The Life of Surrender Podcast: Recent Episodes
Peter and Krystal Kolb
Car rides can be a place of frustration for families trying to navigate life together. We will explore the problems that can arise during long car rides and discuss how we can apply the gospel message to the problems in the car.
This episode ended up a little different than most of our podcast episodes. We were going to try out a topic and we even recorded the first half and it just seemed flat. We decided that we would try to go “off the cuff” and just talk about what we feel like God is … Continue reading "Episode 22: Off the Cuff"
Episode 21 delves into our human temptation to look to the results of our lives instead of looking to God for obedience. We often measure our success by worldly standards and then we miss out on the opportunity that God had for us. We look into Paul and Jesus’s ministry and see that they didn’t … Continue reading "Episode 21: Results vs. Obedience"
This week’s episode is a walk through the book of Ezekiel and the main themes that we found while reading it. Show Notes Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com Bible Verses Ezekiel Chapter 7 and 33 about the watchmen Acts 20 Ezekiel 13:10 on False Prophets
Our family has been on a journey for the past few years just trying to understand just what it means to follow Jesus. We have stumbled upon some resources that have greatly helped us in our walk with Jesus. We have come to the realization that we put Jesus in a compartment for most of … Continue reading "Episode 19: Our Story: From Nominal to Surrendered"
When we think about drawing closer to Christ we usually think about the Sunday school answers: pray, read the Bible, go to church, etc… Though these are good answers, they will not benefit us if our heart is not seeking Him as well. We will discuss how to align our hearts with Jesus’s heart and … Continue reading "Episode 18: Growing Closer to God"
Peter and I have been asking that question a lot recently. I posted this to Instagram last week: Recently I have been asking the question, “Is there evidence of Jesus in my life?” The answer can be a bit scary, but we always have room to grow. Right now, I can pursue Christ by repenting … Continue reading "Is There Evidence of Jesus in My Life?"
Allowing our children to struggle can be one of the hardest things that we will walk through as parents. Unfortunately, our children will not learn self-control, perseverance, character, and hope if we swoop in and fix their mistakes and bad choices. This podcast will discuss how we can lovingly allow our children to make mistakes … Continue reading "Episode 17: Allowing Our Children to Struggle"
Pride is one of the first sins that entered the world. In this podcast, we will be talking about humility and how it makes us wise. We are free from guilt and condemnation when we give our sins to God and obey his commands. Show Notes Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com Blog … Continue reading "Episode 16: Humility and Accepting God’s Correction"
The new year is here. Is this year just going to happen to us or are we going to choose to live with purpose? Regardless of our plans, we need to keep in mind that God’s ways are higher than our ways and his plans are what we should be willing to submit to. This … Continue reading "Episode 15: Living With Purpose in 2017"
In Charlie Brown Christmas, he was feeling sad because despite all the parties, presents, and pink aluminum Christmas trees; He felt empty because he didn’t realize the true meaning of Christmas. We can get pretty run down in a season when we should be focusing on Christ and his giant gift to us. When we … Continue reading "Episode 14: Jesus is the Reason for the Season!"
Anyone who has kids will be able to tell you how quickly time passes. It seems each year and each child we have time spins faster and faster. Our oldest daughter’s five years have flashed before our eyes in a blink. When we think about this time passing so quickly, we also want to think … Continue reading "Episode 13: Engaging Our Children Wholeheartedly"
Our main goal here on Earth should be to follow Christ and increase his Kingdom. Satan has a different plan for our lives. He would love to distract us, tempt us, and make us doubt our relationship with Christ. He wants to prevent any growth that we have. We will discuss different ways that Satan … Continue reading "Episode 12: New Level, New Devil"
We have been on a journey since January of 2016 trying to take the word surrender very seriously. We have been trying to put our lives in God’s hands and give up our illusion of control. We feel this is foundational as Christ followers. We need to know that we can’t get through this life … Continue reading "Episode 11: Surrender"
This topic would not go down in the books as our favorite topic. We do think it is important to discuss how Satan tries to mess with our marriages through lust and pornography. He is able to render both male and females ineffective for Christ because he gets them all tangled in the sins of … Continue reading "Episode 10: Lust and Marriage"
We too often get stuck in a comfort zone and forget about our purpose for walking this Earth. God wants us to live with zeal! Show Notes Introduction and Conclusion music is Buddy by Bensound.com Blog Posts How to Get Really Living Instead of Merely Existing by Ann Voskamp on A Holy Experience How to Focus … Continue reading "Episode 9: Living with Zeal"
We hear the phrase, “the days are long, but the years are short” many times during our parenting journeys. These words are meant to make us intentional, on the ball parents. We also need to be this way in marriage. Let us never leave our spouse behind. Let us not make anything in this life … Continue reading "Episode 8: What God Has Put Together, Let No One Separate (Even Our Kids)"
In this episode we will discuss how quickly we fall into the busyness of life and how quickly it drains the life right out of us. Jesus tells us to remain in him, and we can’t do that when we are running around all the time. Taking a little time to think and pray about … Continue reading "Episode 7: Making the Most of Your Time"
In this episode we will discuss how God loves us just the way we are and how we need to be proud of who God made us to be. Also, we will discuss how as parents, sometimes we can make our children feel invalidated in who they are. We want to build up our children … Continue reading "Episode 6: Just the Way You Are"
Whether we are ready for the back to school season or not, it is upon us. We know that this season can mean different things to different people. Some may be ready to say goodbye to summer and jump into the new school year and others of us are dragging our feet. We will discuss … Continue reading "Episode 5: Back to School Anxiety"
Marriage can be a hard and lonely place when couples choose to fight unfairly. This episode will focus on fighting fair and getting right with God and your spouse. Being in a marriage where you are able to be heard and you can listen to your spouse is a very comforting thing to have here … Continue reading "Episode 4: Fighting Fair in Marriage"
In Episode 3, we will discuss complacency vs. works based-faith. We both fall on one end of the spectrum and we both can see how we are not doing what Christ would want us to do in each scenario. When we are complacent, we will often have feelings of guilt that we haven’t done what … Continue reading "Episode 3: Complacency vs. Works Based Faith"
We wrote our family mission statement about a year ago in the hopes that it would steer our family towards Jesus. We found four points that we want our family to follow throughout their lives. If you are looking for direction for your family, a mission statement is a great place to start! Start brainstorming … Continue reading "Episode 2: Family Mission Statement"
The Christian faith is a journey, not a destination. Throughout our entire lives we need to keep relying on Jesus and we should be continuing to grow in our faith. Even David, a man after God’s own heart, was a work in progress. So when you start feeling like you keep making the same mistakes … Continue reading "Episode 1: Work in Progress"