Memoirs of Abiding

We look at Matthew 3 and 4 seeing the Wilderness. We jump into the life and ministry of Christ to see the times God's word was used in his own life and how important having the words of the Father were compared to his own. 

Continuing through illumination into the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul

This week we jump into looking at the illumination that came to Moses and Joshua. We continue the month talking about how God speaks to us through His written word.

Seeing Jeremiah give a great example of Illumination in his Lamentations

We discuss the idea of God communicating with us. Through this we discover what are commonly misunderstood methods of communication and how God’s word is the ultimate method to communicate with us, through the leading and prompting of the Holy Spirit

Have you struggled with a complete despair, or doubted God would work in your life but would work in others' lives? Join us as we talk about the spiritual disease Hopelessness and how to overcome through abiding. 

How deeply is this rooted or engrained in our thinking? Rooted into the very fabric our our society How does it affect us? - Mindset - If I don’t do it, it won’t get done. If you want something done right, do it yourself. God helps those who help themselves, so I need to make sure everything is set right. - Belief in self (Proud, Everything under control or everything is chaos) “I have to do this...

Perfectionism Where does it come from and why is it so common around the world? How does it affect us? - Mindset - I have to do this or I won’t be ok. Perception of who I am will be tainted. - Belief in self (Self-deprecation and shame and failure) “I’m nothing unless I can perform” - Belief or treatment of others (Judgment), Feeling like they should be better or do better. - Relationship with God...

Today we will talk about overcoming legalism, not by our own power but through abiding. Where does it come from and why is so common in church? It comes from the same place that we have been talking about with everything else, it fills a hole within us. What is legalism? It is overriding need or desire that people do things the way you want them. Someone would say absolute passivism is the only wa...

Why is there such a pull from this? What is it about the relationships that brings us temporary “happiness”, masks sadness, or gives us something that we try to fill the hole in our soul? Fears that might be associated with giving up the idol: Fear of a Loneliness Fear of being unlovable, not being accepted Fear of not fitting in with others Fear of lack of sexual intimacy Fear of a lack of securi...

Why is there such a pull from this? Cultural Societal Church this is stressed What is it about the Family and Marriage things that brings us temporary “happiness”, or gives us something that we try to fill the hole in our soul? Not relationship Status symbol Goal feeling of accomplishment and meaning. Fears that might be associated with giving up the idol: Meaningless No mark on the world Failing...

Why is there such a pull from this? What is it about the Performance or pleasurable things that brings us temporary “happiness”, masks sadness, or gives us something that we try to fill the hole in our soul? Fears that might be associated with giving up the idol: Fear of a lack of control Fear of not being enough Fear of missing out on good things Fear of feeling pain So how do we abide through th...

We talk about the idol of materialism, what is supposedly offers us, what it looks like, and how we can counter it through abiding. 

This week we dive into the socially accepted sins. How do we identify it, how do we abide through it. 

On this podcast we discuss What it looks like, what it does, and how to overcome through abiding

Let's look at what Sin looks. It is more than just the dirty evil sins. Perhaps it is more and perhaps it brings a beautiful reminder of what God truly did for us. 

Going into the details of what sin is, or truly what it becomes in our lives. 

What does self-care look like? What did it look like for Jesus to do self-care? Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46), mountain retreat then walking on water (Matthew 14:22), 40 days in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1, Luke 4,) Solomon walked in what he believed was self-care. He did all the things that were “stress-relievers” and yet it brought him nothing positive. Ultimately he realized after looking at his lif...

Abiding through the busyness to include family time. 

How does God's Word seem to fall to the wayside during the busy seasons? We talk about what role God's word plays in the life of a believer. And we introduce the Acronym RICH. Join us for more!

How do we maintain a healthy prayer life while Abiding in the Lord

Abiding Through Sadness Sadness when left to our own flesh can cause a deeper level of identity crisis. One that leads to despair, hopelessness, and depression. It can be good too, it can bring about repentance and dependence upon the Lord as well. The root of the sorrow, sadness, melancholy, comes from a desire, a want, a situation that we dislike. Maybe it’s from a relationship falling apart, ma...

Scripture Discussed: Genesis 12:10-20, Genesis 20, Exodus 3 and 4, 2 Peter:1, Romans 8, Psalm 37 Fear is something many Christians still struggle with in their everyday life. Now this is a different fear than that of a sudden circumstance. For example, when you hear a door creek that shouldn’t in your home. That would create a sudden response of fear that something isn’t right. That is different t...

Sometimes our emotions can get the best of us. Our expectations for something drive our perception of it. When that isn’t met we get annoyed, or frustrated. When this continues to pile up over a day, a week, a month, a lifetime, without a healthy way of dealing with it, we may explode on those around us. What can the anger lead to in our lives? Malice, bitterness, anger/rage What did Jesus address...

John 17:20-26