Trinity Podcast

Based on Bob Goff's book, how can we love each other for 30 seconds at a time? How can we lean into love even when it's hard? Every relationship matters, how can even the slightest gesture when we are busy make the biggest difference in someone else's life?

Love everybody always. One of the best measures of discipleship is in how we handle the people that we can't handle.

People are the worst sometimes, but the story from John 8 reminds us to own our part in our relationships with others.

God gave us one day to do absolutely nothing but rest. Yet, we find that life is far too busy to be able to take a break from the demand of everything on our plate. How do we honor the sabbath that God gave us and not burn ourselves out by constantly eating the bread of anxious toil? How do we get a grip on all that life throws to us?

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives sleep to his beloved.

"Why do we have to go to church?" - Church can be exhausting at times and it makes sense to sleep in on Sundays sometimes. However, going to church is how God molds you into who you were created to be.

Distance makes it hard for us to love those around us, be it emotional or physical distance. When we put ourselves close to those that need our love, it makes it easier for us to be able to do what we can when we can.

Loss is an inevitable reality that comes along with growing up, but Paul gives us a lens to overcome the hurt of loss.

The difference between those who passed by and the lone Samaritan was that he simply bothered to care. Despite how busy he might've been or what he might've been rushing to, he did not distance himself from the beaten man, but he grew closer. Why do we step over others who are sick and hurting? Why do we cross over to the other side of the street when we see someone a little dodgy entering our path of travel?

You can still trust God to keep God's promises.