Broken & Blessed

Be still is the topic of this episode.  Often times in life we move to fast, we worry or stress about matters that we might not even have control over. We fear the outcome of something or we fear the unknown. It’s times such as these is when we need to “Be Still” trust God, talk to God. Here is a clip from the show, James is talking about an author by the name CS Lewis and in one of his books wrote a conversation between Satan and Jesus….

CS Lewis, had some great books, great aspects on theology, but he wrote this in 1942. And here we are, 78 years later and he wrote this in a book and he said, This is Satan talking, says “I will cause anxiety, fear and panic. I will shut down businesses, schools, places of worship and sports events, I will cause economic turmoil.” Now, Jesus responds to Satan and they're having a conversation. Jesus says, “I'll bring together neighbors, restore the family unit. I'll bring dinners back to the kitchen table. I will help people slow down their lives and appreciate what really matters. I will teach my children to rely on me and not the world. I would teach my children to trust me and not their money and material resources.”

Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations I will be exalted in the earth.

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What does it mean to be a Servant leader? Take a listen as the guys breakdown leadership but more importantly servant leadership.

I like to add the term servant leadership, because it humbles the term. It puts us in a position of saying, you know what, you're not on top. You're not the guy with the corner office with all the windows. Servant leadership is the guy… If you look at the picture of the guy on the bottom, holding a platform and everyone who works for him or her, he or she is supporting, lifting them up making THEM better, providing the foundation for them to succeed. That servant leader is humbling themselves before God. And before people.

John 3:30 - He must become greater; I must become less.

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In this week’s episode we discuss Priorities. What does that word mean to you?  What are YOUR Priorities?  

It is said that you can see ones priorities by looking at their checkbook or bank statement (do people still use checkbooks?) Take a listen as the guys peel back a few layers with some personal experiences when it comes to this topic. 

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How many times in your life have you felt broken? What have you done to overcome that. We all have felt that way at some point in our lives. We live in a world right now that, as a whole one could argue that it is broke. Broke with sin, broke in spirit, whatever it may be… It is times like these, is where we need God more than ever. 

The definition of broken (Webster dictionary) - : violently separated into parts : SHATTERED

Psalms 51:17 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, oh god, you will not despise.

“four or five months ago, you and I sat around talking about this, and knowing that this was something that God put on our heart because we are two broken men, but we're blessed by the love, grace and mercy of Jesus Christ. But the realization that we are broken, that we need Jesus in our lives, but that seems to be the resoundingly term. It's a term that's been just utilized in so many messages. And it's great. It's great that that this message that this ideology is getting out there, because true Christianity. We need to realize that we're broken individuals, we need to realize that we need Jesus more than ever.” ~James Boggs

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This show is titled Intentional relationships, what are your relationships like with your loved ones? What’s your relationship with God? We have a special guest for you in this episode a Mr. Cal Walters.  Cal is a fellow podcast host, his show is called Intentional Living & Leadership, he also has a blog, both can be found on his website (https://www.calwalters.me)   Take a listen as we dive in and discuss Intentional relationships and hear Cal’s incredible story in finding Jesus. 

(25:27) "But that night, I experienced Jesus in a way I'd never experienced before. I didn't have committed my life to Christ that night. I had a girl who was in the youth group who I had a crush on. And she invited me after that to come over and read the Bible. And I was like, of course, like, had this crush on this girl. So I came over and I ended up, I thought, I was gonna be spending time with this girl and ended up falling in love with the scriptures. I ended up for the first time probably ever for my for my own self reading the Bible, reading about Jesus, reading about you know, the words of Paul.  So my whole high school experience was completely transformative of finishing up that first semester, my eighth grade year I ended up joining the football team early, getting on the varsity team early, and being the student body president doing all these things ended up obviously going to college. But I mean, this, this experience completely transformed me and my life from that moment, or at least my mission completely changed. Now. It's all about spreading the gospel. It's all about sharing with others, the good news of Jesus loving people, of course, I have been far from perfect, but my mission has completely changed ever since that, that moment where I came to know Jesus in eighth grade.

In this episode, we talk about War Stories.  Not the ones that take place in a faraway land but the war that battles on within. 

James: 2:42 - You know what we got a great, great show for everyone today it is called war stories. Now people are probably out there thinking here are two guys who have served in the US military who are going to talk about make believe stories in the sandbox and draw pictures with their foot and sand. But we're not.

What do we mean by war stories?

James: 3:37 - And the war stories we're going to speak about are the spiritual war that surrounds us, as Christians, any in here, check this out. I'm gonna get deep. Even if you're not a Christian. Even if you're not a believer in Jesus Christ. There's a war raging around you and it is being fought by angels and demons and they are after you. I truly believe this and people call you call me crazy. You could call me delusional. But I believe our soul, our relationship with God is at the forefront the focal point of Satan. He doesn't want it to progress. He doesn't want it to exist. And they will wage war to throw everything at us to make a stumble to ensnare us to get a foothold on us. So, we don't grow closer with God.

Adam: 8:48 - the biggest war story or the start of the war, within me, would be when I when I made a conscious decision, is taking my morals and my beliefs and I put them in the closet for a few years. And that was that was a that was a dark time.

We talk about the why. Why did we start this show? First off, this is NOT church hour! Far from it, that’s not us.  Need Favor? Doesn’t matter what you’ve done in your life, James talks about two guys in the bible, David and Paul… What they have done in their life and god still found favor in them.  And find out if one of us says something that you may disagree with… Want to know what it is? (you know you do) Take a listen!

Welcome to our new show Broken & Blessed!  In this episode you will hear from both hosts Mr. Adam Bird and Mr. James Boggs.  Each share a little bit about themselves and they discuss why they started this show and what you can expect to hear in future episodes.  Thank you for listening and we look forward to being on this journey with you. 

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