Car rides can be a place of frustration for families trying to navigate life together. We will explore the problems that can arise during long car rides and discuss how we can apply the gospel message to the problems in the car.
This episode ended up a little different than most of our podcast episodes. We were going to try out a topic and we even recorded the first half and it just seemed flat. We decided that we would try to go “off the cuff” and just talk about what we feel like God is putting in our hearts recently. This episode covers different topics like being members of a church body, rest, finding balance in Jesus, etc. We hope you enjoy it. We certainly won’t be recording like this every podcast but we will be trying it again every once in awhile. Enjoy this off the cuff episode.
Episode 21 delves into our human temptation to look to the results of our lives instead of looking to God for obedience. We often measure our success by worldly standards and then we miss out on the opportunity that God had for us. We look into Paul and Jesus’s ministry and see that they didn’t have 100% results and we won’t either. We need to look heavenward instead of looking to our results as a measuring stick for our lives.
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
Our family has been on a journey for the past few years just trying to understand just what it means to follow Jesus. We have stumbled upon some resources that have greatly helped us in our walk with Jesus. We have come to the realization that we put Jesus in a compartment for most of our lives instead of treating Him like Lord of our lives. We will discuss our journey to fully surrendering to Him in this podcast.
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
When we think about drawing closer to Christ we usually think about the Sunday school answers: pray, read the Bible, go to church, etc… Though these are good answers, they will not benefit us if our heart is not seeking Him as well. We will discuss how to align our hearts with Jesus’s heart and walk through life with Him instead of on our own path.
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
Allowing our children to struggle can be one of the hardest things that we will walk through as parents. Unfortunately, our children will not learn self-control, perseverance, character, and hope if we swoop in and fix their mistakes and bad choices. This podcast will discuss how we can lovingly allow our children to make mistakes and provide empathy and encouragement when they do. Also, we focus mainly on how Jesus can use their mistakes to grow a closer relationship with him. A close relationship with Christ is what our main goal should be for our children.
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
Pride is one of the first sins that entered the world. In this podcast, we will be talking about humility and how it makes us wise. We are free from guilt and condemnation when we give our sins to God and obey his commands.
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13
Two kinds of wisdom from James 3
God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5 and James 4)
The new year is here. Is this year just going to happen to us or are we going to choose to live with purpose? Regardless of our plans, we need to keep in mind that God’s ways are higher than our ways and his plans are what we should be willing to submit to. This podcast will examine ways that we can be intentional with our time this year.
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
Books
The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner
Life Strategies by Dr. Phil McGraw
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
In Charlie Brown Christmas, he was feeling sad because despite all the parties, presents, and pink aluminum Christmas trees; He felt empty because he didn’t realize the true meaning of Christmas. We can get pretty run down in a season when we should be focusing on Christ and his giant gift to us. When we take Christ out of Christmas, we can feel burdened and bogged down with the weight of the world. This podcast will discuss how we can keep Jesus as the Reason for the Season and how it is so freeing when we do that!
Show Notes
Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. Philippians 2:6-8
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Colossians 2:8
Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules. Colossians 2:20