Love vs Lust: Love, Sex, and the Bible: Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Study

Hearing Jesus: Daily Bible Study, Christian Affirmations, Hearing God, Prayer, Holy Spirit, Daily Devotional

Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Love vs Lust: Love, Sex, and the Bible: Daily Devotional, Daily Bible Study In this episode, Rachael Groll takes an honest look at the difference between love and lust, helping listeners understand why real love can never be forced or earned through physical intimacy. She talks about the emotional and spiritual cost of confusing lust for love, especially for young people searching for connection and acceptance. Rachael offers a compassionate reminder that while misguided choices can bring pain or regret, God’s grace brings healing and restoration. This episode invites listeners to pursue love that’s rooted in respect, truth, and the kind of worth that only comes from knowing who they are in Christ. ☆Go Deeper and Learn to Hear God’s Voice: Knowing Jesus Course ☆ This podcast devotional is a companion to Knowing God’s Voice, Grab Your Printed Copy Here! ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child ☆Go on a trip with Rachael: Bible Study Live ☆Have a question for Rachael? Ask it here: Ask Rachael a Question ☆If you would like to give to Hearing Jesus and financially support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ Give Here ☆Facebook ➤https://www.facebook.com/SheHears.org/ ☆Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/rachael.d.groll/ ☆Website ➤ Hearing Jesus Takeaways You cannot force love and you cannot manipulate love from physical intimacy. These decisions only bring them pain and difficulty. They went into those decisions thinking it would bring them the love that they wanted. Most of the time those boys are long gone. Now they can't even attend school. Chapters 00:00 Anticipation of Love and Marriage 00:29 The Distortion of Love and Lust ☆Get Ad-Free Episodes, Bonus Content, and more here: patreon.com/HearingJesusBible, Bible Study, Devotions, Devotional, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth, hearing God’s voice, Hearing God, Hearing Jesus, Praying, Pray, God’s Word, Scriptures Hearing Jesus, Knowing God's Voice, Female Prophets, Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Christian Podcast, Faith Journey, Obedience, God's Communication, Personal Reflections, prophecy, faith, surrender, spiritual gifts, women's ministry, Christian podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey friends, I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.
0:11.4	If you're married, one of the things that you likely remember is the anticipation of the wedding.
0:17.8	That's what we're talking about today on our series love, sex, and the Bible.
0:22.4	As we look at the Song of Solomon, we understand and recognize all these human emotions
0:27.7	that come along with marriage and love and commitment. And so today we're unpacking
0:32.4	some of those things as we approach the wedding day for this young couple. I pray this episode
0:37.1	helps you understand your
0:38.3	relationship better, your spouse better, and yourself better. We are on chapter three today.
0:44.2	And if you're just joining us, I would encourage you to go back and listen to the first couple of episodes,
0:48.7	especially the introduction series. But the reason why we're going through the Song of Solomons is
0:53.6	because I think it is a
0:55.1	book that is often overlooked in our churches and our Bible studies, but yet it is a really
1:00.2	important piece of scripture that teaches us a lot about love and sex and marriage. And so today
1:06.0	we're in chapter three and I'm reading from the NASB version and I will read through, I will give some of my comments and thoughts, historical background, and I'm reading from the NASB version, and I will read through, I will give some of my
1:12.9	comments and thoughts, historical background information, and then I'll read it again for you to meditate.
1:17.8	So again, I'm in verse one, chapter three. On my bed, night after night, I sought him, whom my soul loves.
1:24.8	I sought him, but did not find him. I must arise now and go around in the city,
1:29.6	in the streets and in the public squares. I must seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but did not
1:35.0	find him. The watchman who make the rounds in the city found me, and I said, have you seen him whom my
1:40.6	soul loves? Hardly had I left them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held onto him and would
1:46.8	not let him go until I had brought him to my mother's house and into the room of her who conceived me.
1:52.7	The grooms speaking now, swear to me you daughters of Jerusalem by the gazelles or by the doze of the
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.