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Experiencing Grace AI Podcast: Episode 1

The Disciples’ Prayer Series: Our

Experiencing Grace AI Podcast

Experiencing Grace AI – Episode 1: Jason Graham’s “Our” Teaching

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Welcome to Episode 1 of the Experiencing Grace AI Podcast. This episode was AI generated based off the notes and teaching audio from The Disciples Prayer Series: Our. For a better explanation of what these podcasts are, feel free to check out the explanation on Episode 0.

I hope you enjoy Episode 1 of the Experiencing Grace AI Podcast.

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Our

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Disciples’ Prayer 1 | Our | Ep. 13

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The Disciples’ Prayer Series – Part 1

When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he intentionally used the word “Our” in the opening line – “Our Father in heaven…” This wasn’t an accident.

By using “Our” instead of “My”, Jesus was encouraging a spirit of unity and community among his followers. In John 17, he prayed for his disciples to be one, just as he and the Father are one.

The message is clear – Jesus wants his followers to approach God together, with a shared sense of purpose, rather than as isolated individuals. Unity is at the heart of the Christian life.

As the body of Christ, we’re called to a profound oneness. When we achieve this oneness, it brings glory to God and empowers us to boldly further the gospel without fear.

The benefits of unity are immense. It allows us to better declare the second coming of Christ, just as John the Baptist did for the first. It brings corporate blessings like God’s anointing. And on an individual level, it fosters love and humility.

By maintaining one mind and one voice, we can more effectively glorify God and advance His kingdom. Unity is essential for experiencing the fullness of what God has for us – we can’t attain it alone, but must do so together, through humility and submission.

So let’s hold fast to the unity of the Spirit. When we do, we’ll never be alone. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are always with us, and so is the family of believers.

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I hope you enjoy the notes and audio of the message available on this post.

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New Audio and Notes Pages

I’ve recently updated the site and had to use a new way to put audio and notes directly on each post. While I was working on that, I decided to add separate pages to list all of the Audio and Teaching Notes together in one place. I’ve since updated the posts to include the audio player and notes download link again. However, I’ve decided to keep the Audio and Teaching Notes pages under “Free Resources” in the navigation bar at the top of the site. You can download or listen to the teaching audio files from the new Audio page. You can download the teaching notes files from the new Teaching Notes page. Enjoy!

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Jesus Fulfilled the Law

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Jesus Fulfilled the Law | Ep. 12

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When I taught my message again on “What is Love,” I added a short section at the end to discuss how it is not the goal of the Christian to fulfill the Old Testament Law. I decided to emphasize this fact because of how often I’ve heard it said, and how often I’ve said myself, that Jesus explained that the first and greatest commandment along with the second commandment (to love God with everything and love your neighbor as yourself) are what the Law and the Prophets hang on. In saying this, he conveys the idea that if any individual had been able to do those two things perfectly–loving God and loving man–then they would have been able to fulfill all the Law and the Prophets.

My concern is that those hearing this may walk away with the misconception that we must love God and love man so that we can fulfill the Law. Jesus made it clear that he came to fulfill the Law. So, we don’t have to. In this short clip (just over ten minutes), I walk through the scriptures to explain how it is not the goal of the Christian to fulfill the Law of Moses. I believe that it is worth your time to take a listen.

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What Is Love, again?

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What is Love? | Ep. 11

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In 2014 I posted a message that I taught at my church called “What is Love?” This message has remained in my heart. Now, a decade later, I taught it again with some updated notes.

If God is Love, then what does 1 Corinthians 13 tell us about the character of God? It shows us 16 distinct characteristics of God as it describes what true love is: Patient, Kind, etc.

In this lesson I do a “mini-deep-dive” into each of these ideas from scripture. I hope you enjoy listening to what has become a favorite lesson at my local church and download the notes to guide you to dig in deeper into your own Bible study time.

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The Problem with Entertainment

I’m not writing to tell you that entertainment is a sin. How could it be? Things aren’t sins. Our rebellion and transgression against the love of God are sins.

As a matter of fact, this article is not about sinning at all. It is about finding Joy in the presence of the Lord. Entertainment can be great. It can give us something to gather around as a community and share some fellowship. It can give our minds and bodies some much-needed relaxation after a long day of work.

The problem is when we allow it to be a substitute for joy. If we wander away, for nearly any period of time, from seeking the joy that is found only in the presence of the Lord (Psalm 16:11), then a natural (carnal) course of action seems to be filling our lives with more entertainment.

From there, it can easily become the thing we long for. So many of us who call ourselves Christians, myself included, have found ourselves longing, literally longing, for the time of day that we can just sit down and __________________. Fill in the blank: watch TV, play video games, surf the internet, watch YouTube, check social media, etc. Some of us don’t even long for that time of day, because it consumes us. We do it all day. We find it…enJoyable.

And there’s the rub. Sometimes, we can enjoy these things (i.e. experience them with Joy) without ever finding the Joy that Jesus wants us to find only in His Presence. Jesus said that he wanted us to be with Him where He is.

John 17:24 (NIV) “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.”

That should be what fascinates us and captures our gaze: a Holy God wanting to show us His Glory—not the dull glow of a computer monitor. The fleeting things that we so easily fix our eyes on in our day-to-day lives cannot begin to compare with what Jesus wants to reveal to us. The inexpressible and glorious joy that is available just beyond the veil of our human eyes can be fully ours, if we fix our gaze on what we cannot see.

1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV) 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

So, like I said, this article is not about sinning at all. It is about finding Joy in the presence of the Lord. I urge you to cultivate in yourself a longing for only Him. These lesser joys, that may not be sinful in and of themselves, will be found lacking in light of Him.

DISCLAIMER: I published this same article on an earlier blog of mine, but every time I stumble across it I can’t help but think of how relevant it still is. So, I’m reposting it here. I’ve also updated the text of this blog post again on 4/3/2025 to make it clearer and more relevant to today.

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Mercy

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Mercy | Ep. 10

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In this lesson, I dig into the topic of Mercy in the Bible and explain how God’s mercy is one of the most exciting things for a Christian to understand.

I discuss what it actually means for mercy to triumph over judgment. I also go into depth about how God giving mercy greatly contrasts with our keeping rules (or keeping the law).

There has long been debate over whether or not the message of mercy (and/or grace) should be tempered with a stern warning about how folks still “better live right”.

In this teaching I discuss why it is wrong for Christians to present the message of mercy with a safe padding of “holy living” built up around it. Many in the church have tried so hard to be sure that people approach the mercy and grace of God with a sense of sober warning hanging over their heads like, “Yes God is merciful, but you better watch out if you don’t straighten up.”

For far too long some people have believed that they have to eek out a life of holy living in order to maintain God’s grace and mercy on their lives rather than embracing, with reckless abandon, the fullness of His grace and mercy, and letting the revelation of God’s kindness lead to repentance and then ultimately into living a holy life.

This message presents a biblical case for why we need to strip all padding away, and give people direct access to God’s grace and mercy. It also explains why, if we don’t, all we will be producing are sons of hell rather than lovers of God.

DISCLAIMER: The last 8 minutes or so of the audio are of a question and answer time/discussion time that spontaneously happened at the end of the message. The audio quality during this part is not as clean because I had to adjust the levels somewhat to try to get the questions from the congregation somewhat audible. So, please forgive the extra noise that may occur when other people are talking. Thanks!

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Lovers of God vs. Sons of Hell

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Episode 10 Spotlight: Lovers of God vs. Sons of Hell

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This post is a short clip from a longer message that I taught on Mercy at my church late last year. I’ll be uploading the full message soon; however, I wanted to extract these 7 minutes to be listened to on their own because I feel this is one of the most important things that I’ve learned about the mercy of God in the time that I have been experiencing His grace.

The gist of it is that Mercy produces lovers of God while Rule Keeping produces sons of hell. Listen to the audio to hear the explanation from scripture for why I would say this. If you live in fear that you can easily slip into hell at every mistake that you make, then this message is very important for you to hear and understand. God Bless!

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Forgive Us Our Debts

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The Disciples’ Prayer Series – Part 8
This small phrase from the Disciples’ Prayer takes us on quite a ride through legal theology. Now, on the surface that may sound thick and boring, but ultimately it proves to the believer why they should live with absolutely no fear of judgment.

If you are a believer and are worried that when you stand before God that there may be some little something that may tip the scales and send you to the lake of fire, then you need to listen to this lesson. Why? Because you are thinking wrong, and you need to understand the truth found in the scripture about believers in the time of judgement. Knowing the truth sets us free.

In this lesson we will look at several things such as:

What debt do we have? What do we owe it to?
How is it forgiven?
What does being forgiven of debt have to do with Jesus saying that He had come to declare the acceptable year of the Lord?
Are we now lawless?
- HINT: The answer is No, but we aren’t still tied to the Law of Moses. The scripture introduces a new law in very plain language, and we can never be free of its demands. It is the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. Also called the Law of Liberty, the Law of Christ, and the Royal Law in scripture.
- I’ll discuss how the scripture tells us to keep this new law.
Finally, I go into detail about the judgement of believers and explain how we aren’t even judged with those who go to the lake of fire. That is a separate judgement that those who cannot take part in the second death will not attend.

This is truly an exciting teaching. I believe that it can serve to set our minds free from the Law of Sin and Death in the same way that our spirits have been set free. You can listen to the audio and download the notes at the top of this post. Please feel free to share this blog and comment below for discussion. God Bless!

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Give us this Day our Daily Bread

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The Disciples’ Prayer Series – Part 7

What is daily bread? Why do we need it?

I believe the scripture paints a very clear picture for us of what daily bread really is, and we see it throughout the old and new testament.

In this teaching we look at why daily bread is all about becoming more like Jesus. After all, He is the Bread of Life, and He is available for us daily.

We’ll look at ways that we receive this daily bread, and what it does in our hearts.

Ultimately we’ll learn about how God providing daily bread, and us receiving it, is how we have a living, breathing, dynamic relationship with God as Christ is formed in us. Daily Bread is a gift from God that all at once fills us, tries our hearts, and invites us closer to receive more and more of God.

We’ll also look into the Dark Night of the Soul in this teaching, as it is an important thing to consider in any in-depth conversation about daily communion with God. We’ll talk about what it is, how we should react to it, and how it sets us free from any false images of God that we’ve built up in our own minds. God refuses to be conformed to our image. We, in fact, our conformed to His image through receiving Daily Bread.

You can listen to the message above, and download the notes. Feel free to share this teaching freely, and comment below. I love to hear from you.

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