Simply Pondering

What do we fixate on? What changes when we fix our eyes on Jesus? What did I fixate on in this video? All these questions answered in this podcast. Give it a listen to find out!

We all fall short of God's perfect standard and deserve the punishment for our disobedience, our sin. But God doesn't leave us there! His grace covers ALL of our downfalls, and He's always there to help us back up again. These ponderings and more found in the latest podcast!

You may have heard about lukewarm Christians, or even wondered if you're one yourself, but have you heard these thoughts on the matter? Revelation 3 and Luke 14 for the Scripture references.

What does it mean to be Christian? What is required for salvation? These ponderings and more can be found in this podcast.

How do you spend your time? Are the fun, enjoyable, or neutral things you take part in pulling you closer to or further from God? My ponderings on these things found here.

Everything that God ever said would come to pass, did. For the things that didn't, they either weren't from God, or they just haven't happened yet (but are going to soon). These are my latest ponderings on God's promises.

I've had some ponderings about the whole Michael Tait situation. Between the substance abuse and sexual assault, there's a lot of allegations and crap-talk about the former Newsboys and DC Talk singer. However, all of the people talking crap are, guess what, also sinners! We ought to build one another up on this walk called life, not crush and cancel anybody that we find out messed up and is tryin...

Life is really hard sometimes, and I don't always want to keep going. Can you relate? I think all of us have faced challenges we wanted to give up on. We all have bad days. But God is still good even in the hard times, and your life has purpose beyond what you can see. You MATTER!!! If nothing else, remember that. On the days you don't want to keep going, you still matter.

As we're coming up on Resurrection Sunday, I'm pondering the death of our great King Jesus and the gravity of it all, along with the joyous resurrection soon to follow! He's coming again too; will we see it coming?

For the finale of Revelation, *drumroll Jesus is coming soon! Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1wGkzZy3leMebuRj6oAfWY?si=Hc6eIA_kR8acnTIwIplo0g

God is making everything new as Revelation comes (nearly) to a close. Wanna see what this new heaven, new earth, and new city are all about? If you've given your heart to Jesus and accepted Him as your Savior, someday you'll get to. Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nXEOrphm9xtqPKwlh2Vvm?si=xnnimX4fQ_CSiPGxPgw6MA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A5Xh9Gpzzzp8Zv1G45r0Erf

Satan is defeated! Peace is here! For a thousand years, Christ reigns on the earth with His people, as seen in Revelation 20. Then, final judgment comes on those who've rejected God. Which group do you want to be a part of: those who reign with Christ, or those who suffer the second death? Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/075PKGCcZPrqU1Kpl6r6wm?si=GIzYhODUTIixoTZtZC_rdw

Praise be to God for all He does! It's time to ponder the marriage supper of the Lamb, and some birds' supper after a great battle. I'd love to hear your ponderings on all this too! Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LB7vrtyFl3uGb0ADLYEj3?si=6fWCWeLLRUq0FR24aL5vgw

The time for Babylon's judgment has come! At least, that's what John describes in this chapter of Revelation. Have some of your own ponderings on these things? I'd love to hear them if you wanna share! Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/13dFpahv5xRUmtlW7hbfDE?si=ysqZHK8fTVmvUXzS9x4h8A&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A5Xh9Gpzzzp8Zv1G45r0Erf

Bowls and Beasts and Babylon, oh my! Picking up where the bowl judgments left off, here are some ponderings about the great, wicked Babylon and the beast it rides upon. Previous chapters: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yPALXpNVsAncCA87SL8iQ?si=Svk8WveKQ66DV5CaxB6_iA

God's wrath is just. Period. I've been pondering some of the timeline of wrath, but it's clear in chapters 15 and 16 that God knows what He's doing and His plan is just. Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5g37WDMZmhUJ01Z4jpx8lt?si=w2BHoQtURSGbkqAcJrfyjw&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A5Xh9Gpzzzp8Zv1G45r0Erf

God is so cool! He gives everyone the chance to come to Him, even down to the last second, the very end. For ponderings on the last chance to hear the Gospel, the harvest of the people of earth, and some side tangents on how cool God really is, listen here! Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Xh9Gpzzzp8Zv1G45r0Erf

In Revelation 13, we get into the beast #1 and beast #2, plus the mark and what that might look like. Feel free to share your ponderings on all this too! Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WXI3UCjFojyXpgjPn7YYu?si=mO1h3fjkTxulqAMVOqRtsg

Picking up in Revelation 12, here's some ponderings about a woman with a crown of stars, a dragon ready to attack, and a war between angels. Previous episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XvzfwqPM1Yr79osKo2AO9?si=t34rX1GWRSaKJc8qrjdFkQ

Here we have chapters 10 and 11 in Revelation. It's kind of a wild ride from angels to prophets to finally hearing that 7th trumpet blast, plus some ponderings along the way, of course. Previous ponderings: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3zFN1A648wUvPrP7U82u98?si=33e948554ef1450c

Welcome to chapter 9, where the fifth and sixth trumpets are blown, causing even more pain and suffering for the wicked, whom God's wrath is poured out on. Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4P7rCGHi1rFsCAVX2Zg4mP?si=27A9EY5GTsG7A3P1Ithb8g

Continuing in Revelation, here's some ponderings from chapter 8! Previous chapter: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Krkk3e7AepoEF0XIbkRWQ?si=OAkIFVSuQX65HvuhTYeQ9g

Chapter 7! God is good! I recommend reading and studying it all for yourself too, but here's some recent ponderings on the sealed sons of Israel and the great multitude praising God around the throne, for He is, indeed, worthy. Previous episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hCI0itmQ9YljMQfqbD0pX?si=ff5382e9b9384d0e

Continuing to read through Revelation, in chapter 6 we see the Lamb (who is worthy!) opening the first of the seals! How exciting and terrifying, right? I share a few ponderings on the passage too. I'd love for you to share your ponderings too! Comment, message me on Facebook, or email me at simply-pondering@email.com.

One year ago, Israel was attacked by Hamas. How times have changed in the past year! Also, I couldn’t remember during the recording, but currently atop the Temple Mount is the Islamic holy site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. If Israel truly wants to build a new temple in the mount, they'd have to first remove this mosque. Hence the war and attacks last year. Let us not lose hope, but fix our eyes on Jesus...