Episodes

  • Episode 25 - Spiritual Hoarding

    Episode 25 - Spiritual Hoarding
    Apr 21 2026
    The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 25 - Spiritual Hoarding - Letting Go of What We Carry Too Long

    Spiritual Hoarding exposes a hidden condition that quietly affects many believers — the accumulation of burdens, memories, fears, and attachments that God never intended for us to carry for a lifetime. This chapter teaches that clutter is not always visible. Sometimes it lives in the heart through unforgiveness, anxiety, regret, and the need to control outcomes that belong to God.

    Through strong biblical teaching and practical spiritual insight, this message reveals how holding on to the wrong things can block peace, slow spiritual growth, and prevent believers from stepping into new seasons of life. It reminds listeners that release is not weakness — it is faith in action.

    This chapter encourages those who feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or spiritually stuck. It shows that God is not asking us to carry everything alone. He is calling us to trust Him enough to let go.

    Key Themes Covered:
    Spiritual clutter and emotional baggage
    Letting go of past hurts and control
    Trusting God in uncertain seasons
    Building eternal treasure instead of temporary security
    Recognizing hidden burdens that block spiritual growth
    Faith as the antidote to fear and attachment
    Renewal through surrender

    Scriptural Foundation:
    Matthew 6:20 — Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven…
    Isaiah 43:18–19 — Behold, I will do a new thing…
    1 Peter 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him…
    2 Timothy 1:7 — God hath not given us the spirit of fear…

    Audience:
    This chapter speaks to believers, caregivers, leaders, parents, seniors, and anyone who has carried responsibility or emotional weight for a long season. It is especially meaningful for those rebuilding their lives, releasing the past, and learning to trust God again after hardship — a message that strongly reflects your journey of restoration and perseverance in The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone.

    Core Takeaway:
    Freedom begins when we release what God never asked us to carry.

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    🔔 Before You Go:

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    The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 25 - Spiritual Hoarding
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds
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    20 mins
  • Chapter 24 - Take Your Hand Off My Throat

    Chapter 24 - Take Your Hand Off My Throat
    Apr 12 2026
    Take Your Hand Off My Throat is a powerful and urgent teaching about spiritual oppression, pressure, and the cry for divine deliverance. This chapter speaks to individuals who feel restrained by fear, false accusations, overwhelming stress, controlling environments, or circumstances that seem determined to silence their voice and steal their peace. It addresses the reality that many battles are not visible wounds, but invisible pressures that restrict breathing, confidence, and hope.

    Drawing from Psalm 144:11 and supporting scriptures throughout the Bible, this message teaches that God is a deliverer who responds to the cries of His people. It reminds believers that oppression does not have the final word and that freedom begins when we call upon the Lord with faith and authority. The chapter encourages readers and listeners to recognize unhealthy pressure, resist spiritual suffocation, and stand firm in the promise that God will break every grip that attempts to control their lives.

    This teaching is especially meaningful for those navigating seasons of hardship, legal or financial pressure, emotional strain, or spiritual warfare. It offers reassurance that breath, strength, and peace can be restored through God’s intervention. Ultimately, this chapter declares that no hand of oppression is stronger than the hand of God, and deliverance is available to all who trust Him.


    Key Teaching Themes
    •Spiritual oppression and emotional pressure
    •Deliverance from controlling or suffocating circumstances
    •The power of calling on God in times of distress
    •Recognizing and resisting spiritual restraint
    •Restoration of peace, strength, and confidence
    •God as protector, defender, and deliverer
    •Standing firm in faith during adversity


    Primary Scriptures Referenced

    Psalm 144:11 (KJV)
    John 10:10 (KJV)
    Exodus 2:24 (KJV)
    Psalm 109:3 (KJV)
    Psalm 18:2 (KJV)
    John 8:36 (KJV)
    Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
    Psalm 50:15 (KJV)

    🔔 Before You Go:

    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.
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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.

    Series Title: The Simple Walk: Don’t Walk Alone
    Chapter 24 - Take Your Hand Off My Throat
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds
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    14 mins
  • Episode 23 - I Slept Next to the Snake

    Episode 23 - I Slept Next to the Snake
    Apr 11 2026
    Series Title: The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 23 - I Slept Next to the Snake


    Scripture Focus: Genesis 3:13 (KJV)

    I Slept Next to the Snake is a sobering and spiritually alert teaching about deception, proximity to danger, and the quiet ways compromise enters a believer’s life. This chapter examines how the serpent in the Garden did not attack violently but influenced subtly, using conversation, familiarity, and doubt to weaken obedience. It challenges listeners and readers to recognize warning signs, strengthen discernment, and establish firm spiritual boundaries before damage occurs.

    This message speaks directly to those who have tolerated unhealthy influences, ignored spiritual red flags, or remained too close to situations that slowly drained their strength. Through scriptural instruction and practical spiritual wisdom, this chapter teaches that survival is not just about strength — it is about awareness, vigilance, and obedience to God’s voice.

    Listeners will learn how deception operates, how boundaries protect destiny, and how waking up spiritually can restore clarity, safety, and purpose. This teaching equips believers to guard their hearts, sharpen their discernment, and walk forward with renewed vigilance in a world filled with subtle spiritual threats.


    Key Teaching Themes
    •Spiritual discernment and awareness
    •Recognizing deception before damage occurs
    •The danger of familiarity with harmful influences
    •Establishing and maintaining godly boundaries
    •Listening to the warning voice of the Holy Spirit
    •Protecting destiny through vigilance and obedience
    •Spiritual survival in seasons of subtle attack


    Primary Scriptures Referenced

    Genesis 3:1 (KJV)
    Genesis 3:13 (KJV)
    1 Corinthians 15:33 (KJV)
    Matthew 26:41 (KJV)
    1 Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV)
    John 14:26 (KJV)
    1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)


    🔔 Before You Go:

    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.
    Subscribe to the journey.
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    Let this Word multiply.

    📲 Listen and read now on most social media platforms:
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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.

    Series Title: The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 23 - I Slept Next to the Snake
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds
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    14 mins
  • Episode 22 - The Weapon Was Meant to Finish You

    Episode 22 - The Weapon Was Meant to Finish You
    Apr 11 2026
    The Simple Walk - Don’t Walk Alone
    Chapter 22 -The Weapon Was Meant to Finish You

    Main Scripture:
    “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper…”
    — Isaiah 54:17 (KJV)

    📖 Description

    The enemy had a plan… and you were the target. Chapter 22 is a power-charged, soul-stirring message that exposes the weapons that were formed — betrayal, sickness, shame, financial ruin, rejection, loneliness — but reveals the divine truth: they did not finish you.

    God’s Word never promised the weapon wouldn’t form — only that it wouldn’t succeed. This chapter is for every survivor who still walks with a limp, every warrior who’s battle-weary but alive, and every heart that needs to hear: “You made it.”

    You are not the same because of what you went through… you are better, wiser, stronger, and chosen. In this unforgettable message, Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds releases a Word to ignite faith, crush fear, and remind you that you are walking proof of God’s victory plan.


    🔔 Before You Go:

    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.
    Subscribe to the journey.
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    Speak it. Tag someone who’s still standing after the storm.
    Let this Word multiply.

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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.


    Series Title: The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Chapter 22 - The Weapon Was Meant to Finish You
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds
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    14 mins
  • Episode 21 - I Killed It Before It Killed Me

    Episode 21 - I Killed It Before It Killed Me
    Apr 1 2026
    The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 21 - Killed It Before It Killed Me!

    Main Scripture Reference:
    Matthew 5:30 – “If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off…”

    Summary:
    This raw, soul-searching chapter dives into the powerful spiritual act of severing toxic soul ties, habits, and secret sins before they sabotage your walk with God. Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds calls on believers to stop nursing what is killing their destiny. When the Word says “cut it off,” it’s not about physical harm—it’s about spiritual survival. What are you holding on to that God already told you to kill? This message will confront you, convict you, and empower you to walk away free.

    Tags / Keywords:
    cut it off, spiritual warfare, soul ties, flesh vs. spirit, Christian discipline, letting go, toxic cycles, deliverance, breakthrough, obedience, soul healing, holiness, restoration, spiritual cleansing, secret sins, letting go with faith

    🔔 Before You Go:

    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.
    Subscribe to the journey.
    Click like. Share the walk.
    Speak it. Tag someone who’s still standing after the storm.
    Let this Word multiply.

    📲 Listen and read now on most social media platforms:
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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.

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    Series Title: The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 21 - I Killed It Before It Killed Me
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds.
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    17 mins
  • Episode 20 - Keep the Lights On

    Episode 20 - Keep the Lights On
    Mar 13 2026
    The Simple Walk - Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 20 - Keep the Lights On

    🌟 In this powerful and urgent chapter, “Keep the Lights On,” Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds shines a beacon of truth into a darkening world. Drawing from Matthew 5:14 – “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid” – she issues a bold spiritual challenge to every believer: Don’t let your fire burn out. Don’t let your post go dark.

    This episode confronts the growing dimness in our churches, homes, and personal walks. It’s a clarion call to those who once burned with passion for God but now sit in shadows—tired, overlooked, or wounded. It speaks directly to those questioning their worth or wondering if they still matter in the greater mission of faith.

    Through soul-stirring reflections and deep scriptural insight, Pastor Barbara reminds us that no matter how hidden, broken, or weary we feel—we were made to shine. And when one light dims, the entire city loses visibility.

    🔥 Key Themes:
    •Rekindling personal faith and calling
    •The cost of letting your light go dim
    •Encouragement for the unseen warriors
    •The danger of spiritual disconnection
    •Unity of light—when one shines, others find the path

    💡 Featured Scripture:

    Matthew 5:14 (KJV)
    “Ye are the light of the world.
    A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”


    📖 Additional Scriptures:
    •Isaiah 60:1 – “Arise, shine; for thy light is come…”
    •John 1:5 – “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
    •Revelation 2:5 – “…repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place…”

    🙌🏽 Who This Is For:
    •Believers who feel spiritually burnt out
    •Those hidden in the background, waiting to be seen
    •Ministers, leaders, and intercessors on the verge of quitting
    •Anyone needing a reminder: Your light still matters.

    🎧 Listen & Share:

    Let this message be a lamp for someone else.
    Play it in your car. Send it to a friend. Bring it into the prayer room.
    Whatever you do… don’t walk alone.


    🔔 Before You Go:

    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.
    Subscribe to the journey.
    Click like. Share the walk.
    Speak it. Tag someone who’s still standing after the storm.
    Let this Word multiply.

    📲 Listen and read now on most social media platforms:
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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.

    Series Title: The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 20 - Keep the Lights On
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds
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    9 mins
  • Episode 19 - Breadlines and Bloodlines

    Episode 19 - Breadlines and Bloodlines
    Mar 8 2026
    The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Chapter 19 - Breadlines and Bloodlines

    📖 Theme Scripture:
    “He that eateth of this bread shall live forever.”
    John 6:58 (KJV)

    Title: Breadlines and Bloodlines – Are You Starving at the Table of the Lord?

    Overview:
    In this gripping and soul-stirring chapter, Breadlines and Bloodlines, Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds takes listeners deeper into the hunger crisis that lives beyond soup kitchens and poverty. She exposes the famine of spiritual identity, the deep need for generational healing, and the bloodline breakthroughs that are only found in the Bread of Life.

    This message unpacks the prophetic vision of legs running—dirty, weary, forgotten—yet drawn to a divine table prepared in the midst of enemies. It challenges both the church and the individual: Have you missed your portion? Have you walked past the Bread to sit with broken bloodlines? Are you feasting in pride while others die spiritually at your gate?

    Topics Covered:
    • The spiritual symbolism of breadlines throughout scripture
    • Healing from bloodline curses through communion with Christ
    • Running toward restoration, even while broken
    • How spiritual starvation leads to deception
    • The cry of the overlooked and underfed in the body of Christ
    • God’s table: Open invitation or closed access?
    • Prophetic correction to the Church’s favoritism
    • Calling every soul to dine at the Lord’s prepared table

    🔥 Word of Warning and Awakening

    Some are eating breadcrumbs under a table of abundance they were meant to sit at. Others have claimed seats at the Lord’s table, but forgotten to bring the broken with them. This chapter is a call to every soul who has ever felt left behind, skipped over, or silenced by bloodline shame. You were never meant to die hungry.

    Prayer

    Bread for the Broken and Blood-Covered Souls
    Heavenly Father,
    You are the Bread of Life. You prepared a table for us in the presence of our enemies, yet we’ve been too busy, too proud, or too broken to sit down. We come today with dirty feet, heavy hearts, and hungry souls. Feed us, Lord—not with man’s opinions or empty rituals—but with the Bread that heals the generations.

    Break every curse in our bloodline. Cut off every cycle of rejection, addiction, bitterness, and fear. Let us taste of the bread that never perishes and drink from the cup that redeems. Show us how to feed others. Let no soul in our lineage die spiritually starved again. We receive your invitation. We choose your table.

    In Jesus’ name, Amen.

    🔔 Before You Go:

    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.

    Subscribe to the journey.
    Click like. Share the walk.
    Speak it. Tag someone who’s still standing after the storm.
    Let this Word multiply.

    📲 Listen and read now on most social media platforms:
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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.

    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds
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    8 mins
  • Episode 18 - No One Noticed I Was Starving

    Episode 18 - No One Noticed I Was Starving
    Mar 7 2026
    The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Episode 18 - No One Noticed I Was Starving


    “I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat…”
    Matthew 25:42 KJV

    Spiritual Message:

    They saw me in the pew…
    Clapping, nodding, dressed for church.
    But they never saw I was starving.
    Not physically—though I had known hunger…
    But spiritually. Emotionally. Deeply.

    There is a starvation that lives beneath the surface—
    When no one feeds your soul.
    When no one asks, “How are you, really?”
    When no one notices the slow fading of your hope,
    Or the way your joy limps in, bruised and bandaged.


    The Hidden Hunger of Saints:

    Some of the most faithful givers are starving.
    Some of the loudest worshippers are weeping between verses.
    Some of the strongest leaders are famished after pouring into everyone else.
    Yet nobody notices…

    Because spiritual starvation is silent.
    You can sing with an empty soul.
    You can preach with a broken spirit.
    You can serve while bleeding on the inside.


    Let This Chapter Feed You:

    This is not a rebuke.
    This is a rescue.

    God is sending this Word to stir us—
    To make us see each other again.
    To notice who’s shrinking under the weight,
    Who hasn’t laughed in weeks,
    Who’s stopped praying out loud,
    Who only shares Scriptures but never asks for prayer.

    You may be the one starving.
    You may be the one who’s tired of being “strong.”
    But beloved, God noticed.
    He saw your plate empty… your soul empty…
    And He sent a Word to feed you.

    Spiritual Takeaway:

    We must learn to be better watchmen for one another.
    This walk is not a performance—
    It is a lifeline.
    And someone next to you may be starving on the inside,
    Even as they serve, smile, or lead.

    Scripture Reminders:

    Matthew 25:42
    For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink…

    Isaiah 58:10
    And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity…

    John 21:15
    Jesus saith… Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?… Feed my lambs.

    Psalm 107:9
    For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

    A Heartfelt Prayer:

    Lord,
    Forgive us for ignoring the hunger we can’t see.
    Open our eyes to the starving souls sitting near us.
    Restore every worn-out heart, every dry well, every empty plate.
    Let your Word be bread again.
    Let your Spirit pour water on the weary.
    We cry out for those who are starving in silence—
    Fill them again.
    Feed us again.
    And make us feeders, not just receivers.
    In Jesus’ mighty name.
    Amen.

    🔔 Before You Go:
    If today’s message reached your soul… don’t walk away quietly.

    Subscribe to the journey.
    Click like. Share the walk.
    Speak it. Tag someone who’s still standing after the storm.
    Let this Word multiply.

    📲 Listen and read now on most social media platforms:
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    🎯 Call to Action: REMEMBER
    Don’t walk alone… walk with me.

    Series Title: The Simple Walk – Don’t Walk Alone
    Chapter 18: No One Noticed I Was Starving
    ✍🏽 By: Pastor Barbara Duffey Hammonds.
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    11 mins