web01.fireside.fm Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:14:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) This is Life with Shawn Johnson - Episodes Tagged with “Faith” https://thisislife.fireside.fm/tags/faith Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:15:00 -0600 The objective of "This is Life" is to help answer the almighty question, "Why?" We all go through life’s ups and downs. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a place where you could listen to everyday people talk about everyday experiences and gain wisdom on how to handle your own life's battles? We can learn so much from each other if we just listen. This life that we have been given is not only a gift, but a tool to use the experiences of this life and make it better for others. It is our duty as mankind to execute the power inside of us to create peace, love and goodness to this world. Every living soul is worth of unconditional love, respect and kindness. God's love knows no boundaries and neither should ours. en-us episodic Tackling life's ups and downs together with real experiences and real people Shawn Johnson The objective of "This is Life" is to help answer the almighty question, "Why?" We all go through life’s ups and downs. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a place where you could listen to everyday people talk about everyday experiences and gain wisdom on how to handle your own life's battles? We can learn so much from each other if we just listen. This life that we have been given is not only a gift, but a tool to use the experiences of this life and make it better for others. It is our duty as mankind to execute the power inside of us to create peace, love and goodness to this world. Every living soul is worth of unconditional love, respect and kindness. God's love knows no boundaries and neither should ours. no Shawn Johnson thisislifepod@gmail.com Episode 50: CLANG CLANG CRASH CLANG CLANG! Ahhh, the sounds of good intentions without the love of God... https://thisislife.fireside.fm/agape a4d42065-8544-47ac-99d8-461bfb57bddc Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:15:00 -0600 Shawn Johnson full Shawn Johnson We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love. Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal. 39:35 no <p>We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love. Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.</p> <p>1CO 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.<br> 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.<br> 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.<br> 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<br> 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.<br> 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.<br> 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.<br> 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.<br> 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,<br> 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.<br> 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.<br> 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<br> 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.</p> love, corinthians, agape, faith, unconditional We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love. Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.

1CO 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

]]> We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love. Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.

1CO 13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

]]> Episode 45: First off, ITS GREAT TO BE BACK! Oh and uhh....So....I got the 'Vid https://thisislife.fireside.fm/covid d79d0030-24f2-44c8-aa3b-7f836b0f9c0f Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600 Shawn Johnson full Shawn Johnson After nearly half a year, Shawn is back! Welcome to 2021...boy do we have a few things to talk about. In this episode Shawn shares his story about how he started the year off in the most unexpected way....getting the Covid-19 virus. Hear how a weekend anniversary trip to the Ozarks ended with bringing home a souvenir no one expected. 49:04 no <p>After nearly half a year, Shawn is back! Welcome to 2021...boy do we have a few things to talk about. In this episode Shawn shares his story about how he started the year off in the most unexpected way....getting the Covid-19 virus. Hear how a weekend anniversary trip to the Ozarks ended with bringing home a souvenir no one expected. </p> covid, coronavirus, ozarks, Faith, God, Sovereign, pandemic After nearly half a year, Shawn is back! Welcome to 2021...boy do we have a few things to talk about. In this episode Shawn shares his story about how he started the year off in the most unexpected way....getting the Covid-19 virus. Hear how a weekend anniversary trip to the Ozarks ended with bringing home a souvenir no one expected.

]]> After nearly half a year, Shawn is back! Welcome to 2021...boy do we have a few things to talk about. In this episode Shawn shares his story about how he started the year off in the most unexpected way....getting the Covid-19 virus. Hear how a weekend anniversary trip to the Ozarks ended with bringing home a souvenir no one expected.

]]> Episode 44: He Can, He will, But Even if he doesn't.... https://thisislife.fireside.fm/evenifyoudont aba1e86c-cbe6-4693-869f-77d7dc314ae8 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 14:00:00 -0500 Shawn Johnson full Shawn Johnson Unfortunately many believers have the wrong idea about faith and belief in God. The American church has created this vending machine God where if you put enough faith and money in, you can get whatever the desires of your heart are out. Friends, it just isn't this way. In fact, the truth is so much greater! It has never been about what WE want, it's all about what GOD wants. (which btw, IS SO MUCH BETTER) 36:13 no <p>Unfortunately many believers have the wrong idea about faith and belief in God. The American church has created this vending machine God where if you put enough faith and money in, you can get whatever the desires of your heart are out. Friends, it just isn't this way. In fact, the truth is so much greater! It has never been about what WE want, it's all about what GOD wants. (which btw, IS SO MUCH BETTER) </p> faith, god, sacrifice, love, pain, suffering, endurance Unfortunately many believers have the wrong idea about faith and belief in God. The American church has created this vending machine God where if you put enough faith and money in, you can get whatever the desires of your heart are out. Friends, it just isn't this way. In fact, the truth is so much greater! It has never been about what WE want, it's all about what GOD wants. (which btw, IS SO MUCH BETTER)

]]> Unfortunately many believers have the wrong idea about faith and belief in God. The American church has created this vending machine God where if you put enough faith and money in, you can get whatever the desires of your heart are out. Friends, it just isn't this way. In fact, the truth is so much greater! It has never been about what WE want, it's all about what GOD wants. (which btw, IS SO MUCH BETTER)

]]> Episode 023: Putting X back in X-Mas https://thisislife.fireside.fm/xmas 06200fab-8ae4-40e9-82f5-0e8dbc71d25e Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:15:00 -0600 Shawn Johnson full Shawn Johnson What's the difference between a Christ-Believer and a Christ-Follower? Shawn discusses the unique and stark differences between someone who believes in Jesus versus someone who has given their lives as a disciple of Jesus. In this episode we will also talk about how God desires us to put "Christ" back in Christmas. What does X in X-Mas stand for anyways? 39:44 no <p>What's the difference between a Christ-Believer and a Christ-Follower? Shawn discusses the unique and stark differences between someone who believes in Jesus versus someone who has given their lives as a disciple of Jesus. In this episode we will also talk about how God desires us to put "Christ" back in Christmas. What does X in XMas stand for anyways? </p> xmas, christmas, love, forgiveness, restoration, faith, jesus What's the difference between a Christ-Believer and a Christ-Follower? Shawn discusses the unique and stark differences between someone who believes in Jesus versus someone who has given their lives as a disciple of Jesus. In this episode we will also talk about how God desires us to put "Christ" back in Christmas. What does X in XMas stand for anyways?

]]> What's the difference between a Christ-Believer and a Christ-Follower? Shawn discusses the unique and stark differences between someone who believes in Jesus versus someone who has given their lives as a disciple of Jesus. In this episode we will also talk about how God desires us to put "Christ" back in Christmas. What does X in XMas stand for anyways?

]]> Episode 006: This is Life with guest Benice V. - Topic "The Blessings of Obedience" https://thisislife.fireside.fm/benice 444ee5ef-1dd8-45ba-b421-473958393e58 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:15:00 -0500 Shawn Johnson full Shawn Johnson This week Shawn welcomes friend and guest, Benice V. from South Africa. Few things are more difficult for a person than taking the step of faith away from all that is comfortable and familiar. Everyday we are faced with stepping out of our comfort zones. What if the Lord was leading you to leave your family, friends, possessions and even your country to follow Him? Would you do it? Hear from someone who did just that and how the Lord is blessing her more and more everyday because of her obedience. 31:12 no <p>This week Shawn welcomes friend and guest, Benice V. from South Africa. Few things are more difficult for a person than taking the step of faith away from all that is comfortable and familiar. Everyday we are faced with stepping out of our comfort zones. What if the Lord was leading you to leave your family, friends, possessions and even your country to follow Him? Would you do it? Hear from someone who did just that and how the Lord is blessing her more and more everyday because of her obedience. Special Guest: Benice V..</p> faith, obedience, love, jesus, south africa This week Shawn welcomes friend and guest, Benice V. from South Africa. Few things are more difficult for a person than taking the step of faith away from all that is comfortable and familiar. Everyday we are faced with stepping out of our comfort zones. What if the Lord was leading you to leave your family, friends, possessions and even your country to follow Him? Would you do it? Hear from someone who did just that and how the Lord is blessing her more and more everyday because of her obedience.

Special Guest: Benice V..

]]> This week Shawn welcomes friend and guest, Benice V. from South Africa. Few things are more difficult for a person than taking the step of faith away from all that is comfortable and familiar. Everyday we are faced with stepping out of our comfort zones. What if the Lord was leading you to leave your family, friends, possessions and even your country to follow Him? Would you do it? Hear from someone who did just that and how the Lord is blessing her more and more everyday because of her obedience.

Special Guest: Benice V..

]]> Episode 001: Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good https://thisislife.fireside.fm/be-not-overcome-with-evil 3b26e0dc-f8a0-4386-a307-68da4ead80fe Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0500 Shawn Johnson full Shawn Johnson Trials and tribulations are a part of life, but there is a path to hope and peace even in the midst of these trials. Mere existence does not promise smooth sailing but we are promised that we are never alone in the journey. Join Pastor Shawn as he encourages us to keep fighting the good fight even when we are suffering. God sends his blessings on the just and the unjust and all are deserving and worthy of his goodness. How can we see this goodness when life's troubles are so overwhelming? 31:38 no <p>Trials and tribulations are a part of life, but there is a path to hope and peace even in the midst of these trials. Mere existence does not promise smooth sailing but we are promised that we are never alone in the journey. Join Pastor Shawn as he encourages us to keep fighting the good fight even when we are suffering. God sends his blessings on the just and the unjust and all are deserving and worthy of his goodness. How can we see this goodness when life's troubles are so overwhelming? </p> trials, tribulations, god, jesus, love, peace, endurance, struggles, evil, patience, long-suffering, life, christianity, bible, hope, faith, goodness, fruits, spirit, angels Trials and tribulations are a part of life, but there is a path to hope and peace even in the midst of these trials. Mere existence does not promise smooth sailing but we are promised that we are never alone in the journey. Join Pastor Shawn as he encourages us to keep fighting the good fight even when we are suffering. God sends his blessings on the just and the unjust and all are deserving and worthy of his goodness. How can we see this goodness when life's troubles are so overwhelming?

]]> Trials and tribulations are a part of life, but there is a path to hope and peace even in the midst of these trials. Mere existence does not promise smooth sailing but we are promised that we are never alone in the journey. Join Pastor Shawn as he encourages us to keep fighting the good fight even when we are suffering. God sends his blessings on the just and the unjust and all are deserving and worthy of his goodness. How can we see this goodness when life's troubles are so overwhelming?

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