The Bible For Busy People

Our theme this week is, "Do Not Be Afraid." Today we're focusing on the story of the shepherds and how they went from being terrified to being filled with faith after an angel delivered the news of Jesus' birth. We're also revisiting the word, "abide." Jesus, is our Good Shepherd and He abides with us always. So, let's trust Him, and don't be afraid! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/484Vs1D ------------...

We're taking a deep dive into Psalm 63 today. Written by King David, we find a man who messed up in his life but picked himself back up and said to God, "I'm sorry." He found the grace that he was seeking, and you can too. He was a man after God's own heart. You can be a person after God's own heart. You're never going to be perfect. The idea is to keep seeking Jesus, to keep walking with Him and...

Today we're taking a look at Nicodemus, a Jewish leader who sought Jesus in secret. Oh friends, I encourage you to come to the light, accept Jesus' forgiveness and love, and be born again. Jesus' sacrifice was for you and for me, bringing great joy to the world. It's available to you right now. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/4a3EmDl ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time i...

You have something in common with the wise men in the Christmas story. God wanted the wise men to find him, and God wants you to find him too this Christmas. Today, we're going to study the life of another person who deliberately sought the Lord. Join me now in the book of Mark. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3t5t150 ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find...

We've been talking about the kings and how they saw that star in the east, that first Christmas long ago. They knew that if they followed that star, it would lead them to the Son of God, the king of kings, the Lord of Lords. If you are hungry and thirsty to know God, to know that he has a purpose for your life and that you were made on purpose, He will satisfy your hunger. He will give you the Wat...

Maybe you're on a journey this Christmas. You are looking for hope. You're looking for faith, for joy, for peace. I want you to know all of these things can be found when you find Jesus. I'm so excited to kick off with this week's series, Wise Men Still Seek Him. Today we're digging into the story of the wise men seeking Jesus, and hope you walk away soaking in the hope, faith, joy, and peace that...

It's time for Joy Bombs in the Psalms. All this week, you and I have been preparing our hearts to receive the Christ child, whose birth we're about to celebrate. Today we reflect on the love that came down for you and I that very first Christmas. Join me now in Psalm 96. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3uA0rcu ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the...

We are going to read the greatest story ever told, and it's a hundred percent true. It's a story about a rescue mission. It's a love story. It's God saying, I want to know you. I want to save you. I want you to come live with me forever. It's why he sent his Son the Lord Jesus into this world to be born on Christmas day. We're reading Luke chapter two, in the King James version. Let's settle in. S...

You and I, we give and receive many gifts at Christmas time, but just like God's peace is different than the world's peace, God's gifts are different than the gifts in the world. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3QZGBib ---------------- 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 OnPurposely.com You can find video versions of...

Today, we're making room in our hearts to discover who Jesus is to us, and what the Christmas season truly means. Let's dig deeper into the different names of Christ and how He brings His perfect joy & peace to the world. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3QQcJos ---------------- 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...

Christmas is coming and all this week we are going to make preparations for the celebration of our Savior's birth. Invite the light of Jesus into your home and into your heart. This is the first day, the first exercise, the first meditation. Jesus Christ is the light of the world. Let's lean into this all week, beginning today. Show Notes: ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even...

Thanks for spending time this week with me, as Erica took some time off. For our last episode, we're talking about how being enough takes faith + action. It's true that faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead, like James 2:17 says, but we know obedience certainly does prove the relationship. We're going to spend time in John chapter 4, to finish out the week. Here we go. Show...

This week we've confessed that we are nothing without Christ, who is not only enough, he is all in all. We saw that our muchness comes from his enoughness and that it only takes a mustard seed amount of faith to have enough. We need to stay with him so we don't lose our muchness. Let's read John 15. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/47AAQOU ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more t...

This is a fun episode for me because I get to introduce you to my favorite verse, Hebrews 11:1. It's my favorite because it brings so much hope, confidence, assurance, certainty, conviction. The author of Hebrews is saying that biblical faith is not a vague hope grounded in imaginary wishful thinking. Instead, faith is a settled confidence that something in the future, something that is not yet se...

Yesterday, Jen talked about being enough. Today is all about getting honest and believing that God is enough for us, and the concept of "enoughness" and "muchness" when relating it to faith in God. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3QOHQRf ---------------- 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 OnPurposely.com You can fin...

Jen Ervig is Erica's guest speaker this week! Today, she's discussing the concept of feeling inadequate or "not enough". Do you wrestle with feeling not good enough in areas of your life? Grab a cup of coffee and soak in the truth that God has for you regarding this, focusing on God's existence and life-giving nature. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3MHs0qo ---------------- We’d love to encourage you t...

All this week we've been giving thanks for some unusual things. Things that don't usually make it to the top of our gratitude lists in life like, we've been thanking God for our breath. He fills our lungs every day. We've been thanking him for the times that he said "no." For the "whys" because we know that they turn into "ohs"... I get it now. We thanked him because he adopted us into his own fam...

If you saw the size of the blessing coming, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting. -Dartannon Wilson Sr. Today is a big day because we are going to thank the Lord for the blessings that are on the way. The blessing we've been longing for is on the way. The work has begun. Sometimes it takes years, but God is always working. He never sleeps or slumbers. He's on your case...

God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us. Did you know that you and I were adopted? You were chosen. If you're hearing this message right now, it's not an accident. It's a divine appointment. It's the God of the universe coming close and saying, I want to know you better. Come know me. So, without further ado, we're going to dive right into Paul's letter, to the Ephesians, to the c...

Last time we thanked God for the ability to breathe. On this episode, we're going to be thanking God for the times He has said no to us. We're going to be thanking God for the times that we've looked up and said, why? Because there's nothing that happens to us that doesn't pass through the nail scarred hands of Jesus first. He's putting everything together like a giant jigsaw puzzle in our lives....

It is the season for Thanksgiving and you and I are going to be pausing this week on the Bible for Busy People to thank God for some of the simplest things, the things that you and I might not think about on a daily basis. I know with all my heart that God wants us to make the best use of every breath. So you want to dive in with me today? We're going to thank God that we can breathe today and we'...

When the storms of life rage around us, you and I have a place where we can go to get warm and dry and safe. We have a refuge, and that's what we're going to talk about today. The definition of what refuge means is, "A condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble." Let's soak this in today. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/40j1rxr ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to s...

Are you going through something in your life because someone has hurt you, or you've made a poor choice? Things may have gone wrong... but God is making it right. It's a promise from our good and gracious God. We're going to dive into this good & gracious promise today, beginning in Romans chapter eight. Let's go! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3sgyy8u ---------------- We’d love to encourage you t...

Another promise that you can take to the bank is that God has a plan for your life. Put your hand over your heart right now. If it's still beating God is not finished with you yet. Your mission on Earth, and you have one, is not complete. Not only does God have a plan for your life, you are also a part of God's big plans for this world. Let's dive in! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/40tx1Zh -----------...

Today, we're talking about this unbelievably beautiful promise that the God of the universe, who made everything including us, with our complex systems that keep us breathing and moving and talking every single day, this God who made everything we can see... This God says, I am with you. I want to invite you right now to turn that promise over in your heart like you would a diamond in your hand. T...