Seeking Pearls
Jesus says that the Kingdom of God is like a hidden pearl, which, upon finding it, becomes dearer to the finder than anything he or she has ever found. God’s Word is just like that, full of hidden treasures and truths that are more precious than this world has to offer. Join us in this podcast as we study Scripture and seek pearls together.
Episodes
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Pressing On in Joy
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
In Philippians chapter 4, Paul teaches us a great deal about what it means to press on in the gospel with the community he has given to us. Let us press on together, let us press on by putting our differences aside, let us press on in prayer, and with thanksgiving, and with contentment in what He has given to us. What a Word!
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Philippians Episode Five: Pressing On to Know Jesus More
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Philippians 3 is one of the most breathtaking chapters of Scripture in the whole Bible. In it, we see Paul's heart to know Jesus more. Here we have this man who has suffered more for the cause of the Gospel than anyone else, and we see that in his deepest heart all he wants is to know Jesus even more. He presses on for that one cause, to be like Jesus and to know Jesus.
Let that be our heart-cry as well!
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Press On...Without Grumbling!
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
In this fourth episode of our Philippians series, we see Paul putting into practice the exact things he told the Philippians to exhibit earlier in chapter two...humility, considering others above yourselves, being like-minded to Jesus. Paul and his team clearly strive to live out these exact qualities, and he asks us to do the same. Good news - It's the Spirit of God that enables us to do so!
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Philippians Episode Three: Press on in Humility
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Jesus, God the Son, is humility incarnate. He is the Supreme One, and yet he humbled himself to the most humiliating death imaginable. He is the Exalted One, and yet he took the lowest form of a slave, a servant, a criminal.
Let us be like Jesus, who laid down his life for others. Let us love like Jesus, serve like Jesus, think like Jesus.
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Philippians Episode Two: Pressing on...in Life or Death
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
In the second half of Philippians chapter One we see a Paul who is absolutely certain about Jesus, but is uncertain about whether he is to remain in the world to do ministry or if he is soon to be going to be with Jesus. Either way, Paul knows that his life is entirely wrapped up in Christ, and in that he chooses to rejoice.
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Philippians One: Press On Together
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Paul's letter to the Philippians always takes my breath away. It leaves me speechless, and then makes me want to talk about it with everyone I know. It brings me nearly to tears and makes me want to shout with joy. It teaches me to press on in the midst of whatever hardships surround me. It makes me ache to know Jesus more.
Please join me in this study through Paul's beautiful letter to the Philippians. Let's press on together. Will you be my partner in the gospel?
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
For Real, God???
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Sunday Nov 26, 2023
Unfortunately, we tend to get mad at God when He does pretty much anything we disagree with. Even if it means he is saving people. We get mad at God when his agenda of saving the world messes up with our agenda of suiting ourselves. It was true for Jonah, and it's true for me.
Thankfully, we have a God who uses us anyway. Praise be to God!
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Are you Nineveh?
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
We like to decide who does and does not deserve God's mercy...don't we? Jonah did too. Thankfully God's mercies never run out and he will wait for us to get our act together. He doesn't change his mind, he doesn't shift like a shadow, he just stays the course and waits for us to get back on track with what he is doing in the world.
Sometimes we are Jonah, sometimes we are stuck in a fish, and sometimes we are the sinful city of Nineveh. Wherever you are today, God is waiting. He is patient with you. Come back to him.
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Cries from the Depths
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
You've probably not been in the belly of a great fish, and chances are you haven't nearly drowned in the ocean. Yet, you know the experience of drowning. We all do. Drowning in sorrow, grief, loneliness, depression, illness, confusion, abandonment...in some way, we have all be there.
How do you cry out to God in the midst of suffering? Jonah teaches us to turn our face to Him, because He is in fact there and He does in fact desire to save.
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Jonah: It’s About Jesus (Episode One)
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Have you found yourself trying to flee from God anytime recently? Maybe trying to avoid the exact people that God has called you to love and serve? (People He loves...)
Have you found yourself in the belly of a big fish, face to face with the very God you were trying to get away from?
Well, so has Jonah. Jonah is just like us, and he points us to Jesus. Jesus is the One who did not try to run away when God send him to save a sin-sick people. Jesus is the One whose mercy is bigger than sometimes we even want it to be.
Jonah is just like me, and he points me to Jesus. Join me in this journey with Jonah to the city of Nineveh, where we will meet a God who's mercy and love is bigger than we can even understand.
Seeking Pearls
In Matthew 13:45-46 Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of God is like a hidden pearl, which, upon finding it, becomes the greatest treasure of our lives.
Indeed it is. And His Word is overflowing with these beautiful, perfect pearls of the Kingdom...truths that take our breath away and set our hearts free.
This podcast is a Bible study podcast in which we study God's Word together, looking for, finding, and celebrating with each peal that comes our way.
Study with me, friend.
Let's seek pearls.