Navigating Life’s Dark Valleys: Jesse Hutch & Randy Frazee
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 6 June 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The most valuable life lessons often emerge from our most difficult circumstances. While these experiences give us insight into our own lives, they also provide meaningful stories to share with others and point them towards God, who can ultimately give them comfort through their darkest moments.
This week, we’ll hear from Jesse Hutch, a Canadian-born American film and television actor, who recalls how a near-death experience taught him the peace that comes from fully trusting in God’s control and the importance of using scripture and prayer to ground your beliefs. Later in the episode, we’ll hear from Randy Frazee, author of The Story, which arranges the Bible chronologically so that readers can experience it as one, whole narrative. He shares how his journey through depression deepened his empathy and reliance on God, and how he now uses this experience to support others facing similar struggles.
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Interview Quotes:
“It really is a miracle that I'm alive, and I owe all that to God.” - Jesse Hutch
“You still have an option. If you're still breathing, if you're still above ground, you have an option, and that option is to completely give it all over to God, because that honestly is the most peaceful place you can be.” - Jesse Hutch
“I'm very interested in the human heart. I think God made it very unique and it's awesome and it's amazing and special. And so I can go play a character that I've never done in real life, and yet I can understand hurt and pain and sadness, joy, jealousy, and all these different emotions that we all go through at times, and you bring that to the table.” - Jesse Hutch
“God has this beautiful way of never taking you back on the same trail you walked on. He always brings you back to Him in a new, fresh way.” - Jesse Hutch
“I really am mindful to stop and to speak into the life of somebody, whether it's a kid or an adult, a person who is discouraged, because that speaking vision into them, what you see, could really change the outcome of their life.” - Randy Frazee
“I think it's important for people to realize that the feelings of anxiety or depression are not sinful. These are emotions that God has given us to alert us and to allow us to go through seasons of difficulty.” - Randy Frazee
“He is going to carry us along. He's going to encourage us. He's going to walk us through it. And He factors in our weakness in selecting us.” - Randy Frazee
“God offers us in our relationship with Jesus, a joy that's despite our circumstances, despite other people, despite our past, and a level of joy that can actually defeat worry in our lives.” - Randy Frazee
“God is writing a story. And you are a character in that story, He deeply loves you and He wants you to look up. And if you look up, He promises that everything is going to turn out just all right for you, it’s going to turn out great for you, and He wants to give you His joy.” - Randy Frazee
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| 0:00.0 | Find inspiration as close as your phone, download the Jesus Calling app and get started today for free. |
| 0:05.9 | Look for the Jesus Calling app in both the Apple and Google Play Stores. |
| 0:09.7 | There's always some hard times come and you know what God's preparing you for those things and you're going to be ready even if you don't feel like it in the moment because trust me on the other side is breakthrough. |
| 0:24.1 | On the other side is a smile on your face. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:32.4 | The most valuable life lessons often emerge from our most difficult circumstances. |
| 0:36.8 | While these experiences give us insight to our own lives, they also provide meaningful stories |
| 0:41.6 | to share with others and may even point them toward |
| 0:44.2 | God who can ultimately give them comfort through their darkest moments. |
| 0:50.9 | This week we'll hear from Jesse Hutch, a Canadian-born American film and television actor, who |
| 0:56.0 | recalls how a near-death experience taught him the peace that comes from fully trusting |
| 1:00.0 | in God's control and the importance of using scripture and prayer to ground your beliefs. |
| 1:05.0 | Later in the episode we'll hear from Randy Frazie, author of the story, which arranges the Bible chronologically |
| 1:11.0 | so the readers can experience it as one whole narrative. |
| 1:14.7 | He shares how his journey through depression deepened his empathy and reliance on God and |
| 1:19.2 | how he now uses this experience to support others facing similar struggles. |
| 1:24.0 | Let's begin with Jesse's story. |
| 1:27.0 | My name is Jesse Hutch. |
| 1:29.0 | I am a husband of 15 years. I'm a husband for almost 13 years and I'm a father for almost 13 years and I've also been |
| 1:38.4 | an actor for 24 years I've also been doing stunts that entire time and starting to move into directing and producing a lot more. |
| 1:48.0 | And of course all of this is wrapped into faith because that is my base. |
| 1:58.0 | I was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the birthplace of Wolverine, the comic book |
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