The Consecrated Podcast

Ricardo DiRocco: Part Two (Spanish Episode)

In this second part of our conversation with Ricardo DiRocco, we continue exploring what it truly means to cultivate friendship with God.
We dive deeper into the posture of the heart — especially the importance of listening. Not just speaking to God, but learning how to recognize His voice, discern truth, and trust what He reveals. Ricardo shares insights on surrender, humility, and the tension between our understanding and God’s perspective.
Together, we reflect on how friendship with God requires intentionality, honesty, and a willingness to grow beyond our assumptions. This episode challenges us to slow down, pay attention, and lean into a deeper, more personal relationship with Him.
If you missed part one, be sure to go back and listen — this conversation builds beautifully on that foundation.
Note: If you want to listen to the Spanish episode but don’t speak Spanish, you can turn on subtitles here on YouTube.
Connect with Ricardo and his family: ricardodirocco.org
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En esta segunda parte de nuestra conversación con Ricardo DiRocco, continuamos explorando lo que realmente significa cultivar una amistad con Dios.
Profundizamos en la postura del corazón — especialmente en la importancia de escuchar. No solo hablar con Dios, sino aprender a reconocer Su voz, discernir la verdad y confiar en lo que Él revela. Ricardo comparte reflexiones sobre la rendición, la humildad y la tensión entre nuestra comprensión y la perspectiva de Dios.
Juntos reflexionamos sobre cómo la amistad con Dios requiere intencionalidad, honestidad y la disposición de crecer más allá de nuestras propias suposiciones. Este episodio nos desafía a detenernos, prestar atención y avanzar hacia una relación más profunda y personal con Él.
Si no escuchaste la primera parte, te animamos a hacerlo — esta conversación se construye hermosamente sobre esa base.
Conéctate con Ricardo y su familia: ricardodirocco.org

Melodie & David Di Rocco: Part One (English Episode)

This week, we’re releasing two episodes simultaneously—one fully in English and the other fully in Spanish. In the Spanish episode, Fedhii sits down with Ricardo Di Rocco, a traveling speaker, pastor, and evangelist who faithfully walks in the supernatural. Ricardo has witnessed countless salvations, healings, and miraculous encounters, and he has dedicated his life to stewarding God’s supernatural work. What makes his ministry truly remarkable is that it flows out of a deep friendship with God, evident in the abundant fruit that follows him.
In this episode, Biiftuu continues the conversation through the eyes of Ricardo’s children, Melodie and David. In part one, we dive into their childhood experiences growing up in a supernatural environment and explore the lasting impact it’s had on their personal relationships with God. They share what it’s like to be in ministry from birth, the lessons they’ve learned during their current “carpenter seasons,” and how easy it can be to elevate the supernatural while overlooking the everyday moments where God is faithfully present. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of faith, family, and the balance between the miraculous and the mundane.
Note: If you want to listen to the Spanish episode but don’t speak Spanish, you can turn on subtitles on YouTube.
Connect with Ricardo and his family:ricardodirocco.org

Ricardo Di Rocco: Part One (Spanish Episode)

In this episode, we have the honor of interviewing a faithful friend and servant of the Lord, Ricardo Di Rocco. A man who has faithfully served God for decades, witnessing thousands upon thousands of lives touched by the transforming power of Jesus. Join us as we listen to the heart of a friend of God as he shares what it truly means to walk in genuine friendship with Him. A rich conversation filled with truth, experience, and love for the presence of God.
Note: If you want to listen to the Spanish episode but don’t speak Spanish, you can turn on subtitles on YouTube.
Connect with Ricardo and his family:ricardodirocco.org
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En este episodio tenemos el honor de entrevistar a un amigo fiel y siervo del Señor, Ricardo Di Rocco. Un hombre que ha servido a Dios por décadas, viendo cómo miles y miles de vidas han sido tocadas por el poder transformador de Jesús. Acompáñanos a escuchar el corazón de un amigo de Dios mientras comparte sobre lo que significa caminar en verdadera amistad con Él. Una conversación profunda, llena de sabiduría, experiencia y amor por la presencia del Señor.
Conéctate con Ricardo y su familia:
ricardodirocco.org
 

Redefining Repentance: Part Two

In this episode, we continue the conversation on repentance and challenge the way repentance is often understood. Rather than viewing it as shame-driven behavior management, we explore repentance as restoration — a return to communion and a meeting place with Jesus. 
We also unpack the idea that God is always reaching for us. Even books like Leviticus—often misunderstood or mislabeled—reveal His heart. Beneath the laws and sacrifices is a powerful truth: they demonstrate God’s longing to dwell with His people. Because He is holy, communion requires holiness. And this is where repentance becomes a gift, not a burden — it is the gracious pathway back into restored relationship with a holy God who desires to be near.
We talk about how choosing God requires intentionality. It means refusing to be ruled by emotions, impulses, or familiar temptations, and instead consistently preferring Him. There is a depth of unbroken communion available when we choose God over the comfort of unhealthy habits and patterns of thinking. The question we wrestle with is this: Are we more content remaining in what feels familiar, or do we actually desire the joy of communion with Him?

Redefining Repentance: Part One

Repentance has often been misunderstood in the church. It’s been framed as heavy, shame-filled, or reserved for the moment someone first gives their life to Christ. But in this episode, we redefine it: repentance is a gift.
Repentance is not a one-time act at salvation — it is a lifestyle. It is the ongoing, sacred invitation to draw closer to the heart of God. As we walk with Him and grow in intimacy, the Holy Spirit lovingly reveals areas in our lives that need pruning, healing, and refining. Not to condemn us — but to transform us.
Scripture tells us in Hebrews 12:6 that “the Lord disciplines the one He loves.” His correction is not rejection. It is proof of sonship. It is the loving hand of a Father who is deeply invested in our maturity and closeness with Him. He disciplines us for our good — for holiness, for freedom, for intimacy.
We look to David, a man described as a man after God’s own heart. David understood the power of repentance. He prayed in Psalm 139:23–24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart… See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” That is not the prayer of someone afraid of God — it is the prayer of someone who longs for deeper communion.
When we see repentance through the lens of intimacy, it becomes beautiful. It becomes freeing. It becomes the pathway to a heart fully alive in God. This episode invites you to rediscover repentance — not as a burden, but as a doorway into deeper relationship with the Father.

Do You Have Yourself In The First Place?

This episode is a continuation of our conversation, “Is Jesus Really in the First Place?”—but this time, we turn the lens inward and ask the harder question: What happens when we are in the first place? We explore how the temptation to prioritize ourselves is often rooted in fear—the quiet doubt that asks, “If I fully trust God, will He actually come through for me?” Through the stories of the widow’s offering (Mark 12:41–44) and the woman who anointed Jesus at Bethany (Mark 14:3–9), we see powerful examples of women who had very little, yet gave everything. Their actions reveal hearts marked by full abandonment—choosing trust over self-preservation, even in the face of ridicule and lack. We unpack how Scripture is filled with promises that support a life of surrender: that our Father knows our needs, that those who seek Him lack no good thing, and that God delights in caring for His children. When we cling to control and prefer ourselves, we leave no room for Him to move—but when we release it all, we make space for a God who is faithful on the other side.

Is Jesus Actually In the First Place?

In this episode, we ask, "is Jesus actually occupying first place in my heart or has He become an additive?" Beginning in the story of Adam and Eve, we look at God’s original design for humanity—to walk in intimate, dependent relationship with Him. The fall didn’t begin with rebellion alone, but with a deeper shift: Eve questioned her true need for God and chose independence over trust.
We unpack how Scripture defines death not merely as the end of life, but as separation from God, and contrast that with Jesus’ words in John 17:3: “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God.” Jesus defines life itself as knowing God.
From the beginning, God was never meant to be an addition to our lives or an afterthought. The relationship between God and humanity was always intended to be deeply personal, intimate, and central.
This episode is an invitation to honestly survey your heart:Is Jesus truly in first place—or has He become an additive?

If You're Facing An Impossible Situation

Using the story of Lazarus in John 11, we look at Mary and Martha—two women who loved Jesus and believed in Him, yet only had faith for what they had already seen. They had watched Jesus heal the sick, but resurrection? That felt out of reach. When things became impossible, their hope was limited by their past experiences with God.
We talk about how easy it is, in moments of desperation, to rationalize what we believe Jesus might do—boxing Him into what feels realistic instead of trusting Him for who He truly is. Jesus could have healed Lazarus before he died, but He allowed the situation to unfold in a way that invited deeper dependence and revealed a greater dimension of His nature: the One who overcomes death itself.
And yet—knowing exactly how He would redeem the situation—Jesus still stopped to weep with them.
This episode is an invitation for anyone standing in front of something that feels impossible. A reminder to lift your eyes off the situation and fix them back on the Lord, with whom no impossibility exists. God takes care of those He loves—and you are deeply, deeply loved.

The Birthplace of Desire

In this episode, we ask a foundational question: what does it mean to live a vibrant life in God? We explore the truth that a vibrant life in God is fueled by love, not obligation, routine, or borrowed faith.
Scripture often refers to the people of God as the Bride of Christ, and this language is intentional. It is romantic, intimate, and deeply personal. Through this imagery, we see God’s desire for genuine affection and wholehearted devotion. Just as no bride desires love that is forced or secondhand, Jesus does not desire coerced affection or inherited devotion. He is worthy of love that is freely given.
This episode challenges listeners to examine their own relationship with God. We cannot live off the love, encounters, or faith of others. Each person is invited to meet God personally and to develop their own love for Him. That personal devotion is what sustains a vibrant life in God.
At the same time, we acknowledge that we cannot manufacture love for God through striving or effort alone. True love for Him is awakened through encounter and cultivated by the work of the Holy Spirit. As we respond to His love, rather than attempt to earn it, our faith becomes alive, intimate, and vibrant.

Removing the Things That Soil Our Affection (Song of Solomon 2:15)

In this episode, Fedhii opens by sharing a powerful vision the Lord gave him of a house filled to the brim with the palpable presence of God. As the vision unfolds, the conversation turns to consecration and the truth that it cannot exist without a fierce and intentional pursuit of removing the “rodents” in our lives—the small, hidden things that eat away at our devotion and make God’s presence less comfortable in our homes and hearts. We talk about the intentionality required to eliminate anything that competes with our affection for Him, not out of obligation, but out of love. This episode invites us to examine what within us the Holy Presence of God may be uncomfortable dwelling with and to willingly remove it so He may remain. If you desire to invite God more deeply into your life, this episode challenges you to eliminate what is not Him, recognizing that the conscious decisions we make toward consecration communicate a heart turned fully toward God—and He is drawn to that posture.