Are you ever frustrated due to a lack of growth in your faith? There may be many reasons for why you are struggling to grow in your faith. In this episode, Jeff Cavins focuses on five obstacles to grace that could be inhibiting your growth in faith. He offers Scripture quotations to help explain these obstacles and why it is important to overcome them.

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We can overcome sin and obstacles to grace. However, we can’t do it alone. To break free from sin involves two things: God’s power and our choice.


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5 Obstacles to Grace

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Whatever happened to virtue? Sometimes it can seem like our world is greatly lacking in virtue. Every person struggles to grow in virtue. It requires effort and perseverance to grow in virtue. Yes, we can pray for God to help us grow in virtue, but we must also strive for it ourselves. Jeff Cavins explains what growth in virtue looks like and he also explains some of the primary virtues.

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We hope, we walk in faith and charity guides us. 


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The Triple Crown of Virtues

Have you ever felt imprisoned? There are many types of “prisons” people may experience such as work, a relationship, and many other types. How should you respond to these “prisons”? Jeff Cavins takes a look at this from the perspective of St. Paul who did experience a real prison. In particular, Jeff takes a look at Paul’s writings to the Philippians. 

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“For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ” (Philippians 3:8).


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7 Responses to Feeling Imprisoned

Do you feel the weight of anxiety or uncertainty when you watch the news these days? How should we respond to unrest? Is there a biblical way to respond to unrest? In today’s episode, Jeff Cavins points to different examples in scripture and reminds us that the Bible is rich in ideas and rich in responses when it comes to living in difficult times.

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The same God that split the Red Sea, the same God that defeated Goliath and the Philistines with Samson, the same God that David served, is the one that we serve.


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Responding to Unrest

Jeff Cavins concludes his testimonial series by sharing just how much remaining in the Church has changed and shaped his life. His hunger for truth and love for Christ continues to form the man he is today, and he invites us all to learn about the 12 different facets of the Church that have kept his heart and his life grounded in the Catholic faith.

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You are small but essential in the family of God. 


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How I Have Changed

Jeff Cavins continues to share his testimony of how he left the Catholic Church, but eventually returned. While it took a number of years, Jeff did come back to the Catholic Church. He outlines what brought him back and the types of challenges he faced along the way. 

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“Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the true Prince of Peace.” -St. Padre Pio


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5 Obstacles to Grace

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