The Bible Speaks to You: Think, Pray, Love like Jesus
Have you ever poured out your heart, almost begging God to solve a problem, but it doesn’t feel like your prayer is ever answered? You wonder if there’s a better way to pray you don’t know about. Then some days, you really connect with God in prayer and it just makes you want to be closer to Him?
Each week The Bible Speaks to You Podcast helps you rediscover the original Christianity of Jesus. Host James Early, Bible teacher and speaker, and an occasional guest dig deep into how to think, pray, and love like Jesus. And how to experience more of Jesus’s promise that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
The Bible Speaks to You: Think, Pray, Love like Jesus
276 – How to Leave Your Nets to Follow Christ
276 – Do you have trouble letting go of things to follow Christ?
When Jesus asked Peter and Andrew to leave their nets to follow him, it was a pretty big deal. Fishing was their livelihood.
If Jesus walked up to you and asked you to leave your job, your profession, the way you earned money for your family, would you leave it all to follow him?
Peter and Andrew immediately left their nets to follow Jesus.
Is it possible to follow their example in today's world?
This week's episode is all about
- What it means to leave your nets
- What it means to follow Christ
- AND some ideas on how to do it
Start with yourself. Start where you are, with what you’re doing, what you’re involved in. And see where God takes you.
Whether you leave your nets all at once to follow Christ or take a more step by step approach, is not as important as actually hearing Christ’s call, be willing to follow, and beginning the journey from where you are right now, however much or little you have left all for Christ in the past.
God has given you the ability to hear Christ’s call on your life and empowered you to follow it.
He has given you the strength and the courage, to leave your nets, to let go of whatever holds you back.
Show notes:
Full transcript and Bible quotes in this episode: thebiblespeakstoyou.com/276
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James Early, the Jesus Mindset Coach, is a Bible teacher, speaker, and podcaster. His focus is on getting back to the original Christianity of Jesus by embracing the mindset of Christ in daily life.
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