The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

The Big Idea:  Let this truth fill your soul today. You are loved by God. No matter who you are, where you have been, or what you have done, God loves you. And his love is as high as the heavens. Main Points: 1. Have you ever questioned the love of God? Have you ever thought, “How could God love someone like me?” May you wonder if there was a limit to God’s love. 2. When we understand the depth of...

The Big Idea:  There is a struggle that all of us face and it is the struggle of submitting to God’s will. Why is this so difficult for us? Because we really want to do our will. We have our own desires, dreams, goals, and ambitions, and often these desire conflict with God’s will for our lives. Main Points: 1. But I have discovered that the more we know Jesus and the closer we are to Him in relat...

The Big Idea:  There is only one path for salvation and it runs through Jesus. Salvation is a precious gift, provided for us by the grace of God and the death of Jesus on our behalf. To receive it, we must believe and confess. Main Points: 1. In these verses, the Apostle Paul identifies to essentials for salvation. They are faith and confession. There is an inner and an outer component. Faith is t...

The Big Idea:  Joy in the Biblical context is not an emotion.  Joy is an attitude of the heart.  It is not necessarily based on something positive happening.  Joy is something that lasts; happiness is something that is temporary.  When happiness fades away, joy remains.  Joy is something God deposits into us through the Holy Spirit.   Main Points: 1. In these verses, Jesus actually gives us the ke...

The Big Idea:  Any attempts at finding joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment apart from God always leave us empty. Yes, there may be temporary moments of happiness and perceived satisfaction, but it is never lasting. Millions of people can testify that they never knew real joy until they knew Jesus as Savior and Lord. Main Points: 1. As real as our physical hunger is, we have another type of hunger t...

The Big Idea:  What do we do with our regrets?  If your faith is in Jesus, you must see that the gospel of Christ grants us freedom from the condemnation that still burdens us daily. Main Points: 1. Everyone listening today to this episode has had the feeling of regret. You feel regret over a word spoken, a mistake made, a poor decision, or a missed opportunity.  We all have things we’ve said or d...

The Big Idea:  The church of Jesus Christ is not a building and it’s not an event. Sometimes we’ll say we are “going to church” or we “went to church.” But it’s not a building, it’s not an event, and it’s not a worship service. The church is a community of people. Together, you and I are the church. Main Points: 1. The word “church” is a translation of the Greek word ekklesia, which is defined as...

The Big Idea:  When we place our trust in Jesus, asking Him to forgive us of our sins, God applies the blood of Jesus to our hearts. Those sins that had stained and marked us are erased.  He did this by paying the price for my sins. He took upon Himself the penalty of my sins. Those sins that were accounted to me, the judgment I was under, He took. He erased all of the charges against me. He set m...

The Big Idea:  If you fully understand the gospel and what Jesus has done for us, you comprehend that was not just executed 2,000 years ago by the Romans. You recognize that He willingly laid down his life as a sacrifice for our sins. Jesus died for us. He took our place. With his death on the cross, He paid the penalty for our sins, so we would not have to. Main Points: 1. Since God is just, he d...

The Big Idea:  There is one key that is absolutely necessary for a relationship to be restored. It requires forgiveness. I’ve never seen a broken relationship restored without forgiveness.  Main Points: 1. A relationship can break down from neglect.  A relationship can break down from conflict.  A relationship can break down from misunderstanding.  The world is literally filled with broken relatio...

The Big Idea:  Scripture memorization keeps our hearts and minds set on God. When we are daily memorizing and meditating on scripture, our thoughts are on God. God’s Word transforms our thought process and as a result, we make God-honoring decisions with our lives.  Main Points: 1. Scripture memorization gives us the tools we need to fight temptation. In Luke chapter four, Jesus quoted scripture t...

The Big Idea:  Loving our neighbor is not simply a good idea or an admirable ethic, Jesus called it the second greatest commandment. We first love God and second, we love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Main Points: 1. The idea of loving our neighbor is beautiful to think about so long as it remains an idea. But the concrete reality of loving our neighbor, the difficulties and the challenges,...

The Big Idea:  When we come to God in prayer, our confidence is not found in ourselves, our ability to pray good prayers or even the amount of our faith. Our confidence rests solely in God. We are confident in His love, His character, and his power. We are confident in His promises and that He always fulfills his Word. Main Points: 1. It’s possible to bring a lack of confidence into our prayer liv...

The Big Idea:  What a tragedy it is when there is a loss of spiritual identity.  I believe you can lose your true identity, give it away, forget it, waste it, or change it for better or worse.  It’s also possible that some individuals go through life searching for their true identity and never find it. Main Points: 1. If you don’t know who you are, then you are vulnerable to other people telling y...

The Big Idea:  We understand that those who don’t believe in Jesus, can’t see the immense value of the cross of Jesus. But there is also a danger for the believer. There is the danger of the cross and the gospel message becoming so familiar to us that it loses its value, its meaning, and its impact in our lives. Main Points: 1. The message of the cross must be the central truth we believe and proc...

The Big Idea:  Can I ask you an important question? What do you do when you become discouraged? You need an answer to this question. You need a plan, and you need it now. Discouragement comes to us all. Everyone will face it. Everyone will battle it. Main Points: 1. Discouragement will make you want to quit. Maybe even right now, as you listen to this podcast episode, you have been fighting the fe...

The Big Idea:  Character matters. Your integrity matters. Living by biblical values matters. Our integrity will be tested. It will be tried. But if you remain resilient and determined, you can honor God, and yourself by refusing to compromise your values. Main Points: 1. Integrity is the personal choice to hold yourself consistent with your beliefs and moral principles. It is who you are when no o...

The Big Idea:  We must come to God with this same simplicity and sincerity. Just as a child can have complete faith in the protection and provision of their parents, so we must come to God with such faith. We must completely believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the he alone can save us from our sins. Main Points: 1. In the Gospels, Jesus uses the faith of children to teach us about the kingdom...

The Big Idea:  Trust today that your steps are being established by the Lord. When it’s time to take the next step, God will it clear. As you wait, believe that even though the waiting may not make sense, God’s will is being performed in your life. His will, His plan, and His timing is perfect. Main Points: 1. God is never early, never late, but he’s always on time. Our timing isn't God'...

The Big Idea:  From scripture, we come to see that love is more than words, feelings, and emotions. Love is action. True love calls for us to do something, and also to refrain from some things.  Main Points: 1. Love, when truly demonstrated, is not just an emotion expressed to family and close friends. Love is seen the clearest when it is given to those we think don’t deserve it and those who don’...

The Big Idea:  I don’t believe there is anything that causes our spiritual roots to grow deeper than suffering. Most of us listening today have experience with reaching out to God in hard times. It’s here that we grow in our faith, we experience God’s grace, strength, and peace. In times of suffering, we learn that the promise is true. God will never leave us or forsake us. Main Points: 1. No one...

The Big Idea:  The Bible has a lot to say about time. The most important thing it says is something we know already—that our time is limited. Time can be used or wasted, it can be invested or squandered, but either way, once used, it can never be regained. Time matters because we have such a limited supply.  Main Points: 1. We always have plenty of time to do everything we need to do. This means t...

The Big Idea:  I’ve found that often times worry has to do with the fear of what could possibly happen. They haven’t happened. We don’t know if they will happen, but we fear it could happen. This internal stress causes anxiety, fear, and apprehension. Not only can it make us emotionally and mentally unwell, but it can also cause physical illness too.  Is there a cure? Main Points: 1. The dictionar...

The Big Idea:  Before we can fully appreciate the grace of God and the gift of salvation Jesus offers, we must first understand our own need for forgiveness. We must comprehend that we are sinners and that we stand in judgment before a righteous and holy God.  Main Points: 1. The goodness of man has never saved anyone. Our personal goodness is incapable of bringing us into a right relationship wit...

The Big Idea:  Think about this truth for a moment: The God we serve has no limits. There is no limit to his power, his ability, his creativity, or even his love. God is not limited in the ways he can meet your needs. He has infinite possibilities. Main Points: 1. Sometimes I cry out to God to meet a need. I’m trying to bring my faith to believe God can meet it. But lately, I hear God’s voice chal...