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Is God big or small in your life? What does it mean for God to be big in your life? Jeff Cavins addresses the fact that so many of us are facing significant challenges and sufferings in our lives. He asks us to ponder whether we make God big in our lives or if we set him aside and make him small. He encourages that if we make God big in our lives, he can help us face our problems and be a reflection of his goodness to others.

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If you don’t spend time with Jesus, God will become too small for any problem that you are facing.

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You listen to Catholic podcasts. You go to conferences and retreats. You attend Bible studies at your parish. Now what? Jeff Cavins shares his experience at the National Eucharistic Congress and encourages everyone to share the fruits that they have been given by God. Listen to podcasts. Go to conferences. Attend Bible Studies. But do not stop there! It is time to evangelize.

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Do not let the fruits you have been given go to waste. Do not let God’s word wither in your life.

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This episode is a rerun from October 2020 with a message that remains relevant today. It can be tempting to lose hope and optimism in a chaotic and divisive world. Jeff Cavins offers 10 practical ways to ignite our optimism and keep our gaze fixed on the victory of Jesus Christ.

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In dark times, let us keep our gaze fixed on the victory of Jesus Christ who has already won the battle and sits on the throne of glory.

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Is truth something that we each get to decide for ourselves? In this rerun episode, Jeff Cavins explains the difference between valuing the individual and the radical individualism that is still prevalent in our world today.

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The individual matters and has inestimable value.

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Developing a strong relationship with Jesus is so important to the spiritual life, and bringing children to Jesus is the main goal of Catholic parents.

Jeff connects Scripture passages from Genesis, Deuteronomy, and Proverbs that deal with parenting and setting a good example for our kids, and give practical advice on how to bring children to Jesus.

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“Parents have such a significant role in bringing their kids to Jesus. Nobody else can take up that role.” _

SHOWNOTES

Matthew 19:13-15 - “Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; but Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’ And he laid his hands on them and went away.”

Deuteronomy 32:1-3 - “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God!” read more of Deuteronomy 32

Genesis 18:19 - “ ... for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

Deuteronomy 6:1-9 - “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it; that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them; that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

Proverbs 25:11 - “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.”

10 Ways to Bring Your Children to Jesus

• Baptism
• Confimiration
• Study the Catechism
• Family Prayer
• Weekly Mass
• Confession
• Adoration
• Reading Scripture
• Praying the Rosary
• Shape your own life to be centered on Jesus

Resources

• The Great Adventure Storybook
• "2020 Vision" Young Adult Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
• Holy Land January 2020
• The Great Adventure Bible in a Day — Presented by Jeff Cavins

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