The Bible Speaks to You: Think, Pray, Love like Jesus

311 – Do the people you love know you love them?

Have you ever felt a deep sense of love and affection for someone, but they had no clue you cared so much about them?

All too often someone feels unloved, while people actually do love them, but they never tell the person or express their love in a tangible way.

In this week’s episode we’re going to talk about the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself from a little different angle: 

• How to love people so they know they are loved
• How Jesus loved people so they felt his love
• How you can love people the exact way Jesus did

Don’t just tell people you love them, although that is important. Show them your love by how you treat them, how you listen to them, how you’re patient with them, how you help them, and what you do unexpectedly to bring them joy.

And the beautiful thing in doing this is, when you let someone know you love them and express that love in a way they feel loved, you will feel more love as well. 

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Previous episodes mentioned this week: 

• Episode 4: Are You Afraid to Love as Much as Jesus Did? 
• Episode 165: How Did Jesus Love His Disciples?

Show notes: For a full transcript and all the Bible quotes, go to thebiblespeakstoyou.com/311

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310 – Do you ever look God in the face?

It's probably not on the top of your to-do list. It’s probably not something you think about very often or even consider as a possibility. 

In fact, you may not want to talk to God face to face, for a variety of reasons. 

And what does that even mean, to look at God this way? To talk to God this way?

Doesn't the Bible say you can't see God's face?

Yes it does, but it also talks about Moses and God talking face to face.

This week's episode jumps into the idea of 

• Talking to God face to face 
• What it really means
• Why you don't need to be afraid of it
• The blessings that come when you have this kind of intimate relationship with God

You can talk face to face with God at any moment for any reason.

You might have something on your mind. You might feel the need to repent. You might have a question. You might just want to express gratitude and tell God you love Him. 

But you don’t have to have an agenda. You can just ask God what He thinks, what He sees, what He’s doing, how He loves or what He wants you to do.

Previous episodes mentioned this week:
Episode 37: You Are the Image and Likeness of God. What the Heck Does That Mean?
Episode 308: You Are in the Presence of God

Show notes:
Full transcript and Bible quotes--thebiblespeakstoyou.com/310

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309 – What’s your first thought when someone says, “You need to repent.”? 

Does it make you uncomfortable or uneasy? Or do you agree and admit to yourself that you do need to repent? 

It might depend on the context and tone of voice someone uses to say those words, but all too often it happens during a sermon that sounds like a shouting match with the preacher yelling at his audience, using fear and emotional triggers to convince them of the  consequences if they don’t stop sinning.

Some people are turned off by this approach and others take the message to heart and try to reform their lives.

Repentance is a crucial part of being a follower of Christ, but sometimes the word is misunderstood and the full blessing of repentance is lost.

In this week’s episode of The Bible Speaks to You Podcast, we’re going to talk about 

• What true repentance is
• Why it’s an ongoing and important part of your faith
• Why you might resist wanting to repent
• The blessings that come when you do

Previous episode mentioned this week: Episode 15 – How to Stop Fighting Your Brother and Love Him Instead 

Show notes: For full transcript and Bible quotes – thebiblespeakstoyou.com/309

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308 – Do you ever feel separated from God?

Maybe because of something hurtful someone said or did to you? 

Or maybe because of bad choices you made that weren’t good for you or someone else? 

Or maybe it’s just because of all the problems the world is facing right now? 

Where is God in all this? Sometimes God does seem far away.

In this week’s episode we’re going to talk about God’s nature as omnipresent, that God is everywhere, what that actually means, and how it affects your life. 

You are never separated from God or God’s love for you, which was and is manifested through Christ. You are in the presence of God, now and always. And you have the ability to be aware of this. 

Whenever you feel God is far away, remember this prayer of affirmation—and say it as often as you need to, "I am in the presence of God."

Show notes – For full transcript and Bible quotes, go to: thebiblespeakstoyou.com/308

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307 –  How often do you think about your relationship with God? 

Not very often, once in a while, maybe a lot, maybe even every day? 

What kind of a relationship do you have or would like to have with God? 

Maybe a more important question is: What kind of relationship would God like to have with you? God has infinite love for you and is always willing and able to support you. 

In this week’s episode, we’re going to talk about a deeper kind of relationship, called a covenant, which God had with people in the Bible and how that relates to us today. 

And we’ll talk about why God wants a covenant relationship with you, what that means, and the blessings it brings. 

Show notes: Full transcript and Bible quotes: thebiblespeakstoyou.com/307

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306 – What will it take for you to let God be in charge?

Have you ever been so involved in getting something done, wanting everything to turn out just right that you put your whole heart into it but somehow you ended up having to push and shove to get things to come out the way you wanted them? 

And even after all that effort, things don’t always work out?

Maybe you’ve even prayed about it and asked God to help you, but at the end of the day there was more of you trying to make something happen instead of letting God unfold a solution.

In this week’s episode we’re going to talk about what it means to let God be in charge, to let God’s will be done instead of manipulating events to get what we want. We'll look at

• The difference between the way Sarai and Elizabeth trusted God
• How King Saul took things into his own hands instead of trusting God
• How King Jehoshaphat instantly trusted God when several armies came to fight him
• And how Jesus admitted he couldn't do anything without God's help

If you have trouble letting go of the need to be in control, start with something small. Then go on to something else.

Go sit out in nature, without an agenda, without trying to accomplish anything. And just take in and observe all God has done and is doing.

Let God be God. Let God happen in your life.

Show notes: Full transcript and all Bible quotes thebiblespeakstoyou.com/306

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305 – Do your prayers need to be more persistent?

Have you ever been praying about something and just didn’t seem to be getting any answers?

You poured your heart and soul into praying and studying the Bible, but after a while, you just couldn’t see any progress or evidence of your prayers having any effect at all.

Maybe some of your friends even told you it was ridiculous to pray for whatever it was you were praying about. And so you gave up. 

Maybe you tried to convince yourself it just wasn’t God’s will for the thing you were praying about to happen. And frankly, sometimes that may be the case.

But sometimes we give up a little too soon in our prayers. Because we haven’t gotten an answer, or the answer we want, we quit asking God to heal us or for the solution to our problem. 

If you’ve even found yourself with those kinds of thoughts running through mind, this episode is for you. 

We’re going to look at several people in the Bible of people who were persistent and didn’t give up in searching for an answer, a solution to a problem, or a healing. 

• The woman in Proverbs, Chapter 31
• The Syrophoenician woman who asked Jesus to heal her daughter
• The woman in Jesus's parable who kept asking a judge for help 
• Blind Bartimaeus 
• We'll talk about how and why you can be persistent like they were

Paul says: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."   Galatians 6:9  NIV

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Show notes: Full transcript and Bible quotes--thebiblespeakstoyou.com/305.

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304 – Have you ever felt like the devil was trying to control you?

A preacher on social media recently warned all his listeners about how powerful the devil is and how careful you have to be not to fall into all the temptations that come to you.

It seemed to me he actually was trying to scare his audience so they would listen to him and do what he said. 

I agree, it's important not to give in to temptations, but the question for today is: Does the devil have power over you?

In this week’s episode I’m going to take the opposite stand from this preacher: 

• The devil has absolutely no power, no power over you, no power over me 
• The devil has no real power at all (only perceived power)
• How Jesus's definition of the devil proves he is powerless to harm you
• Why most people believe the devil has power (when he really doesn't)
• How not to be deceived by the devil's lies and prove for yourself he has no real power

Agree or disagree? Questions? Click the Contact link below. I'd love to hear from you.

Show notes: Full episode transcript and all Bible quotes www.thebiblespeakstoyou.com/304

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303 – Who decides what it means to be a Christian?

Have you ever been told by someone you’re not a Christian because you didn’t agree 100% with them on every tiny detail of theology? It’s not a great feeling.

Some churches have a pretty wide and inclusive definition what it means to be a Christian, including people from many different denominations. 

Some churches believe they are the only ones with the truth but that God will be merciful to others. 

But there are a few churches who believe only their members are true Christians and everyone else is condemned to hell.

Most of these groups make a fatal flaw in how they define what it means to be a Christian. 

In this episode:

• I expose this mistake
• Talk about why no one else has the authority to decide if you are a true Christian
• And share what Jesus actually says it means to be one of his true followers or disciples. 

Christians need to stop debating what it means to be a Christian and focus more on following Jesus and practicing what he taught us.

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Show notes: For full transcript and Bible quotes, go to thebiblespeakstoyou.com/303.

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302 – Is it possible for you and me to heal like Jesus did?

Have you ever struggled with a problem and reached out to God in prayer for healing and resolution, but never really felt your prayers were answered, at least not in the way people who asked Jesus for help were healed?

Somehow you got through and were able to cope with the situation, but you didn’t have the kind of healing you read about in the Bible.

Is it even possible for you and me to heal and be healed the way Jesus did 2,000 years ago? His disciples healed and so did his followers in the early Christian church.

Why isn’t there more healing like that going on today in the church? Is there anything you and I can do to experience more of God’s healing power?

In this episode I share several things you can do to experience more of God's healing power in your life:

• Accept and affirm that the kingdom of heaven is at hand
• See what God is doing in heaven
• Know it’s always God’s will for you to be healed
• You are not the healer; God is
• Be filled with compassion toward people like Jesus was

The more you embrace and practice these precepts, the better you’ll be at it and the more healing you will experience in your own life and everyone you pray for.

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Previous episode mentioned: Episode 300 – Questions for Jesus

Playlist of episodes on spiritual healing: Spiritual Healing Today

Show notes: Full transcript and Bible quotes – thebiblespeakstoyou.com/302 

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