We do connection questions in Sunday School and recently we asked kids what their highs and lows were from Thanksgiving break? One kid said, “My high was family got to visit and my low was family got to visit.” How many of you can identify with that? It can be great to be with family, but it can also be tough to deal with at times. Maybe there is something from the past that is still getting to you? Do you have unforgiveness? Forgiveness is important, but what about family forgiveness?

In this episode Mister Brown will talk about three main aspects to forgiveness and how that can apply to family, especially during the holidays.

3 Areas of Family Forgiveness

 

1. What is forgiveness

2. Steps to forgiveness

3. Results of forgiveness

Forgive those who hurt you or your hurt will never end.

[3:41]    What is forgiveness?

    Matthew 18:21-35

[9:15]    Steps to forgiveness

[14:52]    The results of forgiveness

    The story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50

    Genesis 45:3-9

    Romans 8:28

    Genesis 50:15-21

Resources from this episode:

All Bible references are linked to biblegateway.com.

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Happy Thanksgiving

A special Thanksgiving podcast direct from Grandma Brown’s house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Along with some great Thanksgiving activities, Mister Brown has two special guests today who will be lending their insight and wisdom to this Thanksgiving holiday.

How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? Do you have any special traditions? You can share them by calling or texting the 24-hour Feedback Phone at (530) 535-8121. You may also leave a comment at the end of this post.

5 Thanksgiving Activities

[2:00] #1. Thanksgiving Pumpkin

[2:47] #2. ABCs of Thanks

[3:18] #3. Family Thanksgiving Tree

[3:51] #4. Thanksgiving Journal

[4:14] #5. Thank You Notes

[5:18] Special guest interview #1 with Sophia Brown and a bonus Thanksgiving activity

[7:58] Special guest interview #2 with Evan Brown

“It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High” Psalm 92:1

Resources from this episode:

All Bible references are linked to biblegateway.com.

Proclaim Ministries The Podcast is about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus. I would like to hear from you.

Go to Proclaimministries.com and leave a comment in the comments section. You can also call or text the 24-hour Feedback Phone at (530) 535-8121.

That’s a voicemail line where you can leave a voicemail message or text for me. If you have a question or comment, it may end up on the show.

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Revisiting last week’s question #3 from the first segment of “Hey, I Got a Question”: “When I sin I feel like I have to punish myself by feeling really bad or hurt myself, even though I know Christ already paid for my sins. What should I do about it?” Or put another way, “I feel like I’m dragging an airplane full of shame.”

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[2:40] Definition of sin.

1 John 3:4

Romans 3:23

[4:50] The big picture of sin.

Psalm 51

[6:15] The answer to sin.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Romans 10:13

Acts 16:31

John 1:12

John 3:16

[9:50] Receiving the gift.

Psalm 103

[10:55] Positional Truth: your brand new identity.

2 Corinthians 5:17

[13:05] How do you get rid of past sins?

1 John 1:9

[15:00] The role of the Holy Spirit

John 14, 15, 16

Romans 8:1

[16:50] Peace with God.

Romans 5:1-2

[20:33] Righteousness in Christ

2 Corinthians 5:21

Resources from this episode:

All Bible references are linked to biblegateway.com.

Proclaim Ministries The Podcast is about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus. I would like to hear from you. Go to Proclaimministries.com and leave a comment in the comments section. You can also call or text the 24-hour Feedback Phone at (530) 535-8121. That’s a voicemail line where you can leave a voicemail message or text for me. If you have a question or comment, it may end up on the show.

Donate on our website or text the word Proclaim to 50155.

In this episode we introduce a new segment entitled, “Hey, I Got a Question!” Mister Brown will give his perspective on some questions that have been submitted.

 

[1:05] Pray for Mister Brown and his family.   

 

[1:35] Support Proclaim Ministries

[3:26] Question #1 Why does God make the rules?

Genesis 1:1

Psalm 90:1

[8:35] Question #2 How did you overcome your struggle with prayer?

Public prayer and private prayer

Psalm 139:19-22 (correction from what was said on the podcast)

Psalm 139:23-24

Psalm 103:1-14

Saving Question #3 until next week

 

Proclaim Ministries The Podcast is about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus. I would like to hear from you. Go to Proclaimministries.com and leave a comment in the comments section. You can also call the 24-hour Feedback Phone at (530) 535-8121. That’s a voicemail line where you can leave a voicemail message for me. If you have a question or comment, it may end up on the show.

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All the Prayers of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer: Book

 

It’s nice to be liked. Maybe people want to spend time with you or get advice from you and that can be flattering. Should you sacrifice who you really are in order to be liked by people? What does it mean to be a light in the world? Proclaim Ministries The Podcast is about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus. Today Mister Brown talks about Biblical and practical ways of being salt and light in our world.

 

 

[1:37] Text Devotion– Text the word “proclaim” to 40650

 

[4:42] What does Proclaim Ministries do in schools?

 

[5:24 & 7:08] Responding vs. Reacting example

 

[8:10] Biblical application of being salt and light in the world. (Matthew 5:13-16)

 

[10:00] Are you trying to get people to like you?

 

[11:34] I’d much rather be hated for who I am than to be liked for who I’m not.

 

[13:15] Being in the world as a Christian.

 

[14:28] High beams: what does it mean to be light in the world?

 

[17:05] James 1:4

 

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Proclaim Ministries The Podcast is about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus. Is it difficult to understand why bad things happen, things that are out of your control? Is God present and working even during tragedy and devastating circumstances? Listen to hear about a recent trip Mister Brown took to Santa Rosa, CA, a year after the devastating Tubbs Fire.

[0:41] Why he missed last week’s episode – “I had to eat!” – Santa Rosa Trip

[1:51] What to expect in this episode

- A comment I must share from YouTube

- Trip to Santa Rosa - how you can still help

- Question of the week: Is God always at work? In every situation?

[2:31] YouTube channels

Proclaim Ministries

Mister Brown

Life with the Browns

[3:55] Comment received on Proclaim Ministries YouTube channel

[4:57] 31 Days of Wisdom & Get Wisdom– both look at the book of Proverb.

[5:37] Year-end giving campaign

[7:09] Santa Rosa Triprecap. Invited by Ms. Furze to help commemorate the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa where over 5,000 structures were destroyed and about 3,000 homes. I was able to speak in 3 schools, 1 church, and at a family night at Schaefer Elementary.

[8:32] What is a family night? Largest turn out of families for this school.

[10:22] The principals purchased their teachers and staff Choose Wellt-shirts. I’d like to return and give every kid in the school a Choose Well T-shirt which they can wear on Choose Well Wednesday. Wouldn’t that be cool for every person in the school to wear Choose Well tees on the same day? Go HEREto help.

[10:56] Proclaim Ministries Instagram

[11:14] Interviews with Megan and her dad about losing everything.

[12:36] Share these stories from our YouTube channel: Youtube.com/ProclaimMinistries

[13:14] The question of the week: Is God Always At Work? In Every Situation?

[14:55] His glory and our good – in that order. 1 Corinthians 10:31

[16:11] Romans 8:28

[16:41] Jeremiah 29:11– what is the context here

[17:25] Life application: what we can control and what we cannot control.

[20:00] We are dependent creatures

[22:18] Story of Job

[22:45] Story of Esther

[22:57] Story of Jesus

Yes, I do believe God is always at work. We don't have to understand it, like it, or even agree with it. We have to trust him!

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Has anyone ever said to you, “That’s none of your business?” How did that make you feel? What does society say to us about what’s our business? What does the Bible have to say about it? Proclaim Ministries The Podcast is about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus. This is a following Jesus episode.  

[2:08] Announcement: Proclaim Ministries will be embarking on The Santa Rosa Trip; speaking at some school assemblies and a church. There will be a family night where Mister Brown will discuss the difference between responding and reacting; a message for kids and adults.

 

[3:15] Today’s topic: That’s none of your business. Has someone every said that to you? How did it make you feel? What would you say if you knew that Jesus told someone that in the Bible.

[4:50] Andy Mineo song and lyrics “None of My Business”

[6:43] Break down of some of the lyrics – what should you be focusing on? Live for an audience of one.

[8:13] How Proclaim Ministries can apply the message of the song when speaking in schools.

[9:45-14:25; 16:22] The Biblical application and context for when Jesus said, “That’s none of your business.” John 21

[14:26] Comparing ourselves in life. How social media plays a role.

[17:00] Not that we ignore each other, but we understand my path is not your path.

I would like to hear from you. Go to Proclaimministries.com and leave a comment in the comments section. You can also call the 24-hour Feedback Phone at (530) 535-8121. That’s a voicemail line where you can leave a voicemail message for me. If you have a question or comment, it may end up on the show.

We're re-launching The Podcast in the fall of 2018. Here we go again! In this introductory episode I talk about a few things.

Why I Won't Give Up On Podcasting

Our podcast Focus

How to subscribe to the Podcast

The New Format

What I teach my kids about loving things.

Hello everybody and welcome back to Proclaim Ministries the Podcast. I said welcome back because this is the relaunch of the relaunch of the podcast that we started, paused, and then stopped and restarted again. They say the third time's the charm. I’m past the charm and we are still going.

 

I titled this episode Why I Won’t Give Up On Podcasting. I will be talking about our focus for Proclaim Ministries The Podcast and our format going forward, so we don’t have to relaunch again.

Hello, I am Mister Brown. Yes, first name Mister, last name Brown.

Our focus for Proclaim Ministries has changed over the years, but it’s really always been the same. It’s about helping people understand the Bible and follow Jesus.

 

Why I Won’t Give Up On Podcasting.

 

I haven’t given it my all yet. I haven’t exhausted all my resources or attempts to podcast. I’ve dabbled at it, but I have not exhausted my resources. I want to keep going.

Podcasting is a powerful way to share. More and more people are listening to audio. It doesn’t require screen time. We may be a culture that looks at our cell phones all the time, but we can’t always do that. You can listen to podcasts while you’re driving or cleaning your house, or my favorite, when I’m shaving my beautiful, bald head. I learn so much. I listen to an audio Bible and various podcasts. There are so many opportunities to listen without having to look at a screen.

I love podcasting…I like podcasting. I taught my kids something that I have to apply to myself. I have been teaching my kids to not say they love things. I tell them to like things and love people. You can say you love a lot of things. My son, Evan, says he loves a lot of things. Almost everything is his favorite thing. I need to remember to like things and love people. Ultimately, love God and love people.

I really LIKE listening to podcasts.

 

Podcasting will outlive me. This medium will outlive me. Radio has outlived a lot of people. I tell this story often and maybe you’ve heard it before. In the years that I was really starting to seek out God and listen to preachers on tape and on the radio, I started listening to this guy named Tony Evans. He’s a great preacher. I really like his analogies. There was this other guy that came on before him named J. Vernon McGee. J. Vernon McGee was an older man and he talked slow. But I still listened to the man. I got a lot from him. I was able to learn a lot as I drove around selling insurance. I used to sell Aflac Insurance. Go ahead, say Aflac. I would listen to preachers as I drove around selling insurance to different companies. J. Vernon McGee was my man. Someone mentioned to me one day that J. Vernon McGee had died. I was shocked. But the thing was, he had already passed away before I ever started listening to him. The idea that God can use my voice past my living years is amazing. People are still listening to J. Vernon McGee. People are still reading his books. God is still using him. I have an opportunity to do that as well with podcasting. I make a lot of YouTube videos as well, but podcasts can be listened to any time.

 

Podcasting is far reaching. It reaches a lot of people. When we had our podcast in the past, there were people from China, Saudi Arabia, and other parts of the world who were listening. It’s a great way to communicate God’s truth to people I may never get to meet or see.

 

Another reason I will not give up on podcasting is I really enjoy it. I don’t love it, I like it.