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Is the Bible Good News, or Bad News? The truthful answer is, "It depends." The Bible contains lot's of good news, but also lots of potentially bad news.Join me for Today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageIsaiah 52:7John 3:16-18If you've not read my book, Takin' it to Their Turf. request a copy on my website, www.CampusAmerica.com.You'll be inspired, encouraged, and learn plenty about evangelism and spiritual warfare through the 70+ stories I share of my campus evangelism experiences.We send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email. Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

Acts 18:1-18If you're new here, we'd love to get you connected with our community! You can message us on facebook, instagram or by simply texting "hello" to 587-323-1199, and we'll respond right back.Head to calvarycommunity.ca/serve to see how you can get involved here! On the page we have different ministries you can join, engage with community, and see a little about what's going on here at calvary.

Have you ever done something you're ashamed of, and it seems like the whole world knows about it? If so, you might identify with how Peter felt after he had denied three times that he knew the Lord. A failure. Unworthy. Humiliated. After all, he had boldly pledged only hours before that he would never deny the Lord, and before the night was over, he did just that. He was in desperate need of being restored.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in today's messageJohn 21:1-18If you've not read my book, Takin' it to Their Turf. request a copy on my website, www.CampusAmerica.com.You'll be inspired, encouraged, and learn plenty about evangelism and spiritual warfare through the 70+ stories I share of my campus evangelism expereinces.We send a copy to anyone who donates to our ministry, but if you can't do so, simply request a copy by sending us an email. Who do you know that needs to hear today's message? Go ahead and forward this to them, along with a prayer that God will use it in their life.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher To support Tom Short Campus Ministries, click herehttps://www.tomthepreacher.com/support************ Do you want to have all your sins forgiven and know God personally? *********Check out my video "The Bridge Diagram" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Kjwrlind8&t=1sCheck out my website, www.TomthePreacher.com, to learn more about my ministry and sign up for my daily email. And make sure to request a copy of my book, Takin' it to Their Turf, when you visit my website.Check out my videos on this channel to learn how to answer tough questions challenging our faith.

"My husband doesn't follow Jesus but I do...what do I do?" Marriages sometimes end up with one spouse faithfully pursuing the Lord while the other is not. What is a spouse to do? More specifically for women, how are you supposed to biblically to submit to a husband who isn't living a godly lifestyle?In today's episode, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie answer a sensitive listener question about how a wife specifically is supposed to submit to her husband if he has walked away from the Lord. We talk through the biblical foundation of headship in the Trinity and in marriage and look at how that applies practically. Then, we dive deeper into how that looks if a husband has rejected the Lord and even how to respond if he is leading his wife to sin. This is a tough but very real topic, so our hope is that if this topic is relevant to you, you may find hope and understanding in the Word of God shared in this episode.The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. Scriptures: Eph. 5:22-24; Col. 3:18; John 6:38; Gen. 3:16; 1 Cor. 11:3; Titus 2:3-5; 1 Pet. 3:1-6; 2 Tim. 2:24-26; Gen. 12:9-20; Gen. 20:1-18; Acts 5:29; 1 Cor. 7:13-17; 2 Cor. 6:14; Rom. 12:18If you'd like access to our show notes, please visit www.rosevillebaptist.com/1717podcast to see them in Google Drive!Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review the podcast so that we can reach to larger audiences and share the truth of God's Word with them!Write in your own questions to be answered on the show at 1717pod@gmail.com.  God bless!

Recorded live at Beatitudes Church in Phoenix, AZ on 12.15.24  Preaching: Reverend Sandi AnthonyScripture: Isaiah 12:2-6; Luke 3:7-18If you like what you hear, consider donating at:  https://beatitudeschurch.org/donate/To watch the full service, click here: Service of Worship | December 15, 2024

This sermon was preached by Pastor John Meador at Cross City Church in Euless, TX on November 3, 2024. Scripture: John 14:1-3; 1 Thess. 4:13-18If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this church and its ministries, you can do so by visiting crosscity.church/give and making a one-time or recurring donation. For more resources from Pastor John Meador, visit www.JohnMeador.com

Passage: Gen 22:1-18If it is true that in Christ we have all that we need, we are free to embrace the way of the cross!

Recorded live at Beatitudes Church in Phoenix, AZ on 10.6.24  Preaching: Reverend Sandi AnthonyScripture: Matthew 9:36, Luke 5:31-32, Romans 7:15-18If you like what you hear, consider donating at:  https://beatitudeschurch.org/donate/To watch the full service, click here: Service of Worship | October 6, 2024

In this powerful message, we explore the life-changing moments when God gives us a new identity. Based on Genesis 32:24-30, Genesis 35:9-15, and 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, we dive into Jacob's transformation and the meaning behind receiving a new name from God. Just like Jacob became Israel, we are invited to step into the new identities God gives us, moving from our old selves into the freedom of His Spirit.Whether you're struggling with your past or seeking to understand your purpose, this sermon will remind you that in Christ, we are continually being transformed into His image. Tune in and discover the power of living in the name God has for you.Scripture References:Genesis 32:24-30Genesis 35:9-152 Corinthians 3:17-18If this message encouraged you, don't forget to like, subscribe, and share with others! Join us every Sunday at Riverview Christian Church as we grow together in faith.This week's message is from our Teaching Pastor, Stacey Carr.Let's Connect: http://bit.ly/3XbRE9TFree Access To RightNow Media:https://app.rightnowmedia.org/join/rccreadingSocial Media:@riverviewchristian on Facebook and InstagramWebsite:riverviewchristian.churchSupport the show

Philemon 17-25 17So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. 18If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. 20Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. 21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. 22At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you. Final Greetings 23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you, 24and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. 25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

A Living Sacrifice 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Gifts of Grace 3For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Marks of the True Christian 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

July 18, 2024 Today's Reading: Catechism – What sins should we confess?Daily Lectionary: 1 Samuel 1:21-2:17; Galatians 6:1-18If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” (John 20:23)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The conscience. It's our concept of right and wrong. It's the referee that tells you whether a thought, word, or deed was in or out of bounds. It's the TV chef who tells you whether the dish that is your life is a delicious masterpiece, pleasing in God's eyes, or whether it should be tossed in the trash and ridiculed mercilessly. Maybe that was a bit of a stretch. But we've all felt the weight of our sins pressing on us. We've all had those moments when we've felt utterly alone in that sin, ashamed to tell another soul just how bad we are. And in times like those, more often than not, our conscience just isn't capable of delivering the goodness of the gospel that we need to hear. Don't get me wrong; God gave us our consciences when He wrote His law on our hearts. But like so many of God's good Gifts, our conscience is often co-opted for the evil plans and purposes of the devil, the world, and our sinful nature (The Lord's Prayer– Third Petition Explanation). So what can we do? Where do we turn? Fortunately, the Good News isn't something that we find inside ourselves, but in the life and death and resurrection of Jesus—all of which are applied to our wounded souls with words. Whether spoken or written, language is the vehicle God has chosen to combat the devil's wiles. And to speak such words, God has ordained pastors. He has sent His Church into the world with the command to forgive sins and to speak peace into the turmoil of lives wrecked by guilt and shame. If you've never been to Confession, talk to your pastor about it! Most of the times that I've heard folks' confession, it started out as a “Pastor, can we talk about something?” conversation. And in most cases, when someone needs to talk with their pastor, sin is at the root of the problem. Private Confession is almost like when you go to your doctor and he instructs you to “tell me where it hurts.” Whether you've committed sins or you've been sinned against, sin hurts. It damages consciences. It makes us “know and feel” sins in our hearts– but we don't have to carry these sins alone! Burdens like these were atoned for at the cross, and Holy Absolution proclaims the very same. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.Lord, on You I cast my burden– Sink it in the deepest sea! Let me know Your gracious pardon, Cleanse me from iniquity. Let Your Spirit leave me never; Make me only Yours forever. (LSB 608:4)-Rev. Dustin Beck is pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Corpus Christi, TX.Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, Ky.Your favorite study Bible is now available in a simple, intuitive app on your device! Distinctively Lutheran notes on the full ESV text, helpful articles, and custom user settings offer an engaging experience in God's Word anywhere you go. Download The Lutheran Study Bible App.

No matter what your past looks like, you are always just one call away from a new life.Trigger warning: su*cide, drugsKeith felt this hole in his heart from a young age. His parents divorced and Keith struggled with anger and depression. After going to rehab for suicidal thoughts, he attempted to fill the whole and numb the pain with anything and everything - drugs, marijuana, partying, cigarettes, alcohol, prescription pills. Keith dropped out of high school, was financially irresponsible, and got arrested a couple of times.Instead of just a hole in his heart, it took over his whole life so that Keith felt completely dead inside. The enemy wanted to take his life.BUT GOD encountered Keith through music. The songs spoke to his heart and he knew he needed Jesus. About his encounter with Jesus, Keith says: “It took the devil three months to get to the point where my soul felt dead, my spirit felt dead, and I wanted to kill myself. 30 seconds after I prayed, I felt the stress that I used to have on my shoulders lifted. I felt this fire of Jesus' love burning in my heart. I felt joy, I felt peace, I felt love. I felt like I was drowning in deep deep deep water and Jesus just pulled me out and just breathed the breath of life in me. I felt like at that moment that my spirit became alive, that I was reborn - I was regenerated like the Bible said. I felt at that split second as I called on the name of Jesus, He just came… I'm alive in Christ.”Because of encountering the love of Jesus, God has transformed Keith into a new creation. Compassion & forgivenessFinancial responsibilityWillingness to serveEvangelism & preachingSpeaking truth & lifeFeeling God's presenceI hope you are encouraged by Keith's story!Bible references from the episode: John 10:10, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Luke 19:40, Matthew 6:33, Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 3:4, Job 42, Romans 8:11, Philippians 4:19, Matthew 7:7-11, Psalm 2:4, Matthew 6:34, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Psalm 34:19, Hebrews 11:1, Isaiah 53:5, Ephesians 5:18If you like listening to the podcast, please rate, write reviews, and share with your friends!You can follow us on instagram @lifeishardgodisgoodpodcast or join our Facebook group!Have a great week! May the LORD bless you and keep you!

Send us a Text Message.Join us as we delve into the eerie world of telephone calls from the dead with guest host Dr Callum E Cooper. Cal is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Northampton, UK. He received a PhD from the University of Northampton for work on thanatology, positive psychology and anomalous experiences, and a second PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University for work on parapsychology and spontaneous case methodology. Some of his professional positions include: Council Member of the Society for Psychical Research (and also sits on its Survival Research Committee), a Professional Member of the Parapsychological Association, and a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society. He has produced over 100 papers, articles, chapters, and authored or edited 4 books. Cal is also one of the experts on Uncanny, the hit BBC podcast with Danny Robins. You can find Cal's latest book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Telephone-Calls-Dead-Callum-Cooper/dp/0957107412/ref=sr_1_18?crid=C9BZ281UF49J&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8R97aH0d-f6ZxeLGER9BB4CPge5-87CgJUySA63Bz_i-aO9W6R7625kn-8xNietmHVWsbejKz7QITnmgF9FgWWQX8EqxcHvhm3iSqCrfnrkK8p0uIw61Fasxf8-Kpn-mAT2YmYBdbTQ_xWrI7Lkj4zg9fcyIJQG7MSGsrtdWt55YIQIK9CRc6Gb6AaW8oVQjdlmN_K8CYjWThwAdeSdR9OSJc_vARt_-LobzCyM9MOs.pUTsfdy5O4-7B3UFCn1yAFjI_lYNqKo5KjJjFVPxZFc&dib_tag=se&keywords=phone+calls+from+the+dead&qid=1717112725&sprefix=phone+calls+from+the+dead%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-18If you have any more information about these stories or want to share your own experience please contact us via: eerieessexpodcast@gmail.comAlso please contact us with any tales of telephones calls, voice mails, emails, messages from the dead.You can support us on Ko-Fi and Patreon:https://ko-fi.com/eerieessexhttps://www.patreon.com/EerieEssex....or by leaving us a review.Support the Show.

Have you ever had a really bad day and just thought "life is hard"?  In the dumpster fires that you encounter in your life, how do you respond? Candis takes you into 2 Nephi chapters 3-5 to discover the formula that Nephi has given us to live after the Manner of Happiness, what we need to do on those no good, very bad days, and the importance of crying unto the Lord no matter what we are going through. Go and Do ChallengeUse Nephi's formula to overcome bad days by crying unto the Lord and including Him  in your dayLive after the manner of happiness Find the other things in 2 Nephi 5Choose one to work onEpisode LinksCome, Follow Me—February 12-18If you like what you hear don't forget to follow and leave us a review!We want to hear from you!Share your thoughts, experiences, etc with us at @goanddopodcast on IG or send us an email at thegoanddopodcast@gmail.com

This sermon was preached by Pastor John Meador at Cross City Church in Euless, TX on February 4, 2023. Sermon Series: Next Steps. Scripture: John 1:1-4, 14, 16-18If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this church and its ministries, you can do so by visiting crosscity.church/give and making a one-time or recurring donation. For more resources from Pastor John Meador, visit www.JohnMeador.com

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Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2023 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 57, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2023Topics covered:The time you have is the time you have: 91 days may be longer for some members and that's okay! @ IntroRepeating the program is a way to keep levelling up your health and wellness progress. @ 2:06The tweaks are designed to help you get more in tune with hunger, food issues, and your feelings. @ 3:50Our vibe attracts our tribe! @ 4:48The Livy Method is about losing your weight, maintaining it, and living your life! @ 6:17There are so many reasons why we may be self-sabotaging. Check out the Part 2 post this week! @ 7:30It's cold and flu season! The sickness protocol is your friend! @ 8:15Festering in your funk? Try the 3 C's and Capture, Cancel, and Correct your negative thoughts! @ 9:16So many reasons why your weight may be up and it's still not real weight gain. @ 10:15What you say matters! Listen to yourself and correct your verbiage. @ 11:18At this point of The Program, it's time to bring all the things together and get the results you came for. @ 13:06Have a question or need support? Use the Facebook Support group & Daily Check in Post as a tool! @ 14:20What you really need are words of action, not words of wisdom. @ 17:18Non-scale victories will change over time and multiple programs. They evolve as you do! @ 19:12Struggling to stay positive? Be investigative and figure out what's going on for you and why. @ 22:18If you're not all-in, you're just here. @ 25:35You're allowed to hate the process but turn up the volume on what it is and why you hate it. @ 28:17How food can be a love language among spouses and families. @ 29:15You can feel whatever you need to. Honour your feelings and still do the hard work. @ 32:55Falling into old habits? Here's what may be going on. @ 34:43Are you doing the things you can be doing to manage and cope with stress as well as you can? @ 35:51Hungry? So many reasons at this point why you may be noticing feelings of hunger. @ 38:04Getting in tune with your body and prioritizing yourself asks of us to reframe our focus. @ 38:45The holidays can bring waves of stress and pressure. Here's what you can do to be prepared. @ 41:05Yes! Your skin will rejuvenate around your new frame. @ 42:30It's Week 8 and there is still a lot of time to lose weight and finish strong! @ 44:00Returning from time off the program? Reach out in the Facebook Support Group for some support! @ 45:07To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1Paul,a prisoner for Christ Jesus, andTimothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker2and Apphia our sister andArchippus ourfellow soldier, andthe church in your house: 3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,5because Ihear of your love andof the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,6and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the fullknowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.[a]7For I have derived much joy andcomfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saintshave been refreshed through you. 8Accordingly,though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to dowhat is required,9yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to youI, Paul, an old man and nowa prisoner also for Christ Jesus10I appeal to you formy child,Onesimus,[b]whose father I became in my imprisonment.11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)12I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.13I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve meon your behalfduring my imprisonment for the gospel,14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not beby compulsion but of your own accord.15For this perhaps is whyhe was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,16no longer as a bondservant[c]but more than a bondservant, asa beloved brotherespecially to me, but how much more to you,both in the flesh and in the Lord. 17So if you consider meyour partner, receive him as you would receive me.18If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay itto say nothing of your owing me even your own self.20Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord.Refresh my heart in Christ. 21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.22At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, forI am hoping thatthrough your prayersI will be graciously given to you. 23Epaphras, myfellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,24and so doMark,Aristarchus,Demas, andLuke, my fellow workers. 25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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“FREE ...with a clear conscience.Romans 12:9, 14, 17, 18 (NASB)9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 14Bless those who persecute you; bless and curse not. 17Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. 18If possible, so far as it depends on you,be at peace with all men.Romans 12:9-13 (NIV)9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13Share with the Lord's people who are in need.WHAT IS A CLEAR CONSCIENCE? A Clear Conscience is the ability to say:“There is no one that I have ever wronged, offended, or hurt in any way that I have not gone backand attempted to make right with God and with them.”THE EXCUSES: “The skin of a reason wrapped around a lie!”“It happened a long time ago.”“They have moved away.”“It's such a small thing.”“Things have gotten better.”“It will cost me money.”“I'll do it later.”“The other person wasmostly wrong.”“They're not Christians.”“I was right and they were wrong.”“It happened before I was saved.”HOW DOES A UNCLEAR CONSCIENCE AFFECT ME?No Power In Witnessing. (I Peter 3:15-16)Active At Church, But Neglecting Other Spiritual Matters. (Matt. 7:21-23)Nervousness. (Proverbs 10:24)Always On The Defensive. (Proverbs 21:2)Anxiety, Tension, Guilt, And Frustration. (Matthew 18:34, 35)Inability To Make Wise Decisions In Light Of Our Ultimate Goal. (I Tim. 1:5)Fear. (Proverbs 28:1)Unable To Concentrate. (Psalms 38:14; James 1:9)Small Circle Of Friends. (Proverbs 18:4)Depression And Fatigue. (Proverbs 20:27, Psalms 32:1-4)Judgmental Attitude. (Romans 2:1-3; Matthew 7:1-5)Self-Condemnation. (Proverbs 8:36; Proverbs 11:9)No Joy. (II Corinthians 6:3-10)IV. THE BIBLICAL PATTERNMatthew 5 23“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.The scope of your confession should be as large but only as large as the transgression.Do NOT apologize or say “I'm sorry,” SAY, “Will you please forgive me?”Put the hardest person on your list FIRST.Keep Short Sin Accounts.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23-24 (MSG) “This is how I want you to conduct yourself in these matters. If you enter your place of worship and, about to make an offering, you suddenly remember a grudge a friend has against you, abandon your offering, leave immediately, go to this friend and make things right. Then and only then, come back and work things out with God. 25-26“Or say you're out on the street and an old enemy accosts you. Don't lose a minute. Make the first move; make things right with him. After all, if you leave the first move to him, knowing his track record, you're likely to end up in court, maybe even jail. If that happens, you won't get out without a stiff fine.

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Good morning and welcome to the continuation of our teaching on Exposing false preachers and false teachers. Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.Jeremiah 23:21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.Ezekiel 13:9My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.Deuteronomy 13:1-18If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,' which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. ...Acts 20:29I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;Galatians 1:6-9I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.2 Peter 3:17You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/622a9079e8fb640012cb94f3. I pray that God would "give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 18I, pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance" https://plus.acast.com/s/blueprint-of-faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you've been listening to Focus Forward for a while, you know that many of our episodes so far have been focused on teens and adults - but what about the younger kiddos? While we tend to think about how Executive Function skills impact us later in life, these skills do start developing in infancy. I thought it would be helpful to explore what Executive Function skill development looks like in young children, how we can better support them and ourselves in this critical stage of development.In today's episode, we'll learn about this topic from three people who have a depth of insight and experience. First up, you'll hear from Maria Ares, who joined me to talk about supporting Executive Function skill development in the littlest ones in our lives. Maria is a speech language pathologist at a public preschool. And, guess what? She's also my sister! After my conversation with Maria, you'll hear from Stephanie Regan and Mariam Mahmoud who joined me to talk about elementary-aged kids. Both Stephanie and Mariam have worked in elementary education and have lots of experience supporting young children. Maria, Stephanie, and Mariam are all Executive Function coaches with Beyond BookSmart and bring their coaches' perspective to the conversation. I know you'll enjoy learning from their expertise as much as I have! Here are some resources related to our conversation:A Guide to Executive Function - Harvard University Center on the Developing ChildPeg Dawson's Smart but Scattered BooksChild Mind Institute Guide to Executive FunctioningExecutive Function Skills by AgeDownloadable Guides by Age from Harvard UniversityFocus Forward Ep 6: What Does Life Changing Executive Function Support (Really) Look Like? Perspective from a mom with kids who have executive function challengesContact us!Reach out to us at podcast@beyondbooksmart.comIG/FB/TikTok @beyondbooksmartcoachingTranscriptHannah Choi 00:04Hi everyone and welcome to Focus Forward, an executive function podcast where we explore the challenges and celebrate the wins you'll experience as you change your life by working on improving your executive function skills. I'm your host, Hannah Choi. Hannah Choi 00:18If you've listened to focus forward for a while, you'll know that many of our episodes so far have been focused on older kids, our teens and college age students. We've covered mental health, coping skills, social skills and college challenges. While we tend to think about how EF skills impact are older children, these skills do start developing in infancy. Babies' interactions with adults help them learn to focus their attention, build their working memory, and regulate their reactions to the things they experience. Everything is new, so they need to learn how to manage at all. As they grow, young children begin to learn planning, flexible thinking and attention. And as a parent or caregiver of young kiddos you might look at them and think "Do they have any executive function skills at all?" They're developing, and rather unreliable, EF skills require a lot of patience and understanding on our part. As I talked about before in my cognitive flexibility episode, it can help so much to learn about EF skill development. And in doing that, we can recognize that children's EF skill development is nowhere near where ours is. I thought it would be helpful to explore what EF skill development looks like in young children, how we can support them by providing tools that help and how we can support ourselves by understanding where they are in their EF skill development. In today's episode, we'll learn about this topic from three people who have a depth of insight and experience. First up, you'll hear from Maria Ares, who joined me to talk about supporting EF skill development in the littlest ones in our lives. Maria is a speech language pathologist at a public preschool. And guess what? She's also my sister! After my conversation with Maria, you'll hear from Stephanie Regan and Mariam Mahmoud, who joined me to talk about elementary-aged kids. Both Stephanie and Mariam have worked in elementary education, and have lots of experience supporting young children. Maria, Stephanie and Mariam are all EF coaches with Beyond BookSmart. And they bring their coach's perspective to the conversation as well. And bonus if you have watched our webinar, How to Reduce Conflict and Transform Your Parenting Through Executive Function, you'll recognize Mariam's voice and wisdom. And if you haven't watched it, you can find the link in the show notes. It's packed full of executive functioning skill approaches, and tips for reducing conflict with our kids. And hey, I'm the host of that, too. All right now on to the show. Hannah Choi 03:09Hi, Maria. Thanks for joining me today.Maria Ares 03:11Hi, Hannah. Thanks for having me.Hannah Choi 03:13Could you introduce yourself to our listeners?Maria Ares 03:16Sure. My name is Maria. And I'm a speech language pathologist and a public preschool where I work with kids who are aged three, four and five. And I also work for Beyond BookSmart wearing many hats, and quite a bit of coaching and coach development and different roles throughout my time with Beyond BookSmart. Hannah Choi 03:35Great. And you're my sister!Maria Ares 03:38I am. Yes, fun fact.Hannah Choi 03:42So you are quite well versed, I would say at working with kids under five or five and under. And I was just talking with someone the other day who was surprised to hear that executive function skills are like they start developing even at birth, and you know, start to show up at written really young eight, you know, at really young ages. So, what do executive What does executive function look like in a kid who's under the age of five? And what are some challenges that might come up?Maria Ares 04:18Yeah, so pretty much every developmental milestone has some sort of executive function skill behind it. But what executive function challenges look like at this age is pretty much everything. Basically, every executive function skill needs to be supported in preschoolers. I would say that almost every preschooler has difficulty with some if not all executive function skills, and that's developmentally appropriate and that's what we're here for, you know, to teach them and guide them and help them figure out you know, these these little skills that help them be people that can do things.Hannah Choi 04:58Yeah, and as caregivers of children, it can be really frustrating because we're coming from a place of having really well, maybe not really great executive function skills, but more fully developed executive function skills. And so it's can be really hard to understand like, why can't they just fill in the blank?Maria Ares 05:16Absolutely. And there's so many blanks you can fill in there.Hannah Choi 05:20All day, every day. And I love that you said that it's developmentally appropriate. Like, that's totally normal. I mean, our frontal cortex, that prefrontal cortex does not finish the finish developing. And we're seeing that you can still make improvements on your executive function skills after your mid 20s, which is about when the prefrontal cortex kind of is finished developing. So obviously, a kid who is little their prefrontal cortex is just getting going,Maria Ares 05:52Absolutely, yeah, they're in the earliest, earliest stages of being able to, you know, show and develop a lot of these skills. And that's really what a lot of early childhood curriculum is centered around is sort of building up the skills that you need, and also the social emotional piece that goes along with executive functioning, and sort of how you can use those skills to keep learning and growing.Hannah Choi 06:18Yeah, and so I imagine that when parents feel it, parents might feel like there's not enough academics going on, it's in a preschool setting. But really, at that point, there's, it is really important to focus on that social, emotional and executive function, skill development. Maria Ares 06:37Absolutely. You need to be able to learn how to learn before you can start learning and being able to use your developing executive function skills to you know, complete different tasks in the classroom, make a project, follow directions, all those things are so important to academics and academic development, but you really can't make much progress academically, if you don't know how to learn first, Hannah Choi 07:01That reminds me of the idea of metacognition, where you in, in order, like as in, which is actually like pretty much the last executive function skill to fully develop. And the idea of metacognition is like learning how we learn, learning about our own brains and how our own brains work. And so it's kind of the same idea like these, the little kids can't really learn the academics until they learn just how to function with other people.Maria Ares 07:30Absolutely, yeah. And that metacognition piece is something that I think a lot about in my teaching. And I tried to help kids remember that everybody learns differently, and that everybody has different strengths, and everybody has different things that they need to work on. I really try often, after a task to ask, "Was that tricky for you? Or was that easy for you?" And then talk about why because starting to build those metacognitive skills, and understand that everybody's brain works really differently, I think is really important. So they can get to know themselves as a learner. And as a person.Hannah Choi 08:10I was just talking with my college client of mine the other day, and we were talking about how exactly that about how, if you have never been taught to notice how you experience things. And notice what like, what's tricky, what's easy. And then you can figure out the why if you've never been taught that, then well, first of all, it's never too late to learn that. But you've really missed out on some really great opportunities to, like learn about your own learning. So I love hearing that you do that with such little kids, because it is something that you have to practice. And I feel like as an adult, I don't remember learning that as a child, I don't remember learning, reflection, and to really think about how I do things and why I do things. And so it's it's great to hear that you're teaching that that early.Hannah Choi 09:07Right and I feel like as a kid, I had an idea of what should be easy and what shouldn't be hard and that wasn't always what I found. And I think that making it an individual thing can really help with self esteem because like Oh that one thing is supposed to be easy, but it's actually really hard for me. If you get if you if you get rid of that whole "is supposed to be easy piece" and think about you as a person and whether it's easy or hard for you that I think that can really help develop a you know, a stronger sense of selfHannah Choi 09:44And comparing yourself to yourself. This used to be hard. And now it is getting easier for me, instead of comparing yourself to other other kids, other people around you teaching kids to learn to compare themselves to themselves and not to anyone else and learn about how they learn. It's also a really great lesson for parents to learn, too. I imagine that let's look at your child's development, your child's progress, just compared to where they've come from, and not necessarily against any other children. Maria Ares 10:18Oh, yeah, totally, especially if there's siblings on the picture. Hannah Choi 10:21So the you I mean, you are saying that there are executive function challenges in pretty much every area off the top of your head? What are some of the most common would you say that you see in your, in your practice in your classrooms? Maria Ares 10:36Yeah, something that first comes to mind is like multi step directions. This can be really hard. attention span, understanding of your own strengths and weaknesses. Problem solving can be really challenging for some kids, and understanding of time is a huge one.Hannah Choi 10:57So do you think that executive function skills are something that parents, like, should spend time working on with their kids? Or are they just going to naturally evolve?Maria Ares 11:08I think the best thing for parents to do is to do a lot of modeling, modeling of your language modeling of planning, talking about the process for things, talking about how you can be present so that you can pay attention. But not you know, not. But I don't think that parents need to be specifically practicing any of these things, because like, we were saying it's developmentally appropriate for kids to still be working on that. But some things that I think can be really helpful are like before doing errands, you can talk about the plan, you know, each thing that you're going to do, and whether it will take a short time or a long time. And then when you're talking about time, I think making it relatable can be really helpful. So while two minutes, I mean, they don't really understand numbers, they also don't really understand time very well. So saying something like this will take as long as it takes to brush your teeth. Or this will take as long as one episode of Masha and the Bear, or this will take as long as it takes to drive to your grandparents' house. And then also give them the number to go along with that. So they start to learn, okay, five minutes is the kind of short time, you know, doesn't take me very long to do something that takes five minutes. But then an hour is like my entire lifetime, a super long time. So then just using those examples, and using that modeling can start to build the foundation of, you know, understanding time management and sort of what we can fit into certain blocks of time. Another tool that can be helpful, is if your child really struggles with multi step directions, or like a multi step plan, just writing out a super quick visual, with maybe a little picture of everything that needs to happen. So maybe they need to put on their socks, put on their shoes and wash their hands or something, just drawing a little picture of each of those and then helping them sort of check it off when they're done with it can really help with the planning and the executing of a of a project or just a multistep task.Hannah Choi 13:22And if someone is not an artist, are there resources online, I'm imagining you can grab some clipart from somewhere.Maria Ares 13:33Yeah, for sure. There's lots of different resources out there. I'm sure there's lots of free resources, but less than pics is a really great website for getting pictures like that. But honestly, you know, you don't need to be an artist stick figures are great. Doodles are great. I think just getting the idea down on on paper or on a whiteboard or something can be helpful.Hannah Choi 14:00And it shows like if you draw it, then it shows your child that it's that it's okay, if you don't have really great art skills.Maria Ares 14:07There is another opportunity to talk about that.Hannah Choi 14:12I love it. That's great. So what would you say that success looks like at this age? And I know that's, I know that's different for everybody. But would you what do you see first as success in that age group?Maria Ares 14:28Yeah, success can look different for every one. Because there are so many skills that our earliest learners are building. For some kids success might look like exclaiming that was easy, which shows that they're thinking about how tasks feel for them, you know, is it easy, is it hard? Success could look like executing both parts of a two step direction. For another success might look like remembering to put pants on.Hannah Choi 14:58Reminds me of a when I interviewed Fran, she said, kids with executive function challenges sometimes forget to put underwear on. So she said success in my house is when they remember to put underwear on.Maria Ares 15:12Yeah, it's it's hard to find a developmental milestone in early childhood that doesn't include executive function skills in some way.Hannah Choi 15:20 Yeah. And it also, something that comes up a lot for us as coaches is the idea of looking for those small wins. And, and it didn't, and especially with this little, these little guys, it's not going to be these huge, you know, they're not gonna like write a paper, and then have, you know, have all these like, massive accomplishments that they've made in their executive function skills, you know, it's going to be more subtle, I imagine.Maria Ares 15:48Absolutely. Definitely, definitely more subtle. You know, they're growing and developing so much every day. So there's so much to notice, and so much to celebrate. And it might not always look like executive function skills, but they're under there for sure. Hannah Choi 16:05And I imagined that there's like there is at any, any age, you might make some progress, and then and then fall back of it and then go forward.Maria Ares 16:15Yeah, yeah. And I think it's really important for parents to remember, you know, just how much their preschooler is learning and developing at one time. And, you know, if they were able to follow a two step direction last week, and this week, they're just, you know, having a really hard time with it. Think about the other things that they're developing that maybe their brain is focusing on a little bit more this week. And I think that we need to cut them a little slack personally, sometimes.Hannah Choi 16:49I agree, and it's, I guess, it's hard because the lens through which we are looking is from the point of view of someone with a fully developed prefrontal cortex and years of experience.Maria Ares 17:01Yeah. And it's also very easy for me to say this about my preschoolers, but when I'm talking about my own child, no, get those shoes on! Hannah Choi 17:08Yeah, That's right. Yes. It's just a two step direction. Yes, or when? When..or my 10 year old. When I say, "Could you put your clothes in the washing machine?" The second step is not mentioned. But it starting it is, is part of it. So he did. He did what I said. But yeah, you did not do the unspoken second step.Maria Ares 17:46Right. I recently made a, like a visual step by step chart for tooth brushing. After we had a little cavity incident. Yeah. So you know, I wrote, I'm just never going to not be a special education teacher. So there's charts and lists and everything in our house of how to do everything. But I had to make a new one, because I didn't include as my last step on the list to clean the spit out of the sink.Hannah Choi 18:16Oh, Yes!Maria Ares 18:20I mean, I thought you don't really need a step on a list for that.Hannah Choi 18:24But here we are. Here we are. And so does she do it now?Maria Ares 18:28Most of the time? Yeah. Right. Which is more than never before. So Right. There's progress. Yeah. And now we can just say, "check your list", rather than "clean the disgusting spit out of the sink", which is a lot easier and you know, feels a lot more. Just feels a lot better to say.Hannah Choi 18:49Yeah, and it takes a takes you out of the equation. You can blame it on the list. The list is the list is what it says. And who knows where that list came from? Yeah, select some internet list or something. All right. Well, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Maria Ares 19:07Yeah, thank you so much for having me on the podcast. Yeah. Hannah Choi 19:11All right. Have fun with those little kids.Hannah Choi 19:13Thanks. Okay, so now that we've learned about our youngest children's EF skill development with Maria, let's move on to my conversation with Stephanie and Mariam to hear about elementary aged kids and their EF skills. Hi, Stephanie and Mariam, thanks so much for joining me today. Would you like to introduce yourselves? Stephanie, you want to go first?Stephanie Regan 19:35Sure. I'm Stephanie Regan. I'm an executive function coach with Beyond BookSmart and I've been working here at Beyond BookSmart for almost two years now. I was an elementary teacher and worked with children in different capacities for about 10 years.Hannah Choi 19:51Great. And how about you Mariam?Mariam Mahmoud 19:53I'm also one of the executive function coaches. I've been working with Beyond BookSmart for almost a year. I'm and I also have been a teacher since 2010. Working with kindergarten all the way to fourth grade.Hannah Choi 20:07Great. So you guys are the perfect people to ask, you have the executive function background and the elementary background. So great. Thank you for joining me today. So we are going to talk about executive function skills in elementary aged kids. So what do challenges look like at that age? And, you know, as, as I've talked about, in many episodes past, before this, we know that executive function skills develop over the beginning part of our lifetime and don't even mature until we're in our 20s, late 20s. And then, of course, we all have things that we still struggle with, even after that. But what do what are your challenges for kids who are in elementary school look like?Stephanie Regan 20:51I would say organization for for space and belongings is really huge. And what that looks like is a lot of students have a hard time remembering where to put things or where they've placed things or where things go. So that's really important. And also, I would say task initiation too, is hard, especially when you think about how impulse control is hard. And I think about that, when it's time to do homework, it can be really hard for a lot of students to begin homework, and not just kind of relax or do something else. That might be easier. I would also say self-regulation. Yes, definitely self regulation to again, and thinking about impulse control is another area to where executive function skill development is really important, because they're still learning to control their impulses.Hannah Choi 21:38Yeah, and that can show up, like you said, in emotion, it can show up in behavior, and it can show up in emotion. So yeah, yeah. And stuff like that self regulation piece is huge. I mean, even as adults, like how often like, I don't know, I want to throw a tantrum sometimes. But I have to regulate your emotions and appropriate way. And it's harder for the kids, because they're just not there yet. I know like, as a parent, my kids at home have certain things that they struggle with. And I'm sure in the classroom, they also have things that they have to work on. So where do, where do executive function skill, challenges show up for kids in the classroom?Stephanie Regan 22:15In the classroom, it can look like following directions, especially one step at a time. Sometimes directions can be complicated, or it can seem complicated to different students. So really, it can also come down to meeting steps broken down into smaller steps for students. So that's often where it can show up in the classroom. And I mean, there are a myriad of ways in which they can, but I feel like as far as following directions, and following routines.Hannah Choi 22:46That's that. And there's, I was just gonna say there are so many executive function skills involved in following directions, right? You like you have to memory you have to remember the steps you have to pay attention. You have to prioritize the knew the steps that you're supposed to be doing over the other thing that you want to do or that you weren't doing. Stephanie Regan 23:06Yeah, so many involved, not to mention distractions in the classroom, full of students. So, there's a lot going on.Hannah Choi 23:15Yeah, so that self regulation piece and impulse control.Mariam Mahmoud 23:20I wanted to add also organization, like just if a teacher gives a paper, like just getting the paper from the classroom to the house that you like, you have to know where to put it, and who to give it to you what stays home and what comes back. Stephanie Regan 23:32So these executive function skill challenges can also show up during recess. On the playground. So again, thinking about self-regulation, it can be hard to not just make friends, but also share friends. That's come up with a former younger client of mine. And also negotiating play can be really hard. I know, when I was a teacher, there was a rule. That was you can't say you can't play. But it's easier said than done. So self regulation during recess is a huge piece. And some students know, I shouldn't say know, but it's easier for some students to have unstructured time than is for other students. And recess can feel really unstructured. And sometimes, I mean, that that can be good. And it can also be challenging for for students. SoHannah Choi 24:29Yeah, I was just, I was just talking with my my son's friend. So my son is in fifth grade. And I was talking with his friend, and, and his friend was saying he does not like recess. And he was saying he doesn't like it because it's so crazy. And it's so yeah, I guess he didn't use the word unstructured, but I kind of read that, that's what he meant. So yeah, yeah, you just think of it as every kid would just like it because it's a break from doing work. But for some kids, it's it Can we I know I see that it is hard. Yeah. Cool. Yeah. Thank you for mentioning that. Do you have anything you wanted to add Mariam on that?Mariam Mahmoud 25:09Um, I don't think so I think like recess, some usually when we think of executive function skills, we're thinking of like school in like the content area, but like recess is just as important because school is not only for the educational purposes, it's also for the social purposes. So I think like, it was really important that Stephanie mentioned that recess is a huge, huge place where we see those skills take take place, or evolve over time.Hannah Choi 25:36Yeah. And and it shows how truly involved in every aspect of our lives as adults, and as children, aren't these executive function skills come into play, and they truly are self management skills, and, and how it can show up in different areas and how it can also really challenge kids and adults. But mostly, you know, we're talking about kids today really challenged kids, especially because they haven't fully developed them yet, especially there, many of them are still emerging in elementary school, they're just starting to, you know, just starting to access that whatever skill. So it's, it's a Yeah, no wonder it can be challenging. And I think understanding that is it as a parent, or as a caregiver, as a teacher understanding that can make a really huge differenceStephanie Regan 26:30It can. I know, it can be easier when you're in the place where we can take a step back and really think about it from a different perspective or think about it from a more objective view.Hannah Choi 26:40Yeah, yeah. Right. Right. Yeah. And that makes me think of how nice it is to have someone who is not, not like super super, as involved with your kid as you are as a parent. So like a teacher can maybe teach some of these skills to their students, in a like, less fraught way that it might be for a parent, or like a coach or something, somebody who's outside of the family a little bit, and not like with a child all the time with all the baggage that comes along with the relationships we have with our kids?Mariam Mahmoud 27:19Absolutely. I mean, I have two children. One is like, very, very organized. And my younger one is also in fifth grade. And sometimes I'm like, even though I'm an executive function coach, and elementary school teacher, sometimes it doesn't work when I'm telling him the advice. But if it comes from a teacher, or from the coach, then he's like, the next day, like, he's slowly getting it. And I'm like, okay, awesome, as long as the help comes from somewhere, but yeah, it does. It matters. Like sometimes parents, no matter how much we want to get to through to our children coming from outside, like might have a different effect on them.Stephanie Regan 27:56Yeah, that's true. And sometimes it's also a matter of reinforcement. So they're not just hearing it from from mom or dad, who they, you know, have to, you know, see, well, all the time as soon as they see all the time. But, you know, students spend a lot of time with their teachers as well. But it can help too. And you're, you're hearing getting more than one place. Absolutely.Hannah Choi 28:16So that makes me think like, How can parents support their kids executive function, development without? Or maybe not without friction? Because there's going to be friction, that's just part of the relationship. But how are some ways that parents can support their kids?Mariam Mahmoud 28:35Well, I say like, I think like, the best thing, especially for elementary school students is like I turn everything into a game, or something you'd like have them play, like plan that the activity or the school, like, whether it's school, or sports or like a fun activity at home, have them plan it out beforehand. It helps them reach whatever the goal is in mind, and have them thinking, "Oh, what, what do I want to accomplish? And what steps am I going to take to get there?" Like some activities, if you're reading a story at home, you could stop and ask the question like, "What would you do if you were that character?" Or what would happen if the character was different in the story, this helps, it gets their cognitive thinking, like, oh, like, maybe I shouldn't be upset, or maybe the character shouldn't be upset. And then they like kind of connect that to self to what's happening in the real life. So the text to self connections is really important. You can also play like those games, like Simon Says, or card games card games is like my own children, they love card games. It helps with the memory skills, it helps with like paying attention, it helps with a lot of those executive function skills in a fun way. It also allows them to take turns, follow directions, and even like that impulse control, like it helps them like they have to wait their turn or like they can't just like call out so It's a it's a fun way where they're learning the executive function skills, but at the same time, they don't know. It's like learning.Hannah Choi 30:06Yeah, exactly. Right. They're actually learning a ton of stuff. Yeah. And that's also good too. Because as parents, it can often end up that the interactions that we have with our kids are not always super fun. So, so giving, giving yourself a chance to just play and have fun with your kids, while also teaching EF skills at the same time, is really great. Yeah, I think for me, definitely getting out of the way, and trying to trying to move them towards independence, and also move towards having more positive interactions that have less to do with, what do you need? What do you need to do? Are you doing what you need to do? Why aren't you doing this? So being able to support them in that way, is really nice. So I'm a coach, I'm an executive function coach, I have, you know, a ton of knowledge and experience supporting people and kids with executive function challenges. And I've, you know, done a lot of research on it. I mean, I host a podcast about it. So I have a lot of knowledge. And I still struggle to come up with tools and strategies that I can use for myself, but also that my kids can use so that we can work on developing theirs, and also give them this independence and this autonomy that they crave. And that I need for them to have, so that I can you know, just do my live my life. So what are your further things that come up for kids like the organization and the self regulation and the task initiation? What, what are your go to go to tools that you teach to your clients and to their parents?Stephanie Regan 31:50Well, I would say my go-to tool is a checklist. It sounds really Yeah. and straightforward. And I mean, it's a tool that I use on a weekly basis. So it can be easier to teach it and support it when you use it. So I think having a checklist, an example would be a checklist for an after school routine. And that could look like, you know, come home, put my bag away, eat a snack, start homework, it can have a number of things on it. But I think it's good to keep it to like three or five things. I also think if it's visible and accessible, then it's more helpful. So with that in mind, I think it's important to place it where the client or student can see it at eye level, and it can help I think, ease any tension or frustration around reminding your student or reminding a child of what he she or they need to do when they get home. You can also refer to it like, oh, like remember, you have a checklist that you like, do this, or did you do that? Or what is your checklist, say and if it's at eye level, then the student if the if they're if they can read, then a student can refer to it. And also it's important to use simple language toHannah Choi 33:08Or pictures as well. Right? Yes.Stephanie Regan 33:10Pictures. I do like to use pictures. I won't say I'm a visual learner, because you learn differently. You learn different subjects differently or different topics differently. But I I do like visualization. And I do like pictures that can go along with words or phrases, if not, if I think it's necessary. So that can also be really helpful.Hannah Choi 33:36Yeah, we have a list on our door that goes out to the garage with the things that the kids need to bring in. And it's really nice to just be able to say, "Did you check the list?" I don't have to get involved. I just have to say, "Did you check the list?" I had to make the list, but and I hung up the list. But after that, all I have to say is "Did you check the list?" And then if they didn't check the list, you know, that's on them. So and I mean, my kids are older. So it is easier for me to say that's on them if they didn't check the list, but we scaffold them right? We maybe support them if they forget something on the list and then move them towards leaving it up to them if they forget things on the list.Stephanie Regan 34:13And there can become a point in time where they memorize the list. Oh, yeah, hi is a few things on the list and you don't really need to point it out. You know, they can they might come to a place where they have it memorized which is good too.Hannah Choi 34:25Yeah, I was just talking last night with a friend of mine whose kids are in second and third grade. And she was saying that that she was sharing that she also has a checklist for the morning and it says "pack backpack" and she said she's so funny, she was like "I used I even used indented bullets." So she has packed backpack and then indented bullets. And then it lists the things that go into the backpack and she noticed that her son had not been putting the snack in and she's like, why didn't you put the snack in? He said well because it didn't say pack snack. She's like me, it's just to take the pack from the top part. Pack the indented bulleted things. Stephanie Regan 35:04So, yeah, yeah, reminder that students can be very literal people very, very literal. Not just children!Hannah Choi 35:12Don't assume! And yes, that is such a good point. Stephanie, I completely agree. Yes. What about you, Mariam? I'm, what do you like to use?Mariam Mahmoud 35:22No, I honestly like the same as Stephanie, those checklists. For the younger students. When my children were younger, I instead of doing it over and over again, like, I just put it in like, one of those sleeves, like a paper protector, and kind of turned it into like a dry erase thing. So they would check it off, then I would erase it and then use it again. Yeah, brilliant. And putting it on the refrigerator or the same spot every day, like just having it there. Or like, when they were like, a lot younger, any, like little magnets interact and be like, Oh, I got it's on instead of a checklist, like just put like a little tiny magnet.Hannah Choi 35:58Oh, yeah. Smart. I know. Something that Oh, go ahead. Sorry.Stephanie Regan 36:03I was gonna say I'm an adult. And I like checking things off. In Google. I still get satisfaction from checking things off my grocery list.Hannah Choi 36:14yes, I'm the same way I use any list. And when you tap, it disappears. It's very satisfying. Yeah. I also am a big fan of writing things that I did on my list. So if it wasn't on the list, but I did it, I still write it on the list and then cross it off. After the fact.Stephanie Regan 36:33I was gonna say what you said about like, doing things that weren't on the list reminded me of five minute goals, or the idea of doing like, what you can have five minutes, because you could actually end up doing a lot more than you think you thought you could. Another good strategy or tool was like, okay, like if, if something is a fight, or a struggle with your child at home, or even a student at school, or a client during a coaching session? The Five Minute goals out okay, well, let's see how much you can get done in five minutes. And a lot of times, it's also been three minutes with a particular client of mine, but it's like, what, what can you get done in three minutes? And that I set a timer, it can also turn into a game, or it can be more fun. Hannah Choi 37:16So yes, like they're racing. Yes. Yeah.Stephanie Regan 37:20Doing more than you thought you could is also it can also boost self esteem and, and what have you, so that that's also good to.Hannah Choi 37:27Absolutely I love that tool.Mariam Mahmoud 37:29It also enforces our time awareness. Like they're like, Oh, well, that was five minutes, and I was able to put my shoes away and get my backpack out and get a snack or whatever they could do in five minutes. Like, they're usually very, like, amused or amazed that they could, they could do that much in five minutes. So.Hannah Choi 37:47I was I had that experience. When I, I, we have a gas stove. And I really hate cleaning it off after we cook dinner because you have to like, lift up the grates. And there's so many crevices. It's so annoying. And so I found myself avoiding it, which is gross. And then it looks gross. And and so I said oh, you know what I'm gonna time myself is I think that it takes me about 10 minutes. It took me four minutes, like four minutes top to bottom even wiping down the oven door and the handle on everything. Like Hannah. So every time I don't want to clean off the stove at night, I always say four minutes, you have four minutes. Yeah, it's a really good tool. The other thing I really like about five minute goals and that I always say to myself, and anyone else that I'm suggesting use it is that when that timer goes off, and whether you've set it for two minutes or five minutes or whatever, you can then either decide to be done, or keep going. And it's really nice, because it's like a built in permission to be done. I'm only asking you to do this for five minutes. Oh, you're you're into it. You're like, oh, maybe I'll just keep going. Alright, then keep going. But if you're like, No, this sucks, and I don't want to do this anymore. Then you stop it. I really I like that. That flexibility built in.Stephanie Regan 39:04Yeah, I was gonna say it's good for task initiation and also cognitive flexibility, too. It's like, Oh, that wasn't so hard. Maybe I can keep going.Hannah Choi 39:15Right totally gets you to change your perspective on it.Mariam Mahmoud 39:18Absolutely. I use that strategy actually, for my, my one son, he hates going outside. Like he just doesn't like playing outside and the other one like really enjoys it. So I'm like, Just 10 minutes a day after school just go out for 10 minutes a day. And he's out there for like 20-30 minutes like he absolutely loves it. Um, so I'm like this really like it worked. Just setting that and sometimes like if he's tired, he's like, it's a 10 minutes up, but for the most part, like it got him to go outside more, which was really great at our house, at least.Hannah Choi 39:48Yes. And that brings me back up. Always, always, always just start small, right? Anything that can that feels like it's going to be hard. Feels like it's going to be Challenge start small, which is the same thing when you are implementing new strategies that you're using with your kids to try to make some change in either your relationship with them or trying to build autonomy and independence for them. So you have to start small, this is not a change that's going to happen overnight. It's not, you know, you can't all of a sudden throw all these tools at your kids, and be like, tada, magic. It just doesn't work that way. And there's going to be times that we slip, and there's going to be times that, that we forget. And it's just easier for us to just pack their backpack because we're late. And I just want to pack your backpack because you're not doing it right anyway. But as long as as long as we recognize that is not going to happen overnight, and just do small steps, small steps working towards that independence, I think, at least for me, personally, and what I've seen in my clients, it makes a really big difference.Mariam Mahmoud 40:55Absolutely. And celebrate those small successes too. It's really important if they forgot their backpack for a week, and they finally remembered it, but they forgot to put their Chromebook inside. At least they remember their backpack. So like it's a small, those small steps, but celebrating it because it makes a huge difference when you're like, Oh, awesome job, great job bringing your backpack every day. They get that sense of pride. And they get the sense of oh, you know what, I could keep doing this? And I could add on?Hannah Choi 41:24Yeah, and they start to see the benefit of doing absolutely, yeah. And that makes me think about how, like, we only have the lens that we have through which to look like we are adults. And we are looking at their situation through this adult lens. And so sometimes it can be really hard to understand like, why can't you just remember to do whatever it is that I've just asked you to do? So I think, let me do you see that a lot when you're working with parents and their kids like helping the helping each other understand that we're all coming from a different perspective?Mariam Mahmoud 42:02Absolutely. I think that's one of the biggest things that we have to actually talk to parents about it, just put yourself in their shoes. Yes, it is easy for us, because we've already been through it. Or like been, been through something similar to it, you know, like, we can think of a time that you forgot about your dentist appointment, your doctor's appointment, or you forgot to turn off the stove, when you're making tea, I'm like, it happens to all of us. So we really have this, tell them like just try to think as like the five year old or seven year old or even the teenagers, like there's a lot going on in their mind. It might not be on their top of the things to do is to take their backpack to school, like maybe they were really nervous about a test or, you know, one of their friends were sick or something happened, you know, we just have to always think about what are they feeling?Hannah Choi 42:56Yeah, yeah. And that's why I like that whole...like, for anyone who's listening right now, like you're, you're taking the time to maybe learn something and maybe find something that can help you understand your kids, or maybe ease some of the friction or conflict between you and your kids. And then that's how, like our kids can learn from the role models that they have. And if they if like from their teachers, or their elder siblings, or if they have a coach, just they're just still learning and we were all still learning. I don't know, I'm not really sure what I'm trying to say.Stephanie Regan 43:34We're definitely all still learning. And I mean, I have my own example of I mean, I don't know if I should lead with logical consequences, but because it doesn't always it doesn't feel good when you forget to do something. And you know, because there's, you know, the intention of doing it, and there's the impact. You know, it's one thing if it affects you, it's another thing if it affects someone else, but I was just thinking how I mean, it can be good. If it's a small logical consequence. That's not detrimental. For students to be like, oh, like, I didn't, this would, I mean, be for an older client, but I you know, I didn't look at Google Calendar and I've got to have a quiz, a science quiz. So the logical, you know, the, so there's a consequence of forgetting the quiz, which stinks and then But then there's like, Okay, so next time I'm going to do this. Yes. Which is really important for for that awareness. metacognitive awareness and growth as well.Hannah Choi 44:37So do you guys have any other go to tools that you'd like to share with your clients and parents,Mariam Mahmoud 44:41So one go to tool that like, I think all my clients love once I tell them about it as a fastbreak plan. It's basically like, Okay, I have homework to do, and I have studying to do and I have to walk the dog and my chores to do but I also want to play my video games. So it's coming home and having the child like come home, right from school and do everything that's like a priority according to the parents standards. Just break it up like, Okay, let's do read your reading vocabulary words for 30 minutes, then you could do like a five minute or 15 minute break, then let's get back to doing maybe your math work. This will take like, maybe 20 minutes, okay, then let's take a break. I'm just having those little like brain breaks in between it really lets the child kind of have a sense of their own schedule. Like, yeah, I could do this or I could do that and get the child involved with the fastbreak plan, right? It sounds like does this work for you? Like one of my children, like he gets home, he wants his work, done his homework, like he wants it out of the way. The other one, like he is tired from work, and he's like, I want to play first. And I'm like, Okay, let's come up with a routine that works for you. I mean, it took me a while to get there. Because I'm like, No, it has to be like this. But once I have, like, I listened to him, and I told him, like, he told me what he wants to do. Now he gets all of his work done. But he's not doing it, how I would do it, but that's totally okay. He's using basically that fast break plan where he gets the work done. But he has that time to play and just kind of relax in between.Hannah Choi 46:15And I love how you brought up how, like for you, that's not how you would do it. But you you were able to see from his point of view, this is this really is gonna work for him and how his sibling is, had to approaches it differently. And my kids are the same way. My fifth grader he wants to come in, he wants to get his homework done right away. He doesn't want to have anything that he needs to do. And then he can just go and do it. And then my daughter, she likes to kind of spread it out over the over the evening. So yeah. And I think I think that's really hard to do. I mean, it's hard to do, it's hard to see other people's perspectives, like regardless of who the person's perspective is you're trying to see, it's hard to do, and I do, I really think it's, it is absolutely worth taking the time to try to understand. And you know, and if they come up and like I love how you said get them involved. So they come up with a plan that does really work for them. Why do they have to do it the way you would do it? As long as it's working for them? Why not? Why not? Let them discover that on their own? And how much? How many lessons in independence and autonomy does that teach them?Mariam Mahmoud 47:24Absolutely not to mention, it really does reduce that friction. Like it like,Hannah Choi 47:29It gets you out of the way!Mariam Mahmoud 47:31Oh, I wish I did this a long time ago, like it really like, right? He's doing his work. He's getting everything done by the end of the night, which is the end goal anyways. So I actually never works well.Hannah Choi 47:42Yeah. And the consequences, the natural consequences, logical consequences that you were talking about before Stephanie? Like, okay, so here, I'm going to let you, you know, build this plan, and I'm going to, I'm going to trust you to work through this plan. And if you don't manage your time, well, and you are still you know, up doing your stuff late or you didn't get it done, and then you don't get to turn it in, then there's a consequence. And then maybe you are able to, to, you know, learn from that for the next time. And I think, as parents and maybe even as caregivers not not in the role of a parent, but even as a teacher, especially with younger children. You don't want your kids to experience those natural consequences, you don't want them to have a negative experience, you don't want them to feel bad, you know, you just want them to have this like happy existence where they don't experience those negative feelings. But that's where they learn. And that all those opportunities to learn all that is only going to serve them really well as they get older, and the challenges get bigger, and their responsibilities get bigger. And so if we're constantly trying to protect them from those negative emotions, whatever it is, by doing all the things that they forgot for them, then they miss out on a lot of learning opportunities. I think it is important to consider if you have the time and the bandwidth to consider the different aspects of each situation that can be helpful. Mariam Mahmoud 49:13Absolutely. And give the child time as well. Like if if they make their own schedule, and they're like it's gonna work and the first day they didn't get their homework done. It's not going to change overnight. Again, it's progress, like so what I usually do is like, let's try it for a week or two. And then we talk about it what worked, what didn't work, let's tweak. I mean, as long as their grades aren't going down, and there's they're not forgetting their backpack every single day. I let them learn from the natural consequences. And then we talk about what worked what didn't work, and we change it, because that's how they learn.Hannah Choi 49:44Yep, yeah. And it really does take a long time. It's not it's not overnight. I mean, not even for us, you know, it's as caregivers it's it doesn't happen overnight, either. Like if we're trying to change our approach to our parenting. It doesn't happen overnight. So you Yeah. So as for kids who have for kids who have coaches or who maybe they have like a tutor, or, you know, they work one on one with a specialist, how, how do you guys see parental support coming in? They're like, how did how do you? How do you work with parents of young children.Mariam Mahmoud 50:25Um, for me, I just I let the parents know that like, let the child's practice. If we're working on something in the coaching session, like just practice what we're working on reading for us, for Beyond BookSmart, we have those portal notes, right, where you kind of communicate with the parent, what's going on, let them read the portal, make notes and understand what the tool is, share, like sharing the tools that you use at home with the coach or the tutor or even the teacher, just be like, Oh, we use this at home, like, as simple as color coding. Maybe you could try it in the classroom, it really helps when there's that communication. So communication is like the top key of helping the child no matter who they're learning it from. It helps us work together and help them succeed, which is the main goalHannah Choi 51:15It really reinforces that consistency, which is what you need to find any success. Is there anything else you guys would like to add? In your experience as as coaches of young children? Is there anything? Any takeaways that are really relevant for, for Listen, our listeners.Mariam Mahmoud 51:35I think just basically, just like we said, like communication, and patience, and just consistency is really, really key to having your child succeed. And working with the teacher with the administration, with the coach, with the tutor, no matter who your child sees, even if it's if they're basketball or baseball or playing a sport. Just knowing what your child is working on, and having that open communication could help them succeed.Stephanie Regan 52:04I would say the goal is progress, not perfection.Hannah Choi 52:08Absolutely. Yes. i When I interviewed Peg Dawson, she said progress. She said her colleague had a thing on the wall that said "Progress is measured in in years and not months". So it just it does. It does. Takes a while. Yeah. Great. All right. Well, thank you so much for joining me today.Stephanie Regan 52:29Thank you for having us. Mariam Mahmoud 52:30Thank you.Hannah Choi 52:32And that's our show for today. I hope you enjoyed our conversations about executive function skill development in our youngest kiddos, and that maybe it helps with some of those challenges we experience while parenting or teaching them. Thank you for taking time out of your day to listen. Please share our show with the people in your lives who might like learning about EF skills and little kids, you never know. 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In today's episode, we're finishing up the Praying the Promises of the Cross series and looking into Jen's favorite verse.For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. - Romans 8:18If you open up to the beauty of this verse in the Bible, you will be transformed. Your entire perspective on your earthly existence will be changed. And this episode will help you with this perspective. We rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering produces endurance and endurance produces character. Character produces hope. And hope does not put us to shame because God's love is poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Read the Show Notes: sojohub.com/promises072 __Connect with us: www.instagram.com/sojosocietyBecome a member: www.sojoacademy.comSojo Academy is an ongoing membership for Christian women that provides a practical, streamlined, spiritual growth plan for every woman.Support the Podcast: www.sojohub.com/supportHelp us continue making great content for listeners everywhere.

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Romans 12 v9-21 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

18If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.19If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but becauseyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.20Remember the word that I said to you:A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me,they will also persecute you.If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.21Butall these things they will do to youon account of my name,because they do not know him who sent me.22If I had not come and spoken to them,they would not have been guilty of sin,but now they have no excuse for their sin.23Whoever hates me hates my Father also.24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did,they would not be guilty of sin, but now they haveseen and hated both me and my Father.25Butthe word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled:They hated me without a cause. 26Butwhen the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father,he will bear witness about me. ... 1I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.2They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed,the hour is coming whenwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.3And they will do these thingsbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.4ButI have said these things to you, that whentheir hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

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First ReadingPHILEMON 7-207For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. 8Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you -- I, Paul, an ambassador and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus -- 10I appeal to you for my child, Ones'imus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. 11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) 12I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. 13I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel; 14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own free will. 15Perhaps this is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back for ever, 16no longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. 17So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. 18If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it -- to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. 20Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.GospelLUKE 17:20-2520Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; 21nor will they say, `Lo, here it is!' or `There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." 22And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it. 23And they will say to you, `Lo, there!' or `Lo, here!' Do not go, do not follow them. 24For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day. 25But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS Job [Job 39:1-18] 1“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer? 2 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, 3 when they crouch to give birth to their offspring, and are delivered of their young? 4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and do not return to them. 5“Who has let the wild ass go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass, 6 to which I have given the steppe for its home, the salt land for its dwelling place? 7 It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver. 8 It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing. 9“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your crib? 10 Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes, or will it harrow the valleys after you? 11 Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it? 12 Do you have faith in it that it will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor? 13“The ostrich's wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage. 14 For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground, 15 forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may trample them. 16 It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own; though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear; 17 because God has made it forget wisdom, and given it no share in understanding. 18 When it spreads its plumes aloft, it laughs at the horse and its rider. Romans [12:9-21] 9Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; 10 love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. 18If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 No, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. + The Gospel of Matthew [11:25-30]. 25At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.28“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”  

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Disciple Up #250 Ukraine: Love Your Enemies By Louie Marsh   Introduction: Give what's happening in the Ukraine today, not to mention Myanmar (Burma) and many other places, I thought it was well past time to take a close look at how loving our enemies fits into wars and other situations where violence seems to be the only way to defend the innocent and stop evil from murder and destruction on a mass scale.   Links consulted for this podcast:   https://gratefulness.org/resource/love-your-enemies/   https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/annalynne-mccord-putin-poem-russia-ukraine.html   https://www.pray.com/articles/love-your-enemies-what-it-means-and-examples-on-how-to-do-so   https://www.theleadermaker.com/love-your-enemies-what-it-really-means/   https://relevantmagazine.com/faith/what-it-actually-means-love-your-enemies/   https://chapel-archives.oit.duke.edu/documents/sermons/Nov4LoveYourEnemies.pdf   https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/did-jesus-teach-pacifism   Scripture Does Not Teach Pacifism:   “14Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”” (Luke 3:14, ESV)   “36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”” (John 18:36, ESV)   “3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.” (Romans 13:3–4, ESV)   Jesus Did Teach We Owe Our Government Something   “15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. 16And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. 17Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” 18But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. 20And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” 21They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” 22When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.” (Matthew 22:15–22, ESV)   “13Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.” (1 Peter 2:13–14, ESV) Does this include military service? Does this mean I must kill for my country when I believe the cause is just?   “27“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. 30Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. 31And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. 32“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” (Luke 6:27–36, ESV)   Sermon outtakes on Luke 6:20-31   But notice when Jesus gives us a list of seven ways we should behave toward our enemies, forgiveness isn't one of them. He says do good to them, bless them, pray for them, offer the other cheek, give to them, let them take from you, do not ask for restitution. But he doesn't say “forgive.” Why not? I think the answer is, because he is talking about hatred and abuse and violence that is still going on. To forgive something that is still going on is a kind of category mistake. Jesus gives us plenty of ways to respond and engage while the hostile and cruel and destructive actions are still going on. But forgiveness has to wait until the activity is over. You can't forgive something that is still going on, because that seems to be saying that what is going on is the whole story and therefore that it's somehow ok. This is the force, it seems to me, behind the mother in the baptism story saying about the person who had dominated her life and overshadowed her relationship with God, “ BUT JESUS DID – Father forgive them …   So what does loving mean, in the face of hatred and hostility, if it doesn't mean being a doormat and it doesn't mean a warm feeling? It means carefully and doggedly, not passionately or sentimentally, following the words of Jesus and the seven actions he commends to us. First, “Do good to those who hate you.” Say by your actions, “However much you hate me I will never hate you.” Remember this will end. Don't let these people turn you into a monster. Repay evil with good. Second, “Bless those who hate you.” Mind your speech. Try not to lose your temper. Think of those who are hating and hurting you and see them as tiny children they once were, longing for trust and safety, and speak to them as if they were still those children. Third, “Pray for those who abuse you.” As I have said, sometimes abuse is incredibly difficult to become disentangled from. Remember God is always as much a part of any story as you are. In prayer, ask God to be made present not just to you but to your enemy. Fourth, “Offer the other cheek.” In other words, not just don't get into a fight, because then there'll be no difference between you and them, but don't let those who hate you think you can be intimidated by violence. Offering the other cheek means saying “I'm not going to accept that violence trumps everything else.” Fifth, “Don't withhold your shirt.” In other words, surprise your enemy with your generosity, and thus show your enemies you have not become like them. Sixth, “Give to everyone who begs.” Remember that, even when you can only think of how you've been hurt, there is always someone worse off than you, and reaching out to them is a way of rescuing yourself from self-pity. And seventh, “Don't ask for your property back.” I think this means remember you will lose everything when you die so start living toward your possessions in such a way that they don't determine who you are. When we reach the end of this list we realize that what Jesus has just described is what is about to happen to him   “43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:43–48, ESV)   “14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:14–21, ESV)   Loving of enemies is always directed at INDIVIDUALS and their dealings with PERSONAL foes. No where did Jesus tell us what the GOVERNMENT should do about war and bloodshed.   This is True in BOTH Testaments:   “5If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.” (Exodus 23:5, ESV)   “17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. 19Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, 20for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.” (Proverbs 24:17–20, ESV)   “29“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him 30(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),” (Job 31:29–30, ESV)   So We Must Submit to Our Governing Authorities…   “1Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.” (Romans 13:1–7, ESV)   …Unless they Contradict God's Word   “27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 28saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” 29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:27–29, ESV)   SO, WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE?   Can I love my enemy and kill him to protect the innocent and restrain evil?   My Dad's story, and many other's who've fought war as well.   Classic illustration: Someone breaks into your house and is going to rape and kill your children. You have a gun, do you shoot him?   The painful reality of choosing the Lesser of Two Evils.   It's bad to allow someone to be killed, BUT it's also bad to kill. In the above, no-win situation, what do you do? Most would say use the gun and I would agree with that. We have to chose between the lesser of two evil's.   But it's done as a last resort, in sorrow and with as little personal hatred as possible.

Philemon Part Two: Follow Christ Not Culture By Louie Marsh, 3-13-2022   Pictures – last one parenting trouble.   How to Follow Christ Not Culture   1) I'm willing & able to CONTRADICT culture.   “8Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, 9yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— 10I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. 11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)” (Philemon 8–11, ESV)   Onesimus = “useful”   In Colossians 4:9 a person of this name is identified as a Christian accompanying Tychicus to visit the Christians in Colossae; nothing else is stated about him in this context. He may well be the freed Onesimus from the Epistle to Philemon.   He may also be the same Onesimus named by Ignatius of Antioch as bishop in Ephesus which would put Onesimus's death closer to 95. If so, Onesimus went from slave to brother to bishop.   During the reign of Roman emperor Domitian and the persecution of Trajan, Onesimus was imprisoned in Rome and may have been martyred by stoning (although some sources claim that he was beheaded). However, since the reign of Domitian was from 81 AD to 96 AD, then Onesimus' death would have to fall within these years and not 68 AD as stated above.   Slavery   2) I RESPECT people's choices.   “12I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. 13I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel, 14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord.” (Philemon 12–14, ESV)   Paul loved them both Paul wanted Philemon to make the right   “7Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7, ESV)   3) I LEAVE ROOM for God's sovereignty.   “15For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, 16no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.” (Philemon 15–16, ESV)   Paul indirectly urges Philemon to FREE   “21Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)” (1 Corinthians 7:21, ESV)   4) I freely and continually FORGIVE.   “17So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. 18If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. 20Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.” (Philemon 17–20, ESV)   Paul turns UP the heat throughout.   “21Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. 22At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you. 23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you, 24and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. 25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.” (Philemon 21–25, ESV)

Revelations 2:12-17, Hebrews 1:1-3, Corinthians 6:16-18If you enjoyed the sermon please contact us at bluespringsbaptisttemple@gmail.com or call (816) 229-7777 Let us know.

God's Love Should Mark Your Path, Not Your Personal Desires Romans 12:17 - 18 17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

For Halloween, I originally planned to air an interview I had recorded with a man who claimed to have had a werewolf encounter. I caught him in a lie, though. After catching him lying to me, like that, I scrapped that recording. Now that I'm not going to be airing his interview on Halloween night, I decided to put together a show containing encounters from some of the most listened to episodes that have aired recently. Time stamps for each segment are below, as you can see.Episode 366 runs from 1:27 - 36:18Episode 379 runs from 36:16 - 53:32Episode 381 runs from 53:31 - 1:14:18If you'd like to check out my new Bigfoot show, called My Bigfoot Sighting, here's a link to the My Bigfoot Sighting YouTube Channel…. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_v5B0Q81aLiatYVABOEZWw/videosTo find out how to listen to Dogman Encounters commercial-free, please visit https://DogmanEncounters.com/PodcastIf you'd like to help support the show, by buying your own Dogman Encounters t-shirt, sweatshirt, tank top, or coffee mug, please visit the Dogman Encounters Show Store, by going to https://Dogman-Encounters.MyShopify.comIf you've had a Dogman encounter and would like to speak with me about it, whether you'd like to keep your encounter confidential or be interviewed on a show, please go to https://DogmanEncounters.com and submit a report.If you've had a Sasquatch sighting and would like to be a guest on Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio, please go to https://BigfootEyewitness.com and submit a report.Thanks for listening!

Welcome 1.32The importance of recognising the length of perimenopause and our experiences and current reality 2.00Digging deep to find out what are those individual factors for that woman suffering so that we can get a more permanent solution 2.43Why what you eat really matters and how some natural foods are heavily sprayed and should be replaced if possible by organic versions 7.53One of the dietary problems is lack of sufficient protein 14.31Start with reducing your sugar load and also your seed oils as some omega 6 seed oils  are very proinflammatory 17.31Postmenopause our digestive acids in our digestive enzymes start to reduce. It be helpful to have some bitter food like  starting your day with half of freshly squeezed lemon in water to help turn on that digestive system 19.43Is this stress? Or is this menopause? Having a look at their cortisol levels, seeing what we can do to optimize their adrenal function 22.23If you are on HRT then looking at your lifestyle, your diet your environment have only upsides for improving your health and aging well 28.00It may be time to rethink your alcohol consumption. And to find out what's going work for you, because our liver function does decline with age 30.18If you want to look after other people you need to look after you first because if you don't prioritize time for exercise if you don't prioritize time for healthy eating, you're going to be the one who maybe needs looking after 32.49Remember that you do still have estrogen after your menopausal transition, in the form estrone that needs us to have good functioning adrenals, and good liver function 37.45Postmenopause there's this joy and energy. Positivity that is possible for us to achieve.To become a woman living with passion and purpose and enjoying abundance. 39.11Follow and connect with Jen and her work  HERE and buy a copy of her book From Invisible to InvincibleLink to the report on pesticides by the EWG that Jen mentioned https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

Propaganda has been around since the Garden of Eden. But... would you recognize it if you saw it?  Maybe you think you can in culture, but, what about inside the church?  (What does propaganda in the church even look like?)List of types of propaganda: "Don't Be Fooled by Propaganda - Recognize it!" by Ray CloreStory of King Hezekiah and Propaganda:  2 Kings 18:17–37Some scripture for further reading on false teaching:1 John 4:12 Corinthians 11:13-15Matthew 7:15-202 Peter 2:12 Timothy 4:3-4Matthew 24:24Romans 16:17-18If you'd like to ask questions, suggest a topic to discuss, or just drop me a line, email me at:smartchristianfemale@protonmail.com

2 Peter 3:11-18If you enjoyed the sermon please contact us at bluespringsbaptisttemple@gmail.com or call (816) 229-7777 Let us know.

Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) http://sapc.caReaders: Ardith Kerr,Jessie Sagawa,eslie Fraser,Rev.Susan Brasier,Eleanor Scott,Helen Mckinnon-BangnellPsalm: Tom Gould Sermon: Rev.Susan BrasierMusic: Lisa KitchenRecorded 2021-07-18If you wish to make a financial contribution to our ministries, visit: http://sapc.ca/donate/A Hannah Blizzard production

Welcome to the 85th Episode of the Shonen Tapes Podcast! On Today's episode, the guys (again without Kevin) discuss the highly praised anime Wonder Egg Priority. They go over what makes the show so great, which of the 4 main girls was their favorite, and how the animation is one of the best they have seen so far. They also talk about the impact of the heavy subject matter, and decide whether or not the show can be a little too confusing a certain points. Overall, everyone thoroughly enjoyed Wonder Egg Priority, and would recommend that others try it out as well! Make sure to let everyone know how you feel about the show by reaching out on all major forms of social media. Follow us HERE to keep up with The Shonen Tapes on social media and your favorite podcast sites! This episode includes: Wonder Egg Priority, 18if, Pet, Ai, Momoe, Rika, Full Metal Alchemist, Demon Slayer

The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast give a rundown of many titles that they believe didn't get enough spotlight in the anime fandom. Listen in and prepare to write down some possible titles you missed! Titles covered in this episode: They Were Eleven 18if AICO Incarnation Angolmois Record of Mongol Invasion Armitage III B The Beginning Break Blade BBK BRNK Colorful Cross Ange Dagashi Kashi Dennou Coil Price of Smiles Time of Eve Flying Witch Flip Flappers Gatchaman Crowds and Insight Godzilla Gugure Kokkuri-san Hagane Orchestra Genocidal Organ Hakumei to Mikochi Hanasaku Iroha Heavy Object HiScool Seha Girls High Score Girl Hinako Note Hinamatsuri Hitoribocchi Land of the Lustrous When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace One Week Friends Actually I Am Castletown Dandelion Maria The Virgin Witch Just Because Kagewani Sunday Without God Kemurikusa Convenient Store Boy Friends Children of Whales Kurenai Makura no Danshi Merc Storia Mardock Scramble Ao-chan Can't Study Mitsuboshi Colors Nobunaga Concerto Onihei Oshiete Galko-chan Outbreak Company Planet With Prince of Stride Punchline Qualidia Code ReCreators 4 Leaves 4 Colors Scrapped Princess Kado the Right Answer Shounen Maid Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Knights of Sidonia Slow Start Sound of the Sky Seiyu Girls Time Travel Shoujo Tsugumomo Ushio and Tora Wakaba Girl Super Cub Wonder Egg Priority Akudama Drive Wandering Witch The Journey of Elaina Sleepy Princess In The Demon Castle ID Invaded Smile Down The Runway 22 7 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It To Budokan I Would Die Ascendance of a Bookworm Babylon Wataten My Roommate is a Cat How Clumsy You Are Miss Ueno Space Battleship Tiramisu Konohana Kitan Magical Circle Guruguru Kemono Friends Inari Konkon Koi Iroha Encouragement of Climb Tari Tari Gunslinger Girl Project Ako Big Windup Iria Zeiram The Animation She The Ultimate Weapon Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun Let's Make a Mug Too Yatterman Nights Interview With Muster Girls Laid Back Camp The opening music for this episode is the OP for Gunslinger Girl 2 called “Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi” by KOKIA. The closing music for this episode is the ED for Nobunaga Concerto called “Fukagyaku Replace” by MY FIRST STORY.

A couple of books I've been reading recently are essentially about finding inner peace as a business owner. One is called Key Person of Influence, and the other is called OverSubscribed both by Daniel Priestley. One's about becoming someone who creates opportunities in life through relationships while the other is about making you and your brand something so desired that there's a waiting list. How are they about inner peace? Well, both of them are books essentially about anti-hustle. They're books about working smarter, not harder. (They're also both available on Scribed).So many of us are used to working harder in our lives that we forget the price that we pay to do so.I know I have. And I've realized that pushing the capacity of myself wasn't really getting me further along. In fact, it was ruining not only my relationships but also my own physical wellbeing.I first started on this path of discovery when I met this session's guest, Kira Leskew in the summer of 2020. And while I was still trying to figure out what my next steps were, I was also trying to carry on all the other things that I was already doing.After working with her for a few months to learn about Pranayama last fall, I have continued to use it and other tools to get the weight of the world off my shoulders.I've realized (and I continue to realize) people who get to where many of us want to be - they don't overwork themselves. In fact, according to Key Person of Influence, they do just the opposite.In this episode, and as we close out season 5, I wanted to have Kira on to share with you some of the insight I've learned during this Pandemic stricken year. It really did allow me to slow down so I could speed up.Listen in as she shares with us some of her thoughts on anti-hustle, being present, and keeping yourself from burning out.Enjoy! SPECIFICALLY, YOU'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT: How did Kira get into teaching others about meditation? 14:03What was the critical moment that made Kira consider meditation? 15:32How did she realize that others would be interested in the same realizations she's had? 20:25A lot of times, business owners find themselves in the weeds of the business. How can they raise themselves up to see the bigger picture more frequently? 27:31For people who have problems actually getting into meditation, what would Kira recommend to people to finally make it happen? 30:37How is she addressing all the burnout that's going on due to the pandemic? 36:01How can business leaders who feel pulled in many directions be able to reset themselves? 39:30What's Kira excited about in the coming year? 47:31Who are three influencers who helped Kira get to where she's at today? 49:18If she could ask anyone living or dead a question, who and what would it be? 50:09What's something Kira thinks is going to affect entrepreneurship in the future she's excited about? 51:08In the last 5 years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved Kira's life? 51:35What's it mean to live a life of abundance? 53:43 ITEMS and PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Kira Online: Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTubeCohost: Veronica KirinPowered By: Groove DigitalBrushfire MarketingTim Cook announces Apple's focus on WellnessMaria GonzalesMorrnah Nalamaku SimeonaPrahamahansa Yogananda Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. SHOW NOTE EXTRAS: Maria Gonzalez Interviews Kira: Midlife Crisis Paradigm Changing: Pranayama - Breathing to Calm (Neutralize energy) Determine if you have Burnout in 2 Minutes Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for The AoL Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciate...

Did you know there are people out there going after similar things as you? Not on the same journey... but they get it. Today I'm bringing in two amazing women to talk about our accountability group. We're asking a few big questions and just laying out how it's helped us to have each other in hopes you find ways to help yourself.  Get the full show notes and links for today's guests and mentions here! https://amylinsmeyer.com/episode-18If your a caregiver struggling to find herself in this new normal - Check out Cathy VandenHeuvel at https://www.cathylvan.comEvent Planners - You can have it all. The career in this wild west industry and a LIFE. Visit Naomi Tucker and get her tips, freebies, and more at https://plannersonpurpose.comSupport the showTools for your journey! Book a Consult and experience the power of coaching. Did today's podcast hit home? Let me know how and I'll send you free resources: coach@amylinsmeyer.com

Welcome to episode 73 of the Shonen Tapes Podcast. With season 2 quickly approaching, the guys decide to dive right in to the very popular anime The Rising of the Shield Hero. As always, they discuss their likes and dislikes, and they go over why this show was better than the last two deep dive's they had done. They also talk about which hero of the 4 they liked the most, why the Spear Hero is extremely annoying, and how this blows Goblin Slayer out of the water. Finally, they decide which host would get what weapon, and whether or not they would individually survive in the universe of the Shield Hero. This was a jam-packed episode and definitely one you do not want to miss! Make sure to let the Tape Worms know how you feel by reaching out on all major forms of social media.  Follow us HERE to keep up with The Shonen Tapes on social media and your favorite podcast sites! This Episode Includes: The Rising of the Shield Hero, 18if, pet, Goblin Slayer, Sword Art Online

Today's bulletin: https://bit.ly/3tL9stKWe are worshipping via Live-Stream until further notice as a way to help mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We are the gathered community of Christ whether we are meeting in person or connected by the Spirit. Scripture Reading: 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18If you have prayer requests or pastoral needs, please use this special email: connect@fumcpasadena.orgThis is a great time to use online giving to support the work of First UMC during this difficult time: https://bit.ly/2U34LMoFirst United Methodist Churchhttp://fumcpasadena.org/500 E. Colorado Blvd.Pasadena, California 91101626-796-0157

1 Peter 4:17-18If the righteous is barely delivered, where will the ungodly and sinful end up?Recorded at PRC on Mar. 21, 2021.Salvation by grace aloneThrough faith aloneIn Christ aloneThe mission of Pound River Church is to glorify God by developing disciples who will spread the true gospel of Jesus Christ to their families, communities, and the entire world.  Never miss an opportunity to grow with us.  We stream live on Sundays at 11:15am and Wednesday's at 6:30pm.  Subscribe now to join our online family and grow with us.  Pastor: Bill Rose

Welcome to episode 67 of the Shonen Tapes Podcast! As part of the groups initiative to watch plenty of different Anime shows this year, the guys do a deep dive on Brandon's suggestion: the adaption of the mobile game 18if. Instead of more of the mixed bag response from last Anime tape, the response for this was predominantly negative . The hosts discuss what they liked about the show, things they didn't like, and how it compares to the Amazon Anime pet, which they discussed last week. They also go over favorite  characters, which story line they liked the best, and whether or not they would recommend this to other weebs. How did you feel about the show 18if? Make sure to reach out on all major forms of social media to let everyone know how you feel!Follow us HERE to keep up with The Shonen Tapes on social media and your favorite podcast sites!This episode includes: 18if, pet, Demon Slayer, Inception, Anime, Goblin Slayer

Acts 17:16-18If we don't know WHY, no one cares and we tend to quit. Why be bothered with the good news?

Some rooms have better views than others.Scripture References:2 Timothy 3:12All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.John 15:18If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.

What Does Christian Living Look Like? Listen Carefully, Paul Tells Us Romans 12:14 - 21 14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. c Do not be conceited. 17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” d says the Lord. 20On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” e 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:14-21 14Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited. 17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”b 20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”c 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good LINKS The Good Race Youtube Facebook SHOW NOTES 1:05 - Lucas gets what's coming 6:53 - Davey Pops the neighborhood kids tires 16:43 - Scripture reading and discussion 37:49 - Steve's Aunt died in a freak accident TGRS 052 W11 E01 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegoodraceshow/message

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Our passage for this episode is Hebrews 2.10-18.SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 171Hebrews 2.10-18If you are able, we'd really appreciate it if you left a review on iTunes.Call us @ 815-277-9215 Leave us a Voice Message with your thoughts on the episode or provide an Intro or Outro to the show that we can use in future episodes. Be sure to give us your name and where you are calling from so we can give you a shout out on the show. @davidjhogue@cambrennanEmail usSUBSCRIBEIf this show has earned your interest, you can subscribe on Itunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or in your Podcast App of choice.

Seja bem vindo ao HUB, sua central de indicações. Neste episódio temos a conclusão épica do desafio de indicações, em que os participantes indicaram coisas uns para os outros, será que o Skypper vai conseguir a liberdade? Será que o Rhafael vai ficar pistola? Será que o Pedrão vai aguentar a pressão? Descubra nessa edição. ⬛ LINHA DO TEMPO 00:07:55 - American Gods (1ª Temporada) [Série] 00:29:47 - Django Livre (2012) [Filme] 00:58:49 - 18if [Anime] 01:34:52 - Desafio das Indicações ⬛ PARTICIPANTES Skypper: https://sociallinks.co/Skypper67 Pedrão: http://bit.ly/Pedrão-Twitter Rhafael: http://bit.ly/Rhafael-Twitter ⬛️ PARA VOCÊ QUE QUER NOS AJUDAR Padrim: https://bit.ly/STZ-Padrim PicPay: https://bit.ly/STZ-PicPay Donate: https://bit.ly/STZ-DonateSE Membro: https://bit.ly/STZ-Membro ⬛️ MAIS STARTZONE NA SUA VIDA Site: https://bit.ly/STZ-Site YouTube: https://bit.ly/STZ-YouTube Twitch: https://bit.ly/STZ-Twitch Discord: https://bit.ly/STZ-Discord Telegram: https://bit.ly/STZ-Telegram Twitter: https://bit.ly/STZ-Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startzonebr/message

It's fundraising time at the RPCRA RPAC, and that spells A-U-C-T-I-O-N! RPCRA Director of Public Advocacy Kevin Besserer and RPAC Committee Chair Karen Borrelli provide gavel-to-gavel details of our advocacy fundraiser. The event is virtual for 2020 and will originate from our facility in Fort Myers, Fla., via Zoom. Details below.Realtor® Party at the Caddyshack AuctionFriday, Sept. 18, 2020Register/bid at: rpcraauction.givesmart.comSilent auction: 9 a.m. Sept. 14 to 7 p.m. Sept. 18Live auction: 6:30–7 p.m. Sept. 18If you're a Realtor®, spouse of a Realtor® or staff member at a Realtor® association, you're eligible to participate. Join the fun on Sept. 18, 2020!  Host: Jim Sanville. Producer: Jerry Johnson.NOTE: Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. Contributions are voluntary and will be used for political purposes. Contributions are not a condition of membership in the Association and a member may refuse to contribute without reprisal. Seventy percent of each contribution is provided to the Florida Realtors PAC in Florida to support state and local candidates and state and local issues. The balance is sent to the National Association of REALTORS Political Action Committee and will be charged against your contribution limits prescribed by 52 U.S.C 301106, except when donations are made from corporate funds or are designated cases in which case the balance is provided to the National Association of REALTORS Political Advocacy Fund for use for federal political purpose.

Last week, I blocked my calendar and was hoping for a summer getaway with my wife and dog.  Well, Rona made that less appealing, and my wife ended up having some work commitments anyway.  So I decided to turn the week into a "staycation."  Yes, I made Costco runs and other miscellaneous house stuff, but I really set out to spend some time looking "under the hood" of podcasting and honing my craft.  I did two things.  I watched a bunch of videos from this month's Podfest Global Summit - turns out buying the ticket to have all the recordings on demand was money well spent.   I also joined the Podcast Editor Academy - the new venture from the Podcast Editors Club Facebook community I'm in.   There's a wealth of current and archived knowledge there.  And I also took a class on the high-end editing software I use, Izotope RX 7, from YaYa Podcasting.  Huge thanks to people like Steve Stewart, Chris Curran, Mark Deal, Chris Krimitsos, and Carrie Caufield Arick.Side note for audio geeks - I bought several "Plugins" for Adobe Audition to adds some processing and bells and whistles to audio - Audio Engineer Chris Curran's Top 10 list of audio plugins is a great read.Podcast host Buzzsprout has a great article on how to use music in podcasts. (Spoiler: You still can't use copyrighted music, even for a few seconds, even for a review). https://www.buzzsprout.com/blog/free-music-for-podcastsSpotify's charge into the podcasting world is affecting a shift from downloads to streaming, and making ad impressions easier to measure: https://www.adexchanger.com/digital-audio-radio/podcast-measurement-is-finally-improving-as-the-landscape-consolidates/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2020-08-18If you have a Call To Action (CTA) in your podcast , consider simplifying how many things you are asking of listeners, and make sure you illustrate the benefit for them.  I also believe they should go at the end of the show, not the beginning. If you're going to ask for something, do it AFTER you've provided valuable content. https://medium.com/@awrd/why-podcast-calls-to-action-matter-43cffbfcaa9eSpotify is in some hot water over Anchor, the free podcast host they now own. Apparently Anchor was "stealing" feeds of podcasts from other hosts and posting them in their own feeds. Spotify has since apologized and taken them down - but it exposes a major flaw in protecting the intellectual property of podcasters: https://digiday.com/media/game-of-whack-a-mole-spotify-has-a-counterfeit-podcast-problem/?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2020-08-24I highly, highly recommend my friend Matt Cundill's Sound Off Podcast episode with maybe the smartest guy in all of podcast research -Tom Webster of Edison Research.  I had so many takeaways from this interview - including the future for smaller and medium podcasters, radio's place in the space, and the idea to try YouTube for my podcast - just for starters.  You'll find the episode here:  https://www.soundoffpodcast.com/post/tom-websterFinally, Podcast Movement's virtual event this October will be hosted on a platform called Swapcard - hope to see you there. Here's the announcement. https://podcastmovement.com/events/learn-more-about-our-pm-virtual-platform-plus-prices-go-up-tonight/As always, if you have questions about podcasting, or need help launching (or even tweaking) your show, feel free to reach out - jag@jagindetroit.com or on social at JAGinDetroit.

Hebrews 11:3Hebrews 11:1-3The process of God.1 God will expect nothing from us He has not given us.2 Faith moves God.3 Faith requires consistencyHebrews 11:24-254 Faith will cause us to make some choices.5 Faith has a cost.Genesis 3:23-24Genesis 22:1-2Genesis 22:11-12God is not trying to take it back: He is trying to see if you will give it back.6 Faith is a generational thing.Genesis 22:15-18If you enjoyed the sermon please contact us at bluespringsbaptisttemple@gmail.com or call (816) 229-7777 Let us know.

Matthew 16:3Luke 21:24-28Acts 1:8-112 Thess. 2:81 Thess> 3:11-13Zechariah 14:1-51 Thess 4:13-18If you enjoyed the sermon please contact us at bluespringsbaptisttemple@gmail.com or call (816) 229-7777 Let us know.

This episode we talk serious business with Brad Carter, the head honcho over at The Phone Losers of America.In this weeks show we discuss, Red and Beige-boxing, The legendary Mildred Monday, Cacti, credit card fraud, homelessness, Curtis the Super Hacker, and much more.Daddytank returns with another round of musical greats from his central computer: Aoki Takamasa - I'm A Part Of ItSenking - Skidozer 3000Pixel - 40 42 24 12 73 59 51 18If you have any queries, suggestions, insults etc. Please feel free to use the contact form here.Enjoy!

Jeremiah 8:7-9Luke 9:51-56John 5:19-23John 12:47-50John 5:24-292 Peter 3:1-161 Peter 3:18If you enjoyed the sermon please contact us at bluespringsbaptisttemple@gmail.com or call (816) 229-7777 Let us know.

Saint Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchFredericton, New Brunswick, Canadahttp://sapc.caMessage by Rev. Bob JonesReader: David FraserOrgan: David BerryFlute: Leslie FraserIncludes Scripture Reading: Psalm 23; John 10:14-18If you wish to make a financial contribution to our ministries, visit: http://sapc.ca/donate/The arrangements of Hymn 691, "My shepherd is the King of love" (DOMINUS REGIT ME) and Hymn 347, "There were ninety and nine" (THE NINETY AND NINE) are from The Presbyterian Church in Canada's Book of Praise (1997). ISBN 0-9699900-2-2. Music is public domain.The arrangement of "Nearer my God to Thee" by L. Mason is public domain.

Easter April 12, 2020 Kolby Milton Passage: John 20:1-2; 10-18If you have never put your faith in Jesus as your Savior, you should consider it. The issue isn't: “Are Christians perfect?” or “Is the church perfect?”The issue is: Who is Jesus? On Easter, that question was answered. He is exactly who he claimed to be—Savior and Lord. It's worth your consideration.

1 corinthians 10:12-18If you enjoyed the sermon please contact us at bluespringsbaptisttemple@gmail.com or call (816) 229-7777 Let us know.

Topic: 7 Amours of a Spiritual Warrior.Text: Ephesians 6:10-18If you are blessed by this devotion and you want to talk to the pastor for further consult and counselling, you can contact Pastor Ivo Nsoh using the contact below:Tel: +1 (832) 372 2215Email: pastorivo338@gmail.comWe Pay Podcast Hosting fees to be able to deliver these podcasts to you every morning. You can make a token donation to support this project using the Paypal Link below. God Bless you! Link For Donations:   https://www.paypal.me/mornindevotiondonate

For full show notes, including the written blogpost, visit: www.amandastarkingsley.com/speaking-light-into-abortion/18If you are someone who chose abortion and find yourself struggling, hiding, or wishing you could move beyond your experience, you can book a free discover coaching call with me. We’ll talk about how you can start living the life you made your choice for. https://calendly.com/amandastarkingsley/free-consult-session

Have you ever felt trapped or stuck by a situation in your life? Joni Renbarger shares her story of feeling trapped in a life that was tearing her down and her journey to find a way out.Our guest today is Dr. Joni Renbarger. She is going to share a story about how she is living in a Hold My Iced Coffee season of walking in her value.We feel that sharing people’s stories is an honor for us and honors them. We love that we can laugh with each other even when sharing stories of hardship.Sometimes Hold My Iced Coffee moments of stepping into our value are not joyous, they are hard and healing. Joni has an inspiring story of how she is doing just that.Joni is a psychologist who worked for 11 years on the Wind River Reservation. During that time, she saw extreme trauma. The reservation has a crime rate that is 5 to 6 times the national average. The life expectancy is only 50 for people living on this reservation. After going through a divorce, experiencing the death of co-worker, which left her grieving and short staffed in an extremely stressful work environment, Joni began to seek a way out of this environment for her and her children. The process took four years and many parts of this battle are ongoing. She had to learn to value herself and fight for what was best for her and what she felt was best for her children. She faced stigmas and condemnation from many people around her.How do you ignore those condemning messages we all carry around when your decision was already so hard? Joni discusses Bible verses she found helpful.Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:14-16The way to extinguish those flaming arrows is to put those messages in their place. Know your value to God. Trust him with your journey. Rely on him. Though it is impossible to ignore hurtful messages from others, knowing you are walking with God, helps you not be ruled by those messages.You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18If we are going to love our neighbors as ourselves, we have to start with loving ourselves.Joni shared over and over about how much time she spends in prayer. She has been so grief stricken she said she sometimes prays balled up like an infant. She has found healing and strength and repeated often throughout the interview that God will not leave you. He will not. Even when you are disappointed with him. When you are wondering. When you doubt. He never leaves you. He draws you into a relationship with him.Often church people misuse the idea of humility. How can we be humble while valuing ourselves?The misuse of humility is widespread in church. People often associate humility with being a martyr. This version of humility is harmful to people. It causes them to stay in situations where they are being harmed. Valuing ourselves without putting ourselves above others is humility that is healing and draws people to us and God. Learning this has helped Joni in her work and it is her hope for the reservation where she worked.Hold My Iced Coffee is an important symbol for Joni. Elaina supported her through her journey. She held her up while she made these tough decisions to take care of herself.Joni hopes that other people gain hope from hearing her story. She hopes they know they don’t have to go through their journey alone. That they have hope for finding a way out.We have so much more to share. Obviously there are layers to Joni’s story that couldn’t be discussed on a podcast. We hope you found hope for anywhere you feel trapped.Please reach out to us on Facebook, Instagram or at Holdmyicedcoffee.comIntro and outro music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Inspiring__Upbeat_Music/Scott_Holmes_-_Upbeat_PartyCopyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Return on Experience and Expertise, or RoEE, is something we all should realize we have. Whether you're more street smart or climbed your way up the twin towers of formal education and the corporate world, you do have experience which can serve not only you, but those around you.However, that said, it's up to us to realize what expertise can truly help others. Unlike our Passion, we don't get to choose our Purpose and where we fit with others.However, when we can pair up our Purpose with our Passion, then we have the seeds to greatness. Add it to a unique Process, and we have a winning formula for awesome Profit!Sound familiar? It should. I shared briefly about the 4 P's of the Ikigai in this blog post recently.Today's guest, David Bryant, is a prime example of someone who's not only found this sweet spot in his career, but also has been able to take advantage of it. How? By staying humble and learning lessons wherever or from whoever he can.In this chat, Andy and I get the chance to learn how he's done this over his career and some of the key things he's learned along the way.Enjoy! SPECIFICALLY, YOU'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT: What lead Dave to study sports marketing and business? 9:19How did spending time and learning in the MLM industry compare to the knowledge he picked up from getting his business degree? 14:42What are some of the topics that David learned in his time in LegalShield that he can share with teens and college students? 20:41What does he think are some of the key foundational learnings he's had where he can now turn around and maximize on experience or expertise? 24:43Which business lessons has his faith taught him? 29:19How did LegendBorne get its start? 31:24What are some challenges that he's given himself for the upcoming year? 48:41What books are his top 3 favorite that he gifts or tells others about? 52:18If he could ask anyone living or dead a question, who and what would it be? 52:54What are three truths that Dave has learned over time that he wants others to know? 54:02How can someone be a difference maker in their community? 58:05 ITEMS and PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Dave Online: Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, InstagramCohost: Andy DixSession Sponsor: FreshbooksKelley School of BusinessThink and Grow RichRichest Man in BabylonHabits of Highly Effective People Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. SHOW NOTE EXTRAS: Why the Name LegendBorne? Dave on why LegendBorne is Unique LegendBorne Sportswear in the Field Akuma vs LegendBorne - Which Jersey Should You Buy? Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for The AoL Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. If you have any questions feel free to email them over via the email mentioned in the show or by our contact form. And finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on Castbox, iTunes, Stitcher, PodBean, and/or Google Play Music. It's absolutely free to do so. A huge thank-you to you guys for joining us! Cheers!

Talking points include Hymns, worship, and James 1.16-18.CONTACTCall us @ 815-277-9215 Leave us a Voice Message with your thoughts on the episode or provide an Intro or Outro to the show that we can use in future episodes. Be sure to give us your name and where you are calling from so we can give you a shout out on the show. @davidjhogue@cambrennanhello@supermegacorp.netSUBSCRIBEIf this show has earned your interest, you can subscribe on Itunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or in your Podcast App of choice.Support our show by becoming a PatronThanks to our Patrons for supporting us again this month! SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 153James 1.16-18If you are able, we'd really appreciate it if you left a review on iTunes.

After ransacking the local tavern, and taking hostage an elite member of the Dreadwatch gang, the crew finds themselves dealing with the consequences of their actions.CastDungeon Master | Manuel SamsonAmethyst Amouritreux | Dakota BarriosBor Lazarvosk | Alex SchlehuberNe'Velle Barkton | Aaron SaltzmanSylack | Gunther Beatty- Recorded on 8-16-18 and 11-26-18If you want to support the project, donate here!

After ransacking the local tavern, and taking hostage an elite member of the Dreadwatch gang, the crew finds themselves dealing with the consequences of their actions.CastDungeon Master | Manuel SamsonAmethyst Amouritreux | Dakota BarriosBor Lazarvosk | Alex SchlehuberNe'Velle Barkton | Aaron Saltzman- Recorded on 8-04-18If you want to support the project, donate here!

So a half-elf, a drunk human, and a bearded dwarven lass walk into a tavern... To find themselves banded together as an unlikely bunch against a criminal debt collector, Hovar, and his minions from the Dreadwatch.CastDungeon Master | Manuel SamsonAmethyst Amouritreux | Dakota BarriosBor Lazarvosk | Alex SchlehuberNe'Velle Barkton | Aaron Saltzman- Recorded on 7-28-18If you want to support the project, donate here!

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Lisa Galles LMHC and Detective Mike Sciarrillo from the APD MCT join CIT ECHO to talk about their new program. This was a presentation originally done on 10/2/18If you would like to join the CIT ECHO please email Jennifer Earheart or check it out online here. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook or Twitter.If you are enjoying these episodes that means someone else might as well so please share them with others and let us know you are enjoying them, leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Contact UsDon’t forget to contact us to be on the podcast at Ask@goCIT.org or call us at 505-333-8128.Music used in this episode is the song Cheese by David Szesztay from the Free Music Archive.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=4Z-T3A1LPSUP3tcGbzXY9LF4511KMzsngJOcoo1ZS1K07sQo0oqdDjX0_3uPa9FD7kb8K0&country.x=US&locale.x=US)

The not-so perfect heroes, the bad guys you learn to love, and the moral dilemmas it creates. Join the hosts as they discuss Anti-Heroes and Villains and their increase in favorability as main characters in anime. Topics this episode: Heroes, Villains, Sympathetic Villains, Anti-Heroes, Cause and Effect, Storytelling, Crossing the Line of Villains, and individual show examination. The opening for this episode is the OP for Overlord 2 called “GO CRY GO” by OxT. The closing for this episode is the OP for Saga of Tanya the Evil called “JINGO JUNGLE” by MYTH and ROID.

Other. Others’, Hes’ and She’s. Welcome to the Reanimetor Pod E:22. It’s a good day to make a list. This week on the show we get a review of 18if. The guys have put their heads together and come up with the top 10 anime related tracks of 2017. Then Taka and Yata compile their top 5 must watch anime. If you like what you hear why not head on over to Reanimetorpod.com to listen to past episodes and get in touch with the team. Scraw!!!

The year of 2017 has come to an end. After consuming well over 100 new series this year, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to weigh in on which ones were the best. From action, to drama, to seasonal, and best girl, tune in to hear their picks! Please note: Deliberation episodes are intended to be nearly unfiltered and lightly edited. These were recorded over hours of deliberations and, while a bit of dead air was removed, it may have points of silence. This isn’t a reflection of our typical podcast episodes that are heavily edited for better listening experience. Deliberations covered in this episode: Romance, Sports, Military, Mystery and Supernatural, Magical Girl/Boy, Healing and Relaxing, Cute Girls Doing Cute Things, Shorts, Animation, Art, Concept, Original, Worst, Disappointing, Biggest Surprise, Best Girl, and Best Boy. The intro for this episode is the OP for Magical Circle Guruguru called “Trip Trip Trip” by ORESAMA. The closing for this episode is the ED for A Centaur’s Life called “Edelweiss” by Asaka.

The year of 2017 has come to an end. After consuming well over 100 new series this year, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to weigh in on which ones were the best. From action, to drama, to seasonal, and best girl, tune in to hear their picks! Please note: Deliberation episodes are intended to be nearly unfiltered and lightly edited. These were recorded over hours of deliberations and, while a bit of dead air was removed, it may have points of silence. This isn’t a reflection of our typical podcast episodes that are heavily edited for better listening experience. Deliberations covered in this episode: Sci-Fi and Mecha, Horror and Psychological Thriller, Comedy, Harem, and Slice of Life. The intro for this episode is the OP for KADO The Right Answer called “Tabiji” by Mao Ichimichi. The closing for this episode is the ED for Sakura Quest called “Freesia” by KNoW NAME.

The final batch of Summer 2017 Anime Season reviews from the Otaku Spirit Animecast hosts is here for your listening enjoyment. Taking on a spread of shows with mecha, moe, tragedy, and superheroes! Anime Reviewed in this Episode: Angel’s 3Piece, Knight’s and Magic, New Game!!, 18if, In Another World With My Smartphone, Lights of the Clione, and My Hero Academia 2nd Season. Also, some mid-season impressions on Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Magical Circle Guru Guru, and Welcome to the Ballroom. Note: Following the spoiler free reviews for these shows, and following the closing music, we go into a spoiler discussion on a few shows. If you have not watched the below shows, avoid listening within their time stamps. 1:22:01 – 1:29:22 New Game!! 1:29:22 – 1:39:59 My Hero Academia 2nd Season The opening song for this episode is the OP for New Game!! called “Step By Step Up” by fourfolium. The closing for this episode is the OP for 18if called “Red Doors feat. Yoshikazu Mera” by TeddyLoid. The closing following the spoiler discussion is the ED for Round and Round and Round” by Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund feat. Bonjour Suzuki.

As Summer 2017 Anime Season comes to it’s climactic finale, the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to give their ideas on the more spoilerific side of each show. Warning: This podcast episode is fair game for all spoilers. If you have not watched a series listed in the time stamps below, please avoid listening during those time frames. 1:29 – 4:12 Pre Show 4:12 – 14:17 18if 14:17 – 15:22 Aho Girl 15:22 – 25:12 Welcome to the Ballroom 25:12 – 42:24 My Hero Academia 2 42:24 – 44:15 Light of the Clione 44:15 – 47:04 Gamers 47:04 – 52:32 My First Girlfriend is a Gal 52:32 – 53:08 Restaurant to Another World 53:08 – 54:12 In Another World With My Smartphone 54:12 – 58:57 Knight’s and Magic 58:57 – 1:09:05 Love and Lies 1:09:05 – 1:10:25 Convenient Store Boy Friends 1:10:25 – 1:24:13 Made In Abyss 1:24:13 – 1:26:50 GuruGuru, NTR, New Game 1:26:50 – 1:35:25 Princess Principal 1:35:25 – 1:49:20 Re:Creators 1:49:20 – 1:50:02 Sakura Quest 1:50:02 – 1:59:23 Sagrada Reset 1:59:23 – 2:03:04 Rage of Bahamut Virgin Soul 2:03:04 – 2:05:56 The Reflection 2:05:56 – 2:10:49 Tsuredure Children 2:10:49 – 2:13:02 Post Show The opening song for this episode is the OP2 for Re:Creators called “Sh0ut” by SawanoHiroyuki nZk: Tielle and Gemie. The closing song for this episode is the ED2 for My Hero Academia 2 called “Datte Atashi no Hero” by LiSA.

The Summer Anime Season is well under way, and it’s time for the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast to finally weigh in on their thoughts for what’s working and what’s not. Listen in and see if you agree or have missed a series that you may want to pick up! Anime Featured in this Episode: 18if, Aho Girl, Welcome to the Ballroom, A Centaur’s Life, Lights of the Clione, Dive, Gamers, My First Girlfriend is a Gal, Hina Logic From Luck and Logic, Restaurant to Another World, In Another World With My Smartphone, Chronos Ruler, Katsugeki Touken Ranbu, Clean Freak Aoyama-kun, Knight’s and Magic, Love and Lies, Convenient Store Boy Friends, Made in Abyss, Magical Circle Guru Guru, Fastest Finger First, Netsuzou Trap NTR, New Game Season 2, Nora Princess and the Stray Cat, Princess Principal, Altair A Record of Battles, Angel’s 3Piece, Tsuredure Children, Vatican Miracle Examiner, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, and Classroom of the Elite. The intro music for this episode is the OP for Gamers called “Gamers!” by the cast. The outro music for this episode is the ED for Made in Abyss called “Tabi no Hidarite, Saihate no Migite” by the cast.

The Summer 2017 Anime Season is in full swing and the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast are here to dial in the best music of the season for listeners to hear! From rock, to electric, to idols, and even a little bit of silly at the end. robvirginsoulfeatIncluding great tracks from the likes of Sawano Hiroyuki, fhana, KNoW NAME, DAOKO, Unison Square Garden, TeddyLoid, Kalafina, May’n, ORESAMA, and so much more! NOTE: For High Quality purposes for music, this podcast was exported via HQ setting, thus slightly larger in size than standard podcasts. Roughly 95.4MB. Keep that in mind for bandwidth limits please. Songs spotlight in this episode: “Baby’s Breath” by KNoW NAME – Sakura Quest ED2 “Move on! Ibaramichi” by GRANRODEO – Saiyuuki Reload Blast OP “On My MiND” by Mrs Green Apple – Fastest Fingers First OP “Trip Trip Trip” by ORESAMA – Magical Circle Guru Guru OP “Round and Round and Round” by Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund feat Bonjour Suzuki – Magical Circle Guru Guru ED “Step by Step UP” by fourfolium (cast) – NEW GAME!! OP “One In A Billion” by Wake Up Girls and May’n – Restaurant to Another World OP “Good Night Mare” by Rozareena – Elegant Yokai Apartment Life OP “Hello! My World!!” by fhana – Knight’s and Magic OP “Edelweiss” by Asaka – A Centaur’s Life ED “Hyakka Ryouran” by Kalafina – Katsugeki Touken Ranbu ED “Sora ni utaeba” by amazarashi – My Hero Academia 2 OP2 “Datte Atashi no Hero” by LiSA – My Hero Academia 2 ED2 “Red Door feat Yoshikazu Mera” by TeddyLoid – 18if OP “The Other Side of the Wall” by Void_Chords feat.MARU – Princess Principal OP “10% Roll, 10% Romance” by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN – Welcome to the Ballroom OP “Sh0ut” by SawanoHiroyuki nZk: Tielle and Gemie – Re:Creators OP2 “Walk This Way” by THE BEAT GARDEN – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul OP2 “Cinderella step” by DAOKO – Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul ED2 “Can’t you say” by Roys – Love and Lies ED “Taiyou no Elegy” by Flower – Altair: A Record of Battles ED “Zenryoku Summer” by angela – Aho Girl OP

With the Summer 2017 Anime Season just a few weeks away, it’s time to get the rundown on what exactly is due to hit our eyeballs. Get your writing tools of choice ready and listen in to find out just what you may be interested in checking out! Anime Discussed In This Preview: Katsugeki Touken Ranbu, Fate/Apocrypha, The Reflection, Gamers!, Knight’s and Magic, Hajimete no Gal, Welcome to the Ballroom (Ballroom e Youkoso), Dive!!, Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project, Love and Lies (Koi to Uso), Restaurant To Another World (Isekai Shokudou), Kakegurui, Hitorijime My Hero, Chronos Ruler (Jikan no Shihaisha), Project Altair (Shoukoku no Altair), Saiyuuki Reload Blast, Made in Abyss, Vatican Miracle Examiner (Vatican Kiseki Chousakan), Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun, 7 Right 3 Wrong (Nana Maru San Batsu), Here Comes The Three Angels (Tenshi no 3P), Action Heroine Cheer Fruits, Marvel Future Avengers, Konbini Kareshi, Youkoso Jitsuryoko Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e, Clione no Akari, In Another World With My Smartphone (Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni), Youkai Apato no Yuuga na Nichijou, Princess Principal, 18if, A Centaur’s Life (Centaur no Nayami), Owarimonogatari 2nd Season, New Game Season 2, Hina Logi from Luck and Logic, Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ, Hell Girl Season 4 (Jigoku Shoujo Yoi no Togi), Mahoujin Guru Guru, Netsuzou Trap NTR, Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart, Tsurezure Children, Aho-Girl, Teekyuu 9, Musashino, Ikemen Sengoku: Toki o Kakeru Koi, Kaito x Ansa, and some random ONA/Movie/OVAs! The intro for this episode is from the PV for Princess Principal. The outro for this episode is from the PV for Fate/Apocrypha.

Who is the Holy Spirit? What is His role on earth? In us? In the gathering of believers? Jesus gives us a glimpse of one of His functions in John 14.  John 14:15-18If you love me, keep my commandments.And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another comforter that He may abide with you forever-The spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him but you know Him for He dwells with you and will be in you.I will not leave you orphans I will come to you.

Download mp3 [audio: http://versebyversebibleteaching.com/wp-content/uploads/4-6.mp3] This is part two of our multi week study of Mystery Babylon, where we will be going verse by verse through Revelation chapter 17-18If you have not seen part one yet I highly recommend watching or listening to this study in chronological order as each one will build upon the other. … Continue reading "Mystery Babylon Study – Part 2 – Rev 17: 4-6" The post Mystery Babylon Study – Part 2 – Rev 17: 4-6 first appeared on Bible Prophecy Talk Podcast.

This is part two of our multi week study of Mystery Babylon, where we will be going verse by verse through Revelation chapter 17-18If you have not seen part one yet I highly recommend watching or listening to this study … Continue reading →

Download mp3 [audio: http://versebyversebibleteaching.com/wp-content/uploads/4-6.mp3] This is part two of our multi week study of Mystery Babylon, where we will be going verse by verse through Revelation chapter 17-18If you have not seen part one yet I highly recommend watching or listening to this study in chronological order as each one will build upon the other. […]

click here Visit the Recover In Christ web site. Romans 12 1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.