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112 – Have you ever wondered how Jesus healed Jairus's daughter?
He was Jesus right?
But did he have a spiritual methodology that we can practice too?
This week's episode explores the story of Jairus and how his daughter was healed.
But there is a lot more healing in this story than just a little girl being raised from the dead.
Jesus healed a woman who had been diseased for 12 years.
He healed Jairus of fear and despair and grief.
He healed a crowd of mourners of their sharp criticisms directed at him.
How does this story apply to you and me?
When you read the story of Jairus and the woman who touched Jesus' clothes, think about how it relates to your life.
Do you have the same expectancy of healing they did? Do you think you have to touch Jesus or he has to be physically present to be healed?
The Spirit of Christ is completely present today to heal us, to take away our doubts and fears, to walk with us, to calm us, to correct our misguided faith, and more than anything to reveal how much God loves us and how worthy we are of His love.
Will you search for Christ in the highways and byways of today’s world, with the crowd pushing and shoving for attention, as Jairus searched for Jesus?
Will you reach out to touch the hem of Christ’s garment, the spiritual purity and compassion that heal?
Or better yet, will you put on the Christly garments of heavenly inspiration and Christlike-mindedness which is fully aware of the presence of the kingdom of heaven here and now?
Jesus has walked in the way to show us the way. Jesus is the Way.
All we have to do, it sounds so easy, is follow in his footsteps, one step at a time.
And we can do this.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
110 – Should women always be submissive to their husbands?
One of the most often quoted Bible verses used by those who believe women should submit to their husbands on all matters, is from 1 Peter 3:5, 6
"For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. "
Sarah actually referred to Abraham as "her lord" one time in Genesis 18:12. Does this mean that Sarah always submitted to her husband?
When you read the whole story of Abraham and Sarah, starting in Genesis, Chapter 11 all the way through Chapter 25, you get a very different picture of the kind of relationship they had.
It was not one of submission on Sarah's part at all. She did, in fact, obey her husband's wishes at times, but there were also times when Abraham told her to do what she wanted and others when he actually did what she told him.
And on one occasion, God Himself told Abraham to obey his wife. Does that sound like Sarah is a submissive wife at all times. Not at all!
In this week's episode I talk about all these examples and why we should never let a person or institution bully us into believing what they say the Bible says.
You can read the Bible for yourself and let it speak to you.
Here are some of the key points this week:
Thinking about the story of Sarah and Abraham and their relationship, how can their situation apply to marriage today?
For me it means both husband and wife should seek God’s guidance directly and freely talk about what they should be doing individually as well as how to work together as a team.
These ideas may be different from what you've been taught. But no one told me to believe these things. I studied the Bible for myself and this is what I found.
I'd love to hear your thoughts (not what someone told you) on the subject.
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109 – Have you ever wondered why did Jesus need to pray?
He was Jesus after all, right?
Recently I came across the verse in Mark 1:35 that says Jesus got up while it was still dark and went off to pray in a quiet solitary place.
I totally get that. He wanted some peace and quiet to commune with his heavenly Father. That's what prayer was all about for Jesus, communicating with God.
So why did Jesus need to pray?
In this week's episode, I look at several reasons Jesus felt the need to pray.
To Jesus, prayer was living, moving, breathing in God’s presence, communing with the Father at every moment and in every situation.
Prayer was a way of thinking, a way of seeing and hearing God, being in conscious relationship with God.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on how you would answer the question: Why did Jesus need to pray?
To read all the Bible references quoted in this episode, check out the show notes page.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. He conducts Bible workshops online and in person. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Contact him here.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
108 – It's not your job to separate the wheat from the tares.
Sometimes my life has felt like a hopeless mixture of good and evil forces fighting each other. Have you ever felt that way?
One of the parables Jesus used to describe the kingdom of heaven has helped me immensely and gives some insight on how to deal with this.
The Tares and the Wheat
In the parable of the tares and the wheat, Jesus gives some very practical advice on how good wins out over evil.
This parable is almost always used to show the big picture of eternity and salvation. But I am increasingly convinced there is also a micro meaning that applies to our day to day lives.
Have you ever felt your life was like a wheat field with a lot of tares growing in it?
The parable of the tares and the wheat shows us how find our God-given dominion over evil in our every day experiences.
In this week's episode, I talk about some of the important points Jesus makes in this parable:
I go into detail on each of these points in the podcast this week.
I'd love to hear what lessons you've learned from the parable of the tares and the wheat.
Please share this episode with a friend. Someone you know may need the hear this message.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
107 – What would happen if Jesus came to your church?
Last week in Episode 106, I asked my guest, Markus Watson, what Jesus would say to our churches. I'm still thinking about his response.
He said, "He would say, 'I love you guys. Follow me.'"
This week I expand on some of the things Jesus might say to your church or my church.
Jesus’s core message never changed
I think it’s reasonable to assume he would say to us the things he said to his disciples and the people who followed him.
Revelation 2 & 3
The more I’ve thought about this idea of what Jesus would say to our churches today, the more I’ve realized he really has already said what every church needs to hear in the book of Revelation in chapters 2 and 3.
The challenges, the struggles, and the mistakes, the victories, and the defeats the seven churches in Asia experienced are indicative of what the whole Christian church faces today.
Does your church face some of the same challenges these churches faced?
Are you holding fast to your faith in spite of the temptations all around? Is your church caught up in worldly ways, to small or large degree, and need to repent?
Jesus makes incredible promises to those churches that overcome worldly temptations. To hear these promises and how they can apply to your church, tune in to this week's episode.
James Early is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster and conducts Bible workshops online and in person. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Contact him here.
Text me your questions or comments.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
106 – Where does the church go from here?
As our churches emerge from the pandemic, what direction will we take? What is our vision for the future? Where are our churches going? How do we find our calling?
These are some of the questions my guest, Markus Watson, addresses in this week's episode.
Markus is a Presbyterian minister in San Diego, CA. In our conversation he digs down into the heart of what church is all about.
He shares how at first, he resisted the call to go into the ministry, but now pastors not only a church, but other pastors and churches as well.
We talked about
Markus says the real need for churches today is to pay attention to what God is doing in their communities and then get involved in that, to see where healing and wholeness are needed.
He defines the church's calling as Shalom, not just peace or the absence of hostilities, but the comprehensive state of well-being that touches every aspect of daily life.
The church is called to bring Shalom into the world, to bring this well-being into our relationship with God, with others, with all creation, and with ourselves.
Different churches are good at different things. They have different gifts to bless their communities with.
How is your church uniquely wired to bless your community?
How do you figure that out? That's what Markus's book is all about, Beyond Thingification: Helping Your Church Engage in God's Mission.
How is God calling your church?
I starts with listening to God and to people in your community and fellow church members. It requires time spent in prayer and in the Scriptures.
Over time, you and your church will get a sense of where you belong and where you're going as a church.
I asked Markus what Jesus would say if he walked into our churches today.
"He would say, 'I love you guys. Now, follow me.'"
Our call to follow Jesus and serve the world begins with our belovedness. Do we find our identity in what we have accomplished or in Jesus's love for us?
We all need to find our identity as "the one whom Jesus loves."
Markus defines the ideal church as
Where are we going as a church?
The church must learn to adapt to be "church" in new ways. Church is not going to look the way it used to. We have to let go of a desire to return to the past.
Markus says that the decline of the church is actually a gift which we get to wrestle with. It forces us to answer the question: Why do we exist?
It's not just to provide spiritual services for the community. Church exists to bring God's healing and wholeness into the world, to bring God's Shalom into the world.
How will your church fulfill it's calling?
James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. He conducts Bible workshops online and in person. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Contact him here.
Text me your questions or comments.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
105 – Is it possible to have unity in the body of Christ?
Have you ever wondered why there are so many different Christian denominations? And why isn't there more unity in the body of Christ?
In doing a little research for this episode, I found estimates ranging from 1,200 up to about 40,000 different Christian denominations.
If we all believe in Jesus, why can't we agree on everything else?
Why is the Church divided?
If you want to know how, study history. I think the more important question to ask is: Why does this happen? Why does it still happen?
In this week's episode, I talk about two basic reasons: It's about the difference your perspective can make on how you see the Bible. And the filter or lens we look through also changes what we see and believe.
Paul metaphorically describes the church as "the body of Christ"
Just as each part of the human body has a different place and function that coordinates and contributes to the whole, so in the body of Christ, all believers have a unique place and a function that no one else can fill, different gifts, talents, and abilities. Paul encourages all of us to work together in harmony and appreciate how all the different gifts work together as a whole.
Maybe you’re in a church that is the very right hand in the body of Christ. That doesn't mean that everyone else has to be just like you.
But isn't that how many Christians think? They know they are sincere Christians and falsely assume everyone must be just like them in order to be Christian. They have defined "Christian" as being the right hand. They even have their suspicions of the left hand: "I mean really, they have everything backwards."
And too bad for Christians in the left foot of the body of Christ. The right hand Christians think they have to convert the left foot Christians to be just like them.
Christian unity
But the body of Christ is not and cannot be a giant right hand. There are many members or parts and each has a unique place, perspective, and function. Each has something different to offer to the whole that no one else can.
Do you really want unity in the body of Christ if it means letting each member of the body of Christ be themselves? Or do you still want everyone to be just like you?
We need to let go of our personal perspectives and opinions and see things from Christ’s perspective. And we have to let the Holy Spirit wash our mental and spiritual “kitchen windows” that we don’t even realize are dirty.
When we do this, we will be able to say with Paul, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: [and we could add neither protestant or catholic, fundamentalist, evangelical, or liberal,] for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)
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104 – How did you pray when you were three?
I was at a church related conference not too long ago and you should have heard the discussions these folks were having. They were dancing theological circles around each other.
I didn't even understand all the words they were using.
It was all in a spirit of brotherly love and respect for one another. And it was really inspiring to hear their deep conversations.
But it also made me realize that all their human intellectual brilliance was not the thing Jesus was necessarily looking for or requiring of his followers.
Jesus expects us to be as little children. He says in Mark 10:15, “Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
We should pray less like adults, with all our knowledge, and pray more like a three year old.
In this week's episode I share a beautiful experience from when my oldest daughter was three. She had a terrible earache. I called a friend to help us pray for healing. What he said made all the difference. The earache just melted away.
Prayer is powerful.
Back to praying like a three year old.
A three year old can be an endless patter of needs, observations, silliness, thoughtful reflections, and spontaneous expressions of love. They are confident that you, as the parent, are always listening and interested in what they have to say. And to give them what they need.
Do you ever talk to God that way, asking for what you need however big or small, with the absolute assurance that He is listening to you at all times and ready to help you when needed?
Go back to being three – or rather the mental attitude you had when you were three – and pray from that point of view. In your best three year old voice, just talk to God. Ask Him questions. Listen for the answers. Have a conversation.
It doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s not supposed to be complicated. Jesus wants us to pray as little children. He wants us to see through the eyes of a child, and live with the innocence, purity, receptivity to good, and trust that kids have.
The prayer of receptivity that a three year old has, may seem like a simple little thing and not adequate for all the challenges you’re dealing with. You may think you are too mature for that. But it’s really a way of seeing the world, a way of living in expectation of good. A way of complete trust in God to take care of you and meet all your needs. It is powerful attitude in prayer that opens the windows of heaven right here and now.
I encourage you to practice praying like a three year old.
James Early is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster and conducts Bible workshops online and in person. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Contact him here.Text me your questions or comments.
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103 – Have you ever wondered why Jesus told us to be as perfect as God?
What did he really mean by this?
Too many people today are trying to be perfectionists in everything they do, but this isn't really what Jesus was talking about.
All that human effort at being perfect is just that, human effort, human will, and human egotism.
There's nothing wrong with striving for excellence, but trying to make yourself perfect is pretty much impossible.
The word perfect in Greek means to be complete.
That doesn't sound so demanding. But, here again, Jesus is saying we need to be complete the way God is.
The context of this verse is about how we love our enemies. We are to love them with agape love. This is how God loves everyone, good and bad, sinner and saint.
But what if Jesus is really expecting us to be perfect?
In this week's episode, I talk about what it means to be perfect in the way Jesus is referring to.
James Early is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster and conducts Bible workshops online and in person. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life. Contact him here.
Text me your questions or comments.
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
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