Tikvah

In this episode, we explore what it looks like to live a life of childlike wonder. We delve into what wonder is, how we cultivate it, and why it's so crucial for a hope-filled life. This world and everything in it (including our very lives) are gifts from God. When we live out of a mindset then of abundance and not scarcity, we can't help but wonder at all the mystery and beauty around us. How can we not wonder then at God himself? We believe that living a life of wonder is intricately tied with having hope in every moment.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

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In this episode, we talk about what it means to be new. Our culture in general is obsessed with the new year, as if a new number on the calendar will change everything. We place our hope in fulfilling our new year's resolutions and end up trying to find our identity in how we can improve ourselves. But this effort is hopeless. New years don't magically change everything. New Year's resolution usually fall by the wayside in just a few short weeks. We can never make ourselves perfect. But God. Our hope rest in the fact that Jesus makes us new. Our identity is found in the truth that we are God's children, and that is enough.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk about remembering and forgetting. We often find ourselves discouraged or fearful, even though we're in the hands of the living God, the Creator of everything. Why then do we lose hope? We believe it is because we, like the Israelites before us, forget about God. We forget about who He is and what He has done.  We want to find hope by reminding ourselves of God's nature and his many great and glorious deeds that have spanned from the beginning of it all to this very moment in each of our individual lives.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk all about gratitude. What is the difference between it and thankfulness? Why ought we to have gratitude? Where does it come from? To whom ought we to be grateful? Why? And ultimately, how does this affect our lives? The Lord didn't have to create this world, but He did. He didn't have to make beautiful flowers or stunning mountains, but He did. He didn't have to make loving dogs or (for you cat people) cats. He didn't have to create us, but He did. He didn't have to save us, but He did. He didn't have to promise us a New Earth and a new life and a new body with him, but He did. Our hope is closely tied to our gratitude for everything (big and small) the Lord has done and continues to do for us on a daily basis and for all of eternity.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk about the differences between disappointment and discouragement, namely, how disappointment is at times inevitable, but discouragement is always a choice. We discuss proper responses to disappointment and ways to avoid becoming discouraged and bitter. Above all, we can find hope in the fact that Jesus will never let us down for he is always better.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk about the power of story to reach into our hearts and radically change us, for good or for evil. We talk about how they can encourage us and give us hope, or how they can leave us feeling empty and hopeless. All good stories in some way tell the truth about the world, but there are countless stories that convince us to believe a lie. We, as believers, want to fill ourselves with stories that tell the truth and fuel our hope. The character of Aslan in C. S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia" is one such example of this and has been a pivotal story in the life of Sophie.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk about the promise of a future resurrection and new earth where we will live with God himself for all of eternity. While many Christians seem stuck in the idea of a bodiless eternity "in the clouds," the Bible talks about a physical reality with risen bodies, where we will see Jesus face to face. This is a hopeful promise! When we live out of a hopeful expectation of the fulfillment of these promises, it changes what we prioritize and how we act in the world here and now.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we explore what it looks like to live with a kingdom mindset. As followers of Jesus, we have been called to seek first the Kingdom of God.  Pursuing anything but the kingdom is at its core a hopeless endeavor, for nothing else is eternal. Thankfully, we can find hope in the promise that God welcomes us into a kingdom that can never be shaken.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk about how the “love yourself” movement isn’t actually loving at all. We can never love ourselves enough to be satisfied, but thankfully we can find hope in the fact that the God who knows both our good and our bad already loves us fully and deeply. We are commanded then, in light of his love, to love him and love others.

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND

In this episode, we talk about what empathy is, why it's important, and how we can practically implement it. Since Jesus is an empathetic God, we, as his people, are likewise called to love our neighbors by rejoicing with them when they rejoice and weeping with them when they weep.   

Our goal at Tikvah is to find hope by exploring the Lord's heart for his people and his world. New episodes are posted biweekly on Sundays at 2 p.m. Be sure to follow along and reach out to us with your own thoughts, comments, and ideas! Follow us @tikvahpodcast

Music is “Welcome Home” by CLOUDLAND