Still Waters — A Daily Devotion Podcast

Elijah Rivers and Marcus Jordan explore the eleven-day silence between the Ascension and Pentecost, redefining the Holy Spirit as a Parakletos—a powerful legal advocate rather than a mere comforter. Learn why expectant waiting in the midst of trauma is the essential work required to transition from orphans to heirs.

This episode explores Psalm 23’s surprising phrase, “He makes me lie down”, and how God creates safety, stillness, and trust for weary souls. It also connects David’s shepherd imagery to Jesus’ invitation in Matthew 11, showing how Christ offers rest that reorders the heart rather than simply clearing the calendar.

This episode explores Psalm 23’s picture of a Shepherd who actively leads His sheep into rest, exposing our tendency to chase control instead of trusting His care. It also connects that promise to John 10, showing how Jesus restores the soul by laying down His life for the flock.

This episode reflects on Psalm 46:10 and Isaiah 40:31, exploring how stillness before God is not passivity but surrender in the middle of real chaos. It closes with practical ways to wait on the Lord and begin the day with renewed strength instead of anxious self-rule.

This episode reflects on Lamentations 3 and Isaiah 40, showing how God’s mercies arrive with the morning and how waiting on the Lord renews strength. It offers encouragement for weary believers to move from self-reliance to hopeful dependence, whether they are soaring, running, or simply walking through the week.

This episode explores Psalm 23’s picture of God as the Shepherd who provides safety, rest, and soul-deep restoration for exhausted people. It also connects that promise to Jesus in John 10, contrasting the thief’s draining path with Christ’s abundant life.

This episode reflects on Psalm 23 and John 10, showing how God’s care begins with relationship, not circumstances. It explores the Good Shepherd’s steady guidance, restoring mercy, and sacrificial love for anxious and exhausted believers.

This episode explores Jesus’ invitation in Matthew 11 and Psalm 62’s declaration that God alone is our rock, contrasting anxious self-management with the rest found in Christ. The hosts reflect on Sabbath as refuge, surrender, and companionship in the carrying of life’s burdens.

This episode explores Psalm 23 as a picture of God’s active leadership, showing how rest, restoration, and righteousness are gifts from the Shepherd rather than accomplishments we achieve ourselves. It also connects that promise to Jesus in John 10, where the Good Shepherd knows His sheep, lays down His life for them, and leads them into peace through trust and obedience.

This episode explores how Psalm 23 and John 10 reveal a Shepherd who knows His sheep personally, leads them into rest, and restores their souls through covenant care. The conversation connects anxiety, prayer, and Easter hope to the cross-shaped peace found in Christ’s presence.

This episode explores Psalm 23’s picture of God as the Shepherd who leads His people into rest, renews weary hearts, and provides what anxious souls truly need. It also offers a practical invitation to name one burden and hand it to God in specific prayer.

This episode explores Psalm 46 and Philippians 4 to show that biblical stillness is not passivity, but surrendering control to God in the middle of upheaval. It also unpacks how prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving invite the peace of God to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

This episode explores Psalm 23’s image of still waters as a picture of safe, soul-restoring care in a restless world. It also turns to John 10 to show how Jesus fulfills the Shepherd image through intimate knowledge, sacrificial love, and leadership that invites us to stop carrying what only He can hold.

Drawing from Philippians 4:6-7 and John 14:27, this episode explores the kind of peace Jesus gives: not tied to perfect circumstances, but able to stand guard over anxious hearts and minds. It also unpacks how prayer, specific requests, and thanksgiving help believers bring every burden to God with steady faith.

This episode explores Psalm 46:10’s call to true stillness, showing that biblical peace is not passivity but a surrender of control before God’s reign. It also begins to connect that trust with Philippians 4:6–7, where prayer and thanksgiving confront anxiety with the peace of God.

Two disciples grieve what looks like the end of the story, only to learn that the risen Christ has been beside them all along. This episode explores hidden presence, the power of Scripture to reshape sorrow, and the moment hearts burn as eyes are opened in the breaking of bread.

This episode explores Psalm 24 and Colossians 1 to show how everything we have belongs to Christ and is held together by him. It offers a practical, faith-filled invitation to manage money, time, work, and possessions with gratitude, humility, and open hands.

This episode reflects on Psalm 23:3 and the soul-restoring peace found in God’s still waters, where believers are led rather than driven. It also turns to John 10:14, revealing Jesus as the risen Good Shepherd who knows His own, calls them back from wandering, and restores them for the day ahead.

Jesus meets fearful disciples behind locked doors with peace before purpose, showing that resurrection hope comes before courage does. This episode explores how the risen Christ still enters grief, anxiety, shame, and uncertainty with His presence and wounded peace.

Exploring the opening verses of Psalm 23, this episode reflects on what it means to trust God as Shepherd in a world shaped by anxiety, control, and constant hurry. It also looks at how Jesus restores the soul, leads us into rest, and keeps us near Him through the demands of daily life.

This episode reflects on Psalm 23 and John 10 to show how the risen Christ still leads, feeds, and restores His people today. Through Easter light, the hosts explore what soul restoration looks like in grief, fear, repentance, and everyday life.

Elijah Rivers and Marcus Jordan trace Good Friday through Isaiah 53, John 19, and the Old Testament sacrifices to show how Jesus’ suffering was purposeful, not random. They unpack substitution, paid in full redemption, and why the cross is where God’s justice and mercy meet.

This episode explores Jesus as the Good Shepherd who knows His people personally, calls them by belonging, and leads them into stillness instead of striving. It also connects Psalm 23 and John 10 to the cross, the empty tomb, and the everyday practice of hearing Christ’s voice amid the noise of modern life.

In this introduction episode, Elijah Rivers and Marcus Jordan introduce Still Waters as a quiet place to begin the morning with Scripture, reflection, and prayer. Rooted in Psalm 23, this episode points listeners to the Shepherd who restores the soul, steadies the heart, and leads His people beside still waters. Each day, the podcast will follow a simple rhythm: Scripture first, then teaching, ref...