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What if I told you that God could be seen in the most ordinary things everyday? Take a break from the busyness of your lives to just stop & look around. Consider the things that we encounter all the time and overlook. Just think of all the lessons that we

BJ Sipe


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    S5 E17 - Tornado Warnings & Watchmen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 11:10 Transcription Available


    Send us a textWe had a tornado go through very close to us this morning, within about 5 miles, but we received no watch or warning notifications. The National Weather Service is having some updates that prevented us from being told - and I'm thankful that we are safe, but others were not so fortunate. Ezekiel is called a watchman for the house of Israel - to warn them of God's judgment if they did not turn from their sin. But the prophet was also given a warning - if he did not sound out, and said nothing, their blood would be on his hands. What about us? Are we warning a world lost in sin, or content to stand idly by and say nothing? #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E16 - Full Circle Moments

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 13:00 Transcription Available


    Send us a textIn life, we have full circle moments when things you once did are things you find yourself doing again - but as a parent. I had that this week, from t-ball with my son to reading them Calvin & Hobbes together, we had many full circle moments. As I tucked my kids in, my son said, "Dad, I'm just like you." And he will be - he watches my every move as all our children do. They will immitate the good and the bad. What kinds of things do our actions and habits teach them? And at the end of the day, do we remember the goal is not to make them like us - but to make them like Jesus? #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E15 - A Fraudulent Package

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 12:55 Transcription Available


    Send us a textSomeone kept trying to deliver a package to us that we were supposed to pay for. We had no idea what this package was. After going into the post office, it turns out it was a fraud - a fairly common scam. They post officer workers are trained in what to look for, and therefore we promptly rejected it. There are many fraudulent gospels floating around today too. False doctrine that we must be trained to to identify and reject for our own protection as well as the rest of the church. Be alert and test the spirits to see if they truly are from God. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E14 - PT with Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 10:35 Transcription Available


    Send us a textI did my leg in, and I've been doing physical therapy as a result. You can't tell I have a problem looking at the surface, but deep underneath I really messed up my hamstring area. A lot of injuries are like that - and if left unchecked, can cause a lot of problems. Internally, we all have things that perhaps others cannot see on the surface, but they are serious spiritual issues nonetheless. And they don't go away on their own, they need dealt with - they need Jesus. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E13 - Armed Robbery

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 12:13 Transcription Available


    Send us a textOur local pharmacy was robbed at gunpoint yesterday. Thankfully, no one was injured and later on the suspect was aprehended. This kind of thing just doesn't happen that often here in our small town, so it took us all by surpise. It was unexpected, and many were not prepared for it. The Lord likens his return to a thief - because we will not know when he is coming, and when he does, it will be too late if we are unprepared. But if we know his return is coming at an unknown time, what sort of lives ought we to live in preperation today? #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E12 - The Passion WOD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 14:19 Transcription Available


    Send us a textThis week Kylie and I participated in the Passion WOD at CrossFit. 100 double-unders. 800m 95/65# barbell carry. 100 burpees. It was designed to remind us of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. It was a hard workout, but moreso because of how emotional it was. Do we really understand just how much Jesus suffered for us? Today we explore the details of scourging, the carrying of the cross, and how excruciating crucifixion was. I hope it serves to remind us of how great God's love is, and how much Jesus was willing to endure for you and me. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E11 - A Screeching Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 18:33 Transcription Available


    Send us a textA had the most horrid sound coming from my car, and after googling the car's symptoms I began to be worried it was going to be a huge fix. Turns out $40 it was something very small, literally. I guess that's the way it goes, usually the things we worry about don't ever happen. Jesus teaches us not to worry, to not be anxious. Usually, the thing's were anxious about aren't important anyways. Jesus promises he knows our needs and will meet them, and we can't fix anything through worry. We need to trust him, seek his kingdom first, and know he'll work out the rest. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E10 - Putting Down Roots

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 11:39 Transcription Available


    Send us a textWe have had an incredible amount of rain from the storms, which is good considering we just planted 150 trees on the farm. That's quite the process - you have to prepare the soil, firmly ground it, and make sure it's oriented properly - pointed in the right direction. As a matter of fact, this is the exact process we must go through in teaching others the gospel. We must prepare the soil to receive the implanted word, firmly ground them in the faith, and make sure they are oriented properly - pointed toward Christ. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E9 - Alzheimer's & Forgiveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 11:15 Transcription Available


    Send us a textI recently had a conversation with a friend who helps to run a memory care facility. She told me that while some days are very hard for residents, the blessing of such a difficult disease is that the next day they have no memory of what happened before that made them so miserable or angry. Each day is a reset, a new day. Forgiveness works much the same way, doesn't it? When God forgives us, that's it. It's done with, it's over, and his mercies are new each and every day. He will not be angry forever - because when God forgives us, he removes our sin entirely as far as the east is from the west. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E8 - Signs of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 15:52 Transcription Available


    Send us a textSpring has sprung. What once was lifeless brown and dead is now starting to team with the signs of life. Trees are blossoming, birds are singing, and my spirit could not be more thrilled about it. Nature teaches us about the nature of God. We serve a God with the power to take dead things and bring them to life. He demonstrated such power through creation. He demonstrated such power through the resurrection of the Messiah. He can bring you to life through that same power today. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E7 - Your Remaining Balance of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 16:20 Transcription Available


    Send us a textMy son turned 5 years old today, and it seems like the last five years have just flown by. Life has a funny way of passing us by. A good friend reminded me last night that time is the only currentcy we spend without knowing our remaining balance, so use it wisely. Are we vigilant and intentional with our time? If not, we might end up losing and never getting back the precious time we have on those we love the most. Use your time wisely, and start giving it to the ones who need it most. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E6 - Overnight Infections & Watching Ice Melt

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 18:28 Transcription Available


    Send us a textOur youngest has another double ear infection, and it came on fast. There was no warning, and suddenly she was miserable. As I held her tonight, I sat and watched my ice melt in my glass - it was slow, and it was subtle. What a contrast. We need to remember that spiritual growth and spiritual deterioration are not like an infection - neither happen overnight or are sudden. They are like watching ice melt. Both are slow, both are subtle. The question is - are we growing or backsliding? #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E5 - Count It All Joy When You Face Various Snowballs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 14:56 Transcription Available


    Send us a textWe got a big snow dump again, and the kids wanted to go outside and play in it. This was the best kind of snow, the kind that packs tight so you can make snowballs and snowmen. The kids asked me to teach them how, and I explained you have to apply pressure and press the snow in your hands - that's what makes it stronger. Life works the same way with our faith. We've got to recognize that difficulties are not necessarily something to be avoided, they have the potential to test our faith and make us stronger. Sometimes a little pressure is what keeps you from falling to pieces. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E4 - I Don't Even Miss It Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 16:05 Transcription Available


    Send us a textKylie and I have been doing a healthy living challenge, and at the start it was very tough - especially what felt like a very restrictive diet. But the longer we've done it, the better we've felt. I've started to realize how poor my diet was before, and it wasn't the way I was designed to eat. Our new way of life is freeing - and I don't want to go back. The Christian life should be seen the same way. Following Christ is not restrictive and burdensome - though with certainty it can be challenging. But following Christ is freeing - leading to true life and life abundantly. The longer you walk with Christ, the more you should never desire to go back to the old way of life in the world. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E3 - Be A Bee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 13:52 Transcription Available


    Send us a textBee's a pretty incredible. The female honeybee is capable of stinging a predator or what she considers dangerous, but not to protect herself - to protect the colony. Her act is self-sacrificing and selfless. She lays down her life for others. That is the nature of love. It puts the needs of others first. That is the kind of love Jesus demonstrated for us - laying down his life for us. It's the kind of love we're called to have for others. Don't just boast of great love, show it to others. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E2 - A Time To Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 19:26 Transcription Available


    Send us a textMy grandmother a few days ago was put on hospice care, and I called to tell her goodbye just the other night. In Christ, we don't grieve as those who have no hope. She has fought the good fight, she has finished the race, she's kept the faith. Death is a part of life, and we will all face it. But for Christians, death is a release from this broken world and birth into something far better. To be at home with the Lord is our aim, and our goal. Let us encourage one another with these words. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S5 E1 - More Than A Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 17:17 Transcription Available


    Send us a textI noticed a table at our local Chick-Fil-A I had never noticed before. It said the following, "This table was built by artisans from A Better Way Ministries. The materials used were salvaged from unwanted and abandoned homes. The hands that built it belong to a person who also once felt unwanted and abandoned. Love, compassion, and grace are powerful tools." In the same manner, Jesus would take notice of those who were unwanted and abandoned. He would take them, use them, and build them into something extraordinary - his body, his church. Jesus is still doing this - and he's doing it with me and you. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E31 - A Discliplined, Daily, Lifelong Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 21:46 Transcription Available


    Send us a textHappy New Year Everyone! Are you ready to change? If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you. Make the right choice. Being a disciple isn't a New Year resolution. It is a discliplined choice that you make all year long for the rest of your life. Is it time? #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E30 - Just Playing With The Box

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 11:01 Transcription Available


    Send us a textIt happens every year with young children. You get them the things on their wishlist for Christmas, but then later on Christmas morning, you find them not playing with the gift - but the box it came in. We are not unlike children. God designed this world and the things he has made to direct us back to the real gift, himself. Unfortunately, mankind would rather ignore the gift of God, and settle for playing with worthless idols instead. Don't just play with the box, the gift of God is far better. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E29 - Treasure These Moments In Your Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 12:15 Transcription Available


    Send us a textHaving three young children, especially around the Holidays, can be very chaoitic. But while that's true, I need to remember how quickly this stage flies by - and how much I will miss it. I only get one chance to impact my children, how will I use this time? Even Mary, the mother of Jesus, took moments to take in his upbringing and treasure the moments in her heart. We would do well to follow her example, and remember that though our children our not our own and will soon be gone, they are a gift from God not to be taken for granted. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E28 - The Richest Man In Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 18:13 Transcription Available


    Send us a text"It's A Wonderful Life" is my alltime favorite Christmas movie, and among my favorite movies period. The story climaxes with two expressions concerning George Baily - one a note written by his guardian angel Clarence, "No man is a failure who has friends." The second, a toast from his kid brother Harry, "To my big brother George, the richest man in town!" But what made him a success? What made him rich? Not his net worth, not anything financial in nature, but rather the love that he had from his friends and his family and his newfound faith. We must recognize what truly is valuable in this life. It's not about money, and if you love money, you'll end up miserable like Mr. Potter. If you have faith and hope in Christ, and you have been blessed to enjoy the day to day things God has given to us in this life, like a family and friends, then you truly are the richest person in town. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E27 - Stop Pouring Oatmilk On Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 13:55 Transcription Available


    Send us a textI recently started drinking Mushroom Coffee, and it is as bad as you can imagine. It's hard to swallow. I thought about just quiting, but I decided to try and doctor it up with oatmilk and honey and found that is much more enjoyable. I don't taste the rougher things anymore. Sadly, many people treat Jesus this way. They don't like his teachings that are hard to swallow, so they just abandon him. Or, for others, they preach a Jesus that's doctored up the way that they want and that they like. But that's not what leads to life. We have to take him exactly as he is. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E26 - Aspire To Be Humble

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 9:45 Transcription Available


    Send us a textI was at Starbucks the other day when this lady came in wearing a shirt that made me do a double take. It said, "Not aspiring to be humble." Wow...it's one thing to be proud out of ignorance. It's another to be proud by choice. Without humility, we cannot love. Without humility, we cannot be transformed. Without humility, we are enemies with God and without grace. Aspire to be humble. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E25 - What Lies Beneath the Couch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 10:31 Transcription Available


    Send us a textHave you ever cleaned underneath your couch? You never know what you might find under there. On the surface your sofa looks clean, but when you dig a little deeper and pull it back - there are all kinds of things hiding beneath the surface. If we are not careful, this is the way that we can be spiritually in our lives. On the surface we have the appearance of righteousness and godliness, but deep within, unseen, we are anything but that. It's time that we pulled back the cushions and did some deep cleaning in our lives. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E24 - The Church Needs Reading Buddies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 12:28 Transcription Available


    Send us a textI started a program called "Reading Buddy" with a local elementary student. It turns out, he is a wonderful reader that just lacks confidence. With some encouragement, he has already grown tremendously, but more than that, we have grown close to each other. This is exactly the kind of relationship Paul & Timothy would have, and the kind of relationship Paul expects the older & younger generation to foster together in the church. Sometimes, younger disciples just need some words of encouragement. And in doing so, we will build lasting relationships that close the generational gap. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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    S4 E23 - Sometimes the Worst Brings Out the Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 9:00 Transcription Available


    Send us a textHurricanes have devastated Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. You absolutely hate to see the destruction and hardship caused to others by these storms. Our prayers go out to all those suffering. But even in the midst of so much loss, there has been so much good in response. Christians have banded together to serve others and help those in need. Unity in service have been demonstrated accross the board as together God's people from all over serve those impacted. Sometimes the worst have the potential to bring out the best. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E22 - We Need Some Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 11:12 Transcription Available


    Send us a textHurricane Helene came through and did some damage to our area, but absolutely nothing compared to other areas of the country. At first, our kids were pretty upset about no power and no tv/internet. But once they learned that that other people were losing their entire homes and communites, that was no longer important. They needed some perspective. I think we all do. We can be so entitled, ungrateful, and complain about everything. But if we just gained some perspective, we would learn rather than complain, to be lights, we ought to be grateful. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E21 - God Doesn't Get Overstimulated

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 12:00 Transcription Available


    Send us a textWhen you become a parent, it's easy to get overstimulated by the end of the day. Constantly being asked questions, touched, etc. Same goes for teachers, btw. I saw a video where a kindergarten teacher was asked a question or had her name said by students to get her attention 627 times! What keeps them from burnout? Why do they do it? Because they love their kids, and love their students. It makes you wonder...does God get overstimulated? The short answer is no. Even though his name is envoked millions of times a day, nothing is impossible for God - nor is anything too exhausting. But why does God do it? For the same reasons a parent or teacher would: because he loves his children. So don't be afraid to go to him. Ask. Seek. Knock. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E20 - Pride, Sickness & Sin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 11:23 Transcription Available


    Send us a textThis past week, everyone in my family came down with Covid one by one. Everyone, that is, except me. We seemed to be on the upswing, and I prided myself in thinking I had some kind of super immune system to not get sick. I spoke a little too soon, because by the time everyone else had recovered, I was sick. Pride comes before a fall. Often we can pride ourselves in thinking we are above some kind of temptation or sin, but that is when we will fall prey to the very things we never thought possible in our lives. Pride is a mocker, first from our heart to others, but then back upon our own heads as we fall headlong into the same traps. Let us have humility, and know that there is no temptation that is not common to humanity. In other words - we are not above anything, if we're not careful, it can happen to us too. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E19 - Birds, Unity, & the Body of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 10:05 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Mumuration is an amazing spectacle where birds move in what to the naked eye looks like complete unity. They are capable of doing this because of keen senses that allow them to anticipate the movements of the rest of the flock, and they do not merely look to the bird next to them for cues - but they are in tune with a great number of others all at the same time. The body of Christ, if it is to have unity, must work in the same way. We must be in tune with the needs, wants, and work of others. When we are, then we will be able to work and move together as one. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E18 - Why Did I Do That?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 10:45 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.We are creatures of habit aren't we? I found myself mindlessly doing a few things this week that made no sense - but I did them anyways simply because I was in the habit of doing them. It was monotonous - harmless, but clearly old habits die hard. Well, while these are harmless - if our worship becomes so routine that it is mindless and monotonous - that is dangerous. We must not only be engaged in worship, but have a mind, heart, and will that is equally engaged in worship as well. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E17 - Bringing God's Children Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 10:47 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Welcome back after an extended break from the podcast! It is crazy to think that in just a few short weeks our oldest two kids will be going to school for the first time. It's a big change. But bigger ones will come in the future, because it is our goal to prepare them to leave. While they will always be welcome in our home, we know that one day they will go off to make their own. The exact opposite is the case with our walk with our eternal Father. Rather than the goal to be his children leaving, the goal is to bring his children home with him forever. It took a lot of preparation, but through Jesus, we now all have the opportunity to go home. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E16 - Guest Episode - Daniel Schoenholz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 8:57


    Send us a Text Message.I know I've been gone for quite a while, and I will have an explination soon Lord willing. But in the meantime, my intern for the summer has jumped in to give you some content in the meantime! Welcome to the podcast Daniel Schoenholz. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E15 - If Anyone Is In Christ, They Are A Potato Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 10:15 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.I took my young intern over to the Forks on Friday to help my uncle Kerry out on his property for just a little while, and in the meantime he got a tour of the land. The tour took us to the creek bed, where we found agate, coral, and my personal favorite - geodes. Geodes look like big potato rocks, but when you crack them open, there is a beutiful treasure on the inside. If anyone is in Christ, they are a potato rock. Outside not much has changed necessarily, but internally Christ has shone his light on our hearts and is transforming us from the inside out. No matter what happens to these bodies, or as Paul calls them these jars of clay, we have this beatiful treasure contained within us through the work of the Holy Spirit. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E14 - Simon Says

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 13:38 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Our summer intern Daniel was teaching the very young children last night, and they needed to get their wiggles out. So, he decided to start up a brief game of Simon Says in order to accomplish that. The kids enjoyed playing along, trying not to get tripped up and only moving when "Simon Said" to. The name of the game in our Christian walk is not Simon Says, but the Lord Says. Just as Israel only moved when the Lord directed them through a cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, so we are still directed by God through his Word. We must not go beyond what the Lord has said or take away from what he has said either. When he speaks, we listen and act. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E13 - The Wasp & The Boot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 10:15 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.We were all outside eating when a wasp flew into our sons rainboots that we leave outside.  When I went to hose it out and take care of the wasp, I was shocked to be met with not just one wasp but several more as well as a nest. I'm so glad we caught it when we did, otherwise my son would have run outside to play one of these rainy days and stepped right into an incredible amount of pain and potentially significant harm. This is exactly the way Satan works in our lives. If we are not alert and careful, Satan will come and make his home in our hearts or in our homes. As a result, we can get hurt and our children can get hurt, as we walk right into his trap. We must be alert so as to keep Satan from taking up residence. But after we evict him, we must do all we can to keep him out again - because like the wasps, he will be back. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E12 - The Struggle To Walk, The Joy To Watch

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 16:08 Transcription Available


    Our youngest, Finley, is 20 months and still not walking. She has struggled a lot, and after seeing an occupational therapist they have confirmed what we were seeing - that she has a prominent left side weakness. So, it's gonna take some work. But something special happened this week that's never happened before: she stood up on her own, and showed interest in trying. When she fell, she got back up, and she just kept going. We are overjoyed watching her walk, even through her struggles. Our walk of faith is much the same way. We are going to have our own weaknesses and struggles. But you know what? God is patient towards us. His grace is greater than our weaknesses, and he is there to catch us when we fall. Yes, the goal is for us to walk even better each day, but how overjoyed must our Father be just to watch his creation get up and desire to start walking closer to him. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E11 - Not Everything Is A Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 13:14 Transcription Available


    I was checking out at CVS Monday and the fellow checking out next to me had his machine in sync with my machine. It felt like a race and we joked about it. In the end I won! Nothing, of course, I won nothing. But I started thinking about how many things in our culture we have turned into a competition. But guess, what? Everything isn't a competition. Those in the church especially need to hear this. I have witnessed members competing against each other. Local churches acting as though they are in competition with another local work. Preachers shamefully chasing their own glory and ego and trying to triumph over other preachers. My friends, Kingdom work is NEVER a competition. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E10 - Who Are Your Friends When You Die?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 11:33 Transcription Available


    Our dear friends and family who just moved to the area have two cemeteries on their property. The gravestones are nearly 200 years old, overgrown, neglected, and forgotten. The lives of these folks have long since been forgotten, and it brings the light the following reality: we will all be the same way too. We will be forgotten by everyone. Everyone, that is, except the Lord. While a generation comes and goes, one day we will all stand before God and give an account of our lives. Knowing this, it should remind us of this truth: it does not matter how many friends you leave behind when you die, it only matters whether or not you have a friend in Jesus. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E9 - A Messed-Up Spine & Doing My Homework

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024 12:12 Transcription Available


    Your spine is supposed to have a 35 degree bend at the top and base, but mine is 15 and 12. While going over my x-rays with my chiropractor, I asked him what the plan was. He told me it depends a whole lot more on me than it does on him. If I'm not doing my work at home with PT and implementing the things he's equipped me to do, and I'm merely getting adjustments, we'll be figthing an uphill battle. Let me ask you this...how important is your children's spiritual development? I have many tell me very important, and it's for that reason they have found a local church with lots of opportunites for youth. But friends, your children can hear the best lessons each week - but if you are not doing the work you are called to do by God at home with your children, then you are going to be fighting an uphill battle. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E8 - Leaving Obstacles In The Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 12:04 Transcription Available


    On my way home from Georgetown, KY the other night, I ran into a bit of trouble...literally. My trip was going off without a hitch, until there was one...literally. Someone had dropped a hitch with a massive drill bit being used as a pin on it in the middle of the road, and didn't see it in time with it being so dark and I hit it. Shredded my tired two minutes from home. That figures. We have to be careful because we could do the same to others, and I don't mean leaving things in the middle of the road. I mean leaving a stumbling block for others. Our actions do not only impact us, they impact others as well. Before we do the things that we do, even if we know they are pleasing to God, we should first consider the impact they might have on others coming up behind us. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E7 - A Drawing for Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 14:01 Transcription Available


    My son went flying past me with a piece of paper he looked proud of. When I asked him what he had there, he said it was a drawing for Jesus that he planned to give to him when he saw him in heaven. Doesn't that just melt your heart? It's not about the picture (which was amazing by the way, it was a bunch of crowns) - it's about the heart behind it. Before the throne of God in John's Revelation, the 24 elders cast down their very crowns at the foot of the Almighty. But in reality, they presented the same gift to God as my son: they gave their everything. The question that remains for us is this: are we willing and ready to do the same? Because that's all God truly wants from us, the only gift that matters, our heart. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E6 - It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a TRAMPOLINE!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2024 11:10 Transcription Available


    We bought our son who just turned 4 a trampoline for his birthday! It wasn't that hard to put together, but it didn't come with anchors. So, we ordered some online. I delayed putting them on because of how busy our week was, thinking I would just do it this upcoming weekend. Well, I wasn't anticipating a huge thunderstorm last night with big wind gusts. Thankfully, we still have a trampoline, but we got lucky. Well, what happens when storms come if we are not properly anchored in Christ? We will end up flying far away from where we once stood spiritually. So when is the best time to make sure your faith is grounded? That your children are grounded? Don't wait until things get hard - don't delay. Do it now. You never know when things are going to get more difficult. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E5 - Just Watch the Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 10:44 Transcription Available


    My youngest daughter loves watching the birds, so my inlaws purchased us a clear birdhouse that mounts to our window for her to watch them eat and nest. As the kids waited for a bird to arrive, they asked what would happen if we ran out of seeds. I told them God would feed them like he does every day, and they responded, "Just like you feed us?" That's right kiddos. We need childlike faith. Yes this economy is tough right now, but we should be as free from anxiety as my children are when it comes to what they eat and wear each day. God tells us that if we seek his kingdom first, he will provide for us the things that we need. And to teach that lesson, Jesus also goes to the birds. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E4 - The Sound of Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 13:01 Transcription Available


    I came home for lunch expecting to hear my children greet me at the door, but had forgotten they were on a play date. So I sat there eaching lunch in silence, which is very rare. You would think I would enjoy it, but actually, I missed them. Sure our house is chaotic more often than not, but it's where we all belong: together. In the same way, children belong together with us in worship. Can they be loud? Yes. Distracting? Sure! But Jesus said "let the little children come to me." You don't want to wait until you're sitting in silence in an empty church with no children before you realize that lesson. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E3 - Seeing Something for the Thousandth Time for the First Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 9:39 Transcription Available


    I was driving around Danville with a friend who had never been to my little town before when he said, "Danville: quite simply the nicest town." I asked why he said that, and he pointed to the water tower. Friends, I have driven past this tower a thousand times and never seen that. He noticed it after seeing it once with fresh eyes. That is often how scripture discovery goes. We might have read something a thousand times and still not noticed something, but then someone brings something to our attention that we just have never seen. When you think you've got something down, go back and look at it again. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E2 - Kids Shows (guest staring Satan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 11:10 Transcription Available


    Children's television programs are not what they used to be more often than not. Rather than promoting what is good and right, imorrality and godlessness are promoted and packaged as something that is "good" in the form of a cartoon. If we're not careful, we'll teach our children to accept the lies of Satan because they were packaged in the fun form of a fire truck or a dinosaur. Isn't that one of the greatest tactics of Satan? To disguise himself as an angel of light? He is the master of deceit. He's so good at it, we can even start to beleive that which is good is really evil, and that which is evil is really good. We must be aware, and we must not allow ourselves to be fooled. Let's listen to the voice of Truth. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S4 E1 - Modify To Your Level

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 11:11 Transcription Available


    Welcome back after an extended break to the new Season 4 of the Set Your Mind Above Podcast! Over the new year, I started working out again because I really needed to. Actually, I joined CrossFit - and I realized just how out of shape I am. But thankfully, I'm not expected to keep up with everyone who has been there for years. I'm just expected to do my best and modify things to my level. We must be sure that we do the same for new Christians. Often, they take the plunge and become a part of the body of Christ, but are immediately thrown into classes that are far above their head. We need to modify things to their level, and ensure that they can really grow at their own pace so as not to become discouraged. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S3 E38 - It's My Pleasure

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 9:27 Transcription Available


    After five years of living without, Danville finally has it's very own free standing Chick-Fil-A! We are so excited and have been already like, 5 times lol. During the grand opening, one of the workers was serving us and when we thanked her she said, "My pleasure! I keep forgetting to say that." It's part of their script to respond with that expression, but should it be more for us? Well...as Christians, we are called to be genuine in our love and service to others. To show mercy with cheerfulness. That means that for service to truly be service, it will always be our pleasure. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S3 E37 - Nothing Is Lost If You Know Where It Is

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 11:00 Transcription Available


    We're back after a delay for a few weeks - and that occured with the passing of my grandmother Jackie Sipe, who we called Gigi. Her funeral was beautiful, and I was thankful to get to be a part of it. After the funeral, one of the women from the church told me something special after someone had expressed their sympathy for my loss. She said, "You know...nothing is lost if you know where it is." Well...I do know where she is, and all those in Christ do not grieve as others who have no hope. Jesus has won the victory over death, and through his resurrection we have great hope! To die is gain, because it means we get to go home, to our true eternal home, forever with the Lord. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

    S3 E36 - Bidding On A Bracelet

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 12:39 Transcription Available


    A few weeks ago my wife and I attended a fundraising event to support the adoption agency Sacred Selections. I had hoped to win a beutiful bracelet for my wife in the silent auction, but I kept getting outbid by someone all night. After a while, I realized something hilarious - my wife and I had been unknowingly bidding against each other! Needless to say, we didn't leave with the bracelet. Well...as funny as that might be, do we realize that a house divided against itself cannot stand when it comes to any kingdom? That includes when we bite and devour each other as the church. We are called to love one another, not compete with each other. We cannot forget that we're all on the same team with the same mission, and we are called to work together, not against each other. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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