The Bible Speaks to You: Think, Pray, Love like Jesus
Have you ever poured out your heart, almost begging God to solve a problem, but it doesn’t feel like your prayer is ever answered? You wonder if there’s a better way to pray you don’t know about. Then some days, you really connect with God in prayer and it just makes you want to be closer to Him?
Each week The Bible Speaks to You Podcast helps you rediscover the original Christianity of Jesus. Host James Early, Bible teacher and speaker, and an occasional guest dig deep into how to think, pray, and love like Jesus. And how to experience more of Jesus’s promise that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Episodes
350 episodes
350 – Accept Your True, Spiritual Identity as the Image and Likeness of God
350 – Do you know your spiritual identity?It's FREEDOM FRIDAYHow often do you really stop and ponder that you are a child of God? All too often we identify ourselves based on what we have done or not done, the accomp...
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Episode 350
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8:20
349 – A Better Way to Pray about Corruption in Government
349 – Are you praying for your government?If you take an unbiased look at the government of countries all over the world, you’ll often find some degree of corruption. Sometimes it doesn’t run very deep bu...
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Episode 349
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21:58
348 – Your Sins Are Not Part of Your Spiritual Identity
348 – What defines your spiritual identity?Do you ever struggle to find freedom from guilt over things that happened in the past? You’re trying to follow Christ and live your life in obedience to all Jesu...
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Episode 348
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8:33
347 – When No One Understands You
347 – What do you do when no one understands you?Have you ever been with a group of close friends and you share some pretty deep ideas you’ve been thinking about, but then everyone looks at you like you’re crazy. <...
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Episode 347
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22:01
346 – Accept God's Forgiveness, Grace, and Love
346 – Freedom Friday!Have you ever found it hard to accept God’s forgiveness? The mistakes you’ve made and the sins you’ve committed just seem too much for God to wink at, much less forgive?When...
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Episode 346
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6:51
345 – The Only Path to Christian Unity
345 – Is Christian unity possible?Ever been disillusioned by people from different Christian denominations arguing about who is right theologically, and in the process sending everyone who disagrees with them to hell?
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Episode 345
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23:41
344 – Understanding What True Repentance Is
344 – Freedom FridayWhat's your first thought when you hear the word, repentance? It doesn’t always have a positive connotation does it?Can’t you just hear an angry preacher shouting from th...
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Episode 344
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6:56
343 – Understanding the Lord’s Prayer and Living it in Your Life
343 – Understanding the Lord's PrayerHow often do you say the Lord’s Prayer. Now, what I really want to know is how often you pray the Lord’s Prayer. They’re not always the same thing.Have you ever been at church<...
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Episode 343
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342 – Replace Bad Motvies with Good Motives
342 – Bad motives versus good motivesHave you ever kept making the same mistakes and committing the same sin, even though you’ve tried to stop? You’ve tried to do what’s right but you keep slipping back i...
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Episode 342
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8:20
341 – Who Do You Want to Be in 2026?
341 – What are your hopes for 2026? Who do you want to be?At the beginning of a new year a lot of people set goals and make resolutions of what they want to accomplish or stop doing during the next 12 months.
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Episode 341
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18:39
340 – Accept Responsibility for Your Sins
340 – Ever have trouble admitting your mistakes?Have you ever had a hard time accepting responsibility for the mistakes you’ve made and the sins you’ve committed?I know, it’s all too easy to blame someone else...
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Episode 340
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9:50
339 – Best Podcast Episodes 2025
339 – Thank You 2025!It's been a great year in many ways, but it had its challenges as well.There have been ups and downs for sure, but from all the people I talk to and interact with online, I feel a gradual ...
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Episode 339
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46:32
338 – Don’t Compare Yourself to Others
338 - It's Freedom FridayHow often to you compare yourself with others? How's that workin' for you?One of the things I’ve really had to work at over the years is not to compare myself with others.Whe...
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Episode 338
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8:19
337 – Being the Light of Christmas in a Troubled World
337 – Let the light of Christmas shine brightOne of the major themes at Christmas time is the light of Christ shining into a dark world. In fact the Christmas story has all kinds of light in it. The...
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Episode 337
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20:41
336 – Learning to Obey God out of Love, Not Fear of Punishment
336 – What makes you want to obey God?People sometimes ask: "Is there a way to obey God from a place of love instead of from a sense of duty or fear of punishment?" And my answer is always: Absolutely, Ye...
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Episode 336
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7:57
335 – Overcoming Loneliness at Christmas
335 – Will you or anyone you know be alone for Christmas this year?An estimated 14 million Americans will spend Christmas alone in 2025. That’s a lot of people! I don’t have numbers for other countries, ...
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Episode 335
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22:39
334 – Overcoming Temptation in Your Life
334 – It's Freedom FridayHow good are you at overcoming temptation?What do you do when you are tempted to do something you know you shouldn’t do? How do you resist the temptation? Or do you just give in to it?...
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Episode 334
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11:01
333 – God Uses Ordinary People to Prepare for Christ’s Coming at Christmas
333 – God still uses ordinary people to accomplish His purposeChristmas is just a few weeks away, and a lot of people I know are busy getting ready for this special time of year when we celebrate Christ’s coming. And I don’...
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Episode 333
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16:40
332 – How Can I Be Made in the Image and Likeness of God if I’m Still Sinning?
332 – FREEDOM FRIDAYYou are made in the image and likeness of God. The Bible makes this clear in the very first chapter of Genesis.But then the Bible tells story after story of how people have sinned an...
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Episode 332
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7:21
331 – Where Does Self-Worth Come From?
331 – What gives you a sense of self-worth?Over the years, I've met some people who are very, very wealthy. I've also met people who probably didn’t have $20 to their name. And lots of people in between.<...
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Episode 331
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20:58
330 – Does God Tempt Us to See if We’re Faithful?
330 – Does God ever tempt us?A lot of people are convinced God sends temptations to see if they are faithful.You’d be surprised how many Christians believe some version of this, that God tempts us or puts temp...
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Episode 330
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6:44
329 – Being Grateful Even When Life Gets Hard
329 – Are you grateful when things don't go the way you want them to?A lot of folks I’ve been talking to lately are facing some pretty serious challenges. And they don't really think they have anything to be grateful for.
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Episode 329
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21:41
328 – You Can Stop Being Influenced by Others to Sin
328 – How do you quit being influenced by others?Have you ever worked hard to quit making the same mistakes or committing the same sins and finally got your life cleaned up and straightened out, when someone, maybe even an ...
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Episode 328
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