We don’t always get what we want in life. But we won’t get it if we don’t ask. It’s good to focus on what you want or need in life, instead of questioning whether you’re worthy to receive it. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/22/john-737-39-come-and-ask-for-what-you-need/

“I worked hard for my money and I will do whatever I want with it!” and the even more crass, “It wasn’t God who put food on my table!” are just a few of the power delusions I have heard from others, as if personal accomplishments are disconnected to any other force in the universe.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/21/psalm-3312-22-god-is-watching-over-us-with-steadfast-love/

Faith isn't just a spiritual thing; it's also embodied.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/20/1-corinthians-1542b-49-attention-to-the-body-is-spiritual/

You will suffer, but your pain will turn to joy.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/19/john-1616-24-there-must-be-suffering-before-glory/

"True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you." J. Oswald Sanders

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/18/titus-11-9-effective-spiritual-leaders/

People become like the objects of their worship.

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“It is impossible for a person not to be puffed by his good works unless he has first been deflated and destroyed by suffering and evil until he knows that he is worthless and that his works are not his but God’s.” Martin Luther

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/16/two-ways-of-living-blessed-or-cursed/

More important than our doing, is our way of being together, how we are with one another.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/15/deuteronomy-341-7-take-the-long-view/

It is both physically and spiritually healthy to clap and shout with joy.

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The miracle of Christ's ascension to heaven is not in the lifting off from earth to another realm. It is in the reality that though being far away, the Lord is actually near.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://timehrhardt.com/2021/05/13/acts-11-11-ascension-of-the-lord-2/