Taking Your Next Step In Following Jesus Christ

Detours can be the most frustrating and time wasting hinderances in life. Contrary to our thinking, many times detours are the very thing that God uses to move us forward to our true destiny in life.

There are times in our lives when we just cannot see God at work. We cannot see how anything good could come out of our circumstances. We just keep asking, "Where is God at in all of this?" In this episode, we examine just where God is and what He is doing in circumstances like this. 

Another way to get out of our comfort zone and experience growth is to go somewhere you have never been before. This can somewhere geographically on a map or it can be somewhere locally. It could be somewhere different in the same building.

It is easy to get stuck in our comfort zone in life. We get comfortable doing only what we are comfortable doing. Why would we want to change? Getting out of our comfort zone will produce tremendous growth and new opportunities for that growth. In order to get out of our comfort zone, we will have to do something we have never done before. 

We expect the men and women who serve in our nation's military to devote complete allegiance to protecting our country and upholding the constitution. This takes first place in their lives. Why is it when Jesus Christ asks for complete allegiance of His followers we feel He is asking a little too much? Like that would make us some kind of religious fanatic? It is all about what has first place in your life.

Have you ever been distracted while driving and start to drift off the side only to hit those loud rumble strips? What happened? You were not  focused where you should have been. We can drift in our spiritual life as well when we have our priorities focused in the wrong direction. Sometimes we need some rumble strips in life to alert us and get us back on track. 

Time is a valuable gift and one that we can never get back. We defiantly should manage our time well. In order to do that, we must be sure that we have the right priorities and that those priorities in the right order. 

Does following Jesus require anything from us? What obligations do we have if we commit to following Him? In this episode we examine what Jesus said the cost of following Him is and determine if the cost is worth it. 

Jesus uses the illustration of fishing to apply a much deeper spiritual truth. As we follow Him, He will make us into effective witnesses to reach people all around us with the truth of the Gospel. How does He do this in our lives? Join us on today's episodes.

Does following Jesus require anything from us? Are there any responsibilities or commitments that we need to fulfill? On this episode we take a look at what type of changes we may have to be willing to make in order to follow Him.

Doubt is very misunderstood and therefore remains a topic not discussed openly among believers. A big reason is because many times we will not admit to ourselves that we are experiencing doubt. Join with us on today's episode as we discuss the need to open up and talk about doubt in order to remove it.

Fear is a powerful emotion that can cause people to do things they normally would not do. Circumstances in life can cause fear which in turn can cause doubt in a Christian's life, even the best of Christians. Listen as we discuss how we can handle this type of doubt and remove it from our lives. 

We all formulate views of God in our mind from various sources and circumstances that we experience in life. Unfortunately, we can find ourselves with an incorrect view of God and this certainly produces doubts. In this episode, we will look at forming the correct view of God and how to remove these doubts.

Doubt can creep into our minds because we forget to remember all that God has done in the past. Remembering is a powerful tool to remove doubt in our lives.

One big misconception about doubt is that it is unbelief. This understanding of doubt can result in a believer feeling ashamed, being unwilling to talk about it, and ending up with compounding doubt. This compounding doubt can lead to unbelief or a complete rejecting of the faith. Forming a healthy understanding of doubt can strengthen our faith and can truly help us take many more steps in our pursuit to follow Jesus Christ.