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How Do I Find Hope When I’ve Lost It? | Mini Quiet Time Jun 14, 2024

Show notes

It's not always easy to admit to ourselves or others when we have given up on something. We hide behind success, status, having it all together, our religious background—you name it. However, these masks simply hide the truth; they don't heal it. We are a generation in need of hope, but the only way to get that hope is by letting go of our need to hide and lettting God heal our hurt instead. Listen to this Mini Quiet Time to learn how to find hope again.

Scripture referenceds

Proverbs 11:3 NLT

Isaiah 30:12 NIV

Proverbs 29:23 AMP

Proverbs 29:23 CEV

2 Corinthians 12:9 NLT

Romans 15:13 NIV

Psalm 25:4-5 NIV

Proverbs 4:18 ERV

Resisting Culture & Peer Pressure | Scripture Playlist Jun 05, 2024

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Spirituality allows us to see and believe in the world beyond the physical. God has a rich and satisfying plan for our lives, but it often means living differently than the culture around us. It’s very easy to compromise our convictions or change who we are to fit in with what we see. Spirituality not only resists the pressure to fit in with the world but also rises above it.

Listen to this Scripture Playlist to learn how to resist the culture of peer pressure so we can live the great life God has planned for us.

Show Notes:

Romans 12:2 NIV

John 10:10 NLT

James 4:4 NLT

1 John 2:15-17 NIrV

1 Corinthians 15:33 NCV

Proverbs 13:20 AMP

Ephesians 5:11 NASB

Colossians 2:8 ERV

Galatians 1:10 MSG

Jeremiah 1:18-19 MSG

John 17:14-16 MSG

Proverbs 4:14-15 ERV

Matthew 7:13-14 NIrV

2 Timothy 2:23-25 ERV

Matthew 5:14-16 NLT

Psalm 146:3-5 MSG

Colossians 3:1-3 AMP

Love Changes Everything | Scripture Playlist May 29, 2024

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Love is powerful! It motivates us, transforms us, and fulfills us. Without love, we will feel empty, lost, and insecure. The Scriptures communicate that God wants us to experience his unfailing love and believe in its power. We will then be able to share his love with others, creating a ripple effect that changes the world.

Check out this Scripture Playlist to learn about experiencing the love of God and how it changes our lives.

Show Notes

1 John 4:19 NIV

1 John 4:7-9 NLT

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NIV

1 John 4:18 NLT

John 15:12-13 NLT

Proverbs 19:22 NIV

John 13:34-35 NIV

Matthew 24:12 NIV

Luke 6:27-28 NIV

Luke 7:47 NIV

Matthew 22:37-39 NIV

1 Peter 1:22 NIV

Revelation 2:4-5 NLT

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ERV

1 Corinthians 14:1 NLT

How Does God Want Us to Handle Pain? | Mini Quiet Time May 23, 2024

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In this episode, our guest contributor Margo Colvin talks about how God will use guilt, pain, and failure to transform us into the people he wants us to be. We can learn together how to find brighter days in the midst of darkness.

Show Notes

Hosea 2:15 NLT

Psalm 107:9-11,13-14 NASB

Proverbs 14:13 TPT

Job 11:13-19 NLT

Psalm 34:18 CEV

Proverbs 13:12 GNT

Matthew 12:20 TLB

Job 8:7 CEV

How to Renew an Aging Faith | Scripture Playlists May 16, 2024

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Our faith can be vibrant at any age, and God is deeply invested in helping our faith grow throughout our lives. The challenge is that the more years we spend on Earth, the more life we experience, which often comes with disappointment, struggles, and heartbreak.

But these hardships don’t have to break our faith. God believes we can get stronger in our faith with age as we keep relying on him no matter what we face.

Listen to this Scripture Playlist to learn how we can renew an aging faith, no matter how old (or young) we are.

Show Notes:

John 14:26-27 AMP

Psalm 92:12-14 Voice

2 Corinthians 4:16-17 AMP

Joshua 14:10-11 NIV

Proverbs 31:25-28 TLB

Psalm 23:4 TPT

Proverbs 20:29 NLT

Romans 4:19-21 NIV

1 Kings 11:4 AMP

Hebrews 6:10-12 NLT

Ecclesiastes 4:13 Voice

Psalm 37:37 TPT

Romans 15:1-6 MSG

Psalm 71:17-18 ESV

Proverbs 11:30 TPT

The Transformative Power of Attaching to God | Mini Quiet Time May 09, 2024

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Choosing to attach to God gives us the power to endure hard times and emerge stronger, more courageous, and more confident about our future. On the contrary, we can become detached from God in difficult times when we choose to harden to our pain, shame, or strain.

Today's guest, Sam Manuel, will help us understand how to attach to God by dealing with the deeper things inside our hearts. Check out this Mini Quiet Time to learn more about how to attach to God.

Show Notes:

Psalms 23:4,6 TPT

Ephesians 4:18-19 NIV

1 John 1:5-7 NIV

Ref. Hebrews 5:7-8 NIV

Ref. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

The Spiritual Antidote to Self-Criticism | Mini Quiet Time May 01, 2024

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As humans, we have about 6,200 thoughts per day, and 80% of these thoughts are negative. The good news is that we don’t have to become mentalists in order to overcome the suffocating nature of self-criticism.

God, through the Bible teaches us the solution to self-criticism is through having a learner’s heart! Check out this video devotional to learn more about how to have a learner's heart that defeats self-critical thoughts.

Show Notes:

12 Days of Jesus Course

6,200 thoughts per day (Queen’s Gazette)

80% of our thoughts are negative (Queens University)

95% of our thoughts are repeating themselves day after day (Queens University)

1 John 3:18-22 MSG

Luke 22:31-32 Voice

Proverbs 11:2 AMP

2 Peter 1:1-3 CEV

2 Peter 1:8-9 CEV

How to Have Great Relationships | Scripture Playlists Apr 24, 2024

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Christianity is a relationship religion, and the Bible has a lot to say about how to have great friendships. Scripture says that God himself is love; so the closer we are to him, the more loving we will become. Jesus gives us the ultimate example of how to love, connect, and have deep relationships.

Check out this episode of Scripture Playlists to learn how to have the humility and love we need to build great relationships like Jesus did.

Show Notes

1 John 4:16,19 NLT

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

John 15:13 NLT

Matthew 7:12 NCV

Philippians 2:3-5 NCV

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NLT

Proverbs 17:9 NLT

Proverbs 16:28 NLT

James 5:9 Voice

Proverbs 3:3-6 Voice

Proverbs 12:15 TLB

Matthew 5:14 MSG

Romans 12:16 ERV

Romans 13:8 MSG

Colossians 3:9-10 NIV

Galatians 5:25-26 NCV

Colossians 3:12-14 NLT

1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV

James 3:17 ERV

1 Peter 4:8 NLT

God Is the Source of Courage | Scripture Playlists Apr 17, 2024

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God is the source of all courage. When our relationship with him is close, courage comes naturally because we trust God to protect us. This means that we don’t have to be swept away by fear or worry in even the most stressful and scary circumstances.

Listen to these verses of the Bible that will fills us with courage that gives us strength, peace, understanding, patience, and hope.

Show Notes

Proverbs 1:33 TPT

Joshua 1:9 NIV

John 14:27 AMP

Isaiah 35:4 Voice

Isaiah 57:15 NLT

Psalm 23:1-4 GW

Matthew 14:24-27 NLT

Galatians 6:9 AMPC

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 GNT

Deuteronomy 31:6 NLT

The Blueprint for Living Spiritually | Deep Reads Apr 11, 2024

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A few weeks ago, we published our latest Featured Devotional by our editor in chief, Russ Ewell, entitled “The Blueprint for Living Spiritually: A five-step journey to a soul connection with God, through the footsteps of Jesus.”

We are excited to let you know that you can now listen to the Blueprint in its entirety on our website so you can listen as you read along.

We are introducing a new show format, called Deep Reads, in which we will narrate Featured Devotionals and release them as episodes on our podcast feed regularly.

To give you the best possible listening experience, we had this voiced by a great narrator rather than autogenerated text-to-speech. We will also be releasing smaller episodes for each section to allow you to more easily listen to the part you are looking to study.

We hope Deep Reads helps you get the most out of The Blueprint for Living Spiritually and many of our future devotionals! If you have any other ideas or requests, don’t hesitate to reply to this email, or drop us a line at podcast@deepspirituality.com.

00:00 Introduction

10:12 Soul on Fire

17:22 Soul Care

27:00 Soul Connection

32:59 Soul Purpose

42:38 Soul Power

51:32 Conclusion