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Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Prayerful Planning: How To Prepare For The Future With God In View

Transformed with Dr. Greg Gifford

Fortis Institute

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9711 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Greg Gifford sits down once more with guest James Parker to discuss faithful Christian productivity and planning. Are you afraid that, in planning, you are seeking to control what only God can? Let our hosts put you at ease as they explain the biblical principles behind planning and preparation.  Transformed Podcast Episode 153 | December 11, 2025 ___ Thanks for listening! Transformed would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Transformed we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

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0:00.0

Sorry for preempting Transform with Dr. Greg Gifford. My name is Todd Friel. I am the executive

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director of Fortis Institute. We have the joy of producing transformed and five other podcasts,

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all of which are ranked in the top 5% of all podcasts worldwide. Transform is ranked in the top

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0.5% of all podcasts globally. Why is it so popular? It's because it's so

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biblical and it is so helpful. And I'm preempting at the beginning of the program to encourage

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you if you have been helped by transformed, would you consider becoming a gospel partner and

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supporting us as the year draws to a close.

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Such a crucial time, we have a matchgiving campaign, which means your gifts, which means

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your gift's impact will be doubled. So if transformed has been a blessing, would you please

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consider blessing us with a year-end gift? You can do that at Fortis Institute.org slash donate.

0:57.8

What is? What is? What is? What is biblical counseling? Will grow you from brokenness to

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wholeness. I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.

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God replaced all my junk with, with a beautiful light. God's really been

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changing the way that I parent my children. The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.

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This is Transform. And now your host, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the

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Master's University and certified biblical counselor Dr. Greg Gifford.

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Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford, and I am blessed again today to be joined by my friend, my elder, my fellow ACBC bro, James Parker.

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Thank you for having me.

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Glad you're back.

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Before we jump in, if you have enjoyed Transform, just remember that one of the things

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you can do to help others find us is follow us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon.

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