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The UNPACKIN' it Podcast With Bryce Johnson
Who's On the Hot Seat? Jerry Jones, Mike McCarthy, Bryce Young, and Our Own Lives
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Bryce Johnson and guest co-host Pastor Ray Hardee unpack who is heading into the NFL season on the hot seat…and how we relate to being on the hot seat in life.
Today's Questions:
1. How do thankfulness and meditating on God's past faithfulness help us to better navigate difficult seasons of life?
2. Could our stress and anxiety actually be caused by the fact that we are depending on ourselves?
3. What is the ultimate security that we need as followers of Jesus?
Chapters
- 0:00 Teaser
- 0:25 Intro
- 3:32 Ray Hardy
- 3:42 Coaches on the Hot Seat: Nick Sirianni, Sean McDermott, Robert Salah, Matt Eberflus, Dennis Allen, Mike McCarthy
- 7:53 Players on the Hot Seat: Bryce Young, Geno Smith, Daniel Jones, Trevor Lawrence, George Pickens, Deebo Samuel, Davonte Adams, Stefon Diggs
- 8:43 49ers Superbowl or Bust with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch
- 9:29 Bills Reminiscent of Cam Newton Panther Years
- 9:57 How Diggs will fair in Houston
- 10:23 Bryce Young Baptized by Fire
- 12:05 Jerry Jones
- 13:00 Jerry Jones Needs to Die to Himself for the Cowboys to Win
- 15:09 Feeling Pressure and Stress in Our Own Lives
- 17:05 How it Feels to be on the Hot Seat
- 22:17 Bryce Feeling the Hot Seat Recently
- 23:21 Surrender to God Because We Know the End Result
- 25:22 Plan For Your Day to Be Interrupted by God’s Appointments
- 28:52 Scripture: John 10:27-29, Romans 8:38-39
- 30:03 Final Thoughts
- 33:10 Outro
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