Burning Hearts with Rachel Herbeck

Jesus who is Lord and Teacher shows his meekness and humility through washing the disciples’ feet. He invites his disciples to do the same, to take the lowest place and to serve one another with all meekness and humility as well.

The washing of the feet prefigures Baptism. Jesus tells Peter that unless he washes his feet, he has no part in Him. Jesus washes us clean so that we can be incorporated into His body and a part of God’s family.

Jesus serves His disciples and takes the form of a slave as the one who washes people’s feet. This is an image of what He does when he leaves his heavenly throne, taking the form of a slave and ultimately cleansing our sins through his blood.

Jesus was secure in his identity as the beloved son of the Father. From this place he served and fulfilled his mission – this place of being loved by the Father. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us walk and live secure in our identities. 

As we begin the Last Supper discourse, we see Jesus in John 13 serving his disciples in a radical way. Today we discuss that Jesus knew his hour was at hand and in his final hour he chose to serve.

Today, we see how Paul suffers for the gospel and communicates to the Romans that the thing that will give us a crown in Heaven is suffering with Christ.

As we strive to put to death things of the flesh, we need to root ourselves in our true identity as sons and daughters of God. Paul shows us how to internalize this truth each and every day.

Paul instructs the Romans to put to death the things of the flesh and to live a life in the Spirit. Today, we examine how to put to death our flesh in order to live lives under the reign of Jesus.

The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in each one of us. Today, we discuss what happens when God’s resurrection power is at work in us.

This week, we walk through Romans 8 and discuss what it truly means to be justified through faith and sanctified through the power of the Spirit.

Paul teaches us today that our new life in Christ is a life lived by faith in the Son of God who loves us and gave Himself up for us. The guiding principle of our lives becomes faith in Jesus Christ.

We are crucified with Christ and, as we die with Him, our new life is found in Him. We are raised to new life and He lives in us. Today we see what it truly means that Christ lives in us.

Today, we see the heart of the Galatians 2: through our baptism we have been crucified with Christ. The true life of discipleship is dying to our flesh to live with Christ.

As we continue in Galatians 2, we examine the truth that we are dead to sin and alive to God. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us live in that identity, truly alive in Christ Jesus.

This week, we begin to dive into Paul’s famous passage from Galatians 2 where he discusses being crucified with Christ. In today’s episode, Paul warns us that if we rely on our own strength, we will end up in sin.

As we end our week, Paul teaches us that the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, and the helmet of salvation are all necessary pieces of our armor. We discuss in particular how we guard our minds from the enemy.

As we continue to learn the elements of our armor, Paul instructs us to protect our hearts. God desires to protect our hearts with his righteousness so that our hearts stay soft and tender to his love.

Paul instructs us to clothe ourselves with the armor of God. Today, we begin to learn about the elements of God’s armor, starting with truth as our belt.

As we dive into the spiritual battle we are in, Paul shows us that in the battle Jesus fights on our behalf. Our job is to imitate Mary at the foot of the cross: standing in the victory God has won for us.

This week, Rachel shares stories from her trip to Rwanda and we begin to dive into Ephesians 6. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us see the spiritual battle that we are in and help us learn how to fight.

Are we paying attention to the voice of God or are we ignoring his voice and plan?

What does it look like to both pray constantly and pray humbly?

Are we relying on old blessings or open to new things God wants to do in and through us? Are we more concerned about the distractions of this world or the priorities of God?

What does it mean to have faith? Do we even have a "little" faith?

This week, we talk about a few of Jesus’ parable, why they are important, how we should approach them, and the impact they can have on our lives.