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Captivated Podcast
Hosted by John Fitzsimmons · EN
Short devotions to help keep you rooted in the person, work and story of Jesus.
11episodes
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Secure With God
Jun 17, 202500:05:03Tap to summarizeThe Bible talks about about mountain moving faith. However, it also talks about faith that makes us like an immovable mountain. That’s the kind of faith we learn about in Psalm 125.
Transcribe →The Mystery of Godliness
Jun 3, 202500:07:04Tap to summarizeThe earliest Christians did not centre belief firstly on a set of ideas or doctrines. Instead, the truth and ideas flowed out of the person and work of the one they confessed and this changed their lives.
Transcribe →Forever & Ever. Amen.
May 30, 202500:06:15Tap to summarizeThe final lines ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ help lead us in worship. They’re a primer to help ignite acceptable praise in our hearts! They lift our minds to the matchless power and glory of our all-consuming God and his kingdom that will one day be fully revealed.
Transcribe →For Thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory
May 27, 202500:04:05Tap to summarizeThis episode explains why the line “For thine is the kingdom the power and the glory” is in some versions of ‘the Lord’s Prayer’ but not in most modern translations of the Bible. It also explores how the line might have originated.
Transcribe →Deliver Us From Evil
May 20, 202500:05:28Tap to summarizeThe words “deliver us from evil” are words of longing and lament, words of hope for all who are weary of the presence of evil. Words that enable us to be real about our present struggle with temptation and evil. Yet words that also remind us of God’s assistance in the struggle, and that final deliverance is secured.
Transcribe →Lead Us Not Into Temptation
May 13, 202500:05:06Tap to summarizeWe’re not alone in the struggle against evil. We’re in this together with God and with brothers and sisters all around the world. The words “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” give us a way of expressing the human longing for outside help to save us from seductive and harmful evils in the present, and to ultimately be delivered from every form of evil in the future
Transcribe →As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
May 7, 202500:07:02Tap to summarizeJesus not only asks us to pray “forgive us our sins” but he adds “as we forgive those who sin against us”. The forgiveness of sins is both a wonderful and challenging reality. Praying this prayer each day helps keep the reality of forgiveness central in our prayers and lives. And in Jesus’ words we learn that being forgiven and being forgiving go together.
Transcribe →Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Apr 29, 202500:07:25Tap to summarizeAsking for forgiveness is part of the disciple’s pattern for prayer! Part of the prayer habit of those who already know God’s forgiveness in Christ! It is because the Lord wants us to know his forgiveness afresh each day that he teaches us to pray "forgive us our trespasses"!
Transcribe →Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Apr 11, 202500:06:10Tap to summarizeWhat exactly is Jesus teaching us to ask for when he teaches us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread”?
Transcribe →On Earth as it is in Heaven
Apr 8, 202500:05:31Tap to summarizeWhat kind of picture we should have in our minds when we pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”?
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