How to Fight Your Demons | The Gospels | Mark 3:20-35

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Mental Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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What does growth look like? What's your spiritual pain point? Are there parts of your life that are off-limits to God? In today's episode, Tanya shares how Mark 3:20-35 encourages us to fight the demons in our hearts by the power of God. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Want to learn even more about the Gospels? Tune into Not Just Sunday. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Mark 3:20-35

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Tanya Wilmuth.
0:12.8	How do you feel about growth and fresh starts?
0:18.5	Does hearing that excite you or scare you? If it excites you or scares you
0:24.5	either one, then you're probably ready for a fresh start. So I want you to picture a piece of paper
0:30.3	with a line drawn down the middle or if you can grab a piece of paper and draw a line down
0:36.0	the middle. On the left side of your paper,
0:38.5	write the heading, what's working for me? And on the right side, you're going to write the
0:44.8	heading, what's not working for me. To give yourself a fresh start, use this chart to take
0:51.7	inventory of where you are and where you're going.
0:55.5	And as you go about your day, begin to populate these two columns.
1:00.2	What are the rhythms that are working for you today?
1:03.3	And what are the habits and the patterns that aren't?
1:07.0	Consider what is working well in your life and list those routines and those systems and those
1:12.3	commitments. Also consider what isn't working well. For example, waking up at 6.30 a.m. didn't give me
1:20.8	enough time to pray or read my Bible and get ready. I'm going to try to wake up at 6 o'clock
1:26.1	to get a better start to my day. Or picking up my phone
1:30.7	to answer a text and then scrolling through social media didn't help me be present with my family.
1:36.2	I'm going to check social media on my computer, but not on my phone. Or counting to three before I
1:44.0	responded or talked about myself kept me from
1:47.9	dominating conversations. I'm going to apply that to more of my interactions. Think of today as a new
1:55.3	beginning. Recognizing pain points helps us grow. Highlighting joy and success helps us do more of what we
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