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    <title>GRINDIT podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Fasting”</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>We at GRINDIT want to encourage people to keep going, to keep grinding, when life gets hard. Quitting is not an option!</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Randall Tucker</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him. 
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  <title>Episode 219: Matthew 9 Part 2 Out with the Old and In with the New</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>John's disciples wanted to know why Jesus' disciples didn't fast like they do. Jesus said it's out with the old and in with the new...covenant that is...</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>27:29</itunes:duration>
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  <description>It’s the old comparison game. John’s disciples say, “We fast like the religious leaders, so why do your disciples not fast?” It’s almost as if they are asking, “Since you are the Messiah as John has told us, since you are the standard of righteousness and holiness, then why are you not teaching or making your disciples fast?” as if fasting was a standard of holiness and to some, like the religious leaders, it was. They made a huge ordeal when they were fasting and how often they fasted. But what they didn’t know is there is a bigger picture, one they don’t see nor understand. Jesus uses a Jewish wedding to paint them the picture and how he has everything under control. He lets them know there is a new covenant coming soon that he will usher in! 
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    <![CDATA[<p>It’s the old comparison game. John’s disciples say, “We fast like the religious leaders, so why do your disciples not fast?” It’s almost as if they are asking, “Since you are the Messiah as John has told us, since you are the standard of righteousness and holiness, then why are you not teaching or making your disciples fast?” as if fasting was a standard of holiness and to some, like the religious leaders, it was. They made a huge ordeal when they were fasting and how often they fasted. But what they didn’t know is there is a bigger picture, one they don’t see nor understand. Jesus uses a Jewish wedding to paint them the picture and how he has everything under control. He lets them know there is a new covenant coming soon that he will usher in!</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>It’s the old comparison game. John’s disciples say, “We fast like the religious leaders, so why do your disciples not fast?” It’s almost as if they are asking, “Since you are the Messiah as John has told us, since you are the standard of righteousness and holiness, then why are you not teaching or making your disciples fast?” as if fasting was a standard of holiness and to some, like the religious leaders, it was. They made a huge ordeal when they were fasting and how often they fasted. But what they didn’t know is there is a bigger picture, one they don’t see nor understand. Jesus uses a Jewish wedding to paint them the picture and how he has everything under control. He lets them know there is a new covenant coming soon that he will usher in!</p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 206: Matthew 6 Part 1 Impressing God or People?</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Randall Tucker</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Jesus told his disciples their righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:05</itunes:duration>
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  <description>Jesus gives his disciples some things to focus on that will help them exceed beyond the righteousness of the Pharisees. He gives them two “Don’t do’s” and three “When you’s”. These are very important because he had just told them that if their righteousness does not exceed that of the Pharisees, they cannot enter into heaven so he uses what they do as an example of what not to do if you are his disciple. He covers, doing good deeds, giving,  praying, fasting, and storing treasure. We break these down in this podcast.   
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jesus gives his disciples some things to focus on that will help them exceed beyond the righteousness of the Pharisees. He gives them two “Don’t do’s” and three “When you’s”. These are very important because he had just told them that if their righteousness does not exceed that of the Pharisees, they cannot enter into heaven so he uses what they do as an example of what not to do if you are his disciple. He covers, doing good deeds, giving,  praying, fasting, and storing treasure. We break these down in this podcast.  </p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jesus gives his disciples some things to focus on that will help them exceed beyond the righteousness of the Pharisees. He gives them two “Don’t do’s” and three “When you’s”. These are very important because he had just told them that if their righteousness does not exceed that of the Pharisees, they cannot enter into heaven so he uses what they do as an example of what not to do if you are his disciple. He covers, doing good deeds, giving,  praying, fasting, and storing treasure. We break these down in this podcast.  </p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 74: Acts 13 Part 2 It's Time To Get Going!</title>
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  <author>Randall Tucker</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Do you fast? That's exactly what the church leaders were doing when God called Barnabas and Saul (Paul) to start their journey to take the gospel to the Gentiles.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:36</itunes:duration>
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  <description>When the church leaders at Antioch were in a time of prayer and fasting the Holy Spirit gave clear direction, "Set apart Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work which I have called them to do." In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus talks about fasting as if he assumed we would be people who fast. Do you fats? Why or why not? We know from Acts 9 the work the Lord called Paul to do was take the gospel to the Gentiles. Acts 13 is the start of what we call the "First Missionary Journey" and as we go through the rest of this chapter we discuss some highlights and one of the things we see real quick is this "church" stuff isn't going to be easy for Paul and Barnabas. Persecution starts almost immediately! 
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    <![CDATA[<p>When the church leaders at Antioch were in a time of prayer and fasting the Holy Spirit gave clear direction, &quot;Set apart Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work which I have called them to do.&quot; In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus talks about fasting as if he assumed we would be people who fast. Do you fats? Why or why not? We know from Acts 9 the work the Lord called Paul to do was take the gospel to the Gentiles. Acts 13 is the start of what we call the &quot;First Missionary Journey&quot; and as we go through the rest of this chapter we discuss some highlights and one of the things we see real quick is this &quot;church&quot; stuff isn&#39;t going to be easy for Paul and Barnabas. Persecution starts almost immediately!</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>When the church leaders at Antioch were in a time of prayer and fasting the Holy Spirit gave clear direction, &quot;Set apart Barnabas and Saul (Paul) for the work which I have called them to do.&quot; In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus talks about fasting as if he assumed we would be people who fast. Do you fats? Why or why not? We know from Acts 9 the work the Lord called Paul to do was take the gospel to the Gentiles. Acts 13 is the start of what we call the &quot;First Missionary Journey&quot; and as we go through the rest of this chapter we discuss some highlights and one of the things we see real quick is this &quot;church&quot; stuff isn&#39;t going to be easy for Paul and Barnabas. Persecution starts almost immediately!</p>]]>
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