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Antonia Simmons
The Loving Learning Living Leading podcast with wife, mom, speaker, artist, author and mentor Antonia Simmons. Listen for practical teaching on how the woman in ministry, leader in community, stay at home mom or entrepreneur can thrive in life. You want to do well in all you’re called to and life with it’s challenges happens. Tune in to fuel your faith and be encouraged.
Wether in times of struggle or soaring in our faith God desires we live for Him without compromise. We can be faithful and let our light shine.
As believers we all must go through the fire and be tested. Our faith is refined and purified by the fire of our trials. God will take us to Zarephath the refining place to purify us to make us ready for our next.
There are some things you left undone last year. Or perhaps you didn’t even start. You have yet another opportunity to get it done!
It is so important to keep a grateful heart. Doing so will release blessings in our lives and help guard our hearts and minds with God's peace.
In this episode I share my Word of the Year. Before each year ends I seek God, praying specifically for a WOTY. Sometimes the answer comes immediately. Sometimes its more than one word. Last year, He told me before I even asked! Other times, I've experienced the word choosing me based on the experiences I had in the year. Listen on how you can choose your WOTY. Specific takeaways are:
- Seek Him,
- Search for Meaning,
- See It and,
- Speak It
Reflection Questions:
- What's your process for your selecting your WOTY?
- How does God reveal to you your WOTY?
- Do you have a WOTY? If not will you make time to seek God for one?
- Is there a word that seems to be choosing you?
- If you have been choosing your WOTY for years what is the overall message God is speaking to you?
Sharing your faith does not have to be intimidating. Scared or not all believers have a heavenly mandate to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We can not make excuses for not doing so. He will help us and will be with us. Listen for points shared from John 4, of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well. A few take-aways are:
Pray and Pay Attention,
Common Ground,
Speak Truth in Love,
Admit When You Don't Know,
Share Your Testimony,
Call to Action
Praying for others is so important. Its not just for a select super saints who seem to have a better connection with God than you. Intercession is for all believers! And God desires to develop you further in interceding for others. Listen as we look at Abraham and discuss what the heart of an intercessor looks like. Some takeaways are: Abraham Drew Near to God, He Had a Heart for Others, He Asked God, He Requested Specifically, He was Humble and He was Persistent May we learn from Abraham and become the intercessors who will cry out for those who don't know Him.
Its a new year and some are carrying the same problems, dealing with some of the same issues that have not be resolved in relationships. Its time to let go and forgive. This is easy to say and difficult for some but as a believer, a woman of God who influences others forgiveness its vital. Maybe you have forgiven and think your fine but for some reason you keep reviewing it over and over in your mind. Which is an indication that you really aren't and its now time to deal with it and let it go.
Life is full of surprises some wonderful others not so good and even unbearable. But you can go to the Word of God and seek wisdom for how you can navigate and live in unexpected times.
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