Who Are You Trying To Be? | New Testament | John 3

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Are you striving for recognition? Do you think you get the praise you deserve? Is it better to be successful or humble? In today's episode, Tanya turns to John 3 to learn am important lesson about humility. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: John 3

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Tanya Wilmouth.
0:17.0	What can you learn from an 18-year-old high school boy? Quite a lot, actually.
0:19.0	At least I did.
0:20.0	We had a friend who was an incredible athlete. He played multiple sports really well, but his heart was in basketball.
0:26.5	He played for years in season and out of season. He played in middle school and he couldn't
0:31.6	wait to take the court in high school. But for some reason the dream didn't play out like he expected.
0:36.7	He was often overlooked on the bench and sometimes didn't get in the game.
0:40.6	So the upperclassman who was supposed to lead the team in rebounds and shooting percentages was relegated to the bench where he had a choice to make.
0:48.0	He could have quit the team or quit trying as hard at practice.
0:52.0	He could have formed alliances and divided the team, he could
0:54.8	have minimized the accomplishments of his teammates, but he made a different choice.
0:59.7	He was the first one on his feet when someone scored a basket. He was the first hand out
1:04.0	when someone came off the court. He was the one to tell the other team good job and
1:08.1	probably the first one at practice the next day. When all was said and done we had a chance to hear coaches, teachers, and
1:14.4	friends talk about him. And the thing they all kept saying was that he was an
1:17.9	exceptional leader. Except he wasn't trying to get people to follow him
1:22.4	necessarily.
1:23.6	He was leading them towards something even greater.
1:26.5	A lifestyle of humility and hard work and honesty.
1:31.3	When Jesus began his ministry, there was someone already on the scene teaching and baptizing in the
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