Captivated Podcast

John Fitzsimmons

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Short devotions to help keep you rooted in the person, work and story of Jesus.

06/17/2025

Secure With God

The Bible talks about about mountain moving faith. However, it also talks about faith that makes us like an immovable mountain. That’s the kind of faith we learn about in Psalm 125.

5 min
06/03/2025

The Mystery of Godliness

The earliest Christians did not centre belief firstly on a set of ideas or doctrines. Instead, the truth and ideas flowed out of the person and work of the one they confessed and this changed their lives.

7 min
05/30/2025

Forever & Ever. Amen.

The final lines ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ help lead us in worship. They’re a primer to help ignite acceptable praise in our hearts! They lift our minds to the matchless power and glory of our all-consuming God and his kingdom that will one day be fully revealed.

6 min
05/27/2025

For Thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory

This episode explains why the line “For thine is the kingdom the power and the glory” is in some versions of ‘the Lord’s Prayer’ but not in most modern translations of the Bible. It also explores how the line might have originated.

4 min
05/20/2025

Deliver Us From Evil

The words “deliver us from evil” are words of longing and lament, words of hope for all who are weary of the presence of evil. Words that enable us to be real about our present struggle with temptation and evil. Yet words that also remind us of God’s assistance in the struggle, and that final deliverance is secured.

5 min
05/13/2025

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

We’re not alone in the struggle against evil. We’re in this together with God and with brothers and sisters all around the world. The words “lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” give us a way of expressing the human longing for outside help to save us from seductive and harmful evils in the present, and to ultimately be delivered from every form of evil in the future

5 min
05/07/2025

As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us

Jesus not only asks us to pray “forgive us our sins” but he adds “as we forgive those who sin against us”. The forgiveness of sins is both a wonderful and challenging reality. Praying this prayer each day helps keep the reality of forgiveness central in our prayers and lives. And in Jesus’ words we learn that being forgiven and being forgiving go together.

7 min
04/29/2025

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Asking for forgiveness is part of the disciple’s pattern for prayer! Part of the prayer habit of those who already know God’s forgiveness in Christ! It is because the Lord wants us to know his forgiveness afresh each day that he teaches us to pray "forgive us our trespasses"!

7 min

Short devotions to help keep you rooted in the person, work and story of Jesus.

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