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What Does it Mean to Pray With Expectation? Outcomes of Prayer are Different Than Results – Prayer Day 4   How many times has someone asked you to pray for them, you said yes, and then forgot? It’s happened to all of us. Today we are talking about that phenomenon as well as how to pray with expectation.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly...

The Outcome of Our Prayers is a Secondary Benefit. The Goal of Prayer is Relationship With God – Prayer Day 3   God wants to be involved in all aspects of our lives, even the hard ones. He is big enough to take on your hard emotions.   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 c...

What Happens When Our Prayers Aren’t Answered? How the Outcomes of Prayer Affect Us – Prayer Day 2   Prayer is not hard. If you can talk, you can pray. If you can think, you can pray. If you can breathe, you can pray. The act itself is not hard. But there is a measure of learning how to pray. We are talking this and more on today’s episode.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do...

Stop Asking Things From God- Changing the Way We Pray- Prayer- Day 1   Prayer is not just asking things from God. The primary function of prayer is to develop an ongoing relationship with Him. It’s about a dialogue back and forth as you learn how to hear His voice. Join me as we start a week focused on prayer.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are...

Growing in Your Ability To Hear From God and Be Confident That it’s His Voice and Not Your Own- Biblical Meditation- Day 5   God is always with us, it does not matter where we go, what we do, God is always there. It’s a matter of recognizing that.   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 wo...

Is God Silent in Your Life? This May Be the Reason Why- Biblical Meditation- Day 4   Jesus is not dead, alive and continues to speak to us through the Holy Spirit. He is constantly at work in this world. He isn’t silent. The key is, are we listening? That’s what meditation is…listening for God’s voice   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly he...

Do You Ever Lie Awake in Bed At Night Worrying? Do This Instead! Biblical Meditation- Day 3   Have you ever lost sleep worrying about what tomorrow would bring? Scripture gives us some tools to deal with that very thing. Let’s take a look together on today’s episode.     Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s real...

Is it Ok to Complain to God? What Does the Bible Say About Complaining? - Biblical Meditation- Day 2   You may not connect complaining and meditation. But the Bible does. Curious to know how? Join me on today’s episode as we take a look at the connection.   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? D...

Should Christians Meditate? What the Bible Says About Meditation and How it Affects Our Spiritual Lives- Biblical Meditation- Day 1   Sometimes the word meditate leaves us in a weird space. We don’t really know what to do with it as believers. Is it bad? Or something we should stay away from? Today we are taking a look at what God says in His word about the concept of meditation.   Hey friends, we...

Preparing Our Hearts to be in a Posture of Readiness for God to Work- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 5   When we are pursuing God, to become more like God (His nature and character), that process is called sanctification. That process is God’s work, not our work. Ultimately, we are powerless to change on our own. God’s nature in us is what allows us to change.  Paul mentions 35 times that righte...

Stop Chasing a Feeling Instead of a Relationship- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 4   You are loved for who you are, not what you do. Chasing a feeling is a dangerous way to establish our identity. Instead, the spiritual disciplines help us to understand our identity is in Christ.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or...

Learning to Recognize Jesus in the Valleys and Not Just the Mountain Tops- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 3   So many people live for the mountain top experiences because that’s when they feel closest to God. It's not that He isn’t present in the valleys, we just need to learn how to recognize Him there. People sometimes blame this on their pastors or the preaching instead of recognizing that th...

Passion Will Only Get You So Far: A Call to Deeper Living- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 2   There is a faulty belief that our love or passion will get us where we need to go. But the danger of being a person who burns brightly is that you consume fuel quicker. You will eventually burn out unless you learn how to develop a sustainable relationship with God. Today we talk through this and look a...

Learning to Hear God’s Voice- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 1   One of the most common questions I get asked is how do you know it’s God’s voice vs. your own. There are some basic things we can do to start to gain confidence in this area, this week we are diving into all the ways that the spiritual disciplines help us do that. Don’t know what the spiritual disciplines are? Then this week is for...

Weekly Wrap Up- Women in the Life of Jesus- Week 6- Mary Magdalene   Once Jesus heals us, we realize an aspect of His nature that we cannot forget. Mary Magdalene was at the tomb because He was literally her Savior. Sometimes we can hear Him before we can see Him.   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 yo...

The First Person the Resurrected Christ Revealed Himself to Was a Woman- A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 5   The first person that Jesus revealed Himself to after the Resurrection was a woman. And the first person that Jesus sent to share the message of the Resurrection with others was a woman. If Jesus calls and equips women to serve Him: No. Other. Opinion. Matters.   This audio devotio...

Jesus Chooses Women to Do Kingdom Work- A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 4   While we don’t know where all the disciples were during the Crucifixion, we do know where Mary Magdalene was…. She was at the cross.    This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 6- Mary Magdalene   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you...

Jesus is Coming Back for Us- A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 3   Mary's role in the resurrection story that Mary is part of a larger story that affects how we live our lives today. Jesus is coming back for us, it’s only a matter of time.   This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 6- Mary Magdalene   Hey friends, welcome to the Hear...

When You Have Been Delivered From the Darkness, You Can’t Stay Away From the Light - A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 2   Focus on the process instead of the results. If you focus on the process, the results will follow. We need to train our brains to slow down so we can understand the context of God’s word.   This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s conte...

God’s Word is Living and Active- A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 1   The best translation is the one you will read. Meditating on God’s word is important to help us understand what it says. This week we finish the She Hears study with some more instruction on the Color Method of study and what we can learn from Mary Magdalene.   This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible...

Jesus Seeks Us Out and Calls Us to Join Him. Weekly Wrap Up- Women in the Life of Jesus- Week 5- Mary   The master has come and He calls for you. Jesus finds us where we are, in the middle of our mess, and calls us to Himself. Mary’s story helps us understand our own.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s reall...

Jesus is Our Defender. When Those Around Us Criticize and Condemn, We Serve a God Who Steps in to Defend Us. A Devotional Look at Mary– Day 5   Mary’s example of obedience, and her willingness regardless of the cost, speaks to those places of insecurity that keep us from walking into the calling God has for us.   This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is...

Everything Jesus Does is Intentional. Jesus Used Mary to Declare His Royalty – Day 4   Everything Jesus does is intentional. When we realize that, we can step into the calling He has already set us apart for.   This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 5- Mary- A Woman of Discipleship.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   D...

Women Anointed to Serve. How Jesus Sets Women Apart to be Used in the Kingdom. A Devotional Look at Mary – Day 3   When Mary washed Jesus' feet, she didn’t just use water, she used oil. Today we look at the reasons for that, and what that act meant within the larger picture of the cross.   This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 5- Mary- A...

Do You Ever Feel Foolish When Things Don't Work Out the Way You Thought They Would? A Devotional Look at Mary – Day 2   Don't allow the world to tell you how to feel. Nothing is wasted in the kingdom. This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 5- Mary- A Woman of Discipleship.   Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast.   Do you some...