About this episode

This episode explores the meaning of abiding in God and addresses feelings of emptiness in spiritual practices.

What does it mean to abide in God when your quiet time feels empty and your spiritual life feels flat? You’ve been showing up — reading your Bible, praying, doing all the things — and something still feels off. This episode is about what’s actually happening when that occurs. Not what you’re doing wrong. What’s actually going on. We go deep into John 15 to unpack what Jesus actually meant when he said remain in me — why the fruit that grows from genuine abiding was never meant to just ...

People in this episode

Host: Jill M. Lillard

Topics covered

• spirituality
• abiding in God
• faith
• Bible study
• spiritual life

Keywords

• spirituality
• abiding
• faith
• Bible
• prayer
• John 15
• spiritual life
• quiet time

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: John 15

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