The Disciples Journal

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The Disciples Journal documents the everyday life of following Jesus, offering practical steps, insights, and encouragement to help you get closer to God. Join host Darin Starks as he shares personal stories, the experiences of others, and gospel-driven perspectives from the Bible, providing the guidance you need to walk with Jesus in your everyday life and stay focused on Him.

194 episodes • 0 archived •

How to Be Satisfied in Jesus

April 2

12 mins

Why Your Faith Feels Dry (And How to Fix It)

March 26

2h 31m

How to Love God More than Anything

March 24

22 mins

Loving God is All About THIS (Talitha Coffee Interview)

March 21

55 mins

What Every Believer Needs to Know

March 19

25 mins

If You've Lost Your Passion for God (This is for you)

March 13

21 mins

What it Means to Love God With All Your Heart, Soul, and Strength

March 10

28 mins

How to Fall in Love with God Again

March 5

32 mins

The Secret to Loving Jesus More

March 3

28 mins

Making Jesus Your First Love Again (How to Get Your Passion Back for God)

February 26

1h 8m

How to Obey God When It Doesn’t Make Sense

February 24

40 mins

God loves you (Right Now) | How to Receive God’s Love

February 20

24 mins

Desexualizing My Brain Changed My Life (How to Defeat Lust For Good)

February 17

35 mins

Finding Your Identity In Christ

February 12

17 mins

Stop Comparing Your Relationship with God to Others

February 10

27 mins

3 Habits That Transformed My Relationship with God

February 5

25 mins

How to Trust God’s Timing (And Stop Comparing Your Life to Others)

February 3

28 mins

How to Meditate on God's Word Daily

January 29

22 mins

Learning to Trust God More

January 27

20 mins

If You're Struggling to Stay Focused on Jesus, This Will Help

January 22

21 mins

The Deadly Simple Approach to Defeating Lust (And Overcoming Temptation)

January 20

32 mins

What to do (And Not to Do) to Draw Closer to God in 2025

January 15

17 mins

How I Got My Fire Back For God (And You Can Too)

January 13

26 mins

How I’m Learning to Spend Time With God (3 Practical Ways)

January 8

25 mins

How to Make 2025 Your Best Year Spiritually

January 7

24 mins

My Testimony | How Jesus Set Me Free From Lust, Depression, and Shame

Dec 19, 2024

35 mins

How I Study The Bible (And What I Wish I Knew Sooner)

Nov 20, 2024

31 mins

The Secret to Knowing Jesus Deeper

Nov 6, 2024

30 mins

How to Stay Consistent with Jesus (And Completely Surrender to Him)

Oct 24, 2024

30 mins

If You Struggle To Accept God's Love (This Is For You)

Oct 10, 2024

30 mins

How to Hear God's Voice

Oct 2, 2024

23 mins

How to Keep Your Focus on Jesus (And Quit Being Lukewarm)

Sep 25, 2024

19 mins

S1 E1

The Reason Jesus Had to Die (And Why It Matters)

S1 E1·

Sep 18, 2024

21 mins

The Disciples Journal Trailer

Sep 17, 2024

1 min

Our Last Episode: Greatest Memories, Biggest Lessons, & Killi Recap

Jul 10, 2024

1h 40m

Discovering Your God Given Potential (How to See Yourself The Way God Does)

Jun 26, 2024

28 mins

God Is Making You Wait (For A Reason)

Jun 19, 2024

28 mins

Feeling Too Far Gone for God's Grace? (Listen to This)

Jun 12, 2024

25 mins

Try Again (This Time With God) The Path To True Success

Jun 7, 2024

11 mins

Building Christ-Centered Relationships (How to Find Christian Friends)

May 31, 2024

29 mins

3 Spiritual Disciplines Every Believer Needs

May 29, 2024

31 mins

How to Stop Worrying and Trust God with Your Future

May 24, 2024

14 mins

Relying on God's Strength

May 17, 2024

14 mins

How to Know What God Wants You To Do

May 15, 2024

27 mins

What Putting God First Actually Looks Like

May 10, 2024

12 mins

How to Stop Caring What Other People Think (Building Your Confidence in Christ)

May 8, 2024

26 mins

The Reason God Promotes You (How to Level Up)

May 3, 2024

12 mins

Prayer: How To Have An Honest Talk With God

May 2, 2024

21 mins

How to Talk About Jesus with Non Believers (Practical Ways to Share The Gospel)

Apr 25, 2024

37 mins

Transforming Your Mind with God's Word (Thinking like Jesus)

Apr 19, 2024

24 mins

How to Give God Everything

Apr 17, 2024

33 mins

Why You Know More About Celebrities Than God (And How to Fix It)

Apr 12, 2024

22 mins

Purifying Your Thoughts and Combatting Lust

Apr 10, 2024

32 mins

The Truth About Your Identity (Who God Says You Truly Are)

Apr 5, 2024

17 mins

Focusing on God and Removing Distractions

Apr 3, 2024

33 mins

How to Let Go Of Friends That You've Outgrown

Mar 29, 2024

27 mins

How to Stay Consistent with God

Mar 27, 2024

33 mins

How to Stop Your Thoughts From Controlling Your Life (And Submit Them To God)

Mar 22, 2024

29 mins

Trusting God With Your Future

Mar 15, 2024

33 mins

Crucify Your Fantasies

Mar 14, 2024

28 mins

How to Be Confident and Care Less About What People Think

Mar 8, 2024

38 mins

Don't Settle For The Bare Minimum: Relationships, Friendships, and Career

Mar 2, 2024

22 mins

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The Reason God is Making You Uncomfortable

E173·

Feb 28, 2024

35 mins

Overcoming Negative Self Talk (How to See Yourself The Way God Does)

Feb 23, 2024

22 mins

How to Set Boundaries and Protect Your Peace

Feb 21, 2024

24 mins

How to Be Grateful (And Stop Taking God for Granted)

Feb 16, 2024

23 mins

When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned (How to Handle Disappointment)

Feb 14, 2024

28 mins

What God Wants From Us

Feb 9, 2024

26 mins

What Following Jesus Really Means

Feb 7, 2024

27 mins

Are You Truly Relying on God? The Power of Letting Go and Trusting Him Completely

Feb 2, 2024

31 mins

How to Hear God's Voice

Feb 1, 2024

32 mins

5 Ways to Get Closer to God

Jan 27, 2024

41 mins

How to Grow in Your Relationship with God with Kya Anderson

Jan 24, 2024

47 mins

Stop Trying to Be Perfect (Do This Instead)

Jan 19, 2024

32 mins

How to End your Phone Addiction

Jan 6, 2024

26 mins

The Way God TRULY Wants Us to Live

Jan 4, 2024

49 mins

Why Family Matters to God with Gary and April Starks

Dec 13, 2023

1h 1m

The ONE Thing God Truly Cares About

Dec 6, 2023

31 mins

When God Feels Far Away

Dec 1, 2023

36 mins

How to Stop Being Indecisive

Nov 29, 2023

38 mins

Being Too Casual With God

Nov 26, 2023

42 mins

How to Truly Give God Everything and Submit Your Life to Him with Katherine Warnock

Nov 22, 2023

50 mins

Stop Limiting God (This Is What You Could Be Missing)

Nov 10, 2023

50 mins

Becoming Out Of Touch

Nov 8, 2023

51 mins

A Deeper Look at Obedience (Following God When It Makes No Sense)

Nov 3, 2023

35 mins

Flirting with Sin (Steps to Going All In For God)

Nov 1, 2023

41 mins

Practical Ways To Keep Your Focus on Jesus

Oct 27, 2023

30 mins

How to Respond When People Hurt You

Oct 25, 2023

36 mins

Overcoming Low Self Esteem (How to See Yourself The Way God Does)

Oct 20, 2023

34 mins

The One Thing That Breaks God's Heart (And Why It Should Break Yours Too)

Oct 18, 2023

33 mins

How to Heal From Your Trauma with Pastor Micheal Todd

Oct 13, 2023

1h 4m

How to Overcome Procrastination

Oct 11, 2023

33 mins

Trusting God in Impossible Situations

Oct 6, 2023

27 mins

How to Protect Your Authenticity in a Conforming World

Oct 4, 2023

44 mins

Why God Removes Anything From Your Life

Sep 29, 2023

19 mins

How To Deal With Loneliness

Sep 27, 2023

29 mins

Do the last thing God told you

Sep 22, 2023

27 mins

Redefining Sacrifice: Exploring Offerings to God and Self-Control

Aug 25, 2023

28 mins

Q&A: Constructing a Christ-Centered Daily Routine, Understanding God's Voice and Finding Christian Community

Jul 28, 2023

1h 9m

Our Testimonies, Origins of Just Different, and Advice for New Believers

Jul 26, 2023

1h 15m

What It Looks Like to Follow Jesus Daily with Jon Diggs

Jul 12, 2023

10 mins

Saved not Soft with Emy Moore

Jul 7, 2023

1h 13m

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome with Emmanuel Iheke

Jul 5, 2023

14 mins

Trusting God's Timing

Jul 1, 2023

31 mins

How to Break Bad Habits

Jun 28, 2023

53 mins

How to Rest in God

Jun 24, 2023

44 mins

The Thief of Joy

Jun 22, 2023

47 mins

Fix your thoughts

Jun 16, 2023

48 mins

Dealing with Uncertainty

Jun 14, 2023

44 mins

Where to start in the Bible

Jun 10, 2023

46 mins

How to get Closer to God

Jun 7, 2023

56 mins

The Kingdom Mentality with Gary and April Starks

May 26, 2023

1h 16m

What All Christians Need (But Most Don't Have)

May 24, 2023

45 mins

Admitting When You're Wrong

May 20, 2023

43 mins

Caring for Others Like Jesus

May 17, 2023

50 mins

Holiness is Extra

May 12, 2023

47 mins

Learning to Fear of God (And What it Actually Means)

May 10, 2023

54 mins

Seek First The Kingdom (Don't Prioritize Work Over God)

May 3, 2023

50 mins

Your Phone is Killing You (How to Stop Your Addiction)

Apr 28, 2023

1h 2m

When You Feel Like Giving Up on Your Purpose

Apr 27, 2023

49 mins

Finding Friends (How to Build Christian Community)

Apr 21, 2023

50 mins

Following God When It's Inconvenient

Apr 19, 2023

40 mins

The Gospel Explained

Apr 14, 2023

50 mins

How to Let Go of Past Mistakes and Regret

Apr 12, 2023

57 mins

Singleness, Dating, and Marriage

Feb 24, 2023

1h 13m

How to Defeat Lust (Overcoming Pornography)

Jan 27, 2023

1h 20m

God has Given Us Authority (You Don't Have to Keep Falling Into Sin)

Jan 20, 2023

1h 17m

The Reason You Shouldn't Listen to Your Heart (Do This Instead)

Jan 19, 2023

36 mins

Caleb Gordon gets REAL About Christian Hip Hop

Jan 13, 2023

57 mins

Death to Self with Karren Atakora

Jan 6, 2023

1h 40m

Our Biggest Lessons of 2022

Dec 17, 2022

42 mins

When You Feel Like You're Not Enough (How to Overcome Insecurity)

Dec 8, 2022

37 mins

Being Afraid of The Future

Dec 1, 2022

31 mins

When Life Is Going Too Well (How to Not Overthink and Enjoy Peace)

Nov 24, 2022

34 mins

I Miss the Old Me (How to Stop Going Back to Previous Sin)

Nov 17, 2022

33 mins

If You Struggle with Compassion (Listen to This)

Nov 11, 2022

28 mins

How to Let Go of Regret (And Move on From Your Past)

Nov 3, 2022

35 mins

Removing Distractions and Staying Focused on Jesus

Oct 28, 2022

32 mins

Why You Need to Share Your Testimony

Oct 20, 2022

30 mins

Healing From Broken Trust

Oct 13, 2022

33 mins

How to Let Go Of Relationship That No Longer Serve You

Oct 7, 2022

40 mins

What Most Christians Get Wrong About Church

Sep 30, 2022

26 mins

How to Submit Your Emotions to God (And Not Be Controlled by Them)

Sep 23, 2022

27 mins

The Secret to Defeating The Fear of Failure

Sep 16, 2022

36 mins

How to Become Best Friends with God

Sep 9, 2022

31 mins

Remaining Hopeful in a World That Feels Too Far Gone

Sep 2, 2022

32 mins

Discovering Purpose and Identity in Christ with Brittnay Weird

Aug 25, 2022

42 mins

How to Stay True to Yourself

Aug 18, 2022

44 mins

How to Embrace Change

Aug 11, 2022

37 mins

What It Means To Be Chosen with Alexis Ada

Aug 4, 2022

43 mins

What To Do If You Are Stuck in the Past

Jul 28, 2022

22 mins

Stop Punishing Yourself (God Has Already Forgiven You)

Jul 22, 2022

27 mins

What Every Believer Should be Doing

Jul 14, 2022

38 mins

Embracing Your God-Given Identity Without Conforming

Jul 8, 2022

36 mins

Mind Your Business

Jun 24, 2022

35 mins

The Savior Complex: Why You Can't Be Everything to Everyone

Jun 18, 2022

25 mins

The Independence Trap: Why Refusing Help Could Be Holding You Back

Jun 10, 2022

26 mins

For Those Who Struggle with Pride (Listen to This)

Jun 3, 2022

33 mins

The Power of Vulnerability with Clarissa Rojas

May 19, 2022

1h 7m

Stop Your Wasting Time

May 12, 2022

23 mins

How to Love Like Christ with Jon and Eric Diggs

May 6, 2022

1h 2m

How to Break Social Media Addiction and Get Back in God's Presence

May 6, 2022

32 mins

God is Making You Wait (For a Reason): How to Trust God's Timing

Apr 24, 2022

34 mins

Moving Beyond Religion: How to Develop a True Relationship with God

Apr 15, 2022

32 mins

Spiritual Warfare

Apr 8, 2022

27 mins

How to Avoid Burnout and Find Rest in Jesus

Apr 1, 2022

27 mins

Destroying Idols: How to Recognize What's Taking God's Place in Your Life

Mar 25, 2022

32 mins

If You're Feeling Abandoned by God: Listen to This!

Mar 19, 2022

38 mins

How to Heal from a Heartbreak

Mar 11, 2022

27 mins

How to Stop Being a People Pleaser (And Start Putting God First)

Mar 4, 2022

1h 16m

How to Break Cycles of Sin

Feb 25, 2022

35 mins

Why you need Jesus AND a Therapist

Feb 18, 2022

31 mins

The True Definition of Love

Feb 12, 2022

33 mins

How to Love Difficult People

Jan 28, 2022

30 mins

Advice for New Christians (What You MUST Learn About Your Faith)

Jan 21, 2022

34 mins

How to Make Christian Friends (Tips on Finding Godly Community)

Jan 14, 2022

27 mins

How to Set Goals with God

Jan 7, 2022

32 mins

How to Fight Sexual Temptation

Dec 24, 2021

41 mins

God is Using Your Doubt (and Unbelief, and Worry): Here’s How

Dec 10, 2021

29 mins

How to Build Closer Relationships and Get Rid of Loneliness

Nov 28, 2021

28 mins

How to Revive Your Relationship with God (If You’re Feeling Far From Him)

Nov 19, 2021

33 mins

What To Do When You Struggle with Being Single

Nov 12, 2021

26 mins

Feeling Insecure? Listen to ThIs

Nov 5, 2021

25 mins

Hearing The Voice of God

Oct 28, 2021

30 mins

The Kingdom of God (Explained)

Oct 22, 2021

37 mins

Why You’re Not Going All in for God

Oct 14, 2021

30 mins

How To Forgive Yourself for Past Mistakes

Oct 9, 2021

33 mins

If You Want to Be Bold In Your Faith: Listen To This

Sep 24, 2021

22 mins

Our Testimonies

Sep 19, 2021

40 mins

How to Not Care Like Jesus

Sep 11, 2021

27 mins

Practical Ways to Get Closer to God (And Stop Being Lukewarm)

Sep 5, 2021

14 mins

Christian Dating (What to Do)

Aug 26, 2021

19 mins

Renewing Your Mind: The Simplest Way to Take Thoughts Captive

Aug 17, 2021

14 mins

Our Introduction

Aug 13, 2021

41 mins

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