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Have a prayer request? You can share it here & I will be praying!  Psalm 91 Course Access  Well hey there, hello to you today. Welcome to this episode of The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, getting the promises of God into the people of God. When we know what God has promised us and we live like all those promises are true, our lives change. Now I mean that literally! God's Word is life-changing. And that's awfully good news for us!   You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show podcast, part of the Spark Network, playing via the Edifi app, which you can find in your app store. Today's episode is brought to you by my very own Psalm 91 - Pray It and Believe Course, all twelve sessions with lifetime access and the bonus content for $35. The link is right here in the show notes! I'd love to have you join me in the course - because the promises of Psalm 91 are for you (which is why I created the course in the first place). And this is episode number 182.    Last time we looked at the book of Jeremiah, and today we will look at the book of Lamentations, which was also written by Jeremiah. And yes, it's a book of lament, which means it isn't all happy, happy, happy, but is a serious book of the Bible. Written by a man who lived a serious life. Jeremiah was not living on easy street! He had a unique calling and it wasn't happy-go-lucky. And you know what? We find a lot of comfort in Jeremiah's words, in how his life played out, when our own lives take a turn that is uncomfortable, when something truly terrible hits us right between the eyes. We live on every word that comes from God, to be sure - that's Biblical and that's what Jesus said to Satan when he was tempting the Lord in the desert. And every word of His, what we read in our Bibles, is most comforting to us when we are at our lowest. I'm guessing that you've found that to be true. It's most comforting when we most need to be comforted. And that is why the book of Lamentations, being an actual lament, holds out so much hope to us. It's here when we truly need it, and we truly need it when the going gets tough, not when everything is coming up roses.    So let's take a look at a promise from Lamentations and let's either apply it right now to the hard thing we're facing in life, or store it up, hide it in our heart, so we can easily grab hold of this promise when we need it (so if you're not dealing with something difficult right this very moment, you can keep this in mind for when you're facing something tough…and it may be something good to have on hand to share and encourage and bring comfort to someone you know in real life, or via social media, who is dealing with something difficult right now).     From the Amplified Bible, I'll read Lamentations chapter 3, verses 57 and 58, and then I will move backward a bit in this chapter and read verses 24 and 25. But first, let me read verse 37, because it kind of jumped off the page at me - it just stood out to me as I was reading over this chapter and I want to share it so that it can be an encouragement for somebody today. It says this: “Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?” (Now this may not seem like a verse that is relevant to this episode, but hang with me for a moment. This verse, Lamentations 3:37, is such a wonderful reminder that God is always completely in control. Please don't forget that, my friend!)    Lam. 3:57-58: You drew near on the day I called to You, You said, “Do not fear.” O Lord, You have pleaded my soul's cause (You have guided my way and protected me).    Lam. 3:24-25: “The LORD is my portion and my inheritance,” says my soul; “Therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.” The LORD is good to those who wait (confidently) for Him, to those who seek Him (on the authority of God's word).    These four verses contain promises God gives His people from the book of Lamentations.  When you are in that terrible place in life, even if things are going well with your health, your finances, your job, your marriage, your friendships, and so on…but you are still struggling and feel a heaviness internally. Maybe one area is amiss, and it feels like you are drawing because of it. Even if it is just one part of life that's not so good, even if (and that's a big if, because most people I know are dealing with more than just one tough thing right now), but even if it's just one area, one thing, just one…I have to ask this question: what are you doing about it? Are you worrying? Are you trying to find a way to handle it, to buck up, to get thicker skin? To deal with things in a healthier manner? To sugar coat it? Are you fretting, giving in to fear, losing sleep, going gray, mind wandering as you kick this thing around, trying to find a solution? Asking others to pray for you? Doing all the things…but what are you DOING about it? Remember the first verse I read, the reminder that God really is in total control? These verses go together, in a way. Verse 57 says that when Jeremiah called to God, the Lord responded with these words: “Do not fear.”  It says God drew near on the day Jeremiah called to Him. So, whatcha doin? Are you calling to Him? What's the one thing we really need, and likely want, to hear from God when something has gone so far south that we couldn't locate North on a map with a compass glued to our nose. Call to Him. I do believe He wants to draw near and speak, “Do not fear.” to your heart. Verse 58, where it says God pleaded Jeremiah's soul's case…you know, Jesus secured our freedom and forgiveness and our eternity at Calvary, and He did indeed plead my soul's case, and yours, too. He has guided our way and protected us, and we have no evidence to think He will stop doing so for us, for all our days. He is good, is He not?   Does your soul say that the Lord is your portion and your inheritance? Say it to yourself - preach this to yourself if you need to be reminded! What's your portion? Not your bank account, your retirement plan, not your mid life crisis car, not your dress size, not even what your labs and bloodwork show, not your address, not your salary, your title, your name, your alma mater, your GPA, your vaca destination, carats on your ring finger, how many people know your name, if you are saluted or do the saluting, how many letters come after your last name, your merits, your accomplishments, the stories you tell to impress others…need I go on? I could, you and I both know this is real life, what we do and how we measure one another and how we give ourselves a pass or fail when we evaluate our own lives… But that's not your portion! Let alone your inheritance! The Lord is both! The Lord is your portion, and if you have Him, you have the best thing, as Jesus said to Martha when Mary was sitting at His feet being taught by Him, the best thing and it will not be taken from you. Your inheritance is not safe on this earth, in this life. With Him, your inheritance is safe. He is the only safe place there is! And yes, I do know what C.S. Lewis wrote in The Chronicles of Narnia, and I do know it is quoted by pastors and Christians on the regular…and I also know it's not true, that line about Aslan being good, but not being safe. Ha! What??? Man, if that's what floats your boat and forms your theology, get and auger and drill a bunch of holes in your boat and sink it and get your theology in line with the Bible, because my life was very unsafe before Jesus pulled me out of the pit, and the only safe place I have ever found in this world is with Him. Ain't nobody, C.S. Lewis included, gonna tell me convincingly that my God isn't safe. He is my refuge - He is my fortress - He is my deliverer - He is my salvation - He is my peace - He is my hope - He is the Way, the Truth and the Life for me. And He is indeed safe.   When the Lord is our portion and our inheritance, we truly can say along with Jeremiah that we have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. Hope in Jesus is never misplaced! And He is always worth the wait!    The last portion of verse 25 says The LORD is good to those who wait (confidently) for Him, to those who seek Him (on the authority of God's word). Man, that's rich, isn't it? I mean that seriously. This is gold, this is rich!  Can you wait not anxiously, gnawing on your thumbnail and holding your breath…but confidently? Knowing your God is going to show up. He's got this, He's got you. Nothing, not one hair on your head, is misplaced or overlooked. He is always in absolute control of the situation. What situation? Your situation!    Wait confidently for Him. Be one of those who seeks Him, and seek Him on the authority of His word. What does the Bible promise? Believe God for that exact thing. What does God's Word tell you about who God is, His character, His ways, His faithfulness, His mighty deeds, His unending love and astounding mercies? Seek Him based on those truths. And you, my friend, will not be left abandoned but will be, like Jeremiah, guided and protected.   That's it for this episode, and I'll put the link to the Psalm 91 course here in the show notes and I'll see you back here next time. Feel free to subscribe to the show and get new episodes as they release. Hang on to these promises and remember, they're not just for everyone else…if you know Jesus, these promises are for you, right now, this very moment in time. Bye bye. 

Psalm 91 Pray It & Believe Course   God's promises are true. He has a perfect track record, and His resume is impeccable. But do we live like His promises are true for us, personally? How is our prayer life impacted by whether or not we really, truly believe that everything God has promised to His people, He will deliver on? Let's take an honest look at this issue & let's choose to believe that God's promises are true for us...because they are! #believe #GodsPromises #truth #Biblestudy #NewTestament #hope #prayer 

Well, hey there!  I'm so thankful you're here for this episode and I hope you stick around all the way to the end, because there is a very special blessing I'd like to share with you and speak over you as a prayer.    And here's a link to share any prayer requests (or to check out the Psalm 91 Pray It & Believe audio course or for an all-access pass to the latest prayer retreat online event), just visit JanLBurt.com & an option to text your prayer requests will be right there on your screen. I'd be honored to pray for you!    The book of Ruth begins with a heartbreaking story of loss and pain and moves on to a story of redemption and blessing. It truly is one of the most beautiful tales the Bible has to tell. Rather than have lengthy show notes for this episode, I'll just share some verses from the book of Ruth and allow you to listen to the podcast and be blessed by the message from today's text. God has good for you, and I hope today's show is encouraging! I so appreciate you joining me and taking a look at God's promises and blessings for His people in this part of the "Every Book A Promise" series on the podcast!  Ruth 1:1-5 NLT In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.  The man's name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there. Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,  both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.   Ruth 2:12 NLT May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.   Ruth 4:11-12 NLT Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.  And may the Lord give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.”

Well hey there, welcome to this episode of the podcast. As always, I am so thankful you are listening and we are continuing our look at promises in every book of the Bible. Today we are in the Old Testament book of Judges, and what we are going to find in this book is suitable to apply to our everyday lives, here and now, even though the events in the book of Judges happened thousands of years ago. Isn't it great that God's Word is helpful for us today, and isn't dusty and crusty and inapplicable for us?  Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Audio Course w/ bonus content just $7 You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, part of the Spark Network, which now plays in the Edifi app. This is episode number 157.  So first off, before I start on today's promises from the book of Judges, I have to make a correction to the last episode on the book of Joshua. I misspoke and was wrong when I mentioned aspects of Biblical womanhood that could be found in Joshua. The references I was thinking of are actually found in the book of Judges, not Joshua, and so sort of like a newspaper when they run a misprint, this is a correction of my misprint or mis-speak, I guess. Totally my mistake, I was thinking the story of Jael was one book earlier than it actually is. And I certainly never want to share anything unbiblical, so the corrected info is that you can read about her in the book of Judges, specifically chapter 4.    In this episode, we are going to look at a few verses from chapter 6, Judges 6:14 first of all, then 24a and 34.   In the NLT, Judges 6:14 reads this way: Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”   This is the true story of Gideon being called to a huge task, a bigger than him assignment, by the Lord. The Lord told Gideon to go in the strength he had and to rescue Israel from their oppressors. God ends this verse by saying, “I am sending you!”  Ever have a moment like this? Where you feel like the thing God is telling you to do is just so big, how can you be the one to do it? How can you get this thing across the starting line, let alone across the finish line? And you may want Him to tell you He is sending you all sorts of folks to help you out, or to give you some kind of power or ability to do this work, or to maybe do something different than just tell you to go in the strength that you have (cuz man, I know at times my strength can seem like it's so minimal, so miniscule, so minute…how can I do anything for the Lord?) God says go in the strength you have and firmly tells Gideon, “I am sending you.” The go is kind of reiterated here.    When God tells us to go, do we go? Or do we delay? Just for your own personal thought, do you go or do you sort of hang tight, hold off for a bit, maybe even be slow about going when you know the Lord means for you to go right away and to obey Him immediately.    In my life, I have found that when I obey the Lord and go when He says to get moving on something, He takes my small strength and He blesses me and my work, giving me what I need to accomplish His will. But I have had to get started in order to find out that He will supply what I need as I need it. Not sure if that is encouraging at all to you, but it has been true for me at times.   Verse 24 part a, the first part of this verse, says: And Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means “the LORD is peace”).    So between verse 14 and verse 24, what happened exactly? In verse 16 God promised to be with Gideon, in verse 22 Gideon realized he was not talking with any angel, but with the Lord (there was an offering Gideon made and verse 21 says the angel of the LORD touched the meat and bread with the tip of His staff and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed it - an angel cannot accept a sacrifice, so in this passage the angel of the LORD seems to indicate a preincarnate Christ appearance. Gideon cried out, “Oh, Sovereign LORD, I am doomed! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”) The Lord told him that he would not die and then Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and named it Yahweh-Shalom, the Lord is peace.    Is the Lord peace for you today? Do you have the peace that Jesus promised in John 14:27? If so, praise God! What a gift! We can face so much and not be moved or shaken, our cages don't get rattled and our stress is just right around nil when we are living with the Lord's peace in and on our lives. But when we aren't peaceful because we aren't peace filled, I guess you could say, we can get rattled and stressed and live under life's circumstances instead of being more than conquerors through Him who loved us, as it says in Romans 8.  God is today, this very day, Yahweh-Shalom. It is one of the names of God we find in the Bible, and it really is who He is. The Lord is peace. If you need peace today, peace of mind, peace in your heart, peace in your workplace, peace regarding a prodigal or a health diagnosis or peace in a relationship, peace at all, then God has what you need. You know one thing that I really love about podcasts is the ability to hit the little pause button right there on my phone and take a moment if I need to. Sometimes to jot down something, make a note in my phone, or to hit pause so I can literally pause and pray. This may be a good time to pause and pray and ask God to give you the full amount of the peace that Jesus promised to you in the book of John. Ask Him for what you need, do that regularly, and if you need peace, this is a really great time, the perfect time, to ask for it. I do believe He will give it to you, because it was promised by Jesus and God keeps all of His promises. Peace be unto you, and as I say that, I really do mean it and I have prayed for that to be your reality. Peace be unto you today, in Jesus name, my friend.   Judges 6:34 NLT - Then the Spirit of the LORD clothed Gideon with power. He blew a ram's horn as a call to arms, and the men of the clan of Abiezer came to him.  Now we see Gideon sort of stepping up and stepping out boldly. He's done some very brave things just prior to this verse, tearing down the altar of the pagan god Baal and earning the disdain of a lot of people, his own people, those who were Israelites and were said to belong to the Lord, but were upset when their altar to their false god was torn down…if God calls you to be a dismantler or idols in your culture, in your family, and remember Gideon had to dismantle idols among his own people in his own town, so if God calls you to be a dismantler of idols in your ahem maybe your church, you may not be voted “Most Popular Church Member”. Just saying! Gideon was not the popular guy at this point. But he was the obedient guy, and what comes in the next few chapter of Judges reveals that God did a great work on behalf of all Israel via Gideon and his army (but it ended up being a pretty small army…also good to note, you may not have a ton of people in your corner. Maybe that's uncomfortable, but not abnormal when doing Kingdom work at the Lord's bidding.) And if you think it is offensive for me to even dare to hint that there could be idols among church people, well of course there can be! Money? Success? Family? Favorite sports team? Love of some kind of pleasure, maybe it's Netflix binging and when you can't do your binge you get really hacked off…might have an idol there. A litmus test for me, and I'm just speaking for me, not at all speaking to or about anyone else, hear me on that…I am not pulling a teeny tiny sliver out of your eye while I've got a 2x4 sticking out of my own eye. My litmus test for me, for my life, is if I can't set it aside with total ease, just set it down and walk away, no matter what it is, then I have to take that to the Lord in prayer and ask Him what is going on, is this an idol or on its way to becoming one? The only thing I want to not be able to walk away from is the Lord. And anything that pushes in and starts to try and take over the spot that only God can have, Jesus' place, the Holy Spirit's place in my life, well that just has to be dealt with. Jesus said to cut off your right hand if it causes you to sin and so, yeah, He was pretty serious about dealing with things that hinder and hamper us. Anything that is moving into His place in my life, moving the One True God out and trying to move itself in as an idol for me to focus on, spend time and money and attention and give too much of myself to, an idol, well I need to be willing to cut that right out of my life, to deal with it so severely, with such a willingness to die to self and to have less of me and more of Jesus, that's my own personal litmus test. And the severity with which I deal a death blow to the idols in my life is far faster and far more thorough and complete each time I do it. And the reference I gave of Jesus saying to cut off your hand can be found in Matthew 18 and in Mark 9, I believe.    In the remaining few verses of Judges chapter 6, we have the well known story of the fleece. Or fleeces, since Gideon prayed and asked for a specific answer regarding the fleece two times. Once he asked that God would prove to him that He was going to rescue Israel via Gideon by making a piece of fleece wet in the morning, even though Gideon placed it on the dry threshing floor. Sure enough, it was wet. The second fleece was Gideon praying and asking God to let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it was wet with dew, so likely he placed it on the ground this time and it was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew. I've heard different viewpoints on this many times, and I'm not going to get into a this is right kind of a lecture here, that's for sure not my place, but I will share that there have been times in my life when I have had to make really big decisions, things that could impact me and others in serious ways for the long term, and I have asked God to give me the courage and the ability to do what He was calling me to do, and not to give in to fear or panic or peer pressure or anything that was not His will. But Lord, please show me clearly and make me brave and bold and I'm asking not to avoid doing what You've said to do, but I'm asking to make sure I am in the center of Your will. If this isn't You, please tell me. And if this is from You, please confirm it. My own thoughts are not what I want to depend on, my heart is, as Jeremiah said, deceitful above all things. So Lord, show me plainly and clearly and I'll obey You. When other people could be harmed by what I do, if it isn't of the Lord and His hand of favor and protection isn't on me and on them…well, I've at times asked Him to let me know for sure if this is the right way or the wrong way. And Gideon's two fleeces sort of reminds me of those times in my own life. And if you feel that you have an assurance about something, the kind of assurance that only God can give…cuz Gideon didn't need man's approval or assurance, he needed it from God Almighty. If you need that, pray and ask for it. God loves His people so very much, we can go to Him when we need that assurance that only He is able to provide.    Thanks so much for joining me today as we continue discovering what God has promised to us in the Bible, and if you're interested, I'll share a link in the show notes to grab the Psalm 91 audio course with some bonus material that goes beyond just the audio sessions, it's just seven bucks right now. And next week we are going to look at the book of Ruth. Such a powerful true story that holds for us so much hope, it's nearly too good to be true. Nearly…because our God will truly overwhelm us with His love and His goodness if we are willing to receive it. Next time, Ruth will be our focus and I'd be so honored if you'd join me for that. Hope to meet with ya then! Bye bye.

Well, hey there. Hello to ya and welcome to the podcast. So thankful you're here. We are working our way through the Bible, book by book, and grabbing hold of a promise from each book along the way. So, by the time we get to the book of Revelation, written by John the Revelator (how's that for a job title?), we will have stored up 66 rock solid promises. Every book a promise has kind of been my moniker for this, and I'm gonna say that a few more times between now and Revelation. Every. Book. A. Promise. For you, God's got promises, and I am so glad you're here today so we can take a look at your promise from the Lord in the book of Deuteronomy. Susie Larson Closer Than Your Next Breath book Psalm 91 Pray It & Believe Audio Course   You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, part of the Spark Network, now playing via the Edifi app. This episode's recommended resource comes from Susie Larson and her new book, Closer Than Your Next Breath. Susie's books are always impactful and among those that I read and highlight and read again and underline and read some more and give as gifts and I've been very blessed to be on the launch teams for several of her books. This one is a good one, and I'm sharing the link to order in the Show Notes. When you start looking at ideas for book options or study options for your small groups or women's gatherings this fall, keep this one in mind. Now, let's dig into God's promises here in episode number 155. When I began looking into the book of Deuteronomy in order to find a verse with a promise to share with you on the podcast, well let me just say the pickings were the opposite of slim. There are so many wonderful promises in this book! And it is a great reminder that we don't need to avoid reading the entire Bible, Old and New Testaments, for fear that nothing in the Old Testament will apply to us today since we know Jesus and are under the New Covenant. Every jot and tittle of the law, the Old Testament, was fulfilled by Jesus - that's what He said in Matthew 5:18. So when we read the OT, we can and should read it with hope, with the knowledge that Jesus fulfilled it all. I really had a lot to choose from as far as promises go when it came to this part of the Bible. So I want to encourage you to maybe just jot this down, make a note of it in your phone, text it to yourself so that you see it later on, but in Deuteronomy chapter 7 starting around verse 12 all the way through chapter 11, right up to verse 25, there are a vast array of promises. Promises to Israel, and one thing you and I can do when we see promises to Israel is to pray them - remind God of His promises to His people Israel, to the nation Israel, and pray for them to see Jesus as Messiah, for their land to be blessed, for all the things God has promised them to come to pass, and for the role Israel is playing in the end times to be seen clearly by a watching world. Keep your eyes on what is going on in Israel, because really if we think about it, the Bible came to us out of what God did in and through and for the people that became the Jewish Nation, the Israelites. It's where Jesus lived and ministered. It's the home of God's chosen people. Jesus and the Bible changed the world, one life at a time, one moment at a time, down through the centuries. What nation is at the heart of the Bible? Israel. It's more than just a tourist spot and more than just a spot on the map somewhere over by Egypt. In God's story, it's the heart of this world we live in, if you will. So, Israel matters. And praying that every promise God has made to the Israelites will come to pass is in accordance with the will of God as we read it in our Bibles.  Add Dueteronomy chapters 7-11 to your upcoming Bible reading, and pray for Israel as you are so led, and if there is anything promised therein that you feel led to pray over yourself, as one who is grafted in and has now become Abraham's seed, which we read about in Romans chapter 11, then pause and pray those things over your own life, your loved ones.    Among all these promises I was reading in this book, I landed on a promise that you have most likely heard. It's one of those verses that you may kind of already know, even if you don't remember exactly where it is located in the Bible. And it is a promise that you and I are to KNOW. To KNOW this promise, know it like we know our own name, that would be really wonderful. Know it without a shadow of any doubt. And understand that the Lord your God, He IS God, the faithful God, who IS keeping His covenant and His steadfast lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.   I've kind of given it away already, what this promise verse says.    Let me read it to you from the Amplified and the NLT.   Therefore know [without any doubt] and understand that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who is keeping His covenant and His [steadfast] lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;   Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.   Got a couple of questions for ya based on this verse. Do you love the Lord God Almighty? When is the last time you considered this - like, your love for Him? Yeah, we talk about His love for us, and that is important and foundational! But it's also good to think about how much you love Him.  Do you keep His ways? What the Word of God says, what is written on the pages of your Bible, do you do what it says? More than read it, highlight a verse here and there, close the cover and move on but maybe don't actually do what it says to do. Do you keep God's ways? Do you love God? Do you keep His ways? (Which is a pretty natural response to loving Him and being loved by Him, honestly).   Do you know the Word of God well enough to really know what to do? Can't really do what it says and keep God's ways if we aren't all that clear on what the Bible has to say, am I right? It's not osmosis, this growing in our understanding of the Bible.  Do you know it well enough to do what it says? And do you know it well enough to know what NOT to do? (also pretty important!)    If not, there's a fix for that! Read it and apply it to your very own life, read it and then do what it says. Simple fix! And life-changing, too, I might add!   Without any doubt, understand that He is God.    This verb, is, it's in the present tense here. He IS God. Not the God of yesteryear, not the God of down the road a bit. Now. He IS God. Do you and I live like, act like, behave like, make decisions and choices like He IS God right now. At this very moment. He IS God. If we did make our choices and decisions and speak our words carefully and really live like He IS present tense God, what kind of result could we expect? How would our lives be changed if we lived those lives moment by moment like God is God. IS. Tiny Little word but huge importance in this verse.    I'm going to repeat something I said a few moments ago. Without any doubt, understand that He IS God.  Live like that present tense IS God is really really real, like the most real thing in your life, and things are going to change for you, my friend. They can't not change when you live with the continual understanding that He IS God! Why am I emphasizing the present tense of this verb, you might wonder? Because if He is the God of the right now, that means there is no later on to be applied to this promise.  This is not for “later on” (whenever in the world that might be…don't we do this sometimes, think some promise from God is for later on, but we have no idea when that later on may be, and we end up just simply keeping God's promises in a state of continual deferment…which is sort of like rendering them as inactive, sort of dead…and we know the Word of God is living and active, according to Hebrews 4:12…what if we stopped thinking so much in terms of “later on” as a way to play it safe just in case God doesn't show up and keep His promises…what if we chose belief, and hey, if God opts to keep His promises to us on this very day, as in today, as in right now, well why not? Who are we to put limits or time limits on God? Let God be God, and do as He sees fit, when He sees fit! Might that not be a life lived in a state of belief, that could very well grow into chronic belief? Contagious belief? Yeah, “later on”...bye bye!) This is for right now.   He is the faithful God. That's in the singular. THE faithful God. Not one among many. And many of us, we have some little g gods in our lives that need to go to the trash heap, need to be ground to fine dust in the Kidron Valley, need to be decimated and destroyed.  If something has no place in the Kingdom of God then it has no place in the life of one of the King's children.    I am stating plainly that there is ONE GOD and He IS the faithful God. He cannot be otherwise. He is faithful, and whoop looky there, another second just passed and He is the faithful God. The only God. The one true God. The Alpha and Omega. The King of all kings. The Great I AM. There is none before Him, and none will come after. He is, He was, and will always be.   Do you know this God as your own? If so, then this is your promise today.   He is the one true God, and will always be so far in your life. He is the faithful God, and will always be faithful in your life.    Is. The.   Two tiny words that bear so much weight on the way we think about God, and about how God behaves toward us. Two tiny words that change the way we think when we consider them rightly and choose to actually believe that what God has said in the Bible is exactly what He means. And what happens when your thinking changes? Well, that's when your life changes. Because how you think is how you live, how you think determines the course your life takes.    You think rightly when you think according to the word of God, when you take every thought captive and make it submit to the word of the Lord. That's what it says in 2 Corinthians 10:5. And when your thoughts are submitted to the Lord, your life is, too.   This verse from Deuteronomy, it's a biggie. There is one faithful God. And He expects His people, those who bear His name and claim Him as Father, He expects us to know and understand this.  There is one faithful God.  You don't need to be out searching for some other form of a god to fill some void in your life. Because you have the one faithful God.   Take God's word and consider it a balm, a healing balm, to place over the wounds you have in your life - in your mind - your heart - your soul. God is a healer, and His word is powerful.   I hope you are really getting this today. This is FOR YOU, for RIGHT NOW.    He IS keeping His covenant, His promises, and is loving a thousand generations of those who love Him and obey Him.   Now how's that for a legacy, and inheritance to leave to your descendants? Ain't nothing else like it, I'll tell you what.   Love and obey.  Can you be about that today? And can you add in some real faith that God will do as He has promised here?   Don't wait another day, another moment, to choose to believe that God's promises are true. Why wait? I cannot think of a single, solitary good reason. Believe today, reap the benefits and blessings of that belief today, and keep on reaping for the rest of your days. And when you step into eternity, you surely won't feel regret for believing God fully and leaving all the results of that belief in His capable hands.   The hands that bear the nail scars are the hands of safest keeping for your life, your hopes and dreams, your loved ones, and your every moment.   Lord bless you today and thank you for listening today.   Hey I'm also gonna add a link to grab the Psalm 91 Pray It & Believe audio course if this series of promises has been encouraging to you, then Psalm 91 is worth studying and praying through.   I'll see you next time for a promise from the book of Joshua. Now, that's a book that's got a lot happening, a lot of proof of God keeping His promises. Remember those geometry proofs we used to have to write out? If you did them, you will never forget them. They are called proofs for a reason. It had to be provable, this process of solving the problems. You had to know the proofs step by step in order to prove you'd solved the problem correctly. Joshua is a book of proofs, in many ways. And we'll dig into that next time. See ya then, my friend and have a blessed day!

I encourage you to take heed to this warning and the wisdom from God.  He is showing us what's coming.  Our nation and the world has stumbled into deeper and deeper idolatry and darkness.  The goodness of God requires His judgment and His correction.  Where there is great wickedness, the Lord brings great correction.  Let us pray into what the Lord is doing for our benefit.  Let us pray for His mercy to be revealed!From what the Lord has shown me and placed in my heart in prayer, I can share these points of wisdom as we prepare for these beasts to enter our land.1. Watch and Pray: It's clear from the dream that most people won't recognize the emergence of these devouring beings for what they are.  But those who are watching and praying will recognize it and receive wisdom to protect themselves and their families.Mark 13:37“And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”2. Teach Your Children: These beings are seeking to devour families, generations of families. Note where these beasts arose.  They showed up where families were engaged in entertainment.  We must not allow the comforts we desire to distract us from teaching our children righteousness and to love and serve the Lord.Proverbs 22:6“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.”3. Pray for Generation Z: I believe the young man I saw in my dream is representative of Generation Z.  There is much available to them in the realm of media and entertainment that keeps them tempted to stay away from supernatural things.  This is on the Lord's heart.  We need to see a revival and awakening in Generation Z.  A report from McKinsey also found Generation Z is most likely to report poor social, mental, and spiritual health.Support the showYou can support the ministry of FaithFire here. For text alerts when we go live or release future podcasts, text FAITHFIRE to 55498.

  This week, co-hosts Mike and Sarah talk with the President of Students Standing Strong, Terry Ann Kelly. Students Standing Strong (S3) a national non-profit ministry whose mission is “Connecting Students at School to Learn, Live and Lead Biblical Truth through Student-led clubs.” S3 clubs create a positive and energetic place for students to belong and do life together at school. Students become leaders equipped and encouraged to live faith-filled lives with hope and purpose. Inspiring audiences to make a positive impact in their “world, “Terry Ann enjoys speaking to audiences across the country on spiritual, moral, social, and educational issues with an emphasis on home and family life. She has an expansive background in public speaking for women's organizations, civic groups and churches. She also is a sought after speaker for mother/daughter, mother/son and women's weekend retreats. With a 35-year background in radio and television, Terry Ann has hosted countless local, regional and national programs. She defended traditional family values on the nationally syndicated television program Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, seen by over 5 million viewers. After addressing the Texas State School Board on history and government textbook standards, she was a guest on the National FOX network's, FOX and Friends, where she discussed the raging debate what students should be taught in school. She is the co-author of The Power of a Positive Friend, which has been translated into three languages, and a 31 day flip calendar entitled Teach It, Pray It, Live It: 31 Prayers for Nurturing Christ-Like Character In our Kids. Terry Ann has written numerous Bible study curriculums for pre-teens and teens as well as magazine articles. She taught public speaking and Business Communication classes for Baylor, Belmont and Dallas Baptist universities. Terry Ann finds her greatest fulfillment in spending time with her husband, their five adult children, spouses, and grandchildren in Texas. The Bible for Kids Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Psalm 91 Course - Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course with Jan L. Burt    Well hey there, hello to you today. So glad you're listening to this episode of The Burt (Not Ernie) Show. Today we are looking at some Bible verses that will encourage us in our praying.   Prayer is, I've heard it said, the language of heaven and for us right now, while we are living on this planet as we await eternity, prayer is how we talk to God. And in our prayer time, we hopefully make sure to be still before the Lord, quiet ourselves and listen. God will absolutely speak to us from His word, and His Holy Spirit is our counselor, so we want to be sure we are reading the word with a heart posture that listens to what the Word of God has to say, and to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that His sheep would know His voice and the voice of another they would not follow (I believe you can read that in John chapter 10). So that indicates He intends to speak to us. Which means we need to be good at listening, right?   As we dig into some verses today, I hope they bless you and encourage you in your prayer life. Our God is a prayer answering God, and that is something to get excited about.   You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show podcast, part of the Spark Network, now playing in the Edifi app. This is episode number 113.   The first verse I want to share with you today is from the Old Testament book of Nahum. Nahum chapter one, verse seven. I'm going to read it from the NLT. It says -  The Lord is good,     a strong refuge when trouble comes.     He is close to those who trust in him.   So the first thing I notice here is the statement, not the question, the stated fact that the Lord is good. Is. Present tense. He is good, today, right now. Whatever may be going on, God is good. Don't forget that. He never ceases to be good, in the right now present moments of your life. And He won't stop being good any time soon.    And because we know He is good, we can believe this verse when it promises that He is a strong refuge when trouble comes. And that He is close to those who trust in Him.   Look, if you tell me point blank that God is closer to those who trust in Him, then I want to be as close to Him as possible. If my promise is that the Lord will be a strong refuge when trouble comes, then I need to a) know that and b) believe that and live in the light of that truth when trouble comes into my life.   I cannot set up a world without trouble. Trouble is part of life here on earth. But there is so much hope in this one verse, isn't there? The Lord is good, and that's so hopeful! He is a strong, not a weak or wimpy or mediocre, but a strong refuge, a place of safety and security and strength, when trouble comes. And He is close to those who trust in Him. So, let's get as close as possible to our God and trust Him with everything we've got.    Psalm 33:18 is another verse I want us to look at today. I'm going to stick with the NLT for this verse too and it reads like this:   But the Lord watches over those who fear him,     those who rely on his unfailing love.   So the promise here is pretty clear, and honestly I love it when it's this blunt. What has God promised? That He watches over those who fear Him, He watches over those who rely on His unfailing love.   What do you rely on during the course of a typical day? That second cup of coffee? Encouragement from your spouse or significant other? Endorphins after your workout? Netflix to “not think about anything” after a long day? A glass of wine? (for my mom, it was black coffee and a smoke break and maybe a soap opera or two). Raw cookie dough is never gonna be able to offer us the hope that the Lord does. I know that you are already aware of that - but it can be helpful to say it out loud. You know how it gets kind of worrisome when they start saying the quiet part out loud? Ya know what I mean by that? When the “bad guys” (whoever the bad guys are in any given scenario) start to say loudly and with boldness and authority what they are going to do, saying out loud the part of their plan that is so bad it usually is only whispered about, when they start saying those things out loud, well, it's another devil at another level, ya know? And sometimes when we say out loud the things that we know to be true but we don't like to say out loud because it isn't the cleaned up, prettied up, gussied up part of our lives as people who love the Lord - sometimes when we say the quiet part out loud, we get a little bit bolder. We get a bit more confident in what we believe, in what God has promised, in our praying, in our witness for Jesus, in our heart to love others well and to recruit for heaven. I mean, that's kind of what we are to be doing, right? Have you seen the hoodies that say Heaven is my home - I'm just here recruiting? I love that! God's Word tells me so much about who He is, and since I am going to spend forever with Him, I want to know the Bible as a way to know Him well before I step into eternity. And I want to remember that this world is not my permanent home, I am a pilgrim on a journey to my real home and I want to bring as many people with me as possible. When we say certain things out loud, we refocus and get bold about the things that matter most. People, my friends, people matter the most because they live on forever, in one place or the other. In heaven or in hell.    So when I say something that maybe seems like it should be whispered or kept nice and quiet and tucked away, when I speak it a little louder for the folks in the back, maybe that's a good thing. Raw cookie dough, the smoke break, red red wine, Netflix binges, longer and longer vacations, the new boat, the new car, the new cellphone, the new wardrobe, losing ten pounds, winning that long-standing argument, the big bonus check or the new house can never be for you what the Lord alone has set Himself apart to be. He wants you and me to rely on His unfailing love. And He anchors that to this promise, and it's a whopper of a promise, this promise to watch over us. God watching over you. His eyes are on you, He never removes His gaze from you, He does not sleep or slumber. He's got you. Don't jump past how amazing this promise really is. Rely on Him. The other stuff, some of it isn't even bad stuff - but it's not God sized stuff. It's gravy, and that's nice and all, but it's not the meat and potatoes of life. Don't sit around with a mug full of runny gravy when God has prime rib waiting for you. And if you've ever had really good prime rib, you know what I mean. Relying on Him and walking in this blessing of being watched over, at all times and in every situation, that's the good stuff of life.    And when you pray, rely on the Lord. Take your burdens to Him in prayer and leave them there as if you really believe He is going to do something about all that heavy stuff. Relying means something, right? Rely on Him as you pray, and leave your prayer time unburdened because you're not relying on yourself or on anyone other than the Lord God Almighty.    I'm going to share one more verse now, and it is from the book of Romans, which is in the New Testament. Romans 4:21, now this is actually the second portion of a sentence that began in verse 20, so if it sounds like I am reading part of it, well, I guess I am.     This time I am going to read from the Amplified.     being fully convinced that God had the power to do what He had promised   When you pray, be fully convinced that God has the power to do what He has promised. Now I'm not saying this is easy, at least maybe not at first, but the more you pray with this as your core belief, that He isn't lying to you about these promises because it is impossible for God to lie, that He isn't withholding good things from you because His word says that you will yet see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, when you pray as a man or a woman or a child who is fully convinced that God has the power to do all He has promised, and He has that power, oh yes indeed, you will be praying differently.    Ever hear someone who prays out loud and you just think, “Whoa!” They have so much faith. They seem authoritative when they pray!” They may be praying in belief, in reliance, in trust, with the authority that comes from Jesus. We don't have authority to tell the devil nothing on our own, but when we pray in His authority, for His Kingdom to come and for His will to be done right here on earth just like it is in heaven, we are using the authority He gave us and we are using it rightly. You can pray for people to be healed of physical illnesses, and not just for the head cold. For cancer, for blindness, for heart issues, lung issues, not just for hangnails and the things that seem “safe” to ask for healing about. Pray for people to come to know Him personally so they can be freed from the ravages of a life of sin and have eternal hope that changes everything. Pray for God to open doors for you to speak into the lives of those who need to know about God. Pray for blessings at work so you have a platform to talk about the goodness of your God when people ask you (and some places, they gotta ask you first about your God or your faith and then you can answer them…well, pray for that.)    And when you pray, stay fully, not partially, but fully convinced that God has the power to do what He has promised. It's His promise, it's His word, so just ask Him to do what He said He wants to do. And be thankful when you pray. A thankful heart, an attitude of gratitude, is so valuable in the sight of God and man. Don't you prefer to be around thankful people a bit more than super grumpy cranky complaining people? Silly question, isn't it?   Okay, that is just about it for this episode, but I do want to leave a couple of things with you here as I wrap this up.   Prayer is big, it's not just by rote at bedtime or before dinner. It's so big, it's this incredible gift God has blessed us with. Prayer is asking, for sure, and also expecting an answer. So it is asking and receiving. Nobody went to Jesus in the Gospels and asked and then just didn't expect an answer. Nobody asks their boss an important question and then walks out of the room expecting nothing in reply. So prayer is asking, but don't forget that you ought to expect an answer. This is the Living God you are talking to, and I doubt He wants you to leave your prayer time expecting little to nothing from Him.   I have a whole lot more about prayer that I could mention, but I will get back to that in the next episode and share some more verses with you. And if you would like to enroll in the audio course on Psalm 91, Pray It and Believe It, you can do that at app.hiro.fm/channel/psalm-91-pray-it-believe-course-with-jan-l-burt   I'll put the link at the top of the show notes for easy access.    Pray big today, and remember our God is in the prayer answering business and His love for you knows no bounds. Ask Him for what you need. Pray for others who need what only He can give. Pray for your church family, for your pastor, for your children and your spouse and your coworkers and your neighbors. Pray. Rely on Him. See Him do great things in your midst because you took the time to pray.   See you next time!   Grab a copy of "The Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises Devotional" via Amazon A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents - on Amazon

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Notas. Inglés y Español ⬇️Génesis 7: ¿Qué diría Dios de ti?Ayer estudiamos cómo Dios escogió a Noé para construir el arca. Hoy vamos a leer el capítulo donde se desarrolla el evento del diluvio. Leamos los primeros versos. No olvides leer todo el capítulo. Génesis 7:1-14 RVA2015:1 Entonces el SEÑOR dijo a Noé: “Entra en el arca tú, y toda tu familia, porque he visto que tú eres justo delante de mí en esta generación. 2 De todo animal limpio toma contigo siete parejas, el macho y su hembra; pero de los animales que no son limpios solo una pareja, el macho y su hembra. 3 De las aves del cielo toma también siete parejas, macho y hembra, para preservar la especie sobre la faz de la tierra. 4 Porque después de siete días yo haré llover sobre la tierra durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, y arrasaré de la faz de la tierra todo ser viviente que he hecho”.5 Y Noé hizo conforme a todo lo que el SEÑOR le mandó.6 Noé tenía seiscientos años cuando vino el diluvio de aguas sobre la tierra. 7 Noé entró en el arca, y con él sus hijos, su mujer y las mujeres de sus hijos, por causa de las aguas del diluvio.8 De los animales limpios y de los animales no limpios, de las aves y de todo lo que se desplaza sobre la tierra, 9 de dos en dos entraron en el arca con Noé, macho y hembra, como Dios había mandado a Noé. 10 Y sucedió que a los siete días vinieron sobre la tierra las aguas del diluvio.11 El día diecisiete del mes segundo del año seiscientos de la vida de Noé, en este día fueron rotas todas las fuentes del gran océano y fueron abiertas las ventanas de los cielos. 12 Y hubo lluvia sobre la tierra durante cuarenta días y cuarenta noches. 13 En este mismo día entraron en el arca Noé, sus hijos Sem, Cam y Jafet, la mujer de Noé y las tres mujeres de sus hijos con ellos. 14 Entraron ellos y todos los animales según su especie, todos los animales domésticos según su especie, todos los animales que se desplazan sobre la tierra según su especie, todas las aves según su especie, y todo pájaro, todo lo que tiene alas. ¡Qué evento tan impresionante! Anteriormente existían muchas historias en diferentes culturas acerca del diluvio pero ahora con la ciencia se ha demostrado que hubo este evento en la Tierra, que ocurrió un gran diluvio y se ha comprobado cuando los arqueólogos y geólogos han estudiado la superficie de la tierra. La frase que quiero que aprendamos hoy y analicemos está en el verso 1, donde Dios habla con Noé y lo confirma como un hombre que ha agradado a Dios en medio de su generación. ¡Esta declaración de Dios hacia un ser humano es grandiosa! Imagínate que Dios, después de haber sufrido mirando a la humanidad caer de forma desenfrenada en el abismo de la maldad y el pecado, destruyéndose entre ellos mismos y sin importarle ofender al Creador, se contenta y se alegra de haber encontrado a un solo ser humano que se había guardado él y su familia de mezclarse con esos malos hábitos y acciones que todo el mundo practicaba.Esto realmente toma mucho esfuerzo y voluntad humana. Podemos deducir que Noé se había propuesto vivir en integridad y justicia. Noé había aprendido de que su padre lo había visto como alguien especial. Siguió los pasos de su antepasado Enoc y fue en contra de toda corriente de filosofías y prácticas humanas. No se amoldó a las costumbres mundanas que se practicaban, ni siguió el camino de sus vecinos.Según el libro de Hebreos, Noé fue un hombre que desarrolló una fe tan grande que creyó a la advertencia de Dios acerca del diluvio y siguió palabra por palabra, al pie de la letra los planos diseñados que Dios le reveló, a pesar de que nunca había caído una sola gota de lluvia en ese tiempo, pues la tierra se nutría de agua por medio del rocío de la mañana. Sigamos el ejemplo de este gran hombre que tal vez lo tildaron de loco, tal vez se burlaban de él al construir un barco gigante lejos de la orilla del mar.Al final, Noé siguió la voz de Dios y el resto de la población ni siquiera se dieron cuenta de que el arca estaba abierta para todo aquel que quiera salvarse porque estaban tan hundidos en sus prácticas mundanas que, cuando quisieron entrar al arca, ya Dios había cerrado la puerta y solamente Noé, su familia y los animales se salvaron. Preguntémonos hoy: si el Señor nos mirara, ¿que diría de nosotros? ¿Miraría que somos justos o injustos?,¿que vivimos en integridad o apariencias?Escudriñemos:Utilicemos hoy la técnica llamada PERSONALÍZALO. Lee el verso 1 y el verso 5, después quita el nombre de Noé y pon allí tu nombre en estos dos versos. Después utiliza la técnica llamada ÓRALO, y dale gracias al Señor por haberte escogido y pídele que te convierta en una persona como Noé: íntegra y justa.Soy tu hermano y amigo Eduardo Rodríguez Que el Señor Jesús escuche tu oración y te mire con agrado.#Genesis #integridad #noe#Genesis7 #IglesiaElReino #KingdomChurch #IPUH#HogaresDePacto #HogaresDePactoPodcast #PastorCarlos #CarlosRodriguez #EduardoRodriguez=================================Genesis 7: What would God say about you?Yesterday we studied how God chose Noah to build the ark. Today we are going to read the chapter where the flood event takes place. Let's read the first verses. Don't forget to read the whole chapter. Genesis 7:1-14 NLT:When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous. Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others. Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood. Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives. With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground. They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah. After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives. With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.What an impressive event! Previously there were many stories in different cultures about a flood but now with science it has been shown that there was an event on Earth that a great flood happened and it has been proved when archeologists and geologists have studied the surface of the earth. The phrase that I want us to learn today and analyze is in verse 1, where God speaks with Noah and confirms him as a man who has pleased God in the midst of his generation. This declaration of God towards a human being is great! Imagine that God, after having suffered watching humanity fall unrestrainedly into the abyss of evil and sin, destroying each other and not caring to offend the Creator, is content and happy to have found a single human being that he and his family had kept from mixing with those bad habits and actions that everyone practiced.This really takes a lot of effort and human will. We can deduce that Noah had proposed to live in integrity and justice. Noah had learned that his father had seen him as someone special. He followed in the footsteps of his ancestor Enoch and went against all currents of human philosophies and practices. He did not conform to the worldly customs that were practiced, nor did he follow the path of his neighbors.According to the book of Hebrews, Noah was a man who developed such great faith that he believed God's warning about the flood and followed word by word, to the letter the designed blueprint that God revealed to him, despite the fact that a single drop of rain had never fallen at that time, because the earth was nourished with water through the morning dew. Let's follow the example of this great man who was perhaps called crazy, perhaps they made fun of him for building a giant ship far from the seashore.In the end, Noah followed the voice of God and the rest of the population did not even realize that the ark was open for everyone who wanted to be saved because they were so sunk in their worldly practices that, when they wanted to enter the ark, God had already closed the door and only Noah, his family and the animals were saved. Let us ask ourselves today: if the Lord looked at us, what would He say about us? Would He see that we are fair or unfair?, that we live in integrity or appearances?Let's scrutinize:Today let's use the technique called PERSONALIZE IT. Read verse 1 and verse 5, then remove Noah's name and put your name on these two verses. Then use the technique called PRAY IT, and thank the Lord for having chosen you and ask Him to make you a person like Noah: upright and just.I am your brother and friend Eduardo Rodríguez May the Lord Jesus hear your prayer and look at you with pleasure.#Genesis #Genesis7#KingdomChurch #HomesOfCovenant#HogaresDePacto #HogaresDePactoPodcast #PastorCarlos #CarlosRodriguez

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精酿啤酒有什么好聊的，我只是看到了整个世界——这是我们第26期节目的标题，也是做啤酒事务局这一年下来，我最真切的感受。2020年8月19日，啤酒事务局正式上线。在此之前，我从未设想过自己的人生会和“酒精”有这么深入的交集。甚至在上线当时，以及最初的几个月里，我们依然是抱着在业余时间聊聊天，玩儿一玩儿的态度。（当然，即使是玩儿一玩儿，我们也要玩儿得认真一些。）但随着我们越聊越深入，我们发现精酿啤酒比之前想象得还要有意思。和那些摒弃了之前安稳、多金的工作，或游历四方、最终在精酿啤酒中找到归宿的精酿厂牌主理人聊天，还有五湖四海的顿友们每天云顿，一起开着揪心的玩笑，做着漫长的白日梦……我们真的是爱啤酒吗？我们当然爱啤酒。但是在酒精给我们带来的片刻愉悦之外，精酿啤酒真正让我们着迷的，是它的开放、包容；它给我们带来的启发，是我们现在尤其需要的。多样是美好的，单一是丑陋、甚至可怕的。在过去，这听起来是个显而易见的道理，但现在，似乎越来越成为需要有人来捍卫的立场了。啤酒事务局第二年，我们继续陪伴每个人自由地找寻属于自己的那瓶酒。

精酿啤酒有什么好聊的，我只是看到了整个世界——这是我们第26期节目的标题，也是做啤酒事务局这一年下来，我最真切的感受。 2020年8月19日，啤酒事务局正式上线。在此之前，我从未设想过自己的人生会和“酒精”有这么深入的交集。甚至在上线当时，以及最初的几个月里，我们依然是抱着在业余时间聊聊天，玩儿一玩儿的态度。（当然，即使是玩儿一玩儿，我们也要玩儿得认真一些。） 但随着我们越聊越深入，我们发现精酿啤酒比之前想象得还要有意思。和那些摒弃了之前安稳、多金的工作，或游历四方、最终在精酿啤酒中找到归宿的精酿厂牌主理人聊天，还有五湖四海的顿友们每天云顿，一起开着揪心的玩笑，做着漫长的白日梦…… 我们真的是爱啤酒吗？ 我们当然爱啤酒。但是在酒精给我们带来的片刻愉悦之外，精酿啤酒真正让我们着迷的，是它的开放、包容；它给我们带来的启发，是我们现在尤其需要的。多样是美好的，单一是丑陋、甚至可怕的。在过去，这听起来是个显而易见的道理，但现在，似乎越来越成为需要有人来捍卫的立场了。 啤酒事务局第二年，我们继续陪伴每个人自由地找寻属于自己的那瓶酒。

“God, would you put people in my path that need you and give me the boldness and the courage to open my mouth when directed?”  Listen in as Terry Ann Kelly, President and founder of Students Standing Strong, shares God’s amazing answer to this prayer when she was called to move her children to the public school.    About our Guest: Terry Ann Kelly is the President and founder of Students Standing Strong (S3) whose mission is to “Connect students on campus to Learn, Live and Lead Biblical Truth through student-led clubs. “ Currently Students Standing Strong are in 11 states. Inspiring audiences to make a positive impact in their “world,” Terry Ann enjoys speaking to audiences across the countrry. With a 35-year background in radio and television, Terry Ann has hosted countless local, regional and national programs. She is the co-author of The Power of a Positive Friend, which has been translated into three languages, and a 31 day flip calendar entitled Teach It, Pray It, Live It: 31 Prayers for Nurturing Christ-Like Character In our Kids. Terry Ann has written numerous Bible study curriculums for Teens as well as magazine articles for ministries including Lifeway and taught public speaking and Business Communication classes for Baylor, Belmont and Dallas Baptist universities. Terry Ann finds her greatest fulfillment in spending time with her husband and five adult children in Texas.   Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)   Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”   Links: https://www.studentsstandingstrong.org To give to the ministry of Moms in Prayer: Support Our Mission | Moms In Prayer International Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org

IF                                                                                  IF YOU REMAIN IN ME John 15:1-8   "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.     NIV MOST OF OUR PRAYERS REVOLVE AROUND US.   Parable of the Sower  Mark 4:3-20 The word remain is in these scriptures 8 times. It means to be still. Exodus 14:13-14   But Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. 14 The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm."       New Living  It means to be expectant. Haggai 1:14    So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel …    NIV It means to wait.  Acts 1:4   On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.    NIV John 15:7    If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.    HOW TO HAVE THE WORD REMAIN IN YOU 1.  READ IT. 2. STUDY IT. 3. MEDITATE IT. 4. MEMORIZE IT. 5. PERSONALIZE IT. 6. PRAY IT. 7. DO IT. 

2020 Resolves For Men - "Go To Joseph!" - Mike Church Show Red Pill Diaries Listen To This Entire Episode of The Mike Church Show, Click Here! Mike Church's exhortation to ALL men on how to deal with the crisis of masculinity in our modern porn drenched culture, as Mike put it "In 2020, I challenge you and I take the challenge myself, Go to Saint Joseph. Become that knight who actually sits on a white steed ready to defend his family from the cult of death and lead them to do so by the light of The Holy Family and especially Saint Joseph." A Call To Arms! Join The KingDude In The CRUSADER Knights of The Most Holy Rosary Confraternity and Take Action! Talk taken from this HEADLINE: No Church for Young Men by Eric Sammon We see young flocking to the door once they leave the house. For Catholics, if religion was “very important” in the family, then 73 percent of the time the kids remained Catholic after leaving the house. If it was “not too/not at all important,” only 38 percent remained Catholic. This shouldn’t be surprising to most people involved with youth outreach; they know it from experience. This is why many look for ways to involve parents in their youth activities. However, the model remains directed toward the kids, separate from their parents. How Can We Do This? -  Institute ad orientem worship. Ensure there are only men and boys at the altar. Maintain silence before and after Mass in the church. Sing traditional hymns, not the 1970s folk drivel so popular today. Institute men’s groups (i.e. the Holy Name Society) that focuses on concrete, practical activities. Call for sacrifice. Tell it like it is. Learn the St. Joseph prayer and PRAY IT! Learn Psalm 69 Incline unto my aid, O God. - O Lord, make haste to help me.  BIOGRAPHY Mike Church Biography – “Too Catholic For Satellite Radio” In May of 2015, Chris Ferrara wrote a bio pic essay on a talk-radio host who was then completely unknown to Catholic, talk-radio fans. The Mike Church Interview: A Remarkable Conversion to Tradition Changes the Face of Political Talk Radio Featured Chris wrote of me back then, words that were too kind but serve as a basis for this biography. Indeed, over the past year or so Mike Church has emerged as the only traditionally Catholic conservative in talk radio today, anywhere in the world. And I mean traditional. Not only during my appearances on the show, but now thematically, Mike has turned the longest running political talk show on Sirius Radio into an unabashed presentation of the Social Kingship of Christ, traditional Catholic moral teaching, and even the traditional Latin liturgy as the solution to what is evidently otherwise a terminal civilizational crisis. I have been invited on the show numerous times to defend all of these things explicitly, to speak of the one true Church, and even to call upon conservative Protestants to enter the Church if they are serious about saving our nation and our civilization. From there, on October 26, 2015, my 13 year run on Sirius Satellite Radio came to a close when my contract was not renewed. Chris would follow the above bio with an updated one titled, The Mike Church Show – Too Catholic For Satellite Radio. MIKE CHURCH BIOGRAPHY FACTS Born, February 2nd, New Orleans Begun talk-radio in 1992, WSLA, Slidell LA, I have been off air a total of 7 months since. Launched the Sirius Satellite Radio service as its FIRST – LIVE talk-show on 10 March, 2003. Promoted to Morning Drive on the SiriusXM Patriot Channel, May 2009, the 3rd most listened to show on the platform From July 2007 – present, founded Founding Father Films, wrote, produced, narrated and directed 9, full length audio features, two that made it to DVD! Returned to the Roman Catholic Church’s Tridentine Mass and Tradition in 2013. Consecrated to Our Lady via de Montfort’s formula in December 2014.

Dream Word – CONFIDENCEIsaiah 35:4-6 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. KJVIn time past, I lived on the border of the county of East Sussex and the county of Kent, even the so-called, Garden of England. Then, living in South Tunbridge Wells, I was delighted to find that it was riddled with well established and beautiful ‘Cut Throughs’ and ‘Short Cuts’ between all the walls and hedges, and all fences and houses. In my home county of Derbyshire we call these short cuts, these new ways, ‘Jennels,’ and in other parts of the country they are also referred to as ‘Jiggers’ or maybe even, ‘Snickleways,’ (isn’t that cute!) but down in that part of the ‘Soft and Sunny South,’ they are delightfully referred to as, ‘Twittens.’A Synapse is a highly specialized junction found either between two neurons (nerve cells) or a neuron and a protein cell, which in turn allows the transmission of chemical and electrical signals, resulting in a quick cascade of a physical response. Now, these well established synaptic pathways are of course especially important in brain function and can be easily destroyed by anything from drugs to disease, thus limiting the capacity of brain functionality. The brain, however, is quite remarkable, especially in younger people, in that even with the destruction of well established and existing synaptic pathways, others can be established as time goes on.Now, I have neither the knowledge or understanding to correctly communicate how the brain works, but then, who does! Yes, the investigation and understanding of brain function and the definition of intelligence and consciousness seem almost as accurate as describing a single star, maybe, on the Eagle Nebula! Yup, I reckon we understand just that much about these things, and probably not a lot more! Never the less, this phenomenon of the damaged brain's capacity to establish new ‘Cut Throughs’ and new ‘Short Cuts,’ or if you will, new ‘Jennels,’ ‘Snickleways,’ and ‘Twittens’, is quite remarkable.My point tonight is this: In the establishment and growth of towns and cities throughout the ages, human beings have always been in the business of establishing ‘Twittens,’ those quicker and often prettier ‘Cut Throughs,’ so as to arrive speedier and more refreshed at their desired destination. In the same way, even nature, from rivers to streams, and from the establishment or re-establishment of broken brain synaptic pathways, yes, nature has been in the business of making ways where there are none. Therefore, do you not think tonight then, that our God can make for you WAYS where at the moment there are none? Of course, He can! So, very simply, I say to some of you tonight, that GOD CAN MAKE A WAY FOR YOU, even if you do not see it yet! Trust Him in this.Listen: - No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJV.)Pray:- It is a very simple prayer of mine tonight dear Jesus, please make a way, where currently there is no way, yes, open up a new way, a hidden way, a forgotten way, where at the moment there appears to be none. In your great NameSupport the show (http://www.victorrobert.tv)

Jonas finishes of our series on James with Pray It and the importance of having a strong pray life.

Senior Pastor, Stuart Bell, concludes the Faith Works series, with "Pray It".