The Jesus Storybook Bible Podcast

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Celebrating God's Always & Forever Love for You Oct 25, 2022

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The Jesus Storybook Bible is turning 15 years old! To celebrate this special birthday, Sally steps back in time and leads us through the book's creation—why she was inspired to write it, how Jago created the beautiful illustrations, the way Sir David Suchet brought the book to life on audio. We also hear from Rachel George, who shares the moving story that compelled her to launch her Room 423 Bibles ministry, which uses The Jesus Storybook Bible to bring God's Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love to countless families when they need it most.

59. Every Player Has a Role on God's Team: Tony & Lauren Dungy Oct 20, 2022

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NFL broadcaster and Super Bowl champion coach Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren know that God designed every person to influence the world for good—no matter the size of their circle. Tony and Lauren share how, when they've found themselves in a role they didn't feel ready for, God's always helped them along the way.

Quotes

"God has roles for all of us. Some of them don't seem real important to us, but they really are in God's plan, and to use the talents and abilities God has given you. And if we all do that, we're going to have a better world." - Tony Dungy

"We all have an influence in this world. We all have people that we help. And we may not think we do, but we do. So how can we use our position, use the places that God has put us, to point people to Christ and encourage people?" - Tony Dungy

"I knew that if I gave my best answer to this calling, that He would be honored." - Lauren Dungy

"I think God gives everybody opportunities to use their platform, big or small, to influence others. It can be in your neighborhood, in your home, with your children, it can be in the community. But we all have gifts and talents. And what good would it be to keep those gifts to ourselves and not use them with other people?" - Lauren Dungy

"There are opportunities on all different levels. And it involves sacrifice and it involves stepping out of your comfort zone. But if you're willing, God will make it able for you to do that." - Lauren Dungy

"We have to be willing to take any role that God wants to give us. We're on the team and everyone wants to be the quarterback or everyone wants to be the wide receiver who's going to catch the winning touchdown pass. But there's more to being on the team than that. Jonah didn't want to do the job that God gave him, but it was an important job. And so he learned a lesson that, If we're going to have a great team, I've got to do the job that God asked me to do." - Tony Dungy

Tony & Lauren's LinksTony Dungy's Facebook

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeNBC Football Night in America

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Rhythms of Renewal by Rebekah Lyons

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58. There's Purpose in Your Pain: Rebekah Lyons Oct 13, 2022

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Time and again, author and speaker Rebekah Lyons has seen that unexpected, painful situations can throw us into a tailspin—but they don't have to. In fact, they can even lead us to our true purpose: helping others shoulder the same struggles we carry, too.

Quotes

"My job is to help people uncover what's already there, versus thinking that calling is this abstract thing that floats down from the sky and lands on your head." —Rebekah Lyons

"That nearness of God in that season brought the Holy Spirit to bear in my life in exponential ways I'd never really encountered in church, just the nearness of lament, honestly, and the nearness of dependency and surrender." —Rebekah Lyons

"If a crisis in your life gives you meaning beyond yourself, all of a sudden, there's a joy." —Rebekah Lyons

"It's the remaining in His love that helps us keep knowing His love." —Rebekah Lyons

Rebekah's LinksRebekah Lyons' Website

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeMan's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

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57. Finding Comfort in Stories (and Who God Says We Are): Sarah Clarkson Oct 06, 2022

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When she was diagnosed with OCD as a teen, writer Sarah Clarkson found comfort as she immersed herself in stories, realizing that God's goodness could pierce through her mental darkness with small acts of ordinary beauty.

Quotes

"I think stories of imagination help us to, in a sense, follow the path in the world that God has created and set up for us." —Sarah Clarkson

"I really believe that God created us for beauty and for goodness, and that He is breaking in again and again into our darkness in these moments of beauty, in the beauty of His world, calling us back to a vision for who we were meant to be and what He is redeeming us to." —Sarah Clarkson

"I'm blown away by the power of reading to shape our view of the world, to understand ourselves, to see us ourselves as agents or heroes, in the sense of having power to affect the narratives in which we are placed in our own lives." —Sarah Clarkson

Sarah Clarkson's LinksSarah Clarkson's website

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeObsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein

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[ANNOUNCING] "Known" by Sally Lloyd-Jones Oct 04, 2022

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Psalm 139 reminds us that God will always love us, no matter what. To celebrate that truth, Sally's reading from her brand-new children's book Known (illustrated by Jago!), which reminds little ones that God sees them, knows them, and loves them with a Never-stopping, Never-Giving-Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever love.

Available right now at your favorite book retailer! https://www.sallylloyd-jones.com/books/known/

56. God's Light Shines Brighter Than Our Problems: Amy Kavelaris Sep 29, 2022

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Artist Amy Kavelaris spends her days sharing beauty and light, and over the years, she's noticed that God's light has a beautiful effect on our lives, too. He promises to carry us and show us the way through hard times with His light. And it's always available to us—all we need to do is seek it to find it.

Quotes

"How awesome to know that no matter how sad or dark our days might be, God's light shines brighter because He's always bigger than our problems." —Amy Kavelaris

"Not only does God carry us, but we can also find God's promises and His affirmations in creation all around us every day." —Amy Kavelaris

"Absolutely nothing on earth affirms me in the way that the breath of God in His Word does." —Amy Kavelaris

"When we fall on hard times, we are able to stand firm on God's promises and we won't have to waver because we'll be so firm in our faith." —Amy Kavelaris

Amy Kavelaris' LinksAmy Kavelaris' website

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeIsaiah 46:4

2 Timothy 1:7

Zephaniah 3

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55. When You Struggle, God Provides Streams in the Desert: Andrew Osenga Sep 22, 2022

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When the framework of your world disintegrates, remaining joyful feels nearly impossible. Musician and songwriter Andrew Osenga had a "streams in the desert" moment when he lost his job and struggled to provide for his wife and three kids. But through that season, Andrew discovered God provides "headwaters" in unlikely places, and can restore joy to even the parched parts of our lives.

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"The gospel is about keeping us in relationship with God, in a life that is full of flourishing and that is adventurous and that is just freely giving to one another in a way that the world looks at and goes, 'What are they doing?'" —Andrew Osenga

"I think that's one of the greatest challenges of being a Christian, is this desire to control the things that we're afraid of. Because we are afraid of being alone, we're afraid of being sad. We carry a lot of fear, and we attach fear to our faith in ways that we don't always understand." —Andrew Osenga

"I had a lot of people just kind of carry me, and it helped me sort of rediscover who God had made me to be. And it just ended up being a really beautiful season." —Andrew Osenga

Andrew Osenga's LinksAndrew Osenga's website

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeThe Painted Desert record

Integrity Podcast

Psalm 23 NIV

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Tish Harrison Warren's Facebook

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54. Prayer Is a Lifeline to His Love: Tish Harrison Warren Sep 15, 2022

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Writer and Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren says prayer matters—even when it seems like God isn't listening. Tish shares the hard season that pushed her into a new perspective on prayer: that we don't pray to change our circumstances. We pray because it brings us into a closer relationship with God. We pray because it changes us.

Quotes

"Christianity is not a performance. It's union with God." —Tish Harrison Warren

"Oftentimes, God feels so wild and mysterious and big, and I feel so small that I kind of don't know where to start with prayer—which I didn't really feel when I was younger. So I think God has gotten maybe bigger and more mysterious to me. But I think that might be part of Christian maturity." —Tish Harrison Warren

"I didn't know how to trust God. I didn't know how to talk to God, and I didn't know where to start. And so in the midst of that, the prayers of the church became sort of a lifeline for me." —Tish Harrison Warren

"We are asked by God to pray for the things we feel we need and the things we want. And even in the person of God himself, in Christ, we see that God allows deep suffering in our life. And so holding that together is difficult." —Tish Harrison Warren

"I think prayer is about entering into the presence of God." —Tish Harrison Warren

Tish Harrison Warren's LinksTish Harrison Warren's website

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeLiturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren

The New York Times

Christianity Today

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53. God Can Meet You in the Ordinary: Jen Pollock Michel Sep 08, 2022

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Usually, faith doesn't feel like fireworks or a mountaintop moment. Most of the time, faith is—as our guest, writer Jen Pollock Michel says—as ordinary as lacing up your running shoes. Jen shares why thinking of your spiritual walk as a daily habit instead of a to-do list removes so much pressure, and why cultivating relationships brings more reward than a checkmark ever could.

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"Faith is as ordinary as just lacing up your shoes. And there can be years that you lace up your shoes and you're not even sure what race you're running. But some days you do put your feet down and you're like, 'Nope, I know what this is all about.'" —Jen Pollock Michel

"I think it's encouraging for the believer to think about faith as a habit." —Jen Pollock Michel

"It's so often confused that faith is always a mountaintop experience, that somehow you must be doing it wrong if you don't feel it. Faith itself is a habit. It has to be nurtured by regular, consistent, daily efforts and practices. And it's okay if you don't always feel like doing it. It's okay if you don't always see its immediate benefit or reward." —Jen Pollock Michel

"God asks us to be faithful to our work, and work means deadlines and responsibilities. But I think we can do those in a spirit of trust, not a spirit of hurry, and certainly not a spirit of worry." —Jen Pollock Michel

Jen Pollock Michel's LinksJen Pollock Michel's website

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Resources Mentioned in This EpisodeIn Good Time by Jen Pollock Michel

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