Featuring: Dr. Nicole Martin
In a message full of fire, vulnerability, laughter, and deep pastoral wisdom, Dr. Nicole Martin leads the audience through a powerful reexamination of 2 Kings 4—the story of the Shunammite woman whose long-awaited son dies in her arms. Speaking to the heart of every believer who has wrestled with deferred dreams, ministry pain, or divine silence, Dr. Martin challenges the Church to bring what feels like a broken promise back to the Promise Maker.
This is not just a biblical exposition. It’s an invitation to a cruciform life—one shaped by grief and trust, disappointment and worship. Dr. Martin highlights how the woman does not panic, problem-solve, or posture; instead, she lays her pain down in the very room where the promise began and seeks the presence of God with holy urgency.
Through a combination of theological insight, hilarious storytelling, and prophetic challenge, Dr. Martin teaches us to internalize God’s shalom even when things are far from okay. And she reminds us that the God who makes inconvenient promises is also the God who lays Himself on our dead places—mouth to mouth, eye to eye, hand to hand—until resurrection comes.
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