<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Assignment: Catch the first thought. Stop fighting. You present yourself differently from how you really are. Biblical Question: What is courage?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Church with Jesse Lee Peterson,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Sunday, December 14, 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;📝 New Assignment: Catch the first thought. Don’t go with the second thought.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;📖 This past week’s Biblical Question: What is courage?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;📖 New Biblical Question: When people say, “My prayers go out…,” what do they mean? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🗓️ &lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;Women’s Forum third Thur, Dec 18, 2025, 7pm at BOND, L.A. &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/events/"&gt;rebuildingtheman.com/events&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TIMESTAMPS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:00:00) - 01 - Welcome… small talk with a doctor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:02:09) - 02 - &lt;strong&gt;Shootings at Brown U. and in Australia&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(What’s Hanukkah?)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:05:57) - 03 - &lt;em&gt;Attracted to women like mother;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Arguing with my stepdad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:14:15) - 04 - Anyone else have a life?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:16:08) - 05 - &lt;strong&gt;Assignment: Catch the first thought.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:26:13) - 06 - &lt;em&gt;Feeling heat, but caught it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:31:10) - 07 - &lt;strong&gt;My dad was worried about me, thinking the worst.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Forgiveness, Prayer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:37:32) - 08 - Catch the thought: no emotional pain&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:41:26) - 09 - Doug: &lt;strong&gt;Slow your roll!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;You’ll lose interest in the world, even your marriage&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:44:04) - 10 - Seeing things for the first time. &lt;em&gt;Matthew 15: 17, Jesus on clean and unclean&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:48:25) - 11 - &lt;strong&gt;Presenting yourself differently from how you really are&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:51:38) - 12 - Negative thoughts. Ego vs Ego. Egos in the workplace.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(0:57:05) - 13 - &lt;strong&gt;Breaking out of family’s conditioning:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;“I’ve never been me.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:02:10) - 14 - Car crash. Young person with depression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:06:01) - 15 - Leaving early. Happy b-day, friend, 60. Raymond on vigilance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:08:04) - 16 - &lt;em&gt;Southern gal: Things went left!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Roommate’s LATE on rent!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:12:25) - 17 - Biblical Question: What is courage? &lt;em&gt;Stop fighting. Give up illusions. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:20:50) - 18 - BQ… The doctor called-in to the radio show, got scared!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:23:06) - 19 - &lt;em&gt;Devil sending you a man or woman. JLP’s stalker story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:27:22) - 20 - &lt;em&gt;“I’m not perfect”? You are perfect.&lt;/em&gt; Don’t wanna go to family party&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:36:32) - 21 - &lt;strong&gt;JLP on BQ: Let the false self die.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:40:53) - 22 - &lt;em&gt;Courage, Catching the first thought. Life will happen naturally.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:48:07) - 23 - Don’t go down the rabbit hole. &lt;em&gt;They want you to care! S—cidal friend still alive!&lt;/em&gt; J Lo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(1:52:54) - 24 - New BQ: “My prayers go out to…” What does that mean? Closing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLIPS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASSIGNMENT: Catch the First Thought…&lt;/strong&gt; (13-min) &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/q2HV-qeJcCk"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rumble.com/v7372c6-catch-the-first-thought.html"&gt;Rumble&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoML05Iok6rZr3d-JbpFZiPI"&gt;Recent&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoOfiKxCXWoe_Lo_KopkGj5x"&gt;Archive&lt;/a&gt; clips on BOND YouTube, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://bitchute.com/rebuildingtheman"&gt;BitChute&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rumble.com/rebuildingtheman"&gt;Rumble&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://odysee.com/@rebuildingtheman"&gt;Odysee&lt;/a&gt; — BOND: Rebuilding the Man&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LINKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;🗒️ BLOG&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/#podcast"&gt;https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/#podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;🎧 PODCAST / Substack&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/what-is-courage-church-121425"&gt;https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/what-is-courage-church-121425&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VIDEO&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/N7BmKkuOsRg"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rumble.com/v72y1k6-church-with-jesse-lee-peterson-121425.html"&gt;Rumble&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://pilled.net/foxhole/JesseLeePeterson?topic=1300256"&gt;Pilled&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/rebuildingtheman/videos/1759876634674518"&gt;FB&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/JLPtalk/status/2000272073734664269"&gt;X Live&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.bitchute.com/video/UJrwW5RMVysf"&gt;BitChute&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://odysee.com/@rebuildingtheman:2/251214-Church-JLP:9"&gt;Odysee&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PODCAST&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-courage-church-12-14-25/id1173675223?i=1000741273827"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0E2E07JwFVIww3M6UmvxAB"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://podcastaddict.com/episode/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.substack.com%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F181621361%2F06f6f3217f896f922979afa86b8b035b.mp3&amp;#38;podcastId=4295591"&gt;Podcast Addict&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://castbox.fm/vi/882690179"&gt;Castbox&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/what-is-courage-church-121425"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Substack&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/487841.rss"&gt;RSS&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Church with Jesse Lee Peterson&lt;/em&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;BOND&lt;/strong&gt;, Sunday 11 AM PT (1 PM CT / 2 ET) &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/"&gt;https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/contact"&gt;Contact&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/donate"&gt;Donate&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;1-800-411-BOND&lt;/strong&gt; (2663) or 323-782-1980 - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/contact/"&gt;https://rebuildingtheman.com/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🙏 SILENT PRAYER - &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/silentprayer/"&gt;https://rebuildingtheman.com/silentprayer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;📼 &lt;em&gt;PAST SERVICES:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoP6przIhg6O1Iti9hzK9n1Q"&gt;2016-present&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoNYs7rgye3uaXkmziRdj8mU"&gt;2008-2014&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;(Archive)&lt;/em&gt; | &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpSkvyhrlXrY13QSHcFUBMx0y_cZXl-94"&gt;1991-1998&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; (select recordings)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to BOND / JLP at &lt;a href="https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;rebuildingtheman.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Church with Jesse Lee Peterson

Jesse Lee Peterson

What Is Courage? | Church 12/14/25

DEC 14, 2025117 MIN
Church with Jesse Lee Peterson

What Is Courage? | Church 12/14/25

DEC 14, 2025117 MIN

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<p><em>Assignment: Catch the first thought. Stop fighting. You present yourself differently from how you really are. Biblical Question: What is courage?</em></p><p><em>Church with Jesse Lee Peterson,</em> <strong>Sunday, December 14, 2025</strong></p><p>📝 New Assignment: Catch the first thought. Don’t go with the second thought.</p><p>📖 This past week’s Biblical Question: What is courage?</p><p>📖 New Biblical Question: When people say, “My prayers go out…,” what do they mean? </p><p>🗓️ <em> </em>Women’s Forum third Thur, Dec 18, 2025, 7pm at BOND, L.A. <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/events/">rebuildingtheman.com/events</a> </p><p><strong>TIMESTAMPS</strong></p><p>(0:00:00) - 01 - Welcome… small talk with a doctor</p><p>(0:02:09) - 02 - <strong>Shootings at Brown U. and in Australia</strong> <em>(What’s Hanukkah?)</em></p><p>(0:05:57) - 03 - <em>Attracted to women like mother;</em> <strong>Arguing with my stepdad</strong></p><p>(0:14:15) - 04 - Anyone else have a life?</p><p>(0:16:08) - 05 - <strong>Assignment: Catch the first thought.</strong></p><p>(0:26:13) - 06 - <em>Feeling heat, but caught it.</em></p><p>(0:31:10) - 07 - <strong>My dad was worried about me, thinking the worst.</strong> <em>Forgiveness, Prayer</em></p><p>(0:37:32) - 08 - Catch the thought: no emotional pain</p><p>(0:41:26) - 09 - Doug: <strong>Slow your roll!</strong> <em>You’ll lose interest in the world, even your marriage</em></p><p>(0:44:04) - 10 - Seeing things for the first time. <em>Matthew 15: 17, Jesus on clean and unclean</em></p><p>(0:48:25) - 11 - <strong>Presenting yourself differently from how you really are</strong></p><p>(0:51:38) - 12 - Negative thoughts. Ego vs Ego. Egos in the workplace.</p><p>(0:57:05) - 13 - <strong>Breaking out of family’s conditioning:</strong> <em>“I’ve never been me.”</em></p><p>(1:02:10) - 14 - Car crash. Young person with depression.</p><p>(1:06:01) - 15 - Leaving early. Happy b-day, friend, 60. Raymond on vigilance</p><p>(1:08:04) - 16 - <em>Southern gal: Things went left!</em> <strong>Roommate’s LATE on rent!</strong></p><p>(1:12:25) - 17 - Biblical Question: What is courage? <em>Stop fighting. Give up illusions. </em></p><p>(1:20:50) - 18 - BQ… The doctor called-in to the radio show, got scared!</p><p>(1:23:06) - 19 - <em>Devil sending you a man or woman. JLP’s stalker story.</em></p><p>(1:27:22) - 20 - <em>“I’m not perfect”? You are perfect.</em> Don’t wanna go to family party</p><p>(1:36:32) - 21 - <strong>JLP on BQ: Let the false self die.</strong></p><p>(1:40:53) - 22 - <em>Courage, Catching the first thought. Life will happen naturally.</em></p><p>(1:48:07) - 23 - Don’t go down the rabbit hole. <em>They want you to care! S—cidal friend still alive!</em> J Lo</p><p>(1:52:54) - 24 - New BQ: “My prayers go out to…” What does that mean? Closing</p><p><strong>CLIPS</strong></p><p><strong>ASSIGNMENT: Catch the First Thought…</strong> (13-min) <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/q2HV-qeJcCk">YouTube</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://rumble.com/v7372c6-catch-the-first-thought.html">Rumble</a> </p><p>See <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoML05Iok6rZr3d-JbpFZiPI">Recent</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoOfiKxCXWoe_Lo_KopkGj5x">Archive</a> clips on BOND YouTube, <a target="_blank" href="https://bitchute.com/rebuildingtheman">BitChute</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://rumble.com/rebuildingtheman">Rumble</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://odysee.com/@rebuildingtheman">Odysee</a> — BOND: Rebuilding the Man</p><p><strong>LINKS</strong></p><p><strong>🗒️ BLOG</strong> - <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/#podcast">https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/#podcast</a></p><p><strong>🎧 PODCAST / Substack</strong> - <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/what-is-courage-church-121425">https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/what-is-courage-church-121425</a> </p><p><strong>VIDEO</strong> - <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/N7BmKkuOsRg">YouTube</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://rumble.com/v72y1k6-church-with-jesse-lee-peterson-121425.html">Rumble</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://pilled.net/foxhole/JesseLeePeterson?topic=1300256">Pilled</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/rebuildingtheman/videos/1759876634674518">FB</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/JLPtalk/status/2000272073734664269">X Live</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bitchute.com/video/UJrwW5RMVysf">BitChute</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://odysee.com/@rebuildingtheman:2/251214-Church-JLP:9">Odysee</a> </p><p><strong>PODCAST</strong> - <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-courage-church-12-14-25/id1173675223?i=1000741273827">Apple</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0E2E07JwFVIww3M6UmvxAB">Spotify</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://podcastaddict.com/episode/https%3A%2F%2Fapi.substack.com%2Ffeed%2Fpodcast%2F181621361%2F06f6f3217f896f922979afa86b8b035b.mp3&#38;podcastId=4295591">Podcast Addict</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://castbox.fm/vi/882690179">Castbox</a> - <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/p/what-is-courage-church-121425"><strong>Substack</strong></a> (<a target="_blank" href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/487841.rss">RSS</a>) </p><p><em>Church with Jesse Lee Peterson</em> at <strong>BOND</strong>, Sunday 11 AM PT (1 PM CT / 2 ET) <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/">https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/contact">Contact</a> / <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/donate">Donate</a>: <strong>1-800-411-BOND</strong> (2663) or 323-782-1980 - <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/contact/">https://rebuildingtheman.com/contact/</a></p><p>🙏 SILENT PRAYER - <a target="_blank" href="https://rebuildingtheman.com/silentprayer/">https://rebuildingtheman.com/silentprayer/</a></p><p>📼 <em>PAST SERVICES:</em> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoP6przIhg6O1Iti9hzK9n1Q">2016-present</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVqjzIOc_QoNYs7rgye3uaXkmziRdj8mU">2008-2014</a> <em>(Archive)</em> | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpSkvyhrlXrY13QSHcFUBMx0y_cZXl-94">1991-1998</a><em> (select recordings)</em></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to BOND / JLP at <a href="https://rebuildingtheman.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">rebuildingtheman.substack.com/subscribe</a>