Truth For Youth with Micah Murphree

Episode 34 In this podcast Trey Burton shares his story of how he has become one of the top tight ends in the NFL.  It wasn't a clear easy path.  God took Trey and his family on a journey to get him to where he is today.  He shares the importance of staying focused on Jesus and keeping faith in the plan and the path that God has for us!  There will be difficulties and there wil...

Episode 33 It's easy to get caught up in the Comparison Game where we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.  This is especially true because of social media where we are constantly seeing everyone's best...everyone's highlight reel! “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Theodore Roosevelt In this podcast, I give you 4 things to help fight falling into this trap. If you found this podcast...

Episode 32 I love the concept of preparation meeting opportunity!  The more life I live, the more I see this truth being played out over and over - "Success occurs when preparation meets opportunity."  I use the word success loosely but it can even mean a more favorable result in this case.  Too often we get way too focused on the opportunity and don't spend nearly enough time prepa...

Episode 31 Heath Evans Interview - part 2 I continue the conversation with my long time friend and former NFL fullback - Heath Evans.  Heath was the fullback at Auburn University when I was there cheering there with my wife Lois Ann. In this interview Heath discusses his faith journey and how we all desperately need Jesus.  Heath shares some great biblical truth and advice that we all ca...

Episode 30 Heath Evans Interview - part 1 I interview my 1st guest on the podcast - long time friend and former NFL fullback - Heath Evans.  Heath was the fullback at Auburn University when I was there cheering with my wife Lois Ann.   In this interview Heath discusses his faith journey and how we all desperately need Jesus.  Heath shares some great biblical truth and advice that we...

Episode 29 Yes we want to live a life that is recommendable and we want to live in a manner that others respect how we live as followers of Christ.  But just because we live a life like that doesn't mean everyone will respect that.  As followers of Christ we will be ridiculed and we will get made fun of and we will get "hated" on.   The fact is there are mean and evil people in...

Episode 28: Building on the last episode when I talked about living a life that is recommendable, we take it a step further.  Paul tells the Christians in Thessalonica that not only should they love others but they also should mind their own business and go do work! 1 Thess 4:11-12 11 Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Mind your own business, and earn your own living, as we told you befo...

Episode 27 I heard a business professional say that we should live a recommendable life.  Meaning that the words we speak and the actions we do should be honest, dependable, and worthy of others respect to the point where they would recommend us for something - that something might be a job, a service, a product, etc.  But as I thought about it, I thought that yes we as Christians should...

Episode 26 Self Evaluation / Reflection is something that is important and can be very valuable in multiple areas of our life – especially our spiritual growth. 2 Cor 13:5 5 Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. (NLT) 5 Check up on yourselves. Are you really Christians?...

Episode 25 I continue the talk from the previous episode about Old vs New Testament.  Jesus arrives in the New Testament and creates a new covenant/agreement.  This time the covenant is not just for ancient Israel, its for All people! Jesus says in Matt 5:17 17 “Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” (HCSB) 17-18 “Don’t sup...

Episode 24 I know the Bible can be confusing at times.  This is especially true when you talk about the Old Testament and the New Testament.  So many laws and practices in the Old Testament don't seem to apply to the New Testament.  And then some things in the Old Testament seem to still be true for the New Testament.  So how do you know which is "outdated" and which is "releva...

Episode 23 How does David - a man after God’s own heart (see passage below) - go from being loyal to God and seeking Him for every decision to committing murder?   22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’ Acts 13:22 It doesn't happen overnight! &nb...

Episode 22 Life is full of "things" that slow us down and/or keep us from moving forward towards a goal.  This is true for pretty much everything in life...school, sports, relationships, career, business, health, and of course spiritual. Heb 12:1-2 12 As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin wh...

Episode 21 So many people believe the purpose of life is to be Happy or the Pursuit of Happiness!   It's a misconception.  I believe most people are actually pursuing gratification instead of happiness.  And in reality they should be pursuing Joy instead of happiness!  Today I talk about all 3 of these concepts and how they relate and how they are very different.  Onl...

Episode 20 This is part 2 of "Don't Give Up."  I continue the message about not giving up with things are tough and you feel like you are not making any progress by "being good" or by following God's path for your life.  I share the story of Adonriam Judson and the struggles and set backs he faced. If you found this podcast beneficial, please take a minute to leave a review and then shar...

Episode 19 This episode continues to build on the theme of "Doing Good."  In the last podcast, I talked about Galatians 6:7-8 7 Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! 8 If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and de...

Episode 18 In my previous episodes, I've talked about doing good.  I continue to build on this foundation.  I believe our world desperately needs for others to step up and do good.  Our world is full of hate, division, and selfishness.  Christians need to step up and do good things!  Serve others and help others and encourage and love others! Not only is it jus the right t...

Episode 17 With all the wrong doings by police, protestors, politicians, media, etc....We all need more Good deeds being done!   Paul concludes his letter to Titus with this: Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, in order to provide for real needs; they should not live useless lives. (Titus 3:14) Paul wanted Titus to instruct the Christians in Crete to do good!  To meet t...

Episode 16 This week when I was reading the book of Titus, Paul's writing hit me hard!  Paul was writing Titus to help Titus teach and instruct the followers of Jesus on the island of Crete.  In the 3rd chapter, he talks about how believers should submit to authority and be obedient and peaceful with the governing authorities over them.  Considering the times we are currently in wit...

Episode 15 Think about how much of life is waiting!  We spend so much time waiting on all sorts of things from small and quick to large and long!  I believe technology has decreased our patience because it has spoiled us into not having shorter wait times than we did in the past.  Which is great but in many ways but I think it hurts us some when it comes to our impatience when waiti...

Episode 14 In last week's podcast I talked about how Love is the answer to living in a time of hate and division.  I continue the theme of love and pick up where we left off last week.  Which is the story that Jesus tells of the Good Samaritan when explaining who our neighbor is.   The Jews and the Samaritans despised each other yet in the story it was the Samaritan that came t...

Episode 13 I'm so trouble by all the hate that is currently in our country!  The recent killing of George Floyd by a white police officer...all caught on video.  It's horrible and so troubling to watch!  And now a week later our country is in chaos with rioting and looting every night.  I fully support the peaceful protesting for George and other black people who have been vict...

Episode 12 This is part 5 and the conclusion of my series on The Last Dance (Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls documentary).  In the last episode of The Last Dance, Michael Jordan is reflecting back on his last season with the Bulls in which they won the Championship in 1998.  They has a stacked team at the time and had won 6 titles!  But this was it...this was the last season with a...

Episode 11 I continue my series with part 4 of The Last Dance (Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls documentary).  In the 8th episode of The Last Dance, Jordan and the Bulls talk about how in the 1995/96 season they were on track to beat the single season record of most games won in the NBA regular season.  But that's wasn't their main objective.  Their main goal was to be crowned the C...

Episode 10 In this episode, we continue the series on The Last Dance that is based on the documentary of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1980's and 1990's. In episode 7 of the documentary, they discuss the type of teammate and leader that Jordan was.  He was tough and hard and pushed his teammates really hard to be the best!  He wanted to win and he wanted them to win...