Worship songs that have carried them
- What worship songs or podcasts have helped you in hard seasons?
A listener's request — struggling with Bible reading, asking for worship songs or podcasts that helped — turns into a round of songs that matter to the room: an Elevation Worship song 'Do It Again' that encouraged a host in hard seasons; Pat Barrett's 'Build My Life,' sung brokenly on porches and by lakes until it became an incense-like offering of worth to God; Kingdom Culture Worship's 'Abide,' which a host first hated for its nine-minute repetition until the words 'I hope this song goes on forever' and a weeping worship moment changed his faith; a Sidewalk Prophets song about coming to the table that hit guest John hard with the picture of God seeing value in construction workers and truck drivers like himself; and the steady standby 'Yahweh' by Red Collective with its simple chorus 'you reign above it all,' used to recenter when burdens beat the host up. A host reflects that when people sing together they are automatically on key — humanity was made to chorus, a Holy Spirit thing. The Bob Eisenlauer complaint/worship line ((515) 517-0085) is plugged for listener song suggestions; podcasts are tabled for next week.
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'When God is silent': what counts as hearing from the Lord?
- What does it mean to 'hear from the Lord,' and how often should we expect it?
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Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
- Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
A host asks whether following Jesus should feel more comfortable as time goes on — noting the low-level tension many feel around am-I-doing-enough and the stigma that contentment equals laziness.
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Do accountability partners actually work?
- Do accountability partners actually do anything?
Mike raises his accountability-partners question: the standard dude-circle advice to get a buddy to hold you accountable for Bible reading, porn, church attendance, and drinking.
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Mike frames the question: are more people hearing from God?
- Does it seem like more and more people are hearing from God — and is that real or a lie and a huge distraction?
Ben asks Mike for a two-sentence framing; Mike says listening to the book of Job while mowing made him furious when Bildad 'received a word from the Lord,' turning a bad human argument into an unarguable divine claim.
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