The Devotional Model of Overcoming Sin
Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)
Ascension
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🗓️ 15 July 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Dave “The Icon” VanVickle is back with me to continue our series on sin. Today, Dave shares his comprehensive devotional model as a tool to help us overcome sin in our lives. Inspired by the lives of the saints, this model offers us a practical routine and structure to concretely drive out sin in our lives.
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“You can’t have a new heart if you insist on returning to the same sin.”
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| 0:00.0 | but you can't have a new heart if you insist on returning to the same sin. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome ladies and gentlemen to Every Knees shall bow your weekly Catholic podcast on evangelization. |
| 0:29.4 | I am Mike Gomer Gormley, and I am joined as always by Dave the icon Van Vickle. |
| 0:34.9 | How are you doing, Dave? |
| 0:35.9 | The icon. I'm good. I i haven't is that because i have |
| 0:39.1 | that because i have an icon it's exactly because you have an icon it was either that or dave |
| 0:43.1 | coloring page van vickle i got nothing i got nothing do you know what's funny about that icon behind me |
| 0:48.9 | so this is a funny story i guess it's funny it's kind of weird but So our mutual friends, the Lesnevskis, |
| 0:55.6 | some Greek Orthodox priest gave that to their grandma. And it was like he wanted it back |
| 1:04.8 | eventually for their monastery. It's like a really important icon, I guess. And, um, and so when the grandma |
| 1:13.2 | died, Ben got a bunch of her stuff and, and he gave me that icon. And we're and, or he was like |
| 1:20.7 | giving it away or something. I was like, oh, that's beautiful like of the Blessed Virgin. So I, I was like, |
| 1:24.3 | uh, let, let, let, let, let's just take it. And And then like years later, his oldest brother Bob was like, |
| 1:30.6 | hey, is it possible that you have an icon for my grandma? The priest is asking for it back. |
| 1:36.3 | Like, apparently used to seep oil. Like, it was like a miraculous image. And I was like, |
| 1:42.4 | yeah, it may or may not be right behind me right now. But anyways, |
| 1:47.9 | I'm working to get it back to them. But for the meantime, it's right behind my shoulders. |
| 1:51.8 | That is so funny. I know. Oh, man. Yeah. So it's seeping oil. You're exercising demons. |
| 1:57.6 | It's great. It's great. Just a normal day in the mythical household. Yeah. Meanwhile, |
| 2:02.4 | I'm petting a dog and watching YouTube videos. That's what I do. No seeping oils here. |
| 2:08.7 | My dog's at obedience school right now. I can't wait for her to get back. Oh, really? All I can think |
| 2:13.7 | right now is if she loves her trainer more than me. Yeah. That's all I can think about. |
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