Hey, everybody. Welcome to You Were Born for this podcast with me, Father John Ricardo.

I'm your host. I'm the executive director of Acts 29, where we talk about anything and everything related to transforming parishes.

I'm here as always with my co-hosts and teammates, Nick and Mary. How are you guys doing?

Great. Always happy to be here with you guys.

Yeah, doing great today, Father John.

Nick, what's our topic?

Today's topic is response.

What should you give to someone who rescues you from death?

But before we talk about that, Father John, days that you've destined us to be alive in, that you would keep our eyes firmly fixed on Jesus, most especially

on his passion, on the love that he's displayed for us on the cross, on the hope that we have

because of all that he's accomplished for us in binding the powers of

sin and death.

Lord, give to all those who are listening right now who find themselves racked with anxiety or

fear because of what's going on, the unshakable confidence that comes from knowing you are

our father and our lives and our world are in your hands. We ask it all in Jesus' name.

Amen. Amen. Thank you, Father. Yeah, that prayer is so fitting right now because it is March 12th as we

record this, and there's a lot going on. But today's topic is talking about our response to Jesus Christ, and we're in the middle of a,

really it's four parts, but five episodes series on the gospel.

So part one was created, part two was captured, part three is rescued, and part four is

response.

So if this is the first time you're listening to this podcast, we'd encourage you to go back and listen to that first one uncreated to really be able to get all these episodes in an orderly fashion because it helps us to respond to what it is Jesus has done for us.

Yeah, and that's especially true, if I can say, Nick, right now, because so many people live their lives, almost like

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