Persistence Episodes

2 Timothy 3:17-4:5. God will equip you to do the job He has called you to do. In today’s episode, we look at our example, Timothy, and see what his calling was and how he was to do it. We can always trust God to provide our needs to complete His calling.

1 Corinthians 2:14, 1:17-18, 21-23. To you, is the things of God foolish? If so, then you are looking at things through the worlds point of view. Don’t let the world dictate your view of God. If that’s you, then spend time reading (yes, reading, not...

Matthew 14:22-32. Here, we read the account of Peter walking on water towards Jesus. All was fine until Peter took his eyes off of Jesus and looked at what was going on around him. He then sunk. That happens to all of us when we focus on things...

Hebrews 12:1-3. So that we have the endurance to run the race that God has set out for us, we need to keep focused on Jesus. What are you focused on today?

James 4:10, Psalm 40:1-3. This is, arguably, the most important step of them all. If you are not willing to humble yourself before the Lord, you will never accomplish the rest of the steps to draw near to God. Are you willing to humble yourself today?

Selected verses from John 9. Please read the entire chapter to get the complete story, as I just give the highlights in this episode. Basically, Jesus healed a man born blind, and healed him on the Sabbath. Of course, that set the Pharisees off and...

Selected Verses from the Gospels. Not much is written about Mary Magdalene. There is much speculation about her involvement with other Gospel accounts. This morning, I present the facts of Scripture about Mary Magdalene and her faithfulness to her...

Mark 10:46-52. Blind Bartimeus encountered Jesus outside of Jericho. He was a blind beggar, but not after he had an encounter with Jesus.

Luke 16:19-31. It seems like every day someone is saying that they went to Heaven or Hell and have come back to tell us about the experience. The Bible teaches something different, as we see in these verses. Instead of trusting these false examples,...

Mark 10:46-52. A couple weeks ago, I did a broadcast about how important your friends are. Today, we are tightening a bit and discovering that those around us have an impact on our lives as well.

Mark 2:1-5, 12. The man in our reading today needed healing. He had friends who would stop at nothing to get him to the feet of Jesus, so he could be healed. Are you a friend to someone like that? Are you stopping at nothing to get someone else the...