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Recurring Negative Thinking Can Harm Your Life Today, some self-brain surgery tools to help you learn to be kind to yourself. Scripture: Psalm 28, Psalm 143, Psalm 139, II Samuel 12 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! Music by Andrew Peterson (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Do You Stand On When the World Gives Way Under Your Feet?Today, we talk about how we find our way back to hope, meaning, purpose, and maybe even happiness again when the world falls apart. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Making Dramatic Changes Sounds Intimidating, Here’s an Alternative Here's a short talk about a great idea for September. What if we just made one good decision every day? How would that change our lives? Scripture Mentioned:  Proverbs 3:5-6 Psalm 37 Psalm 34 Books mentioned: Run with the Horses by Eugene Peterson A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson A Great Work by Jon Swanson Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our physical bodies are intimately linked to our mental and spiritual health. Join me for another incredible talk about how to come fully alive with author, speaker, and radio host Susie Larson! She’ll help you understand the complex interplay and connections between your emotional, spiritual, and physical health. This is one of the best conversations I’ve ever been a part of, and I’m excited to share another dose of hope from one of the best Christian writers alive, Susie Larson! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Time to Take Charge It’s September 1, and it’s time to take command of the incredible ability we all have to change our own minds. Today, we talk about self-directed neuroplasticity, what we can learn from Augustine of Hippo, and how to be a good self-brain surgeon. Things to remember in September: What got me here won’t get me there I’d rather be the first domino than the last one What I am actually doing is what I am getting better at I will either take charge of shaping my brain, or it will be shaped for me be circumstances, emotions, or other people Scripture: Psalm 37 Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Time to Radically Examine Our Worldview Do you know where your worldview came from, and who influenced it the most? Was it “caught,” or “taught?” Is it Biblically based, influenced by Augustine or Freud or culture? It’s time to radically examine how we think, how we live, and to decide whether it’s working for us or not. And if we want to change our lives, we have to change our minds first. That’s what we’re doing in September. Scripture: Psalm 37:4 Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Time to Pick Up the Hammer and Get After It! All-In August is almost over, and it's go time. Here are some thoughts about how God rejoices when we start today.  Scripture: Zechariah 4:10 Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Music by Patty Loveless (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, Tata takes us through the arrival of three visitors at Abraham’s house in Genesis 18. It’s a great talk about the kind of relationship we should all seek with God. Tata points out that Abraham was so close to God that he: Immediately recognized him Immediately was hospitable and welcoming to the presence of God in his life Comfortable telling God what he was worried about, how he felt, and what he needed Sought God’s help and protection for others Trusted God’s good, gentle, and humble character to do what was right. Book mentioned: Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up! Quiet time around mistakes. Colossians 3:13 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! Music by Unspoken  (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Mind Change Monday! Today, a quick run through the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery. If you want to change your life, you have to change your mind first, and these ten ideas will help you get it done. Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we talk about the difference between feelings and faith.  Scripture: Proverbs 3:4-5, James 1:6Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Inspiring Story of Overcoming Moral Injury The Covid pandemic of 2020 caused all of us problems, and cost many people their lives. We are still counting the costs as a society, and there are innumerable questions about the different ways the disease AND our individual and governmental responses to it that may never be fully answered. But one thing is certain: healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, medics, chaplains, and many others) paid a high price, often with their personal safety and emotional health on the line as well. Today on Everyday Hope I’m joined by an incredible young man whose career as a critical care nurse in Indiana was just getting started in 2020, when he found himself thrust into the heart of a global pandemic. The ways in which it affected his emotional and spiritual health, and how he found his way back to hope and faith again are inspiring, and will help you when you face your Massive Thing. Meet Hayden Vroegop, a flight and critical care nurse, who has lived a great example of imple

Today, we’re talking about how getting your theology right is the key to changing your mind and changing your life. Scripture: Isaiah 55:11, Galatians 5 Books mentioned: The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers Live Your Truth and Other Lies by Alisa Childers The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey What’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey Help is Here by Max LucadoClick the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These are troubling times. It helps to have a pastor. Today for Throwback Thursday, I’m bringing back a conversation I had with New York Times Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado from 2020. We talked about managing anxiety during times of stress, and it’s as relevant today as it was then.Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all have a response to the challenges we face in life. The question for today is: is your baseline response serving you well? We talk about the self-brain surgery seen in Psalm 73 and Psalm 77, some lessons from my new book, and how to change our own minds. Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psalm 73 is a perfect example of self-brain surgery in the Bible Today, a great look at the thought biopsy technique, lousy attitude lobotomy, and better thought transplant operations we can learn from Asaph in Psalm 73. Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A New Self-Brain Surgery Operation for Sufferers “Pain is inevitable. But suffering is optional”Haruki MurakamiToday, a very personal talk about how to reframe our thinking about long-held narratives, God’s answer to our prayers, and the difference between pain and suffering. (Replay of a previous episode) “After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips. “Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for MeaningScripture: Psalm 34, Psalm 124 Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Music by Matt Redman (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad

Where is God when we need Him the most? Join me for the first of two incredible talks about God’s loving presence in our lives with author, speaker, and radio host Susie Larson! This is one of the best conversations I’ve ever been a part of, and I’m excited to announce that Susie will be back on the show again in two weeks! A double dose of hope from one of the best Christian writers alive, Susie Larson! Susie’s new book is stunning, important, and will help you feel closer to God in your life. Check it out here. Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Happens When Life Launches You Out of the Path You Thought You Were On?Here's a talk about those unexpected events that change our lives dramatically and unexpectedly, those "massive things," as we call them. I believe that how you survive and learn to live again depends on the quality of your theology. What does that mean? Listen to find out! Scripture: Hebrews 6:18, Psalm 16:8, Romans 8:28, Psalm 34:18 Music from Eileen Walker Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Laws of Physics Help Us Navigate the Zone Between Suffering and Hope Life is hard, and either suffering or joy will fill your heart eventually. The good news is, you get to choose which. And physics teaches us how to make the choice. In this episode, we look at three writers' explorations of how to make joy out of any circumstance.  Jeremiah, Paul, and Viktor Frankl all come at the problem from different angles, but we can learn a lot from each of them.  Click the button below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Hope Playlist Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices