Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
1,571 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago -Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
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Ice Bucket Challenge Lavishment S13e2 Eph1:8
February 11, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MBSend us a Text Message. Like the Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014, we are being asked to POUR OVER OUR HEADS a whole bucket of God's goodness. It is His love, His choice, His plan, His Blessing, His Redemption, & His forgiveness all at once. It is quite overwhelming. I think that is the point. After you poured the Ice Water over your head to raise awareness and $ for ALS, you were supposed to "nominate" a friend to challenge them with this experience. God pours this over Paul's head. Paul...
Ephesians Is A Book About God Being Kind S13e1 Eph1:1
February 10, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Buckle in! Let's join Paul as he has a front row seat to the grace of God. He is the #1Fan of what he sees and shares with us. This is the book of Ephesians. Paul has spent 2 years living there in fruitful ministry. He obviously loves and cares about them. He cannot wait to share the accomplishments and character of God. Eventually, he'll call them to walking in a manner worthy, but not yet. Ephesians starts with God's character and characteristics. There will...
78 Bites For Glory S12e78 Rm16:27
February 09, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.32 MBSend us a Text Message. What if every bit of Romans was for God's glory? What if all of our 78 bites of the elephant were bites of His glory? Perhaps God looks down upon us and says: Yup, that is Me. Yup. I am pleased with you knowing all the parts of me. How do you end a Masterwork? You repeat and reinforce themes that you said you were going to talk about from the first paragraph. Here is the activity of the Godhead for us all. It is the work of Christ. It is the response in our min...
Peace CRUSHING Satan S12e77 Rm16:20
February 08, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBSend us a Text Message. God is a peacemaker. He's going to make all things right and fix the rebellion of mankind. As part of that, He's going to do away with Satan, evil, death, tears, sickness etc. He promised it on the 3rd page of the Bible, and promises it again today. Join me as we look down the road a bit to see Satan crushed, and all his minions triumphed over. It is the God of Peace that does this. We benefit as we look forward to a land with no more tears or death. God is in the...
Hill St. Blues Warning S12e76 Rm12:17
February 07, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MBSend us a Text Message. Sgt. Phil Esterhaus called out to his police force colleagues every week on Hill Street Blues. After the roll call, the assignments, & the updates, he'd shout, "Let's be careful out there." Paul does the same at the end of his letter to Rome. Your understanding of God is betrayed by your behavior. Your behavior betrays your understanding of God. So, we can watch behavior and assess who it is that people are serving. There are some bad guys out there, so "Let'...
Tater-Tots For God S12e75 Rm16:13
February 06, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBSend us a Text Message. Today we honor motherhood. Paul is mothered by a woman who has taken a special role: "go mother the apostle Paul." This is a concept we all understand: she cared for him, made a big deal about his birthday, listened to his concerns, maybe bandaged a wound, and made him TATER-TOTs because he had a hankering for them. The church is characterized by warmth and family and mothering. Let's all shoot for this in our walk. Let's go make TATER-TOTS for GOD. Please comeb...
Love Is The Engine. S12e74 Rm16:9
February 05, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.84 MBSend us a Text Message. If you were invisible except for the moments where you loved others, would anyone ever see you? Listen 7 minutes today as Paul pours out his love for a whole list of people. In fact, it is so over-the-top it'd be inappropriate in any other context. The starting engine is God's love. He loves His church. He loves the people in His Church. We are supposed to resemble the character and characteristics of God. We should be loving the people in God's church. So who...
Church Makes Me Tired S12e73 Romans16:6
February 04, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.74 MBSend us a Text Message. If your participation in the life of your church makes you TIRED, you might be on to something. The body of Christ is to strengthen the inner man, but it is also to make the outer man TIRED. Growing tired with the toil of using your gifts in the church is a wonderful thing. Use it as a marker. Lean INTO TIRED. We do so with a heart of affection. I hope you have people who are happy to see you when you walk into church. If not, you could be doing it better by ...
In Spiritual Debt To S12e72 Rm16:4
February 03, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MBSend us a Text Message. Paul notes that he is indebted to a wife and husband team, Prisca and Aquilla. He notes that not only he personally is in debt to them, but all the gentile churches. Essentially, everybody in the scope of Paul's ministry owes them a debt of gratitude, that they probably don't even know about. First, they have a 20 year history of co-ministry with Paul, and are of only a few friends left standing at the bitter end. Second, in a moment that no one planned on, they "ri...
Still Commending Phoebe(&John) S12e71 Rm16:1
February 02, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MBSend us a Text Message. 2000 years ago, Paul commends a woman named Phoebe to a group of people that have not yet met her. I am doing the same today. She is a person who has been tested. It is not her first day. She is described as a patron. This is a person who uses their position of power, their resources and their knowledge of systems to help people. What kind of people? People who are not in positions of power; who have more limited resources; and less knowledge of how the system ...
Delivered From Unbelievers S12e70 Rm15:31
February 01, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.29 MBSend us a Text Message. Paul asks the Romans, who he has not visited yet, to PRAY for his deliverance from the unbelievers in Jerusalem so that he might joyfully come to Rome. In an unexpected way, Paul's prayer was answered. He was only in Jerusalem 7 days before these unbelievers seized him and began beating him with the intention of his death. Ironically, it is the ROMAN soldiers who "deliver him from unbelievers" of Jerusalem. He has about 10 more years of ministry after this rescue...
What’s In Your Wallet? SPAIN! S12e69 Rm15:24
January 31, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MBSend us a Text Message. We've worked thru 15 Chapters of Paul's passion for the ROMANS and now we discover that what is on his heart is SPAIN. Who knew? The geography is striking as he is writing this letter from Corinth to Rome, about 1000 miles to his WEST. He says I want to visit you, 1000 miles to my WEST, and keep going to Spain, another 1000 miles WEST past you. Here's how I am going to do it: I'm going to start by going 1000 miles to my EAST, back to Jerusalem because I have a pock...
3 ‘on One Hand…’ S12e68 Rm15:18
January 30, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.43 MBSend us a Text Message. On one hand (People)...you are mature, but you still would benefit from some reminding. On one hand (Endpoints)...I have fulfilled the ministry, but I still have ambitions and am planning on more On one hand (Ministry)...I minister, I write, I serve, I do stuff, but God gives grace Christ accomplishes Spirit empowers In other words, I work, but the TRINITY shows up for the heavy lifting. Join me for 7 minutes to hear 3 sets of the tension of what being a Chri...
Watch For “the NATIONS” S12e67 Rm15:9
January 29, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.15 MBSend us a Text Message. Everybody in the New Testament seems surprised that the gentile, the NON-JEWS, are welcomed into God's kingdom. Perhaps they shouldn't have been. God has been hinting all along that this was going to happen. It has been a 2000 year not-so-secret reveal. It is a big kingdom that welcomes "All nations," ie: the Gentiles. What we learn today will help us correctly read, and more thoroughly love our Old Testaments. We will love the God of the Old Testament, who is...
Welcome The KNUCKLEHEADS S12e66 Rm15:1
January 28, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.34 MBSend us a Text Message. Don't be surprised if you encounter a KNUCKLEHEAD in your church. What better place on earth is there for them? If you are a knucklehead, run to a church. For those slightly more mature, when you find one of these characters in your church, what should you do? Run for the hills? No, you should bear with 'em; help 'em; walk with 'em, and build 'em. In short: WELCOME the knucklehead. God is in the knucklehead business. God's people are in the bearing with the knuc...
Being Careful FOR Others S12e65 Rm14:13
January 27, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.81 MBSend us a Text Message. Bad brother Cain, just after he kills his brother Able, asks the Lord, "Am I my brother's keeper?" 1000 pages later in the book of Romans, we find the answer is YES. Like our bad example of Cain, we can hinder, harm, grieve, and even destroy the one for whom Christ died. We can come to sin in using our Christian liberty to stick our thumb in the eye of less mature Christian family members. Or, we can decide to be a blessing to them. We can pursue being an up bui...
Stand THEN, Kneel NOW S12e64 Rm14:10
January 26, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBSend us a Text Message. What if God welcomes sinners and gives them the ability to stand effectively before His judgement seat? What if He is Lord over days and eating and even life? How then shall we live? The short answer is humbly. We'd be careful in our judgments toward others. We'd be thankful. We'd seek to honor Him in how we eat and live. We'd honor Him even in the way we'd die. Because we are going to stand before the judgment seat of Christ someday, it has everything to do wi...
Owe Only Love Now S12e63 Rm13:12
January 25, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MBSend us a Text Message. We all celebrate our birthdays which are the number of days we HAVE HAD. Imagine if we also knew and celebrated how many days we LEFT. The former number keeps getting BIGGER. The latter number keeps getting SMALLER. Knowing this, it should change the way we love. It should change the way we live. The time is short and it is even shorter than last week. The debt we owe for what God did for us is massive, if we really try to quantify it. The currency of the realm...
Being A SUBJECT Citizen S12e62 Rm13:1
January 24, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBSend us a Text Message. Being a transformed, renewed-mind Christian has consequences. It matters to the individual and to the republic. God invented authority. Fortunately, the His fingerprints of this order flow down to the church, the family, marriages, the workplace and here today: GOVERNMENT. Christians have a high call of the heart, hands and wallet as to our right relationship with government. Listen 7 minutes to hear the call to be a great citizen of both the Lord's Kingdom and ...
The BROWN NOTES Of Relational Harmony S12e61 Rm12:16
January 23, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.35 MBSend us a Text Message. In playing music there are a group of notes, & combination of notes that are harmonious with each other. The goal is to be playing those good notes and to avoid the bad notes, the BROWN NOTES. Paul is encouraging the harmony of fellowship: rejoice and weep together, be kind, even to your enemies. He also warns about avoiding the brown notes: don't be overcome by evil, don't avenge yourself, and don't be prideful. None of this happens without knowledge and practic...
SURVIVOR Christian TV Show S12e60 Rm12:9
January 22, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MBSend us a Text Message. The SURVIVOR TV show has been surviving the 43 seasons since 2000. Its' motto is OUTWIT, OUTPLAY and OUTLAST. It highlights the particular characteristics that contestants need to thrive on the island. Similarly, Paul highlights characteristics of successful Roman Christians: Outhonor, Outserve, Outpray, Outlast tribulation, Outgive, and Outlove. Remember, God specifically equips His specific people, for specific needs of a specific church. Be encouraged. You are...
The Greatest Organization In The World S12e58 Rm12:5
January 21, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.04 MBSend us a Text Message. Today we focus on the greatest organization in the world, the greatest organization in the history of the world, and the greatest organization in the world to come. It is the body of Christ. The amazing thing is that we get to be a part of it. To function well in it, God gifts individuals so as to function well in this organization. It functions cheerfully, zealously, generously, with teaching, grace filled, and with 1 purpose. In it, individuals are members of ...
Build Beauty Together S12e58 Rm12:2
January 20, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MBSend us a Text Message. Scripture asks that we build beauty internally. That is a non-conformed, fighting, tested, transformed mind. Scripture also asks that we build beauty externally. That is behavior, actions, tongues, and zippers that demonstrate a changed mind. Both the internal and the external parts are difficult. We best remember that before it was hard on us, it was hard on God. Before it costs us something, it cost God something. We remember the MERCIES of God. We do this to...
Sacrifice Is SUPPOSED To Be Hard S12e57 1Chron21:24
January 19, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Our spiritual walks have a transforming of our mind that is described as a testing. Lots of Christianity is battled between our ears. Then, the renewal mentally is to be enacted in our behaviors and the actions of our bodies. That is described as a SACRIFICE. Both are supposed to be hard. David, our favorite knucklehead from the Old Testament, declares a Census against God's will. 9 months later, he repents but there is a punishment over the land by a destroying...
The Most EXPENSIVE Passage In The Bible S12e56 Rm12:1
January 18, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MBSend us a Text Message. There are passages that cost God more, but this is the passage that costs US the most: Romans 12:1. It is the most expensive passage in the Bible. It talks of being shaped differently; of behavior that is different, and of a mind that is changed. All of this comes at great cost to the believer and is described as a SACRIFICE. Sacrifice means that it comes expensively. Listen 7 minutes. It will be costly. It will be expensive in regards to your TIME. Start with ...
The MERCY FACTORY Of Israel S12e55 Rm12:32
January 17, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.35 MBSend us a Text Message. Ethnic Israel, the Jewish people, are valued, called, gifted, honored, elect, beloved and not forgotten by God. Regarding Jesus, they don't quite get it just yet. But God is not finished with ethnic Israel, as He has a "MERCY FACTORY" ready for them. The factory has inputs of disobedience and outputs of mercy. The Gentiles are in that factory now, and the Jews are scheduled for mercy next. Somehow, and in some way, all of Israel will be saved. God is going to be glo...
NOTE The Kindness…s12e54 Rm11:22
January 16, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.45 MBSend us a Text Message. Our attention is directed towards the KINDNESS OF GOD today. We are to note it; give our attention; and think about out it. Let's first note it, but then let's not stop there. Let's appreciate and give God a thank-you for His kindness. Further, how about if we continue in His kindness? Rm 2:4 reminds us that God's kindness is to lead us to repentance. Finally, let's set our minds to RESEMBLE God's kindness. That means to find someone who specifically does no...
Making CHOCOLATE For God S12e53 Rm11:17
January 15, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.34 MBSend us a Text Message. When a Cacao farmer grafts in fruit bearing branches onto good rootstock, what exactly is he after? The glorious answer is CHOCOLATE. The picture in Romans 11 is "faith-Israel" being grafted onto the rootstock of "ethnic-Israel" by the sovereign hand of God. It is for His ultimate glory and purpose. In the meantime, it is for CHOCOLATE. Listen 7 minutes with me as we visit the Cacao farm of God. Follow on FB. like and share everywhere. Repost . Twitter Instag...
Trespass With A Purpose S12e52 Rm11:11
January 14, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.26 MBSend us a Text Message. When people on the outside see the kindness of God displayed upon another people group, it gets their attention. They notice the activity, the favor, the discipline and the presence of God on the other side of the fence. When they see it, they desire it. God is also using the trespass of ethnic Israel to bring salvation to the new group of "faith-Israel", AKA the Gentiles. The trespass of one group is used to help another group. Here's the kicker: The trespass of...
You have Beautiful Feet S12e51 Rm10:15
January 13, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.19 MBSend us a Text Message. It is not something you say everyday. "You have beautiful feet." It is someone who is out there; someone who is active; someone who is at the pointy-end of spiritual activity. Christianity is easy. It just involves something you can do interiorly. But there is a lot that goes into that process. Those people that help that process are the ones with beautiful feet. Find and recognize those people who are put in motion for you and your people. Join me for 7 minut...
And POOF! We Were Friends S12e50 Rm10:9
January 12, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.06 MBSend us a Text Message. Is a friendship with God even possible? Is it too far away; too not-understandable; too lofty or too out of reach? Today, He'll answer, " I am a God who is NEAR and who WANTS to be friends with you." In fact, He's gone to great trouble to be friends with you. Listen today as we learn the story of friendship with God and friendship between two first graders. Both conclude with..."and POOF, we were friends." You can be a friend of this podcast by re-posting, sharing...
Jesus Offends Me S12e49 Rm9:33
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.38 MBSend us a Text Message. Jesus offends me. He's like a big rock in the road. He's a big stone to stumble over. That is exactly the point. The big question is what will you do with your offense? Listen just 7 minutes to learn a right way and a wrong way to turn after you crash into Jesus. The offense is not suppose to be the END, it is supposed to be the BEGINNING. And come back tomorrow by subscribing at bewithme.us. Or follow on FB Pocketcasts Deezer Google Apple etc.
Get Busy While Having A Stroke S12e48 Rm9:25
January 10, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.15 MBSend us a Text Message. A friend of mine enthusiastically came to Bible study early one morning while he was having a stroke. That's right, he wasn't moving his left arm. The rest of us freaked out, and he was on the way to the ER, but AFTER the Bible study. You see, he was late to belief and knew he had limited time left on this earth. He wanted to learn everything, and serve everyone, and love the Lord NOW. It is the sweetest story I can think of(against all medical advice!) in consi...
Seeing POWER In His Patience S12e47 Rm9:23
January 09, 2023 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.55 MBSend us a Text Message. This is the most anticipated podcast in the book of Romans, at least by me. Listen 7 minutes to find out what God is doing NOW with people who are READY and WAITING for His just wrath. The answer may surprise you. Similarly, there is a call for those whose wrath is being borne by another (Jesus). For people in the faith of God, they see a characteristic of His in a new way. They get a revelation of the glory of God by seeing His patience. And, when glory is see...
Ask With Dirt On Our Heads S12e46 Rm9:20
January 08, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.21 MBSend us a Text Message. What is the "posture of election?" That is, what is the posture of a man as he encounters the sovereignty of God? We can shake our fist at God and complain: "Why have you made me like this!#@%&" Or, we can humbly approach and honestly inquire, "Why have you made me like this?" In other words, we can as if we are made of clay. We can ask the same question with the right attitude. Join me for 7 minutes as we ask this question as if we have "dirt on our foreheads." ...
An Immediate Answer To My Request S12e45 Rm9:15
January 07, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.53 MBSend us a Text Message. Earlier this morning, I asked of the Lord two things. I knew I was stealing the requests from Moses in Ex 33, "Show us your glory" and "Show us your ways." I figured if the request was good enough for Moses, it was good enough for us as we wrestle with the principle of the Lord's election. What I did not know, was when the Lord answered Moses way back in Ex 33, He answered him with His choice, His will, that is His election. What I did not know, was that exact mome...
Charging God With INJUSTICE S12e44 Rm9:14
January 06, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MBSend us a Text Message. A working definition of election is God saying, "Hey, I have been thinking about you." this captures the heart behind election. Today we'll layer on some more truths by first accusing and then disabusing the notion of : "GOD IS NOT JUST." Well, God IS indeed just. If there is an understanding that God is NOT just, it is our misunderstanding. Let's put in the work to get to understanding that election is just. God is just. If you think God is NOT just, you are v...
Ethnic Israel vs “Faith Israel” S12e43 Rm9:4
January 05, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.03 MBSend us a Text Message. Paul says he'd give up his most valuable thing so that his ethnic brothers and sisters would become his FAITH brothers and sisters. He praises the Jews as occupying an honored place in history: The "First Nation" status with God. Adopted into His family first. Glory getters. First to see some of God's unique characteristics revealed Covenant makers. At least God kept His end of the deals. Even Jesus comes from this ethnic lineage. He saves the world. First wor...
I Am SURE That…s12e42 Rm8:38
January 04, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Paul is rock-solid-sure that GOD IS FOR US. He's been for us, He is for us, He will be for us. The timeline of God's activity cannot be separated from the source of His activity, HIS LOVE. Our interaction with God's activity cannot be separated from the source of His activity, HIS LOVE. The strength of attachment to His activity cannot be separated from the characteristic of His activity, HIS LOVE. Today's passage is a bucket dump of affirmation for the believer. ...
A Person Who God Is FOR S12e41 Rm8:31
January 03, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.08 MBSend us a Text Message. The bad news is that I may be a person who is out of comfort; out of peace; out of food; out of clothes; out of safety and even out of life. To make it worse, I may find myself condemned, charged and opposed. The bigger good news is that I am a person who GOD IS FOR. What else could compare? I am of a people who God is interceding for. I am of a family that is justified before Him. I am of a church enjoying inseparability from Him. I follow a God who is FOR US. P...
“I’ve Been Thinking About You” S12e40 Rm8:29
January 02, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.99 MBSend us a Text Message. Join me today as we tackle ELECTION. Here's my (knuckleheaded podcaster) understanding of it: Election is God saying to us, "Hey, I've been thinking about you." and "I am FOR YOU." And "BTW, I've been thinking about you BEFORE (calling, foreknowledge) DURING (justification) and AFTER(conforming to image of Christ all the way to glory) your moment of salvation." On the day of my salvation, I was surprised. I did not expect to yield or even to need God. You know ...
Love That God Is On-Purpose S12e39 Rm12:28
January 01, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.3 MBSend us a Text Message. I love that God is AT WORK. I love that God is ON PURPOSE. Today, we are to KNOW a few things. All things are working together. This is heading towards our good and even ultimate goodness. God is concerned with conforming us to His image. He's been at it a long time foreknowing and predestining. He has been ON-PURPOSE. He is ON-PURPOSE. He will be ON-PURPOSE. So how do I best respond? I love that He's working. I love that He's conforming. I love that He is on-p...
Oh To Be GROANED for S12e38 Rm8:26
December 31, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.34 MBSend us a Text Message. The Lord loves us enough to groan for us. In this moment of not-quite-being-home, He joins our groaning with groaning of His own. We ought to pray. We ought to be understood. He understands our moment and meets us there. We are known. We are indwell. So let's groan. There is lots to groan about . Let's bring it to the Lord. That is prayer. And let us be GROANED FOR. bewithme.us
We Don’t Groan Alone S12e37 Rm8:22
December 30, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.41 MBSend us a Text Message. Creation groans with us as we stand between the revealed glory to come and the received world of temptation, evil, and fallenness. Every person you meet groans with the challenges of sin; every blade of grass, every asteroid and every microbe groans with fallenness. If you are frustrated while we are in this waiting world, you are in good company. Every star waits with you for God's saving work to be completed here. There will someday be a new heaven and a new ear...
Learning From Our Alcoholic Brothers S12e36 Rm8:15
December 29, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBSend us a Text Message. We have much to learn from our AA brothers and sisters in our "battle with sober living." We too were once slaves to the addiction and power of sin. We too were rescued by a process above our pay grade and re-familied into a body of rescued people. We too should be living as grateful, indebted people. Be aware. It is a battle to the death Be full of appreciation. We are adopted in Be of action. Be led by the Spirit Be of anticipation. Don't be surprised by the...
Home To SPIRITUAL ROYALTY s12e35 Rm8:9
December 28, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.39 MBSend us a Text Message. If you came down for breakfast and found the Holy Spirit in the kitchen making eggs, the Spirit of God in the living room reading the paper, and the Spirit of Jesus out in the yard enjoying the sunrise, it would change a few things. What if I don't have to seek a home in this world, but the world of the Trinity has already sought ME as a home. Likely, I'd have a conversation (prayer), declare a party (worship), vacuum and straighten things up a bit (sanctification)...
Unglamorous Setting Of The Mind S12e34 Rm8:6
December 27, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.06 MBSend us a Text Message. The Christian walk is in many ways not very glamorous. Much of it is lived between the ears of one's head, deciding for God, and deciding what to do next. Scripture calls that SETTING the MIND. Every Christian you know is doing this very regularly. It should be an invisible, regular, repeated, faculty of thoughtful planning, outlook and way of thinking. Because of its regularity, it is not very glamorous, in my opinion. What it is though, is absolutely critical...
Be Found In Him S12e33 Rm8:1
December 26, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.63 MBSend us a Text Message. "Being found IN Christ" on day 1 is called SALVATION. "Being found in Christ" on the next days is called SANCTIFICATION. I know it is trite, but positionally, I think of Jesus with this large dome of protection surrounding Him. People run into this force field to be "found in Christ". It is a good place to be, as there are these great positional benefits found nowhere else. Outside there is frustration, inability, conviction and condemnation. Inside there is NO...
Getting To Christmas S12e32 Rm8:1
December 25, 2022 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.76 MBSend us a Text Message. Man, do we need a Savior! Join me for a 7 minute thought about how we best arrive at Christmas. Walk with me with Paul as he approaches the need for a Baby. When the angels show up to the shepherds they find a world in frustration, conviction, and desperation. They find us without self-remedy, disheartened and exasperated. They find us at war with God, just like always. It is out of this path of desperation that we best come to Christmas. A rescue is born that ...
Don’t Waste This Christmas S12e31 Rm7:7
December 24, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.36 MBSend us a Text Message. The world awaits a baby; a savior; a celestial rescue operation. You could squander it if you don't agree that it is necessary. In doing so you could waste this Christmas. Worse, you may be wasting Christ. The rescue doesn't come without a reason. Let's first agree with God about His standards, and the universality of sin, and the particularity of sin, and that it has affected me. We need some help and we need some Christmas. Let's not waste it. bewithme.us Ap...