Soul Talks with PB

Rejection hurts. That's why we don't want to be rejected. But rejection always happens especially for those who sincerely want to obey Christ. We need to know how to handle rejection. Of course, our best example when it comes to handling rejection well is Jesus Christ. He suffered rejection more than anyone else. But He handled it very well each time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...

Rejection hurts. That's why we don't want to be rejected. But rejection always happens especially for those who sincerely want to obey Christ. We need to know how to handle rejection. Of course, our best example when it comes to handling rejection well is Jesus Christ. He suffered rejection more than anyone else. But He handled it very well each time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...

The Christian life is a journey. It's not always full of consolation. Sometimes you also experience desolation. When that happens, we need to discern why. Sometimes the Lord is correcting us. But sometimes the Lord is purifying us. We need to know the difference and respond to Him accordingly. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkswithpb/message Hosted on Ac...

We are called to become faithful and fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ. God's grace is more than sufficient to give us whatever we need in order to fulfill God's purpose for our lives. However, we are often hindered by our flesh in accomplishing God's will. There are four kinds of works of the flesh which are very common. We must guard ourselves against them and overcome them by faith. --- Send i...

The key to successful leadership is dependence on the Lord. Leaders are always faced with great challenges. They need to trust in the Lord and not in themselves in order to succeed. It's tempting to just rely on our own strengths, wisdom, or efforts to accomplish our goals. But without the Lord, leaders will not succeed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalk...

Being a disciple of Jesus is not just about going through the motions of attending church every Sunday or attending Bible studies. Good as they are, they are not the essence of following Jesus. The essence of following Jesus is learning how to listen to Him. This is what we need to learn. Each and every day, this must be the desire of our hearts, to learn how to listen to Jesus. --- Send in a voic...

Those serving in leadership, especially in the church, are constantly engaged in a spiritual battle. They are usually the prime targets of the enemy, Satan. If they fall, many are affected. They need every kind of help they can get, especially our prayers. Praying for leaders is one of the most strategic ministries that anyone can ever engage in. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spo...

Many have yet to experience real life in Christ because they are holding on to a lot of things or persons in this world which prevent them from glorifying God by surrendering to Him fully. These are called false attachments. These things or persons are not necessarily wrong or evil. But we make them more important than loving and serving God wholeheartedly. Thus, they become our idols. --- Send in...

Sometimes people feel frustrated because they can't hear God. They try so hard but it seems that God is silent. But is he? Often it is because we don't know how God speaks. God is always speaking to us but often we are unaware of it. So we go on our way without ever hearing God. We need to know how to listen to God by understanding how He communicates with us. --- Send in a voice message: https://...

Everyone has his or her own opinion about Jesus. Unfortunately, not all of them are right or true. Some are lies or distortions from the evil one. What distinguishes a disciple of Jesus Christ is his or her true faith in Jesus as the Christ. This is the reason why he or she is following Jesus as Savior and Lord. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkswithpb/m...

We are in a spiritual battle each day. Our enemies are unseen. They operate in the heavenly realms using earthly structures to destroy people's lives. We must put on our full spiritual armor and we must know how to fight our unseen enemies. This is our calling as God's people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkswithpb/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Serving the Lord is a privilege. But it's also a learning opportunity if we trust in Jesus who calls us to serve Him by faith. There will be many challenges and we may not know what to do in each situation. But the Lord will teach us if we abide in Him and listen to His counsel. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkswithpb/message Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Grace is just a prayer away! This is so true. Yet, many Christians fail to experience grace because they fail to pray. But how can we pray when we are so busy? How do we overcome our busyness? Well, we need God's grace to overcome our busyness! So, we're caught in this perpetual cycle of constantly trying and constantly failing to pray. What is the solution? The solution is to learn how to pray as...

While we are going through trials, it's hard to know whether the Lord is there to help us. Sometimes we might even feel that the Lord is absent. But the Lord is always working in us behind the scenes. We should trust Him and persevere. When the battle is over, we will realize that indeed He has been working behind the scenes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sou...

Whenever we think of the word "apostle", we only think of the Twelve Apostles. Or maybe we also think about those who have great faith, who are sent out to the jungles of Africa or to the deserts of Arabia, to build thousands of churches or to die for their faith. Seldom do we actually think of the word "apostle" in relation to ourselves. Are we "apostles", too? Yes, we are! But with a small "a",...

Being faithful to God is a choice each of us must make. Unless we make this choice as our fundamental decision in life, we will not be able to experience the fullness of God's presence, power, and purpose. This choice means that we will love and serve the Lord above all else, and everything else will either be a means or a distraction toward that end. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...

When you are in a desperate situation, you tend to be weak and confused. That's when the enemy, Satan, will try to tempt you to doubt God. He will whisper thoughts in your heart that will make you confused about God's faithfulness and care for you. You need to know the truth during such situations so that you can continue to trust God in spite of the difficult situation you are in. --- Send in a v...

If you were to list down on a piece of paper all the things that you like about yourself and those that you don't like about yourself, which list would be longer? It all depends on how you see yourself. But it's even more important to know how the Lord sees you. The Lord delights in you as a father delights in his son or daughter, which means He likes you even though He knows you fully more than y...

Knowing all the blessings that a person can experience through faith in Jesus, we are confident that if we share the Gospel with someone, he/she will readily believe. Right? Wrong. This is often not the case. We need to understand why. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkswithpb/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's very comforting to know when someone truly cares for us. That person would do everything possible to help us, to alleviate our suffering, and to get us out of trouble. Do you have a best friend like that? If yes, you are truly blessed. But did you know that we have Someone greater than any best friend we could ever have? That Someone is the Lord. He truly cares for us. --- Send in a voice mes...

All of us go through storms in life. No one is exempted. But when it does happen, our response reveals the status of our spiritual lives. For most of us, our faith is severely tested during such times. We sometimes wonder, "Where is God?" He seems to be absent or unconcerned about what's going on in our lives during those critical moments. What must we remember during storms of life? --- Send in a...

Prayer is the privilege that God has given us so that we can communicate with Him at any time. If you think about it, it is indeed an awesome privilege. But sometimes people don't appreciate this privilege. They take it for granted. If ever they do pray, it is often very shallow, routine, and sometimes insincere. How can we respond to this awesome privilege in a way that glorifies God? We must lea...

Knowing about God and His kingdom is a gift. He allows us to know the truth so that we can grow in our faith. If we are faithful with what we know about God, He will reveal more to us. If we are unfaithful, we will lose what we think we know about God. This is a principle that is important to understand and remember. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soultalkswit...

God creates us for relationships. But not all relationships are good for us. Some of them are detrimental to our spiritual lives and can harm us or make us ineffective and unproductive. Ironically, the detrimental relationships that the Bible warns us about are not with regard to unbelievers or the people in the world. The apostle Paul says in 1 Cor 5:9-10, "I wrote to you in my letter not to asso...

We've all been there. We find ourselves in situations where we are being unfairly treated by people. We feel angry and we want to fight back. We want to defend ourselves, to show those people that they are wrong and we are right. The more we plan our counterattack, the more we feel miserable inside. It's like a no-win situation. What can we do? Of course, we can pray. But how do we pray? --- Send...