The Bible For Busy People

This week is all about Moses and the topic of the wilderness, and how it can feel like a neglected or abandoned place in our lives. However, God will never abandon us! God is a God who wastes absolutely nothing. There are no leftovers with God. He uses every single scrap of everything that happens to us. He has a plan and purpose for us! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3pYDvBD ---------------- We’d lov...

We have a God who wants us to know that we are enough in Him. I struggle constantly wondering if I'm doing enough, if I am enough, if I'm good enough. Friend, He loves you and I as we are. Today, we're finishing up the week with a passage of scripture that you most likely have read many times. We're going to read it through twice, using two different versions. Let's start with the New Living Trans...

Do you know how much you are loved? Christ loves you dearly. He wants to fill us with all of the confidence we need. He wants to help us to accomplish the things He's called us to do in this life, and He wants us to know that we can operate out of love. We don't have to operate out of guilt or out of "I'm not enough" or "I'm not doing enough." He just loves us. Dive with me now into the pool of fi...

Today we're studying the concept of enough. If you are stumbling under the weight of the backpack on your shoulders, today is going to be a good day to open it up and see if there are any rocks in there that you don't need to be carrying. If you don't have enough energy or motivation to take another step, if your hope tank is on empty, God can provide whatever you need today. Show Notes: https://o...

This week on the Bible For Busy People we're talking about when is enough enough? Do I work enough? Do I spend enough time with my family? Am I enough as a person? We're exploring all of these things and looking at them through the lens of God's word. So join me today in John chapter six beginning in verse one, because you and I are about to have lunch with the Lord Jesus and a few friends. Show N...

God is the most creative being who has ever existed, who will ever exist, and he knew where to draw the line when designing the creation. Drawing the line...That's a tough thing for me. Maybe it's a tough thing for you, knowing when you've done enough at work, for your family, for your friends, knowing you are enough. If you struggle with these things too, you might be happy to know that you're no...

Today is the day of victory! I hope that throughout this Psalm, you are reminded of God's power and his great desire and total capability to rescue you from your enemies. The Lord is the one who gives the victory. He is going to train us for every single battle you and I will ever have to face on this planet, until we get to heaven and live with him forever, where there are no more battles. You se...

How should we handle emotional attacks? Today, the Apostle Paul is our example on this topic, and it involves making space and taking grace. Let's work this through together, beginning in Psalm 61. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3D6PEHy ---------------- 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...

Today, we're talking about how to handle enemies in life, with the help from King David and his many enemies. Know that God will bring forth righteousness and justice. We're called to bless our enemies and allow Him to handle the rest. It's hard - I get it! But let's lean into His truth. He will rescue us from our enemies. Let's jump in and find out how. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3O7En08 --------...

Friend, we need to equip ourselves for battle against the enemy by putting on the armor of God. What is the armor, you ask? I'm going to tell you just what that looks like and how you and I can fight back against the enemy with the Word of God. Let's dive in! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3CYMzsX ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episod...

This week is Shark Week and I LOVE SHARK WEEK! Today we're talking about how to protect ourselves from the enemy. The enemy is a dangerous predator in our daily lives, preying on our emotions and our hope in Christ. How we can stand firm against the enemy? Let me show you! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3JMfZ1s ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all t...

All week long you and I have been studying the life of Gideon. Today I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to invite God to x-ray our hearts. Friend, turn to God for help in times of need. Invite Him to "x-ray" your heart and confess your sin... Let go of any desires that don't come from God. No sin is too big for God to forgive. Today we're reclaiming the joy of the Lord and avoiding anythi...

Continuing with the story of Gideon, today we learn how he was able to become a mighty hero with God's help. Today's take-away is to be aware of anything that may be entrapping us, pulling us away from God. Remember God's grace and the promise in Philippians 1:6 that He will continue His work until it is finished. Okay, let's dive in to today's story of Gideon. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3NSnbeH -...

I just love the story of Gideon so much. Today we see how God gives Gideon strength and encouragement to rescue the Israelites from the oppression of the Midianites. God gave him the proof he desired in order to be confidant in the mission. This is a reminder, friend, to keep our eyes on God, and when He asks us to do something that is out of our comfort zone, He will provide all that you need. Sh...

Today we're discussing how God showed compassion and grace to Gideon in the Bible... and is a reminder to us of God's power to bring us " back to life" and create new things out of nothing. God sees a mighty hero in Gideon, and in you, and encourages us to remember that we are loved. Let's kick things off in Judges chapter 6. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3CTOP4U ---------------- We’d love to encoura...

Today we're going to be studying the life of Gideon. Put yourself in his sandals today. You're at work doing your thing, and the angel of the Lord shows up. Let's find out what happens! Join me in Judges chapter six. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3PF2dRV ---------------- 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 OnPurpos...

Finishing out this week we're touching base on leaving room/space for our kids in the faith walk. Leaving room means judging can't be part of your relationship with your child. Does this mean that you can't have a clear understanding of what God's word says is appropriate living an appropriate lifestyle habit? No. It doesn't mean that. What it does mean is that when you see one of your children li...

Today I want to talk about something very tender, really tough, which is when some of our kids go rogue. What I mean by that is when our kids are making decisions that, from a moral standpoint, from an ethical standpoint, are so far from our Christian ethic, from our Christian standpoint, that it is heartbreaking to us. It is so hard to know what to do in that circumstance. Let's look at someone w...

Today we're going to talk about the next generation, the next gen, because this is a place where I think we can get some things really reversed in our care and our keeping of our kids, and watching them walk into early adulthood. God is up to something in every generation. It can be hard for us to see. It can be confusing at times. Sometimes it might not make sense to us, but He's at work in the p...

I'm Julie Lyles Carr, filling in for Erica for this week, and we are on a journey of talking about what it means to release our kids into their own faith experiences, and into their faith walks. Today we're focusing on knowing how to navigate trusting the Lord with our kids and letting Him work in their lives, while we step back in faith, and prayer, releasing them into the Lord's hands. This idea...

It can feel challenging when we come into the seasons of parenting, when it's time to start releasing our teenagers, our late teenagers, our early adult kids, into that place where they're pursuing their own faith. Leaning into respecting our kids' choices and decisions they make in their faith walks, seeing where it aligns with the things that we've taught them, and the experiences they've had in...

We're wrapping up our series on trees today with master naturalist, Bible teacher and author Eryn Lynum. We're going to take this study to the Psalms and learn about fruit. Fruit is a very strong symbol, an image that God used throughout the scriptures. The fruit of our lives is really what we produce with our time and our talent and the resources that God has given us and the fruit of our lives s...

So far we've explored the theological truths wrapped up in tree seeds, roots and trunks. Today we're looking at leaves and how leaves help us filter out what is harmful and keep what is good. Join us for day 4 of our study with Eryn Lynum, master naturalist, Bible teacher and author! Show Notes: https://bit.ly/42EZ7QC ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word....

Day 3 of our tree study. We started by looking at tree seeds and then we looked at the importance of roots. Today we're moving on to the trunk of a tree, specifically the rings inside of a tree trunk and the stories they tell. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/45XS48L ---------------- 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 a...

We are heading into our second day of a special series with Eryn Lynum. What happens when water penetrates the seed and the growth process starts? Roots! Today we look at roots, what Jesus says about roots, and why roots are so important. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/42xSD65 ---------------- We’d love to encourage you to spend even more time in the word. Find all the past episodes of The Bible for B...