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Hearing Jesus in the Psalms: Psalm 5: Waiting in Expectation as God Shields Us From Our Enemies   There is a difference between just waiting and waiting in expectation. Psalm 5 shows us David’s example of pouring his heart out to God in the morning, so we can have joy in the waiting.    Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice...

Hearing Jesus in the Psalms: Psalm 4: The Peace that Comes From Hearing God’s Voice When We Need it Most   Today we are finishing up our first week in the Psalms with some encouragement from David. Learning to hear God’s voice in the hard times starts with hearing His voice in the not-so-hard times. Our goal should always be relationship. That relationship is what will give us peace when we need i...

Hearing Jesus in the Psalms: Psalm 3: Allowing God to Shield Us in Times of Trouble   Psalm 3 is a Lament chapter, one of the many we find in the Psalms. Lament teaches us how to give those things over to God that we can’t handle on our own. In that place, we see a God who steps in to shield us so that we can rest in Him. I pray this episode encourages you to take these difficult emotions to Jesus...

Hearing Jesus in the Psalms: Psalm 2: Proclaiming Jesus as the Anointed King   Psalm 2 is the first of the Messianic Psalms. In it, we see Jesus proclaimed King long before He was born. As we see God using the language of the people this Psalm addresses, we can see how God pursues His people right where they are. I pray this episode blesses you.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast....

Hearing Jesus in the Psalms: Psalm 1: Meditating on God’s Word   As we start our new series on the book of Psalms, today we start by looking at what Psalm 1 says about meditating on God’s word. How does God’s word change us? Should my life look any different as a result? How can I be intentional about hearing God’s voice more clearly? Join us as we see how Psalm 1 answers these questions and guide...

Hearing Jesus in the Psalms: An Introduction to the Book of Psalms as a Book About Jesus   Did you know that the Psalms was the longest book in the Bible? Or that it is the most frequently quoted Old Testament book by both Jesus and the writers of the New Testament? And did you realize that it is a book about Jesus, written long before He was even born? Join me for some context around the reasons...

How to Integrate the Spiritual Disciplines Into Your Daily Life So You Can Hear God’s Voice More Clearly   Developing a spiritual rule of life is an important part of integrating the spiritual disciplines in our daily lives. Today we recap all the disciplines and talk about ways to make sure we don’t forget their impact in our relationships with God.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Pod...

Being Anxious for Nothing- How Can We Actually Get to that Place in Our Relationship With God?   Walking in a posture of joy is much easier when we get to a place where we can 100% trust God. Paul talks about “Being Anxious for Nothing” in the Scriptures, but how can we practically do that? Talking about this and more on today’s episode.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do yo...

Lacking Joy in Your Life? How the Pathway to Joy is Obedience to God’s Voice   While God certainly gives us infusions of joy throughout our daily lives, walking in joy is something different. Joy is a symptom of spiritual health. Today we are talking about what to do if you find yourself lacking joy.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hea...

Reminders from Psalm 103 on the Reasons We Have Joy as Believers in Jesus   Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in our daily lives, forgetting all the reasons we can celebrate God’s goodness. Today’s Biblical meditation comes from Psalm 103. I pray it blesses you!   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really y...

Do You Enjoy God? What to Do if the Answer is No Joy is something we read about all over the scriptures, yet sometimes joy can feel elusive. We can’t seek out joy. Instead, joy is a symptom of spiritual health. If we aren’t experiencing joy, the question becomes why. This week we are discussing the spiritual discipline of joy.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes...

7 Practical Steps to Make Worship a Part of Your Daily Life So You Can Hear God’s Voice More Clearly   Worship is an experience, not an event. One of the most important things we can do in our lives is to live in a place of worship. Here are 7 practical tips to help you hear God’s voice more clearly through the spiritual discipline of worship.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.  ...

How Living Our Daily Lives in a Posture of Worship Helps Us Hear God’s Voice   Worship is not always an isolated experience. We can actually live our lives in a posture of worship, which helps us hear God’s voice more clearly in those day-to-day moments of our lives. Join me as we discuss this and more on today’s episode.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doub...

How Worship Helps Us Hear From God- Starting With Worship When We Think God is Silent   Worship is the starting place if we want to hear God’s voice more clearly. In the presence of a Holy God, we see our own humanity, our sin. As God steps in to purify our hearts, our natural response is worship. How does that help us hear God’s voice? Listen to today’s episode to find out.   Hey friends, welcome...

Worship is Our Response to God’s Pursuit of Us- Worship as an Experience, Not an Event.   Today we continue our discussion on Worship. Who is the object of our worship? Why do we worship? How can we worship when we don’t feel like worshiping? Today we look at some of these questions and more.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God...

Does Worship Style Matter? Why Worship Expressions are Secondary to Worship Experiences.     We all have preferences. Hymns. Bands. Contemporary. Old School. Maybe even flags. But do those things really matter that much? What does the Bible have to say about it? Join me as we talk about what worship is, and what worship isn’t.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes...

Does the Bible Actually Say to Forgive and Forget? Let’s Take A Look At God’s Heart for Forgiveness as the Counterpart to Confession   Forgive and forget. We have all heard it. We may have even said it. But is it biblical? Join me as we take a dive into what the Bible ACTUALLY says.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice o...

Forgiveness and Confession Change Our Relationship. We Can’t Pretend Everything is the Same. It Won’t Be, and That’s Ok.   Forgiveness is not pretending the relationship is the same as it was before the offense. It won’t be. It could be better through God’s grace. But it won’t be the same. We need to make peace with that.     Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes do...

Forgiveness and Confession is More About Our Relationship With God Than Our Relationship With Other People- Hearing God in Our Hurt Feelings   When we do life together, we will hurt each other, because we are human. Confession and forgiveness are essential in the Christian life. Let’s dive into why that is.     Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are...

Hearing Jesus in Our Woundedness- Why We Can’t Just Pretend Everything is Ok   Have you ever pretended like something didn’t hurt you? That’s not forgiveness. That’s lying. Today we are looking at the reality that we all get hurt and how those hurts can keep us from hearing God’s voice clearly.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing G...

What Even Is Confession? And What Does Confession Have to Do With Me?   We don’t hear a lot about confession in the church these days. You may be wondering what exactly it is, and how it impacts our relationship with God. This week, we will be unpacking the spiritual discipline of confession.    Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing Go...

Our Role is To Show Up, God’s Role is To Work Through Our Obedience – Service- Day 5   Our commitment to serving God has to be bigger than our feelings. The enemy will try to distract and discourage us from doing what God calls us to do. Keep going- In those moments of weakness, God can move in incredible ways.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you ar...

Serving Gives Us Glimpses of What God is Doing – Service- Day 4   When we are serving, we get a first-hand view of what God is doing, and sometimes we get to see the miracles that no one else gets to see.   Examining our hearts when it comes to our motivation for serving.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s r...

Serving is a Lifestyle, Not an Event – Service- Day 3   True service is a lifestyle, not an event.   Serving God should always be an overflow of our hearts and what God is doing in our lives. It shouldn’t be a prescribed way to build a brand or fit a mold. Instead, we need to seek out how God wants us to live, with a lifestyle of service, just like He did.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jes...

How Do We Know if What We Are Doing is Actually Serving God Or Ourselves? – Service- Day 2   Serving God needs to be more about what God is doing than what we want to do. It’s not about the selfies, it’s about the kingdom.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the...