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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 306 - Finding Peace in the Character of God

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Prolife, Religion, Creation, Evangelism, Salvation, Jesus, Christianity, Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Gospel, Apologetics, Theology, Witnessing

52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Jonny Ardavanis joins Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar to discuss finding peace in the character of God, as explored in his book, Consider the Lilies. Though he never initially saw himself as a pastor, he now serves full-time in Tennessee, driven by a desire to offer hope in an anxious world. In full time ministry Jonny observed widespread struggles with anxiety and depression, prompting him to explore these issues from a biblical perspective. He emphasizes that anxiety isn’t limited to young peopl...

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To be fearful is to be human.

0:02.0

It's that Jay Packer in the book, knowing God, just says when you consider the world in what you live,

0:06.0

if you're not clinging to God, and Oswald Chambers describes faith as a fixation of your gaze on the character of God.

0:13.0

Because faith is not a thing, faith is an exercise. It's a constant thing we're doing.

0:17.0

And when Peter takes his eyes off of Christ, he begins to drown and peter is the founder

0:22.5

of the jerusalem church and wrote several books in the new testament and you see that you know i don't know

0:27.5

peter struggled with panic attacks but you do see the element of lord save us we're sinking and i think a lot of

0:32.8

people who are anxious feel like they're sinking feel like they're drowning so i'd want to encourage them

0:37.3

that you don't have to bear the burden first of all alone you first peter anxious, feel like they're sinking, feel like they're drowning. So I'd want to encourage them that

0:37.5

you don't have to bear the burden, first of all alone. First, Peter 5'7, you cast your cares

0:43.1

because you're not strong enough to carry your cares on your own. So you bring them to a God who is

0:47.2

mighty.

0:53.3

You friends have heard of Johnny Cash, Johnny Depp, Johnny Carson, Johnny on the spot,

0:59.7

but we have an even better Johnny for you today, France.

1:04.1

In fact, he was just telling us that he thinks he's a better preacher than one more Johnny,

1:09.0

the legendary Johnny Mack.

1:10.3

Of course.

1:12.6

Let's set the record. Sorry, God. Let's set the record straight. Ladies and gentlemen, yes,

1:18.9

the one, the only Johnny Art of Vanis. Thank you for having me on. I did not say I was a better

1:25.7

preacher than Juan MacArthur.

1:29.9

We don't want to get you busted, brother.

1:31.9

No, yeah, I'd get struck by lightning.

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