web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/lydia Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:00:00 -0400 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. en-us episodic We at GRINDIT want to encourage people to keep going, to keep grinding, when life gets hard. Quitting is not an option! Randall Tucker 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. no Jesus, Christ, endure, grind, keep going, quit, death, life, heaven, throw in the towel Randall Tucker thegrinditpodcast@gmail.com https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/80 3a75313f-efef-4cbb-96dd-3a8efc28ee30 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:00:00 -0400 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Women want equality and rights and one of the greatest places to find these are in Jesus! 31:32 no Paul received the Macedonian Call from a dude in a vision. He told Silas that he felt like hey needed to hurry on to Macedonia to help spread the gospel there so they immediately headed that way. One would think that since Paul had the vision that there would be a huge crowd just waiting on them, eagerly waiting to hear the message about Jesus but what they find when they get there is crickets. They go to the river and meet some women there and in a conversation, Paul shares the gospel with a woman named Lydia. She and her friends are obedient to the message and she invites them over. Lydia was a business woman who was probably rich because she was a seller of purple which was very expensive. She is a great example for women today because she is a picture of what women say they want: equality and rights. Lydia was independent, owned a business, wealthy, and owned a house, and now her sins are forgiven and she has freedom in Christ! In fact, there are many women in the New Testament that show similar characteristics: 1. Mary Magdalene was the first person to announce Jesus' resurrection, 2. Luke records there were women among the number of disciples that had gathered in Jerusalem after the ascension of Jesus in Acts 1, 3. Philip had daughters who prophesied, 4. Priscilla and Aquila were a married couple but it was Priscilla who, many times, was the dominant character, 5. Phoebe was called a deaconess, 6. Chloe had a church that met in her house. Women, if you want equality and rights then you should turn to Jesus! women's, rights, equality, Lydia, Chloe, Mary, Magdalene Paul received the Macedonian Call from a dude in a vision. He told Silas that he felt like hey needed to hurry on to Macedonia to help spread the gospel there so they immediately headed that way. One would think that since Paul had the vision that there would be a huge crowd just waiting on them, eagerly waiting to hear the message about Jesus but what they find when they get there is crickets. They go to the river and meet some women there and in a conversation, Paul shares the gospel with a woman named Lydia. She and her friends are obedient to the message and she invites them over. Lydia was a business woman who was probably rich because she was a seller of purple which was very expensive. She is a great example for women today because she is a picture of what women say they want: equality and rights. Lydia was independent, owned a business, wealthy, and owned a house, and now her sins are forgiven and she has freedom in Christ! In fact, there are many women in the New Testament that show similar characteristics:

1. Mary Magdalene was the first person to announce Jesus' resurrection,
2. Luke records there were women among the number of disciples that had gathered in Jerusalem after the ascension of Jesus in Acts 1,
3. Philip had daughters who prophesied,
4. Priscilla and Aquila were a married couple but it was Priscilla who, many times, was the dominant character,
5. Phoebe was called a deaconess,
6. Chloe had a church that met in her house. Women, if you want equality and rights then you should turn to Jesus!

]]> Paul received the Macedonian Call from a dude in a vision. He told Silas that he felt like hey needed to hurry on to Macedonia to help spread the gospel there so they immediately headed that way. One would think that since Paul had the vision that there would be a huge crowd just waiting on them, eagerly waiting to hear the message about Jesus but what they find when they get there is crickets. They go to the river and meet some women there and in a conversation, Paul shares the gospel with a woman named Lydia. She and her friends are obedient to the message and she invites them over. Lydia was a business woman who was probably rich because she was a seller of purple which was very expensive. She is a great example for women today because she is a picture of what women say they want: equality and rights. Lydia was independent, owned a business, wealthy, and owned a house, and now her sins are forgiven and she has freedom in Christ! In fact, there are many women in the New Testament that show similar characteristics:

1. Mary Magdalene was the first person to announce Jesus' resurrection,
2. Luke records there were women among the number of disciples that had gathered in Jerusalem after the ascension of Jesus in Acts 1,
3. Philip had daughters who prophesied,
4. Priscilla and Aquila were a married couple but it was Priscilla who, many times, was the dominant character,
5. Phoebe was called a deaconess,
6. Chloe had a church that met in her house. Women, if you want equality and rights then you should turn to Jesus!

]]> https://grinditpodcast.fireside.fm/79 9c096416-d0b5-4b79-918e-6be1d19bf7bf Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:00:00 -0400 Randall Tucker full Randall Tucker Paul got the "Macedonian Call" and immediately left Troas. Procrastination should never exist in the vocabulary of a Christ follower! 27:38 no As Paul, Silas, and Timothy traveled they would start to leave for a certain city and the Holy Spirit would sometimes say "No," so they would go in a different direction. When they are in Troas, Paul has a vision of a man in Macedonia asking him to come help there so one would think since Paul has this "Macedonian Call" that things would be rockin' and rollin' but that's not the case. When Paul arrives at Philippi there's not even a synagogue to visit, there's no huge crowd welcoming him, and they didn't roll out the red carpet for him. What he found was a few women that had gathered by the river so he shares the gospel with them as they carry on a conversation. How many times have you said, "If God would just show me what I need to do I'd do it?" Would you really? Procrastination should never exist in the vocabulary of a Christ follower! procrastination, Macedonian, Call, Lydia, help As Paul, Silas, and Timothy traveled they would start to leave for a certain city and the Holy Spirit would sometimes say "No," so they would go in a different direction. When they are in Troas, Paul has a vision of a man in Macedonia asking him to come help there so one would think since Paul has this "Macedonian Call" that things would be rockin' and rollin' but that's not the case. When Paul arrives at Philippi there's not even a synagogue to visit, there's no huge crowd welcoming him, and they didn't roll out the red carpet for him. What he found was a few women that had gathered by the river so he shares the gospel with them as they carry on a conversation. How many times have you said, "If God would just show me what I need to do I'd do it?" Would you really? Procrastination should never exist in the vocabulary of a Christ follower!

]]> As Paul, Silas, and Timothy traveled they would start to leave for a certain city and the Holy Spirit would sometimes say "No," so they would go in a different direction. When they are in Troas, Paul has a vision of a man in Macedonia asking him to come help there so one would think since Paul has this "Macedonian Call" that things would be rockin' and rollin' but that's not the case. When Paul arrives at Philippi there's not even a synagogue to visit, there's no huge crowd welcoming him, and they didn't roll out the red carpet for him. What he found was a few women that had gathered by the river so he shares the gospel with them as they carry on a conversation. How many times have you said, "If God would just show me what I need to do I'd do it?" Would you really? Procrastination should never exist in the vocabulary of a Christ follower!

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