He Restores My Soul with Jani Ortlund: Recent Episodes
Jani Ortlund
He Restores My Soul with Jani Ortlund seeks to encourage women with God’s renewing power for their busy lives. Episodes include relevant biblical teaching, stimulating gospel conversations with other Christians, and “Ask Jani” sessions where we talk about what’s on our listeners’ hearts.
It is important to finish up your year of discipleship with thanksgiving, vulnerability, and a chance to look into the future together. See how Jani wraps up her year with her disciples in this final episode of our discipleship series.
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What brought about Israel’s division and God’s ultimate judgment upon His people? This episode helps us understand the Bible from Solomon to the birth of Christ.
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See how two women changed the course of the nation of Israel and helped usher in her glory days under the united monarchy of Saul, David, and Solomon.
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Jani shares some ideas on training your young children to honor your desire and need to spend quiet time with Christ.
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Jani is delighted to have her former co-host, Heidi Howerton, join her to wish you a Happy Easter! Find out what God is teaching Heidi during this stretching season in her life.
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Do you struggle with sharing Christ boldly with others, as Jani does? Listen in as she shares from Scripture to help us “walk in wisdom toward outsiders” (Col. 4:5).
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What is worship? What does it look like? How can our public worship help others embrace the beauty of Jesus Christ? Jani teaches on our third priority—the work of Christ in the world—and how our worship services can help us live on mission.
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Why does God tell us to treat His name differently from every other name imaginable? This is a review of the 3rd commandment and how God lovingly reveals Himself to us through it. Jani also shares why she encourages her discipleship groups to end their meetings with Numbers 6:24-27.
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The meaning of the Bible is not some big secret that God is daring you to discover. Jani’s son, Gavin, shares how God makes His Truth accessible to all His children. We also talk about helpful ways to read the Book of Judges.
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This short episode encourages you to revisit your goals and refresh them for the coming weeks. Jani also shows you a new way to pray for one another in your group.
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Jani shares why her discipleship groups memorize larger portions of Scripture. How does this help Christ followers obey, enjoy, and share the Lord Jesus with others? You can also learn a tried-and-true method for storing up God’s Word in your heart (Psalm 119:11).
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Music is a powerful gift from God that complements, supports, and deepens the impact of God’s Word in the lives of His people. How can we use it in our discipleship groups each week?
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What does our gospel doctrine teach us about forgiving those who have deeply hurt us? This episode dives into Paul’s admonition to overcome evil with good from Romans 12:17-21.
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We continue to talk through what gospel culture feels and looks like as Jani teaches on nurturing true humility in our gospel communities from Romans 12:14-16.
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Jani helps us see how gospel doctrine can foster gospel culture in our churches through love, humility, and forgiveness. This episode looks at Romans 12:9-13 and the sincere love that honors and serves and meets the needs of other Christians.
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Let your lifetime goals bring this new year into focus. Jani helps us plan for our year—month—week—even the day ahead of us by “making the best use of the time” (Eph. 5:16). Discover how to write short term goals that are “SMART.”
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The wise woman “plans noble things” (Isaiah 32:8). Jani encourages us to live wisely as daughters of the King, developing noble plans through writing measurable and sustainable lifetime goals. Take a peek at Jani’s lifetime goals and try writing some for yourself.
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What are your dreams? What thrills you, motivates you, satisfies you? Why do you think God made you? Why now? Why here? Jani explains how writing lifetime goals can help us live with more purposeful devotion to Christ and His kingdom work.
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Jani answers questions from listeners on writing a life mission statement and how to set goals for a specific decade of your life.
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Jani sends her listeners a Merry Christmas from her home to yours!
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As Jani encourages us to read through the Bible in the coming year, she wants her listeners to have a basic understanding of how God establishes His rule over this rebellious world. In this episode she teaches from genesis through Judges.
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What is the overriding theme of the Old Testament? Can you see Jesus there? Jani offers some helps for reading through the Old Testament.
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Have you ever read through the whole Bible as a book? Jani shares some ways to approach this for the coming year.
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It is important as disciples of Christ to prize and treasure the written Word. Jani shares why she reveres the Bible so deeply.
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Did you know the Bible shows us the three priorities by which Christ lived His earthly life? As His disciples, let’s follow His example.
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Jani encourages her disciples to periodically plan a longer time for meeting with the Lord. What are the benefits and how do you get started?
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What is biblical meditation? Join us for this next lesson in our discipleship series.
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One young mom sends in a thoughtful question regarding teaching her daughters about true beauty, vanity, and make-up. Another young mom struggles with guilt over buying pretty things for herself. How can we think biblically about these issues?
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Why do we lose heart and give up on praying? Are there any tools that can help us? Jani shares two acrostics that help her when she doesn’t know how to pray.
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Jani shares how to lead your discipleship group into regular individual prayer times. Listen for ways to develop a prayer notebook.
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Jani and her guest, Abby Norris, teach on worship—what it is and how to incorporate it into your discipleship meetings.
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Jani and her guest, Abby Norris, talk about how to schedule your discipleship year around three Christian priorities. They also teach on developing daily, personal times with the Lord.
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Jani interviews a member of one of her discipleship groups about her experience in Jani's group, and then asks her to share advice regarding how she began discipling women herself. Listen in to the discipleship story of Abby Norris.
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Discipleship means going deep with other Christians. Jani shares a way your group members can get to know each other so they can grow in intimacy and vulnerability.
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Jesus teaches His disciples a new way to love that goes beyond the Golden Rule. In discipling relationships you can experience this kind of love as you commit yourselves to each other.
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What are your goals as you meet for discipleship? Learn about the five elements of Jani’s discipleship group and what accountability can look like as you meet.
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Who are you in Christ? Discipleship is more your identity in Christ than an activity you engage in. Jani helps us learn how to choose whom to meet with and what to do at that first connection.
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Jani teaches about our attitudes, our actions, and our incentives in discipling relationships. What should we feel, what should we do, and why should we give ourselves to discipleship?
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We begin a new series on being a disciple of Christ and then passing on to others what we love about knowing Him. What does the Bible teach us about discipleship? What is it? Why should we care?
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Jani offers advice on how to build a bridge to your daughter-in-law’s heart, suggesting three tangible ways to strengthen your son’s marriage.
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Author and musician Kevin Morris joins us to share about his new book, The Many Phases of Lily Andrews, a fascinating story written as a metaphor of faith. Jani and Heidi also answer questions about parenting little ones who consistently fight bedtime, along with a listener’s request from a mother who is having a hard time relationally with one of her children.
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Jani and Heidi offer two more engaging stories of women who followed their King regardless of adversity and suffering. Susannah Spurgeon and Bilquis Sheikh were deeply spiritual women in very different settings, but with the same goal—to serve Christ wholeheartedly until they saw Him face to face.
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Jani shares from captivating biographies of two of her Christian heroines, Sarah Edwards and Mary Slessor. How did they deal with hindrances and hardships on their pathway to Heaven?
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Jani and Ray answer a listener’s question about how to develop a deeper prayer life.
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Ray joins Jani to help answer listener questions about a husband’s desire to pursue his PhD and a wife needing counsel on how to deal with criticism against her pastor-husband.
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Jani and Heidi discuss more uplifting and challenging Christian biographies to read as they share the life stories of Darlene Deibler Rose and Amy Carmichael.
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What do you enjoy about summertime? Heidi and Jani want to encourage you to make time for reading. Jani shares a soul-restoring biography of Elisabeth Elliot’s early years.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: What should a wife do when her husband, who professes Christ as his Savior, does not take the initiative to cultivate a solid spiritual environment in their home? Ray and Jani offer a biblical response from Romans 15:7.
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 63, "Spiritual Initiative in the Home" from the series "Ask Jani" You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: What fears are pestering you, polluting your joy and peace? Jani helps us see how to develop a fear-shrinking faith in God that will match any fears you are dealing with these days.
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 78, "Flourishing Faith that Shrinks Our Fears" from the series "Fearlessly Feminine" You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: Jani invites Ray to share biblical ways to respond to the confusion and chaos engulfing us in the United States today. Ray answers two questions: “How can God help us?” and “What can we do?”
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 61, "How to be Christians in the Midst of National Chaos" from the series "COVID-19 Pandemic" You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: As we begin to think through the 7th commandment, Ray and Jani talk about the biblical image of marriage the Bible paints for us. Did you know that marriage is not a human invention? It is a gift from God and a profound mystery.
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 62, "Marriage According to Scripture" from the series "His Loving Law, Our Lasting Legacy" You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: In this special episode, Jani’s husband, Ray, shares how to put into words why God made you. What is God’s purpose for your life? Ray and Jani both share their life mission statements and encourage you to write your own.
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 50, "Your Purpose in Life with Ray Ortlund" from the series "Living with Holy Purpose" You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: Jani and Heidi share 9 biblical principles on developing an atmosphere of grace in your home. How can you use grace even as you discipline your child?
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 26, "Giving Grace to Your Child" from the series "Influencing Children for Christ" You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: Jani and Heidi share about having an extended Quiet Time with the Lord at fixed intervals.
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 9, "Linger with the Lord" from the series "Going Deeper with God." You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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TOP EPISODE REWIND: The biggest struggle in our lives is the one going on inside of us—how we interpret and respond to life’s difficult circumstances. We need to go down deep into our souls to learn how to flourish amidst the battles of life.
The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 2, "Our Biggest Battle" from the series "Soul Rest." You can find all episodes organized by series on our website, herestoresmysoul.org.
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As they record Episode 100, Jani and Heidi look back in grateful wonder at what God has done through the He Restores My Soul podcast over the past two years. They also offer a look ahead to some dreams they are praying over for the coming years.
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Jani and Heidi share insights on how they have trained the little ones in their lives to know and love Jesus from an early age, with a special emphasis on the Easter narrative. What can help when a young mother feels too overwhelmed to embrace this priority and privilege?
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Jani talks with one of her daughters-in-law about the constant demands and stimulation overload young mothers deal with. How can the Lord restore your soul in the midst of so many needy little people pulling at you?
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One of Jani’s daughters-in-law shares her joys and challenges as the wife of a young pastor, along with what restores her soul. See what godly insights she offers other pastor wives—and church members.
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Listen in as Ray and Jani share some of their family’s favorite books from when their children were young.
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Jani and Ray discuss how a couple can work through a strong difference of opinion that has life-altering implications for their family.
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Jani answers questions from pastor wives about caring for the wives of church leaders and balancing ministry with caring for your children.
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Jani and Heidi discuss a listener’s question about saying, “Oh my goodness!” They also answer a question about meaningful goals for our discipleship groups.
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There are no guarantees that all children raised in Christian homes will follow the Lord. Where can we turn for strength and endurance as we pray and wait?
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Young mothers have many issues to deal with as they raise their little ones. Jani and Heidi answer listener questions about sleep deprivation and family devotions.
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Katie Lewis, founder of www.dearmushka.com shares how God has restored her soul and kept her family centered on Him while building both a new business and a young family. She offers wise counsel for us in areas like setting boundaries, living by priorities, and meeting daily with the Lord.
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Katie Lewis, founder and designer of Dear Mushka (dearmushka.com) joins Jani and Heidi to share about her love for the One who restores her soul. Katie helps us understand the unique difficulties and particular joys she and her husband have experienced in building a trans-racial family.
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Ray and Jani share some ways you can encourage your pastor’s wife. And Ray answers Jani’s probing question, “What would be helpful for every ministry wife to know about her man’s life in ministry?”
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Ray joins Jani to discuss her new book, Help! I’m Married to My Pastor. Listen in as Ray asks her why she wrote this book and what particular difficulties so many ministry wives face.
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A world-wide pandemic brings into focus the reality of death—and of life after death. Jani and Heidi explain how to use your life-time goals as the springboard for what you should strive to accomplish this year as you live with biblical intentionality.
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Heidi and Jani revisit the importance of living nobly as a daughter of the King. They discuss how to develop lifetime goals that will help you live with purpose and beauty.
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Jani asks Ray to answer some questions from listeners about how to respond to God and our circumstances during times of suffering.
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Jani and Ray answer questions from listeners about how to raise a Christian family. They look at three important aspects of a Christian home: faith in Christ and His Word, enjoying each other, and a love for reading.
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Why do you think God made you a woman with all your delightful femininity? Jani discusses how we can serve the Lord and His kingdom purposes by being fearlessly feminine.
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This Thanksgiving may feel a little different for many of us, and hard to celebrate. Heidi and Jani think through four biblical ways that giving thanks lifts our hearts above the difficulties that can cloud our lives.
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Jani thinks through how to be effective women for Christ in our particular culture. What would you like to be known for? Remembered and honored for?
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Jani helps us think through the cultural norms we are living in. What feminist goals and heroines captivate us? What is God’s strategy in creating us as women for this particular time?
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What fears are pestering you, polluting your joy and peace? Jani helps us see how to develop a fear-shrinking faith in God that will match any fears you are dealing with these days.
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Women today deal with many fears, from a world-wide pandemic to racial injustice to political wars and cultural chaos. And what about the fears lurking in our own homes and hearts? Join Jani and Heidi as they look at God’s answer to our fears.
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Jani and Heidi discuss questions from listeners including how to find deep soul rest when things aren’t going your way, and ideas to encourage your children to have a positive attitude toward being part of a ministry family.
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Jani and Heidi answer listener questions about how to foster sibling love and co-operation.
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If contentment is the opposite of covetousness, what can this look like in the life of a Christian?
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Jani and Heidi discuss how God gets down deep into our heart with this final commandment. What does it mean to covet something? Why is that a sin?
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Jani and Heidi remind us how truth stabilizes all our relationships and show us practical ways to guide our children into a life of honesty.
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Jani and Heidi look at the 9th commandment and the importance of truth in our hearts and also in our culture. Why is honesty so hard? How does our truth loving God help us through this commandment?
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Jani and Heidi look at a complex question from a listener—“How do I choose the best schooling situation for my children?” What does the Bible have to say to us?
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Jani and Heidi give positive and fun ways to teach the Eighth Commandment to the children in your life.
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What can we do to live out the positive side of this commandment—a life not only free from stealing, but a life characterized by giving? Jani and Heidi offer two traits of those who live out this commandment in their daily lives.
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Jani and Heidi examine the culture of theft in which we find ourselves today, which can lead us toward emptiness and isolation. They offer various ways that our kind King turns greedy, conniving, and fearful hoarders into generous, honest, and courageous givers!
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Jani and Heidi discuss the why and the how of teaching your children the beauty of sexual purity, with practical hands-on activities to help you give your children what their young hearts need as they enter their teen years.
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Jani and Heidi offer two ways to help you live out the 7th Commandment as you nurture your love for both your heavenly Husband and your earthly one.
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After a brief time discussing how to respond biblically to the cultural chaos surrounding us, Heidi and Jani discuss the 7th Commandment, where God kindly shows us how romance best flourishes.
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What should a wife do when her husband, who professes Christ as his Savior, does not take the initiative to cultivate a solid spiritual environment in their home? Ray and Jani offer a biblical response from Romans 15:7.
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As we begin to think through the 7th commandment, Ray and Jani talk about the biblical image of marriage the Bible paints for us. Did you know that marriage is not a human invention? It is a gift from God and a profound mystery.
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Jani invites Ray to share biblical ways to respond to the confusion and chaos engulfing us in the United States today. Ray answers two questions: How can God help us? What can we do?
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Raising a child within our present culture of death is a great challenge. Jani and Heidi talk about how this command can help our children become life-givers and conflict solvers as God makes us more like Himself through Jesus Christ.
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This short four-word command is filled with loving guidance for every believer. Even without an actual taking of someone’s life, what about our thoughts and words? Heidi and Jani share ideas of how to be life-giving to others, rather than life-depleting.
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Jani and Heidi continue to discuss the implications of the fifth commandment, how can we honor our parents and in-laws as we try to establish our own homes? What advice do we have for grandmothers? For young adults who feel overwhelmed by the attentions of their parents?
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Jani and Heidi discuss grown children still living at home. How can you work through the tensions and the frustrations without driving your kids too far away from you? And then they wrestle through this question, “What about co-habiting? Is it wrong? How can we live in close relationships with those who are?”
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Jani and Heidi share biblical reasons and practical ways to help our children learn respect and obedience.
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What does it mean to honor your parents? What does this look like for those whose parents don’t deserve honor? Jani and Heidi tackle some tough issues as they wrestle with the Fifth Commandment.
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Are Sundays a pleasure or a pain for you? How can you help the children in your circle of life look forward to Sunday as the best day of the week?
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Sometimes our Sundays feel like a duty rather than a day of delights. Jani and Heidi offer some ideas on how to make your Sundays more delightful for you and those you love.
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Ray joins Jani to discuss a listener’s question about body image. Why do we struggle with body image? The Bible tells stories of stunningly beautiful women, but what is God’s definition of true beauty?
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Ray joins Jani to discuss how to deal with the longings deep in our heart while patiently enduring with trust in God. What do we do as singles who yearn to be married? How do we know if he is the right one? And how can singles balance service with self care?
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In this special episode, Jani’s husband, Ray, shares how to put into words why God made you. What is God’s purpose for your life? Ray and Jani both share their life mission statements and encourage you to write your own.
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Jani invites her husband, Ray, to share with us what Easter is really all about. And then they discuss special ways to celebrate this sacred holiday with the children in your life during these days of “sheltering at home”.
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How can you thrive—not just survive— during these days of quarantines and lockdowns? Jani and Heidi discuss the value of—and the biblical validation for—setting goals during these challenging days and beyond.
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Heidi and Jani share some ways they are facing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with renewed hope in God’s promises for His children.
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In this special episode, Jani offers suggestions to help keep the panic outside your own four walls as you hunker down together as a family for an undetermined amount of time.
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In this special episode, Jani and Heidi discuss three ways our faith can guide us through the unwanted, historic changes that COVID-19 has thrust upon us. How can we best serve our King and His kingdom purposes during this pandemic?
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What do your Sundays look like? Why do you think God wants us to give Him one day each week? Listen in as Jani and Heidi as they discuss how God loves us through this fourth command.
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Join Jani and Heidi as they discuss how to leave a legacy of hallowing God’s name for those who look up to you. How can the children in your life learn to reverence God’s name in their minds and mouths?
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God takes us deeper into His love by showing us how important His name is. We are in a love relationship with the King of the Universe and He warns us against cheapening His name in either our words or our ways.
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We must teach the coming generation about real worship. Help your child discover what an idol is and how to worship the true God who cannot be seen.
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How we worship matters to God, and the Second Commandment speaks of the only acceptable way to worship the one true God. Jani and Heidi discuss how we bring present day idols into our worship.
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Why should we read? What should we read. Jani and Heidi share some of the Christian biographies that have shaped their lives.
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How can we teach our children about God’s exclusive—even “jealous”—love for them? Learn two ways to help your child resist his own god-substitutes and say yes to Him!
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How can a law be loving? A fresh look at the first commandment explains God exclusive love for His children.
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Jani and Heidi talk about what God’s law teaches us about ourselves and God’s answer to our greatest need. They also share how to use this series for family devotions.
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Join Heidi and Jani as they begin a new series on the Ten Commandments. Why do they matter? How are we to understand them in our age of grace? How can we teach them to our children?
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Is it wrong to keep longing for a husband, praying for a godly man, when God doesn’t seem to be answering? What should we think when we find ourselves caught in the tension between our desires and our actual day-to-day lives?
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Jani and Heidi continue the discussion on setting lifetime goals, and then help us bring it down to short-term goals for the year
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Jani and Heidi talk about the "Why" and "How" of living for Christ with holy intentionality as they help listeners to begin to write their own lifetime goals.
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Jani and Heidi answer questions about spiritual mentors and mothers.
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Jani and Heidi answer some questions listeners have sent in about teaching children to respect authority. Learn Jani's practical system, "The 3R's of Respect" to help develop this valuable character trait in your children.
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Jani and Heidi share biblical insights about lifting up thanks to our kind King over this holiday weekend, along with a few family traditions they enjoy in their homes.
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Jani and Heidi share Biblical ways to pray for the little girls in your life.
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Jani and Heidi share verses to pray over the young men in your life.
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Jani and Heidi share 9 biblical principles on developing an atmosphere of grace in your home. How can you use grace even as you discipline your child?
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In this episode Jani and Heidi examine grace-filled mothering—the source, the cost and the rewards.
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Guilt nibbles at the souls of mothers, eating way our inner peace and joy. This episode helps us learn how to listen to (and deal with) our guilt in a biblical, Christ-honoring way.
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Jani and Heidi—both working moms—discuss the guilt and divided loyalties working mothers struggle with.
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Special guest Jennifer Cortez gives us a peak into her life with teenage boys, including helpful guidelines for internet safety. She also advises us on ways a busy mother can set boundaries for her own well-being.
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Jennifer Cortez joins us to share her experiences and wisdom in raising a child on the autism spectrum. She also helps us understand what it is like to have a baby in your forties.
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Heidi and Jani begin a new series on influencing the children in our lives for Christ. They look at how God values children and discuss the privilege of giving ourselves to the coming generation.
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Heidi and Jani discuss friendship—how to walk through trials together and also how to handle differences in theological beliefs and practices.
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Exodus 33:12-16. When we pray, we most often want God to solve a specific problem. As we think through one of Moses’ prayers, we learn that God has a better solution than we ever dreamed of!
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Luke 18:1-8 is a story about a persistent—an almost rude—widow. What can we learn about prayer, and the God who answers prayer, from this parable?
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A look at Isaiah 62:6-7, where God invites us to pray persistently, almost rudely.
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A close look at what the Lord’s Prayer means and how to use it in your own prayer life. [Part 2 of 2]
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A close look at what the Lord’s Prayer means and how to use it in your own prayer life.
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Jani answers questions on balancing self-care and the life of a servant. How do you decide when to say yes and when to say no?
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Helpful ways to keep track of prayer requests, set up a prayer notebook, and use a prayer journal.
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A helpful tool to begin to build a consistent prayer life, using the acronym ACTS.
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God wants intimacy with His children, and one of the chief ways to enjoy that intimacy is thru prayer.
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Jani and Heidi share about having an extended Quiet Time with the Lord at fixed intervals.
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What does the Bible teach us about the beauty and benefits of meditating on God’s Word? How can you get started?
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Your soul needs spiritual food if it is to thrive. We offer some simple ideas for how to meet with God through daily Bible reading.
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Why should we value the Bible? And how can we come to value it as the treasure it truly is?
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Jani answers some questions about spending time with the Lord when you have little kids, how to fight for that time when life is so demanding, and resources that she uses during her time with the Lord.
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When we are struggling to gladly delight in God it is usually because He isn’t doing things the way we would if we were God. And that makes us either angry or afraid.
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What brings rest to your soul? How you answer that is very important. God doesn’t want to restrain your soul—He wants to restore it.
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The biggest struggle in our lives is the one going on inside of us—how we interpret and respond to life’s difficult circumstances. We need to go down deep into our souls to learn how to flourish amidst the battles of life.
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Are you struggling to stay encouraged in your faith? Does your world sometimes seem to close in around you as mine does? How about that schedule you're juggling – does it overwhelm you? Or those relationships that worry you? Are you having to strive so hard to make your life work for you and those you love?
We hope you'll join us where you can find encouragement through solid biblical teaching, and stimulating gospel conversations with other Christians. You'll also have a chance to send in your questions for our "Ask Jani" episodes. For more information visit our website at herestoresmysoul.org. We can't wait to spend this time together with you.
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