When Your Soul Needs to Be Still - Psalm 62:1

When You Feel Far From God - James 4:8

The invitation is simple and the promise is immediate. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. James is writing to people who have drifted. And what he offers them is not a long path back. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When Your Soul Needs to Be Still - Psalm 62:1

There are two kinds of rest. The rest that comes when the difficulty resolves. And the rest that is present before any of that happens. David is describing the second. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You Feel Far From God - Acts 17:28

Paul is standing in Athens speaking to Greek philosophers. He is making the case that the God they do not know is the God in whom they already live. What he says next changes everything about how we think about God's presence. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When You're Worried About What You Don't Have - Philippians 4:19

Paul writes this from prison. He is not writing from comfortable abundance. He is writing from a place where his own needs are acutely real. And it is from that place that he offers this promise. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

When the Guilt Won't Seem to Go - Psalm 103:12

We carry things longer than we need to. The old failure that resurfaces at inconvenient moments. The sin that was confessed and forgiven and yet seems to remain in view. David's image in this psalm is one of the most important in all of Scripture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe [https://monoingles.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]