Flawed Clay With Ted Rodgers

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**** Connect with Ted Rodgers: Email: Ted@armsoflove.org Website: http://armsoflove.org Facebook: https://goo.gl/sK2UXj Music by Sanctus Real: https://www.sanctusreal.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/flawed-clay-ted-rodgers/message

Episode 5 - The Body of Christ "Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ." ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭12:12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Ted explores the importance of all aspects of the body of Christ. Ted shares some of the major projects that are happening at Brazos de Amor. 1. Community Development Center - The building will be 45 x 90 feet including a library, computer lab, multi-use room, administrative office & an office for the psychologists to work out of.  Please pray for funding for this building. 2. Transition Home for Kids - this home will be a place for the kids to transition from the streets (for about 3 months). 3. Master Farm Plan - the property has 27 acres, but only using about 3. The farm project is intended to rely less on out if country resources and create some in country income. One of the bigger issues that they deal with is theft. They need some fencing, a guard at night and some additional day workers. Volunteering - this happens th

Law & Grace - Episode 4 Romans 5:13 "To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyoneʼs account where there is no law." ‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Ted discusses his perspective on law and grace. What does it look like when we end up in the middle? Mark 2:15 "While Jesus was having dinner at Leviʼs house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him." ‭‭Mark‬ ‭2:15‬ ‭NIV‬‬ What would it look like if we applied just as much grace as we applied law or applied just as much law as we applied grace? Ted shares about a specific example of law and grace scenarios in Nicaragua. He also talks about forgiveness and his own experiences learning to forgive. Matthew 18:22 "Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭18:22‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Love keeps no record of wrongs. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It

Thankful - Episode 3 "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45 NIV Ted shares his gratitude for what God is doing through the ministry in Nicaragua. He also discusses his appreciation for various churches and partnerships that have served. "I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in Godʼs grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern

Ted Explains the Name Flawed Clay - Episode 2 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8 NIV Ted Rodgers discusses what it means to be a disciple and make others disciples.  Ted shares the story of how the Holy Spirit prompted him and his family to go to Nicaragua. Ted also tells stories of when it was clear that the Lord was working through him during seasons of challenges in ministry.  "But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him." Jeremiah 18:4 NIV Ted explains the title of the show.  He also shares examples of this in his own life. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." 1 John 1:9-10 NIV Philippians 1:6 --

Ted Rodgers shares a brief introduction about himself and the ministry in Jinotepe, Nicaragua. He also discusses the why behind the podcast and what listeners can expect from the upcoming episodes. Connect with Ted Rodgers: Email: Ted@armsoflove.org Website: http://armsoflove.org Facebook: https://goo.gl/sK2UXj Music by Sanctus Real https://www.sanctusreal.com​ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/flawed-clay-ted-rodgers/message