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    <title>The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast) - Episodes Tagged with “Bible Quotes”</title>
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    <description>In his weekly Catholic Bible study podcast, Jeff shares faith tips and scripture truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Jeff shares personal tips and scriptural truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ. </itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>In his weekly Catholic Bible study podcast, Jeff shares faith tips and scripture truths to help you live as a modern-day disciple of Jesus Christ.
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  <title>You Can’t Change the People You Want to Change!</title>
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We’ve all had family members and friends that we wish we could change, especially when we see them making decisions that clash with Catholic teaching, but you can’t force someone to follow rules (even if you know it would make them happier in the long run). Jeff offers some Scripture verses to help us better understand this concept and learn how to bring people to Christ first, so that they will choose to follow his commandments out of love, not just duty.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>35:24</itunes:duration>
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  <description>We’ve all had family members and friends that we wish we could change, especially when we see them making decisions that clash with Catholic teaching, but you can’t force someone to follow rules (even if you know it would make them happier in the long run). 
Jeff offers some Scripture verses to help us better understand this concept and learn how to bring people to Christ first, so that they will choose to follow his commandments out of love, not just duty.
Snippet from the Show
“We can argue on topics all day long, but if we don’t know the basic proclamation of the gospel and bring Christ to people, we’re not going to see much change at all. The one who can change their heart is the one who doesn’t change.”
3 Ways to Get the Shownotes!
* Find this episode at ascensionpress.com/thejeffcavinsshow
* Text “jeffcavins” to 33-777
* Email us at thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com
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    <![CDATA[<p>We’ve all had family members and friends that we wish we could change, especially when we see them making decisions that clash with Catholic teaching, but you can’t force someone to follow rules (even if you know it would make them happier in the long run). </p>

<p>Jeff offers some Scripture verses to help us better understand this concept and learn how to bring people to Christ first, so that they will choose to follow his commandments out of love, not just duty.</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show<br>
“We can argue on topics all day long, but if we don’t know the basic proclamation of the gospel and bring Christ to people, we’re not going to see much change at all. The one who can change their heart is the one who doesn’t change.”</em></p>

<p><strong>3 Ways to Get the Shownotes!</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>Find this episode at ascensionpress.com/thejeffcavinsshow</li>
<li>Text “jeffcavins” to 33-777</li>
<li>Email us at <a href="mailto:thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We’ve all had family members and friends that we wish we could change, especially when we see them making decisions that clash with Catholic teaching, but you can’t force someone to follow rules (even if you know it would make them happier in the long run). </p>

<p>Jeff offers some Scripture verses to help us better understand this concept and learn how to bring people to Christ first, so that they will choose to follow his commandments out of love, not just duty.</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show<br>
“We can argue on topics all day long, but if we don’t know the basic proclamation of the gospel and bring Christ to people, we’re not going to see much change at all. The one who can change their heart is the one who doesn’t change.”</em></p>

<p><strong>3 Ways to Get the Shownotes!</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>Find this episode at ascensionpress.com/thejeffcavinsshow</li>
<li>Text “jeffcavins” to 33-777</li>
<li>Email us at <a href="mailto:thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Falling in "Like" with Jesus</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>If the greatest commandment is to love God, how do we know if we’re actually doing it, or if we’re just falling in “like” with Jesus? To answer this question, Jeff uses Scripture passages on what it means to truly love God. He unpacks what this means for us as disciples who not only SAY they love Jesus, but ACT like they love Jesus. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>If the greatest commandment is to love God, how do we know if we’re actually doing it, or if we’re just falling in “like” with Jesus? To answer this question, Jeff uses Scripture passages on what it means to truly love God. He unpacks what this means for us as disciples who not only SAY they love Jesus, but ACT like they love Jesus. 
Check out Jeff’s episode, Created for Love, Settling for Likes, for even more Scripture on this topic.
Snippet from the Show
“We can only obey what we know. If we want to be obedient to God, we have to have some plan to get to know what’s expected of us. That’s what Bible study is about.”
SHOWNOTES
Matthew 20:20-28 - “Then the mother of the sons of Zeb′edee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, “Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.’ But Jesus answered, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We are able.’ He said to them, ‘You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.’ And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’”
Matthew 22:36-40 - “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
John 14:15 - “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
Romans 1:5 - “through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations”
John 1:6 - “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth”
Luke 6:46 - “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”
Luke 16:13 - “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
John 8:29 - “And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”
Want the shownotes sent directly to your inbox? Email Jeff at thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!
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    <![CDATA[<p>If the greatest commandment is to love God, how do we know if we’re actually doing it, or if we’re just falling in “like” with Jesus? To answer this question, Jeff uses Scripture passages on what it means to truly love God. He unpacks what this means for us as disciples who not only SAY they love Jesus, but ACT like they love Jesus. </p>

<p>Check out Jeff’s episode, <em>Created for Love, Settling for Likes</em>, for even more Scripture on this topic.</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show<br>
“We can only obey what we know. If we want to be obedient to God, we have to have some plan to get to know what’s expected of us. That’s what Bible study is about.”</em></p>

<p><strong>SHOWNOTES</strong></p>

<p>Matthew 20:20-28 - “Then the mother of the sons of Zeb′edee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, “Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.’ But Jesus answered, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We are able.’ He said to them, ‘You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.’ And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’”</p>

<p>Matthew 22:36-40 - “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”</p>

<p>John 14:15 - “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”</p>

<p>Romans 1:5 - “through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations”</p>

<p>John 1:6 - “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth”</p>

<p>Luke 6:46 - “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”</p>

<p>Luke 16:13 - “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”</p>

<p>John 8:29 - “And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”</p>

<p>Want the shownotes sent directly to your inbox? Email Jeff at <a href="mailto:thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com</a>. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>If the greatest commandment is to love God, how do we know if we’re actually doing it, or if we’re just falling in “like” with Jesus? To answer this question, Jeff uses Scripture passages on what it means to truly love God. He unpacks what this means for us as disciples who not only SAY they love Jesus, but ACT like they love Jesus. </p>

<p>Check out Jeff’s episode, <em>Created for Love, Settling for Likes</em>, for even more Scripture on this topic.</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show<br>
“We can only obey what we know. If we want to be obedient to God, we have to have some plan to get to know what’s expected of us. That’s what Bible study is about.”</em></p>

<p><strong>SHOWNOTES</strong></p>

<p>Matthew 20:20-28 - “Then the mother of the sons of Zeb′edee came up to him, with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, ‘What do you want?’ She said to him, “Command that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.’ But Jesus answered, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We are able.’ He said to them, ‘You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.’ And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus called them to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.’”</p>

<p>Matthew 22:36-40 - “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”</p>

<p>John 14:15 - “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”</p>

<p>Romans 1:5 - “through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations”</p>

<p>John 1:6 - “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth”</p>

<p>Luke 6:46 - “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”</p>

<p>Luke 16:13 - “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”</p>

<p>John 8:29 - “And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”</p>

<p>Want the shownotes sent directly to your inbox? Email Jeff at <a href="mailto:thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com</a>. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Created for Love, Settling for Likes</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Ascension</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We are created to be loved, and to love others. But it’s easy to settle for likes. We feel a boost of ego when someone leaves a flattering comment or shares our post, and it’s satisfying … to a point. But deep inside we all want to be loved, not just liked. Jeff brings up Scripture passages on what it means to be created for love and talks about the things that hold us back from pursuing authentic love.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>34:08</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>We are created to be loved, and to love others. But it’s easy to settle for likes. We feel a boost of ego when someone leaves a flattering comment or shares our post, and it’s satisfying … to a point. But deep inside we all want to be loved, not just liked. 
Jeff brings up Scripture passages on what it means to be created for love and talks about the things that hold us back from pursuing authentic love.
Do you have comments or questions for Jeff? Use the comment box below, or email Jeff at thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!
Snippet from the Show
“We are created for love, but we settle for likes because of fear, anger, hurt, woundedness, ego, inconvenience, love of money—all of these things can stop us.”
SHOWNOTES
John 15:13 
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
CCC 545 
“Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: ‘I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’ He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Father's boundless mercy for them and the vast ‘joy in heaven over one sinner who repents’. The supreme proof of his love will be the sacrifice of his own life ‘for the forgiveness of sins".
John 13:34 
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”
John 17:26 
“I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 3:16 
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 14:21 
“He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
Ephesians 5:25 
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her”
John 1:18 
“No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.”
What stops the love of God?
Fear – fear of opening up your heart 
Anger – unresolved conflict in our hearts
Hurt – go to confession and profess your desire to grow closer to God
Woundedness – wounds from our lives that stop us from receiving the love of God
Jealousy, Envy, and Inconvenience
Ego – believing that we can do it all on our own
Love of Money and Career - are our careers keeping us from loving those around us?
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    <![CDATA[<p>We are created to be loved, and to love others. But it’s easy to settle for likes. We feel a boost of ego when someone leaves a flattering comment or shares our post, and it’s satisfying … to a point. But deep inside we all want to be loved, not just liked. </p>

<p>Jeff brings up Scripture passages on what it means to be created for love and talks about the things that hold us back from pursuing authentic love.</p>

<p>Do you have comments or questions for Jeff? Use the comment box below, or email Jeff at <a href="mailto:thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com</a>. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show<br>
“We are created for love, but we settle for likes because of fear, anger, hurt, woundedness, ego, inconvenience, love of money—all of these things can stop us.”</em></p>

<p><strong>SHOWNOTES</strong></p>

<p>John 15:13 <br>
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”</p>

<p>CCC 545 <br>
“Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: ‘I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’ He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Father&#39;s boundless mercy for them and the vast ‘joy in heaven over one sinner who repents’. The supreme proof of his love will be the sacrifice of his own life ‘for the forgiveness of sins&quot;.</p>

<p>John 13:34 <br>
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”</p>

<p>John 17:26 <br>
“I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”</p>

<p>John 3:16 <br>
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”</p>

<p>John 14:21 <br>
“He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”</p>

<p>Ephesians 5:25 <br>
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her”</p>

<p>John 1:18 <br>
“No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.”</p>

<p><strong>What stops the love of God?</strong><br>
Fear – fear of opening up your heart <br>
Anger – unresolved conflict in our hearts<br>
Hurt – go to confession and profess your desire to grow closer to God<br>
Woundedness – wounds from our lives that stop us from receiving the love of God<br>
Jealousy, Envy, and Inconvenience<br>
Ego – believing that we can do it all on our own<br>
Love of Money and Career - are our careers keeping us from loving those around us?</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>We are created to be loved, and to love others. But it’s easy to settle for likes. We feel a boost of ego when someone leaves a flattering comment or shares our post, and it’s satisfying … to a point. But deep inside we all want to be loved, not just liked. </p>

<p>Jeff brings up Scripture passages on what it means to be created for love and talks about the things that hold us back from pursuing authentic love.</p>

<p>Do you have comments or questions for Jeff? Use the comment box below, or email Jeff at <a href="mailto:thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com" rel="nofollow">thejeffcavinsshow@ascensionpress.com</a>. You may hear your question or comment in an upcoming podcast episode!</p>

<p><em>Snippet from the Show<br>
“We are created for love, but we settle for likes because of fear, anger, hurt, woundedness, ego, inconvenience, love of money—all of these things can stop us.”</em></p>

<p><strong>SHOWNOTES</strong></p>

<p>John 15:13 <br>
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”</p>

<p>CCC 545 <br>
“Jesus invites sinners to the table of the kingdom: ‘I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.’ He invites them to that conversion without which one cannot enter the kingdom, but shows them in word and deed his Father&#39;s boundless mercy for them and the vast ‘joy in heaven over one sinner who repents’. The supreme proof of his love will be the sacrifice of his own life ‘for the forgiveness of sins&quot;.</p>

<p>John 13:34 <br>
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.”</p>

<p>John 17:26 <br>
“I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”</p>

<p>John 3:16 <br>
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”</p>

<p>John 14:21 <br>
“He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”</p>

<p>Ephesians 5:25 <br>
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her”</p>

<p>John 1:18 <br>
“No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.”</p>

<p><strong>What stops the love of God?</strong><br>
Fear – fear of opening up your heart <br>
Anger – unresolved conflict in our hearts<br>
Hurt – go to confession and profess your desire to grow closer to God<br>
Woundedness – wounds from our lives that stop us from receiving the love of God<br>
Jealousy, Envy, and Inconvenience<br>
Ego – believing that we can do it all on our own<br>
Love of Money and Career - are our careers keeping us from loving those around us?</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)</a></p>]]>
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