God Centered Life

We are a people who are constantly under pressure from sexual temptationmen and women both. The way to resist this temptation and be a Joseph is to live in the face of God and to understand the blessing of God. In this way, the temptation itself will seem so petty. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

Mary's anointing of Jesus is preached about and remembered to this day. This extraordinary, sacrificial gift has reverberated down through the years and calls us to realize that our sacrifices for Jesus will have an eternal impact as well. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is a great distance to be travelled between the head and the heart. How do we make that connection? There needs to be an intellectual grasp of the truth, but in order to really know God, you have to taste and see that He is good. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The power of the resurrection is not intended to only give you hope for your deathbed. It is intended to free you so you no longer live in the shadowlands of death. You have this resurrection power beginning to be at work in you now. We are in Christ now and are on the path to glory. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choic...

Jesus was deeply moved at the death of Lazarus. This word can also be translated "angry." Jesus is angry because death itself is the last enemy over which Jesus alone has the victory. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is deeply ironic that those you would think would believe, do not. And those who you think would be the last people in the world to believe, they do. John is teaching us that faith works counterintuitively, different from what we would expect. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

God blesses us so that we might be a blessing. Those today who preach a message that success and the prosperity of God means a bigger house or car have fundamentally misunderstood what it means to be blessed. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's passage, Jesus' references to a good shepherd would have been completely understood by his audience. They would have known what a shepherd is and does. The idea of the shepherd-king is deeply rooted in Israel's history going back to David. Today we learn about the Good Shepherd. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad...

Jesus had a sense of urgency and made a deliberate use of his limited time. He wasn't just meandering around the hills of Jerusalem. He had an agenda and a job to get done, and He was very focused on it. As His disciples, we should have the same urgency to proclaim the gospel today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choice...

It is thought by so many that suffering is a conundrum for Christianity. But actually, suffering is a confirmation of the Christian worldview and points to the Christian gospel. We worship a Christ who suffered. Jesus explains the purpose of sufferingthat the works of God might be displayed. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your...

The reason people back away from truth speaking is because they want the freedom to construct their lives any way they want. But actually, according to this passage, freedom does not come from less truth, but from the truth. True freedom is being the person you were made to be, and that means coming into alignment with the Creator's design. That truth will indeed set you free. To support this mini...

Have you ever felt that you couldn't make as big a difference in your life as you wanted? Does it feel like the darkness grows and pushes back at you in your headspace and in your heart? Jesus says He's the light of the world, and in this passage, we will bask in the warmth of that light and focus on this profound truth. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/...

The first question people ask when they're really in crisis isn't why, but how. How will I survive this? There are no easy answers to the problem of evil and suffering in the world. But there is One who suffered, died, and rose again. Turn to Him and find salvation and a way to survive. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad ch...

Have you ever been in a situation where you sense that other people do not approve of you or like what you are doing? Through the story of the woman caught in adultery, we learn that it isn't about pointing fingers at each other, it's about being the hand that lifts others up and puts them back on the right path. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29...

What is it you're using to numb the pain and lack of hope that you feel? Is it alcohol, a drug, or just entertainmentwatching movie after movie that make you forget your sense of meaninglessness? We all experience some degree of pain as a part of the human condition, and that issue is addressed by this passage. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Le...

The answer to the human problem is not systemic cultural change or socio-economic class revolution. The answer is dealing with human nature and the human heart, starting with ourselves. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you know whether you've been feeding on spiritual junk food? You'll get spiritually sick, and you won't be able to tell the difference between good teaching, bad teaching, and outright heresy. It's so important to develop our spiritual health and work to maintain it long term. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choic...

We all have our down moments and times when we feel less spiritually alive. In these situations, we turn to other things to satisfy our thirsts, our spiritual desires, and our emotional needs. We don't go to Jesus. We say we believe that He is the ultimate satisfaction; we need to practice that. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about y...

We live in a culture which is entranced with the idea of the American dream. We have been told over and over again that we must have a dream so that it can come true. The story of Joseph includes a dream that God himself plays a part in. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The only way to not be frightened about our circumstances or death or disease is to develop a different kind of fearthe fear of the loving, gracious, good, awesome God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perhaps you are disappointed with your life and with your God. You have asked Him for so many things and tried to do what is right, but you do not think your life measures up the way you think it should. But we need to get beyond looking at what we don't have and realize what we do haveJesus! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your...

When we hear the word Pharisee, we tend to think of the caricature of the "bad guys" of the Bible. We can't imagine that anyone would be pharisaic anymore. But in some ways all we need to do is look in the mirror. We all have a tendency to think our way is the right way. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Fake news has become a regular part of our current lives. This passage deals with credibility and points us to what Francis Schaeffer called "true truth." In Jesus' name and in His light, we can discern the difference between real and fake, truth and lies. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

Even in Bible times, people rejected the idea that Jesus is God. In this passage, Jesus addresses this issue of his deity from a number of different angles. Jesus walks us through good reasons to grasp onto this truth and follow Him. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The cast of characters in Genesis 37 shows us the nuances of personality types and the moral culpability of us all. These lead us to the sovereign grace of God and to finding mercy in Jesus Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices