I've been pushing to do this podcast for way too long. I've come to the conclusion that I have to just do it, and do it as imperfectly as life allows.
Trying to do it soooooo right has led me to not getting it done, so thank you for being here with me and for putting up with the perfect imperfection that we all are anyway.
This podcast is dedicated to people who I call "diligent seekers." There's a verse in The Bible that says that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Back in 1980 when life was not so easy for me. I was like, this is not the way that God wants us to live and I knew I could do with some rewarding, so I began seeking.
1980 is when I began my quest, it's been over 40 years now, almost 42 and I know that I'm not alone in this seeking. The reason I know this is there have been over 100 million copies of "Think of Grow Rich" sold, over 35 Million of the book titled "The Secret" has been sold. People are looking for answers, the fact that there are so many successful ministries that preach "The Word of Faith" that focus on The Bible having answers to living the more than abundant life that Jesus said he came to bring us is proof that I am not alone.
Ive noticed that there is something different about me and I've made a connection that others have missed. I have allowed myself to go outside of scripture in my seeking. I became aware that God wanted to get us answers and help any way he could reach us.
For many years I looked for answers to the troubled marriage I had. I went to church, The Bible, and Biblical council but nothing changed. It wasn't until I found Alanon (a support group and specialists for those who are affected by alcoholics) that I received the help I was after. I realized that most Christian leaders are either afraid, too egocentric or just aren't aware that we could get help outside of church for things that were in the category of relationships or emotional issues.
We are not discouraged when seeking medical attention, but we are when seeking emotional or relational.
I'm not afraid to say that I read other books looking for knowledge, and it was in that searching where I have connected all answers back to God and was able to piece together God's plan for the abundant life that Jesus came to give us.
Hello, and welcome to our very first podcast. This is What Does God say to you where we put aside the things that we say to ourselves based on what it is that we have learned through our experience.
0:15 And we hold true to what God says instead. So we will contradict any negatives that we say or anything that is contrary to the word of God that comes into our hearts and into our mind.
0:30 And we will counter it with the word of God. What does God say to you? That's what we want to hold onto and believe.
0:40 So for the very first podcast, I'm going to read Proverbs chapter three, and we're going to break it apart a little bit.
0:50 Okay? So the very first verse, it says, My son, forget not my law, but let the heart keep my commandments.
1:02 Now, the next verse is why, why should I do that? Why should I not forget your law? Why should I let my heart keep your commandments?
1:15 Because in verse two lengthen of days long life and peace shall they add to you. Now, This is where I first started to really dig into The Word of God to find the help that I was looking for to live a better life.
1:35 When I read this, I was, surprised and it made me realize that there are a lot of answers in here that we need to dig out.
1:46 So here we go, ready? Length of days and long life and peace shall they add to you. So who doesn't want enough time in the day? Who doesn't want a long life and who doesn't want peace?
2:00 We all do. In the next first verse three, let not mercy and truth forsake thee. Bind them about the neck. Write them upon the table of thine heart.
2:15 This is, we want mercy and we want truth. The word of God is Truth, and we want to live it.
2:23 We can't live what we don't know, right? Verse four. And then why, why do we want this verse four? So shall thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
2:40 So why did we want mercy and truth? Why did we want to remember God's law and live it? Well here it says because we'll have favor and good understanding in the sight of not only God but man. Verse five, Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean, not unto your own understanding in all your ways, acknowledge him.
3:11 And he shall direct thy paths. This is a big, big understanding. This is a big piece of revelation right here.
3:21 So much hinges in this knowledge right here. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. So with all of your being trust God, don't lean unto your own understanding.
3:38 Don't lean to what we think we know. In all of our ways know him. In how many of our ways? In all of our ways, well, what if somebody does something really jerky to us?
3:51 Well then in that case, I should do something about it, right? Well, no. What if I'm totally right? Then I should do something about that
4:01 Right? I can get mad about that, right? No, it says in all of those ways, acknowledge him, know him in all of your ways, know him.
4:15 How can we get to know him unless we know His Word. Just like we can't know each other unless we speak to each other unless we have some form of communication.