Episodes
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Encounters part 12: Pray For Your Leaders
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Our country and it's leadership doesn't always go the same direction that we as Christians would like to see it go. So, how do we respond when our leadership doesn't do things in a way that is honoring to God?
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Encounters part 11: The Sower
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Jesus tells a story about planting seeds that is supposed to get his audience thinking about the condition of their hearts. What kind of soil is the message of God landing on when it is shared with you?
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Encounters part 10: The Father's Heart
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
There are three stories that Jesus tells to a group of people to help them understand a little bit more about who He is. Let's see if we can learn something as well.
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Encounters part 9: Jesus & the Children
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Jesus has multiple encounters with children during his ministry, and both times he tells adults that we should be more like them. Their faith, innocence, and sense of adventure are things that Jesus want us all to have. Let's look a bit deeper at these encounters and what we can learn.
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Encounters part 8: Peter's Call
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Have you ever thought, "God is the all-powerful creator of the universe. He doesn't need me to do anything for Him." You're right! He doesn't need you...but He wants you to be a part of what He's doing. Let's learn more about this by looking one of the first encounters Peter ever has with Jesus.
Monday May 31, 2021
Encounters part 7: Take Up Your Cross
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
In Luke chapter 9, Jesus tells the crowd of people that they have to take up their cross to truly follow Him.
Do we follow him with everything and all the time, or do we flex & choose what areas we want to follow Him in?
Monday May 24, 2021
Encounters part 6: The Adulteress
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
John chapter 8 has an intense encounter between Jesus, the religious leaders, and a woman who was caught in the act of adultery.
We see two very different responses to this woman's sin. Let's see what we can learn from them.
Monday May 17, 2021
Encounters part 5: The Tax Collector
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
In Luke chapter 5 Jesus has an interesting encounter with a tax collector & his friends, and a group of religious leaders that we can learn a lot from about how Jesus sees people.
Monday May 10, 2021
Leaving A Legacy
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Wouldn’t it be amazing to leave a legacy of faith in the next generation? As mothers (fathers, grandparents, or even influences in your kid’s friend's lives), we have the opportunity to point the young people in our lives toward Jesus. At the end of our lives, let it be said of us that we had faith, lived it out, and passed it on to those around us.
Monday May 03, 2021
Encounters part 4: A Man with Leprosy
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Imagine having a disease so contagious and so deadly that you were exiled from any populated area and no one would even get anywhere near you. Now imagine a person who loved you so much that they didn't care about all that: They were willing to be close to you, talk to you, and even touch you. That's what Jesus does for a man in this week's encounter.