“REVIVAL TODAY WITH JONATHAN SHUTTLESWORTH” — SEPTEMBER 7, 2025

Podcast: Real America’s Voice | Host: Jonathan Shuttlesworth
Date: September 7, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of Revival Today centers on living a victorious Christian life rooted in faith, spiritual identity, and the tangible power of God. Jonathan Shuttlesworth, joined by a co-minister and several testimonies from his congregation, discusses how believers can overcome thoughts of defeat, experience transformation, and walk in the authority and likeness of Christ. The conversation is practical, lively, and often laced with humor, but always returns to biblical principles and the lived reality of miracles.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Faith Beyond Condemnation – Handling Negative Thoughts

• Jonathan teaches that negative or intrusive thoughts aren’t sinful; acting on them is. He shares personal anecdotes and biblical reasoning to break the myth that having bad thoughts equates to personal failure.
  • “If it's wrong to have a wrong thought, everybody’s going to hell...I have bad thoughts every day. I had somebody driving in front of me...I contemplated murder, but I didn’t do it. Bible says, be angry, but sin not. It’s not wrong.” — Jonathan [03:27]
• Emphasis on teaching his daughter, and by extension listeners, that “the whole of successful Christianity is learning to take captive thoughts that are against the Bible.” [04:57]

2. Identity in Christ – Joined with Christ’s Power

• Jonathan emphasizes that the Christian identity is rooted in union with Christ—sharing not in his suffering alone, but in his resurrection authority.
  • “Everybody say, joined with Christ… Now who is Christ that you’re joined with? Go to Revelation, chapter 1...” — Jonathan [05:47]
• Encourages seeing Christ not as defeated or sorrowful, but as the triumphant, living King.
  • “Do you see a defeated Jesus? Do you see a depressed Jesus? Do you see a broke Jesus? ...If you see Jesus as subject to sickness...that’s going to affect what you think a Christian is.” — Jonathan [07:10]

3. Testimonies of Healing and Transformation

• Testimony 1: A congregant healed from cataracts after Jonathan’s prayer.
  • “Yesterday when he called that out, I just put my hands on my eyes...I can see perfectly clear.” — Testimony Speaker [01:21]
• Testimony 2: Justin shares how ringing in his ears diminished during worship and was completely healed after prayer.
  • “Tonight...the second his hand touched the top of my head, it was gone. I could finally hear normal again.” — Justin [16:53]

4. The Practical Outworking of Faith

• Jonathan contrasts “religious” defeatist thinking with biblical victory. He rebukes the idea of living with perpetual weakness, defining Christianity as marked by growth, not stagnation.
  • “Now, Texas, now Arizona, now LA, now three churches. Because everything with God grows. So the devil knows that. So he tries to get you to quit, tries to get you to say, well if it would have worked, it’ll work by now. But I’m telling you, if you’ll stick with it, God will overwhelm and it’ll keep growing and it’ll cause your cup to overflow.” — Co-Minister & Jonathan [15:31]
• Stresses that our confession, faith, and refusal to accept defeat shapes our spiritual reality.
  • “Whatever you bind on earth is what…and whatever you loose or permit on earth is loose or permitted in heaven. So why is God allowing this? Why are you allowing it?” — Jonathan [20:33]

5. The Biblical Portrait of Jesus and the Believer

• Jonathan pushes listeners to visualize the exalted Christ from Revelation—not a passive or defeated figure, but one with authority and power.
  • “When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw the Son of Man…His head and his hair were white like wool…His eyes were like flames of fire. His feet were like bronze refined in a furnace. And his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.” — Jonathan (quoting Revelation) [08:37]
• Directly ties this image to the believer’s identity:
  • “As he is, so am I in this world.” — Jonathan, referencing 1 John 4:17 [24:13]
  • “If you picture Jesus needing prayer for bad thoughts...you’re made in the image of Christ.” — Jonathan [25:15]

6. Overcoming Cultural and Religious Limitations

• Challenges both secular and “religious” mindsets that limit God’s power.
  • “Interesting that that mom with the ‘kush, just smoke it’ shirt could receive a miracle for her kid. And I guarantee you it would be 10 times harder if she was a church lady. Because they teach against miracles. They make fun of faith...I'm telling you today, there is power in that Bible to change you from whatever background you came from.” — Jonathan & Co-Minister [21:53]
• Rebukes fatalistic messaging in both mainstream culture and traditional churches regarding sickness, poverty, and personal decline.

7. Taking Authority and Enforcing Victory

• Asserts that believers have delegated authority: “If I was the devil, I’d get you into some kind of weak acceptance of sin, sickness... Like, well, I’m going to turn 45 this year, obviously I can’t keep this pace up. ...I’m stronger at 44 than I was in my 30s or my 20s.” — Jonathan [21:45]
• Calls for resisting defeatist, pharmaceutical-sponsored messaging and standing on God’s promises.

8. Transformation Through Bold Belief

• Encourages bold confession and active resistance to defeat:
  • “Read it, believe it, speak it and have it.” — Co-Minister [27:49]
• Rejects normalizing depression or defeat in spiritual life:
  • “See, that’s why you can’t get me to lift my hand. How many of you are battling depression? I refuse to battle it. I can’t picture Jesus on a psycho medication...” — Jonathan [28:31]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|---------|-------| | 03:27 | Jonathan | “If it's wrong to have a wrong thought, everybody’s going to hell...I have bad thoughts every day. I had somebody driving in front of me...I contemplated murder, but I didn’t do it. Bible says, be angry, but sin not. It’s not wrong.” | | 01:21 | Testimony Speaker | “...He prayed for cataracts...when he called that out, I just put my hands on my eyes...I can see perfectly clear.” | | 16:53 | Justin | “Tonight...the second his hand touched the top of my head, it was gone. I could finally hear normal again.” | | 05:47 | Jonathan | “Everybody say, joined with Christ… Now who is Christ that you’re joined with? Go to Revelation, chapter 1...” | | 07:10 | Jonathan | “Do you see a defeated Jesus? ...If you see Jesus as subject to sickness...that’s going to affect what you think a Christian is.” | | 24:13 | Jonathan | “As he is, so am I in this world.” | | 21:53 | Jonathan | “Interesting that that mom with the ‘kush, just smoke it’ shirt could receive a miracle for her kid...Because they teach against miracles. They make fun of faith...I'm telling you today, there is power in that Bible to change you from whatever background you came from.” | | 27:49 | Co-Minister | “Read it, believe it, speak it and have it.” | | 28:31 | Jonathan | “See, that’s why you can’t get me to lift my hand. How many of you are battling depression? I refuse to battle it. I can’t picture Jesus on a psycho medication...” |

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:11–01:52] — Testimony: Cataract healing
• [02:20–04:57] — Handling negative thoughts, spiritual warfare, instructing children
• [07:10–09:00] — Visualizing the true nature of Jesus
• [14:06–15:24] — Personal transformation, testimony about overcoming developmental issues
• [16:12–16:53] — Justin’s testimony of healing from hearing loss
• [20:33–21:45] — Teaching on authority and taking responsibility for the realities in one’s life
• [24:00–26:40] — Identity statements: “As he is, so are we...”
• [27:49–28:59] — Exercising faith, confession, and rejecting defeatism

Episode Tone

Jonathan’s delivery is direct, humorous, and often irreverent—he pokes fun at mainstream and religious narratives alike but is ultimately pastoral, urging listeners towards boldness and personal faith. Spiritual triumph, miraculous testimonies, and practical teaching blend in a way that’s meant to both inspire and challenge.

For Listeners

This episode is especially powerful for those questioning their spiritual identity, wrestling with defeatist outlooks, or needing encouragement to stand firm amidst adversity. It’s filled with lived examples, scriptural grounding, and unapologetic calls to a faith that expects transformation and victory, not just survival.