Ep. 263: What Do You Insist on Doing?

Encouraging Others in Loving Jesus Podcast

SHOW NOTES:

In Podcast Episode 263, “What Do You Insist on Doing?” Kim discusses the dangers of turning our hearts from the Lord and insisting on our own way. As Kim shares challenging aspects of King Solomon’s life and choices, may each listener be challenged to do as Solomon said and not as he did: Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. (Prov. 4:23)

Our focal passages for this episode are 1 Kings 11:1-13 with verse 2 as the focal verse:

”The Lord had clearly instructed the people of Israel, “You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.” Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.“

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT FEATURE:

Name and confess any sin you have continued to insist on doing.

Additional Resources and Scriptures:

• 23 Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” (1 Samuel 15:23)
• Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. (Prov. 4:23)
• “We start falling into sin long before we ever fall into disgrace. So if we wish to avoid our own tragic downfall, we need to fight against every little sin by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Philip Graham Ryker)
• TWITTER - https://twitter.com/EOinLovingJesus
• INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/encouragingothersinlovingjesus/
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RESOURCES USED FOR BOOK OF 1 & 2 Kings PODCASTS:

• “The Wiersbe Bible Commentary: The Complete Old Testament OT in One Volume”
• “Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Kings” by Tony Merida
• “The Tony Evans Bible Commentary: Advancing God’s Kingdom Agenda”
• “Life Application Study Bible”
• “The Swindoll Study Bible: NLT” by Charles R. Swindoll
• Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary
• “The Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary” by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays (Editors)
• Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition): Old Testament, 2004, by Kenneth L. Barker, John R. Kohlenberger, III.

"Encouraging Others in Loving Jesus" Facebook Group:

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This podcast is hosted by Kim Smith, a small town Country Girl who left her comfort zone to follow Jesus in a big City World. Now, she wants to use God's Word and lessons from her faith journey to encourage others in loving Jesus.

In each episode, Kim will share insights regarding a portion of God's Word and challenge listeners to apply the lessons to their daily lives.

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Reference:

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Tyndale House Publishers. Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale House Publishers, 2004.

Podcast recorded through Zencastr and edited through GarageBand. The soundtrack was created in GarageBand by Kim Smith.

The HIDDEN Episodes:

If you can't access episodes 1-50 on your podcast app (the podcast was then entitled "A Country Girl in a City World - Loving Jesus"), you can get all the content at my Podbean site at https://acountrygirlinacityworldlovingjesus.podbean.com/