The Burt (Not Ernie) Show - Believing God’s Promises & Understanding Your Identity in Christ

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Show Notes ~~~ Coming Soon!!   Join us for the "Praying Through the Storm - Online Prayer Retreat" August 3rd & 4th on Facebook. No worries if you can't be there for the live sessions - you can watch them later on!   here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/627249051525444   JanLBurt.com JanLBurt@outlook.com on Instagram @janlburt

Well hey there, hello & thanks for checking out this episode of The Burt (Not Ernie) Show. Super excited you stopped by & praying this podcast episode is a blessing & reminds you that God's promises for you are absolutely true!   We're taking a look at Psalm 60:12 - "With God we will gain the victory, and He will trample down our enemies."   Sounds a bit intense, right? But there is a whole lot of...

Acts 2:39 - The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off - for all whom the Lord our God will call.   When God gives us something that we can grab hold of & hang on to & believe Him for individually (as in, just for us as His dearly loved child) it's terribly comforting. It's very personal. When God gives us as His whole body, His whole Church, a promise, that's just plain...

Psalm 18:1-2 - The Lord is my rock and my fortress, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.   A refuge for the weary.   A rock for those who are unsteady.   A clear place for those who feel confused.   A safe haven.   Always dependable.   What a beautiful reminder of who our God truly is.   The Lord i...

Luke 21:33 - "Heaven and earth will disappear but My words will remain forever."   The promise we can lean in and trust God for from this New Testament verse is this...this world is not going to last. But God's Word and all the promises it holds will remain. Forever.   Think back to last year --- way back in 2019 --- (that feels like a decade ago, not 6 months ago!!) --- I remember pondering what...

Thanks for joining me for this episode - it's another opportunity to remember the faithfulness of our God & to bring to the very forefront of our minds one specific promise He has given us from His Word.   John 14:27 (AMP) - "I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart and the peace I give you isn't like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or confused."   Can you take a mome...

Hey there! Thanks for checking out this episode of The Burt (Not Ernie) Show. I hope you are blessed & can see evidence of God's promises for you showing up all over the place. He has so much good for you, right here and now!   Zephaniah 3:17 says this: "The Lord your God is with you. He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you; He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you...

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Psalm 106:24 & 25 (Amplified)      Then they despised the pleasant land (Canaan); they did not believe in His word nor rely on it, but they sulked and complained in their tents; they did not listen to the voice of the LORD.   Rebellion is nothing new. People have always had a rebellious streak & that's not likely to change anytime soon.   But God is our Deliverer, and He is able to deliver us from...

Daniel 7:14 & the dominion of our Lord.   Jesus has total & absolute dominion over everything - over all of it. All means ALL & that should provide us with tremendous comfort. Nothing is exempt from "ALL". Because all really does mean every single thing.   Daniel 7:14 (Amplified) -           And to Him (the Messiah) was given dominion (supreme authority), glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples,...

God's promises are LIFE for us as His children. LIFE.   The words of this psalm can impact, improve and enhance our lives..help us to grow, be more functional, and become more like Jesus.   Psalm 1:4, 5, 6 (Amplified)      The wicked (those who live in disobedience to God's law) are not so, but they are like the chaff (worthless and without substance).   -   Therefore the wicked will not stand (un...

Words in red. Whenever we read words in red in our Bible, it's terribly important to slow down, take pause, and pay close attention. Jesus is speaking, not just to those in His presence a couple thousand years ago...but to us, you & me, right now this very day. So let's take a look at some important words in red that are very fitting for us in this day & age. Matthew 6:31-34 (Amplified) - "Therefo...

  Taking a look at Psalm 1 ~   Psalm 1:1-3 (Amplified) Blessed (fortunate, prosperous and favored by God) is the man who does not wlk in the counsel of the wicked (following their advice an example), not stand in the path of sinners, not sit (down to rest) in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers). But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law (His precepts and teachings) he (habitually) me...

These are very strange and turbulent times, are they not? And the one thing that I have to offer you via this podcast, the one thing of any real and lasting value, is hope. What a powerful and life-changing little word that is: HOPE. Real hope only comes from Jesus, of course. So if you don't know Jesus personally, as in He is your own personal Savior who paid the price for your own personal sins...

  In 1 Samuel chapter 17, we read the inspiring and very well-known true life story of David defeating the Philistine giant Goliath in the Valley of Elah. It's a story for the ages of epic proportions that gives us hope for those impossible situations that loom larger than life in our own modern day moments...right here on the plains of Kansas rather than the ancient Valley of Elah.   But the poin...

Philippians 2:13 (NIV) - "For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose."   Philippians 2"13 (Amplified) - "For it is (not your strength, but it is) God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work (that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose) for His good pleasure."   The firs thing I...

  Matthew 6:31-33 (New Living Translation) - "So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?' These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need."   This passage contains a promise that can...

  Luke 3: 1-3 (Amplified) - Now in the fifteenth year of [Emperor]Tiberius Caesar’s reign—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod [Antipas] was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene— 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas [his son-in-law], the word of God came to John, the son of...

Deuteronomy 5:15 (NLT) - Do nor forget that He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock.   Sometimes, when you have been in a place of slavery for an extended amount of time, a vast and open place of new freedom is totally scary and overwhelming, even when that vast place is a dry deser...

Proverbs 3:5 & 6 (AMP) - Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, and He will make your paths straight (removing obstacles that block your way).   Proverbs 3:5 & 6 (ESV) - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. I all your way...

Episode 12 isn't based so much on one specific verse - but it sure is a real-world, true-life example that God gets done what He wants done & our mistakes and foibles can't undo His good plans!   As youth group leaders for over a decade, my husband and I have shared a lot of personal stories with a lot of students. But this true story from our teen years is hands-down their favorite one. Why? Beca...

Show Notes ~~~ Please be sure to listen at minute 21:54...I share some honest stuff that I don't want anyone to miss (also at the very end of the show notes below)   Psalm 33:16&18 (NIV) - No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. - But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His unfailing love.   What's true for the prince is...

1 Corinthians 2:12 - (Berean Study Bible) - We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.   1 Corinthians 2:12 (NLT) - And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit) so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.   1 Corinthians 2:12 (AMP) - Now we have received, not the spirit of the worl...