Do The Next Thing - The Life Giving Gift of a Long Obedience

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all the talk of New Year’s resolutions, words of the year, annual goal setting, and more as we turn another page on our calendar. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that, but sometimes it brings a heaviness and guilt instead of motivation. It’s okay to just stay focused on doing the next thing.

Obedience to God's commandments leads to blessings, peace, and a deeper relationship with Him. Let’s talk about the challenges of obedience, the cost of disobedience, and the role prayer plays in our walk with the Lord. Join me to learn how to trust in God's timing and to cultivate a life of long obedience as you enter the new year.

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0:00.0	The show is sponsored today by my friends at Not Consumed. Family Bible studies are such an
0:05.9	important tool to know more about God's word and learn to share truth and foster a deeper
0:11.4	relationship with Jesus, helping your family grow in faith so you are not consumed by life.
0:17.3	You can find out more by heading to notconsumed.com forward slash Heidi and download their
0:23.2	free five-day family Bible study. It's going to build hope and purpose into your home. Be sure to
0:29.1	use coupon code Heidi for 15% off your entire purchase. That's coupon code Heidi,
0:34.2	H-E-I-D-I for 15% off your entire purchase.
0:38.5	This is the time of year when everyone starts talking about New Year resolutions and what
0:43.5	are we going to change in the new year and what are we going to do different.
0:46.6	I want to take a little bit of an old spin on this rather old idea and talk a little bit
0:52.9	about what it looks like to live a life of faithfulness,
0:56.3	a life of what I would call long obedience.
0:59.4	Sometimes my husband and I will say to each other, love you long time.
1:03.5	Like I might say that to my kids, you know, love you long time.
1:06.7	And we have grown in this world, I think, accustomed to forgetting what it means to love the Lord a long time.
1:15.4	What does a life of faithful obedience look like?
1:18.2	I'm going to encourage you today as we enter into the New Year to just do the next thing and learn to live a life of long obedience to the Lord.
1:27.0	It really is the gift that keeps on giving.
1:29.2	I hope it encourages you today. This is the Heidi St. John podcast. Stick around. I think you're
1:33.6	going to be encouraged.
1:43.0	I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas and that you're looking forward.
1:47.4	I am with just anticipation to what God's going to do in the year ahead.
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