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Abiding Together

S06 Episode 3: I Choose You

Abiding Together

Abiding Together

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

I Choose You

In this episode we talk about the beautiful words of Jesus in John 15:16 where he tells us that He has chosen us and that his desire is that we bear fruit that will last. It's the deepest desires of every heart to be known, to be chosen, and to belong, but often we don't believe the truth of our belovedness in the core of our being. We chat about the difference between fruit that lasts and success and how being rooted deeply in Jesus is essential for good fruit in our life.

Sister Miriam's one thing - The Song by NEEDTOBREATHE "A Place Only You Can Go"

 

Michelle's one thing - The most wonderful time of the year...College Football is back!

 

Heather's one thing - The first class relic of St. Therese the Little Flower, sent to me by Fr. Josh Johnson. You can also check out his podcast Ask Fr. Josh


Also Jesse and Kathleen of A Guy and a Girl cover NEEDTOBREATHE

 

Discussion questions:    

  1. What struck you from the podcast?
  2. How do you feel when you imagine God saying to you " I choose you".
  3. What is one wound that you need Jesus to speak into. To speak His words of healing that you belong?
  4. Discuss the difference between fruit that lasts and success? Where do you hope to see good fruit in your life?

 

Journal Questions:

  1. Do you know deep in your gut that you belong to God? Why or why not?
  2. Where are you striving to find your identity outside of God?
  3. Do you love to be loved or do you love because you've first received it?

 

Quote to Ponder - "Let's remind one another that what brings true and healing joy is not successfulness, but fruitfulness" - Henri Nouwen


Scripture for Lectio Divina - John 15:16 "You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last"

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast. Abiding together is a place where you can

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find connection, rest and encouragement on your journey with Jesus Christ. My name is

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Sister Miriam James Hydland and every week I am joined by two of my dearest friends,

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Michelle Benzinger and Heather Kim. This podcast is born out of our friendship of sharing

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all kinds of things together. Our walk with Christ, our insights, our joys, sorrows, tears

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and laughter and you are most welcome on the journey with us. If you're looking for a place

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to belong, grab a cup of coffee, settle in and welcome home.

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If our podcast has blessed you, would you please consider financially supporting Abiding Together

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via Patreon? Patreon is a website where people can make donations to help keep the podcast

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going. And now that we at Abiding Together have an independent platform, we have a number

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of costs that go into creating the podcast and the high quality content we offer, such

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as our website, design, tech support, staff and other elements. Having an independent

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platform also allows us to explore and create new content for all of our listeners to enjoy,

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so thank you so much to all of you who are already donors. When you donate through our

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or just a one time offering. Abiding Together is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization

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and donations are tax deductible. So would you please prayerfully consider giving to Abiding

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Together? If you donate $15 or more per month, you become a tribe member and you will receive

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a short individual video from Michelle, Heather and I each month about a variety of topics.

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Abiding Together podcast. So consider becoming a supporting member today and help us further

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the work of the Holy Spirit moving in and through this community. Together we can do amazing

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