Welcome back to a brand-new season of the One Thing That’s Needful podcast! I am your host, Dr. Siovaughn Funches, and I am honored to begin this new journey with you as we delve deeper into the Word of Christ.
We are kicking off this season with a powerful and crucial series: “God Has Not Changed His Mind.”As believers, we are called to walk by faith and not by sight, yet life often presents us with circumstances that try to convince us of the opposite—that God has somehow reconsidered His promises to us.
In this first part of our series, we explore why God is the most trustworthy anchor for our souls and how His perspective of us differs radically from the world’s.
The cornerstone of our faith walk is trust. We trust God because He is faithfully consistent. Unlike humans, God does not “switch things up” or lie. Our key scripture for this series reminds us:
“God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act?” — Numbers 23:19 (NLT)
If God said it, you can bank on it. It is a “check” that will cash every single time. However, the “father of lies” (Satan) wants us to believe that Jesus—who is the Truth—has lied to us. The enemy uses three main tools to talk us out of our miracle: circumstances, Satan’s whispers, and time.
The Test of Time and Patience
Time is one of the greatest battles for our faith. We often give God deadlines, assuming that if something hasn’t happened by a certain age or timeframe, we must have heard Him wrong.
But God reminded me during my own trust walk: “I created time, time didn’t create me. Time serves me, I don’t serve time.”We must possess both faith and patience to inherit the promises.
Chosen: Beyond the Outward Appearance
To understand how God moves, we look at the life of David. Before David was king, he was a 17-year-old shepherd, completely overlooked by his father, Jesse, and his many brothers. When the Prophet Samuel came to anoint the next king, man looked at the outward appearance—statue, height, and “kingly” features.
But God gave Samuel a profound correction:
Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
God’s choice is final: He rejected the sons who looked the part but lacked the heart He required.
The overlooked are chosen: David wasn’t even invited to the meeting, yet he was the one God had appointed.
Don’t Judge Yourself by Your “Outward”
This truth isn’t just about how we see others; it’s about how we see ourselves. We often condemn ourselves based on our “outward appearance”—our faults, our mistakes, and things we said or did wrong.
God wants you to know:
Righteousness is a Gift: Your standing with God is not based on what you do, but on what Jesus did at the cross.
Stop Self-Judging: Judging yourself by your performance is “self-righteousness,” which the Bible describes as filthy rags.
Believe the Promise: You are clothed in God’s righteousness the moment you believe.
Stay Encouraged
If people don’t see your gift or your calling right now, do not be discouraged. Even those closest to David couldn’t see what God saw in him. Your appointment comes from God, not man.
God has not changed His mind about you.
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Dr. Siohvaughn L. Funches-Dunnom is a devoted wife, loving mother, renowned public speaker and a now two-time published author! Spearheading her own publishing company, A Wow Woman Publishing Co., she has authored and released two books, The True Story for God’s Glory: The Life of Siohvaughn L. Funches-Wade and You Gotta Let God Finish! And being so filled with both the wisdom and revelation of God’s purpose for her life, this diligent woman has already commenced her third literary work!
To truly know Siohvaughn is to know that her greatest passion, aside from being a mom, is A Woman’s Worth Foundation, Inc., otherwise known as “A Wow Woman Foundation.” Having been inspired by God, she founded and remains President of A Woman’s Worth Foundation, a non-profit Christian organization with a focus on issues affecting women. In furtherance of this Foundation’s mission, she has dedicated a large part of her life to helping women know and understand their God-given identity in order for them to fulfill their God-given destinies. This is what inspired the WOW Woman idea. Christ has indeed made these women, WOW Women with a divine purpose! WOW women standing for: Women Of Worth, Women Of Wisdom and Women Of Wealth! Siohvaughn’s dedication to sharing this life-transforming truth as it is revealed in the Gospel of Jesus Christ has her impacting this entire world in a major way, one life at a time.
Siohvaughn Funches is certainly a woman of worth. She is enriched with the love of God and is a continual support for women all over the globe. With a deep passion for purpose, Siohvaughn counsels women from all walks of life in order for them to understand their worth. This woman of worth knows that a woman’s true value does not lie in what she possesses, whom she knows, or what she looks like. Rather, her worth is found in whose she is, and she is Jesus Christ bride. This truth cannot be changed and likewise her worth cannot either. Women of worth are and always will be; the one God says is worth Him dying for! That worth certainly cannot be measured but is far above material possessions, outer beauty and the company a woman keeps. The worth is priceless! As Siohvaughn imparts these transforming-truths into women around the world, their whole lives are being changed and enriched for the better!
Siohvaughn is also passionate about restoring a revelation and sense of worth to women survivors of domestic violence (DV). Having overcome domestic violence and it’s deadly effects herself, she has dedicated a large part of her life and Foundation to helping other women survivors of DV be healed, restored and secure in their God-given worth. Dr. Funches has provided countless hours of Professional Domestic Violence Counseling to these brave women as well as provided transitional housing at The Safe Haven of Hope, a shelter she owns for women and children survivors of domestic violence. In sum, Siohvaughn is a most gracious and powerful woman who has had every area of her life transformed for the better because she understands the truth about a woman’s worth, and because of her love for women she continually shares these life-transforming truths with woman around the world so that they too will have their whole lives enriched!
Dr. Siohvaughn Funches is also a woman of wisdom. Dr. Funches has earned her Bachelors Degree in Psychology, a Master’s level certification in Professional Counseling, a Doctorate in Theology and a Juris Doctorate degree in law. Having graduated from Law School Magna Cum Laude, this brilliant woman earned a multitude of academic accolades throughout her Law School career. Not only was she placed on the Dean’s List for outstanding academic performance in Law School multiple times, she also received the Cali Excellence for the Future Award on numerous occasions for being the top student in her class. In recognition of her outstanding pro bono work in the legal field, she received the prestigious Georgia Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears Award. Dr. Funches was also awarded the honorable Edward J. Henning Memorial Award for her excellence in the Alternative Dispute Resolution field.
Currently, as a part of her legal profession Dr. Funches owns her own alternative dispute resolution firm, The Mediation Matters Firm, LLC, and provides a variety of professional alternative dispute resolution services to clients. As a Registered Civil Mediator and Arbitrator with the state of Georgia she mediates numerous cases for several judges in Georgia. Sworn in as a Guardian ad Litem in the state of Georgia, Dr. Funches also advocates relentlessly in court for abused and neglected children.
Siohvaughn Funches is also a woman of wealth. This wise and savvy entrepreneur owns her own real estate investment firm, which provides hotel-style rentals for business executives as well as vacation rentals for families on the coast. Like any wise investor, Dr. Funches understands the principle of diversifying and therefore, has begun her own women’s clothing line.
To obtain more information on this WOW woman and to book speaking or event engagements visit her website at: www.awowwoman.com
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