the audacious adventure

Did you know you live in a SUPERNATURAL SPIRITUAL REALM?  And that not only do angels and demons exist, but that they actively impact YOU on a DAILY basis?  How much do you know about angels?  Do angels actually have wings -- or not?  Do we each have our own guardian angel -- or not?  Are angels the same as cherubim -- or different?  Also, is it true that someday YOU will actually judge the angels?  Well, if all these questions pique your interest, then join us for today’s episode, where we cover the big juicy topic of ANGELS: WHO they are and HOW they impact believers’ lives. 

In addition to explaining how angels were created and function, we share stories about real angel encounters and give tips on how to pray to Jesus to mobilize His angels on the behalf of your family, friends, coworkers, fellow students, community, and state – as well as to partner with Jesus and His angels to further God’s Kingdom here on earth.

We hope this episode empowers you and encourages you during this unsettling time in human history!

(And stay tuned for upcoming episodes on our power over the fallen angels (aka: demons) and the spiritual gift of discerning the spirits — timely reminders of our spiritual authority in Christ, no matter what surrounds or attacks us!)

Here are just a handful of the hundreds of instances of angels appearing in 34 of the 66 books of the Bible: 
2 Kings 6:17 (Elisha & the chariots of fire); Daniel 6:22 (Daniel in the lions’ den); Matthew 4:11 (Jesus after being tempted); Luke 1:26 (Angel Gabriel & Mary); Luke 2:13 (Shepherds); Acts 5:19-20 (Apostles in prison); Acts 8:26 (Philip & Ethiopian eunuch); Acts 10:1 (Cornelius)

VERSES about the protection of angels:
Psalm 34:7 - The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them.
Psalm 91:11 - For He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways…
Hebrews 1:14 - Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

The BOOKS referenced in this episode:
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem https://a.co/d/hX9sUM3
Life of St. Anthony by Athanasius https://a.co/d/4kUHxks
A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ by J.P. Moreland https://a.co/d/1XmBH4Y

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ABOUT US:
Autumn Cornwell is a published author, storyteller, and adventurer trained in prophecy, healing prayer, and the spiritual gifts. She loves creating with the Holy Spirit. Danica Childs is a Spiritual Director with a MA in Spiritual Formation/Soul Care from Talbot Seminary and a MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. They're sisters who’ve spent the last two decades in ministry in the Los Angeles area, while living creative, artistic, messy, and joyful lives of adventure with their family and friends!

"We're excited to adventure audaciously with YOU!"

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So, do YOU speak in tongues? If not, are you AT ALL curious about this spiritual gift?  Do you WANT the gift of tongues?  Or are you LEERY of the whole idea?  Well, on today's episode, we define what the gift of tongues is, what the Bible says about it, what different church denominations say about it -- and what WE say about it!  And, yes indeed, ONE of us has the gift of tongues and one of us is still pursuing it.  We discuss what it's like to want a gift that others have BUT you DON'T -- and what it's like to have a gift that you don't know if you even REALLY want!

This episode ran long (because we just love to babble on and on!) so we broke it into two parts.  Although we reveal the experiences of our getting (or NOT getting) tongues in the NEXT episode (EP 21), there are clues in this one about which of us have the gift if you listen closely, because we accidently let it slip!  LOL!  Also, in Part Two, we dive deeper into what the gift is for and how it powerfully impacts not only the believer and the church, but everyone in our lives -- and basically, the entire world.

ALSO!  If you haven't listed to EP 14, check it out for our OVERVIEW of the spiritual gifts: "What's YOUR Spiritual Gift? Here's Why It's Essential to US!"  (And here's the link to YouTube if you want to watch it:  https://youtu.be/ag3vl4gvUyc)

In this life guided by the Holy Spirit we call The Audacious Adventure, we feel it’s more essential than EVER BEFORE for EVERY BELIEVER to be flowing in their God given giftings!

BIBLE VERSES ON THE GIFT OF TONGUES:
Acts 2:4
Acts 19:6
Mark 16:17
1 Corinthians Chapter 12
I Corinthians Chapter 13
1 Corinthians 14:2
1 Corinthians 14:23
1 Corinthians 14:27-28
2 Timothy 1:6-7

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem -- A highly respected resource in Christian circles, check out his thoughts on the spiritual gifts, including tongues. https://a.co/d/7EXR8Bf

The ALPHA Course by Nicky Gumbel through Holy Trinity Brompton - https://alphausa.org/

#tongues #giftoftongues #spiritualgifts #waynegrudem #alphacourse #nickygumbel #pentecost #theaudaciousadventure#spiritualformation #christianwalk #jesus #holyspirit #faith #christianity #christian #believer #prayer #autumncornwell #danicachilds

ABOUT US:
Autumn Cornwell is a published author, storyteller, and adventurer trained in prophecy, healing prayer, and the spiritual gifts. She loves creating with the Holy Spirit. Danica Childs is a Spiritual Director with a MA in Spiritual Formation/Soul Care from Talbot Seminary and a MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. They're sisters who’ve spent the last two decades in ministry in the Los Angeles area, while living creative, artistic, messy, and joyful lives of adventure with their family and friends!

"We're excited to adventure audaciously with YOU!"

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• @theaudaciousadventure on Instagram
• @theaudaciousadventure on YouTube

Has your attention ever been captured by an image, but you weren’t quite sure WHY on first viewing? Has a picture made you pause and ponder?  Have you experienced a surge of emotion while watching a movie or a show?  If you answered yes, then you’ve experienced VISIO DIVINA: SACRED SEEING.  When you desire to gaze at an image, or when an emotion wells up in you as you encounter art, cinema, architecture, or even nature, you are experiencing God’s attempt to get your attention.  God wants to “speak” to you through the visual image before you.  The act of prayerful gazing, or visio divina, is one way we can respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit working in us to pay attention to our inner lives.  The image becomes a means for us to encounter God and to learn about ourselves.  Jump into Danica’s latest Spiritual Quick Tip to learn more about what this creative prayer practice can look like in YOUR life!

(NOTE: If you want to actually SEE the ART Danica references in this podcast, check out the video on YouTube: VISIO DIVINA: God Speaks to YOU Through ART!  A Spiritual Quick Tip with Danica! - EP 18)

LINKS TO THE ART MUSEUMS MENTIONED:

OOOH! And if you’d like to try Visio Divina from the comfort of your own home, visit these art museums online and give it a go!

The Getty Center - https://www.getty.edu/

Philadelphia Museum of Art - www.philamuseum.org

Ashmolean Museum Oxford- https://www.ashmolean.org/

National Gallery of Art - https://www.nga.gov/

National Portrait Gallery London - https://www.npg.org.uk/

#visiodivina #prayer #art #creativity #prayerlife #artmuseum #connectwithgod #theaudaciousadventure #danicachilds #spiritualquicktip

ABOUT US:
Autumn Cornwell is a published author, storyteller, and adventurer trained in prophecy, healing prayer, and the spiritual gifts. She loves creating with the Holy Spirit. Danica Childs is a Spiritual Director with a MA in Spiritual Formation/Soul Care from Talbot Seminary and a MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. They're sisters who’ve spent the last two decades in ministry in the Los Angeles area, while living creative, artistic, messy, and joyful lives of adventure with their family and friends!

"We're excited to adventure audaciously with YOU!"

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• @theaudaciousadventure on Instagram
• @theaudaciousadventure on YouTube

Today we're doing something a wee bit different – dare we say AUDACIOUS? – by prophesying over you (maybe!) in the second half of the show.  But first, some testimonies of how we tend to share the love of Jesus as we go about our everyday lives.  We attempt to demystify the whole idea of prophesying to strangers from coffee shops to mountain tops. Learn how to sense when the Holy Spirit is highlighting somebody and how to collaborate with Him to bless them right then and there.  We demonstrate how the Holy Spirit guides us through the process one step at a time.  Organic prophecy should be one of the most fun and joyous and adventurous parts of EVERY Christian’s life!  Step out and risk it!

TAKEAWAYS:

God wants us to bless those in our paths daily so they realize they are SEEN, WORTHY and VALUABLE to Him.  

The Holy Spirit is ALWAYS highlighting people to bless if we have the eyes to see!

The Holy Spirit often guides you to people you have something in common with to create a TRUE connection and GENUINE camaraderie.  

The definition of PROPHECY from 1 Corinthians 14 verse 3-4 - "But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them.  A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church."

NOTE: The prophecies in this episode were pre-recorded on March 21, 2023.  Let us know if any of them particularly resonated with you or someone you know!  (And make sure you subscribe for our upcoming episodes on prophecy and other spiritual gifts!)

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Welcome!
01:07 - Overview of this episode: testimonies first, then prophecy in action
02:24 - Definition of prophecy from I Corinthians 14 verses 3-4
03:29 - How the Holy Spirit empowers believers to bless strangers
12:14 - When the Holy Spirit highlighted the girl smoking pot on the mountain
17:26 - When the Holy Spirit highlighted a college student in the coffee shop
22:25 - Tips for blessing strangers through encouragement and prophecy
37:21 - Prophecies for you or someone you know (MAYBE!)  Pre-recorded 03/21/23

ABOUT US:
Autumn Cornwell is a published author, storyteller, and adventurer trained in prophecy, healing prayer, and the spiritual gifts. She loves creating with the Holy Spirit. Danica Childs is a Spiritual Director with a MA in Spiritual Formation/Soul Care from Talbot Seminary and a MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. They're sisters who’ve spent the last two decades in ministry in the Los Angeles area, while living creative, artistic, messy, and joyful lives of adventure with their family and friends!

"We're excited to adventure audaciously with YOU!"

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• @theaudaciousadventure on Instagram
• @theaudaciousadventure on YouTube

Ah, yes!  We did indeed reject revival in our college and post college days, because we were put off by the package it came in.  What we witnessed in 1994 seemed so darn messy and out of control.  But now, many years later, we truly embrace revival and view it as not only desirable, but NECESSARY in our Christian lives.  We now consider revivals as "God's Rolling Refreshment Throughout World History."  How did we get here?

Join us as we share our awkward (and even wacky!) first experiences of revival, and the reasons why we initially rejected it.  We explain how the Holy Spirit led us on a life-long spiritual adventure of discovering all the ways God moves in His people.  A handful of historic revivals are touched on in this episode, including the Welsh Revival, the Azusa Street Revival, the Hebrides Revival, the Toronto Revival, and even the more low key revival that took place during Henrietta Mears' college ministry in Hollywood during the 1930s/1940s/1950s.  (As well as revival experiences in California during the last ten or so years.) 

Finally, we discuss the purpose of personal and corporate revival, how to discern which moves are "of God" and which aren't, and how to pray for revival.  

We encourage YOU to embrace true revival today, in whatever package it comes!  Don't be a spectator, but a participant!

ABOUT US:
Autumn Cornwell is a published author, storyteller, and adventurer trained in prophecy, healing prayer, and the spiritual gifts. She loves creating with the Holy Spirit. Danica Childs is a Spiritual Director with a MA in Spiritual Formation/Soul Care from Talbot Seminary and a MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. They're sisters who’ve spent the last two decades in ministry in the Los Angeles area, while living creative, artistic, messy, and joyful lives of adventure with their family and friends!

"We're excited to adventure audaciously with YOU!"

• theaudaciousadventure.com
• @theaudaciousadventure on Instagram
• @theaudaciousadventure on YouTube

Is God a STOWAWAY or Your GUIDE in life?  How Do You Discern His Will?  Is God's Will a ROADMAP, GUIDEBOOK, or GPS?  What is LOW STAKES discernment?  Can I DELEGATE my discernment?  Can I discern for a friend?  AND what the HECK was Danica doing in South Korea, anyway?  

Today we will answer ALL these questions and more!  Join us as we share times we trusted the Holy Spirit to guide us AND times when we most certainly DID NOT!  Learn from our mistakes and receive a framework for how YOU can collaborate with God as you live your life in step with His Spirit.

*Check out Larry Warner's book on discernment, which we highly recommend and reference throughout this series:  Discernment, God's Will & Living Jesus: Christian Discernment as a Way of Life https://amzn.to/3VRGeqB (affiliate)

ABOUT US:
Autumn Cornwell is a published author, storyteller, and adventurer trained in prophecy, healing prayer, and the spiritual gifts. She loves creating with the Holy Spirit. Danica Childs is a Spiritual Director with a MA in Spiritual Formation/Soul Care from Talbot Seminary and a MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University. They're sisters who’ve spent the last two decades in ministry in the Los Angeles area, while living creative, artistic, messy, and joyful lives of adventure with their family and friends!

"We're excited to adventure audaciously with YOU!"

• theaudaciousadventure.com
• @theaudaciousadventure on Instagram
• @theaudaciousadventure on YouTube