Become New with John Ortberg

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Join John Ortberg each day for 10 minutes of spiritual guidance on the person we are becoming.

  1. 1d ago

    65. The Right Way to Start Your Day

    What's the right way to wake up? In this reflection on Psalm 5, John Ortberg continues the daily rhythm begun in Psalm 4. Evening is the time of peace.  Morning is the time of hope. And don't worry: you don't have to become a morning person. John explores how Psalm 5 gives us a practical way to begin an ordinary day with God, even when we wake up carrying heavy burdens, difficult circumstances, or unanswered questions. Drawing from the ancient Christian invitation Sursum corda, “Lift up your hearts,” and the wisdom of Francis de Sales, John invites us to preview the coming day with God. What meetings are ahead? Who will you encounter? Where might you be tempted? Where might you have an opportunity to serve or encourage someone? Bring your actual day to God. Then wait expectantly. Maybe we shouldn't call the thing that wakes us an “alarm clock” at all. As John puts it, perhaps we need a resurrection clock. God has given you another day. This one will never come again. In this episode: Psalm 5 as a morning prayerThe rhythm of Psalms 3, 4, and 5Why you don't have to be a morning personWaking up with God when life feels heavySursum corda: Lift up your heartsWhy waking shouldn't begin with alarmFrancis de Sales on morning prayerPreviewing your day with GodPreparing for difficult interactionsLooking for opportunities to serveWhy morning is the time of hopeThe “resurrection clock”Living this day surrounded by God's careScriptures:  Psalm 3:5 • Psalm 4 • Psalm 5 • Proverbs 27:14 • Psalm 118:24 #Psalm5 #JohnOrtberg #MorningPrayer #Psalms #Prayer #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #MorningRoutine #Hope 🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 The Right Way to Wake Up  00:23 Psalms 4 & 5: Evening and Morning  00:46 I Wake Because the Lord Sustains Me  01:03 God's Kingdom, Not Mine  01:15 You Don't Have to Be a Morning Person  01:42 All Time Is God's Time  02:11 When You Wake Up Heavy  02:54 Every Morning Is a Resurrection  03:22 Map Out the Coming Day  03:40 Sursum Corda: Lift Up Your Hearts 04:01 Living Today in God's Hands 04:30 Why Do We Call It an Alarm Clock? 05:14 Don't Wake Up Alarmed 05:40 Psalm 5: The Morning Prayer 06:33 Preview Your Day With God 07:21 Prepare for Difficult People 07:47 Look for Opportunities to Serve 08:27 Talk Through Your Day With God 08:45 Wait Expectantly 09:01 You Need a Resurrection Clock 09:11 This Is the Day the Lord Has Made 09:32 Two Ways to Live Today 10:27 Surrounded by God's Favor 10:47 This Day Will Never Come Again 11:10 Wake Up, for God's Sake!

    65. The Right Way to Start Your Day

  2. 2d ago

    64. The Right Way to Go to Sleep

    Did you know the Bible gives us a way to go to sleep? In this reflection on Psalm 4, John Ortberg explores what sleep can teach us about surrender, control, prayer, and trusting God. Drawing from Answering God, John points out a fascinating biblical rhythm: evening comes before morning. Genesis says, “There was evening, and there was morning.” Sabbath begins at sundown. Psalm 4 gives us an evening prayer before Psalm 5 gives us a morning prayer. Why? Because before we wake up, accomplish anything, solve anything, or even become conscious of the new day, God is already at work. Every night, sleep asks us to relinquish our grip on our work, our relationships, our problems, our thoughts, and our need for control. The world keeps turning. God remains awake. And we can rest. In this episode: Psalm 4 as an evening prayerWhy the biblical day begins at nightEugene Peterson on evening and morning prayerSleep as an act of surrenderWhy we struggle to relinquish control"Search your hearts and be silent"Historical "first sleep" and "second sleep"Reviewing your day with GodGratitude before bedPsalm 4:8 and sleeping in peaceLearning to trust God's providence while we sleepScriptures:  Psalm 3:5 • Psalm 4 • Psalm 5 • Genesis 1 • Genesis 2:2–3 #Psalm4 #JohnOrtberg #Sleep #Prayer #Psalms #EugenePeterson #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #TrustGod 🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 The Right Way to Go to Sleep  00:34 Psalm 4 & Psalm 5  01:01 I Sleep Because the Lord Sustains Me  01:26 Why Evening Comes Before Morning  01:44 Genesis, Sabbath & God's Rhythm  02:05 Who's Really in Control?  02:27 Eugene Peterson on Evening Prayer  03:05 Sleep Is the Practice of Letting Go  03:37 Why We Don't Want to Surrender Control  04:07 Psalm 4: An Evening Prayer  04:33 What False Gods Did You Chase Today?  05:08 Search Your Heart and Be Silent  05:34 First Sleep & Second Sleep  06:30 What to Do When You Can't Sleep  06:42 Review Your Day With God  07:15 Gratitude Instead of Discontent  07:38 The Right Way to Sleep  08:07 God Is God and I Am Not  08:22 Why "Sleep Like a Baby" Isn't Quite Right  08:54 Sleep Is the Friend of God  09:50 Trusting God Through the Night  10:16 Let God Look After the World  10:51 Sleep, for God's Sake

    64. The Right Way to Go to Sleep

  3. 3d ago

    63. How to Pray to Change Your Life

    What if you prayed the Psalms as if they could really help? In this reflection on Psalm 30, John Ortberg explores the difference between simply reciting Scripture and allowing its words to become our own prayer. John shares the story of Rabbi Plotkin, whose life seemed to be falling apart. His marriage was ending. His future felt uncertain. Fear and self-pity had taken over. Then one morning, as he prepared to say the same prayers he'd prayed for decades, he challenged himself: “Don't pray as you always have. This time, pray as if it could really help.” The words were the same. But the speaker was different. When he reached Psalm 30 and read, “At night you go to sleep crying. In the morning there is joy,” something changed. The ancient words suddenly became personal. That's John's invitation to us today: don't merely read Psalm 30. Pray it. Bring your actual fear, grief, need, and hope to the words. Read them as though they're addressed to you. Let the Psalms become a vessel of God's grace in your actual life. In this episode: Psalm 30 and transformational prayer How to turn Scripture into prayer Rabbi Plotkin's story of crisis and hope Why familiar words can suddenly become personal The difference between reciting and praying How the Psalms remind us we're not alone “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” Praying Scripture with your whole heart Scripture: Psalm 30 #Psalm30 #JohnOrtberg #Prayer #Psalms #PrayingScripture #BibleStudy #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #Hope #Joy 🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 How Do You Pray to Change Your Life? 00:28 Psalm 30 & Duets on Psalms 00:48 Rabbi Plotkin's Story 01:21 When Everything Is Falling Apart 01:40 The Last Straw 01:54 Fear, Despair & Self-Pity 02:20 Put Up or Shut Up Time 02:44 Pray Like It Could Really Help 03:02 Same Words, Different Speaker 03:31 At Night You Cry, In the Morning There's Joy 03:55 Suddenly, He Wasn't Alone 04:11 What Would You Take on Alone? 04:30 Nobody Can Keep You From Taking God 04:59 Hope Enters the Story 05:16 Two Friends Underline the Same Verse 05:59 Don't Just Recite the Words 06:12 Why the Psalms Can Transform Us 06:38 Pray These Words as Your Own 06:52 Psalm 30 07:28 Weeping at Night, Joy in the Morning 08:20 You Turned My Wailing Into Dancing 09:01 There's Joy

    63. How to Pray to Change Your Life

  4. 4d ago

    62. Finding God in the Dark Night of the Soul ("The Pit")

    What do you do when you find yourself in the pit? In this reflection on Psalm 30, John Ortberg explores one of the Bible's most powerful metaphors for suffering: the pit, the depths, the darkness, Sheol. Sometimes the pit is grief. Sometimes it's depression, failure, anxiety, physical pain, a broken relationship, a dream that has died, or something completely beyond our control. And sometimes the night lasts much longer than we ever imagined. John shares personally about a season when the pain didn't go away the next day...or the next. One thought became especially important: It will not always be this way. That doesn't mean circumstances will immediately improve. It doesn't even mean things can't get worse. It means that even in the darkness, God can still be found. Psalm 30 says, “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” We don't know how long the night will last. But the night doesn't get the last word. In this episode: Psalm 30 and the biblical image of "the pit" What to do when suffering overwhelms you Why "joy comes in the morning" isn't a formula or timeline Finding God in darkness Psalm 139 and finding God in Sheol How to keep going when circumstances don't improve Why we can't lift ourselves out of every pit Mourning and dancing existing together Hope when the night feels endless Scriptures: Psalm 30 • Psalm 139:8 • Genesis 37 • Jeremiah 38 • Daniel 6 • Revelation 21:4 #Psalm30 #JohnOrtberg #Psalms #Suffering #Hope #Prayer #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #Grief 🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 What to Do When You're in the Pit 00:29 What Does "the Pit" Mean? 00:58 Psalm 30 Begins 01:29 Weeping May Last for the Night 01:56 When God Feels Hidden 02:20 Bargaining With God 03:10 You Turned My Wailing Into Dancing 03:37 This Isn't a Formula or Timeline 04:04 The Biblical Image of the Pit 04:44 When Pain Takes Over Everything 05:35 When All You Can Do Is Hurt 05:46 How Long Does the Night Last? 06:06 It Will Not Always Be This Way 06:30 What If Things Get Worse? 06:52 Finding God in the Darkness 07:19 If I Make My Bed in Sheol 07:46 Remember You're Not the Only One 08:25 God Has Met Suffering People Before 08:44 Finding Meaning in the Pit 09:00 When You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going 09:22 You Can't Lift Yourself Out of the Pit 10:07 Laughter Comes Again 10:36 Mourning Becomes Dancing 10:54 God Is Lord Even Over the Pit 11:14 Don't You Give Up

    62. Finding God in the Dark Night of the Soul ("The Pit")

  5. 5d ago

    61. Can God Heal Your Mind?

    What do you do with the mess inside your mind? In this reflection on Psalm 102, John Ortberg explores how the Psalms can become a kind of divine therapy, teaching us to bring our actual thoughts, emotions, fears, and beliefs honestly into the presence of God. Drawing from Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, the ABCDE framework associated with Martin Seligman, and insights from Walter Brueggemann and Dallas Willard, John shows us a practical way to process what's happening inside us with God. Psalm 102 doesn't clean up the mess. The psalmist pours it out. Fear. Despair. Exaggeration. Loneliness. Anger. And then comes the turn: "But You, Lord..." We bring God what we're actually thinking and feeling, then allow the truth of who He is to reshape the way we see our circumstances. In this episode: - Psalm 102 and lament - What "divine therapy" might look like - Why our inner lives rarely match what we present publicly - Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - The ABCDE framework - Why lament Psalms use exaggeration and hyperbole - Walter Brueggemann on Psalm 102 - Bringing truth to our thoughts - Dallas Willard's "Eternity is now in session" - Walking through an ordinary day with the Eternal God Scripture: Psalm 102 #psalm102   #JohnOrtberg #Psalms #Prayer #MentalHealth #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #DallasWillard #Lament 📚 Today's Resources: Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed  Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life  Walter Brueggeman, Praying the Psalms: Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit  🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone  00:39 Can God Be Your Therapist?  01:04 The Mess Inside Our Minds  01:52 A Therapist's First Patient  02:33 Finally Naming What's Wrong  02:58 The Life We Present Online  03:48 Psalm 102 & Divine Therapy  04:23 The ABCDE Framework  05:07 Lament Isn't Objective Reporting  05:31 Walter Brueggemann on Psalm 102  06:24 Bring Your Actual Life to God  07:07 My Days Vanish Like Smoke  07:32 Why the Psalms Exaggerate  07:58 Pouring Out the Raw Stuff  08:28 "But You, Lord..."  09:19 Eternity Is Now in Session  09:43 Eternal Life Available Now  10:22 Living in the Presence of the Eternal One  10:53 Whatever Happens Today  11:12 Get It Out, Bring in Truth, Walk With God

    61. Can God Heal Your Mind?

  6. Aug 14

    60. Understanding Biblical Contradictions

    How do you deal with foolish people? The Bible gives a surprisingly complicated answer. In Proverbs 26:4 we're told: “Do not answer a fool according to his folly...” And then, in the very next verse: “Answer a fool according to his folly...” So which is it? In this reflection on Psalm 14, John Ortberg explores why biblical wisdom can't be reduced to a simple set of rules. Sometimes wisdom requires speaking. Sometimes it requires silence. Sometimes you engage. Sometimes you walk away. The goal of Scripture isn't merely to give us enough information to always follow the right rule. It's to form us into wise people, capable of judgment, discernment, and love. And Psalm 14 eventually turns the question around. Instead of asking only, “How do I deal with the fools out there?” perhaps we need to ask: “How do I deal with the fool in here?” In this episode: - Psalm 14 and the meaning of foolishness - Why sin isn't only bad, but foolish - Proverbs 26:4–5 and seemingly contradictory wisdom - Why the Bible doesn't simply give us rules - How Scripture forms judgment and discernment - When to engage a foolish person and when to walk away - Why biblical narratives require us to wrestle - The Psalms as honest journals rather than rulebooks - What it means to live as though "there is no God" - 1 Corinthians 13 and filling our minds with Scripture - How to become a wiser person Scriptures: - Psalm 14 - Proverbs 26:4–5 - 1 Corinthians 13 #Psalm14 #JohnOrtberg #Wisdom #Proverbs #Psalms #BibleStudy #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #Discernment #Relationships 📚 Today's Resources: David A. Hubbard, Proverbs (The Preacher’s Commentary, Volume 15)   🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 Why Do I Do Stupid Things?  01:01 The Folly of Sin  01:47 How Do We Acquire Wisdom?  02:07 Fool Management 101  02:33 Proverbs on Dealing With Fools  03:01 Don't Answer a Fool...Answer a Fool?  03:32 Does the Bible Contradict Itself?  04:14 What Scripture Is Actually Trying to Do  05:08 Why Rules Aren't Enough  05:36 When to Engage a Fool  06:24 Wisdom Requires Discernment  06:49 Contradictory Words of Wisdom  07:16 Wisdom Isn't a Formula  07:59 Why the Bible Makes Us Wrestle  08:25 The Psalms Aren't a Rulebook  08:42 Psalm 14 & the Fool  09:45 Who Are the Righteous?  10:09 The Fool in Here  10:29 Wisdom Begins With Surrender  10:50 Fill Your Mind With Scripture  11:26 How to Become Wiser  11:49 Fool Management 101

    60. Understanding Biblical Contradictions

  7. Aug 13

    59. The Noble Pursuit of Being Ordinary

    What if the goal today isn't to make your life extraordinary? What if it's to learn how to see the extraordinary gift hidden inside the ordinary? In this reflection on Psalm 104, John Ortberg explores how modern life has changed the way we see the world around us. We know more than ever about how nature works, yet we may have lost something along the way: our ability to experience creation as filled with meaning, wonder, and the presence of God. Drawing on Charles Taylor and Dallas Willard, John invites us to recover the eyes of "saints, poets, and artists" and rediscover what Willard called "the well-kept secret of the ordinary." Birds sing. Trees grow. Wild animals drink. Leviathan frolics. People go to work. And apparently God really likes hyraxes. Psalm 104 invites us to look again and recognize that ordinary creation is overflowing with the generosity, creativity, and goodness of God. In this episode: Psalm 104 and the wonder of creationCharles Taylor and the "immanent frame"Recovering the enchantment of realityDallas Willard and the secret of ordinary lifeWhy God made the hyraxSeeing creation as more than something to useThe love-letter analogyReceiving your life as a giftFinding God in everyday momentsScriptures: Psalm 104Genesis 1:26–27#Psalm104 #JohnOrtberg #DallasWillard #CharlesTaylor #Psalms #Creation #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #Wonder 🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 Make It an Ordinary Day  00:27 Recovering the Eyes of the Psalmist  01:06 Psalm 104 Begins  02:17 Charles Taylor & the Loss of Enchantment  02:51 Dallas Willard's Secret of the Ordinary  03:28 Listen to the Birds Sing  03:51 Rediscovering an Ordinary Gift  04:13 All Creatures Are God's Creatures  04:56 Meet the Hyrax  05:49 Why Did God Make Hyraxes?  06:14 We've Forgotten How to See  06:50 The Love Letter Illustration  07:18 You're Missing the Words  07:40 Creation Is Filled With Meaning  08:06 Every Leaf Is Charged With God's Presence  08:31 Go Outside and Actually Look  08:42 Why Did God Make Leviathan?  09:08 The Gratuitous Goodness of God  09:54 God Rejoices in His Creation  10:16 The Gift of Being Ordinary  10:53 Receive Your Life as a Gift  11:15 Give the Gift of Life to Others  11:36 Make It an Ordinary Day

    59. The Noble Pursuit of Being Ordinary

  8. Aug 12

    58. Pinocchio Theology (Getting Real)

    Which version of you shows up when you pray? In this reflection on Psalm 55, John Ortberg explores a surprising truth about prayer: God doesn't want the cleaned-up, polished, "Disney version" of you. He wants the real you. The Psalms aren't theological essays or collections of perfectly polished emotions. They're raw prayers from real human beings bringing fear, anger, anguish, confusion, and desire honestly before God. John connects this idea to the original story of The Adventures of Pinocchio, which is much darker and more spiritually suggestive than the famous Disney adaptation. Pinocchio is lovingly created by his father, rebels against him, rejects his conscience, and longs for something he cannot accomplish on his own: to become real. And that's where Pinocchio's story intersects with ours. Transformation doesn't begin when we finally become the person we think God wants. It begins when the person we actually are becomes willing to stand honestly before Him. In this episode: Psalm 55 and honest prayer Why every emotion in the Psalms isn't necessarily an instruction Bringing our troubled thoughts before God The surprising theology of Pinocchio Conscience, rebellion, and the love of the Father Biblical echoes of Jonah and the Prodigal Son Moving from a heart of stone to a heart of flesh Why transformation begins with getting real Scriptures: Psalm 55 2 Timothy 3:16–17 Hosea 11:3 Luke 15 Jonah 1–2 Matthew 12:38–40 Ezekiel 36:26 #Psalm55 #JohnOrtberg #Prayer #Psalms #Pinocchio #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #HonestPrayer #Transformation 🙌 New episodes every weekday. 📲 Subscribe, like, and share to help others grow spiritually. One day at a time. Become New is here to help you grow spiritually one day at a time. TEXT us at 51504 EMAIL US at connect@becomenew.com GET OUR WEEKDAY EMAILS WITH EXTRA GOODIES at becomenew.com/subscribe GET A TEXT REMINDER FOR NEW VIDEOS: text NEW to 51504 SEND US PRAYER REQUESTS: via text or email; we'll send you a written prayer from our team DOWNLOAD FREE STUDY GUIDES: BecomeNew.com/study-guides 😊 Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CnqywVp9s/ 🤳Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/become.new/ Music Credits: Vikersund by RØRE - MB01V0UASAACPKE Alta by RØRE - MB01IWZVJASGKHF 00:00 Which Version of You Does God Want?  00:39 Learning to Pray With the Psalms  01:06 Are All the Psalms Supposed to Be "Right"?  01:49 The Psalms Are Raw Journals  02:15 Psalm 55 & Troubled Thoughts  02:43 Fear, Trembling & Anguish  03:31 Praying About Difficult People  03:55 The Two Versions of You  04:18 The Book John Never Wrote  04:44 The Original Pinocchio  05:14 Pinocchio Rebels Against His Father  05:39 God Taught Israel to Walk  06:17 Jiminy Cricket vs. the Original Story  06:39 Pinocchio Kills His Conscience  07:03 The Tragic Story of Jiminy Cricket's Voice  07:59 Pinocchio Needs Help Beyond Himself  08:50 The Prodigal Son & a Heart of Flesh  09:21 Jonah, Resurrection & Becoming Real  10:07 Transformation Begins With Reality  10:28 Pour Out the Ugly Stuff  10:56 Don't Bring God the Disney Version  11:21 Bring the Real You, Splinters and All

    58. Pinocchio Theology (Getting Real)
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