Unrealistic Expectations. - episode 27
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Release Date: 06/08/2025
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When Hope Slips Through Your Fingers [73]
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“When Hope Slips Through Your Fingers” TEXTS: • Psalm 42:5 • 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 • Lamentations 3:19–24 • Luke 24:13–35 Kenn Blanchard
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The Worship of Obedience (72)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
THE WORSHIP THAT HEALS — PART 4 (NIV), "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit," is a biblical promise emphasizing divine presence and comfort during times of deep emotional pain, loss, or distress. It reassures that God is near to, rather than distant from, those suffering and actively works to heal and restore them. Key Interpretations of Psalm 34:18: Proximity in Pain: God is not far away when life is difficult, but draws closer to those with broken hearts. Active Salvation: He does not merely witness the pain, but "saves" or...
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The Worship of Surrender (71)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
The Worship of Surrender” Texts: • Romans 12:1 — “Present your bodies a living sacrifice…” • Matthew 11:28–30 — “Come to Me… and I will give you rest.” • 2 Corinthians 12:9 — “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Kenn
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The Worship of Honesty
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
• Psalm 51:6 — “You desire truth in the inward parts.” • Mark 9:24 — “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” • Psalm 34:18 — “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.” There’s a kind of worship that doesn’t need a microphone. It doesn’t need a Hammond B3. It doesn’t need a choir or a praise team. It’s the worship that happens when you finally tell God the truth. Not the church truth. Not the rehearsed truth. Not the “I’m blessed and highly favored” truth. I’m talking about the real truth. The truth you don’t post. The...
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Holy Week Message - A Biblical Narrative of Jesus
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
I decided to interrupt my own series for Holy Week. He is the reason for the season, right? Check out this biblical history perspective of the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth. Feel free to share and discuss. Kenn
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Let God Love You: The Worship of Receiving. Part 1 of 4. EP 68
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
• 1 John 4:19 — We love Him because He first loved us. • Psalm 46:10 — Be still, and know that I am God. • Zephaniah 3:17 — He will rejoice over you with singing. • Romans 5:8 — While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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The Missed Opportunity - 67
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
“THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY” Scripture: Galatians 6:9–10; John 13:34–35
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The God Who Knows My Situation - 66
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Sovereign and Near: The God Who Knows My Situation Texts: Psalm 139:1–5; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 121:3–5; Hebrews 4:16; Genesis 16:7–13
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Dont Walk Away From the Mirror - 65
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Don’t Walk Away From the Mirror - James 1:23-24 There’s a certain kind of honesty that only shows up when you’re standing in front of a mirror. Not the mirror you check before you leave the house. I’m talking about the mirror that tells the truth. The mirror that doesn’t care about your title, your age, your résumé, or your excuses. The mirror that shows you you. James says that hearing God’s Word without doing anything about it is like looking in that mirror, seeing something wrong, and then walking away like you didn’t see a thing. And family…...
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The Shrinking Circle (64)
BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard
Moved the Youtube channel to @revkennblanchard Psalm 90:12 whispers into that space: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
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Unrealistic expectations can be a serious challenge, affecting relationships, careers, and personal happiness.
Unrealistic expectations as a Christian often arise from misunderstandings about faith, perfection, and God's plan.
Scriptures often taken out of context:
Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases. / And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; / they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, / to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. / And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
Matthew 10:1
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.