The Wake-Up Call
The Wake-Up Call is a daily Christian devotional podcast that encourages listeners to start their day focused on Jesus. Each episode includes a Scripture reading, a reflection, a prayer, and discussion questions to help reorient lives around God's love. The podcast aims to transform hearts, homes, churches, and cities through a morning community gathering.
Episodes
Yes, David, This Is For Looking At
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How the Spirit Turns Ruins into Foundations
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When I Feel like Ruins, You See Foundations
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What I Do Every Morning and You Should Too
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JD Walt reflects on Romans 8 and the call to put sin to death—not through harsh self-denial or self-punishment, bu
Welcome to the Second Half of the Gospel
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The Reason We Stay Stuck in Vertigo and How to Get Free
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Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce . . . ?
- - - - - - - JD Walt reflects on Romans 7’s tension between wanting to do good and repeatedly falling into the same patterns of sin. He describes this disorienting spiritual state as “vertigo”: a place where sincere believers can become stuck in rule-following, self-improvement, shame, and frustration rather than experiencing the transforming grace of
On Infinite Capacity for Self-Deception
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John David Walt reflects on Romans 7 and the human capacity for self-deception. Using the image of “spiritual vertigo,” he describes the disorienting middle ground where sin and grace compete for our trust—where wrong can feel right and God can seem distant or opposed. He emphasizes that the goal of faith is not mere information, but a liv
The Dastardly Broken Brokeness of the Human Race
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JD Walt reflects on Romans 7, explaining that God’s commands are meant to protect and bring life—not restrict joy—yet human sin of
Facts Lead to Faith, and Faith Leads to Feelings (and Not the Other Way Around)
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This episode explores the idea that lasting transformation begins with the facts of the gospel—not with our chang
Moving from My Commitment to Jesus's Consecration
- - - - - - - J.D. Walt explores consecration through the rhythm of “wake up, rise up, light up,” drawing from Ephesians 5 and Romans 6. He frames the daily act of turning toward Jesus not as trying harder to earn God’s love, but as responding to the devotion Jesus has already shown. Consecration becomes a whole-person practice—offering one’s heart, min
The Problem of Vertigo
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Why We Need a Better Bumper Sticker
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The Day It Started Changing for Me
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What Jesus Left Behind in the Tomb
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The Soundtrack of the Gospel
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This episode explores “The Soundtrack of the Gospel” by pairing Romans 5 with the hymn in Philippian
Disciples That Make Disciples: Wake-Up Call Conversations with J.D. Walt and Luke Smith
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There Are Only Two Stories
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This episode centers on the contrast between two spiritual stories: the story of Adam, marked by sin, death, brokenness, and division, and the story of Jesus, marked by grace, life, forgiveness, healing, and wholeness. Drawing from Romans 5, J.D. Walt emphasizes that humanity is born into the Adam story, but is invited into the far greater
Friendship as a Spiritual Practice: Wake-Up Call Conversations with J.D. Walt and Jess Gracewski
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This episode is a wide-ranging conversation between JD Walt and Jess Gracewski about Jesus, friendship, and spiritual formation. Jess shares her story
How Much More?
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This episode reflects on Romans 5 and makes a central argument that the gospel can’t be reduced to either the death of Jesus or the life of Jesus alone. JD Walt contrasts two kinds of churches he grew up around—one focused mainly on Jesus as teacher and example, the other focused mainly on the cross and repentance—and says both captured so
The Word of the Day and of Eternity
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This episode centers on the message that Jesus is calling people home, especially those who feel weary, far away, or like they’ve used up their chances. Through hymns like “’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus” and “Softly and Tenderly,” the J.D. Walt emphasizes trust, repentance, and the invitation to return to God now rather than putting it o
How Does Gravity Work?
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Wake-Up Call Conversations with Amy Orr-Ewing and JD Walt
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This episode is a wide-ranging conversation between JD Walt and Amy Orr-Ewing about public theology, awakening, and the holiness of God. Amy explains h
A Wretch like Me?
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Back to the Second Beginning . . .
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This episode focuses on Romans 4:13–17 and uses Abraham and Sarah’s story to show that God’s promise comes by faith, not by law or human ability. JD emphasizes that Abraham and Sarah were, in practical terms, beyond hope—old, childless, and “as good as dead”—yet God chose them anyway to demonstrate that He is the God who gives life to the
The Man on the Middle Cross Said I Could Come
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The Difference between Knowing What We Believe and Knowing Who We Believe
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This episode is a devotional wake-up call centered on Romans 4 and the difference between knowing what we believe and truly knowing who we believe. JD Walt explains the gospel as something far deeper than mental agreement: it is being credited with righteousness we did not earn, like receiving a passing grade, a pardon, or a debt paid in f
Faith: From Beliefs to Believing
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Has Anyone Ever Paid Your Debts?
This episode centers on the theme of grace, using the hymn “Marvelous Grace” as a starting point to reflect on God’s ability to hear, understand, and respond to us even when our prayers or words are imperfect. JD Walt and his father sing together and talk about how Jesus is already with believers, going before them, walking beside them, and cleaning up
The Second Mic Drop in Romans
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Jesus Paid It All
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P. S. The Jesus Manifesto PDF RE-MEMBERIZE ROMANS 12:3: For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. Here's the link to the Romans 12 Jesus Manifesto PDF in case y
Why There Is Only One Prayer
Most people think the gospel is about fixing bad behavior. Romans 3 says the real problem is much deeper than that—and if you miss it, you miss everything. J. D. Walt breaks open Paul’s hardest-hitting diagnosis of sin and shows why the only honest prayer may be the simplest one: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
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Before Jesus Lifts, Jesus Levels
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The Butterflied Heart
The difference between performing for God and truly belonging to Him changes everything. J. D, Walt unpacks Romans 2 and the stunning phrase "circumcision of the heart by the Spirit"—a picture of surrender, healing, and a new identity that cannot be faked.
If you have been trying to hold it all together, prove yourself, or live from the pressure of achi
A Diatribe Against Self-Righteous Sinners
This episode is a morning devotional centered on Romans 12 and Romans 2, where JD Walt calls listeners to consecration, mind renewal, and surrender to Jesus before moving into a strong warning against self-righteousness. He emphasizes that the law is meant to reveal our need for God, not to fuel moral superiority, and he contrasts true transformation wi
On the Law, the Gospel, and the Religion of Weight Loss
The episode centers on the tension between law, legalism, and true spiritual transformation. JD argues that focusing on endless rules and behavior management misses the heart of the gospel: the capital-L law of love, which calls people to love God and neighbor rather than merely manage sin. He opens with a consecration prayer, reads from Romans 2, and u
Sin Swamp: Got to Go through It
JD Walt reflects on “Sin Swamp” through Romans 2, arguing that sin is deeper than bad behavior or breaking rules. He frames it as a failure to love God, ourselves, and others—a relational breakdown that damages people, creation, and our connection with God. In this view, God’s wrath is not vindictive anger, but righteous opposition to whatever destroys
Reapproaching Repentance
This episode centers on Romans 2:1–4 and the idea that God’s kindness, forbearance, and patience are what lead people to repentance. Rather than treating repentance as mere behavior management or “trying harder,” the message reframes it as a change of mind and a turning of the heart toward Jesus. J.D. uses the story behind Chris Tomlin’s song “Kindness”
The Difference between Our Sins and Our Sin
This episode centers on a devotional reading of Romans 1:24–32, where J.D. Walt draws a strong distinction between “sins” and “sin.” He argues that the passage is not just a list of individual moral failures, but a diagnosis of a deeper condition: humanity’s exchange of the truth about God for lies and created things. From there, he frames the gospel as
From a Burning Bush to a Burning House
This episode is a wake-up call from Romans 1:18–23, contrasting the “burning house” of sin with the “burning bush” of God’s presence and the power of the gospel. J. D. Walt emphasizes that while sin is real and destructive, Christians should not let it dominate their attention; instead, the true focus must remain on Jesus, whose salvation is comprehensi
How to Have a Blessed Life
This episode centers on a warm, devotional gathering built around Romans 1:16–17 and the hymn “Amazing Grace.” J.D. Walt opens by welcoming family and guests, framing the day as a “red letter” morning of worship rather than a performance. He emphasizes that the gospel is not about being a “good” person, but about the deeper reality of being dead and mad
Give Me 100
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What Is Your Calling?
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HSS: You Are a Witness with a Commission
What does it look like when ordinary people actually live as witnesses of Jesus? Dan Wilt closes out Holy Spirit Story Summer with a commissioning message that turns everyday moments - coffee shops, hospital rooms, roadside prayers, grocery stores, and senior living hallways - into evidence that the Holy Spirit is still moving powerfully through normal
An Invitation to Wake Up
This special edition of the Wake-Up Call presents a direct invitation to follow Jesus. It frames the gospel through John 3:16 and retells Jesus’s life, ministry, death, resurrection, ascension, and the birth of the church. The message emphasizes that the central human problems are sin and death—and that Jesus offers forgiveness, restored relationship wi
The Jesus Manifesto Challenge
J.D. Walt introduces a three-day on-ramp to the upcoming thirteen-week journey through Romans. Centering on Romans 12, he frames the Christian life as a daily movement of consecration—offering ourselves to God, transformation—renewing our minds through Christ and Scripture, and demonstration—living God’s love out in the world. He calls Romans 12 “the Je
Introduction—Dear Christian
Romans is not just a book to study. It is a letter meant to awaken a people. J.D. Walt opens the doorway to a thirteen-week journey through Paul’s most consequential writing and shows why reading Romans as relationship, not just theology, changes everything.
As the Wake-Up Call shifts into a new season, J.D. invites listeners to see the church in Rome n
Jesus Was in a Band
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Don't Climb Mountains Alone
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HSS: A Holy Spirit Appointment
This episode tells the story of Cheryl Willoughby, a church volunteer in rural Georgia who helps serve a monthly free community lunch. One day, she met a young woman living with stage four cervical cancer who opened up immediately about her diagnosis and her fear of death. Cheryl prayed with her, but left the encounter feeling burdened that she had not
The Story That Really Matters
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The Scandal of the Canaanite Woman
Join Matt LeRoy as he takes listeners through this controversial story involving Jesus and a Canaanite woman. Our story today appears to show Jesus insulting an outsider and comparing her to a dog. What did Jesus mean? Are readers supposed to assume that there are outsiders in God's kingdom, like the original Christians believed? Matt LeRoy gives a thou
On the Other Side of the Lake
Will you answer the call when Jesus asks you to lay everything down to follow him? Join Matt LeRoy as he gives a thoughtful explanation on the response Jesus gives that, at first glance, appears cold, but upon further explanation gives the clearest explanation of the commitment we must make as followers of Jesus: to surrender all.
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The Future of Love
This episode centers on Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, with a focus on the Beatitudes and the call to be salt and light in the world. Matt LeRoy presents the sermon as a revolutionary vision of kingdom life—one that upends worldly power, challenges status quo thinking, and invites listeners into a countercultural way of living marked by humil
Follow Jesus
Matthew 4, where Jesus calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John to leave their nets and follow him. He connects that passage to a story from his own life about a friend whose repeated “not yet” became a public yes through baptism, using it to show how surrender can become faith in action. The main message is that discipleship is not just believing ideas abo
HSS: Jesus at the Red Light
This episode centers on a Holy Spirit story from Dan's wife, Anita Wilt, who describes feeling prompted to respond to an older man selling a newspaper for homeless neighbors at a parking lot red light. Instead of staying in the car and dismissing the inconvenience, she turned around, parked, walked over, bought the paper, and gave him extra money. What
Why Prayer Doesn't Work and Who Does
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The Three Most Powerful Words of Prayer
This episode is centered on a short teaching about prayer as “speaking like God speaks,” beginning with Genesis 1 and the phrase “let there be.” J.D. Walt argues that prayer is not only asking God for help, but also joining God’s creative speech over dark, empty, or difficult situations. He encourages listeners to pray with simple, faith-filled words li
In the Beginning: Prayer
This episode is a prayer-centered reflection on Genesis 1:1–3 and the idea that prayer begins with faith in God’s creative action, not with rehearsing problems. J.D. argues that people often magnify what is “formless, empty, darkness, deep,” while Scripture starts with God’s ordering presence and the Spirit hovering over chaos. From that foundation, he
The War of Prayer
This episode is a devotional teaching on prayer as spiritual battle, centered on Acts 2 and Psalm 110:1. J.D. Walt argues that prayer is not mainly about reciting personal requests, but about joining Jesus in his ongoing intercession and participating in his victory over Satan, evil, sin, death, and darkness. He frames prayer as a way of aligning with t
Right Here. Right Now.
This episode is a prayer-centered devotional that opens a new mini-series focused on living with a deeper awareness of Jesus’s presence. J.D. reads from Acts 1:4–11 and reflects on the ascension of Jesus as the foundation for Christian prayer, emphasizing that prayer is not sending thoughts “out there,” but speaking directly to the risen Christ who is “
HSS: Called in to Pray at the Hospital
This episode is a warm, prayerful invitation to live with greater awareness of the Holy Spirit in everyday life. Dan Wilt opens with encouragement around the Wake-Up Call community, a coming New Room gathering, and a new women’s Bible study from Luann Riley called Growing Up. He then frames the episode around 1 Peter 2:9 and a Holy Spirit story centered
The Story Our Knees Tell
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Let God Have the Last Word
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The Mirror of the World
In this episode, the central message is that faith is meant to be lived, not just heard. Drawing from the book of James, the conversation explores how Scripture acts like a mirror, revealing the condition of our hearts and inviting us to respond with real transformation. The episode also reflects on the relationship between guilt, shame, and grace, emph
Built to Endure
This episode centers on James 1:2–4 and the idea that faith is strengthened through trials, not protected from them. Luann teaches that hardship is not a sign of weak faith or God’s absence, but often the place where perseverance, maturity, and wholeness are formed. She uses memorable imagery—“potato chip faith” versus “beef jerky faith”—to show the dif
Growing Up
This episode opens with Luann Riley introducing herself and framing the week’s teaching around the book of James. She explains that her new study, Growing Up Faith: Lessons from James, focuses on spiritual maturity not as becoming more impressive, but as becoming more surrendered. Using James 1:1 and 1:22, she emphasizes that real faith is not just list
HSS: The Spirit Moves in the Animal Clinic
Dan Wilt introduces a Holy Spirit story from pastor John Shaul, who describes an encounter at a veterinary emergency clinic. While waiting with his own dog, John and his wife connected with a worried couple whose cat needed urgent care. Drawing on their shared experience of losing beloved pets, John felt prompted to offer prayer. The couple welcomed it,
Without the Resurrection, We've Got Nothing
This episode closes out the Mark series with a strong focus on the resurrection of Jesus from Mark 16. J.D. walks through the empty tomb, the angel’s message that Jesus has risen, and why the resurrection is the center of the Christian faith. He argues that without the resurrection, Jesus would be just another historical figure, but because he lives, hi
Why It's All Your Fault
This episode centers on Mark 15 and a theological reflection on the crowd’s cry to crucify Jesus. J.D. argues that the real danger of a crowd is shared power without personal responsibility, and uses Barabbas and Pilate to show how injustice can be diffused into everyone and therefore no one. The message then turns personal: salvation by grace through f
The Three Kinds of People You Meet on the Way to the Cross
If you've ever wondered why carrying the cross feels lighter with faith, this episode reveals the divine promise that Jesus’s yoke is easy—and how love, service, and prayer are the keys to carrying it with joy. This episode is a testament to the timeless message: when we embrace the cross with love and service, burdens become blessings and joy becomes c
When It's Time to Build Something More Than Buildings
This episode centers on Mark 13:1–2 and Jesus’s warning that the temple, despite its grandeur, will be torn down stone by stone. J.D. reflects on how easily people, communities, and even churches can turn buildings into idols, confusing impressive structures with the real purpose behind them. He connects the temple warning to Jeremiah’s critique of empt
When Two Cents Is Worth More Than A Million Dollars
This episode is a Monday morning devotional centered on Mark 12:41–44, the story of the widow’s two small copper coins. J.D. uses that passage to show how Jesus measures value differently than the world does: the widow’s tiny gift is greater than the rich people’s large offerings because it comes from total surrender, not abundance. That theme is connec
A Prayer on the Side of the Road (with Katie Zettle)
This episode centers on everyday obedience to the Holy Spirit and the idea that interruptions can become moments of ministry. Dan introduces the theme with a reflection on staying attentive to God’s prompting in ordinary life, then shares Katie Zettle’s story as a living example of what it looks like to “keep your sails up” and respond when God nudges y
The Difference between the Power of Prayer and the Power of God
This episode centers on Mark 11 and the difference between the power of prayer and the power of God. The speaker argues that Jesus’s teaching on faith is not a blank check for “name it and claim it,” but a call to trust God’s sovereignty, live in constant prayer, and understand prayer as a relationship of receiving rather than begging. He ties the lesso
How Jesus Kicks Our Value System to the Curb
This episode centers on Jesus’s teaching from Mark 10 and the challenge it presents to ordinary ideas about success, wealth, and spiritual worth. J. D. Walt reflects on how Jesus overturns the common belief that wealth signals God’s favor, instead showing that the kingdom of God cannot be entered by human achievement or merit. The message is that what s
The Problem with Lazy Faith and the Way Beyond It
Most of us live in a space between belief and unbelief, unsure if we’re fully trusting or still doubting. But what if embracing that messy middle—that honest, raw honesty about our doubts—could actually deepen our faith? JD Walt explores the radical truth that faith isn’t about perfect belief but about bringing our doubts into the light and surrendering
On the Difference between Faith and Risk Management
This episode centers on the difference between faith and risk management. Drawing from Mark 8:11–21, J.D. Walt contrasts the Pharisees’s demand for a sign with Jesus’s call to trust, arguing that faith is not about demanding certainty or collecting endless data. Instead, faith is described as a deep inner confidence in God’s goodness, power, and faithfu
The Problem with the Rules . . . or the Possibilities
This episode centers on Mark 7 and Jesus’s challenge to religious legalism. J. D. Walt contrasts a “gotcha” mindset with a God who is “for us,” arguing that the heart of the law is not rigid rule-keeping but love, protection, and flourishing relationship with God and others. He emphasizes that what defiles a person is not external conformity but what co
A Holy Spirit Moment in a Coffee Shop (with Katharine Guerrero)
This episode launches the weekly Holy Spirit Saturdays series centered on sharing real stories of divine encounters and everyday obedience. Dan Wilt invites listeners to pay attention to the Holy Spirit’s prompting, step out in faith, and trust God even when it feels uncomfortable or uncertain. A key story comes from Katharine Guerrero, who felt led to
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