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129: The Most Ardent Zeal: a strategic mindset with Julie Seals

July 31, 2025 • Melony Brown • Season 7 • Episode 129

Julie Seals is a speaker and a prison minister. Her memoir is titled All My Hope: A Prisoner No More.

Julie returns to discuss a strategic mindset that helped her while serving time in federal prison and continues to help her no matter what challenge she faces.

Her strategic mindset is based off Matthew 11:12, which reads, “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” This verse is also Julie’s fight verse.

I admit I was a bit confused when Julie told me this was her fight verse, and she wanted to discuss it as her strategic mindset.

After Julie shares the Greek words and their definitions for ‘suffers violence’ and ‘the violent,’ I can see why Matthew 11:12 is indeed a powerful fight verse and strategic mindset.

Notable quotes by Julie Seals:

· “I know that because there is a war going on for my soul that I must seek the calling of God on my life with the most ardent zeal and the most intensest exertion.”

· “It’s not just about the destination. It’s about who we become on the journey.”

· “I press on and eagerly seize what the promises of God are by speaking the Word.”

Bible verses:

· Jeremiah 29:11

· John 10:10

· Hebrews 4:16

· Romans 8:1

· Jerremiah 31:16-17

· Isaiah 49:25

· Isaiah 54:13

· Isaiah 61:7

Connect with Julie:

· on her website at julieseals.com

· on Facebook at facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093057408356

· on Instagram at instagram.com/julie_seals

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