Five Freedoms from a Troubled Heart

James MacDonald Audio Podcast

James MacDonald Ministries

Religion & Spirituality

4.0 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

If you lie awake, unable to quiet your thoughts... If loss, fear or loneliness follows you into every room... If others are laughing, but your heart is stuck somewhere else… Jesus is speaking to YOU: “Let not your heart be troubled.” Turn in your Bible to John 14 – and bring that troubled heart to Christ for a peace that circumstances cannot take away. Dr. James MacDonald preaches without apology straight from the pages of Scripture, provoking Christians to think and act on their faith. For more information on James MacDonald Ministries, or to subscribe for devotionals and ministry updates visit: jamesmacdonaldministries.org Follow on social media: IG: bit.ly/JamesMacDonald-IG FB: bit.ly/JamesMacDonald-FB TW: bit.ly/JamesMacDonald-TW

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm James MacDonald and I have the audacity to say that I know what you want.
0:07.0	I do. I know what you really want because when you get it, there's nothing like it.
0:13.0	More Jesus, please.
0:16.0	And if at all possible, the most beautiful places to encounter him coming, coming right up.
0:23.6	John chapter 13 through John chapter 18. It's called the upper room discourse.
0:30.6	It's Jesus at his most excellent and compelling as he deals with the disciples before the cross.
0:39.0	Open your Bibles and dig in with me.
0:41.2	I'm so excited about this content.
0:44.6	If you've ever laid awake, tossing and turning over and over,
0:50.4	unable to sleep, unable to stop the pattern of thinking in your mind. If you've ever done
0:56.5	that, how many people have ever done that? If you've ever done that, you had in that moment,
1:03.5	you had a troubled heart. If you've ever stood and stood and stood and stared in the shower,
1:13.6	in your closet, at the window,
1:16.6	unaware of the passage of time, not seeing what's in front of you
1:20.6	because you're going over and over and over and over
1:23.6	something in your mind.
1:25.6	If you've ever done that when you did it you had a troubled heart
1:30.3	if you've been hesitant to be around other people because the tears are like right there at
1:38.0	the surface and if anybody says something anything the wrong thing how could they have known
1:43.6	the tears start to flow. It's all so
1:47.1	sensitive right now. That's because you have a troubled heart. And have you ever been at a
1:54.3	birthday party or with some treasured family and everyone else is laughing and having a good time,
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