Help With A Difficult Obedience

James MacDonald Audio Podcast

James MacDonald Ministries

Religion & Spirituality

4.0 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In John 14, Jesus repeats one truth, over and over: “If you love Me, keep My commandments.” Why? Because He knows some obedience will be difficult. And because every difficult obedience is resourced and rewarded by the Lord Himself. Open your Bible and get ready to receive the help Jesus gives when following Him is hard. 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. I'm so excited about this content.
0:43.8	You understand that some obediencees are easy. Like a lot of the stuff God asks us to do it,
0:51.0	it's not super hard, but there are some really hard
0:54.6	obedience in the Christian life Lord's been asking Kathy and I for some pretty
0:59.6	difficult obediencees and some of you in our church family you're you're in a time
1:05.7	in your life right now where every step forward is a conscious act to lift your foot up and to place it down carefully
1:14.2	and to keep going and not give up. There are easy obedience, lots of them, but that doesn't
1:21.7	mean that every obedience is easy. Some of the obediencees that Jesus asks of us are difficult.
1:33.8	This message is called help with a difficult obedience.
1:38.0	Jesus is about to go to the cross.
1:40.0	The disciples, they're being asked to go on without him.
1:44.6	He's asking for some difficult obedience.
1:47.0	And I'm just going to pray right now as we study this that he'll help us, Father, we
1:51.9	bow before you now.
1:53.5	We ask that your word would be an authority in our lives, not just what someone thinks, but the word of God.
2:02.6	Might we receive it as such?
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