Josh Terada Podcast

You believe in Jesus, but are you willing to suffer for Him? Following Christ isn’t just about what He can do for your life. It’s about loving Him because He is better than life itself.

In this video, we talk about persecution, the cost of discipleship, daily sacrifice, and finding joy in loving Jesus even when following Him makes life more difficult.

Are you willing to follow Jesus even when it costs you something? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Would You Die for Christ?
00:38 Are You Ready for Persecution?
01:17 Is Jesus Better Than Life?
02:08 How Persecution Can Grow Your Faith
02:54 Become a Living Sacrifice
03:21 Loving Jesus Beyond What He Gives You
04:17 Live for Christ Daily
05:12 The Joy of Loving Jesus
06:43 Live for What Is Eternal

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Many Christians believe that trusting God means sitting back and waiting for Him to work. But God calls us to more than faith in Him. He calls us to be faithful to Him.

In this video, I talk about why trusting God doesn’t mean neglecting the work He’s given us to do, why discipline is an expression of devotion, and how to grow in knowledge, wisdom, and faithfulness so we can become more useful to God.

What’s one area of your life where you need to stop waiting and start working with God? Let me know in the comments.

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CHAPTERS:

01:00 Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves
01:01:36 Growing in Knowledge, Wisdom, and Effort
01:03:36 Learning Changes How We Live
01:05:20 If It’s for the Lord, It’s Holy
01:08:09 Discipline vs. Devotion
01:09:23 Be Men and Women of God’s Word and Your Own Word
01:11:08 Build Trust Through Keeping Your Commitments
01:12:04 Start Small and Build Good Habits
01:13:26 Because God Is Working in You, Work With Him

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God has called you for a purpose, but following Him won’t always be easy, and you won’t always see the fruit of your faithfulness. What matters isn’t how successful you appear, but whether you’re faithful to the One who called you.Are you struggling to stay faithful when you can’t see the results? Share your encouragement or testimony in the comments.Subscribe for more simple & biblical teaching.CHAPTERS:01:00 You’ve Been Called by God01:01 Faithfulness Matters More Than Results01:01:49 God Is Looking for a Fully Committed Heart01:02:09 Keep Going When Your Work Isn’t Working01:02:30 Put Your Faith in God’s Faithfulness01:03:31 When It’s Hard to Live for God01:04:05 God Is Worth the Cost01:05:09 Your Struggles Are Nothing Compared to the Glory Ahead01:05:46 God Knows Who He’s Calling01:06:17 God Can Use You Despite Your Weaknesses01:07:17 God Will Never Leave You01:07:49 If God Is for You, Who Can Be Against You?01:08:00 Give God Your Weaknesses01:08:42 Your Body Is a Temple of the Holy Spirit01:09:17 Is God Just Your House, or Is He Your Home?01:09:21 Jesus Cleanses the Temple01:11:04 God Wants to Be Wanted, Not Just Needed01:11:29 It’s Not What You’re Called to, but Who Called You01:11:43 Be Faithful in the Big and Small Things01:12:01 The Holy Spirit Is Someone to Know, Not Just a Power to Use01:12:19 Don’t Just Seek to Be Blessed. Be a Blessing01:12:37 God Equips You for What He Calls You to Do01:13:27 Here I Am, Lord. Send Me01:13:31 Maybe You Don’t Need Something New, but Something Renewed01:13:51 Do Everything for the Glory of God01:14:04 Study God’s Word With DOXA DiscipleshipCONNECT WITH ME:TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube: @joshteradaEmail: [email protected] Discipleship: My private Bible study and discipleship group for men and women who want to study God’s Word and grow in their walk with Him. We onboard a limited number of 30 new members each month.⁠https://invite.doxadiscipleship.com KEY SCRIPTURES:John 15:5 — Apart from Christ, we can do nothing2 Chronicles 16:9 — God seeks those whose hearts are fully committed to HimJohn 20:29 — Blessed are those who believe without seeingHebrews 13:5–6 — God will never leave or forsake youRomans 8:31 — If God is for us, who can be against us?2 Corinthians 12:9–10 — God’s power is made perfect in weakness1 Corinthians 6:19–20 — Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit#Faithfulness #ChristianMotivation #GodsCalling #TrustGod #ChristianLiving #BibleStudy #Discipleship #JoshTerada

One of the best things I've ever done is shave my head, and it's not because I look better or even because I save money, though that's nice. It's because it's not about how I look. It's about who I am. Man looks at the outside, but God looks at the heart.

What You'll Learn:

Why it's not about how you look, but who you are
Why you should guard your heart, because from it the mouth speaks
Why this winter should be about your heart, not just your body
Why one lesson lived is better than a thousand learned
Why knowledge puffs up but love builds up, and love sacrifices
Why you need standards, not goals
How walking with God step by step gives you the high ground in the fight
Why procrastination doesn't remove the cost, it adds interest

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why I Shaved My Head
00:28 Man Looks at the Outside. God Looks at the Heart.
01:01 Guard Your Heart: From It the Mouth Speaks
01:17 This Winter, Work on Your Heart
01:42 An Action Step, Not Just an Intention
02:14 You're Not Your Looks. You're the Lord's.
03:08 One Lesson Lived Is Better Than a Thousand Learned
03:47 My Lust Will Kill for What It Wants. Love Will Be Killed for What It Loves.
04:37 Set Standards, Not Goals
05:12 Taking the High Ground
05:54 Walk in the Spirit, Not War
06:17 Procrastination Adds Interest
07:09 Be a Man or Woman of Your Word

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KEY SCRIPTURES:

1 Samuel 16:7 - Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart
Hebrews 4:12 - The word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword
Luke 6:45 - Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks
Proverbs 4:23 - Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it
1 Corinthians 8:1 - Knowledge puffs up while love builds up
Galatians 5:16 - Walk by the Spirit and you will not gratify the flesh

I was addicted to lust for ten years. This episode is the strategy that changed the war in my life, from God's word and my own experience.

The devil is not just strong. He is cunning and strategic, and you can't beat strategy with just strength. Stop focusing on the fight and focus more on following Christ.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why following Christ beats fighting lust
• Do what is right before you're tempted to do what's wrong
• If you fall, get back up: God loves us behind our back
• Strongholds: whatever you won't surrender to God
• Be strategic about when, where, and how you fall
• Laziness is the gateway to lust
• Manna in the desert or the Promised Land

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Does loving people get in the way of loving God? The world says love is love. God's Word says something different. In this study of 1 John 3:11-15 we look at the difference between the love of the world and the love of God, and why the virtue of love is determined by what you love and how you love.

What You'll Learn:

Why loving people is the way to love God, and He is the way to love people
Why we serve people to please God, not to please people
Why God is love, but love is not God
Why true love loves the truth
How to love God when you don't feel it
How lust kills love, and comparison kills contentment
Why the answer is to care most about God, not less about people
How to lay down your preferences, personality, and gifts for others

CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Love of the World and the Love of God
01:00 The Text: 1 John 3:11-15, and Prayer
02:08 Loving People Is the Way to Love God
03:36 We Serve People to Please God: What You Love and How You Love
07:14 God Is Love. Love Is Not God.
08:07 True Love Loves the Truth: Do Not Love the World
09:41 We Love Because He First Loved Us
11:16 Father, Forgive Them: The Highest Form of Love
12:30 Lust Kills Love. Love Kills Lust.
13:28 Comparison Kills Contentment
14:52 Don't Care Less About People. Care Most About God.
16:23 Lay Down Your Life, Your Preferences, Your Personality
18:57 Rivers, Not Ponds
21:09 Share Your Takeaway

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Doxa Discipleship: Want to study God's word and develop as a man or woman of God? Apply to join my private Bible Study group Doxa Discipleship dedicated to building up men and women of God in the Word of God for His glory.

KEY SCRIPTURES:

1 John 3:11-15 - We should love one another. Do not be like Cain.
Colossians 1:16 - All things were created through Him and for Him
Galatians 1:10 - If I were trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ
1 John 4:8 - God is love
1 Corinthians 13:6 - Love rejoices with the truth
1 John 2:15-17 - Do not love the world or anything in the world
1 John 4:19 - We love because He first loved us
Romans 5:8 - While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
Luke 23:34 - Father, forgive them
1 John 3:16 - We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters
Philippians 2:3 - In humility value others above yourselves
James 1:19 - Quick to listen, slow to speak
1 Peter 4:10 - Use whatever gift you have received to serve others

You've consumed enough content. God wants you to create—but not the way you think. In this raw, one-take episode, I share what 15 years of content creation has taught me about contentment, courage, and keeping God first.

Following God isn't about moving fast. It's about moving in the right direction. Because the only thing slower than not moving is moving in the wrong direction. We're responsible to give effort—God is what makes us effective.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 One Take, No Cuts: Why This Episode Is Different
01:00 What 15 Years of Content Creation Taught Me About Contentment
02:41 Created for the Glory of His Grace
05:06 Apart From Christ, You Can Do Nothing
07:37 The Only Thing Slower Than Not Moving
11:59 Do You Care More About Looking Prideful or Being Prideful?
15:03 Be a Courageous Creator
22:15 It Is Better to Fall in Battle Than to Flee From Battle
27:34 Seek First the Kingdom: The Double-Edged Principle
29:36 When Blessings Become Blasphemy

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Josh opens on the core lesson — God both rewards obedience and redeems failure, which means there's no excuse not to try. He traces his personal journey with the Jesus Walk and Jesus Crusade — spending money, planning, promoting, all things that don't come naturally to him — and how he's been leading his feelings with his faith rather than waiting to feel ready. He lands on the central conviction: for a long time he trusted God but not enough to try for him, and that the outcome belongs to God while obedience belongs to us.

Don't be reactive, be ready.

Don't be fearful, be faithful.

This is the way of the man of woman of God.

If you feel lost in life, discouraged by your circumstances, or like you can't find God—this deep dive into John 10 is for you.

In this 50-minute Bible study, we move past "feel-good" optimism to the real truth of the Gospel. We explore why Jesus is the Good Shepherd and how He doesn't just make your life better—He is better than life itself. Whether you are a Christian man struggling with direction or a seeker looking for answers, God knew you needed to hear this truth in this specific phase of your life.