Heartbeat

Generally, it’s only natural for us to resent authority over our lives. We long for independence—freedom to make our own decisions.

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There’s a difference between renovation and restoration. If you’re renovating, it usually means you’re upgrading, changing the style- making something new and different. A renovation might be starting with an old house, that’s not necessarily historic, and repairing and upgrading it into 2024. But to restore a home- means you are bringing it back to its original condition.

1st Peter chapter 5 says that the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

God doesn’t want to renovate. He loves who you are. Instead- He wants to restore us back to our original place of relationship with Him.

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Research shows that the strongest sources of happiness are the people in our lives. Social support is one of the most important predictors of whether people are happy. Humans long to connect with other people. We can all remember how much COVID taught us- that we need each other!

Christian author Philip Yancey wrote a book called “Church: Why Bother?” in which he discusses the community in relation to faith. He said, “Christianity is not purely intellectually, internal faith. It can only be lived out in community.”

The author of the book of Hebrews also says

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another.

We’re designed to be spiritual beings that also need social support. So when it comes to church, by all means do bother to go!

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Think about the last time you went shopping for clothes. What would you do if the sweater you were trying on didn’t fit? Would you force it on or look for one in the correct size?

Sometimes we do this with scripture. We may pluck out a verse here or there to suit our needs or fit our opinions. But, out of context, we can do some serious damage by reading the word of God in this way. We may end up attempting to force a verse into a situation that was never intended to fit our expectations.

When we’re studying the Bible, it’s important to know the circumstances, timeline and the audience. We should allow the Bible to teach us about who Jesus is and who we are in Him.

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Thank you so much for listening to HEARTBEAT!

We have some exciting news to share! Beginning this September we’re joining Salem Media Group’s Christian podcast network, LifeAudio.

LifeAudio is home to top charting, Christian podcasts and they’re proud to bring entertaining, life-changing, and family-friendly podcasts for the engaged, evangelical Christian audience.

This partnership in ministry will allow HEARTBEAT to be in front of even more potential listeners as we continue to create the show you know and love.

You will not need to resubscribe or do anything different as this change will be seamless.

We will be running some advertisements on the show which will help us cover some of our production costs but the show itself will not change.

To learn more about life audio- visit https://www.lifeaudio.com/

Thank you for listening and God bless

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