The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast) - Episodes Tagged with “God”

A Special Christmas Gift from Fr. Mike Schmitz

Ascension — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Merry Christmas! Today, Jeff talks with Fr. Mike Schmitz about his new podcast, Bible in a Year, which launches on January 1st, 2021.

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“He put you here for a reason, what is that reason? Let’s move forward and listen to his word, so that he may reveal himself through it.”

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Feel Like You're In Prison? Listen to Paul

Ascension — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:15:00 -0500

Struggling with anxiety, frustration, and depression during these covid lockdowns? Maybe all we need to do is change our perspective. Today, Jeff pulls some inspiration from St. Paul’s letters to the Philippians, Ephesians, and Colossians, to help us center our hearts in the Lord during these confusing times.

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“It is God who works in you, both to will and to work, for his pleasure.”

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What’s On God’s Bucket list For You

Ascension — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:00:00 -0500

We all have bucket lists for our lives, but have we ever asked what's on God's bucket list for us? Today, Jeff shares with us God's desires and plans for our lives revealed in Scripture. If we pause to ask God what he has in store for us, we will be surprised by God's marvelous dreams for us.

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If we pause to ask God what he has in store for us, we will be surprised by how God's dreams for us.

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Playing Hide-and-Go Seek with God

Ascension — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:00:00 -0400

There are times in our lives when we either hide from God or we feel like God is hiding from us. Today, Jeff uses Scripture to remind us that God is always searching for us no matter how much we try to hide from him. Sometimes it’s not so much about finding God, but rather it’s about letting ourselves be found by him.

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“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” - Jeremiah 29:13

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Me Me Me "Meology" vs. Theology

Ascension — Fri, 01 May 2020 15:00:00 -0400

Are we living our lives for ourselves, or for God? On today’s show, Jeff talks about perspective and how we can focus our lives on God and not ourselves.

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“If the sole objective of our lives is to make ourselves better, then we miss the mark.”

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7 Ways to One Another One: What Scripture Says about Relationships

Ascension — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:00:00 -0400

Jeff offers some words of encouragement through St. Paul’s messages to the Church during this time of COVID-19, encouraging us to be doers of the word of God, not just hearers.

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“Some of our most important relationships are the ones at home.”

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What Is Essential?

Ascension — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:00:00 -0400

When so many things are stripped away, we’re left to examine what’s most important. Jeff discusses how we can simplify our lives by discovering the things that are essential, and taking away the things that distract us from what matters most.

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This Is for All the Lonely People

Ascension — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0500

The holidays are a time to spend with the people we love, but at times, this merely highlights the isolation of those who are separated from their family and friends, or even those surrounded by people, but who still feel alone.

So if you’re one of those people, this episode is for you. Jeff shows us how the Bible addresses loneliness and isolation, and reveals that we are not actually alone if we put our trust in the Lord.

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From the beginning of Scripture to the very end, God is mindful of the lonely. It’s in our loneliness that God invites us to be with him. Even his name ‘Emmanuel’ or ‘God with us’ is powerful. It’s an invitation to rest in him.

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Created for Love, Settling for Likes

Ascension — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:00:00 -0400

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.

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“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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What To Do About Bedwetting (and Other Personal Embarrassments)

Ascension — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:00:00 -0400

Jeff shares the feelings of shame and isolation he faced as a kid struggling with bedwetting. Even if you never wet the bed, experiencing embarrassment and even self-loathing because of a perceived flaw is something we can all relate to.

Jeff shares tips on how to react to someone experiencing these feelings, and points out that we’re not defined by those imperfections. We’re defined by our relationship with Jesus, and he will always look on us with love.

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“What we perceive as some kind of stigma or impediment does not define us. We’re defined by the blood of the lamb and the relationship we have with Jesus.”

SHOWNOTES
Tips for dealing with bedwetting:

Be Patient - This is not something you can’t cope with.
Realize that they may think their self-identity is in the balance, and that struggle is more important than your convenience.
Love and affirm them as sons and daughters of God.
Make sure they know they are not defined by this.
Offer up your inconvenience to the Lord.

1 Peter 4:8 - Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

John 9:1 - As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Silo′am” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

Colossians 1:24 - “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church.”

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What Do You Smell Like to God?

Ascension — Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 -0400

Did you know God likes certain aromas and smells? It’s not the literal smell that finds favor with God, but the meaning behind the smell. For example, the smell of incense represents prayer going up to heaven, which God loves.

Jeff breaks down the four favorite aromas of God in today’s episode: prayer, repentance, kerygma, and loving sacrifice. He also reads out some feedback and answers questions from listeners.

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!

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“God commanded the priests of Israel to continually burn aromatic incense ... but it wasn’t simply the fragrance itself that pleased God, but what it represented: the constant prayers of his people.”

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