In this episode (Part 1 of 2): Dan and Andy Matthew 5:39b-41 ESV:

"...if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles."

Dan and Andy discuss letting go of our right to defend ourselves and leaving it in Jesus's hands...not out of vengeance, but out of faith and trust in God.

They talk about Romans 12:21 as well:

'Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.'

This verse, done in action, creates a pause in others. It's compelling, because it's the response of Jesus and not the response of worldly wisdom.

Check out the PDF here that shares a story about a coke bottle incident that reflects overcoming evil with good!

In this episode, Dan and Andy discuss Matthew 5:37:

"Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil."

This is a great episode about our words matching our actions, and how important that is in building trust with people and being who God has called us to be.

Check it out and download the PDF here!

In this episode Dan and Andy discuss Matthew 5:28-30:

"But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell."

They get into the topic (off air at the end of the 'official' episode) of surrender and wanting God more than our sin...and how surrender and giving Him everything is truly the way out of lust.

However, in that discussion they also discuss how God will reveal patterns and doesn't want us to fear sex, which has typically been the church's approach to getting rid of lust (lust management), which doesn't work long term.

Check out this whole episode, PDF in bio!

Check out the link to the book Unwanted here as well!

In this episode Dan and Andy discuss Matthew 5:24 (ESV)

"Leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift."

Be sure to check out the PDF this week, link here!

The question this week is a great one to ponder and ask Jesus about!

In this episode Dan and Andy discuss Matthew 5:17-19:

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

This is a discussion that can easily get into the weeds and become legalistic, but that wasn't Jesus's point either.

He's not calling us to a Pharisee type of faith, but is explaining that He wasn't getting rid of His standards, but that He came to fulfill everything, and now we look to Him to see what way to walk.

Since Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, we look to how He lived to see how we need to walk/live.

Check out the PDF worksheet that goes with this episode here!

In this episode, guest host Matt Patterson and Andy Harris discuss Luke 9:23:

'And He said to all, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.'

Jesus is consistently after our whole heart, all of it.

Not just pieces of it, He wants it all...but He also gives an invitation in this surrender: Freedom, Joy, Peace, Love, etc. T

his process, at times, can be incredibly painful and difficult (the cross is/was excruciatingly painful), but it's in that death to self, that true life comes in Christ.

Check out the episode and click the link here to download the PDF worksheet that goes with the episode!

In this episode, Dan and Andy discuss Matthew 5:12

"Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

This discussion gets into playing for an audience of one: Jesus.

Check out this weeks PDF that asks you to write down your worries about what other people think of you and surrender them to the Lord.

PDF worksheet is right here!

In this episode, Dan and Andy discuss the command from Jesus to rejoice, specifically when persecuted or when going through challenging seasons

They focus on Matthew 5:12 and James 1:2

Check out the PDF for this weeks episode here

In this episode Dan and Andy discuss Matthew 4:19. Verses are below: Matthew 4:19 (ESV)

"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Mark 10:28-30 - "Peter began to say to him, 'See, we have left everything and followed you.' Jesus said, 'Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.'"

This week's PDF has us Count the cost of following Jesus. This isn't a pros and cons list, but counting what it costs us when we choose to follow Him fully vs. what it costs us when we don't. This is a powerful exercise with Jesus.

Check out the PDF here!

In this episode Dan Cox and Andy Harris discuss what it truly means to repent, or to turn, and walk the opposite direction of our sin.

Check out the PDF guide that goes with this episode here!

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