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We're closing out the entire Sermon on the Mount this week, and it's a good one. Ever had a friend who talked a great game and then completely disappeared the second things got hard? Same. This week we're covering false prophets and fruit, the "Lord, Lord" warning that should make all of us a little uncomfortable, and the wise and foolish builders, the finale everybody knows even if they don't know it's from the Bible.

Plus, I finally admit my mama has been right about people her entire life (annoying, honestly but did I inherit that from her?), we bring in Galatians 5 and the fruits of the Spirit, and I tell y'all a story about our own house's foundation that I've never shared publicly much before.

In this episode:

• How to actually spot a fake, in others and in yourself
• Why "Lord, Lord" and doing impressive things isn't the same as being known by God
• The wise and foolish builders, and why both houses face the exact same storm
• A story about what's literally buried under our front door
• One simple thing to check in your own life this week

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JoAnne's Prayer Action Warriors — praying the Lord's Prayer over people every day at noon.

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"Ask and you shall receive" gets quoted like it's the simplest math problem in the world — until you've actually lived long enough to ask for something and not get it. This week we're covering more ground than usual: prayer (verses 7-11), the Golden Rule (verse 12), and the narrow gate (verses 13-14), all in one episode.

We talk about what "keep on asking" really means, why unanswered prayer doesn't mean an absent God, why the Golden Rule is a lot harder to live than it is to cross-stitch, and why the narrow gate costs something every single time. Plus — I finally admit on mic just how terrified of snakes I actually am, and why that matters for this passage.

In this episode:

• Why "ask, seek, knock" isn't a one-time prayer
• What it means to trust God's timeline instead of our own
• The Golden Rule: going first instead of waiting your turn
• Why the narrow gate is narrow, and why most people never find it
• One simple thing to actually do with all of this, starting this week

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JoAnne's Prayer Action Warriors — praying the Lord's Prayer over people every day at noon. 

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The "do not judge" verse gets thrown around more than almost any line in the whole Bible — usually right after somebody got caught doing something they shouldn't have. But there's a whole lot more going on in Matthew 7:1-6 than most of us realize.

This week we're talking about the kind of judging that doesn't even feel like judging — the fast, quiet, automatic kind. The mugshot on Facebook. The yard sign. The stranger you sized up before they said a word. We dig into the speck and the log, why Jesus calls it a "critical spirit," and how this same theme runs from Genesis all the way through the New Testament.

Plus — a story from my hometown about a man everybody thought they had figured out, and didn't.

In this episode:

• Why "don't judge" doesn't mean "turn off your brain"
• The speck and the log, and why it's kind of ridiculous when you picture it
• How judgment shows up throughout the entire Bible, Old Testament to New
• A practical, doable way to trade judgment for prayer this week

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JoAnne's Prayer Action Warriors (PAW) — praying the Lord's Prayer over people every day at noon. 

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I've got two sheds, and one that was supposed to be my business headquarters is now just full of stuff, three years deep. This week we're digging into treasure, worry, and serving two masters — why Jesus says don't store up what can rot, rust, or get stolen, why worry is really a faith issue in disguise, and why I'm finally cleaning out that shed. Part of our Living the Kingdom Way series, talking verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount.

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Jesus talks about prayer and fasting back to back in this chapter, and it comes down to the same question both times — are you doing this for God, or for an audience? We're digging into what real, private prayer looks like, why "don't babble" doesn't mean "pray less," what fasting has to do with a reels ad I saw the other day, and a special invitation to join a daily prayer movement started by my friend JoAnne. Part of our Living the Kingdom Way series, going verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount.

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We're starting a new chapter this week — Matthew 6. Jesus talks about giving to people in need, and He's not just concerned with whether we give, but why and how. We're digging into what it actually looks like to give without needing anybody to see it, why the size of the gift matters less than what it costs you, and why this might be one of the hardest things to actually live in our day to day lives. Part of our Living the Kingdom Way series, talking verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount.

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Last week we talked about not getting even. This week Jesus takes it even further — love your enemies, pray for the people who've hurt you. We're digging into what that actually means, how it's different from just "not retaliating," and what it looks like to genuinely love someone who's wronged you, from small everyday hurts to the really heavy stuff. Part of our Living the Kingdom Way series, going verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount.

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"An eye for an eye" — we've all heard it, and most of us have used it wrong. This week we're digging into what Jesus actually says about revenge, why "don't retaliate" is only half the plan, and what it really looks like to kill 'em with kindness when someone's wronged you. Part of our Living the Kingdom Way series, talking verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount.

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"On my way!" — and you were still standing in the bathroom deciding on a shirt. We've all done it. Somewhere along the way, "I promise" stopped meaning much of anything, and we started needing bigger words just to be believed.

This week we're in Matthew 5:31-37, where Jesus deals with two things that sound unrelated at first — divorce and oath-swearing — and shows us the same problem underneath both: people following the rules on paper while missing the point completely. Then He says something so simple it's almost funny: just say yes or no, and mean it.

No shame, no lecture — just an honest, porch-swing conversation about what it actually costs to be somebody whose word means something again.

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Nobody ever committed adultery just by scrolling their phone at midnight. Right?

This week we're talking about one of the most convicting verses in the Sermon on the Mount — Matthew 5:27-30 — where Jesus takes a commandment nobody in the room thought applied to them and quietly moves it a whole lot closer to home. It's not about your hands. It's about what you let your mind replay when nobody's watching.

No shame spiral, no finger-pointing — just an honest, porch-swing conversation about guarding your heart, and a few real guardrails you can actually put up this week.

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