Footsteps to Heaven

Rosary Podcast: When Disaster Hits, Find God

When a disaster hits us, or when we witness destruction hitting the lives of other people, it’s normal to wonder: “Where is God? Why didn’t he prevent this?”
More than just the recitation of the Rosary, which you can join, it weaves an uplifting message through it. Each decade of the Rosary is lifted up for something important related to the message. It’s not just a prayer, it's life-changing!
The message is published as a WordBytes article @ https://wordbytes.org/suffering/disasters/.

Sit With Mary: A Marian Meditation

Pray with Terry Modica in a meditation about the challenging times in the life of the Blessed Mother Mary when she trusted God. In this video, we ask Mary for the grace that we need for trusting God in our difficulties.
The meditation can be downloaded from gnm-media.org/sit-with-mary-a-marian-meditation where you can sign up for notifications of future episodes.
To get the book mentioned in this episode (30 DAYS TO THE FATHER'S HEART) visit 30daystothefathersheart.com.
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Secrets to Success with Young Adults

How did Will Deatherage, a young entrepreneur, avoid the traps that so many young people are falling into today? Terry Modica of Good News Ministries interviews him about his company, Catholics for Hire, and they discuss the keys to keeping young adults active in the Church, steadfast in their faith.
Catholics for Hire can be found at https://catholicsforhire.com.
The video version of this podcast is located at https://gnm-media.org.
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100th Episode Blast!

We’ve reached a milestone! 100 episodes of Footsteps to Heaven! To celebrate, we’ve compiled reels from the top 10 episodes of all time. This 100th episode contains the best of the best according to how often they’ve been viewed and shared.
At the end, if you want to see the full version of any of these very special episodes, there’s a link to the playlist called “Top 10.” Or use this link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRxPognO7VUOWCHOPmM–kGrOLPQzYhr.

Evangelize your loved ones with the Shroud of Turin

Think of someone you know who’s rejecting Christ and Church, someone who likes taking selfies. “Who Do You Say I Am?” is an important new documentary about the Shroud of Turin. It shows scientifically and from the Catholic perspective why we can be sure that the Shroud of Turin is a selfie Jesus made of himself 1800 years before the invention of cameras.
In this episode of Footsteps to Heaven, Terry Modica interviews producer Bill Snyder. Summing up the purpose for making this film, he points out its effect on non-believers and doubters: “What if Jesus left us a selfie image in the Shroud of Turin? That’s the question that we ask in the film, “Who Do You Say I Am?” Because if this is the case — if that really is Jesus Christ and he left an image of himself as he was raising himself from the dead as God, does that change your belief in Christianity? What does that do for you?"
See Patchwork Heart Ministry to find out more and to obtain the film or to arrange a showing in your parish.
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2 Secrets to Praying When You Don’t Feel Like Praying

How is your prayer life through the difficult times? Have you found that it’s less than it used to be? Maybe you’ve even said, “God’s not answering my prayers, so I might as well quit praying.” If you’ve reached the point where you feel like you can’t pray anymore, this message is for you. I'll share with you two secrets to praying when you feel discouraged and tired.
If you feel like you can’t pray anymore because it doesn’t make a difference – you’re tired, you’re drained, you’re exhausted from putting in so much prayer effort, and so much effort into emotionally dealing with all the trials that are going on today in your life and in the world — if you find yourself in that situation: Just surrender. You don’t need words.
That’s the first of two secrets to praying when you don’t feel like praying, which I explain how to do based on my own personal experiences.
To get my book, "30 Days to the Father's Heart", go to 30daystothefathersheart.com.
To get the prayer book recommended in this episode, go to amazon.com/Prayers-That-Rout-Demons-Overthrowing/dp/159979246X
The video and transcript are available at https://gnm-media.org/2-secrets-to-praying-when-you-dont-feel-like-praying/
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Wielding the Sword of the Spirit

In this podcast episode I explain how we can be sure that God the Father never gives up trying to turn unbelievers to Jesus their Savior. He never abandons anyone until the point of death when they make their final choice.
We can see this in Hebrews 4:12-16 (which tells us about the sword of the Spirit), in Job 36:5,8-12 (which reassures us, “He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil,” and from Saint Alphonsus de Liguori (who tells us about the “veil” of deception getting lifted).
Who are you praying for because you’re worried about their salvation? Imagine that person with nothing on their mind, nothing in their vision, nothing in their field of vision but the Holy Spirit and the truth and Jesus Christ presenting it to them, wielding the Spirit as a sword (a two-edged sword), would that person want to spend eternity with Jesus?
That’s what the Holy Spirit does. That’s what the sword of the Spirit does….
Download the transcript from https://gnm-media.org/wielding-the-sword-of-the-spirit/.
Also see Terry Modica’s books!
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Take the 1 John 5:14 Prayer Challenge

When I looked at 1 John 5:14, it shocked me: “We have this confidence in God that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And we know that if he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then of course what we have asked for is ours.”
Do I still believe it? The year that I’ve just had (2022) was the worst year of my life. So I said, “Lord, I need to understand this verse better.”
That’s the challenge: To understand it better requires experience. When we read scripture and someone teaches it to us, we can hear it again and again but it doesn’t sink in to our heart unless we experience it. We don’t understand until it becomes real to us.
I’m inviting you to join me in a prayer challenge that will help you experience the manifestation of the answers to your prayers in this crazy, horrible world. Today, at the start of the new year, choose one special prayer request. What yearning of your heart will bring you joy when God fulfills it so much that it becomes stable in your life?
Download the transcript from https://gnm-media.org/wielding-the-sword-of-the-spirit/.
Also see Terry Modica’s books!
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Do you know how much the Father loves you?

Do you know how much your Father God loves you? Really, really, really loves you? Usually we don’t know that, because we project onto God the way human fathers have been, the way authority figures have been, the human failings that we’ve witnessed. Do you think God is disapproving of your sins? Do you think he is accusing you? The truth might surprise you. To understand God the Father better, listen to this episode.
For more on this topic, read the WordBytes faith-building article, "Healing Our Image of God’s Fatherhood" @ https://wordbytes.org/suffering/gods-fatherhood and get the book "30 Days to the Father’s Heart" @ https://30daystothefathersheart.com.
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How I met the Holy Spirit

Here is my personal story about how I met the Holy Spirit. As a child I knew Jesus Christ as my Savior and my Best Friend, but I knew nothing about the Holy Spirit. I found out the hard way that there is a very important reason why Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit, why he ascended to Heaven so that the Holy Spirit could come. The Holy Spirit protects us from being tricked by demons — and because I had no personal relationship with the Holy Spirit, demons led me into the occult while I searched for the supernatural power of God. This put me into quite a mess. Listen to this episode to find out how I escaped.
For more about the Holy Spirit, visit wordbytes.org/HolySpirit
A great follow-up is my video 3 ways to un-stifle the Spirit
 
Download the transcript from gnm-media.org.
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