Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

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Episode 34 (SKIPPED 33 in 2018)

Acts 13:1-3

1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas,Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

Discerning to what to do next in 2007 and 2008.

2007: Group helped me understand why not to go to Mexico. Timing and Scripture helped me decide to go to Joey.

2008: Before meeting could not see how group could unite…

Challenge: Pick something you have been wanting to know God’s will about. Gather together at least three Christians and ask them to help you discern what God’s will is.

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Episode originally 17.9.2.D, taken from 9.3.D in 2026

Threads Not Cat Treats

Story about cat under the bed…

Psalm 32:8-9

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

   I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Do not be like the horse or the mule,

   which have no understanding

but must be controlled by bit and bridle

   or they will not come to you.

1. What are the consistent threads of what God’s been doing in your life?
   1. Reflection time
   2. Look over journal
   3. Look through Bible margin notes
   4. Ask people closest to you

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Episode 32

Constant Use

Training on Electrical Outlets

Hebrews 5:12-14

12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

Challenge: Read and apply something from the Bible each day this week.

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

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Episode

Monk: Our primary work is prayer

My parents’ secret to raising kids…

Prayer is powerful to change my surroundings, but more and more I am finding talking with Jesus changing me.

My fear is that you’ve already become satisfied with your level of prayer.

1st John 3:1-3

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Tim Urban, How and Why Spacex will Colonize Mars, https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html/3, August 16, 2015

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Mars and Prayer

Episode 30

Approach prayer as something you are learning:

“It was liberating to me to understand that prayer involved a learning process. I was set free to question, to experiment, even to fail, for I knew I was learning.” (Foster, p.36)

Lots of ways to learn, but one to focus on this week: learn from experts. Story of Elon Musk knowing nothing about rockets to starting SpaceX

“To supplement his reading, Musk asked a lot of questions of a lot of people. (Rocket expert Jim) Cantrell, who calls Musk “by far the single smartest person that I have ever worked with,” says that Musk “hired as many of my colleagues in the rocket and spacecraft business that were willing to consult with him” and that “it was as if he would suck the experience out of them.” (Urban)

How does this relate to prayer:

“As I was learning I sought out persons who seemed to experience greater power and effectiveness in prayer than I and I asked them to teach me everything they knew.” (Foster, p.37)

Challenge: This week, go to someone like Foster describes and ask them to teach you everything they know about prayer.

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

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29 Back to Sleep

Journal

Conversation with another man in ministry. Waking up and not able to fall back to sleep. Journaling prayers.

Psalm 90 shows a depth of heart and thought. It is crafted, and yet it is raw. It is a prayer very different from how we normally pray.

Challenge:

At least two times this week write out your prayer as you spend time with Jesus. Try to go for a longer prayer time than is typical for you.

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Episode 17.8.3.D (Re-aired as episode 28 in 2018)

Slurpee Prayer

Night at FnC where we got drinks and went to parking garage

Because conversation comes more naturally when…

Make it your own: my roof by the orange trees

What beverage or food?

Where?

How often?

Worth a project to make it easier to get to: the ladder I built

All Show Notes: http://www.flighttrainingpodcast.wordpress.com

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Episode 27 Do I have to rest?

Forced to play sports growing up

So we are nearing the end of our time on Sabbath and we have spent most of our time in the Old Testament. Anytime you are reading commands just from OT, begs the question of what Christians are supposed to do with it.

Hebrews 4:1-11

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.[a] 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,

“So I declared on oath in my anger,

   ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”[b]

And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”[c] 5 And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”

6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:

“Today, if you hear his voice,

   do not harden your hearts.”[d]

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[e] just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

So while I would not say a specific sabbath command with a thousand sub-commands is necessary, this passage is pretty clear there should still be some sort of rest in our life.

Important way to approach this, not what do I have to do but what can God give me

Mark 2:27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

The principles of the Old Testament teachings on sabbath can help guide us:

1. Rest is about more than recovery from weakness
2. Rest helps us see God as our provider (and be thankful)
3. Sabbath is meant to be a delight, a gift.
4. Fear and doubt are the wrong reasons to put off rest

But what could it really look like in our life. Well you have tried a couple of times based around one day in seven. This week’s challenge is a different way. Conversation with Joey about early mornings.

Challenge:

2 hours a day of rest. Could do 1 hour meals twice a day. Could do something else.

All Show Notes: http://www.flighttrainingpodcast.wordpress.com

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Episode 26

Exodus 16:2-30

In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?” 8 Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”

Grumbling about wants, against who?

9 Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”

10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud.

11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”

13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[a] for each person you have in your tent.’”

17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”

20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers[b] for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”

24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. 26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. 28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you[c] refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? 29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

What does this story teach us:

1. God as provider
2. Sabbath breaking was over fear/doubt
3. God will take care of us and bless us enough to be able to rest

Challenge:

1. We are going to take a sunset to sunset sabbath
2. First write out your fears about taking such a rest
3. Pray over list, ask for God to provide for you, attempt to trust Him as you rest.

All Show Notes: http://www.flighttrainingpodcast.wordpress.com

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Jake’s college laugh

Every day you act like you don’t have enough time, and then every day I give you another day.

John 3:27

To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.

Challenge: Enjoy a gift from God this week.

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Episode 24

Know the Rules Before You Break the Rules

Film classes

This month we are going to be talking about Sabbath. A lot of nuance to how important is it, how do you do it, is a command for Christians…

But it is one of the ten commandments (same list as don’t commit adultery and don’t murder). And before we get very far in our discussion of sabbath, I want you to start by just experiencing it.

Here’s the command

Exodus 20:8-11

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth,the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day.Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

• You (and family you have direct authority over), do no work on one full day this week. That means no job, and it means no chores.
• Furthermore, typical Jewish practice we will get into later was to honor the sabbath by not doing any commerce either. So don’t buy anything that day.
• So this will take a touch of planning (for instance what are you going to have for dinner)
• Rest, enjoy what God has given you, spend time with loved ones…

Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Episode 15

Outhouse on Rocks

Freshman debate

Looking for research to fit my argument

Those of us who are trying to put the Bible into practice often approach the Bible like I did debate research. We are looking for something that fits. We probably already have a change we want to make…

But submission is not like that. This week we are going to be talking about submitting to the Bible.

Not how Jesus describes approaching His words:

Matthew 7:24-27

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

Idea of building on the rock takes me back to one afternoon in Mexico. Two of Peluche’s brothers were digging an outhouse in front of their mom’s house. In the rock…

You build in rock because you have to.

Challenge: Read Matthew 5-7 this week and submit to one of Jesus’ commands.