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**The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast**

Daily episodes are hosted by Pastor Loren Hicks. This podcast will challenge you to go deeper into your Christian faith. The goal is to inspire you to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ. Episodes have been downloaded over 750,000 times.

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#326: Overcoming the Fear of Man Jul 03, 2021

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God knew that the fear of man would be a struggle for us. While we struggle to varying degrees, it’s our inner insecurity that causes us to want to please people.
The fear of man manifests itself in many ways: the need for approval and the fear of disapproval, the need for acceptance, peer-pressure, fear of criticism, need for recognition, and so much more.
We overcome the fear of man when we learn to be secure in Christ. The Bible says we have been accepted, we have been chosen, we have been redeemed, we have been forgiven. we are love, we have a purpose, and we have the promise of eternal life.

Proverbs 29:25 - “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.”

Hebrews 13:6 - “So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

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#325: Simple Obedience Jul 02, 2021

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We don’t always understand why God asks us to do something, but our simple obedience leads to God’s blessings.
With limited human understanding, we can’t possibly understand everything about why or how God does what he does.
Since we can’t know it all, understand it all, or see it all, have have to trust. We need faith. It’s a decision to believe in God, but it’s also a decision to let him have control of your life. This is what it means to make Jesus the Lord of your life.
You don’t have to know why God is asking you to do something in order to obey him. Just offer God your simple obedience and I believe you’ll be rewarded.

Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
1 John 5:3 says, “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.”

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#324: Letting Go Of Things That Hold Us Back Jul 01, 2021

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The writer of the book of Hebrews identifies two things we need to let go of. These two things easily entangle us and keep us from running the race God has marked out for us. The two things are sin and everything that hinders.
Repentance is turning away and letting go of sin. When the Holy Spirit makes us aware of our sin, we confess it to God and offer our repentance. This repentance is more than simply feeling sorry for what we have done. It is a turning away and a letting go of the sin.
There are things that may not be sin, but they still hinder our relationship with God. With God’s help, we let them go. Our choices are not always between right and wrong, but between something that may hinder us and something else that may not.
True discipleship is about a sanctifying process of putting off the old life and taking on the new life in Christ. Every time we let go of the carnal life that hinders us, we experience a step forward of spiritual growth.

Hebrews 12:1 - “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”

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#323: Dealing with Conflict in a Biblical Way Jun 30, 2021

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No one has a conflict free life. It’s a part of living in a sinful world. There is conflict in our political system, conflict in our culture, conflict at school and conflict at work, and I know there is conflict in your family. We all experience it.
Conflict happens because we have free choice and we sin. There are 7 billion people on this planet with the freedom to fulfill their selfish desires with the sin of their choice.
We must express our anger in an appropriate way
The Spirit of God is so faithful in our moments of personal conflict to guide us in how we are to respond. Sometimes we ignore the promptings of God’s spirit and act out in our flesh, so we ask God for the ability to pay attention to God’s voice. He is will lead us in what to say or not to say. He will guide us towards a reaction that honors Christ.

James 4:1 – “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?”
Ephesians 4:26 says, ““In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.”

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#322: You Can Come Back Home To The Father Jun 29, 2021

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Like the young man in the story, we find ourselves in a famine. So many today live in a spiritual famine. They are hungry, they are desperate, and they are eating what the devil offers but it only increases their hunger.
Maybe you are way from God and you wonder if he would accept you and forgive you again. Maybe you wonder after all that has happened does God still love you.
I pray that you will recognized that today you can come back home to the Father. He has not forgotten you, or abandoned you, or rejected you. He is waiting for you with love and compassion. With his grace he will receive you, forgive you, and restore you.

Luke 15:20 - “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”

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#321: The Reason for our Hope Jun 28, 2021

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You are going to become discouraged if you put your hope in something God never intended you to hope in.
Without a relationship with Christ, we have no hope. We have no peace. We have nothing to put our confidence in.
Hope is a confident expectation based on the unchanging character of God. Since God never changes we can put our complete trust and hope in him.
We have a reason to have hope in God. Our hope is not in vain. It has reasons. For the believer, the reason for our hope begins with the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Isaiah 40:31 says, “but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
1 Peter 3:15 says “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”

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#320: Allowing God to Change Us Jun 27, 2021

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The Christian life is fundamentally a changed life. His change is not something that you can simply do by yourself. It’s going to take the power of God in your life and it’s going to require you to cooperate with God.
God wants to change us so that we will be like his son, Jesus Christ, but the Spirit of God will not force these changes upon our character. We must allow God to change us and to do his work in our lives.
There is so much that God wants to do in your life. He has a plan to make your life like Jesus. His desire is that you would reflect the character of Jesus, so that your life would bless others around you.
To make Jesus the Lord of our lives is to surrender. It’s to give him the control.

2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

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319: Trusting God With Your Future Jun 26, 2021

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“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” - Corrie Ten Boom
As we read the Bible narrative, we learn that God rarely shares with us the big picture. We don’t see what will happen way down the road, but he always shares the next step.
Either we control our fear, or our fear controls us.
Identify the fear that is keeping you from stepping out in faith and trusting God. Ask God for the courage to trust him as you face your fear. Take a big step of faith and be looking. God is right there.

Psalm 139:16 - “all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 - “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

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#318: God's Will for His Church Jun 25, 2021

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As a church, nothing hinders our witness for Christ like disunity. Jesus said people will know we are followers of Christ by “our love for one another.” This unity only occurs as we are one “in Christ.”
The best advertisement is a unified church! Why does it stand out? Because we live in a world filled with disunity.
The Bible is filled with a focus on unity. God brings us together, in all of our brokenness, in all of our differences and makes us one people….one body.
When we come together with all of conflict, broken relationships, political division, dysfunctional families, and fractured communities…when we come together in unity it is a sign to the world that God is a work here.

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (Jn 13:35)
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” (John 17:20-23)

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#317: A Prayer for Protection Jun 24, 2021

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You and I are no strangers to temptation. We battle with it every single day in various ways. When you stop and think about how many times we have stared temptation in the face only to give into its lure, we begin to realize just our very weak we are.
A very important part of our prayer life is calling on God to give us the strength and the power to live for him every single day.
This simple prayer - “lead us not into temptation” gives us hope that we do not have to fight this battle alone.
Identify the area of your life in which you are currently being tempted the most. Ask for God’s strength and protection so that you will not yield to this temptation. He has promised to provide a way of escape with every temptation we face.

Luke 11:1-4 - “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.”

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