In this series on the Right to R.E.A.L. Love Radio podcast, Yahnathan J. Immanuel is joined by author Rashawn Copeland to discuss how God meets us where we are.

Throughout this three part series we will also discuss why we don’t have to be perfect to start a relationship with God. That’s just the beginning of what is a great discussion. Listen to all three parts of this series by pressing the play buttons below and check out the details below for a full rundown of everything we discuss.

 

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Support Rashawn Copeland:

• Check out Rashawn’s Website
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• Check out Rashawn’s book, Start Where You Are: How God Meets You in Your Mess, Loves You Through It, and Leads You Out of It
• Check out Rashawn’s podcast, Scriptures and Stories

 

Questions We Answer:

• What does it mean for God to meet us where we are? (Part 1)
• Why do some people believe they’ve reached a point where they can’t turn to God? (Part 2)
• How can someone let God into their life? (Part 2)
• What are the dangers of someone thinking they are too messed up to turn and seek God? (Part 3)

 

Key Things You Will Learn:

• Why we don’t have to be perfect to start a relationship with God. (Part 1)
• Rashawn opens up about a time when God met him where he was. (Part 1)
• How God meets us in dark places. (Part 2)
• The importance in taking the step to draw closer to God. (Part 2)
• Examples in the Bible of God meeting people where they were. (Part 2)
• How to accept God into your heart and life today. (Part 3)

 

Biblical Kingdom Principles We Discuss:

• “and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:32 (ESV)

 

• “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5 (ESV)

 

• “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” – Proverbs 16:18 (ESV)

 

• “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ ²³ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’“ – Matthew 7:21-23 (ESV)

 

• “For the wages of sin is death,” – Romans 6:23a (ESV)

 

• “Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” – 1 Corinthians 15:33 (ESV)

 

• “for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.” – Proverbs 24:16 (ESV)

 

• “But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. ³⁵ And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰ On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”“ – Matthew 22:34-40 (ESV)

 

• “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,” – Colossians 3:23 (ESV)

 

• “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;” – Psalm 1:1 (ESV)

 

Valuable Resources We Mentioned:

• Start Where You Are: How God Meets You in Your Mess, Loves You Through It, and Leads You Out of It by Rashawn Copeland