In the fast-paced, multi-tasking, "you can have it all!" world in which we live, it is difficult for us to slow our pace down and seek just ONE THING! The Psalmist in today's verse says there is just one thing he wants from the Lord, just one thing he seeks after. And it's not what you and I might be most inclined to seek, but I do believe it's what we most need. Listen in for an invitation to simplicity and beauty that your soul just might be longing for!

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Questions from today's episode: What 'one thing' are you most likely to seek first thing each morning, or in those moments during the day that feel uncertain or chaotic? What shift can you make, either in your schedule or in your mindset, to be able to say, "Above and before everything else, I seek the beauty and presence of the Lord"? Are you willing to make that shift?

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Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

We tend to judge our circumstances based on what we can see with our own eyes. Our perspective is pretty limited when it comes down to it. How cool is it that the God of the universe is actually at work in all of our circumstances, causing them to work out in exactly the way that will be for our absolute best in the long run?! This is not some trite thing we tell ourselves in order to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. Nor is it a band-aid we quickly throw on someone else's genuinely horrific life circumstances. It is a deep truth we can cling to when we truly know the good, good God behind it all. Listen in!

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Questions from today's episode: Is there something in your past that you have seen only as negative, and which God is inviting you now to see as redeemed? Is there something in your present that you wish would just go away, and which God is inviting you now to consider with hopeful curiosity? Are you willing to let Him work in these things? What is your heart saying to Him right now?

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Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

This week is the fourth and final week of Advent. Advent is all about anticipating the arrival of Jesus, and at this point in history, we are also anticipating his second arrival! May this episode about God's love fill your heart with hope, peace, joy and love. Merry Christmas!

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Questions from today's episode: God’s great love only begins to make sense when we realize how utterly helpless we would be if becoming friends with God depended on our own goodness. Have you taken time recently to consider your own helplessness (because of your sin)? Have you expressed your gratitude to Him for loving you even when you were His enemy? Would you like to do that now?

Christmas Hallelujah

Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

This week is the third week of Advent. Advent is all about anticipating the arrival of Jesus, and at this point in history, we are also anticipating his second arrival! May this episode breathe joy into your Christmas celebrations this week! God bless you!

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Questions from today's episode: When was the last time that God’s forgiveness for you caused giddy, overwhelming joy to bubble up in your heart? When you heard just now that joy is for those whose lives are lived in complete honesty and whose hearts are pure did it feel like a relief or a burden to your heart? Spend time now listening for God’s gentle invitation to you in light of this truth.

"A Story of Joy"

Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

This week is the second week of Advent. Advent is all about anticipating the arrival of Jesus, and at this point in history, we are also anticipating his second arrival! May this episode breathe peace into whatever life circumstances you are experiencing today! God bless you!

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Questions from today's episode: What situation, person, or set of circumstances threatens to steal away your peace today? Does “being at peace with God” overflow into the rest of your life circumstances? If not, how is God inviting you to shift your focus today?

"A Story of Peace"

Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

This week begins the season of Advent! Advent is all about anticipating the arrival of Jesus, and at this point in history, we are anticipating his second arrival. May this episode breathe hope into whatever life circumstances you are experiencing today! God bless you!

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Questions from today's episode: Does hearing this passage cause your heart to well up with hope today? If not, what set of circumstances feels bigger to you right now than this promise? How might God be inviting you to shift your focus today?

"A Story of Hope" 

Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

This week, in the U.S., we're celebrating Thanksgiving! So this episode, which is even shorter than usual, is simply here to help us each think about the many things we have to be thankful for. That's it. Just thankfulness here today, friends. Listen in!

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Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

Some days are just harder than others. Sometimes our cares multiply and sadness or anxiety overwhelm us. It's ok to have feelings! Today's episode is all about where we find comfort when those feelings are hard. Listen in for what God's invitation might be for you on the hard days!

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Questions from todays episode: When you are filled with cares, where do you turn for comfort? How far down the list is God? What invitation is He whispering to you today? What is your response?

Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance

Have you ever known, or been, someone who refuses to go see the doctor, even when it's clear that you need one? I am totally guilty of this! Listen in today to hear my story, and how it relates on a spiritual level to Jesus' words in our verse today, "Healthy people don't need a doctor-sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners." 

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Questions from today's episode: Have you ever acknowledged to God that you are a sinner, in need of saving? Have you ever thanked Him for sending Jesus to provide this salvation for you? If not, would you take a minute to do that now? Or perhaps you have done that, but recently you've been living as though you've got things under control, and you've forgotten to acknowledge that even now, as far as you've come, you still desperately need His grace. Ask Him now to reveal the sins in your life that He wants to deal with today.

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And the real reason we have to wait so long when we finally decide to go see the doctor!

Music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance -- thanks, Caleb!

Sometimes our first assumption, when unwelcome circumstances present themselves in our lives, is that we're being punished for something. We may whine, complain, and ask God or ourselves, "What am I being punished for?" as if God is some unpredictable and unfair parent who relishes the opportunity to inflict pain on His children. This isn't the image of God we're presented with in the Bible. In fact, we are often presented with a very different image of Him, one of incredible patience, mercy and compassion. Maybe it's time to scrutinize this assumption a little bit, making sure our thoughts about God line up with the way He presents Himself to us. Listen in!

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Questions from today's episode: Are there circumstances in your life right now that you've been assuming are punishment from God? Bring these circumstances and assumptions before Him. Then, with an open heart, listen for what His Spirit might be speaking to you in the midst of your circumstances. Perhaps it is discipline. Perhaps it isn't. Either way, respond to His invitation to find comfort and healing in His presence!

Podcast music written and recorded by Caleb Lieurance -- thanks, Caleb!