The Bible For Busy People

Hope you brought your swim trunks today because our destination is the Sea of Galilee! Let's go on an adventure! Let's go to the holy land by opening our bibles and visiting some of the places that Jesus visited, and remembering some of the wonderful things he did. We're going to walk in his footsteps and learn from him some more this week, and also growing our faith. Are you ready for our first s...

There's a beautiful verse in Isaiah chapter 61, that talks about how God gives beauty for ashes. That is what he gave to Mordecai and Esther into his people. And I believe with a full heart, it is what he wants to give for you too. Your story does not end in sack cloth and ashes. Your story ends in beauty. God turns mourning into joyful dancing, and he uses ordinary people to accomplish his extrao...

What a calling Esther had on her life. What a calling you have on your life. God called Esther to be queen. He calls you and I to different roles at different times in our lives to accomplish the purposes that he planned for us long ago. So, be encouraged. God is working in your life and writing an incredible story for you as well. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/3KN81Gz ---------------- We’d love to e...

Something deep in the heart of every human is this desire for things to be made right; in our worlds and in our own hearts and lives. Queen Esther is a story about how God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things and how he makes things right. It's a story about good and evil and reaping what you sow. Haman sewed hatred and pride, and he reaped death. Mordecai sewed faithfulness, an...

Hope you're ready to attend a parade today! It's a rollercoaster ride dear friends, and here's something important I have to say. Never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. Whoever you are angry at, whoever has hurt you, whatever has been done to you, may I encourage you right now to place that thing in the hands of the Lord. The Lord is a God of justice. We so often talk about...

This week is going to be so exciting as we see what God does in the life of one ordinary woman, who was called to do an extraordinary thing. And the thing that’s most impressive and most encouraging is that she wasn’t called to do it alone. God put people around her who she could trust, and she listened to those people. She accepted their wise counsel, and as a result, the course of history was ch...

Enemies can take many forms. Sometimes it's the anxiety that rises up in us; sometimes it is a real person who hurts us or who is out to get us. The common denominator we all have as believers in Jesus Christ, is that we have a God who fights for us. He tells us in his Word over and over. So, whoever or whatever your enemy is today, God is with you in the battle. You and I can find shelter in the...

Not only were we made on purpose, for a purpose, we were also made for such a time as this. This is the time that you and I were appointed to live in. It's not on accident. God has a purpose for you, at this point in history, and I don't think it's an accident that you're listening to the Bible for Busy People today. We're in the Book of Esther, and things are ramping up for her. Strength and endu...

Last time on the Bible for Busy People, King Xerxes sees the great chose a new queen. Her name was Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman who was raised by her cousin Mordecai, a man who loved God. Mordecai and Esther stayed close, even though Esther's life had changed so dramatically. Mordecai even heard of a plot to take the king's life, and he informed Esther and she told the king, and those pa...

I hope you fastened your seatbelt because we are getting ready to get back on this rollercoaster of a Bible story. Today we're studying the life of Queen Esther. God created her and had big plans for her, and ditto for you, my friend. Last time you and I were together, we met a very powerful angry king named Kings Xerxes. He was angry because his wife, queen Vashti, refused a request he made, so h...

Are you ready to go on an eight episode rollercoaster ride with me? We're about to dive into the story of Queen Esther. It's a battle story. It's a story about faith under fire, and I believe with all my heart that your faith and my faith is going to increase after we explore what God did through one young woman who was chosen to be queen. There's that word again. We talked about it last week. God...

Let me say it for the back row, You are loved. I hope that those three words have gone down deep into your heart this week because it's true. You are right there with God all of the time. You are always on His mind. Matthew West has a song out that is so beautiful, and I believe the perfect way for you and I to wrap up Love week. It's called, "Me on Your Mind." Soak up the words and remember that...

When I was a kid, I dreaded the pink medicine, the bottle of amoxicillin in my fridge. But my mom gave me the medicine because she knew it would make me feel better. Jesus has a prescription for you and I, and he prescribes it because he knows it's going to make us feel better. Sometimes when you're hurt, that stuff gets stuffed down in your heart and you have to let it out. You have to release it...

I imagine it was the kind of starry night that would've inspired Vincent Van Gogh when the Lord took Abram outside and said these words to him from Genesis 15, Look up into the sky and count the stars. If you can. That's how many descendants you will have. Now, what is marvelous and mysterious about those words is that Abram didn't even have a son yet. Look at the faith it took to believe what the...

Remember gym class when you were in elementary school? Maybe you were like me, being one of the last kids picked. I want you to feel the exact opposite today as we continue our journey. We're on a mission to discover just how loved we are, how very much God wants us, how He chose us. You're about to feel really loved. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/40WswGH ---------------- We’d love to encourage you t...

You know who told one of the greatest love stories of all time? It wasn’t a Hallmark movie writer, or even Nicholas Sparks. It was Jesus. The people He shared it with needed to hear it, and I believe you and I need to hear it too. Come with me on a journey this week and let’s find out just how loved we really are! Our map is the Bible. Our guide is the Holy Spirit. Today, we’re going to jump right...

I was telling the Lord that I felt like I was too busy and overwhelmed to record this podcast today. You ever feel just completely overwhelmed? Your to-do list is longer than Santa's in December, and you're like, Lord (this was me this morning), "Help!" And I felt like what he put on my heart was that I need to stay close to him. When you're walking in the light, you walk differently. Don't walk i...

Sunshine is medicinal. I remember years ago, doctors told my Grandpa Herbie, that if he moved to Arizona, it would improve his health. The sunshine would be good for him. Well, he lived to be 95 or 96... I forget, and I'm so glad he did. Hanging around people who walk with Jesus, who is the light of the world can be medicinal too. We are studying what God's word says about light this week and toda...

Have you ever gotten home late and you forgot to leave the porch light on? You didn’t leave a lamp on in the house, so you kind of stumble into your home and find the first light switch, and all of a sudden the room is flooded with light and you can see everything and you’re not tripping anymore. Well, today on the Bible for Busy People, I want you to meet a woman who is in the middle of a very da...

The darkest days of this winter are now behind us. It's getting lighter and lighter, and that's why I thought it would be a perfect time to study what the Bible has to say about light. Jesus tells us in His Word that He is the Light of the world, but He tells us something else too; that you and I are the light of the world as well. Wow. It's kind of crazy inspiring, isn't it? And it's why I'm than...

Think about a seed for a moment. A seed needs both rain and sunlight to grow. You and I are seeds, and when we stay in the light, when we walk with the light of the world, who is a person, we’re going to grow every single time. and God is going to use every single raindrop that falls on us. We’re going to see what the Bible has to say about light, so let’s go back to the beginning, shall we? Let’s...

I'm not really a fan of poetry, but I love this one poem from Emily Dickinson. Hope is the thing with feathers that purchase in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. And I know that is not the textbook definition of what hope is, but I believe that's what walking out hope looks like. Sometimes you have to sing the tune without the words, and never stop. Keep hoping....

So, I became a plant mom recently. My husband and I adopted a plant named him Frodo, because we are huge Lord of the Rings fans. And for the first time in my life, I've kept this plant alive. And one of the things that brings me so much joy, like a ridiculous amount of joy, is when Frodo gets a little dry and I water him, and he soaks it up and he just thrives. He loves it. I feel like the human h...

Our hunt for hope continues on the Bible for Busy People! Today, we’re gonna climb a tree to find some hope. We’re gonna meet a man named Zacchaeus, who nobody liked back in the day, except for one man. A man named Jesus, who not only liked Zacchaeus but loved him? Come and join us in Luke chapter 19.

You know, nobody ever wrote a song called Small is thy Faithfulness. Great is thy Faithfulness is the famous hymn, and that is why you and I can have hope right now, in this moment, no matter what’s happening in our lives because God is faithful. It is safe and good for you and I to place our hope in him. Join Erica in First Samuel chapter two for Hope for Hannah, part two. Here we go!