Deeper Christian Podcast

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 177Whether you ministry in a formal way (pastor, missionary, etc) or whether you work down in a factory, stay at home with the kids, or any other profession, we are all called to be ministers of the Gospel of Grace.In this episode, we talk about what it means to prepare our lives for the work of ministry.If you are a Christian, this episode will help you discover ways to build your life around Jesus Christ and pour your life out in ministry to the world around you.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/177/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 176We live in a season where fear, anxiety, and burdens abound. Lawlessness reigns. Covid continues. The upcoming election creates unsettling uncertainty.But as Christians, what do we do with the fear, anxiety, cares, and burdens?In this episode, Nathan Johnson talks about the importance of casting our burdens upon the Lord – rolling the weight of our burdens upon the shoulders of Jesus Christ.Find freedom, peace, and life in Jesus … for He cares for you.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/176/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 175Do you need a breakthrough in your life?Perhaps its a circumstance or situation … or maybe a relationship – regardless, we each have areas that we need God to breakthrough in and bring life, restoration, reconciliation.In this message, we look at a passage in 2 Samuel 5 where David deals with the Philistines and God breakthroughs so powerfully that the name of the location changes from the "Valley of Giants" to the place where God is the "Master of Breakthroughs."If you are needing breakthrough in your life or a reminder of the powerful God we love, serve, and pray to, this episode will remind you that no matter what you are facing, God wants to be right in the middle of it and cause a breakthrough.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/175/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 174We all know that God loves us … but does He like us?In this episode, join Nathan as he ponders a season of weddings and marriage and reflections upon the relationship we have with Jesus Christ.If you've ever wanted to know if God not only loves you but likes you, this message will be an encouragement to your soul.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/174/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 173Maranatha! This statement was a mantra of the early church, translated as "Come, Lord Jesus!"For the early church facing hardship, difficulty, trials, persecution, and martyrdom, this cry was a hope-filled yearning of their desire to be with Jesus.In a similar vein, Paul in Philippians 4:5, gives a profound statement as a reminder to the Church that "The Lord is at hand." Loaded with depth and life-changing truth, this statement must be understood in two ways … both holding tremendous significance for our lives today. In this episode, Nathan gives an overview of Paul's statement and invites you to listen to the full-length message on the NRJohnson Sermon Podcast.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/173/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 172There is a "secret" to prayer – praying with tears and anguish.Something happens when you gain God's heart and burden for the world and you begin to carry His burden with tears and a anguish of prayer.In this episode, we listen to a short "Bravehearted Thot" by David Wilkerson on "A Call to Anguish" and the necessity of experiencing anguish – coming from the response of Nehemiah when the walls of Jerusalem were found unbuilt.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/172/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 171You may pray … but do you have a "desperate" prayer life?Leonard Ravenhill was a great man of God who had a passion for revival and a deep burden for prayer. Spending hours a day in prayer himself, he often talked about the necessity of not merely going through the motions of prayer, but travailing in prayer and intercession.In this powerful exhortation, Leonard Ravenhill uses Hannah's burden and prayer from 1 Samuel 1 to talk about desperate prayer … while highlighting the prayer lives of Ravenhill's favorite Christian prayer warriors – like Duncan Campbell, Rees Howell, John Hyde, Edward Payson, EM Bounds, David Brainerd, AW Tozer, And Robert Murray M'Cheyne.Be inspired in your prayer life with this message called "Desperate Prayer" by Leonard Ravenhill.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/171/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 170Many of our prayer lives consists of a list of wants and needs. But prayer is so much more than making requests of God.As we spend time with God daily in prayer, we need to remember there are a variety of ways to pray and our prayer lives should incorporate not just requests but thanksgiving, intercession, praise, fellowship, and more. In this episode, Nathan Johnson examines five important types of prayer that you should include in your prayer life.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/170/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 169Knowing our God and recognizing His voice is essential when we come to prayer.John 10 reminds us that Jesus is the Good Shepherd and that His sheep know His voice. But how can we know the voice of our Shepherd and how can we recognize Him from the other noises and distractions from the "imposters" speaking today.In this episode, Nathan Johnson talks about John 10 and not only how important it is to know His voice, but gives a couple of ideas on how to attune your ear to His voice.View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/169/

Deeper Christian Podcast • Episode 168As Christians, we know prayer is important – so we check it off our list, say a quick thanks before a meal, and maybe a few minutes before we fall asleep.But do you actually have a burden, a passion, for prayer? Do you long to spend time in prayer … or is it a duty a chore, an obligation?Pray isn't meant to be a "have to" – prayer is a "get to" – we get to spend time with the King of the Universe. We get to have intimacy and oneness with Jesus.In this day, as things grow increasingly more dark and difficult, it is all the more imperative that Christians rise up and gain God's heart and burden for the world – that we become passionate about prayer.In this episode, we discuss the importance of having a passion for prayer and look at a few examples throughout Christian history of individuals who were willing to give themselves to prayer.As EM Bounds so rightly stated, "These days of ours have [desperate] need of a generation of praying men, a band of men and women through whom God can bring his great and his greatest movements more fully into the world. … A breed of Christian is greatly needed who will seek tirelessly after God—who will give him no rest, day and night, until he hearkens to their cry. The times demand praying men who are all athirst for God’s glory, who are broad and unselfish in their desires, quenchless for God, who seek him late and early, and who will give themselves no rest until the whole earth be filled with his glory."View the shownotes for this episode and get other Christ-centered teaching and resources at: deeperChristian.com/168/