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How do I give glory to God?

Season 2, Ep. 23

Welcome to The Bench Podcast with Franklin Lukason, a space for real conversations, with real people. We cover topics on faith, life, the human experience, and how they are all intertwined.


In this episode, Franklin adrresses two topics.


Firstly, he talks about navigating sexual attaraction as a Christian. How soemtimes it can be difficult to distinguish sexual attarction from lust, and how sexual attractions is just information and doesn't always need to be acted on. Then, he switches the topic to giving glory to God, He reads through John 17:1-5, and talks about giving glory God glory is not about doing what we think we should do, but doing what God has called us to do.


We hope it blesses you as you listen, and if you like the conversation, feel free to stick around for more :)



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