On this bonus episode, we are taking a look back at our top 5 topics and episodes of season 1. Jump in for some unpastorized discussion and listening recommendations!

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Do you know what God's purpose is for your life? On this episode we are discussing what it means to be called by God and how we can create enough margin to live a life worthy of this calling.

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How to choose the best things instead of just the good things

Understanding God’s call and purpose for YOUR life and what to do with it

How to follow Jesus and surrender to God’s plans

Looking back at all of the ways to find margin in our lives

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Why is it so fun to do bad things? We are created in God's image, but we often struggle to live a life according to God's design for us. On this episode we are exploring the challenging topic of creating moral margin as we look at our propensity to sin and the ways that we can put distance between us and temptation.

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Understanding how to identify sin and immorality

Creating moral margin as a protection from temptation and sin

Practical steps to find moral margin

Guarding our hearts and finding a right relationship with God

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Is your to-do list a mile long and you somehow find a way to fill every hour of every day? How good are you at resting? Today we are exploring the importance of Sabbath, and learning how to create margin for God's design and pattern of rest for us in the midst of our busy lives.

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What is Sabbath, and why is it important to Christians?

Learning about God’s design for our patterns of work and rest

Jesus reminds us that Sabbath is God’s gift to us

Explore different types of rest (it’s more than just a nap)

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Are you content with what you have? Or like most of us, do you spend a lot of your time finding ways to accumulate more things on your way to find happiness? On today's episode, we are digging into the awkward but important topic of financial margin and God's design for the ways that we spend our money.

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We tackle the awkward topic of money… in our personal lives and in the church

Why we shouldn’t normalize financial stress and debt

Learn what financial margin looks like

Learn about God’s design for our finances

Take some action steps to find financial margin

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Do you need extra space in your calendar to fit in all of your events and activities? How good are you at saying no? On today's episode, we are continuing to look at how we can find margin by making wise and God-honoring decisions about the ways that we schedule and spend our time.

In this episode:

How to schedule margin and follow God’s pattern and design for our lives

How to make wise (instead of foolish) scheduling decisions

Create margin to spend time with God and have intentional times of rest

Make time for what matters the most

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Have you ever wished for one more hour in the day, or one more day in the week, just so that you could get everything done? If you're busy being busy, then this new series is for you, as we are digging into how to find margin in our lives so that we can live a life worthy of our calling.

In this episode:

What is margin?

How to find margin in our busy lives

Why it’s important to God that we live with margin

What it means to live a life worthy of your calling

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Happy birthday to the church! On this episode we are talking about the day of Pentecost. We're learning about why we celebrate, what it means to have the power and presence of the Holy Spirit that points us to Jesus.

In this episode:

What is Pentecost?

Why Pentecost is the “birthday of the church”

What it means to believe in the Holy Spirit

Understand how the Holy Spirit points to Jesus

Resources mentioned:

Pentecost (UMC resource): https://www.umc.org/en/content/ask-the-umc-what-is-pentecost

Find Your 3 at Jerome Church: https://jeromechurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/277086

Spiritual Gifts Inventory: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/spiritual-gifts-inventory/en

Fruit of the Spirit song: https://youtu.be/f-ejASqf1VE?si=9fbLMj3JYBkPbMsJ

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Do you ever question your own salvation? Well, you're not alone. On this episode, we are discussing the assurance of our salvation found in Jesus as we wrap up our series on the letter of 1 John.

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Gaining assurance of God’s acceptance and love through our faith in Jesus

How to study and understand difficult passages of scripture

Why it’s important to confess our sins and repent

A recap of the letter of 1 John

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We may know that God loves us, but do we understand how we are called to love others as a response? On this episode we are talking about how we love both sacrificially and indiscriminately and we will answer the question, how does the world know that we are Christians, as we continue to explore the letter of 1 John.

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Resources mentioned:

By Our Love (song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIK65zOL5wE

They’ll Know We are Christians By Our Love (song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CI4qefRAi4

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