Abide in Jesus | Historical Books | 2 Kings 15:1-26

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🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Do you try to control things you can't? What separates you from Jesus? What does it mean to abide? In today's episode, Tanya shares how 2 Kings 15:1-26 encourages us to turn to Jesus, the true vine. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 2 Kings 15:1-26

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.3	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Tanya Wilmuth.
0:13.3	So I like you, wear a lot of different titles.
0:16.7	I'm a mom, I'm a daughter, I'm a wife, I'm a coworker.
0:20.7	And there are days when I feel like I'm failing at all of them.
0:24.1	A bad mom, a bad daughter, a bad wife, a bad worker.
0:28.3	Usually, these happen at the same time.
0:31.1	And I run out of time, energy, and patience.
0:34.1	I feel like there's not enough of me to go around.
0:36.9	And if there's not enough of me, go around. And if there's not enough of me,
0:38.7	then I believe I am surely letting everyone down. When I feel this way, I notice that I move through
0:44.9	phases. I'll call them shouldn't, could, and should. Here's my shouldn't phase. Compare, give up, lash out. I could read a book about productivity,
0:59.1	plan my priorities, and say no to things that don't matter as much. I should. Ask for help,
1:07.3	look to Jesus, and remember the bigger story.
1:13.4	I listed these as three categories.
1:18.5	Shouldn't could and should, but truthfully, they're more like the steps that I travel through before turning my eyes and my mind to God and finding peace again.
1:23.5	But what if we didn't have to do that?
1:25.7	What if I didn't have to wait until I spiraled?
1:28.4	What if I started here? T.S. Eliot wrote, for us, there's only the trying. The rest is not our
1:36.3	business. The trying. That's what's mine. I'm called to love my family, to work hard, to encourage others, but the rest,
1:47.4	that's not my business. I can't control how my mom feels on any given day. I can't control how my
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