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The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)

Making a Life is More important than Making a Living

The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)

Ascension

Christianity, Christian, Education, Bible Study, Ascension Press, Catholic, Religion & Spirituality, Catholicism, Spirituality, Jeff Cavins, Self-improvement, Ascension, Catholic Bible Study, Faith

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Do you find yourself just going through the motions in life and feeling empty? Today, Jeff explains the difference between making a living and making a life and shares practical ways to live a fulfilling and meaningful life.

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Making a living is temporal, while making a life is eternal.

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Jeff Cavens show episode 184. Making a life is more important than making a living.

0:12.0

Hey I'm Jeff Cavens. How do you simplify your life? How do you study the Bible?

0:17.8

All the way from motorcycle trips to raising kids, we're going to talk about the faith and life in general.

0:24.0

It's the Jeff Kaven Show.

0:29.0

Thank you once again for joining me.

0:31.0

Yes, it is true.

0:32.0

Making a life is more important than making a living,

0:37.0

although we have been taught from the time that we were just we little children that ultimately one day, you're going to have to make a living.

0:46.4

And that is daunting.

0:47.8

But I'm here to tell you today some good news and that is this.

0:51.4

You can make a life even if you don't make a good living, at least the way the

0:57.3

world determines a good living. Jeff Kavans with you and we're going to be talking about this today and

1:04.0

and particularly during COVID-19 and the struggles that people are going through

1:09.6

I think that it's very important for us to begin to focus on making a life and making a life comes

1:18.8

out of decisions and habits and priorities in our life.

1:24.0

But you know, so often in our lives,

1:26.0

we focus on making a living,

1:29.0

and that typically means the finances

1:32.0

and the 401k in the house and the kids in the car and everything else and

1:37.0

the whole package comes together as the American dream and making a living.

1:43.0

But it is so much more important to make a life,

1:47.0

and you and I have only been given this one life.

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