Tag: Love

Ep 200 | Love

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Ep 200 | Love

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Ep 200 | Love

We unpack three points, love is an action, those actions will show that we belong to the truth, and God is greater than our feelings!

Scripture

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.
1 John 3:18-20

Questions

List 3, out of the ordinary acts of love you can do today.
What do you feel guilty about? Even though it is hard, tell your friends and God. Ask God for forgiveness; you will find freedom from your guilt.
How does loving people through actions shape you?

Prayer Requests

At the end of your discussion, go around the group and ask for prayer requests.

Post date September 25, 2023
Tags Love

Ep 198 | Welcome Back

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Ep 198 | Welcome Back

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Ep 198 | Welcome Back

Welcome Back! We hope you had an incredible summer with God! Today, we give three ways to guard from wandering away from God.

Scripture

Hebrews 10:23-25

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Questions

There are a lot of distractions in life how can you keep your focus on the hope we have in Jesus?
Christian Friends are super important to our faith. When and where could you get together with others?
What is an act of love you can do tomorrow for your community, neighbours, or church?

Prayer Requests

At the end of your discussion, go around the group and ask for prayer requests.

Post date September 11, 2023
Tags Friends, Hope, Love

Love is Not Easy

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Love is Not Easy

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Love is Not Easy

Bradon: Jon, can you tell me what I am thinking about right now?
Jon: uh, something about food, oh, better yet, coffee!
Bradon: I mean, easy guess, that’s on my mind 90 % of the time!
Jon: Have you ever felt that you could predict something or that you knew what was going to happen before it happened?
Bradon: Tune in to our next episode to see why Jon asks such funny questions.

Discussion Episode

1 Samuel 14

Discussion | Love is Not Easy

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Discussion | Love is Not Easy

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Discussion | Love is Not Easy

Bradon: You are listening to the discussion questions for the episode love is not easy.

Jon: Today’s scripture and story were hard, there were a lot of complex things going on and we see saul be commanded by God to wipe out the Amalekite people. There is a lot to the story and it continues next week. Let’s get into our questions.

Post date March 14, 2022
Tags Help, Love, Obedience
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An Act of Celebration

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An Act of Celebration

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An Act of Celebration

Bradon: Jon. Did you know that I have a long list of specific, mostly fun rules, my friends and I live by?

Jon: I did! I don’t know all the rules but I do know that rule #1 is Fun is one! Which I really love!

Bradon: Right, there’s a lot of rules! One of my favourites is always having a glowstick budget! Do you know why?

Jon: I do not! But I am sure the listeners and I will all find out in our upcoming episode!

Bradon: Indeed you will!

Discussion Episode

1 John 4:19

Discussion | An Act of Celebration

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Discussion | An Act of Celebration

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Discussion | An Act of Celebration

Jon: Welcome to the discussion episode for the bible story podcast, today we are going over our episode – An Act of Celebration!

Post date August 23, 2021
Tags Celberation, Love
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Compassion Over Judgement

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Compassion Over Judgement

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Compassion Over Judgement

Bradon: Hey, a serious question for you. Have you ever experienced racism or discrimination?

Jon: Not personally, but I have watched it happen to people who are very close to me!

Bradon: Coming up on the Bible Story Podcast. We watch how Jesus responds to the marginalized.

Discussion Episode

John 4:1-42

Post date June 7, 2021
Tags Love, Marginalized, Racism
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Discussion | Compassion Over Judgement

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Discussion | Compassion Over Judgement

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Discussion | Compassion Over Judgement

Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story, choose compassion over judgement.

Bradon: Jesus meets a Samaritan woman who her people and the Jews have marginalized. Jesus spoke with her and chose compassion over judgement. He told her all kinds of things, even some things that only her closest friends would have known, and then revealed to her that he is the Messiah. The whole town came out to meet Jesus, and they too believed in Jesus. The disciples watched all of this unfold and saw just how wrong they viewed others, and learned the value of choosing compassion over judgement.

Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story, choose compassion over judgement.

Post date June 7, 2021
Tags Love, Marginalized, Racism
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Discussion Episode | Jesus Cares About Us

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Discussion Episode | Jesus Cares About Us

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Discussion Episode | Jesus Cares About Us

Jesus cares about us, even the little stuff. In today’s story, we read about Jesus, his mom and his disciples at a wedding where they ran out of wine. So Jesus turned water into wine, and the wedding celebration continued.

Story Episode

John 2

Lesson

Jesus cares about us, even the little stuff.
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Questions

When life gets hard, we often forget to tell God about the situation. We struggle to fix the issue and spend our time worrying about it all. Why is our default to try to fix things on our own rather than going straight to God?
There are a lot of reasons we can trust God with our problems. Go around the circle and name two or three reasons why we can trust God with every situation.
What is impressive about this story is that Jesus had no intention to do anything about the problem of the wedding host running out of wine. Jesus’ mom, Mary, convinced Jesus to do something. And Jesus did something even though it brought more attention to himself than what God wanted at that time. This story tells me that we can press God for a response – for an answer to our prayers. What do you think of the idea of telling God a few times about your situation and asking him a few times to act?

Growth Tip

Today’s growth tip is simple. Tell God about the situation you are in right now and ask for his help! Your situation might be difficult, or it may be ordinary. Regardless of your situation, tell God and ask for help!

Prayer Requests

At the end of your discussion, go around the group and ask for prayer requests.

Post date September 7, 2020
Tags Care, Love
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Jesus Cares About Us

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Jesus Cares About Us

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Jesus Cares About Us

Disccusion Episode

John 2

Key Point

Today, we are going to hear about Jesus at a wedding! The critical lesson for us is that Jesus cares about us, even the little stuff.

About the Story

A little background for us. Jesus was not yet popular, with crowds continually wanting him to teach or heal. This story takes place at a wedding. He is with his mom and his disciples at this wedding.

Also, hear about Jon’s story of standing at the top of hill with his red and yellow banna seat bike with plans to go where he was not allowed to go!

God sees you and cares about you. Tell him about your situation!
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Application

The lesson is this. Jesus cares about us, even the little stuff.

Mistakes get made all the time, and people get through it. The point is God loves us he cares about the things we are concerned with. It’s not to say he will always fix every single problem, but he cares about us!

He cares about us a lot and will help us out even if we do something harmful to ourselves or others. Jesus cares about us, even a kid on a banana seat bike with no helmet going down a treacherous bike path! 😉