Chasing Elephants Podcast

Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

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All creativity comes from the Creator.
Step out of the formula and think outside the box. Wether you’re a mathematician, an admin-focused person, or anywhere that is traditionally labeled “not-creative” - we are all created to think creatively.  

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

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Show Notes:

What does it mean to be creative?
“Creativity” has become an overused term these days, and it can have a stigma attached to it…but really it is simply thinking outside the box.

You can’t break the rules until you know the rules. Being creative is breaking the rules on purpose.

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

Show Notes:

It is possible to tell a redemption-love-kind-of-story when Jesus is the hero of your story.

The story begins with a holy and heavenly calling

We are all formed and called before we were born.
A calling doesn’t have to mean a calling to vocational ministry…you can be called to be a vet, or a solider, or a mother, etc.
A calling is not singular, you are called too many things in life.
A calling is spread out across your life.

The story is characterized by obedience that leads to opportunity

Because of one persons obedience, thousands and thousands of people were blessed. The same is true of all of us today.

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It is possible to trust in difficult times when we believe that God is sufficient and sovereign.

Trust begins with love, when we experience and understand the love of God, we can trust him with the impossible moments, circumstances, and seasons.

Trust motivates faithfulness, being faithful means we are obedient in the moment, even when we don’t see how God is working out the rest of the story.

Trust enables holy optimism. A holy optimism means that I believe that God is at work in all circumstances to make us more like Jesus.

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

It is possible to understand God’s love when we believe the Lord will provide.

Genesis 22:13-14 - The Provision of the Ram

The provision of God helps us understand the love of God at a deeper level.

The depth of your faith is truly realized in the depths of oppression and struggle.

1. God’s provision, which makes is possible to experience God’s love, is demonstrated through the sacrifice of Jesus
   Before time began there was provision.
   If you start with Jesus, and stay focused on Jesus, you’re going to live your life at the feet of Jesus.
2. Trusting God’s provision, the person and work of Jesus, is how we know God’s sufficiency and experience his peace
   You don’t get peace when the storm hits, you must be praying and seeking Jesus before the storm so you can experience the peace of God.
3. Celebrating God’s provision, the Good News of Jesus, is how we live our best life

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

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Show Notes:

Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

It is possible to experience God’s love when we know God intimately and trust him completely?

Genesis 22:1-13 - The Binding of Issac

When God tests us it is always in a controlled environment.

This story is the first place in Scripture we read the word “love”…

How do we look forward to what is /possible/ in the future? We look /back/ to Scripture.

Worshiping God is about trusting Him with everything about your today /and/ your tomorrow.

Question # 1: Are you willing to listen to God?

Experiencing God’s love is possible because God took the initiative to speak to us.

Question # 2: Are you willing to trust God with what you love and care about on this earth?

Trusting God begins living from a place of openhandedness with what God has given us.

If we live from a place of close-handedness with what God has given us, then we live with idols.

You can’t see what’s possible when you are bowing before an idol.

Question # 3: Are you willing to follow God and be obedient even when times are tough, and circumstances don’t make sense?

Even though Abraham didn’t know the end of the story he trusted God enough to know he was in the midst of the story.

If you’re not able to trust God with what you love most in this world, you’re not ready to follow Jesus. God will not compete for priority in our lives.

God didn’t ask Abraham anything he wasn’t willing to do for Abraham.

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

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Student Leadership University’s mission is to develop and equip student leaders to think, dream, and lead. We strive to instill future tense thinking; character-driven decision making; ownership of biblical values; and a commitment to influence through service.

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It's easy to forget God in the land of plenty.

It's not real faith if you can see the provision on the other side.

The great theme of the Christian life is that our life is never "as good as it gets."

Nostalgia is good, but it doesn't help you reimagine your future. It simply reminds you of your past.

Jeff's favorite topics:

It is possible to be loved.

Brent's favorite topics:

God wants us to trust him with what we love most in this world.

We can trust that God's story is going to be better than ours.

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