Guided by Faith: Daily Christian Devotions and Advice for Teens and Young Adults

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Guided by Faith is your go-to daily devotional podcast for teens, students, and young adults looking to strengthen their faith and Biblical worldview. In just five minutes every weekday, dive into essential topics like identity, life purpose, friendships, dating, decision-making, handling temptation, coping with grief, and living out your mission for Jesus. Parents will also find valuable insights to support their teens on their faith journey. Join Jay Holland for inspiring and practical advice that equips you to navigate life’s challenges with a strong faith foundation.

  1. 5h ago

    Ep. 532: Do Your Feelings, Culture, Or God Determine Right And Wrong?

    How do you determine whether something is truly good or evil? In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay examines the different standards people often use to determine right and wrong, including personal feelings, majority opinion, cultural norms, and human reasoning. While these standards may seem convincing, Jay explains from Scripture why they cannot provide a reliable foundation for morality. Jeremiah 17:9 reminds us that the human heart can be deceptive, while Colossians 2:8 warns believers not to be taken captive by worldly philosophies and human traditions. Through historical and modern examples, Jay challenges teens and young adults to examine whether their beliefs and choices are actually guided by God’s Word or simply shaped by what feels right and what everyone else is doing. Discover why biblical truth provides a rock solid standard for right and wrong and how repentance means turning away from the ways of the world and toward God’s way of life. Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 532: Do Your Feelings, Culture, Or God Determine Right And Wrong?

  2. 1d ago

    Ep. 531: How Do I Determine Right From Wrong?

    How do you know what is truly right or wrong in a world where culture, personal feelings, and popular opinion constantly change? In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay explores how Christians can discern good from evil and why cultural norms, conscience, and majority opinion cannot provide a reliable absolute standard for morality. Looking at examples from history and modern culture, Jay challenges teens and young adults to examine the areas of life where they may be accepting something simply because it is considered normal. From entertainment and relationships to language, money, and the pursuit of power, Christians are called to measure their choices against the truth of God’s Word. Drawing from Judges 21 and Psalm 139, Jay encourages listeners to ask God to search their hearts, reveal anything that does not align with His truth, and lead them toward repentance. Discover why the Bible provides an unchanging foundation for knowing right from wrong and how learning biblical discernment can shape the way you live and talk with others. Listen and Subscribe: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network.  For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 531: How Do I Determine Right From Wrong?

  3. 4d ago

    Ep. 530: Live Humble, Live Grateful

    In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay wraps up the week by challenging Christian teens and young adults to live with humility and gratitude because of who God has made them to be. Reflecting on Psalm 8, Jay considers the majesty of God’s creation and the incredible truth that human beings are made in God’s image and, through faith in Jesus Christ, can become children of God. These foundational truths are not achievements we earn but gifts God has given us, giving us every reason to approach life with humility rather than pride and gratitude rather than entitlement. Jay encourages young believers to recognize their responsibility and accountability as image bearers while remaining amazed that the Creator knows, loves, and cares for them. Even in seasons of hardship, Christians can live with joy and hope because their future is secure in Christ and they are made for eternity. This episode is an encouragement to live humbly, live gratefully, and fully embrace the life God has given you. Listen and Subscribe: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 530: Live Humble, Live Grateful

  4. 5d ago

    Ep. 529: God Doesn't Love You Less When You Fail

    In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay explores the reassuring truth that God does not love His children less when they fail. While our mistakes, sins, and poor choices have real consequences and should lead us toward repentance, our failures do not cause God to withdraw His love from those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ. Jay reflects on his own journey of faith and points to the powerful promises of Romans 8, reminding Christian teens and young adults that nothing in all creation can separate believers from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Our relationship with God is not based on perfect performance but on the finished work of Jesus, giving us the freedom to repent, receive forgiveness, return to fellowship with God, and pursue holiness. If you are struggling with guilt, failure, or feeling unworthy of God’s love, this episode offers a powerful reminder that you are not beyond His grace and that His unchanging love gives you the freedom to come back to Him. Listen and Subscribe: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 529: God Doesn't Love You Less When You Fail

  5. 6d ago

    Ep. 528: God Doesn't Love You More When You Succeed

    In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay explores the freedom that comes from understanding God’s unconditional love for His children. Many teens and young adults struggle with a performance mindset, believing that God loves them more when they succeed, get good grades, excel in sports, serve faithfully, or make good choices, and loves them less when they fail. Jay points to Romans 5:8, reminding us that God demonstrated His love for us while we were still sinners and that Jesus gave Himself for us completely. Our identity and value before God are not based on achievement, productivity, success, or perfection. Instead, those who have placed their faith in Jesus are fully loved by God and can live, serve, work hard, and pursue excellence from a place of security rather than striving for God’s approval. This episode encourages Christian teens and young adults to let go of performance based faith and find the freedom to pursue God and live boldly because they are already deeply loved by their Heavenly Father. Listen and Subscribe: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 528: God Doesn't Love You More When You Succeed

  6. Sep 8

    Ep. 527: How Has Your Dad Affected Your View of God?

    In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay explores how our relationship with our earthly father can influence the way we understand and relate to God as our Heavenly Father. Through Romans 8 and the biblical picture of adoption, Jay explains that God invites His children into a close and personal relationship with Him, but experiences with an absent, distant, or abusive father can sometimes make it difficult to see God accurately. Drawing from his own experience with a loving and faithful dad, Jay contrasts the imperfections of earthly fathers with the perfect character of God, who is loving, good, patient, present, and committed to His children. For teens and young adults who have experienced father wounds or struggled to understand God as Father, this episode offers encouragement and the reminder that God is not defined by our earthly relationships. In Christ, we can know the perfect Father who loves us, disciplines us for our good, and promises to work all things together for those who love Him. Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 527: How Has Your Dad Affected Your View of God?

  7. Sep 7

    Ep. 526: We Are Not All God's Children

    In this episode of Guided by Faith, Jay explores what it truly means to be a child of God and challenges the common belief that everyone is automatically God’s child. Through passages including John 1, Romans 8, 1 John 3, Romans 9, and John 8, Jay explains that becoming a child of God happens through faith in Jesus Christ, not through physical descent, good works, accomplishments, or simply being created by God. As a child of God, believers are given the Holy Spirit, new desires, and a desire to please their Heavenly Father by living according to His ways and loving others. Jay also emphasizes that the invitation to become a child of God through Jesus is available to everyone, encouraging teens and young adults to consider whether they have personally placed their faith in Christ and to praise God for the incredible identity and privilege of being His child. Listen and Subscribe: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network.  For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 526: We Are Not All God's Children

  8. Sep 4

    Ep. 525: What Does it Mean to Bear the Image of God?

    In Episode 525 of Guided by Faith, Jay takes a deeper look at what it means to be created in the image of God and why this truth matters for Christian identity. Drawing from Genesis 1:27, he explains that being an image bearer means reflecting aspects of God through our ability to reason, create, innovate, make moral and ethical decisions, steward creation, build relationships, and recognize the God given value of every human soul. Because every person bears God’s image, every individual has dignity and worth regardless of their wealth, achievements, reputation, abilities, or social status. Jay also reminds Christian teens and young adults that being an image bearer comes with responsibility because we are called to represent God faithfully in the world. Most importantly, the value of your soul is demonstrated by the priceless sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This episode encourages you to reject the lies that diminish your worth, believe the truth of Scripture, and live confidently as someone created in the image of God. Listen and Subscribe: [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify] Connect with Us: Website: www.guidedbyfaith.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GuidedbyFaithPodcastInstagram: @guidedbyfaith_podcast If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review on your favorite podcast platform and share it with friends who might benefit from this message. ***Pick up a copy of Jay’s new Journal: Renewed: The 365-Day Christian Gratitude Journal https://amzn.to/3MLWavl Guided By Faith is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    Ep. 525: What Does it Mean to Bear the Image of God?
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Guided by Faith is your go-to daily devotional podcast for teens, students, and young adults looking to strengthen their faith and Biblical worldview. In just five minutes every weekday, dive into essential topics like identity, life purpose, friendships, dating, decision-making, handling temptation, coping with grief, and living out your mission for Jesus. Parents will also find valuable insights to support their teens on their faith journey. Join Jay Holland for inspiring and practical advice that equips you to navigate life’s challenges with a strong faith foundation.

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