November 10, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Our friend Fran has been struggling with discouragement this week. You’ve been there, too, haven’t you? Jesus has shown her several steps to take that will help defeat discouragement, including…
November 9, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Feeling discouraged? Our friend Fran is having some discouraging times. Jesus showed her how offering a sacrifice of praise—praising God with her mouth even though she didn’t feel like it—would…
November 8, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Fran is struggling with discouragement. I imagine you’ve been there at times yourself, so listen in to see how Jesus helps her learn to defeat discouragement. Last night Fran had…
November 7, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)How do you handle discouragement? Our friend, Fran, is facing some discouraging times right now, and Jesus is trying to help her see how she can defeat that discouragement in…
November 6, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)I continue our story of Fran and Jesus on the Job. I began these stories several years ago to help us learn to practice the presence of Jesus in our…
November 4, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:28 — 19.9MB)In part one, Fran had started her week off very poorly. Fran is a single mom, having been widowed at a very early age when her husband was killed in…
November 3, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)I wonder if you’ve counted your blessings lately. That old hymn of the church reminds us to count our blessings, name them one by one, count our blessings and see…
November 2, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Have you been blessed by God? I would hope that all of us would quickly agree that God has blessed us richly. When God called Abram to leave his country…
November 1, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)Can you think of a time when someone lifted your spirits and made your day by a small act of kindness? When that happens, you are blessed! Well, I’m suggesting…
October 31, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)We often say “Bless you” when someone sneezes. But wouldn’t it be a lot more meaningful if we did more than just utter a cliché and instead, we became intentional…
October 30, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:00 — 4.1MB)How often do you give away a blessing? We have lots of examples in the Bible of blessing and being blessed. There are many verses in the Psalms which talk…
October 28, 2023
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:28 — 19.9MB)Jesus often taught with parables—stories that illustrated his message. It’s a very effective teaching method, and so this on-going story of Fran will hopefully help us see a biblical truth…