The main focus of this podcast episode is the concept of being a "Hobo Soul," which encapsulates the feeling of being a stranger and pilgrim in this world as we navigate our spiritual journey. I draw inspiration from biblical figures like Enoch, Noah, and Abraham, who lived in faith despite not receiving the promises they longed for. This theme resonates with many of us who often feel out of place, craving connection and direction in a world that can seem contrary to our values. I share how the term "Hobo Soul" came about through my nephew and how it reflects our experiences as followers of Jesus. Through this podcast, I aim to provide insights and guidance rooted in biblical truth, helping us all to travel this path together.
This podcast revolves around the concept of being a "Hobo Soul," a term inspired by biblical references that describe followers of Jesus as strangers and pilgrims, transient beings navigating through a world that often feels alien to them.
Through this exploration, we'll look at the wisdom found in the Bible, which serves as a reliable roadmap amidst the myriad of choices we face in life. By sharing some of my story and Bible insights, I hope to help you grow closer to Jesus as we journey through our lives.
Takeaways:
The Hobo Soul podcast offers guidance rooted in biblical wisdom and life experiences.
Listeners are encouraged to embrace their identity as strangers and pilgrims in this world.
The podcast will provide short daily episodes that inspire and illuminate biblical truths.
The teaching in the podcast will be based on finding direction and purpose through the teachings of the Bible.
Takeaways:
The Hobo Soul podcast emphasizes the journey of faith as a path of transience, similar to biblical figures like Enoch and Abraham.
We are reminded that followers of Jesus are often strangers and pilgrims in a world that feels unfamiliar and contrary to our beliefs.
The podcast draws parallels between the experiences of hobos during the Great Depression and the spiritual journey of Christians seeking direction in life.
Yvon Prehn shares personal insights from her life and the influence of her grandmother, illustrating the importance of sharing love and faith with others.
The concept of 'Hobo Soul' encapsulates the idea of navigating life with faith while feeling out of place in the world.
Listeners are encouraged to rely on the Bible as a reliable map for their lives, drawing from years of study and personal experience.
Hi, welcome to the Hobo Soul podcast of road advice from the Bible and from me, Yvon Prehn, someone who's a little further down the road of life. Let's get started with our topic today, which is An Introduction to the Hobo Souls podcast.
The passage has been talking about Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Sarah that died in faith, the passage goes on to say.....
e earth. This is from Hebrews:
When my nephew Jesse came up with the term Hobo Soul, I was immediately reminded of this Bible verse and how it describes some of those who have gone before us in the Christian faith as strangers and pilgrims. The message translates them as transience.
The Apostle Peter has a similar description of us in mind when he says, I warn you as temporary residents and foreigners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your souls. And even back in the Old Testament in Chronicles it says, we are here for only a moment.
Visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Strangers and pilgrims, transients, visitors on this earth. Hobo souls, that's who we are, we who follow Jesus.
That's why we so often don't feel at home. We're making our way through a world that's often contrary to how we think it should be. We want to belong and yet we often feel out of place.
We want to love, yet we don't know how to connect or who to connect to. We face decisions and we don't know which way to take. Directions are needed now.
Here's how I got the idea to use my nephew's label for this podcast and how I hope it can help give you some direction. When the hobos traveled the US during the Great Depression for direction, they had messages from the experience of those who'd gone before.
The hobos that had recently gone that way would scratch on the foundations of homes and fence posts various symbols that had universal meanings. Some of them them told the other hobos. Fresh water, safe campsite work available.
Catch train Here we have dozens of these messages of these sign messages, all created to help the hobos travel safely and survive. And two of them inspire this podcast. The first one is Good road to Follow. The good road that I'll share with you is the one mapped out in the Bible.
There are lots of road maps offered to navigate our world today, but only one that I found to be ultimately reliable and true. And that's God's word, the Bible. This isn't the podcast to go into all the reasons why you can trust the Bible, and it's reliable. And if you want.
If you want the reasons and the history and all of that in absolutely excruciating detail, you can go to my website, www.bible805.com and I've got blogs and books and lessons and all of that. But that's not what this podcast is about. Each one of these podcasts are very short.
It's going to open with a Bible verse that will inspire the content that follows. And the content itself, I trust, will all be based on Bible truth that I've gained from years of study and walking with Jesus.
Which leads to the second sign that says kind lady lives here. I was told my grandma had that mark on the foundation of her home in rural Nebraska during the Depression.
Though she was very poor, her husband was institutionalized for over 30 years. She raised four children alone. She always shared what she had.
Her love for people and faith in Jesus not only fed hobos during the depression, but were the primary inspirations for my life of faith. I love and follow Jesus. I want to live like him and represent him well, in large part because that's how I saw her live.
I'm just a few steps ahead, and some quite a few steps ahead in the journey of life than those of you that I created this podcast for and you know who you are.
But in addition to my love and prayers, as are always with you, I want to share with you and all the other hobo souls who might listen the insights, lessons and challenges that I've learned following Jesus and obeying his word. Because doing that, after trying all sorts of other trails and side roads, is truly the good road to follow.
So join me, your fellow hobo soul, stranger and pilgrim, as we travel this road together.
That's all for this podcast, for transcripts, links to related material, and much more to help you learn to know, trust, apply and teach the Bible, go to www.bible805.com for now, let me end with this benediction and prayer.
May you walk each day surrounded by the gracious love of the Father, guided by the gentle wisdom of the Holy Spirit, and conscious of the astoundingly real presence of Jesus, who will walk with you until you're no more a Hobo Soul, you no more a transient, wandering heart, but at home in the kingdom prepared for you with your God forever. Amen.
