Exploring the Marketplace

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Michael Miller.  Michael is the founder and Senior Pastor of Upper Room Dallas and the Director of Upper Room Global. Thousands have been impacted by Upper Room Dallas in the U.S. and abroad. He is passionate about hosting the presence of God and building communities that minister to His heart through regular prayer and worship. Tune in as Shawn and Michael share how God healed him from shame of the past bringing him into freedom, how God changed his perspective of church and building community that is first love based where God dwells. Michael shares how intimacy with God and staying hungry and open to the Holy Spirit changes our reality.

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Kim Walker Smith.  Kim has quickly become one of the strongest voices in worship music today.  She is a passionate leader with an anointing to bring an entire generation into an encounter with the heart of God. Kim has been a part of Jesus Culture since the very beginning and carries a genuine heart to see worship change the course of lives and nations.  Tune in as Shawn and Kim discuss her spiritual journey with God of learning her identity in Him that brought healing and freedom from the past.  Hear about how in Kims pursuit of God, she followed Him into her calling of worship leading and how God transitioned her from California to Montana through consecutive dreams to shift her into what He has for her right now.  Sometimes a shut door is God trying to get you to move.  

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Heather O’Brien. The mission of Heather O’Brien Training & Equipping Ministries is to see people as God created them and help them and to love the people God places in their lives with no agenda.  She is an author and has a podcast called “The Power of Four” with training videos on YouTube as well.  Tune in as Shawn and Heather discuss her many struggles in life including addictions, depression and being overweight and how the Lord taught her how to steward her emotions, physical body, spiritual life as well as finances and relationships.  Heather is now equipped to teach people how to hear from God for themselves and shares the tool’s she’s learned for others to see breakthrough in their own lives.

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Shawn Gabie.  Shawn is the Co-Founder along with his wife of Kingdom Culture - a missionary organization and local church and he is the Founder of the online school Supernatural Leadership school. Shawn traveled extensively around the world as an itinerant minister and motivational speaker and is the host of the “Supernatural Leadership Podcast” on CPN.  Tune in as Shawn Bolz & Shawn Gabie share how in his early years he went down a bad path of drugs when he encountered the inner audible voice of God which led to a radical salvation  This started his evangelism journey to reach the lost with the love of Jesus.  Shawn shares about the time God spoke to him about being a Pastor that has sustained him through the years. When you add faith into your pain, you find purpose!

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Cheryl Allen.  Cheryl is the Founder and Executive Director of Pasadena International House of Prayer (PIHOP).  She has a passion to see the body of Christ pursuing intimacy with Jesus in worship and prayer, engaging in His Word, and following Him wholeheartedly. Tune in as Shawn and Cheryl discuss how she first got involved with PIHOP, the sign posts God showed her to confirm the calling He placed within her, and how her role as a woman pioneering a movement has strengthened her in her calling.  You will be emboldened by Cheryl’s journey to say yes to whatever God is calling you to.

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Apostle Kathryn Krick.  Kathryn is the Lead Pastor of Five-Fold Church in Los Angeles where every service people are healed, delivered, and transformed as the prophetic anointing flows powerfully.  Kathryn is passionate about seeing people encounter the true Jesus who comes in power and receive abundant life in Him.  Tune in as Shawn and Kathryn share the moment her spiritual eyes were opened and how from that point on her heart burned for others to encounter the same power she had encountered. Kathryn talks about her love for people and desire to see them completely set free. During her services, she sees many set free from demonic holds and healed from sicknesses.  Her message is one of hope, seeing the captive set free, and staying focused on Jesus. He is the answer!  

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Merlinda Balmas. Merlinda works at Warner Bros Theatrical Marketing, is the Co-Director of Hollywood Prayer Network and the President of Open Table Outreach.  Merlinda felt God calling her to start 9t5, a ministry whose purpose is to equip and encourage Christiand in their God-given roles to function with a Kingdom mindset and win their sphere of influence for Christ. Tune in as Shawn and Merlinda discuss her background filled with poverty, abuse, and loneliness and how her loving encounter with Jesus as a teenager set the stage for her whole life. Merlinda shares the moment God called her back into the marketplace bringing the Kingdom and the love of Jesus to everyone around her. Merlinda’s desire is to encourage you that you do have a hope, you have a future, and that you are not alone!

Today on Exploring the Marketplace this is our Season 1 Finale! In this episode Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson share some of their favorite episodes that really impacted their hearts, some of the epic takeaways from this season, the incredible stories of faith matched with vulnerability, and the exciting news about what we have planned coming up for season 2!  You don’t want to miss this episode!

Today on Exploring the Prophetic, Shawn Bolz interviews Tim Ferrara.  Tim is the Executive Pastor at LifePoint Church in Arizona.  He is an author, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, has a podcast - Everyday Discernment, and he started the ministry of “Discerning Dad” as a way to write and encourage Christians to make better decisions that honor God. Tune in as Shawn and Tim discuss how important discernment is in your everyday life, an opportunity that opened as a Senior Pastor and what shifted that moved him to take the position, and the importance of following discernment and the peace of God when making big decisions.

Today on Exploring the Marketplace, Shawn Bolz & Bob Hasson interview, Author, Illustrator & Down Syndrome Awareness Advocate, Jordan Burk. Jordan travels to schools sharing the message of love, acceptance and kindness everywhere he goes. Tune in as Shawn, Bob & Jordan share his story of being a caregiver for 14 yrs to his Uncle Kelly who had Down Syndrome who inspired him to create the Kelly and Kelos series to teach children to see value in others who look or act differently. Jordan shares his journey of writing books that was confirmed through a prophetic word and the way he is keeping his uncle’s memory alive by writing more Kelly & Kelso stories.