Jordan and Kristen Ministries

Send a text When Jesus explains how to pray in his famous "Lord's Prayer" speech, one of the things He tells us to pray for is "our daily bread." We take that to mean, all too often, material blessings, even if only in the form of our basic necessities.  But it should be understood to mean provision for all things that we need to get through the day, at the emotional, phys...

Send a text There are two types of people who come to Christianity: The first type is the person who knows that he's living life the wrong way, he knows that what the world sold him is junk food, and, like a patient who goes to a doctor knowing he needs to change his diet and lifestyle habits to be physically healthy, this Christian knows that he needs to change himself in order to fill the h...

Send a text In Deuteronomy, God says to His people: “I put before you life and death. Choose life.” I love that verse because it tells us there’s no middle ground.  You can choose life and prosperity, or you can choose death and destruction.  Too often in our world we want to have one foot in and one foot out.  For example, we are quick to denounce violence whenever the media highlights one group...

Send a text We don't often think of humility as something we'd want.  We associate it with the word "humiliation," and the requirement to be humble sounds like one of those rules that the Bible imposes arbitrarily that we just don't want to follow, like turning the other cheek, or forgiving those who wronged us, or praying for our enemies.  But each of those has a purpose...

Send a text It's not enough to rebuke negative thoughts and behaviors, we have to replace them with something positive. Bad habits have to be replaced with good habits, bad thoughts have to be replaced with positive thoughts, and the enemy's lies have to be replaced with God's truth. Otherwise, you're just leaving a vacuum to be filled by the very thing you're trying to ge...

Send a text One of the great misconceptions that people have is that God exists to place unreasonable restrictions on us, and He's just waiting for us to trip up and punish us. Nothing could be further from the truth.  God isn't an angry police officer, He's a loving father, and whereas criminal laws are designed to condemn and impose a price to pay, the Bible says "there is no...

Send a text God wants to have a relationship with us that is akin to that of a married couple. But what does that mean? It means a full-time relationship of intimacy, and communication, and definitely not idolatry. Support the show

Send a text Nobody likes to do something for someone else, and then have that person take all the credit for it.  God doesn't either.  Just as God gives seed to the sower, he gives blessings to those who give Him the credit.  Proverbs 22:4 says "The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life." And Luke 14:11 says "For all those who exalt themselves wi...

Send a text I know what it's like to be a loner. It's not fun. But what I did not understand was that often, feeling like an outsider is what happens when God sets us apart. Support the show

Send a text Peter is an interesting character in the Bible, because he's both very flawed, and very revered. He tries to send Jesus away, telling him "depart from me, I am a sinful man," he denies Jesus three times, and Jesus rebuked him more sharply than any other person, saying "Get the behind me, Satan." And yet, it's Peter upon whom Jesus decided to build his chur...

Send a text If you could have others describe you in one word, what would you want it to be?  Most people would not say "merciful," but that's perhaps the quality above all else that God wants us to exhibit, probably because that's the quality He has to exhibit the most, and He wants us to be like Him.  So when Jesus says that God "desires mercy, not sacrifice, understand...

Send a text We've spoken a lot about the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  But it's equally important to be able to identify what the fruits of the flesh, in other words, the sinful nature we need to overcome in order to achieve God's purpose and fulfillment for our lives. Galatians 5:19 tells us "...

Send a text If we plant apple seeds, we don't expect to get watermelons.  Likewise, if we have a specific need that we are praying for, there are specific seeds we need to sow to get what we're looking for.  Financial blessings require a seed of charity to be sown.  Power requires a seed of meekness.  Wisdom requires a seed of humility.  And love requires a seed of servitude. Support the...

Send a text There was a famous song by the band Depeche Mode that talks about being someone else's personal Jesus: "someone to hear your prayers, someone who's there, someone who cares." And yes, we should all endeavor to be Jesus to everyone else, to be the most honest, reliable, helpful, and caring we can be. But we should also have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ h...

Send a text Let no day go wasted. Every day, we withdraw one day of life from our savings account. Determine that you will be a better person by the end of the day than when you began. If you do that, you'll begin to see life's challenges as opportunities instead of annoyances. Support the show

Send a text Giving the gift of love isn't necessarily what we think it is. Giving presents is great and all, but the ultimate love present is to give your partner the gift of grace.  Love is when your partner messes up, and instead of punishing him, and being angry, you remember what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13:4 -- "love is patient, love is kind, it does not boast, it is not proud, it...

Send a text Nobody likes to wait for their prayers to be answered. The waiting does serve a purpose, though. But good news, there are prayers that will get answered very quickly. Support the show

Send a text No relationship can be very successful if the two people in it have to go through a third party to communicate with each other. Relationships require intimacy, not remoteness.  Fortunately, God tells us that we have direct access to Him and His throne room, through Jesus, the ultimate high priest (Hebrew 4:14-16), so we don't need to go through a human priest or pope to have acces...

Send a text Everyone wants the fairytale romance, and that’s fine: having an ideal, searching for it, and ultimately finding it is one of life’s most rewarding experiences.  But that’s just the beginning. While fairytales bring us together, building the relationship is what keeps us together.  The same is true in our spiritual lives.  Finding God and becoming born again isn’t the end game, it’s th...

Send a text Just because an idea makes sense to you doesn't mean it's what God wants for you, and if you follow it, you're not going to like the results. Support the show

Send a text It's easy to lay our problems down at God's feet, but what about our hopes and our talents? Support the show

Send a text A lot of things God does for us don't happen instantaneously. Trust the process. Support the show

Send a text A lot of times, even after someone accepts Christ, they feel, as the band U2 said, they still haven't found what they're looking for. This is common. In this episode, we explain what's happening and what the solution is. Support the show

Send a text 1) Few things stand in the way of promotion like pride. God isn’t going to promote you if it will result in you falling into sin. But the key to defeating pride is thankfulness. 2) Don’t expect God to trust you with great responsibility until you show Him you can be trusted with what He’s already given you. 3) Make sure your promotion is primarily for the benefit of others and exclusiv...

Send a text Psalms 103 says God separates our sin as far as the east is from the west.  That doesn't just mean He forgives and forgets our sins, it means he separates us from the power of sin. Support the show