Your Life is Not About You | Historical Books | 2 Kings 20:12-20

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

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Who do you think of the most? God? Others? Or... yourself? In today's episode, Jensen shares how 2 Kings 20:12-20 reminds us that we are not the main character of our lives, God is. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. 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. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that 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: 2 Kings 20:12-20

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.8	Who do you think about most? Who do you worry about? Who do you plan things for? Who is the person you are most interested in? Who fills your mind when you have a moment of stillness?
0:26.6	Now, I'd love for my answer to be God. I'd love for my answer to even be my husband or my kids.
0:33.8	But if I'm honest, like really, really honest with myself, the answer is easy. It's quick.
0:40.0	There's almost no question. I am the person that I think most about, worry about, plan things for.
0:47.7	I am most interested in myself. I fill my mind with me, my needs, my wants, my plans, my things, my loves.
0:57.1	My husband often helps me see the places in my life where I fall short, not in a demeaning
1:02.0	way, but in a loving and caring way. He's trying to help me live more like Jesus, to grow,
1:06.8	to be a better friend, mother, wife, teacher. One of the things that I remember most clearly,
1:12.4	probably because I catch myself failing at his advice still years later,
1:17.3	was when he called me out for essentially being really bad at asking questions.
1:22.0	That's my wording, not his, but he pointed out
1:24.8	that I have a knack for bringing every conversation back to, you guessed it,
1:30.7	me. Now, at my core, when I'm operating in default mode, I can't help it. I am truly obsessed with
1:39.0	myself. I want to talk about me. I want to tell others about me. I want all of us to care about
1:44.1	what I care about. I love to tell others about me. I want all of us to care about what I care
1:44.7	about. I love the sound of my voice. See, focusing on me is easy, and I default to it when I'm not
1:52.9	being thoughtful. Can you relate at all? Are you the center of your life? Do you struggle from what is often referred to as main character
2:04.3	energy, believing that your life is about you, that everyone else is just a supporting actor
2:11.0	in your story? Well, right now in Second Kings, we're going to hear the last story from King Hezekiah's
2:20.2	life. If you remember, King Hezekiah did what was good in the eyes of the Lord. He was more
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