Today we shared devotionals meant to inspire you!
Lexie’s is called “An Old Clay Pot” from David Roper – read it here!
Joe’s is called ‘Tell Me a Story’ from John Blase – read it here from Our Daily Bread
Today’s trivia to win a $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup:
In Mark, Jesus is asked what parable would describe what the kingdom of God is like…what is his answer?
A mustard seed! – Congratulations to Ruth from Mount Vernon, who wins the gift card.
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Lexie
Today for Praise Thursday we shared about everything inspiring. We shared two devotionals from Our Daily Bread, the first one was about how amazing it will be to reunite with our Heavenly Father one day. You can read it all by clicking here.
The second one we shared talked about how there is no line to love God, the love that God has for us cannot be separated by anything in all of creation! Read it by clicking here.
We also talked about inspirational movies, Lexie shared her Disney favorites including Mulan and The Princess & the Frog. Alyssa shared some inspiring sports movies including Remember The Titans and Rudy. Joe made a cameo in today’s show and shared about his favorite inspiration films, he talked about the Rocky films being some of the most inspiring to him.
Thanks for listening!
– Alyssa, Lexie, and Joe
Today for Praise Thursday we shared about the great hymn Victory in Jesus. You can listen to Bart Millard’s version of the song by clicking here.
We also shared great devotionals from Our Daily Bread. The first one we shared is called From Pity to Praise and follows along with the idea of praising even through the hard times, seeing the victory. You can read it by clicking here.
The second one shared is called The Reality of God and talks about God’s amazing victory through the act of the cross and his ultimate sacrifice. Read it by clicking here.
Thanks for listening!
– Alyssa, Joe, and Lexie
Today for Praise Thursday we shared three uplifting and amazing devotionals. The first one was called Amazing Skill and it is written by Bill Crowder coming from Our Daily Bread. You can read the full devotional by clicking here.
The second one we shared is called Here Be Dragons? by Monica Brands, also coming from Our Daily Bread. Read the full devotional by clicking here.
We also shared about the amazing story of Joseph from the Bible (Genesis). We can learn from his story so many things, including that we may never see life’s shocks coming. But even though Joseph went through so much he never let his defining moment be the experience of his brothers selling him into slavery. Rather he kept his eyes fixed on God and just simply followed His will for his life. In the end, God specializes in redeeming messed-up situations and that is exactly what happened with Joseph and what can happen with anyone’s life.
Thanks for listening!
– Alyssa, Lexie, and Joe
Today we shared a theme of ‘Living Hope,’ with stories about these songs:
Nichole Nordeman’s song from her 2005 album, “Brave,” got a little more attention ten years later when pop legend Prince decided to record it. Nichole wrote herself about the song and about how came from her conviction about sharing her living hope:
“I wrote ‘What If’ for a friend of mine who isn’t a Christian. I think it’s so important to have people in our lives who don’t speak our same faith language. And to dialogue about that without feeling the pressure to say the right thing, to point to the right book or to argue someone into the kingdom of God. At the end of the day, it has to be about love.”
She added, “I’m just never going to be that person who has the script or the really organized outline of how to share my faith. But, those little opportunities that God gives us to sit down and have a cup of coffee with someone or engage someone in a difficult conversation…it sharpens me…it sharpens my faith to have people around me who don’t speak that same language.”
Marc Martel shares the story of My Last Amen in his blog here...
and in a video here!
Finally, here’s a link to Phil Wickham’s story behind Living Hope!
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Alyssa
Today for Praise Thursday I shared two great devotionals from Our Daily Bread.
The first one was written by Peter Chin and talks about knowing you’re worth by knowing who created you. You can read the full devotion by clicking here.
The second one is by Alyson Kieda and talks about the importance of having true friends using the example of David and Jonathan’s great friendship from the Bible. Read it by clicking here.
Thanks for listening!
– Alyssa
Today we shared a reminder of the power of words, inspired by the books of Proverbs (OT) and James (NT) and a devotional from author and pastor Craig Groeschel…we originally shared this in 2013. The words that come out of our mouth and fly off our pens and fingertips are important. Are we speaking life? Writing life? Posting life? Or death?
Proverbs 18:21 – “The tongue has power of life and death.”
Proverbs 15:4 – “The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”
James 1:26 – “Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.”
James 3:
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Godly words can revive, heal and change our lives…
Ungodly words have the power to bind, imprison and destroy!
We have a choice and control what comes out of our mouth.
We also have a choice to make when we hear the words of others – we can receive them as truth or reject them as lies.
We also have to consider the issue of “self-talk” – in other words, what are we telling ourselves about ourselves? Toxic self-talk can shape our actions and our future. We need to speak life-giving words to ourselves and our circumstances…always reminding ourselves of the value God places on us. We need to align our thoughts and words with HIS truth.
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Alyssa
That’s one big word, but it describes the vastness and depth of God’s creation…and it also describes His love for us. Today, Joe shared a devotional by Xochitl Dixon called ‘The Maker of the Moon.’ You can read it by clicking here.
Alyssa shared a devotional called ‘Storm Chasers’ by Bill Crowder. You can read it here.
Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Alyssa
Today we shared for Praise Thursday two devotionals from Our Daily Bread. The first one was called ‘Let Us Praise!’, it is written by Xochitl Dixon and it encourages with the idea of taking a praise break. Read it by clicking here.
The second one we shared was called ‘Right Beside You’ written by Sheridan Voysey, it was about God being right here with us even if we feel like He may be in a far off place. Read it by clicking here.
Thanks for listening!
– Alyssa
Driving Notes 