Transform Your Faith: Five Steps for 2025
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"I'm going to do the same thing Douglas did and encourage you to read your Bible. Right. Right. Right. You've got to read your Bible so that you know what it says, so that you know what the Lord says, so that you can see how you're supposed to be. As the Bible tells us, Psalm 119, 105 says," [00:01:51]
"So where should you start? Now, most of us are going to tell you to start in what we call the New Testament. We look at the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. Those are the Gospels. The ones that tell us the story of Jesus himself. And we point you there because many of us have already heard of Jesus to begin with." [00:03:41]
"And so with that, I'm going to invite you. Now, we are doing a Bible reading plan, a year in the Bible with Nikki and Pippa Gumbel. You can find it on the Bible app. You can find me on the Bible app. I meant to put it in the description, but you can look up Gerald N .C., and I'm on the Bible app. If you want to join us there, hey, friend me on there." [00:05:00]
"Prayer is the other thing I want to tell you. We're going to call it tip number two here. I don't have them in any specific order, but I would say Bible and prayer are two of the most important ones, right? You see, prayer, I mean, many of us, we don't do it because we question. How are we, am I doing it right? Or I'm not having the outcome that I prayed for." [00:09:00]
"You're just supposed to pray to God and talk to him and let him know, you know, you're thankful to him and let him know, you know, you recognize who he is. He is God. He is the creator. He's holy and all this above us. But yet he wants to hear from his children and he wants to know what things you need help with." [00:09:53]
"And so he gave them the example of the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6, 9. It begins, it says, pray then like this, our father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." [00:12:02]
"Prayer is also about, to me, defining our relationship. I mean, prayer, again, even here, he talks about who God is, right? Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done. Hallowed be your name. Holy are you, Lord. It's recognizing him as Father, as God, as creator, as provider, as protector, and so much more." [00:13:24]
"Another favorite verse, Hebrews 10, 24 through 25, and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some, but by encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Stir up one another to love and good works. What's that mean?" [00:26:44]
"It says we are to motivate and encourage one another, to build one another up, to push one another on. If you've ever been, and here I'm talking about fitness, if you've ever been working out and you, you've ever had a trainer there with you, what does the trainer do? They motivate you and encourage you to go further than you think you can." [00:27:36]
"And in Christ set the example, Mark 10 .45, for even the son of man came not to be served, but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. So again, wherever you are, whatever your situation, my encouragement to you is to get plugged in somewhere, make serving a regular occurrence." [00:30:34]
"And I didn't save it to the end on purpose, but I want to be clear. Now, whenever I talk about tithing, I'm not talking about being obligated to keep the Old Testament laws in place. I'm talking about tithing. I'm not talking about tithing. But I believe, excuse me, I believe that we are truly held to an even higher standard than that." [00:34:49]
"2 Corinthians 9, 7 says, Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. You want to experience joy, be a generous person. Be a giver. See what you're finding. finances, what God's gifts to you have done, can do for other people." [00:38:02]
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"So where should you start? Now, most of us are going to tell you to start in what we call the New Testament. We look at the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. Those are the Gospels. The ones that tell us the story of Jesus himself. And we point you there because many of us have already heard of Jesus to begin with." [00:03:41]
"And so with that, I'm going to invite you. Now, we are doing a Bible reading plan, a year in the Bible with Nikki and Pippa Gumbel. You can find it on the Bible app. You can find me on the Bible app. I meant to put it in the description, but you can look up Gerald N .C., and I'm on the Bible app. If you want to join us there, hey, friend me on there." [00:05:00]
"Prayer is the other thing I want to tell you. We're going to call it tip number two here. I don't have them in any specific order, but I would say Bible and prayer are two of the most important ones, right? You see, prayer, I mean, many of us, we don't do it because we question. How are we, am I doing it right? Or I'm not having the outcome that I prayed for." [00:09:00]
"You're just supposed to pray to God and talk to him and let him know, you know, you're thankful to him and let him know, you know, you recognize who he is. He is God. He is the creator. He's holy and all this above us. But yet he wants to hear from his children and he wants to know what things you need help with." [00:09:53]
"And so he gave them the example of the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6, 9. It begins, it says, pray then like this, our father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." [00:12:02]
"Prayer is also about, to me, defining our relationship. I mean, prayer, again, even here, he talks about who God is, right? Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done. Hallowed be your name. Holy are you, Lord. It's recognizing him as Father, as God, as creator, as provider, as protector, and so much more." [00:13:24]
"Another favorite verse, Hebrews 10, 24 through 25, and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some, but by encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day drawing near. Stir up one another to love and good works. What's that mean?" [00:26:44]
"It says we are to motivate and encourage one another, to build one another up, to push one another on. If you've ever been, and here I'm talking about fitness, if you've ever been working out and you, you've ever had a trainer there with you, what does the trainer do? They motivate you and encourage you to go further than you think you can." [00:27:36]
"And in Christ set the example, Mark 10 .45, for even the son of man came not to be served, but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. So again, wherever you are, whatever your situation, my encouragement to you is to get plugged in somewhere, make serving a regular occurrence." [00:30:34]
"And I didn't save it to the end on purpose, but I want to be clear. Now, whenever I talk about tithing, I'm not talking about being obligated to keep the Old Testament laws in place. I'm talking about tithing. I'm not talking about tithing. But I believe, excuse me, I believe that we are truly held to an even higher standard than that." [00:34:49]
"2 Corinthians 9, 7 says, Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. You want to experience joy, be a generous person. Be a giver. See what you're finding. finances, what God's gifts to you have done, can do for other people." [00:38:02]
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