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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...

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...

Sending Your Child to College- Hearing Jesus in Our Grief – BONUS    Have you sent a child to college recently? Or perhaps it was kindergarten, the military, or even a new apartment. The feelings of grief left behind are sometimes hard to deal with. Today in this bonus episode, we talk through some ways to deal with that grief and allow the Holy Spirit to meet you in that place. I pray this episod...

Can Our Service to God Be Self-Serving? How to Tell. – Service- Day 1   Can our service to God be self-serving? Today we look at the difference between self-righteous service and true service of God. What is the difference? Service should be an overflow of our hearts and what God is doing in them.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearin...

God’s Design for Submission in Our Relationships With Each Other – Submission- Day 5   As we finish up this conversation about Biblical submission, we talk about what it looks like to walk out submission in our daily lives. I pray this series has blessed you and would love it if you would send me a message, give me some feedback, or reach out for prayer. You are so loved.   Hey friends, welcome to...

God’s Design for Biblical Submission. Practical Ways This Works in Our Lives – Submission- Day 4   Today we start a list of 7 things Biblical submission does. It’s not about quieting our own hearts and desires as much as it is about elevating those of others. Submission in our relationships can be done in a healthy, God honoring way. Join me as we start to unpack that.    Hey friends, welcome to t...

What Does the Bible Say About Submission? – Submission- Day 3   Today we dive into God’s heart for submission and God’s heart for us. I know this topic can be hard, but my prayer is that we start to understand it from God’s perspective.   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 yo...

Distortions of Submission. What Biblical Submission is Not – Submission- Day 2   When we live in community of other believers, we understand submission in terms of our relationships. We must always look through the lens of Jesus when we approach this topic. Today we take a look at a couple things Biblical Submission is NOT.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes do...

Do You Cringe When You Hear the Word Submission? How God’s Version is Different Than the World’s Version – Submission- Day 1   Today we continue our Spiritual Disciplines series as we talk about the idea of Biblical Submission. True submission brings freedom. Join me as we dive into this sometimes difficult topic.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you...

Intentionally Separating Ourselves So We Can Hear God’s Voice - Solitude- Day 5   Solitude becomes a space where we allow Jesus to do what only He can. I pray this week has been a blessing to you as we discuss the ways that solitude can help us hear God’s voice more clearly.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’...