Transformational

Welcome to the transformational podcast. A conversation between brothers about practical ways faith is impacting our lives. We invite you to join us on this journey as we are learning to let faith transform the way we live. Romans 12:2

This week Chris and I have both had some pretty long weeks and we had it in our plan to discuss what we do when we are smoked. Unfortunately, we had some serious technical difficulties, and we have decided to publish what we did get. Chris is a little more giddy than normal due to his lack of sleep, and Robert has to make do with what was recorded.

We hope that despite the cut short podcast you will draw near to God this week and remember to "He says, 'Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.'" Psalms 46:10-11

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Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard

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Welcome to the transformational podcast. A conversation between brothers about practical ways faith is impacting our lives. We invite you to join us on this journey as we are learning to let faith transform the way we live. Romans 12:2

It was spring break for Chris's kids, and he got to see three small birds take on a falcon. The falcon did not want any part of that as those three birds ran him off.

It is reminiscent of what King Solomon says about working together and friendship. Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken." The wisdom of King Solomon's words here are the fact that isolation and moral erosion go hand in hand, and the devil is looking for an easy target.

Don't be an easy target! Find a good group of Christ followers to hang out with, serve with, or take care of. This life was not meant to be done alone.

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

Welcome to the transformational podcast. A conversation between brothers about practical ways faith is impacting our lives. We invite you to join us on this journey as we are learning to let faith transform the way we live. Romans 12:2

This week Chris and I discuss something I came across in my daily reading this week. In Numbers 13&14, we see the Israelites come up to the edge of the promise land only to refuse to enter based on a bad report.

Why even send the spies into the land in the first place? Did God need to know what was going on in the land? Of course not, He was well aware of the depravity of the inhabitants of the promise land the people of Israel were meant to drive out, and more importantly, God was aware of the impossibility of the task at hand without Him.

As Chris says, "It wouldn't take faith to step into the promise land if they didn't know what they were up against. In fact, it does not take faith to step into the familiar. We are hoping this week that you begin to ask Jesus to do something through your life that you cannot do on your own. That is real faith! That is transformational!

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361 Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

Sadly Chris is back home and we are stuck recording our podcast from our normal locations vice in person. That did not stop us from having a great conversation about how we approach the study of scripture. We often get asked, "How do you get so much out of it?" when we study scripture, and today is a discussion on the tools we use when we study.

Walk with us as we discuss the importance of context, and the acronym (POPES) Chris uses to get more out of his daily reading. We also talk cross referencing, commentaries, and google. Our hope is that you take one of our tools and use it in your personal study of God's word.

P = Promise - Is there a promise in the text? O = Obey - Is there a command to obey? P = Principle - Is there a kingdom principle to take away? E = Example - Is there an example to follow? S = Sin - Is there a sin to avoid?

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Marriage Prayer Guide Books: 31 Prayers for my Wife - Aaron & Jennifer Smith 31 Prayers for my Husband - Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361 Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

Chris and I are in person again this week, and we decided to talk about how God has moved in our lives. Chris tells me how he became a youth pastor, and I share the most influential moment of prayer in my life. Enjoy listening to these two stories and a few more. We love talking about what God has done, is doing, and will do!

Psalms 71:17-18 "Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come."

Psalms 66:16 "Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me."

Psalms 59:16-17 "But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely."

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Kids Devotional: "Daily Devotions for Brave Boys"

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

This week Chris and I get to record a podcast in person, and it was everything I had hoped it would be. We took time to discuss how Chris and I approach our daily Bible reading. We discuss not just what we read, but how we read it.

Chris takes us through his reading from Matthew 20:17-34. We talk about how even though Jesus knew ahead of time what was going to happen on the cross, he kept going because he loves us. Then we discuss a mother's request on behalf of her sons as well as the request of two blind men.

Honestly, it was a good time hanging out with Chris and talking about God.

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans:

Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361 Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

In today's episode, Chris and Robert discuss future plans for their gardens, and Robert opens the discussion about a Kingdom principle that Jesus shared in the form of a parable. Jesus says the Kingdom of God is like seed that "man scatters on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how." Mark 4:27 Jesus wants us to let the Kingdom grow in and around our lives.

Robert links the demon possessed man in Mark 5:1-20 to the parable Jesus had just told the day prior. Jesus encouraged the man to go and tell his family all that God had done for him. The man did not only that, but he also visited the 10 cities in his area spreading the good news about what God did for him.

Finally, Chris and Robert discuss the power of the Gospel, the power of a living hope, and the power of the Holy Spirit to work even when we are not aware.

Mark 4:26 - 5:20

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans:

Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361 Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

Today we have an announcement from Robert about what God is doing in his life, and then we get an update on the journey God has Chris on with his current house situation.

Chris asked God a question about what is going on with his house situation, and hears an answer the next morning during his time with God as he read Exodus 13:17 "When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, "If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt." God reveals that he is taking Chris the long way around as he prepares him for the promise. Chris explains "that the testing of faith produces perseverance."

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361 Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

Whether you are cooking or building a fire, the right ingredients make a huge difference. In cooking, it can be the difference between tasting good and making you sick. When it comes to making a fire, it is simply impossible to make a fire without the right elements.

Marriage is no different, and Jesus gives us God's design for marriage. In Matt 19:4-6, Jesus takes the Pharisees back to the beginning when he references Gen 2:24&25. The elements God says are required for marriage are: 1) Right Priorities 2) Being Joined in Hot Pursuit 3) Partnership 4) Purity. Without one of these four elements, your marriage is headed for rough waters.

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Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic

Is it a failure or an opportunity to learn? What is something you look back on in marriage and think "I could have done that differently..."? We tell a few personal stories, and then we start our discussion starting in Ephesians 5:21 "And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ."

Christ's example to us can be found in John 13:1-17 when he washed the disciples feet. The God of the universe, washed the absolutely disgusting feet of the disciples in a perfect demonstration of humility and service. He calls us to submit and serve in the same way. It is with this as an example that we discuss Paul's call to wives in Ephesians 5:22 "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord."

Finally, we finish by discussing our mother's example of what "A wife of noble character" looks like. She was a good example of the Proverbs 31:10-31 woman. A woman who gets things done in partnership with her husband.

Reading Plans: Robert - The One Year Bible - NLT Found here on Amazon: https://a.co/d/dEQsm3E

Chris - Discipleship Journal Reading Plan https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/155

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mydailytransformation.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Transformational-ox6yq

Intro/Outro Music by: Kevin Heard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dPcqxCy0XDSwFo9EieMZu?si=8e4-q90VRnCfW8Vp9fqI8Q

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-heard/1690701361

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@KevinHeardMusic