Knowing Me Podcast: Recent Episodes
Joanne Langford
Knowing is the secret ingredient for change from within – hence the title of my podcast.We should never underestimate the power of knowing ourselves. The small steps that we take may seem insignificant at first, but when they are all put together, they become the momentum that allows you and me to reach our desired goals.
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This episode is a little different from our usual conversations.
What I am sharing with you comes from a live women’s gathering where I was invited to tell part of my story. It is not polished or carefully edited. It is simply real. My hope is that as you listen, you might feel as though we are sitting together, quietly talking about the deeper places of life.
This is a personal Christian testimony of healing, faith, and the presence of God in the middle of pain.
In this episode, I share about growing up with deep loneliness, the longing to be loved, and the confusion that shaped much of my early life. I speak honestly about broken relationships, hidden struggles, and a moment when life felt too heavy to carry. It was in that place that everything began to change, not because I had the right words, but because God met me right where I was.
You will hear about:
- living with a deep hunger for love and belonging
- coping with pain in quiet and unseen ways
- a turning point in a moment of despair
- what it means to truly know God, not just know about Him
- the difference between God’s love and His holiness
- surrender, faith, and the ongoing journey of healing
- walking through grief, suffering, and loss with God
This conversation is not about having everything together. It is about discovering that even in our brokenness, we are seen, known, and deeply loved.
Whether you are searching for hope, questioning your faith, or simply feeling alone, this episode is an invitation to consider that God is present and He cares deeply about your story.
You do not need perfect words. You do not need to fix yourself before coming to Him.
Sometimes the most honest prayer is simply:
“God, if You are who You say You are… show me.”
So often, we wait to give something to God because we think that what we have is not enough. But He asks us, like He did Moses, what is in your hand? It is what we have that He longs to take and use for His glory, not what we want to have. So take a look and see what you have and see what He will do with it.
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I don't know if you ever find yourself angry at God, but I do. But it is not something we should try to hide; it is something that we need to go to God about because He wants to hear about it so that He can respond to you and what you are feeling. Let's n
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I am so pleased to have Charlie Hernández here with us today. With remarkable honesty and transparency, he shares how God has used his children to make him more like Christ. Charlie Hernandez has been in ministry for over 35 years as a pastor, worship l
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Have you ever wondered if it is worth it, all the struggles, frustration, doubts, and pain? I think that many of us have at least thought that, even if we didn't act on it. I hope that this little chat will help you gain perspective on that and give you a
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So often, we hear the question, "what's wrong with this?" and we start to wonder and doubt if there is anything wrong with anything. We have believed the lie of satan that it is just a little thing and nothing to worry about, and so we find ourselves in
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We so often get caught up in wanting to learn more, thinking that if I know more, then perhaps things will be easier or better. We forget that life changes when we put into practice what we already know. Deuteronomy 29:29 (I am sorry I think that I said 2
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The Unshakable Truth - Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell
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Today I have the privilege of talking with my good friend, Beth Wright. She is an Argentine MK and is presently serving in Argentina with her husband, Paul. Since 2004, she has been a part of Corazones Abiertos International (Open Hearts Ministries Inte
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Singing Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8zimGEoIzs&t=41s
Singing Plants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZX5B_p79V4&t=51s
Singing Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OtLJsgYTnY
Singing Whales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOkcvGPHsgk
The Storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYFsos8aLcM
Loon Calls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDQFfspLv0
Louis Giglio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=helxFeG-0n0&t=410s
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We are constantly reading and hearing about "being like Jesus," but do we really understand what that means. Today's audio includes a few of my thoughts on the topic. I pray that we will grow to be more like Him every day.
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So often, we wait to give something to God because we think that what we have is not enough. But He asks us, like He did Moses, what is in your hand? It is what we have that He longs to take and use for His glory, not what we want to have. So take a look
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We are all so pleased when we do something right, and most of us are pleased if 95% of what we do is right. We are not perfect, but I wonder if we are experiencing satisfaction and contentment when we shouldn't be? Just a question that I think we all nee
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So often we get stuck in what and who we think we are that we forget that God has a different idea about that. He offers us, in Himself, everything we need to change and become more like Jesus. It is His work in us.
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"Cachi Bachi" is a Bolivia slang word for that stuff in your junk drawer or things that are being sold at a yard sale. Most of us have a drawer or a place in our homes for that "stuff" that we don't have the energy to deal with right now. Sadly, many
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We have been taught that we can do anything, and to a certain extent, we can. But some things require a dependence on God instead of the proverbial independence that we are encouraged to have.
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You ever find yourself face down with no one to help. Be encouraged, you don't have to stay there, and you are not alone. Together we will make it.
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Do people see who we really are, or do they get the "Photoshopped" version?
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CONFRONTING YOUR PAIN - FINDING HIS JOY
I had never thought about what knowing myself really involves on an internal level until I was confronted with the mess that my life had become.
So I asked myself the question – what does it really mean to confront our pain in a way that leads to healing for our wounded souls? In a way the leads us to know ourselves better and to know God more intimately and personally? What does it take to find joy in the middle of this mess called life?
This is what I learned about finding joy, I know that it is not an extensive list but it is what I believe is important for us to know:
- It requires gut-level honesty.
- It means to stop making excuses or justifying the actions of others or myself.
- It means acknowledging that I have hurt myself more than anyone else has hurt me.
- It means to take the responsibility for our own lives while at the same time admitting that we can’t do it.
- It means trusting God to do what I can not.
So take a new grip of your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong. Hebrew 12:12,13
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God didn't give us everything we wanted so that He could become all that we needed.
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Which of us doesn't need an attitude check every once in a while? Thankfully we have a God who is not only concerned that become like Christ, but He has chosen to work that work in us, and He does it with great patience. He is concerned for our souls, and
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Tidbits are musing on what I am learning. For example, today, I asked myself if I really knew how to praise my Lord.
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I ask myself the question, and you, what does it mean to be like Jesus? How will I know when I am like Jesus? How will you know when I am like Jesus?We talk about being like Jesus, but I would hazard a guess that most of us have not understood that the
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Even though pain is a reality for the majority of people, we seem to have a natural commitment to camouflage to others and to ourselves what is really going on inside of us. Can you imagine what our lives would be like if we put all the energy we expend
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Christ doesn’t offer us a magic potion to alleviate our pain or hurts. What He does offer us is Himself. All He asks of us is our loneliness, our emptiness and our sin, nothing more and nothing less. He asks us to give up our idea of who we are and trust
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We must do more than say “I was hurt” or “I was abused” if we are really going to see change in our lives and in our relationships. We need to stop covering our wounds with Band-Aids believing that if no one can see it then they will go away. We must hav
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Living is not a spectator sport. It is not our place to sit in the stands, protecting ourselves, and watching the action from a distance. Being born, existing, means being a participant in the game of life. It is getting dirty and getting out in life wh
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Knowing is the secret ingredient for change from within – hence the title of my podcast.We should never underestimate the power of knowing ourselves. The small steps that we take may seem insignificant at first, but when they are all put together, they b
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