1010 Thrive

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A daily podcast each weekday sharing Biblical truth designed to help listeners find hope, meaning and fulfillment in life. Each weekday we air a new episode that features a devotional grounded in our 10-10 principles. Many episodes include original music and dramatizations.

  1. 22h ago

    Best of Replay (Episode 1205)

    In today’s episode, we explored how Jesus models true friendship, exemplified in His encounter with Mary Magdalene, who carried a past filled with shame and regrets. Even in her fear of unworthiness, Jesus gently reassured her that His love and grace covered every stain of her past, declaring her cleansed, accepted, and deeply cherished. This conversation demonstrates Jesus’ profound empathy and unwavering commitment to restoring dignity to those who feel disqualified by their history. Beyond words, Jesus embodied the essence of friendship through His actions: eating with outcasts, defending His disciples, sharing in grief, and vulnerably inviting His closest companions into His moments of anguish. He treated His friends with patience, shared His mission with them, and extended forgiveness and acceptance, even to those who would fail Him. These patterns reveal that Jesus’ friendship is not shallow or conditional but rooted in a steadfast love that embraces us at our worst and calls us into our redeemed identity. As we reflect on Jesus as Friend, we see that He invites us into a relationship marked by trust, love, and shared purpose, not because we are perfect, but because His grace is perfect. His friendship reminds us that our past does not define us, and we are fully known and fully loved by Him. Today, let us embrace His friendship with gratitude, live in the freedom it brings, and extend that same grace-filled friendship to others, reflecting Jesus’ heart to a world that needs it deeply.

    10 min

  2. 1d ago

    Best of Replay (Episode 1204)

    In this episode of 10:10 Thrive, we explore Jesus’ teaching from Luke 11:5–8, where He shares the parable of a friend knocking at midnight to ask for bread, emphasizing the importance of shameless audacity in prayer. Jesus had just taught His disciples the Lord’s Prayer, and this parable immediately followed, illustrating that prayer is not simply a formal recitation but a bold, persistent coming to the Father with our real needs. In a culture where hospitality was a sacred duty, the image of a desperate host knocking at midnight would resonate deeply, showing that God welcomes our persistent prayers even when they seem inconvenient or repetitive. Jesus uses this parable not to compare God to a reluctant neighbor but to contrast them, teaching a “lesser-to-greater” lesson: if even a neighbor can be moved by persistence, how much more will a loving, attentive Father respond to our persistent prayers. The term “shameless audacity” used in the text speaks to a kind of prayer that is unembarrassed, bold, and refuses to give up, trusting that God’s heart is open to His children at all hours and in all seasons. This reframes our view of God, reminding us that He is not annoyed or inconvenienced by our repeated requests but delights in our continual coming to Him, inviting us to trust His generosity and readiness to answer. Ultimately, Jesus models this bold, persistent prayer through His own life, withdrawing often to pray, spending entire nights in prayer, and showing earnest persistence in Gethsemane. He invites us to follow His example, bringing our deepest needs to the Father with faith and persistence, believing that God hears and will respond in His perfect timing. As we live out this call to “knock at midnight,” we grow in faith and intimacy with God, experiencing the peace that comes from trusting Him fully, and learning that the Father’s door is always open, ready to provide for His children who come in faith.

    10 min

  3. 2d ago

    Best of Replay (Episode 1203)

    This episode, first broadcast in the summer of 2025, explores the profound reality that Jesus called Judas “friend” even in the moment of betrayal, revealing the steadfast and unchanging nature of Jesus’ love. Judas was not an outsider but one of the Twelve, trusted with responsibilities and included in intimate moments like the Last Supper, sharing ministry and fellowship with Jesus. Despite knowing Judas would betray Him, Jesus washed his feet, served him, and continued to love him, demonstrating a love that is not based on how others treat us but flows from God’s own faithful character. The devotional highlights that Jesus’ use of “friend” was not sarcasm but a final invitation to repentance, showing the depth of His mercy and the dignity He offered even to those who turned against Him. Jesus’ response teaches us to choose love over bitterness and forgiveness over vengeance, even when deeply wronged. The betrayal fulfilled Scripture and God’s redemptive plan, reminding us that even the worst human actions cannot derail the mission of salvation Jesus came to accomplish for us all. Finally, this episode challenges listeners to examine their hearts, recognizing that proximity to Jesus does not automatically mean intimacy with Him, and calls us to genuine faith and repentance. Jesus desires friendship with us and invites us to abide in Him, to love like Him even when it is costly, and to live in the freedom and forgiveness He offers. By calling even Judas “friend,” Jesus shows that His sacrificial love covers all betrayal and failure, inviting each of us to walk as His friends, trusting His unchanging love and reflecting His mercy to the world.

    10 min

  4. 3d ago

    Best of Replay (Episode 1202)

    In this episode, originally aired in the summer of 2025, we explore Jesus’ profound declaration in John 15:13–15, where He calls His disciples “friends” and anchors this friendship in His sacrificial love, stating, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” Set during the Farewell Discourse on the night before His crucifixion, this passage marks a pivotal shift in the divine-human relationship, moving from servanthood to intimate friendship rooted in love, trust, and shared knowledge of the Father’s heart. Jesus’ words foreshadow His imminent sacrifice on the cross, demonstrating the ultimate act of friendship and love that redefines how we relate to God. The “Let’s Get Deep” section unpacks how Jesus’ friendship is not superficial but a covenant marked by His sacrificial death, proving His love and commitment to us. We see that this friendship involves intimacy and shared purpose, as Jesus invites us into the Father’s plans and mission, entrusting us with the message of reconciliation and calling us to bear fruit in His name. It also includes obedience, not as a requirement to earn His friendship but as a response to His love, abiding in Him and living out His command to love others as He has loved us. Ultimately, this episode reminds us that Jesus, the Savior and King, desires to walk with us as Friend, inviting us to share our daily struggles, trust Him in every circumstance, and allow His love to shape our lives. His friendship transforms how we live, how we love others, and how we engage in His mission, rooted in the assurance that we are deeply loved, fully known, and never alone. As we embrace Jesus as our Friend, we are called to reflect His sacrificial, patient, and forgiving love to a world in need of His grace.

    10 min

  5. 4d ago

    Best of Replay (Episode 1201)

    This episode of the 10:10 Thrive Podcast is a rebroadcast of an episode originally aired in the summer of 2025. It continues the “10:10 with Jesus: A Deeper Look” series by focusing on what the Bible teaches us about Jesus as a friend. The Gospels reveal that Jesus did not merely function as a distant teacher but cultivated genuine, affectionate friendships marked by trust, support, and shared life. His close relationships with Lazarus, Mary, and Martha of Bethany demonstrate His tender compassion, willingness to grieve alongside His friends, and acceptance of devotion and hospitality. Tradition also portrays these siblings as early evangelists and symbols of faith and hope, further underscoring the depth of their relationship with Jesus. The episode also explores Jesus’ friendships with His disciples, including Peter, John, and James, who formed part of His inner circle and shared intimate moments with Him. Despite Peter’s impulsiveness and failures, Jesus restored and trusted him, while John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” experienced profound closeness with the Savior, and James shared pivotal ministry moments. The story of Jesus’ acceptance of Zacchaeus, a despised tax collector, further illustrates Jesus’ radical inclusivity, demonstrating that His friendship is extended even to societal outcasts, offering transformation and grace to those who encounter Him. These friendships reveal the character of Jesus as patient, compassionate, restoring, and radically loving, calling us to respond by cultivating a personal, faithful friendship with Him. They challenge us to extend the same gracious friendship to others, reflecting Jesus’ love to a world in need. The episode closes with the encouragement that Jesus, our Savior and Friend, desires to walk with us in every season, transforming our hearts and giving us hope, purpose, and restoration as we embrace His companionship in our daily lives.

    10 min

  6. Jul 3

    Episode 1455: Acts of the Apostles, Part 1, Ch 15-Peter

    As an old man living in Rome, Peter finds himself ministering in the heart of the empire that crucified Jesus. The church has spread far beyond anything he could have imagined as a fisherman from Bethsaida. Yet these are difficult days. Under Nero's rule, believers are facing persecution, imprisonment, torture, and death. Unable to personally visit all those who are suffering, Peter takes up his pen and begins writing what we now know as First Peter. He addresses Christians scattered throughout Asia Minor as “exiles,” reminding them that their ultimate citizenship is not tied to any earthly empire but to the kingdom of God. Though they suffer, they belong to a greater story and a greater King. In his letter, Peter encourages believers to anchor themselves in a living hope founded on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He does not minimize their pain or offer easy answers. Instead, he speaks honestly about grief, trials, and hardship while reminding them that suffering is neither meaningless nor permanent. He urges them to love one another deeply, to remain steadfast in faith, and to remember that they are part of a worldwide family enduring similar struggles. Most importantly, Peter points them back to Jesus—the One who suffered, was vindicated, and now offers hope that can survive even the darkest circumstances. Having experienced restoration firsthand, Peter speaks with conviction about God's ability to strengthen, establish, and sustain His people through every trial. Reflecting on his own life, Peter sees a pattern in God's work. Jesus called him "the Rock" long before he resembled one. Over decades, God patiently shaped him through storms, failures, corrections, and opportunities to serve. Peter no longer defines himself solely by his greatest successes or his deepest failures. He is both Simon bar Jonah and Peter—the impulsive fisherman and the apostle who helped lead the early church. His confidence rests not in his consistency but in Christ's faithfulness. As he faces the prospect of martyrdom, Peter finds peace in knowing that he has spent his life trying to fulfill the commission Jesus gave him beside a charcoal fire on the shores of Galilee: “Feed my sheep.”

    10 min

  7. Jul 2

    Episode 1454: Acts of the Apostles, Part 1, Ch 14-Peter

    Years after Pentecost and the conversion of Cornelius, Peter found himself in Antioch, one of the most diverse and vibrant centers of the early church. There, Jewish and Gentile believers worshiped, served, and shared meals together as one family in Christ. Peter freely participated in this fellowship, fully aware that God had already shown him that Gentiles were not to be considered unclean or excluded from the people of God. Yet when certain visitors arrived from Jerusalem, Peter began withdrawing from the Gentile believers. Not because he had changed his theology, but because he feared the disapproval of others. Slowly and quietly, he moved to the other side of the room, and his influence led others, including Barnabas, to do the same. The apostle Paul recognized immediately what was happening. Seeing that Peter's behavior contradicted the truth of the gospel, Paul confronted him publicly. He pointed out that Peter himself had been living in fellowship with Gentile believers and that separating from them now implied that they needed to become more Jewish in order to belong fully to God's people. Peter knew Paul was right. This was not a failure born of ignorance or confusion. It was a failure born of fear—the fear of criticism, disapproval, and conflict. Peter had preached that God shows no favoritism, yet in Antioch he was acting as though old divisions still mattered. Looking back, Peter came to see Antioch as a different kind of failure from his denial in the courtyard. The denial happened suddenly under intense pressure; Antioch happened gradually, one small compromise at a time. It was a slow drift rather than a collapse. Yet Peter also came to appreciate Paul's courage and honesty. Paul's rebuke was painful, but it protected the truth of the gospel and called Peter back to faithfulness. In time, Peter recognized that being a leader did not make him immune to error and that genuine Christian community requires the humility both to receive correction and to extend it when necessary. That, Peter concluded, is what brothers do.

    10 min

  8. Jul 1

    Episode 1453: Acts of the Apostles (Part 1, Ch 13-Peter)

    While staying in Joppa, Peter experienced a puzzling vision. A large sheet descended from heaven containing all kinds of animals, both clean and unclean according to Jewish law. Three times a voice instructed him to kill and eat, and three times Peter refused. Each time the voice replied, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." Before Peter could fully understand the vision, messengers arrived from Caesarea on behalf of Cornelius, a Roman centurion who had also received a divine visitation. Guided by the Holy Spirit, Peter accompanied them, sensing that God was orchestrating something larger than he yet understood. Upon arriving at Cornelius's house, Peter found a gathering of Gentiles eagerly waiting to hear God's message. Crossing the threshold of a Gentile home was itself a significant step for a Jewish believer of his day. As Peter listened to Cornelius describe his angelic encounter, the meaning of the rooftop vision became clear. The issue had never been food. God was challenging Peter's assumptions about people. Standing before a room full of Romans, Peter declared that God shows no favoritism but welcomes people from every nation who fear Him and seek Him. As Peter preached about Jesus, the Holy Spirit fell upon Cornelius and his household just as He had fallen upon the disciples at Pentecost. The Jewish believers accompanying Peter were astonished to witness Gentiles receiving the same gift of the Spirit. Recognizing God's unmistakable work, Peter ordered that they be baptized. When questioned later in Jerusalem, Peter recounted the entire story, and the believers rejoiced that God had granted repentance and life even to the Gentiles. Looking back, Peter realized that God had been widening the boundaries he had drawn. The kingdom of God was far larger than he had imagined, and the door of salvation was open to all who would enter through faith in Christ.

    10 min
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A daily podcast each weekday sharing Biblical truth designed to help listeners find hope, meaning and fulfillment in life. Each weekday we air a new episode that features a devotional grounded in our 10-10 principles. Many episodes include original music and dramatizations.

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    1010 Thrive -- Home of the 1010 Podcast
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    150
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