First Naples Podcast

Jesus is the Better Priest

Hebrews 4 teaches us that we can have confidence to get mercy and help despite our sinfulness because we have a great High Priest, who is God, to advocate for us, and Man, to sympathize with us.

Jesus is the Better King

Hebrews 2 teaches us that we do not need to fear because our sovereign King entered our broken world to fix what we have broken.

Jesus is the Better Word

Hebrews begins by telling us that Jesus is the exact, exalted, and exclusive Word of God and that no other voice should be louder in our lives than His.

Calm - Meditate on the Goodness and Mercy of God

At the end of the Psalm, David calls us to meditate on God’s goodness despite the chaos and His mercy that will eternally sustain us.

Calm - Let Go of the Shadows and Look to your Shepherd

David teaches us that we can becalm in life when we let go of the shadows and look to our Shepherd.

Calm - Ask the Shepherd to Lead You

“If you don’t learn to metabolize stress well, you will be vulnerable for an emotional escape.”We will only ask the LORD to lead us when we see that His leadership is better than the lies that we believe about ourselves.

Calm - Consider Who Your Shepherd Is

The first step to being calm is to consider who your shepherd is: He is powerful and personal, sustaining and satisfying.

Miracles - Raising Lazarus

In John 11, we see that in the face of death, we can turn to and trust in Jesus because He has forever defeated death for us.

Miracles - Trust in Jesus

Trust in JesusJohn 9:1-11

Miracles - Feeding the 5,000

In John 6, we learn that Jesus knows our biggest need, uses our smallest gift, and satisfies our deepest hunger.

Miracles - Do You Want to Be Healed?

In John 5, we learn that Jesus sees people we often look past and has the power to heal our brokenness.

Miracles - The Official’s Son

In John 4, there is a contrast between superficial and saving faith. Superficial faith is a faith that Jesus does not believe in. Saving faith is a faith that believes in Jesus.

Miracles - Water into Wine

This first miracle tells us a lot about Jesus and why He came: He came to give abundant joy now and eternal joy forever. John 2 teaches us we can have joy despite our disasters, joy because of our dependence, and joy out of His death. 

Miracles - Do You Believe in Miracles?

John deliberately tells the Jesus story through the lens of 8 miracles with the last miracle being the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. John is calling us to believe in miracles, but trust in Jesus.

Be the Church - Live For Him

Live For Him2 Peter 1:3-15
“helping people love Jesus to live for Him every day.”