JB Shreve

John 15:12-14 (NIV) My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.

Consider the issues and causes that provoke you today. Consider what is so important that you are arguing about on Facebook. Much of what many Christians are saying and debating today has nothing to do with the Kingdom of God. It betrays the true treasure of their heart. And it is rooted in an earth-based, fleshly value system. 

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• All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. 18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. 19 By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.” Genesis 3:17-19 (NLT)
• Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
  whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
  As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
  they make it a place of springs;
  the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
  They go from strength to strength,
  till each appears before God in Zion.  Psalms 84:5-7 (NIV)
• But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 (NIV)
•  Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. ” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 (NIV

Also, check out this article regarding deaths of despair that JB referenced in the podcast.

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Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.  Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." 

Joshua 1:6-9

A primary place where we build internal strength is in the arena of our mind. Where are do our thinking patterns go? What authority do distractions have in our life? What mental habits have developed in our lives that are promoting earth-based thinking rather than faith-based thinking?

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 

Colossians 3:2

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9

 ...since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ. 

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 

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Points covered in this podcast devotional Build on the Rock:

Hearing and obeying are intimately linked in the Word of God

There is a base level of hearing and obeying

There is a deeper level of hearing

Conviction as the burden of God on our lives

Conviction as the blueprint for our life

Luke 6:46-49 (NLT) “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

If we want to build on the rock, we must consider and examine the realities of our life. The hard question must be asked and the inconvenient decisions must be made.

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Below is a list of links to articles and writers referenced in this podcast episode: 

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  • Environmentalism As Religion – The New Atlantis
  • To Understand Racism, Just Think Of It As A Faith-Based Asset – Bloomberg Businessweek
  • The Neo-Racists – Persuasion
  • President Trump Is A Religious Leader – Religious News Service
  • America Without God – The Atlantic

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