Ep 52: Lessons From The Jungle

Cultivate with Kelly Minter

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Talk Radio

5 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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I just returned from the Amazon jungle, where I spent a week with jungle pastors who serve along the Amazon river. I’ll talk about some of the lessons I learned from them in today’s episode. And how they helped me better understand Paul’s encouragement to run our race for the ultimate prize. Their encouragement to us will help us step out of our comfort zones and into the boat with Jesus (something the people on the Amazon River do literally). I hope today’s episode encourages you to run the race that Jesus has for you. He will lead you if you’re willing to follow Him. Episode Points 1. If we’re reaping spiritually, we should be giving generously. 2. We will only live spiritually disciplined lives if our prize is in focus. 3. “Following Jesus was worth it then, it’s worth it now, it’s worth it all.” Pastor Gioval Kelly’s first devotional book is available now! 'The Blessed Life' is for anyone willing to take a thoughtful, 90-day journey through the mind, heart, and work of Jesus. Check it out here. Scripture References 1 Corinthians 9:9-12 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27 Quote Kelly Mentioned: “In context, the overall argument has to do with putting others before self in order to maximize one’s effectiveness for the gospel, which requires rigorous self-discipline.” Mark Taylor, New American Commentary, 1 Cor. How Do We Cultivate This in Our Lives? Take some time to reflect on these questions after you read the passage and listen to the podcast: What are some areas in your life God may be asking you to make sacrifices? How can you support those who are impacting your spiritual walk? Are you living for the ultimate prize or focusing on more temporal rewards? Stuff We Think You’ll Like In this episode, Kelly reads Day 59, “The New and Greater Moses,” from her brand new book, The Blessed Life: A 90-Day Devotional Through the Teachings and Miracles of Jesus. Order yours here. Kelly’s most recent Bible study release on the book of Ruth called: Ruth: Loss, Love & Legacy.

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0:00.0	From K-Love books, We're So Blessed is a new 40-day family-oriented devotional written to help your family recognize God's hand in your everyday lives, and to realize how truly blessed you are as a child of God.
0:13.9	Authored by three siblings who make up the Christian music group Kane, We're So Blessed, offers a personal glimpse into their childhood and family,
0:22.1	plus activity ideas and questions your family will love.
0:26.0	We're So Blessed is available now wherever you buy books.
0:29.5	A link is also in today's show notes.
0:34.1	Access More.
0:51.5	Yeah. Access more. Hello, my friends. Hello, my friends.
0:51.6	Welcome back to the Cultivate Podcast.
1:14.0	I am so glad to be back with you and not just back to the podcast, but back back to the United States. I just got back from being in the Amazon Jungle for Justice and Mercy International's annual Jungle Pastures Conference, where we had a hundred and fifteen men and women that were there at this conference, and it was so
1:20.8	incredible.
1:22.5	And so I want to share some lessons I learned from the jungle because so much of what I learned from these
1:31.8	amazing people, these amazing servants of the Lord is so relevant to our lives here. It's funny
1:41.0	because in the Amazon, I am in the literal jungle. But when I get back to America, I realize we have a jungle of our own. And we are dealing with maybe not animal creatures as much as we are dealing with other things. And I have to tell you, before we get into things
2:02.3	today, by the way, we are going to be in Scripture. We're going to be in First Corinthians
2:06.3	chapter 9 today as I kind of share some of these stories. But I have to tell you, speaking of
2:13.3	animal creatures, we were sitting on the veranda of our center. We have, we, Justice
2:20.7	Mercy International has a, kind of a retreat center about an hour and a half outside of the
2:28.2	city of Manouse, which is the capital city of the state of Amazonas. And the center sits right
2:33.6	on the Amazon River. So we are
2:35.2	literally in the jungle. We started this pastor's conference back in 2011. My dad really kind of kicked
2:43.8	it off and I was there with him for the very first one. And it's grown into this incredible thing
2:48.9	where we are able to bring in men and women from deep into the
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