The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

Episode 393 -  Show Notes: You and I were not meant to be alone. In fact, we are told in Genesis that God said it is not good for man to be alone. We are created for community and togetherness. There is a vast need inside of each of us to be loved, accepted, and cared for. What is amazing about God is that he himself has determined to meet this great need. God cares so much about our loneliness th...

Episode 392 -  Show Notes: I have ofter heard people say they cannot memorize scripture. Why do we say that? If you think about your life, you have memorized many things. You have memorized process and certain ways of doing things. You have memorized recipes. You have memorized how to get places and so much more. We don’t lack the ability, but it may be that we lack the desire. The Word of God sho...

Episode 391 -  Show Notes: Let me ask you, “What would it look like for you to give your life to Christ?” What would it look like for you to say “yes” to God?  think of Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night he was betrayed. He prayed, “Not my will, but your will be done.” May this be our prayer, as well.  thing we must remember is that when we say yes to Jesus we are saying no to...

Episode 390 -  Show Notes: In addition to the spiritual warfare we face as believers, you and I live in a fallen, broken world. We experience uncertainty, fear, stress, anxiety, and pressure. I wonder if today you need God to bring rest to your soul Jesus invites us to come to him. He is the one who can provide the rest our souls so desperately need. If we could only see this. If we could stop for...

Episode 389 -  Show Notes: As Christ followers we are believers. It was faith in Jesus that led to our salvation, forgiveness of sins, and relationship with God. In fact, the Bible says in Hebrews 11:6 - “Without faith it impossible to please God.” Faith is essential to all we do. But if we are honest, sometimes it’s hard to believe. Imagine this father’s desperation. His son is dying. No doubt he...

Episode 388 -  Show Notes: We hear it said all the time.  People don’t change.  Who they are….is who they are.  It’s seems like a hopeless statement.  But Christianity is about change.  God is in the change business.   The Bible is full of stories about messed up people who were changed by the power of God.  Right now, listening to this podcast episode are many people whose lives have been changed...

Episode 387 -  Show Notes: Most of you listening today are Christ followers. You have placed your faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. You are trusting Him as your savior and your Lord, but still have a sinful nature. Living in this life, we still battle our flesh, our carnal man.  Through the power of the Holy Spirit we can live victorious over sin, but we are not exempt from t...

Episode 386 -  Show Notes: God offers us a lens that can fix our spiritual vision – the vision we need to view life correctly. This is the lens of scripture.  Apart from the Bible, we will develop the viewpoint of the world around us. We’ll see life from a selfish, humanistic, worldly point of view, instead of a godly point of view. As we daily interact with scripture, as we make it a part of our...

Episode 385 -  Show Notes: God gives us circumstances in our lives to teach us to know Him.  He allows problems, pressures and difficulties -- all kinds of situations in our lives to help us know Christ and to grow to spiritual maturity. I wish there was an easy way to spiritual growth, but there is not. One of the great questions we can ask is, “How can we make wise, godly decisions?” Thankfully,...

Episode 384 -  Show Notes: One of the greatest ways we can bless others during their time of need is be an encouragement. Many look for a ministry on a stage, but we often over look the power of the ministry of encouragement. The ministry of encouragement is so needed today. This could be your ministry. God could use you to be a blessing to those who are carrying heavy burdens. God can use your vo...

Episode 383 -  Show Notes: The devil’s goal is always to produce discouragement, confusion, or indifference. He doesn’t want you to successfully live the Christian life.  He doesn’t want you to be victorious over sin.  He doesn’t want you to be used by God and to give God glory.   Jesus said the devil is a liar and a murderer whose aim is to destroy, to wreck, to distort and pervert the plan of Go...

Episode 382 -  Show Notes: Our world today is truth averse. Often people do not want to know God’s truth because it might call them to change, surrender, or conform to God’s will. All of this seems painful. But God’s truth actually brings freedom, wholeness, and healing. The enemy of our soul is has decided to attack truth. Truth is under fire like never before. Satan’s attempt is to twist, perver...

Episode 381 -  Show Notes: I believe for each of us God has a next step planned. No matter how long you have served Jesus, there is still as next step of faith and spiritual growth ahead. You don’t want to miss what God has for you because you were comfortable or afraid to move forward.  I wonder how many of you listening today are at the point of a new season in your life. God is leading you forw...

Episode 380 -  Show Notes: Today I have been thinking about how amazing God’s mercy is. The truth is we are all condemned. We have broken God’s laws. We have gone our own way. We are sinners. But God stepped into our mess and offered us mercy. We can’t earn it and we certainly don’t deserve it, but he gives mercy freely as a gift. It’s truly amazing. Though the Bible mentions mercy hundreds of tim...

Episode 379 -  Show Notes: First, our prayers can be hindered when we pray with the wrong motive. Why would God answer our prayer is we were asking for the wrong reason. Sometimes our prayers can be self-centered. Instead of asking for God’s will to be done, we are asking for our will. James 4:3 says, “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what yo...

Episode 378 -  Show Notes: As I record this podcast episode, I know that many of you find yourself in the midst of a storm. Some of you are facing storms in your relationships. Some are facing heath storms or financial storms. Others are facing storms in your work or even your ministry. Remember this, we serve a God who can bring peace in the midst of the fiercest storm. He’s never faced a storm h...

Episode 377 -  Show Notes: I know people who once walked closely with Christ. They served the Lord. The loved Jesus, but over time something happened. They became distracted by the world. They walked away from their relationship with God. Today they wonder if God would receive them back. Would God restore the relationship they once had? Your relationship with Jesus Christ is like any other relatio...

Episode 376 -  Show Notes: The Bible teaches us that God is exalted. He is high and lifted up. He is above us all in power and stature. He answers to no one. He doesn’t have to defend his actions. He is holy. Because God is holy, he cannot allow sin to enter his presence. Sin is what separates us from God. This is why God sent Jesus to provide a way to be cleansed and purified from our sins.  Sin...

Episode 375 -  Show Notes: Prayer is a small thing that has a great impact. I want you to see how important prayer is in our lives. Small prayers change things. Our faith is not in the greatness of our prayers, but in the greatness of our God.  God hears every prayer, even wordless prayers. He hears the cry of our heart when we can’t even formulate the right words. He is close to the brokenhearted...

Episode 374 -  Show Notes: Love is more than a feeling.  It is more than words.  Love is proven when it is demonstrated by action.  Jesus has shown us what love looks like by his sacrificial death.  As believes we are called to love others with this same selfless love. You see, God did not love us from afar. His love compelled him to come to us, to die for us, to rescue us, and to save us. His lov...

Episode 373 -  Show Notes: God is at work in your life. He is building something beautiful. He is patient and not in a hurry. Incrementally, step by step, God continues his work in our lives. No matter how long you have known the Lord, he is still at work in your life. His goal, of course, is to make us like his son, Jesus. This lifelong process will continue until one day we meet the Lord face to...

Episode 372 -  Show Notes: Dynamite is quite small, but it has explosive power. The same is true with our words. You carry around with you, all day long, the power of life and death. You and I can speak words of life or words of death. We can speak words that build up or words that tear down. We carry this power with us every day. I believe my words indicate how healthy or unhealthy I am spiritual...

Episode 371 -  Show Notes: I have been meditating this verse for the past few days. There is so much happening in our world that is troubling. Whatever your views on politics and Covid19, it’s so easy to become consumed by it all. We think about it all the time, we become frustrated and angry, we post online, we talk to others, and we become overwhelmed. It’s in times like these that we go back to...

Episode 370 -  Show Notes: Does it ever seem like you are being attacked from every side? Maybe you have gone through seasons of life when everything seemed to be falling apart. You faced sickness, while navigating financial difficulties, and family challenges, all at the same time. What do you do when your whole world is crumbling? Job is a man who has lost it all. His whole world has crumbled. T...

Episode 369 -  Show Notes: I know there are a lot of things in our lives that are important, but if you are a follower of Christ, your first priority is God.  He doesn’t come second or third or last.  He comes first. You might be thinking “I don’t even know how to love God.”  And that’s a very honest thought.  The truth is – we can’t begin to love God until we recognize that he has loved us first....