The Bible For Busy People

We are starting a series this week called Give Thanks. Today we're going to dive into the story of Daniel and the Lions. What put Daniel in those circumstances? We're about to find out. And a little hint, it involves giving thanks. Boy, this is a powerful story. Are you ready?  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3CvFNOs

If you feel like you are carrying around a backpack filled with "rocks"... Some are labeled problems, others are labeled worries, others are unanswered prayers, I'm so glad you're here today. I want to encourage you to lay that backpack down. You don't have to carry it anymore. Let's walk through this together. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3UKwOz5 ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend...

We're going to dive into first Peter chapter four today, and I've entitled this episode Love FTW (love for the win) because there is a golden nugget in the mind of this passage today, and you and I are going to go searching for it right now. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4fmxO55 ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episodes of The Bible fo...

What does FOMO mean? Let me fill you in. It means fear of missing out, and I want you to know as we continue reading Peter's group text (his first letter in the New Testament), I want you to know that you don't have to have any fear of missing out on heaven, and it's all because of what Jesus Christ did for you and me on the cross. So let's reopen our group text (AKA your Bible) to 1 Peter chapter...

We're reading Peter's first letter in the New Testament, but we're imagining it as a group text because he was writing it to the people of his day, but he was also writing it to us, because his words were inspired by the Holy Spirit. So, let's go to 1 Peter chapter two. Imagine this is a text popping up on your phone...  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3Awd9we ---------------- We’d love to encourage yo...

This week, we're exploring Peter's first letter from the New Testament, which was inspired by the Holy Spirit and meant for us today. Imagine it as a fresh group text meant for us today, relevant to our current experiences. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3Z4SwR6 ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episodes of The Bible for Busy People at P...

All this week you and I have been studying Bible shorts, some of the shortest commandments and verses in the entire Bible, and we have discovered something... They are packed with faith and hope and peace, all of the things we need. Today is Friday and Joy Bombs in the Psalms and I invite you, wherever you are right now, to sit back in a cozy chair and close your eyes as you listen to the Word of...

We throw around the word awesome a lot, but there are some things in life that really fill your heart, spirit, and soul with awe. Think about the moments in your life that have taken your breath away, that have filled you with such a mixture of awe and gratitude that you could hardly speak. Today we're going to hang out with a family who had an experience like that. Let's dive into John Chapter 11...

Do you remember the rabbit ears people used to put on their TVs to try to catch whatever signal was coming down? I want to have a gratitude antenna on my head. Obviously invisible, but I want to catch all of the things around me that I can and thank Him for every single one. God is asking us in His Word to be thankful. And you know why? Because He knows it's the path to joy. Show Notes: https://bi...

As we continue in our series, Bible Shorts, these are some of the shortest verses in the Bible that God gave us. So last time we studied, always be joyful. Today we're going to hop back in 1 Thessalonians chapter five for a very short, but very power packed, verse. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4enRCUo ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past...

Movie shorts are so fun to watch, aren't they? They're kind of like the appetizer to the main entrée of the movie, but so often they're packed with so much emotion and wisdom too. All this week we're going to be talking about shorts in the Bible, mini power packed verses, kind of like fun sized candy bars for your spirit. And today, we're going to be enjoying the mini Snickers bar of First Thessal...

Whatever you are feeling today, there is a remedy for it. In the Bible, Jesus wants to give you peace, joy, hope and rest within the gift of His presence. All you have to do is open your hands and open your heart and receive those things. Let's take a glorious dive into Psalm 84 and soak this in together! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4e7QMe0 ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even...

When you’re in over your head, God tells us in His Word that He’ll be there with you. That’s how personal our God is. That’s how much He loves you. So, don’t be afraid for He is with you always. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3C1dB5T ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episodes of The Bible for Busy People at Purposely.com  You can find vi...

So far this week, we've gone down two amazing trails: Heaven is for real and God knows us personally. Today we're going to explore another trail, the one that's marked God will provide. Join me as we dive right into Genesis 16. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3A5LJNy ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episodes of The Bible for Busy People...

I was the kid terrified under the strawberry shortcake comforter, thinking that one day I would die and just fall down into an endless black hole. I didn't understand that Heaven is truly real. You and I can know this today without a doubt. Heaven is a real place and it was Jesus who opened the door with His nail scarred hands. This is why He came to die for you and me; it was to take away our sin...

Many of us are wondering what's going to happen this week in our world, in our country, in our own lives, and the truth is we don't know a lot, but there are some things that you and I do know, and that is where we're going to pitch our tent every day this week! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3Cdnayx ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past epi...

So, today I want you to imagine God with knitting needles in His beautiful nail scarred hands, because you were knit together in your mama's womb. You are not an accident. You were created on purpose, for a purpose, by a God who loved you enough to think you up, and then came to die for you so that He could take away your sins and invite you to live with Him forever. Jesus is love. God is love. Yo...

Greater love has no one than the person who lays down their life for his friends. That's what Jesus did for us before we were friends with him. That's what love is. When you and I show that selfless love, we're saying, I see that love you've given me. I can draw some out of the well of my heart that you put there and pour it on somebody else. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4fcX7WC ---------------- We’...

I believe God looks at you and me like a canvas. All we have to do is put the paintbrush in his hand. What is the paintbrush? It's our willingness to love other people like Jesus loved us. He gives us the ultimate Costco sample and we can go out and be an example of the love we've received. I don't think anything touches God's heart more than when we love other people.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/...

This week we've got love under the microscope. What does love look like? Love is a gift that you give to others, and when you do that, you're also giving it to yourself. Join me now in John chapter 13 as Jesus paints a picture of love for us. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4fdcNch ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episodes of The Bible f...

We are beginning the final week in a three week series called Things That Last Forever. We have studied Faith and Hope, and this week we're pitching a tent on this thing called Love. Love is a word that gets thrown around a lot, and it's a word that's very important to Jesus. So, let's dive right in to probably the most famous passage about love in the Bible. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3BWCW0L ---...

Are you ready to dive into God's Word with me one more time this week! I know you're busy. I know there are so many things spinning through your mind and your heart, but this is your time to go to the source. It's like when you take a long drink of cool water and your body revives. This is like a long drink of cool water for your spirit. So here we go. Psalm 62, beginning in verse one, take a brea...

I'm excited that you and I get to talk about HOPE again today! Hope is real because God is real. Maybe you're feeling tired today, kind of like a flickering candle whose flame is about to go out. Well, you are not alone. There was a prophet, one of God's male carriers, who felt so tired of fighting his enemies, the evil King Ahab and Queen Jezebel who ruled over Northern Israel. He was exhausted....

Hope is planting a seed in dirt where you know it's going to get enough sunlight, and believing that seed is going to turn into a beautiful flower. There are so many word pictures we can use for the concept of hope, and today, we're beginning with a man who jumped into the Sea of Galilee with hope. Join me now in John's Gospel, chapter 21. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4eYVawL ---------------- We’d l...

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. Emily Dixon - Hope is the thing to hold onto, because when we grab a hold of hope, we’re grabbing hold of Jesus. He calls Himself the God of hope. Doesn’t that just warm your heart up? Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3Nksanl ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more...