Τα καλύτερα Meadow Heights podcast (2024)

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Christmas Lights - "Light of Love" [A 573 Christmas] 18:34

6d ago18:34

18:34

Christmas illuminates the whole world with God’s love. But even that isn’t enough unless that love includes me. The good news of Christmas is that along with everyone else, I am a much-loved child of God.

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Christmas Lights - "Light of Joy" 31:40

13d ago31:40

31:40

Jesus comes to be with us in our present sacrifices and suffering. He illuminates our way with great joy today while we trust that he’s coming again to make everything right someday.

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Christmas Lights - "Light of Hope" 27:45

20d ago27:45

27:45

Hope is more and better than an escape plan. The hope we find in Jesus isn’t that we get to leave this earth and go to heaven, but that we get to participate in bringing heaven to earth.

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Christmas Lights - "Light of Peace" 21:57

25d ago21:57

21:57

Jesus came into a world marked by conflict to restore what is broken. Christmas illuminates the peace and wholeness God offers us and invites us to gift others that same peace.

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In The Flesh - "Becoming (Together)" 29:00

1M ago29:00

29:00

There’s no such thing as a private relationship with God. We only become human again when we live up close and personal with friends who are committed to following Jesus in their flesh, too. The more of us who do, the more of us who will.

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In The Flesh - "Convicted" 33:03

2M ago33:03

33:03

God doesn’t ask us to confront people with their sin or their need for him. Instead, we trust the Spirit of Jesus at work in us and let the Spirit convince others of God’s goodness as they encounter his love through us.

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In The Flesh - "Speaking" 26:15

2M ago26:15

26:15

God doesn't need me to judge others, but he does want me to share the good news of Jesus with them. When grace oozes out of my life, people may want to hear the truth in my life.

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In The Flesh - "Home" 26:33

2M ago26:33

26:33

Jesus came in the flesh to make his home among us. If our hearts are now his home, then our homes can be reflections of his heart. When we open the doors of our homes and our hearts, we invite others to come home to God’s love for them.

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In The Flesh - "Fights" 26:25

2M ago26:25

26:25

Jesus came in the flesh to help us get back what’s good, beautiful and true and to oppose everything that isn’t. When we live as Jesus we fight like Jesus—for what he’s for and against the injustice that opposes it.

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In The Flesh - "Work" 30:24

3M ago30:24

30:24

We’re tempted to view work as either a necessary evil or an idol to chase. But Jesus came in the flesh to show us that in God’s kingdom, all work is an opportunity to reclaim the joy of partnering with God to love and care for one another and our world.

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In The Flesh - "Earthy" 31:04

3M ago31:04

31:04

We often feel pressure to deny our humanity or be more godlike in order to follow Jesus. But Jesus came to show us how and set us free to be more human, allowing God to be God through us.

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In The Flesh - "Lies" 34:45

3M ago34:45

34:45

Jesus came in the flesh to show us how to live in our flesh. We miss the incarnation when we view Jesus only through his death on the cross instead of through his life in the neighborhood.

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In The Flesh - "OG" 28:14

3M ago28:14

28:14

Good news has to first of all be good, which is why it can’t be about religious legalism, empty ritual, or personal judgment. The good news Jesus brings is that more of the life and love from up there can show up down here in our every day lives right now.For links and more info, visit:https://www.meadowheights.com/hub…

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In The Flesh - "Disoriented" 33:22

3M ago33:22

33:22

Bad religion, bleak lives and a broken world have always made it difficult for people to see God for who God really is. Jesus came in the flesh so people can see the real face and character of God and so our lives can reveal God now, too.

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In The Flesh - "Buyback"` 36:37

4M ago36:37

36:37

God longs to return to the good, beautiful, and true reality he created. So Jesus came in the flesh to get it all back and to show us the way. Because of his power over sin, death and hell, the dream God wanted from the beginning is once again coming true!

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Orange Sunday - Here For It 26:59

4M ago26:59

26:59

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BLESS Lifestyle - Story 28:27

5M ago28:27

28:27

The story of Jesus is a story to hear and a story to share. In a bad news world, naming good news in my life can help others name good news in their lives, too. The best stories are the ones we tell together.

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BLESS Lifestyle - Serve 29:43

5M ago29:43

29:43

There is no brokenness or need we’ll encounter in our world that God doesn’t already see and care about more than we do. Because He is already present and working to bring his healing love to every situation, we get to partner with him to meet the needs of people and places around us in practical and impactful ways.…

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BLESS Lifestyle - Eat 26:47

5M ago26:47

26:47

In a world full of increasing loneliness, isolation and division, intentional shared meals have the power to transform us. Eating together removes barriers, builds bridges and communicates belonging like almost nothing else can.

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BLESS Lifestyle - Listen 22:41

5M ago22:41

22:41

We live in a world where there’s more talking and less listening all the time. But when we listen with compassionate curiosity, God will reveal the desires of people he loves and the needs of places where he’s at work.

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BLESS Lifestyle - Begin With Prayer 28:41

6M ago28:41

28:41

As God’s much-loved children, we have access to the blessing of life in God’s kingdom of love. When we notice where God is at work in and around us, we get to help him extend that blessing to others where we live, work, learn and play.

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The B-I-B-L-E - "The New Story" 30:46

6M ago30:46

30:46

When we don’t know how we got the Bible, we won’t know how to read the Bible. But understanding the plot of the story and connecting the parts of the story helps us lean into and live out the point of the story.

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The B-I-B-L-E - "The Old Story" 32:25

6M ago32:25

32:25

When we can’t see God at work within an old story to tell a better story, we can lose hope. But a perspective bigger than the present moment often leads to a new story full of God’s goodness.

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The B-I-B-L-E - "The Origin Story" 29:54

7M ago29:54

29:54

When we don’t know where we came from or why we’re here, our story gets lost among every other story. But when we recover the unique source of our story, we also discover the meaning we long for.

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The B-I-B-L-E - "The Real Story" 25:04

7M ago25:04

25:04

When what we expect from the Bible doesn’t square with what we experience of the Bible, we can be tempted to abandon the Bible & the God it represents. But knowing the backstory of the Bible raises our confidence in the Bible and the God of life and love it reveals.

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Mental Health: Burnout 31:08

7M ago31:08

31:08

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Mental Health - "Trauma" 26:02

8M ago26:02

26:02

Nothing can change the bad things that happened to you, but God cares. His heart is broken by the bad things that happen in our world, and his love is capable of healing your broken heart.

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Mental Health - "Negativity" 24:36

8M ago24:36

24:36

Focusing on negative thoughts perpetuates the world's system of death and destruction in us and around us. But when our thoughts are directed by God’s Spirit, we operate as God’s agents of life and peace in the world.

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Mental Health - "Worry" 29:21

8M ago29:21

29:21

When we focus on the worry, we let our minds run wild with it. When we focus on our Father’s love and provision, we wake up to a God who is with us and working for our good.

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Mental Health - "Depression" 35:14

8M ago35:14

35:14

I can feel beaten down until I even despair of life itself. But my feelings aren’t forever. God always provides help and hope when I need a way out.

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Mental Health - "Anxiety" 30:50

9M ago30:50

30:50

Our overwhelming culture can lead us to be anxious about many things. But, we are not alone in our anxiety and we can practice an anxious free life that God invites us into.

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Mental Health - "Myths" 26:00

9M ago26:00

26:00

Jesus is enough but my current capacity for trusting Jesus may not be. God makes help available when something blocks my access to peace while I’m learning to trust him more.

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Easter at Meadow Heights - "The Coin" 20:56

9M ago20:56

20:56

It’s unthinkable that death is the end of someone we love. That resistance deep inside us is an echo of the heart of God. We rejoice because Easter declares that LOVE, not death, gets the final word!

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Choices - "Wise or Foolish" 29:54

9M ago29:54

29:54

To learn from Jesus without practicing what he says is a foolish and unstable way to live your one and only life. Wise people build their lives on an unshakable foundation by choosing again and again to love like Jesus and live as Jesus.

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Choices - "Good or Bad" 34:49

9M ago34:49

34:49

Choosing life over death requires discerning between true and false influences. Seeing the good or bad fruit they produce empowers us to choose the influence we want to follow.

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Choices - "Life or Death" 28:18

10M ago28:18

28:18

In Christ, God has already chosen life for us all, but he lovingly lets us choose when and how much we experience the new life he gives. Why would we miss out by going down the wide road when the road less traveled leads to more and better life both now and later?

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Choices - "This Way or That" 22:32

10M ago22:32

22:32

Because the way of life is a person, discipleship to Jesus is an experience of loving and being loved. We come alive in God’s kingdom when we choose to practice God’s love, not by our devotion to theories and ideas about God. Our choice to practice love or not determines whether we’re moving closer to or further from the invitation of Jesus to beco…

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No Judgment - "Ultimate Judge(ment)" 29:48

10M ago29:48

29:48

We anticipate with great hope the day that God’s justice fully arrives and forever changes the world. Trusting God to be the judge frees us to live in love. By learning a life of love now, we’ll be prepared for a future when only love will remain.

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No Judgment - "High Horse" 22:30

10M ago22:30

22:30

No judgment doesn't mean no feedback or input, but it does mean we don’t see ourselves as superior to others. Instead, we live in mutual relationship with them, humbly giving and receiving feedback. It’s in the absence of judgment that we are free to help each other grow and flourish in love.

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No Judgment - "Fake News" 24:06

11M ago24:06

24:06

Fake news about God, ourselves, others and reality lies at the root of all that is wrong in the world. When we act on these lies, destruction always follows. But when we see and act on the truth about God and ourselves, we will also see the truth about others and reality. The truth frees us to live fully in love.…

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No Judgment - "Two Trees" 25:07

11M ago25:07

25:07

We are constantly tempted to place ourselves in the center of everything, creating a false orbit that traps us in perpetual judgment. But when we recenter our lives in God and receive his love as the grounding force that provides everything we need, we’re empowered to love people instead of judging them.…

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No Judgment - "Slow Burn" 30:19

11M ago30:19

30:19

The culture teaches us to respond to judgment with judgment in a never-ending cycle, fueling more and more anger and hate. Jesus invites us to the slow burn of love that’s kindled by a commitment to remain in love in the midst of judgment.

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No Judgment - "Practice Becoming" 26:07

11M ago26:07

26:07

There’s no need to work harder or climb higher to get more love, because we have all the love we can live in right now. We are learning to live in that love, so we practice love to become more loving.

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No Judgment - "Unstoppable Source" 31:11

12M ago31:11

31:11

God’s love is directed to us, dwelling in us, and flowing through us—back to God, to ourselves, to others, and to all creation. As the much-loved children of God, we become an unstoppable source of God’s love that changes our world.

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No Judgment - "Love First" 25:28

12M ago25:28

25:28

Everything depends on disciples who learn from Jesus how to love like Jesus and live as Jesus. Such disciples resist a culture of division and judgment since we cannot love and judge others at the same time.

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A 573 Christmas - "Scandalous" 21:24

1y ago21:24

21:24

From the cradle to the cross, our faith is grounded in the scandalous story of a God who dives into our mess to love us at any cost. To live in such shocking love is to give it to others, as well.

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Treasure - "Worry-free" 25:47

1y ago25:47

25:47

Life is hard. But when we practice surrendering to the love of God in all situations, we can learn the worry-free life Jesus invites us into.

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Treasure - "Worries" 22:51

1y ago22:51

22:51

God meets us in the good, bad, and ugly of our real lives, and he cares more about all of it than we do. Because God is always with us and at work, we can let go of worry and surrender to his loving care.

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Treasure - "Abundance" 25:49

1y ago25:49

25:49

When we live in the fear of not having enough, we become enslaved by greed and injustice, convinced we have to take care of ourselves. But when we believe Jesus and trust that God always has enough to graciously care for us, we are set free to love and serve others with generous hearts.

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Treasure - "Fireproof" 22:32

1y ago22:32

22:32

Life in the love of God lasts forever. When I choose to treasure his presence in this life, I’m already learning to enjoy him in the next one. Love is the one treasure that cannot be destroyed and that I will never lose.

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