Commitment
AMEN PODCAST
Alex and Lokelani Wilson
5.0 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we dive deep into Matthew 19, a chapter that tackles some of the most challenging aspects of Christian discipleship. We explore Jesus's teachings on divorce, singleness, and the cost of following Him.
Join us as we unpack these profound truths and discuss:
- The sanctity of marriage and the devastating impact of divorce.
- The unique gift of singleness and its potential for serving God wholeheartedly.
- The radical call to surrender everything and follow Jesus, no matter the cost.
- How to cultivate a heart of full commitment to God in the midst of a world that constantly pulls us in different directions.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to understand the true meaning of discipleship and live a life fully devoted to Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Matt. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey, what's going on everybody? |
| 0:05.0 | Alex and Lockelaani here. |
| 0:06.0 | We were talking earlier this week about the podcast and the kids woke up. |
| 0:11.0 | It was like early in the morning so we were like having our coffee and the big kids were eating their breakfast and we thought this is a good time for us to talk. |
| 0:19.0 | And then the two little ones, our youngest kids, they woke up. And usually when they wake up, they have poopy diapers. And so we were changing their diapers while also talking about the podcast. And it was just this very surreal moment where Lockelaani looked to me and said, did you ever think that we would be changing diapers at the same time? And I thought that |
| 0:39.8 | was just so funny because we were just, we're both in podcast mode. And then we're like trying to have |
| 0:44.8 | this conversation while our noses are filling up with the smell of feces. And it's really challenging. But it |
| 0:51.4 | was perfect because there's going to be times in our lives as podcasters and as |
| 0:56.9 | parents where who we want to be in that moment is going to be challenged or what we want to do in |
| 1:01.9 | that moment is going to be interrupted. And that's a part of growing in commitment to God. |
| 1:09.1 | Yeah. Unless we are challenged and interrupted, |
| 1:12.0 | we'll never fully be mature enough to be fully committed to God. |
| 1:17.3 | And so we're going to talk about this more and how it relates to marriage and kids and |
| 1:21.4 | singleness and divorce and the gift of celibacy and all those things in Matthew chapter 19. |
| 1:29.0 | So let's jump into it. |
| 1:30.2 | Lockela is going to read the whole chapter for us and then we're going to break it down |
| 1:34.6 | and look at the three steps to growing in full commitment to God. |
| 1:39.0 | So open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 19 versus, well, all the verses, the the whole chapter we're going to be in the |
| 1:45.6 | ESV version she's going to read those to us and let's do it yes let's get started before I read I |
| 1:53.7 | just want to thank all of our generous supporters for keeping Amen podcast going if you would |
| 1:59.0 | like to find out more about what we do or to support this podcast |
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