The Jesus Storybook Bible Podcast Sally Lloyd-Jones & Friends

A common struggle among people from all walks of life is believing untruths about ourselves, due to things spoken into us and over our lives that influence and shape us into who we are. Author, speaker, and spoken word artist Hosanna Wong experienced this firsthand, and found herself feeling like she couldn’t measure up. But what she discovered by learning stories of other people on the streets of San Francisco was that so many of us feel unworthy, unloved, and unseen. Hosanna turned to Jesus’ life as the example for how we can know ourselves, and be set free from the lies we’re told.

 
Quotes
“Growing up, I believed the lie that I was not enough. I remember thinking that I had to change who I was in order to be accepted, in order to be loved. As I got older, that lie continued with me into my adult life. A few years ago, I started being healed from this lie and set free from this lie, resisting a culture that wants me to be defined by what I do.” - Hosanna Wong
“What you think about yourself determines how you live. If you think you're not enough, you might start living like you are. You might try to change yourself, or work harder, or produce more, or do more, or hustle harder in order to be loved. If you believe you are a burden—a burden to be loved—you might start living like you are.” - Hosanna Wong
“You are more than you've been told. My hope is that people discover who they really are, that they stop looking at their lives through the broken lens of other people, and start to see themselves through the lens of God. When you know who you are, it changes how you live.” - Hosanna Wong
“God knew we would believe lies that we have to do more, or produce more, or perform more to be more valuable, so God commanded rest, and then Jesus exemplified a life of rest. It shows us that we can do everything God has called us to do and also rest in knowing we are loved without doing one thing.” - Hosanna Wong
 
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“You Are More Than You’ve Been Told” by Hosanna Wong



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Did you know that you can train your mind to look for good in the world, and to notice little signs and wonders that God sends to show us that we are loved? SQuire Rushnell and Louise DuArt, authors of the Godwinks books, share how they’ve begun the habit of noticing little moments that are so personal to their lives, they can only attribute them to being divinely orchestrated. 

 
Quotes
“Godwinks are two remarkable experiences that come together, and the cause is God. Divine arrangements that have made that happen. We start looking for these Godwinks; we start realizing every day that God is communicating to us in His own unique way.” – SQuire Rushnell
“Just look for your Godwinks. They're always there. They're messages of hope. And right now, in our time, we see what's going on in the world. We know that God has a plan and a purpose. We have to trust Him. And along our path, He will give us these little Godwinks to say, ‘Hey, kid, I'm thinking about you, I love you, and you're not alone.’” –Louise DuArt
“It stands to reason to me that if we want to have a good relationship with God, we just have to talk to Him. Talk to Him all the time. Talk to Him tonight. Talk to Him in the morning. It's just a conversation.” – SQuire Rushnell
 
Guest’s Links
SQuire Rushnell’s Instagram
SQuire Rushnell’s Twitter
SQuire Rushnell’s Website
Godwinks on Facebook
Louise DuArt’s Facebook
Louise DuArt’s Twitter
 
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Good Morning America
ASPCA.ORG
Rescued by Ruby 



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When Nazareth came to the United States from the Holy Land, he worked several jobs to provide for his family and make ends meet. While running a marathon he didn’t want to run, Nazareth had a moment of clarity, realizing that what he loved in life was making people laugh. That’s when he decided to pursue a comedy career. When he came across a clean comedian who led him to church, Nazareth found the second part of his life’s calling: to bring joy and the good news of God’s love to people everywhere.
 
Quotes
“When I got to the finish line, I was laying there on the ground and I asked myself the question, ‘What would I want to do in my life that if I never get paid for it, I will still do it to the best of my ability?’ Because I felt at that moment that I could do anything. And the answer was making people laugh.” - Nazareth
“I thought, 'Okay, if I go to church 200 times, maybe God can be merciful to me.' That was my idea of who God is, which was completely wrong, because when I got to that church, the pastor said, ‘Come as you are. Jesus will start to work in your life.’ And that's all I needed to hear. I was crying like a baby. I gave my life to Christ that morning.” - Nazareth
“At a lot of my shows, I get to share the Lord and I get to share what God has done in my life. And I lead them to the source of joy. If I can lead you to the source of joy, regardless of what you're going through, you can still have joy.” - Nazareth
 
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Nazareth’s Website
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Nazareth’s Facebook
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Resources Mentioned in This Episode
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Minister and author Daphne K. Johnson’s life took an unexpected turn when her seemingly idyllic marriage ended in divorce, leaving her a single mother. As she reckoned with this new season of life, Daphne realized the strength she would gain from walking through difficult times would be the same strength she would call upon to help someone else. 
 
Quotes
“Connecting with God regularly helped me to get back up, because I made the decision to believe the Word and to trust Him that He would not fail me. Because I was rooted and grounded in knowing who I am in Christ, and knowing that He didn't fail me.” - Daphne K. Johnson
“The concept of divine design means that we are uniquely created and uniquely fashioned on purpose and for purpose. He took the time to create us and to create this world, and He was so intentional in doing so. God instilled gifts and talents in us that can be utilized to help others, we embrace them so that we can show up and so that we can serve those who we believe God has called us to serve.” - Daphne K. Johnson
“You have the ability to make an impact because of the experience that you've had, and you can help others to come along on this journey. Even though this world can be a place where things can sometimes be upside down or not look balanced, at the end of the day, we still have His promises.”  - Daphne K. Johnson
“We can be in the middle of what we believe to be a storm that might take us out or wipe us out, but Jesus has things under control. Even though we may experience difficulties, we may experience storms and we may experience things that we can't handle, He can.” - Daphne K. Johnson
 
Guest’s Links
Daphne Johnson’s Instagram
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Daphne Johnson’s Website
Daphne Johnson’s YouTube
 
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Hurricane Katrina 



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As we celebrate Easter, Sally Lloyd-Jones will be reading from The Jesus Storybook Bible to illuminate the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection for little ears. It was for our very own rescue story that Jesus was born into the world—and even though He faced great pain and suffering and humiliation, Jesus endured, because He knew it would save each and every one of us, no matter how small. 
If you’d like to follow along in The Jesus Storybook Bible, Sally will be reading “The Servant King,” “A Dark Night in the Garden,” “The Sun Stops Shining,” and “God’s Wonderful Surprise.” 



Quotes
“One by one, Jesus washed everyone's feet. ‘I am doing this because I love you,’ Jesus explained. ‘Do this for each other.’” - The Jesus Storybook Bible
“‘My life will break, and God's broken world will mend. My heart will tear apart and your hearts will heal. So now I will die instead of you, my blood will wash away all of your sins and you'll be clean on the inside in your hearts.’” - The Jesus Storybook Bible
“‘If you were really the son of God, you could just climb down off that cross,’ [the Roman soldiers] said. And of course, they were right. Jesus could have just climbed down. Actually, He could have just said a word and made it all stop. But Jesus stayed. You see, they didn't understand it wasn't the nails that kept Jesus there. It was love.” - The Jesus Storybook Bible
 
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Every one of us has something of value to offer to the world, no matter how ordinary or small it may seem. Perhaps you’re a painter, a gardener, or the meal provider for your family. Perhaps you are good at raising money or providing for your family, or maybe your job is to simply show up for other people. No matter what gifts God has given you, what you do matters in the world, and has the potential to make a difference. Musician Charlie Peacock and his wife, writer Andi Ashworth, know the value in creating something meaningful, and they share how they’ve built a community with other creators through intentional connection in places like their home, The Art House. 
 
Quotes
“Hospitality is like love. It's a living, breathing, inexhaustible subject, it's just really a way of life. You can't contain it. And it can be as simple as offering kindness and curiosity to another person, to those more complex forms of providing food and shelter. So hospitality is both simple and complex and broad and it's for a lifetime.” – Andi Ashworth
“What is my contribution to the world going to be today? What is my contribution to the culture to which I am literally soaking in? That's where intentionality and imagination and empathy are so incredibly important to anyone who wants to be known as someone who is actively and intentionally creating the world that God has left us steward over.” – Charlie Peacock
“I know that these things matter greatly to God, that we have a mission here on Earth to not just make the world that we want to live in, but to make a world for those of us who are following Jesus, to make a world that is congruent with the Kingdom mission, that He set out before us and invited us to participate in.” – Charlie Peacock 
“We have experienced a lot of redemption in our life together, and Jesus has met us in our brokenness again and again and again. And we longed for more. We longed for more in ourselves, in our family, in our city, in the world. We longed for more rightness, more justice, more peace, more healing. And this image of God wiping away tears and making the world our perfect home again, it moves me to tears and my hope is renewed. Because my hope is in Christ and in His faithfulness, to His never giving up, always and forever love.” – Andi Ashworth
 
Guest’s Links
Charlie Peacock’s Website
Charlie Peacock’s Instagram
Charlie Peacock’s Facebook
Charlie Peacock’s YouTube
Andi Ashworth’s Facebook
Andi Ashworth’s Instagram
Art House On Twitter
 
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Art House America

 
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