{"podcast":{"title":"DAWN Extra","slug":"dawn-extra-6299581","podcast_index_feed_id":6299581,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/timmgrage/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/timmgrage","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/timmgrage/20250306_030301_b1558cba19d48e6404f0acd85a64801f.png","author":"Tim Grage","episode_count":63,"summary":"Tim Grage is the Founder and Senior Pastor of The City of Zion Sandton, a vibrant community church located in the Sandton metroplex of Johannesburg, South Africa. He also serves as Dean and head lecturer of the Destiny College Bible School (Sandton Campus), Head Counsellor at the relationship outfit Tango and Tim and CEO of the executive leadership coaching company Tim Grage Consulting. He is an author, conference speaker, talk show host, marriage counsellor, team cohesion expert and leadership consultant. He is also a regular feature of the television program Phronesis aired weekly on the TBN Africa platform. He is happily married to Kemi his wife of 20yrs and they are blessed with kids.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dawn-extra-6299581"},"episode":{"title":"BEFORE YOU SWING","slug":"before-you-swing","published_at":"2025-10-31T17:00:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dawn-extra-6299581/before-you-swing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dawn-extra-6299581","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/timmgrage/2295248","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/120339/2295248/timmgrage/2025_10_28_13_08_43_d5aad68f-771d-4378-8a26-46f5c152e663.mp3","summary":"Before you face the pressures of the day, sharpen your spirit. Before you make decisions, sharpen your identity. Before you swing at life — sharpen your awareness of who you are in Christ. In this message, Dr. Tim Grage teaches why confession is the believer’s sharpening stone. You’ll learn how your words align you with your divine union, how to keep your spiritual edge, and how daily declarations prevent you from slipping into the weakness of mere humanity. 📖 Ecclesiastes 10:10 — “If the axe is dull, more strength is needed, but wisdom brings success.” 🪓 “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln Remember: Before you swing, sharpen. Before you act, affirm. Before you move, meditate","meta_description":"Before you face the pressures of the day, sharpen your spirit. Before you make decisions, sharpen your identity. Before you swing at life — sharpen your a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1166,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dawn-extra-6299581/episodes/before-you-swing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dawn-extra-6299581/before-you-swing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}