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S2 E4 - Hearing Aids

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Send us Fan Mail After over five long years of waiting, my father in law finally received his hearing aids that he was so desperately needing. He was so happy to get them today, because up to this point being able to hear others as he should was a difficulty. Now everyone around him will be amplified. Well...all of us can use a hearing aid, and it's called humility. When we are proud, we are unwilling to listen to others, rather we demand they listen to us. But when we put on humility, suddenly it will amplify everyone else around us in our lives. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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S2 E3 - You Are Not Defined By One Game

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Send us Fan Mail Last night's National Championship game between Georgia & Alabama was great. What caught my attention was something that happened after the game though. Nic Saban, Alabama's head coach, did his best to encourage his star players when he spoke up for them and reminded the press saying, "These guys are not defined by one game." Well...we are not defined by one mistake. The good we have done and will do by God's grace is not negated because we make mistakes. We all are going to fall, what matters is that we get back up again. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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S2 E2 - How Will They Know?

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Send us Fan Mail I had a great conversation with the owner and roaster of our local coffee shop today. As a disciple, he said when he started his business he had a decision to make: did he want to market & brand his faith, or allow it to come naturally? He decided he wasn't a "Christian Coffee Roaster" but rather a "Coffee Roaster who is a Christian". Well...isn't this exactly what Jesus said about being his witnesses? He doesn't want us to market him via t-shirts, titles, or bumpers stickers. People should know we are his disciples when we live as light and love one another. #SetYourMindAbove

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S2 E1 - Be A Watchman

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Send us Fan Mail The New Year started with a bang, but not the way we had noped. Tornado warnings were sounding off again as severe storms moved through the Midwest and South on New Year's Day. We ended up at some friends with a basement, glued to our TV as we watched a livestream of a meteorologist who was on the case. He sounded warnings as tornados were forming, helping give ample warning to those in it's destructive path to find safety. Well...just as he was a watchman for many, so we are called to be spiritual watchmen to those around us. We must sound the alarm and warn those of the judg

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Episode #112 - All Things New

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Send us Fan Mail Can you believe that it's New Year's Eve already? To me it feels like we are still stuck in 2020, and I know many people feel that way. I know this past year has been hard for a countless number of people, and they look forward to a reset with the new year. Sadly, our problems don't magically disappear with a new calender year - they carry over in the next. Well...the newness we are seeking one day will happen, but not here. One day, God will make all things new, and there will be no more pain, sickness, dispair, or death. Just hold fast to your hope and to your faith, because

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Episode #111 - I Cut, You Choose

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Send us Fan Mail Sometimes my podcast episodes are inspired by another podcast, and that is the case today. I was listening to Hal Hammons "Citizen of Heaven" podcast when he was sharing about a game called, "New York Slice". At the beginning of this game, one person "cuts" the slices, but must be careful, because they are the last to choose. The "I cut, you choose" method is effective, and teaches someone to not consider their desires, but others. Well...Jesus established this long ago when we gave us the golden rule. To serve others, even when you get nothing back from it, will change our re

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Episode #110 - You Want What You Can't Have

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Send us Fan Mail Watching the kids play with all of their new toys is a ton of fun. Watching the kids fight over all their new toys is not so fun. It's typcial of a toddler, even if you get them exactly what they asked for, they still want what their brother or sister has. We are still teaching our children how to share, and be grateful for what they have. Well...I think we as adults also need this lesson. Jealousy, envy, and covetousness causes all kinds of problems with our lives. We need to learn to be grateful and content with what is ours instead of always demanding what belongs to somoen

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Episode #109 - Inbox: 14,155

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Send us Fan Mail I am catching up on all of my work that I set aside to enjoy time with my family over the holiday, but now I have a lot to get busy doing. One of the things I was doing today was catching up on emails. Now, what my inbox says and what I actually need to check don't line up - because for the most part, I ignore so many emails because they're not important. Well...sometimes we do the same thing with God's Word. We just read and re-read the same things, because we don't see other parts as important. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode, I invite you all to joi

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Episode #108 - Priorities & Neglect

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Send us Fan Mail One of my biggest pet peves is when shops & establishments that are not required to stay open during the Holidays still do so. Instead of giving their employees the time to be with their families, they make them come into the work unnecessarily and sacrifice that time. I was so happy to hear that our local coffee shops here in Danville were closing all day tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday. One owner said, "If you want to better serve your community, you have to first care for those in house who are serving your community." Well...we see the same admonitions given to us in Script

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Episode #107 - I Wasn't Expecting That

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Send us Fan Mail Our daughter had surgery yesterday morning to remove her tonsils and adenoids. They took her back, our brave little girl, and told us they would come get us in 45 minutes when it was all over. However, only 10 minutes into the procedure, someone came out looking for us to deliver some news. Our hearts sank: what went wrong? What could have happened? We were petrified, but the news they gave us was nothing like we were expecting. Well...the same thing happened to a group of people 2000 years ago on Pentecost. A group that hung Jesus to the cross, then realized what they had don

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Episode #106 - xoxo Mistletoe xoxo

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Send us Fan Mail What do you know about mistletoe? For most of my life, all I knew is that it was a Christmas decoration used for snagging some smooches. Well, it turns out that mistletoe is a parasite. It sucks the life and nutrients out of a tree. Once a seed sticks to a new host tree, it grows bigger and as it grows hurts everything around it. Well...sometimes those who join themselves to a church can be like this. Paul warns us to be on guard for parasites, those who would come in unsuspectingly and cause problems, killing the church from within. We must be aware, because not everyone is a

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Episode #105 - You Are No Hero

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Send us Fan Mail There was a detial that went unnoticed at the coffee shop I mentioned in yesterday's podcast until my last day in town back home in Oregon. It was a saying that was printed up on the wall. It said, "You are the hero of your story." Now, we all love a good hero story, but is that actually true? Well...the Bible paints a different picture. We are no hero. In fact, we are the enemy and our own worst enemy. We cannot save ourselves, but there is one who can. The greatest hero story of all, and the only hero in our story, is Jesus. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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Episode #104 - Just Three Guys Praying In A Coffee Shop

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Send us Fan Mail Last week as I was back in Oregon, I had an amazing thing happen. As I sat reading my Bible in a coffee shop, another young man struck up a conversation and we visited together. He introduced a friend, and I shared with them the serious nature of my visit. That's when Daniel stopped and said, "Let's just pray together about it right now." Wow. Well...disciples, this is what we are called to do. To be alert and looking for opportunities to love others & pray for them. You cannot imagine how encouraging it is to not just tell someone you are praying for them, but to simply do it

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Episode #103 - Disciples Amongst Disaster

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Send us Fan Mail Over the weekend, catastrophe struck four different states - especially the towns of Bowling Green & Mayfield, Kentucky. The largest tornado on record, along with many others, touch down and wreaked havoc upon the lives of thousands. 18 billion dollars in damage & over 100 lives lost as a result, many are left trying to pick up the broken pieces of their life. How do we respond to such tragedy? Well...just as the Christians did in the first century when disaster struck. When disaster arises, disciples act. Each of us, as we have the ability, have the opportunity & responsibili

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Episode #102 - Boarding Pass Position

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Send us Fan Mail I woke up later than I had hoped this morning, and so I wasn't able to check in immediately at 6:50 AM for my flight tomorrow. I still got a decent boarding pass, but at the end of the day it really doesn't matter where I sit. The plane goes to the same place for the first person & last person on board. Well...our salvation works the same way. You do not get a "better position" in heaven for doing more good works or being a Christian longer. We all have the same hope in Jesus Christ, from the first to the last, just make sure you get on board. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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Episode #101 - Dude, Where's My Ladder?

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Send us Fan Mail When we returned home last weekend, everything was as we left it...except one thing that was missing: the ladder we borred from Randy. Was it stolen? Did I misplace it? Were other things missing? Our minds went haywire. As it turns out, the truth was much simpler: a neighbor borrowed it, whom I had already asked if he needed it before we left. Usually the things we worry about never really are true, are they? Well...maybe that's why Jesus tells us not to worry about tomorrow, because our minds are concerned with fiction, not reality. We need to give Jesus control over our thou

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Episode #100 - Rotting Meat

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Send us Fan Mail We came back from our extended holiday in the mountains to an unfortunate surprise. For several days we walked past our deep freeze in the garage assuming everything was fine, but when I oppened the lid to pull something out...everything was rotting. It had broken and stopped cooling while we were gone, and everything thawed and was destroyed. Well...sometimes we are like that deep freeze. Everything appears fine to others around us, but inside we are falling apart and rotting away. No matter what others think of you or who admires you, the only thing that matters is what God,

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Episode #99 - Give Thanks

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Send us Fan Mail Tomorrow, millions around our country will gather at the table together with family and give thanks unto God. I'm thankful for my family, my friends, my church, my community, everything. I am beyond a blessed man, and God is the source of every good and perfect gift. Well...above all else, God is worthy of our praise each and every day, not just one. Let's do something different today - let's read Psalm 145 and simply pray together this Psalm of priase to our God! Happy Thanksgiving everyone. #SetYourMindAbovePodcast

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Episode #98 - You Are Loved

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Send us Fan Mail We are so glad to be up here in North Carolina with our family for the Thanksgiving week. We really wanted to see Shane, who just finished some difficult treatments for his cancer. When I went down to the basement to get a few things, I saw a banner that the neighbors had left for him which read, "You Are Loved." They can't take away his cancer, but they can love him through it. Well...that's what we are called to do as Christians in bearing each others burdens. We can't fix it, but we can love others through it. It is when we love that we truly fulfill the law of Christ. #Set

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Episode #97 - God Wants You To Annoy Him

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Send us Fan Mail They are putting in new roads in our neighborhood, and as such they are compacting the ground. As such, there is a constant, loud, repetative thumping noise from sunup to sundown that cannot be drown out. It's like living in an apartment with someone banging on your wall over and over again all day. At this point, I'd do anything to make it stop. Well...that's the kind of way that God wants us to pray. He wants us to pray and never stop, to go to him over and over again. Don't beleive me? Jesus tells us a powerful parable we consider today to help us understand. #SetYourMindAb

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Episode #96 - Give Someone The Bible

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Send us Fan Mail I received a free copy of the Bible in the mail yesterday. Not just any copy, a goatskin leather bound large print new Christian Standard Bible particularly designed for pastors. It was incredible to be given something of such immense value, not just the material, but the very words of God. Well...I want each of you to give someone the Bible, and the Bible I want you to give them is you. God's word is not merely to be read in the pages of Scripture, but seen lived out in our lives as his truths are written on our hearts. There is a big difference between knowing about God, and

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Episode #94 - What Kind of Player Are You?

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Send us Fan Mail I had the blessing of joining a discussion on another podcast last night with my friend Hal Hammons along with Terry & Peyton Francis. The topic was "jocks" and we used sports to springboard some very deep spiritual discussions. At one point Terry discussed Peyton's relationship with his teammates on his football team in high school. No player ever just showed up for the game, they practiced, work hard, and were always together. Well...what kind of players are we? Do we just show up for worship on Sundays, and then somehow expect for us to find success as a church? Or are we r

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Episode #95 - A Good Gift Giver

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Send us Fan Mail It's that time a year again that I start my Christmas shopping for others. The problem is, I'm really bad at picking at gifts for some people. I have gotten to the point that I have given up on surprising my wife, I just tell her to tell me plainly what she wants. That way I know she'll be happy with what I give her, because it's exactly what she asked for. Well...why do so many call Jesus Lord and yet not do what he asks of them? We presume that we know better than what God has already said, but God is not interested in what we think he wants, he's interested with us doing wh

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Episode #93 - Puzzles

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Send us Fan Mail We got talking about puzzles this morning after our morning study and how long it took to put some of them together. Then comes my least favorite part, after all that hard work over a period of days, weeks, or months depending on the puzzle...you pull it all apart in seconds and stick it back in the box. Well....what takes years to build only takes seconds to destroy in our life. Our reputation, a marriage, a career, all of these things are grown and last when we honor God, but even after years of work can be destroyed in a day through our foolish actions. #SetYourMindAbovePod

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