89: Bible Study With Mari - Luke 4:1-13

Ever Be

Join our Kingdom Club on Patreon! Members get exclusive perks such as: 🕊Live monthly Bible Study group led by Mari 🎙Post-show After-Party Q&A Access with Mari & Trey 💬 Only Kingdom Club members get to submit questions for weekly Q&A's 🤗 Join a private community of like-minded women trying to live Christ-centered lives 🎥 Watch the podcast, not just listen - video access exclusive to Kingdom Club members 🎁 Free Kingdom Club Ball Cap Welcome gift for members who pay annually ------ Mari leads a quiet vacation Bible study using Lectio Divina and Ignatian imagination through Luke 4:1–13 (Jesus tempted in the desert), connecting the passage to Lent and her own fast from sweets. Mari reflects on the three temptations—comfort/physical needs, power and false worship, and fear/testing God—highlighting how Jesus answers with Scripture and how the devil even uses Scripture. She emphasizes that knowing Scripture isn’t enough without living according to God’s ways, offers reflection questions, and shares a takeaway that the desert is preparation, not punishment, inviting listeners to lean into Lent with prayer and fasting. 00:00 Welcome to Ever Be 00:42 Life Update 02:43 Bible Study Setup 04:15 Opening Prayer 05:17 Luke 4 Reading 06:55 Contemplative Prayer 09:41 Three Temptations 15:42 Fear and Trust 16:40 Scripture and Salvation 19:20 Reflection Questions 20:54 Desert as Preparation ------ Episode Sponsors Crunchi - crunchi.com/mariwagner West Coast Catholic - westcoastcatholic.co ------ Follow Along: Ever Be Podcast Instagram Mari Wagner Instagram West Coast Catholic Instagram

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The Ever Be Podcast is a faith and lifestyle podcast filled with meaningful conversations and practical tips that will inspire and empower you to live a Christ centered life in today’s modern world. Through her own experience of surrendering completely to God and finding true fullness of life, your host Mari Wagner, has committed to having God’s praise “ever be” on her lips and sharing that message with the world. Listen in for insightful, real life conversations and actionable steps on how to claim the full life God created you for.

With over 100K followers and counting, Instagram content creator and founder of the popular Catholic lifestyle brand, West Coast Catholic, Mari Wagner is showing the world how to live a bold, attractive, and fulfilling Catholic life by being in the world but not of it. On the podcast you’ll get a combination of heartfelt solo episodes with Mari, interviews with exciting guests, and up-close and personal time with both the Wagner’s—Mari and Trey. What more could you ask for?!

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