Understanding Peace as a Spiritual Marker
Blessed + Bossed Up
Anchored Media Network
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Blessed + Bossed Up, we continue our book club discussion of The Spirit-Filled Life by Charles Stanley, wrapping up Part Three of the book. These final chapters focus on the spiritual markers the Holy Spirit uses to confirm God’s will—and today’s conversation dives into the first two: peace and the conscience.
Tatum unpacks why peace is often the first and clearest indicator that the Holy Spirit is either affirming or resisting a decision. Through a powerful story from Charles Stanley’s own ministry—where waiting on God led to a debt-free miracle—this episode challenges the tendency to panic, self-rely, or rationalize disobedience when God seems silent.
The episode also includes several personal testimonies illustrating how the absence or presence of peace has guided major life decisions, from entrepreneurship and ministry to relationships and family choices. These stories highlight that spiritual maturity is not a prerequisite for the Holy Spirit to lead—He speaks from the very beginning of our walk with God.
In the second half of the episode, the discussion turns to Stanley’s second marker: the conscience. While acknowledging the biblical framework presented in the book, Tatum offers honest reflection and thoughtful critique, questioning whether the conscience should be treated as a distinct marker separate from the Holy Spirit’s work of renewing the mind. This portion of the conversation invites listeners into deeper discernment, encouraging them to study Scripture, pray intentionally, and test what resonates with the Spirit.
The episode closes with practical reflection questions from the book to help listeners evaluate decisions they may be facing—especially when peace seems unclear or external advice conflicts with inner conviction.
This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen closely, and trust that the Holy Spirit is actively leading—even when His direction doesn’t make logical sense
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Blessed and Bossed up, presented by Anchored Media, an entrepreneurship podcast for Christians all about how to make God the CEO of your business. |
| 0:11.9 | Get ready to be inspired, challenged, but well equipped to live and build your destiny his way. |
| 0:31.0 | Hey guys, welcome to another episode of the Blessed and Boston podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | We are continuing on with our book club pick. |
| 0:38.5 | We are wrapping up the spirit-filled life by Charles Stanley. |
| 0:44.9 | Discover the joys of surrendering to the Holy Spirit. As I've said since we started this book, |
| 0:50.2 | this is one of my top three Christian books of all times. So if you are new here and you miss this whole book club pick so far, go back and listen to the other episodes. Please get this book. |
| 0:55.8 | It is necessary for every Christian that wants to live a life that is led by the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:02.5 | We are at the end of the book. We are in part three. And these last four chapters are all about |
| 1:09.3 | spiritual markers. And so Charles Stanley says that the Holy are all about spiritual markers. |
| 1:17.9 | And so Charles Stanley says that the Holy Spirit uses several spiritual markers to indicate and confirm his will. |
| 1:22.4 | And so we are going to go over the first two markers this week. |
| 1:29.6 | And then our final episode with this book will end with the last two markers. The first marker in chapter 15 is all about peace. He starts off by saying, as I indicated in the previous chapter, |
| 1:35.6 | many years ago, our church and television ministry experienced the time of immense transition. |
| 1:41.6 | The majority of the changes revolved around our decision to relocate the church. |
| 1:46.0 | We sold all of our downtown property in the fall of 1990. The group who bought it allowed us to |
| 1:51.7 | occupy our main buildings until the spring of 1994. That would give us a chance to build a new |
| 1:57.3 | building while continuing to have the place to carry on the ministry. |
| 2:01.6 | The building that housed in touch, which is his television ministry, was not included in the |
| 2:07.5 | arrangement. According to the contract, we had to vacate the location by July 1991. In April |
| 2:14.1 | of that same year, we found a building and thought that it would be perfect. |
| 2:20.7 | The only problem was that it cost $2.7 million. |
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