Podcasts about simply jesus

"If you're especially prone to being exceptionally hard on yourself, know that there's nothing you could do to outrun God's grace, either. His arms are reaching for you, stretched out wide. How wide? From one of His Son's nailed hands on the cross to the other. This is how far His grace goes for you."Leave a comment for Kristen: https://incourage.me/?p=251837--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Easter — a keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"For a long time, I thought church communities should be filled with people who looked and thought alike. But our differences are a gift. There is richness in different generations, cultures, and even denominational traditions. We unite around core truths — like the authority of Scripture and the resurrection of Jesus — but we don't have to be spiritual clones." -Melissa ZaldivarLeave a comment: https://incourage.me/?p=251866--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Easter — a keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"God is with you in times of questioning. God is with you even when you feel alone. God is with you when life is at its highest tension. God is with you when you're at your lowest point. God is with you when you make mistakes. God is with you when you take big steps of courage or faith."Leave a comment for Barb: https://incourage.me/?p=251785--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Easter — a keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Friend, today God is inviting you to step into the light. Maybe you instantly know the memories you need to address and confess. Maybe, like me, you feel stirred up but stuck. Wherever you're at today ask: God, what do You want to talk to me about?"Leave a comment for Becky: https://incourage.me/?p=251899--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Easter — a keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"I don't know how long I'll be here; my lease is up soon and there are big questions on the horizon. I may call this beautiful city home for eight more years or I might be packing boxes in eight weeks. Today, it's completely unknown. But for however long I'm here, I want to be all the way in, settled down, and committed to both the people and the place where God has planted me."Leave a comment for Kaitlyn: https://incourage.me/?p=251740--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Easter — a keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

In this week's installment of the Simply Jesus series, Pastor Seth Drewry explores the authority and compassion of Jesus as depicted in Luke 4:31-41. Through compelling narratives of Jesus casting out demons and healing the sick, Pastor Seth underscores Jesus' power and desire to help those in need. Reflecting on the questions, "Can Jesus help me?" and highlighting His authority over evil spirits and sickness, Pastor Seth assures that the answer is a resounding yes. Whether facing oppression, possession, or sickness, Jesus stands ready and willing to heal, deliver, and lead us in victory. Discover how Jesus' timeless power and willingness can impact your life today.Join us next week at Believers Fellowship. The Sunday morning worship service begins each week at 10:30am. You can also stream the service online at www.bfchurch.tv/live. We are located at 16194 W Highway 10, Belleville, AR 72824To stay up-to-date with everything happening at BF, download our mobile app at www.bfchurch.tv/app.Feel inspired to support the vision and mission of BF? Give online at www.bfchurch.tv/give.Need Prayer? Contact us with your prayer request at www.bfchurch.tv/prayer.Be sure to "like," "subscribe," or follow us on social media and in your favorite podcast streaming app.facebook.com/believersfellowshipaginstagram.com/believersfellowshipag

In week two of the "Simply Jesus" Lenten series, Pastor Seth Drewry from Believers Fellowship in Belleville, AR delves into the temptations of Jesus as depicted in Luke 4:1-13. Pastor Seth highlights how Jesus, although tempted like us, remained unyielding to sin. Through fasting and prayer, Jesus finds strength and effectively uses Scripture to counter temptation, illustrating how God provides the resources to resist sin. Pastor Seth explains that Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness equip Him to understand our struggles deeply, as He experienced the same trials and temptations in human form. With this empathy, He offers us guidance and victory over sin. By following Jesus' example, we can find empowerment in times of trial, renew our commitment during Lent, and look forward to a harvest of heart transformation on Easter Sunday.Join us next week at Believers Fellowship. The Sunday morning worship service begins each week at 10:30am. You can also stream the service online at www.bfchurch.tv/live. We are located at 16194 W Highway 10, Belleville, AR 72824To stay up-to-date with everything happening at BF, download our mobile app at www.bfchurch.tv/appFeel inspired to support the vision and mission of BF? Give online at www.bfchurch.tv/giveNeed Prayer? Contact us with your prayer request at www.bfchurch.tv/prayerBe sure to "like," "subscribe," or follow us on social media and in your favorite podcast streaming app.facebook.com/believersfellowshipaginstagram.com/believersfellowshipag

"We have to have faith in the middle. Faith to leave our country and everything we know. Faith to not bow to the image and be thrown in the furnace. Faith to raise our staff and tell two million people to walk through the water."Leave a comment for Tyra: https://incourage.me/?p=249609--This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Christmas — a beautiful keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles — every page will help you prepare for Christmas. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Sometimes God's creation preaches the most surprising sermons. Even though I'm a novice gardener, the metaphor was not lost on me. Sometimes we need a little shaking up to prompt us to flourish in the calling God has for us."Leave a comment for Dorina: https://incourage.me/?p=249654--This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Christmas — a beautiful keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles — every page will help you prepare for Christmas. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"We are parented by God toward rootedness in the same way that parents work to root their children in Christ – through worship, prayer, and His word. We need strong roots when inevitable storms come, to keep us steady when the winds of life blow.Then, God parents us toward using our wings, reminding us that when we place our hope in Him, we will “soar on wings like eagles, … run and now grow weary, … walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:3).And when we use those wings to fly, we can be assured that God goes with us."Leave a comment for Jennifer: https://incourage.me/?p=249642--This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Christmas — a beautiful keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles — every page will help you prepare for Christmas. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"We are daughters of God created in His image. We are chosen to be part of His plan. We are promised that we will have everything we need for all He has called us to do. We have been forgiven and set free. This is the source of our hope. This is our security. This is why, in spite of our weaknesses and failures, we can walk in holy confidence today."Leave a comment for Holley: https://incourage.me/?p=249451--This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Christmas — a beautiful keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles — every page will help you prepare for Christmas. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"If that isn't enough, Scripture goes on to say that we are redeemed, delivered, set free. We are righteous and made in His image. We are new creations who now have friendship with God. We are no longer bound by shame. We have peace, joy, and hope in Him. He has good plans for us. We are no longer condemned. We have eternal life."Leave a comment for Karina: https://incourage.me/?p=249716--This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Christmas — a beautiful keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles — every page will help you prepare for Christmas. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines.The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Sunday Night Message

Dr. Eric Bryant interviews Oliver Wright, editor of On Earth as in Heaven: Daily Wisdom for Twenty-First Century Christians which takes excerpts from his father N.T. Wright's books including Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, Simply Jesus, and After You Believe. Oliver shares about making the transition from working as an attorney into the world of theology, some of the insights found in On Earth as in Heaven, and ministry in the U.K. THE POST-CHRISTIAN PODCAST AND GIVEAWAYS: Our goal with The Post-Christian Podcast is to reframe, simplify, and focus on our mission to make disciples in a post Christian culture. We discuss reaching new people and raising up leaders while removing the barriers of churchianity. Be sure to sign up for Eric's email newsletter at www.ericbryant.org for a chance to win future book giveaways and assessments! Subscribe, Rate, and Review The Post-Christian Podcast at Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.com/@ericbryant777. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-bryant1/support

"This Easter, fill your heart with His joy in a new way and let it spill out everywhere. Let us come to Him this Easter as His children, with open hearts and willing hands, to love and serve in whatever way He leads us. As we envision the empty tomb and celebrate that eternal freedom we have been given, let's not keep this joy to ourselves. Let's be a part of bringing His Kingdom here, today — transforming this world with His healing love, one precious heart at a time."Leave a comment and be entered to WIN a copy of Simply Jesus: The Heart of Easter: https://incourage.me/?p=237747--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Serving well begins with asking for suggestions, listening carefully, and getting creative by anticipating all sorts of needs. Recently in a conversation with my sister (who's been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer) and brother-in-law, they mentioned the awkward position they've repeatedly found themselves in with people wanting to help.   What is offered isn't what they need, and they don't know how to express this for fear of sounding ungrateful. Well-meaning friends make assumptions about what is helpful. Most people (including me!) offer food, but it has to be when it fits their schedule. What we fail to consider is how full the person's refrigerator may already be, how small their appetite is from treatment or sickness, how our timing isn't aligned with their existing plans, and how guilty or unappreciative the person feels from having to throw out excess food they simply can't eat.   Even if we ask open-ended questions about how to help, it's awkward for the person to express what they really could use.  When I realized there were better ways to help others going through similar circumstances, I asked my sister, brother-in-law, and friends for suggestions." Read Robin's list and leave her a comment: https://incourage.me/?p=237802--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"God may not be yelling; He could be whispering. Don't let the struggles of this life steal the voice of Love. You haven't lost your ability to hear Him well, you may have just entered a new level of intimacy with God. God is inviting you to know Him, not simply in the big moments but in the seasons of quiet when life is hard. He wants you to know that He is powerful and He is personal. Listen for His sweet, intimate whispers today."Leave a comment for Simi: https://incourage.me/?p=237847--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"When we think the way Jesus thinks and talk the way Jesus talks, we will see things the way Jesus sees. God, renew my mind, my words, and my perceptions today. I want my character to be aligned with Yours.  Amen."Leave a comment for Hannah - and be entered to WIN a copy of her new devotional, Goodness Gracious: https://incourage.me/?p=237352Then join Becky Keife this weekend on the (in)courage podcast for a conversation with Hannah about how God uses even the hardest parts of our stories to draw us to Him and give us His JOY. Don't miss it!--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"God will never abandon you in your time of grief. When you feel completely alone in this world, turn to God's Word for comfort.  When the tears won't stop, turn to God to dry your tears.  When you feel like you've utterly hit rock bottom, turn to God for hope.  He's there with you, in the fallow season, whispering in your ear, “I've got you. You're going to be OK.”  This might not feel like encouragement right now, but someday you'll look back on what you're going through and see how God sustained you."Leave a comment for Michelle: https://incourage.me/?p=237865--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: The Heart of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"I learned two eye-opening (and heart-humbling) lessons:  1. Words hold the power of life and death for the person who says them.  2. Words hold the power of life and death for the person who hears them.  Our words impact our ability to do hard things. And our words impact the ability of other people to do hard things. Yes, there are moments when we must speak the truth about the hard thing out loud. I'm afraid. This is hard. My heart aches. But if complaints dominate our conversation, the hard thing becomes the only thing. And any power we might gain from the Spirit within us gets swallowed up by a lesser voice."Leave a comment for Michele: https://incourage.me/?p=237718--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: the Hope of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"We can call out to God -- not only in our distress but in our day-to-day. You may be landlocked, but the God of the sea is still your God. You may have clear skies, but the God of stormy weather is still your God. You may be in an uncomfortable season, but the God of comfort and hope is still your God."Leave a comment for Melissa: https://incourage.me/?p=237777--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: the Hope of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"What if we dared to replace our insistence on self-sufficiency with stubborn hope?  What if we opened ourselves up to the infinite possibilities that lie in store when we place our hope outside of ourselves?  When we stop hinging our worth based on what we can (or can't) do and instead place our hope in who God is, we might just discover that we don't find true strength in our ability to go it alone but in our willingness to surrender to a grace greater than ourselves."Leave a comment for Kayla: https://incourage.me/?p=237690--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: the Hope of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Hard things in other people's lives do not negate the pain you are carrying personally. God is big enough to care about the little things. Nothing is too big for our Lord. And nothing is too small either."Leave a comment for Jennifer: https://incourage.me/?p=237793--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: the Hope of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"When you fall apart, you are falling into grace. Even while life is crumbling in ways that we cannot comprehend or control, His love for us still proves to be all that we need. Even while life is crumbling in ways that we cannot comprehend or control, His love for us still proves to be all that we need."Leave a comment for Rachel: https://incourage.me/?p=237620--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: the Hope of Easter – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles all to help you prepare for Easter. Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

Jesus was born into a difficult time in the history of Israel. John put it like this, “In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” Simeon, an elderly man in Jerusalem at the temple called Jesus a “light” who would be revealed to the gentiles. Christmas truly brings a message of hope and light to a dark and weary world!  Scripture: Luke 1, 2.Questions? Email:  hello@citylifechurch.nycFor more information visit: https://citylifechurch.nycFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/citylifechurchnyc?locale=eo_EOAll Music Licensed through CCLI - https://us.ccli.com/CCLI Streaming Plus License # 21120922Episode 330

Prophesies about Jesus birth proclaimed He would be a Savior. In today's message we take a look at a familiar story in John 4 in which Jesus speaks to an unnamed woman who is empty from the hardships of life. To this seemingly insignificant (to those around her BUT not to the Savior) woman, Jesus makes His boldest claim about Who He is. Our texts are Matthew 1:20-21, and John 4. Questions? Email:  hello@citylifechurch.nyc For more information visit: https://citylifechurch.nycFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/citylifechurchnyc?locale=eo_EOAll Music Licensed through CCLI - https://us.ccli.com/CCLI Streaming Plus License # 21120922Episode 329

The message of Christmas is that a weary world rejoices. Why? Because the Prince of Peace came in the form of a baby. What is peace? What does the Bible say about it? How can we get it? We find the answers in the Scripture. Our texts are Matthew 1:20-21, and Isaiah 9:6. Questions? Email:  hello@citylifechurch.nyc For more information visit: https://citylifechurch.nycFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/citylifechurchnyc?locale=eo_EOAll Music Licensed through CCLI - https://us.ccli.com/CCLI Streaming Plus License # 21120922Episode 328

"When we know the big story of God, we know how to find our place in it."Give your kids a big view of God from creation to heaven with The Story of God Box Set by Jennie Allen. The Story of God is a five-book set enclosed in a beautiful keepsake box, and equips parents with simple, engaging tools that fuel their kids' curiosity. These books help children understand God's character and their relationship with the Creator. Get your box set of The Story of God for a GREAT price at DaySpring.com - and enter to win a set here: https://incourage.me/?p=235973 --This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Sisters, we can make a difference in someone's life with something we do every day: sitting down for a meal. Let's open our hearts and our homes this season and view mealtimes the way Jesus did: as an opportunity to serve others and come together in fellowship through the ministry of breaking bread."Leave a comment for Dawn: https://incourage.me/?p=236301 --This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Today is an invitation for you to tend to your inner emotional Christmas tree and believe that God can light up your heart with hope. What if you took time this Christmas season to invite God to decorate your inner emotional Christmas tree with the good gifts that He gives? The more you focus on the light that Jesus' life brings, the more your heart will shine that light out in a world that needs Jesus's hope now more than ever."Leave a comment for Barb: https://incourage.me/?p=236264 --This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"In the quiet, I realize, and maybe you do too, that I have become full. And not in a good way. Full of expectations for this season, full of plans and pulls. Full of Facebook and Instagram — I just can't seem to put them down. Full of myself and what I want. I'm so filled up that I can't put anything else in.  When I feel like this, I know what I need to do, but sometimes I need someone else to confirm it. So if you need confirmation, too, you have it from me. I have to empty myself of me and make room for Jesus. I must turn off the distractions, even some good ones, so I can focus on the One who is ultimately the most important."Enter to WIN a copy of DaySpring's new keepsake Christmas magazine! https://incourage.me/?p=235446 Prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Jesus came to us. He lowered Himself and came into our world, but He also continues to come into the caves we often hide ourselves away in. Christ came to lift us out of our guilt. He came to pour light into the darkness.  The Christmas cure is to let the love of Christ fill your loneliness, cover your shame, and come into your guilt. You are free. Instead of reaching to resolve your pain on your own, receive the gift God is offering you through His son."Leave a message for Anjuli: https://incourage.me/?p=236288--This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

We do not need to choose between intellectual honesty and faith. True faith can only exist in harmony with intellectual honesty. While many Church leaders discourage members of the Church from deconstruction, I have to say that God transformed me and even delivered me through my deconstruction and reconstruction. Deconstruction is inevitable. Deliverance itself involves a process of deconstructing one's life and belief systems. One of the central elements of a robust faith is intellectual honesty. In today's podcast, you will hear from a well-known intellectual whose work has rocked the Christian world over the past few decades and, I believe, will continue to shape the Christian Church for generations to come for the better. I'm talking about the intellectual giant and someone future generations will refer to as a "father of the faith," N.T. Wright.❤️ SHOW YOUR SUPPORT - LINKS BELOW...➡️ DONATE ➡️  Join our team!https://www.givesendgo.com/karlgesslerfamilybandhttps://www.patreon.com/karlgesslerSocial Media➡️Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089357625739➡️Telegram - https://t.me/FaithoftheFathers➡️Truth Social - https://truthsocial.com/@UCLOvq6O4aIXLrkKxwXkq3uA ➡️Gab - https://gab.com/KarlGesslerSupport the show

"God is not surprised when we fall apart. He isn't shocked or dismayed when we get a little or a lot messy. He doesn't demand that we get our act together before coming to Him. And God doesn't run the other way when we feel like it's all too much — or when we are what feels like too much."Leave a comment for Mary: https://incourage.me/?p=231846--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Easter. Even a special section just for kids!  Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is narrated by Rachel Marie Kang, and brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"God wastes not one drop of your difficulty. God is renewing your strength and vision day by day, season by season. He is not idle but actively moving in your life so that you may know Him better. Part of that is showing you and me how the hardship that seemed so unnecessary before can grow into future blessings rising from the mystery."Leave a comment for Kristen: https://incourage.me/?p=231792--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Easter. Even a special section just for kids!  Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is narrated by Rachel Marie Kang, and brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"Jesus meets us inside the walls of our churches and outside of them on smoke breaks. Church isn't always a sermon. Sometimes it's a smoke break with two friends whose lives have looked nothing like mine. Jesus was right there – inside our church service and outside too.  Each of us belongs to Him."Leave a comment for Aliza: https://incourage.me/?p=231714 --This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Easter. Even a special section just for kids!  Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is narrated by Rachel Marie Kang, and brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"As real as our challenges are, heaven must become even more real. That pain you feel? You're homesick. But that's okay, because to be homesick only confirms that the best is yet to come.  Go ahead and dream, even while you weep. One day soon, you will finally be home. And He'll have your room ready."Leave a comment for Michele: https://incourage.me/?p=231032--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Easter. Even a special section just for kids!  Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is narrated by Rachel Marie Kang, and brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!

"We live in a dance of yesterday and today, of grief and gratitude. We do not have to pick one. There's a sisterhood of gratitude and grief, of death and resurrection. I find both in the strands of my midlife hair. I look at a section of still-jet-black mixed with lightened pieces and bright, almost-translucent-white strands and feel an ache for what was and a thanks for who I am becoming with age, change, and redemption."Leave a comment for Tasha: https://incourage.me/?p=231702--This Easter, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Easter. Even a special section just for kids!  Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. The (in)courage podcast is narrated by Rachel Marie Kang, and brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.Connect with (in)courage: Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more! Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives. Email us at incourage@dayspring.com. Leave a podcast review on Apple!