bible does not hide this reality. It speaks honestly about takers, users, manipulators, and relatives who bring strife instead of peace. Today’s message is not about bitterness. It’s about clarity, wisdom, and boundaries that honor God.
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Life is Life. Perspective is Everything
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Brothers and sisters, we often hear people say, “Life is good” or “Life is hard.” But the truth is—life itself doesn’t change. Life is simply life. You either have it, or you don’t. The labels we put on it—good, bad, hard, joyful—are shaped by our perspective in the moment.
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What Age Has Taught Me About Noise, Truth, and Time
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“My God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:19 “Even to your old age, I will be the same… I will carry you.” — Isaiah 46:4 “Forsake me not when my strength faileth.” — Psalm 71
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Leave it at the altar
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Isaiah 43:18–19 (KJV) I Resolve I resolve… To seek God daily, not just occasionally, To breathe His Word in rhythm, faithfully, relationally. I resolve… To trust His timing, not rush the plan, To wait with patience, resting in His hand. I resolve… To walk in obedience, though the path feels tight, To step through discomfort, still choosing what’s right. I resolve… To guard my mind, my heart, my soul, To keep His Spirit steady, making Him my goal....
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Goal Setting in 2026
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
the importance of goal setting with God.
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Goals: Progress, Not Perfection
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Goal setting is not about perfection — it’s about progress. It’s about moving, step by step, in the direction God is calling you. It’s about aligning your life with His will, His wisdom, and His Word.
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When You Don't Have The Words -52-
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“When You Don’t Have the Words” Romans 8:26 — “We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us…”
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What Difference Does It Make Which Church You Don’t Attend? (51)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
• Hebrews 10:24–25 — “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another…” • 1 Timothy 4:14 — “Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.”
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Changing the Show Title: Broken and Believing - 50
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Brokenness in the Bible is not a curse but a doorway to grace: it teaches us humility, repentance, and dependence on God, opening the way for healing and transformation. • Brokenness as Humility and Repentance Psalm 51:17 declares, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” This shows that God values a heart that admits weakness and turns back to Him Bible Hub +1. • Brokenness Precedes Renewal The Bible often portrays brokenness as the moment before restoration. Like clay in the potter’s hand, our self-will must be...
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Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
1 Corinthians 8:7
False guilt can result in depression and spiritual paralysis. Someone suffering from false guilt may feel that God has given up on him and despair of ever being sanctified. False guilt tends to be very “me-centered,” rather than God-centered. The tendency is to think we’ll never be good enough and focus on our shortcomings.
The cure for false guilt is the gospel. If you’re a Christian, start by confessing any known sin. The promise of God in 1 John 1:9 is for believers: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” Remember that, once a sin has been forgiven, it’s forgiven for good. God separates our sin from us “as far as the east is from the west” (Psalm 103:12).