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Brittany Dixon
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I’m on a hunt to debunk Satan’s destructive lies he uses to “sift us” (Luke 22:31).
The LORD did not send us on life missions to ‘save the world’; the deception feels that way at least. We were not created to do it all, nor to hold all things together. The product of over-functioning is exhaustion, feeling overstressed, and being overwhelmed.
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” -Colossians 1:16-17
This is great news! Our empty cups have a remedy! No more woodshop days to piece together our lives.
We can surrender and be filled, despite our life season, high or low; Jesus is our solution. He alone holds all things together, including our lives.
Are you ready to stop pretending we got it all together? Join me in experiencing rest in the reality of “I Don’t Got It”?
Let’s jump into this episode!
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Deuteronomy 6:4–5 – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
I don’t know if this resonates, but I feel as if I’m neglecting something when I’m engaged in another way.
Life is full. Our cups are overflowing. But there is a better way to navigate and thrive despite it all.
In this episode, we will pause and reflect on what’s essential and how being anchored to it allows us to show up better for those we love and in all that we do.
Let’s dive in and get anchored!
Reflect and Deep Dive:
*How are our life “great things becoming the ultimate thing?
*What’s the difference between essentials and non-essentials in your life?
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Are you growing in frustration from the weight of hard circumstances?
Is there a stretch of unanswered prayer requests?
Living in the light of Jesus means that we can get through anything! Jesus is the “more” needed to get beyond our present realities.
Isn’t that encouraging? We have an anchored hope that produces strength and endurance to press beyond the hard things (all shapes and sizes). God is producing something lasting, eternal within us, for His glory and the betterment of our lives.
Let’s press on together, ladies!
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Does the thought of change thrill or concern you?
Personally, I am a woman who craves order and consistency. I enjoy my normal habits (good and bad), for instance, my morning cup of coffee or time to decompress from daily stresses. I desire a known rhythm to count on for happiness (on any scale) amongst change and unknown circumstances.
If not vigilant and aware of my tendencies, I will guard my habits and miss opportunities to respond to whatever the Holy Spirit reveals as the better thing.
I wonder what my response would have been if Jesus had unconvincingly invited me to “follow me” before anyone knew who He was, as with His initial 12 disciples (Matthew 4:19).
Would I have been the one to miss Jesus because He was inviting me to something unfamiliar?
Would you follow this unknown Man?!
What about now? He still invites us to “follow me”. The act of following is to surrender. Counter to the distorted truth of the gospel in progressive Christianity, it’s implied to follow in totality.
Surrendering our life includes our heart and mind: Jesus wants all of us.
Jesus invites us to cease identification with our former selves and to abandon reliance on tendencies and personalities.
Jesus wants to be at the center of our lives, yet our unique temperaments and life experiences have shaped our journey and worldview.
How do we both understand ourselves and surrender that revealed person to Jesus?
The clear answer in scripture is to remain connected to Jesus (John 15:4-5), as a branch is connected to the tree trunk. There isn’t one productive, fruit/leaf-bearing branch that thrives without the tree. Likewise, we nestle all of us, the parts that should be cultivated and the things that need to be pruned, in the One who made us.
Whether our tendencies lie in going ahead of God’s eternality or leaning too much into doubt of Him without a clear answer to all of the “Wh” questions, both tendencies reveal our sin and limitations.
As disciples, we are more than our habits, strengths, and personalities. We are clingers of Jesus, who is greater than anything else we attempt to identify ourselves with.
The resurrection of Jesus is our motivational coach, personal spiritual trainer, and foundation by which anchors our hope. Our life navigation GPS will frequently reroute to destinations we cannot see, through some low valleys and high mountain peaks. But, wherever the day or season takes us, our anchor to thrive is solely Jesus.
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. -1 Corinthians 15:57-58
Be wherever Jesus is. Imagine an umbilical cord connecting us to Him—wherever He moves, we move. When He stays, we stay. If life is great, we worship. When life is crumbling, we praise. The essence of our lives is grounded on the basis of the resurrection.
If you live by your planner (this is me), thrive on structure, and find comfort in organizing chaos, this will be both difficult and a burden reliever. When our systems start functioning like the god of our lives, we no longer leave room for Yahweh, the LORD.
Challenge Question:
If a relationship needs your presence and compromises productivity, how can Jesus’s peace comfort you as you pivot to respond?
Cheering for you,
-Brittany
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Can you relate to this: just when I think life’s under control, and a problem averted or solved, something new comes crashing in?!
Perhaps, you’ve finally decided to trust God, again, and you even make steps to loosen the death grip on life, then…CRASH…BANG! You open your eyes to another tough parenting moment, a hard season of marriage, work demands, a health crisis, and more unexpected storms in life’s forecast.
Suddenly you’re spiraling from a mountaintop Instagram-worthy post into the valley...again.
Climbing our way back up the mountain of happiness, from the hard pit, week after month after year is exhausting!
The cycle then repeats, and back we go to a death grip on life and relationships due to prior disappointment in letting go.
In truth- my invisible cloak of self-reliance was a self-made shield against not only experiencing disappointment from others but most of all by God. My buy-in to the distorted lies of self-made strategy and resourcefulness eroded my faith in Christ alone and prayer. Worry and striving became normalized and ‘just trusting in God a risk.
In our roles as wives and mothers, we manage, fix, and control many things, especially within the walls of our minds. Isn’t that what strong women do? In honest conviction, I could worship at church, serve in ministry, share the gospel, and even read the Bible about trusting God and faith, yet still deny the necessity of surrendering to the smallest level of my thoughts.
Doesn’t the Bible say, “We can do all things through Christ” (Philippians 4:13)? Yet somehow, 'through Christ' became a more suggestive afterthought, rather than as the mandate requisite.
Deeply underneath all of the exhaustive striving efforts, and need to control, is something that can’t be run from: fear.
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Am I doing enough?
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Is God really in control?
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If not me, won’t everything fall apart?
The lie of Satan is- to carry these burdens, on our own. Nevertheless, we’re crumbling under the weight! Unfortunately, our marriages and children feel the whiplash of our bottled-up bitterness, fear, and anxiety.
It’s time to let it go!
Each day, consider trying a momentary heart assessment with the truth from the Holy Spirit, John 16:13, and allow Him to reveal things hindering us from surrender.
The truth of Jesus Christ- is to “come, follow me”. Courageously give Jesus all of the mess around us, and the over-powering storm of emotions and internal intangibles such as anxiety, despair, bitterness, excessive negativity, and worry.
“For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.” -Mark 8:35
Victory is experienced through faith to let go. That’s a crazy paradox! However, our surrender is not done blindly or by chance, instead it’s a daily intentional decision to trust Yahweh, LORD, the One who independently sustains it all.
Consider a quick mental exercise: Meditate on the names of God to renew your thinking and exchange destroyers, such as fear, doubt, being overwhelmed, anxiety, and overthinking for the unshakeable peace of Jesus Christ.
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El Roi – The Lord who sees you, everyday-all day.
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Yahweh Raah – The Lord who guides as a devoted and loving shepherd.
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El Elyon – The Lord that reigns above all andis fully in control.
So, about this podcast episode- let’s jump back into our Book of Psalm reading journey, next up is Psalm 108.
A real battle is underway 24/7, and it’s mandatory, not a cute suggestion, to stand 10 toes down and all-out fight from our seated position in Christ (Colossians 3:1); the real battle strategy that wins against control.
Are you ready? Trust the One who never fails.
Let’s do it together, each day shoulder to shoulder.
Cheering for you!
Brittany
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“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.” -1 Peter 4:12-13
I put on my cross necklace daily, sometimes pairing it with earrings—but what does the cross truly represent? The dainty charm wasn’t celebrated over 2000 years ago as it is today. Jesus, in Mark 8:34, invites us to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him; what does that mean?
Could a loving God call us to hug our moments or lifelong plights of suffering?
In today’s episode, I share a powerful devotional from Oswald Chambers which challenges the present culture's comfort-driven mindset to shift our hearts toward the truth which is that following Christ means embracing His suffering.
Unfortunately, our dreams of a perfect marriage to our wonderful best friend aren’t exempt from Jesus’s invitation. Nor is our cherished role as mothers, which we often place at the center of our lives, going to be an addendum to the call to follow Jesus while dragging our cross.
When we understand the gospel of suffering, the trials we face as wives and moms have a deeper meaning. My hope is for this episode to normalize the difficulty. I pray that 1 Peter 4 can be applied daily to encourage your trust in the LORD, who sees you in all troubles.
Cheering for you!
-Brittany
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Psalm 107 is on deck today! Life has rhythms, good and bad, which ones are we stuck in that God wants to free us from?
Let’s explore God’s rescue for not just the Israelites in the reading of Psalm 107, but today in our lives as well. Opening our hearts to the voice of the Holy Spirit welcomes in freedom and transforms us from the inside out.
Thriving in marriage can begin in the heart of one spouse. Our perspective aligned with God and modeled by Jesus allows us to not only shift our present circumstances but to transform our hearts.
It’s easy to feel stuck! However, we have a Heavenly Dad who offers us a way out by way of gratitude, humility, and surrender.
Let’s unpack the shift in our attitude; it becomes an opportunity for growth. Even if your marriage feels stuck, remember God has been in the business of rescue since the beginning of mankind.
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Have you ever assessed the themes surrounding your life? Are there patterns of your rebellion to God’s restoration that can be traced?
“They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt.” -Psalm 106:21
Today’s podcast is from Psalm 106. I pray that the Holy Spirit illuminates God’s enduring faithfulness despite our constant failures. While it’s easy to read about the Israelites' shortcomings, applying the truth of this text to our lives as wives, mothers, career women, ministry leaders, and more makes it hit harder.
Here’s the great news for those of us who believe and trust in Jesus: He is a merciful, compassionate, and grace-filled High Priest. When we constantly blow it, our hope can remain secure in God who deeply cares about us. Not only does Jesus see us in the situations we face, He is full of empathy for our daily burdens; He once walked the earth both fully man and God.
Obedience is a “how” response to demonstrating faith in God. In practical terms, as mothers and wives, exploring the root issues of waywardness requires us to be honest about the daily practices that lead us to self-reliance instead of surrender. This crazy cycle of forgetting God and returning to Him started in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve—and unfortunately, it continues today.
Knowing better doesn’t always mean doing better, and doing better doesn’t assure we will always know better. Let’s commit—right now—to the transformative power that Jesus offers for each of our lives.
Consider this shift: as mothers and wives, our knowing and doing better no longer centers on us; rather, it points to how well we are imitating and following Jesus.
It’s time to forego an empty-hearted, performance-based lifestyle and pick up the pursuit of authentic trust, clinging to Jesus as the only answer to our mess.
I’m thankful that the light in the gospel heals, and can reorient our life path.
Let’s dive into this episode!
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Psalm 105 is up ladies! What a mighty God we serve! He has done amazing things. He can do all things.
I inwardly gave up on believing my husband would be any different than he was. Many times, for many years, I quit my marriage until God granted me clarity in Mark 8:34-35.
Following Jesus is the hardest thing possible, yet it is the required term of agreement in becoming His disciple. Our obedience to remain in places of suffering, while simultaneously boasting the fruits of the spirit, such as joy and peace, calls for empowerment from God.
Yahweh Macadesh means the LORD who Sanctifies. Following God, from a core faith, not an outward phony check-the-box washes us and makes us holy. I am the first to admit I fought and bucked against the transformation. Following Christ, and imitating His every move, means that we are on a journey of holiness.
Happiness is an amazing bonus to the hard things we commit ourselves to, but happiness is ultimately a short-lived choice. Anchored wives and mothers courageously choose to cling to Jesus for the long run, happiness or no happiness.
Lord, may any woman reading this or listening to the podcast, be drawn to Your presence and power in her circumstance(s). Strengthen her each day for the tasks ahead. Help us, God! There is nowhere else we can go or turn besides You. Thank you for your grace and faithfulness. In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.
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Who keeps our lives from untangling and breaking apart?
Even if in a tumultuous season, who can sustain it all, to include the unseen pieces to the story?
Only God.
As we dive into Psalm 104, it’s been a beautiful, humbling exploration into God’s infinite wisdom and eternal care for all of creation.
As wives and moms, y’all! #teamalot sometimes doesn’t grasp all the weight we carry. Sometimes it’s a battle to maintain our peace while supporting our husbands and building up our children.
Yet, we have a Source of true peace; trusting and surrendering in Jesus as our sustainer.
Lean into a few practical and applicable ways to surrender to Christ daily and allow Him to fill your home with His peace!
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“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.” Proverbs 29:18 ESV
Vision boards are not man-made concepts, but rather from the divine. Do you have a vision for yourself? Marriage? Children?
Become the pacesetter of your home byway of an inner revival found in your surrender to Christ.
Let’s get practical ladies as we assess our limitations in the light an Almighty God. Psalm 103 is a fantastic reminder for us to remember God’s surplus for every one of our needs.
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What’s the best tool to thriving in marriage? (Perhaps you asked)!
Surrendering all of your heart, expectations, plans, and more to God (alone) to fill.
Yes, there are more tactics, but the foundational principle of trusting God to propel marriage is in surrender. Even more so if this is a hard season!
I want to share 7 Bible verses that encourage trusting God even if the bottom falls out!
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Any wife worn down by challenging valleys?
Any momma unsettled and wrestling with the concept of worry vs. faith in the present hurdles?
What if today is the day you set your hope to believe and internally prepare for the glory of God tomorrow?
This episode dives into trusting God without the evidence of what we’re hoping for.
Today’s reading of Psalm 102 will equip & empower your faith to pivot to rest in an all-powerful and faithful God!
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Jesus is calling for us to all level up. Like me, have you ever used easier targets to justify that you’re more righteous or doing better than Gods version of you?
Psalm 101, in today’s episode, challenges us to start cleaning up our homes, and not with a sponge, by exploring how to live a blameless life, while balancing the responsibilities of marriage and motherhood.
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Raise your hand if adding in time with God feels like one more life demand!
What if Jesus became the pacesetter at the center of your life? No more days of a whip cream add on, now Jesus is the coffee, the main thing!
Psalm 100 is a powerful template to rightly align motherhood & marriage from the pace of worship as the created to the Creator.
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Have you been celebrating or fearful in last week’s election results?
When Jesus says to “be in the world but not of the world” in John 17:14, how do we thrive at this?
God is holy. How can we wives and mothers seek peace and strength from God’s power? Especially in chaotic times such as these.
Today’s episode, Psalm 99, is a reminder for us to realign and shed away the things obstructing our following the example of holy living.
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Gratitude. What does it mean to you? What purpose does it serve?
Is God still in control?
God invites us to a gratefulness boot camp everyday. As the 50 squats a day challenge shapes the quads, what would 50 intentional points of gratitude do for your spirit? Quite possibly this valley or mountain season is meant to discipline your heart to love God more than anything else.
In this episode , Psalm 98, consider asking Jesus to help this be a daily anthem for your spirit.
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Have the present challenges become overwhelming? Does doubt cloud the reality of joy?
God is higher than any mountain we face. Psalm 97 calls us back to remember our anchor in Christ and to trust Him to carry us through. In Christ, as wives and moms, we can overcome anything!
I think today’s episode will uplift you for the day ahead!
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Have you ever found yourself lacking awe in the things that once were exciting?
Our internal light, from God in us, cannot be on a dimmer. Gratitude and cultivation of a “I get to” attitude establishes a deep root of inner joy and peace that flows to every space we touch.
Our marriages, raising our babies and experiencing a deep sense of joy each day resides in the words we speak.
I believe that this strategy Christ reveals will be life changing for you!
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Have you wasted too much time chasing contentment?
Has satisfaction, even if you’re living all the dreams you etched on paper, been out of reach?
God is worthy of praise! The Psalm reading today is a powerful one. Rather than missing one more day of abundance, choose peace now, claim joy now and thrive in this declaration of faith!
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Are you delaying the productivity in your journey by focusing on the behind or around you? Stand in faith. God is in control. Look ahead to Him doing new things beginning today!
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Did you know that Jesus commands the weather? Are you aware of God’s power over all of creation?
This same God, of the storm, is our Savior and Provider in our chaos. As wives and moms, I can only imagine that your schedule is full. In the possibility that you feel as if you’re failing in the process, I pray today’s episode encourages you to trust God’s strength.
I think you’ll like what’s in store in today’s conversation.
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Real talk, who is the person or what is the oppositional situation you’re facing?
We all experience difficulties, but what is the deciphering point is Who grounds you in the midst of opposition? Let’s discuss what to do when you feel under attack.
Cheering for you amongst the lies.
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I haven’t met a woman yet that isn’t juggling 23.7 things each day. I’m both impressed at our tenacity and exhausted alongside other wives & moms running at impossible paces. Let’s talk about the danger of trying to hold all things together meanwhile crumbling within. There’s a better way friend!
I believe that this strategy Christ reveals will be life changing for you!
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Do your daily rhythms move you towards a dependency in God? Our resourcefulness as women backfires on us and our strength reserves deplete.
In this episode let’s talk about the might of our everlasting God that wants us to span out to see Him in the midst of our full schedules. Discover how aligning ourselves with intentional rhythms of prayer, rest, and obedience transform us to flourish.
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The two common question I’m asked when I speak with wives in the aftermath of infidelity is “why did you stay?” and “how did you get through?” I am not an expert by any means, but I do have a testimony that was birthed through the journey.
Whether you’ve undergone betrayal or are presently walking through a season of it, I want to encourage you to rely in the unchanging nature of God.
Psalm 89 is up for our Psalm journey reading, but we will talk a lot about Psalm 27:1-2, which says “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Let’s jump into this difficult discussion.
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To the wives and mommas, you have victory!
What if real joy & peace are possible in spite of the real challenges?
Lean in, let’s get courageous about our victory in Christ!
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Are there any mommas listening that have strong-willed children? Whether you’re raising one, one yourself or standing in prayer for someone that has one, I pray that this episode be hope-filled for you!
Let’s pray through the present challenges we face, but with the lens of hope found in Jesus.
Anyone feeling slightly or grossly overwhelmed? I pray you remain anchored to Christ and remember your strength in El Gibhor, God the mighty One (Isaiah 10:21).
Lean in, let’s pray and courageously await for God’s reply!
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Thanks for listening, I’m glad you’re here. If there is anything I can pray about for you, reach out by text!
How do you find unwavering strength in seasons of turmoil?
Let’s pick up in our Psalm reading journey in Psalm 86 today.
This episode is a heartfelt exploration that’ll leave you feeling encouraged and empowered to lean into God’s strength with a right perspective of our troubles.
You’re so courageous & awesome as you’re standing in faith!
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“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” -2 Corinthians 5:20-21 ESV
I know of many wives and mommas who are rockstars in many ways! All the things…we are doing a lot!
In the days that aren’t easy, or when we are overwhelmed by the weight of the “many things”, how do you revive your strength?
In this episode, the Psalm 85 reading inspires all to find peace and purpose in our God-given identity.
I am SO thankful that He has left us with certainty of victory in doing our MANY assignments, because of our position in Christ alone.
I spent this week praying and specifically asking God for a heart revival. What about you?
Are you ready to thrive in spite of the weighty assignments we’re called to? My hope is that you are encouraged to ask God:
Who am I?
What have you called me to do?
What do I need to start/stop/keep?
Cheering for you!
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“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
Matthew 7:24 ESV
As a momma of 4, it remains a challenge to build my decisions from the solid foundation of Jesus.
In this episode, the Psalm 84 reading inspires all to find hope and joy in our position to God. God is our light and protection, especially in hard decision-making situations.
Let’s remember Jesus’s words in Matthew 7:24-27 and practice the imagery of building our lives on the rock vs. sand.
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“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” -Mark 4:39-40 ESV
When God is silent…
If the circumstances don’t shift…
During the storm…
In this episode, the Psalm 83 reading reveals insight into a resilient rhythm, written by Asaph, when trouble surrounds and God appears silent.
Let’s dive into Jesus’s instruction in Mark 4:38-40 and a practical way to maintain hope and expectancy in seasons of quiet.
If you're feeling overwhelmed in the waiting, this episode is for you!
Cheering for you!
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“And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” -Revelation 5:5 ESV
God is in control! He is putting together all the pieces of our journey, as a part of His bigger story.
Cheering for you!
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“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” Jeremiah 2:13 ESV
Every person has a deep need that has been attempted to find fulfillment for. God wants us to realize that “thing” that’s been in every prayer request or journal is the temporary, but His unopened gift is eternal.
In Psalm 81 reading on the podcast, let’s talk about the how to deal with the times we feel as if something is missing to be satisfied.
Cheering for you to get deeply anchored today!
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“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” -Colossians 3:2-3 ESV
Set your hope. Stand in faith. Wait for God to restore you.
Life is a great journey, like a race, that we get to experience. But, like a physical race, our spiritual journey can deplete our reserves. God is ready and able to restore you.
Staying in the race is the hardest thing, but it is worth it.
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Psalm-A-Day reading journey continues with Psalm 79!
Waiting on God requires faith. As mothers and wives, choosing to trust God’s timing is character building!
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
TAKEAWAYS
⚓️💚The blessed news of the gospel of Jesus is that when we surrender our lives to Jesus, believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths (Romans 10:9) then we are saved from an eternity in hell. God loves us and made a way, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, in spite of our rebellion towards Him, to live eternity in heaven with Him.
⚓️💚 Nonetheless, following Jesus is not ONLY about getting a pass into Heaven, meanwhile living as we want on earth. A pursuit of Jesus is a surrendered old life, for a new life that is radiant of Jesus.
Today we’re reading Psalm 78 in our Psalm a day journey. We can see the woven love, grace and mercy of God in and through this Psalm and how wonderful Christ was in succeeding His assignment on earth.
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“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” -Jeremiah 29:13 ESV
Life is stressful and we are in times of conflict, both external and internal. Living in worry and fear can cripple not only our mental and emotional wellness, but our physical health as well.
Similar to times we misplace our car keys, in the circumstances or seasons that we drift from God, there are steps we can take to find our way to Him.
Thanks for tuning into reading Psalm 77 today on the podcast!
TAKEAWAY
⚓️ A lifestyle of lifelong worship reorients us in times of worry.
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“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” -Galatians 6:9 ESV
What steps do you take when you experience discouragement?
Establish a rhythm to thrive when you feel like giving up in order to stay in the race.
We’re on an inductive Bible study journey through the Psalms. Today, we’re reading Psalm 76!
Takeaway
⚓️We who follow Christ must learn to encourage ourselves in the storms and when there’s no one but God to see us through!
⚓️God will prevail! He overcomes even in the appearance of no hope.
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What does humility mean to you?
Luke 14:11 defines it this way, “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Let’s face it, humility is hard. But, in Christ, and by following His example, we can develop this quality.
TAKEAWAY
⚓️A right view of God determines if we leave room for God or if we hinder Him.
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God is all-knowing of what has occurred, is happening and what will come about in the future. God knows how He will work all things together, the bad and good.
Asaph is calling God to “remember” and avenge the wicked, for His namesake. We can, however, rest and rejoice in the power of Jesus in spite of adversity and conflict.
“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 ESV
TAKEAWAY:
⚓️God will never abandon us. Jesus knows what is needed before we experience the need.
⚓️Rejoice in Jesus! Let’s intentionally focus on Jesus!
Psalm 74 is on deck and we are reading scripture to understand & transform through the H.E.A.R journaling method
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“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
-Colossians 3:2-3 ESV
Psalm 73 today. I identify with Asaph the psalmist in his petition to God about the perceived prosperity of ungodly people.
Have you ever asked “God, why do good things happen to bad people and bad things good people?”
As Christ followers our greatest strength is in our surrender to God and characterization of humility.
Let’s discuss the power of rooting our beliefs in God and what happens when we set our hope & focus on Christ.
Our Psalm reading journey continues.
“And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:11 ESV
Jesus is our stability and security, even in the uncertainty that surrounds the nation in the election AND in a global crisis level.
TAKEAWAYS
->Our ability to experience peace and thrive is Jesus Christ without additives.
->Our foundation of strength is in the gospel message, in the humble meaningfulness of the cross.
Let’s jump into this discussion on Psalm 72!
H.E.A.R journaling through the Book of Psalms with me!
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“Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” -Mark 4:39-40 ESV
Jesus is our Rescue in the storm because He is omnipotent (all-powerful) to subdue external and internal forces that compromise our peace.
Regardless of the storm size, seen or invisible, God knows where we are!! Matter of fact, Jesus was in the boat with the disciples during the storm (Mark 4:35-41).
Let’s jump into this discussion on Psalm 71!
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Have you ever considered that we will soon see Jesus!?
When I lived on a separate waveform than Jesus, I bet my chances on “God knows I’m a good person” and I assumed I had time.
The Bible says He is coming. We don’t know when, nor should we be fixated on this. He is coming is all we need to remember.
Rather than trying to instill fear, I pray this is encouraging and a hope-filled message. Let’s dive in.
-Psalm 70 is up for discussion today.
-H.E.A.R journaling through the Book of Psalms.
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In a time with news headlines that can discourage, cause dismay, elicit anger or become divisive, let’s remember our greatest hope.
Jesus Christ is the anchor of our hope! In such a time as this, even amongst the enjoyment of the Olympic Games, remember our heart has a Source that is a well of life and abundance!
He is worthy of our glorious praise!! I am praying for your encouragement today! Thanks for tuning in💜
Hey there! Psalm 67 is on deck with a heart of praise!Thanks for tuning in!
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Psalm a day journey continues after some delays. In Psalm 66, we get to discover the greatness in a clean heart confession before the Lord.
This Holy habit can be something we regularly develop for us to humble ourselves, meanwhile experiencing God’s power.
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Thank you friend for joining the podcast for Psalm 65!
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues.
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Our journey through the book of Psalms continues. We are discussing Psalm 64. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,”
2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV
This is Psalm 62, a favored of mine, and I pray it encourages you greatly. Whether it’s a season of marriage hard or not, its pearls are timeless in our life.
If anchored…in Jesus Christ we can endure hard things!
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”John 16:33 ESV
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues. We are discussing Psalm 61. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.”
Luke 6:40 ESV
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues. We are discussing Psalm 60. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
Psalm 59! David knows a great deal about conflict and staring at the threat of death in his battle against King Saul.
Let’s courageously model David in his prayer for deliverance along with believing God for His majestic protection?
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10 ESV
Heart conversations moment on the podcast.
Are you easily offended? Easily angered? Grudge holder? Too quick to cut people out of your life?
Freedom is available! Let’s talk about it!
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues. We are discussing Psalm 58. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
“And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.”
Mark 6:31 ESV
The answer is always, always JESUS!! His invitation to humbly follow His example is key to expose the lies that busyness is Christ glorifying.
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues as we read Psalm 57. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’”
Matthew 25:23 ESV
An anchored vision of the finish line allows for your success against the key tool of the opponent: discouragement. The enemy just may be betting his odds that your hope isn’t secured in Jesus Christ.
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues in
Psalm 56.
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” -1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV
Get ready to give Christ the truckload of burdens weighing you down day to day! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues. We are discussing Psalm 54. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
As we read & discuss Psalm 53 today, I want to encourage you to explore this question with Jesus: Who/what do you rely in?
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“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.” -Psalm 52:8 ESV
Our journey through the book of Psalms continues. We are discussing
Psalm 52. I’m thankful you’ve joined today!
Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 51! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
We are 50 psalms in!! Woohoo! This daily reading of psalms has been amazing.
Today is a great reminder of the amazing God we serve, the Lord of Hosts, that sustains all that we do.
Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 49! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 48! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 47! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1 ESV)
Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 46! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 45!
Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
We are on a wonderful journey through the book of Psalms. Thanks for joining!
“Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 CSB
As a believer, we have the privileged blessing of an assured eternal reward AND earthly lived hope in spite of the seasons that are hard. In Christ, through His sacrifices, we have an anchored hope.
We are on a wonderful journey through the book of Psalms. Thanks for joining!
Daily inspiration for your anchored hope.
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“Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,”
Ephesians 6:14 ESV
We can be certain that in this life everything is uncertain. An anchor to a firm foundation is imperative!
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Daily inspiration for your anchored hope. Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so glad you are here!
“Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.” -James 4:14 CSB
Q&A time!! The question asked is a great one!
As we follow Jesus, as disciples, we stay connected (abide) and thrive!
Daily inspiration for your anchored hope.
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“But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” -Romans 5:8
We are on a wonderful journey through the book of Psalms. Thanks for joining today!
What fuels your courage? As disciples, in assignments as wives and mothers, within busy seasons, our strength is from the LORD. Our faith is a marker of our radiant living in a world full of day-to-day challenges.
Thanks for tuning into the podcast, I’m so glad that you’re here!
“I sought the Lord, and he answered me and rescued me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant with joy; their faces will never be ashamed.”
Psalms 34:4-5
As mothers, wives, and most importantly beautifully made and loved women of the LORD, we have an anchor for our souls.
We are on a wonderful journey through the book of Psalms.
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Psalm 32 is such a beautiful Psalm of David. We are on a wonderful journey through the book of Psalms.
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Daily inspiration for you no matter what today holds. Today we’re reading Psalm 31!
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We are on a wonderful journey through the book of Psalms. Today, we’re discussing Psalm 30!
We’re on a great mission to read all 150 Psalms.
Psalm 29 today.
“Each of the four living creatures had six wings; they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night they never stop, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was, who is, and who is to come.”-Revelation 4:8
Thanks for joining the podcast Psalms journey with me, I’m so thankful you’re here!!
We’re on a great mission to read all 150 Psalms. Whether this encourages you to lament, rejoice or experience encouragement, I pray it fills your cup. Psalm 28 is on deck!! Thanks for joining the podcast Psalms journey with me, I’m so thankful you’re here!!
We’re on a great mission to read all 150 Psalms. Whether this encourages you to lament, rejoice or experience encouragement, I pray it fills your cup. I’m biased, Psalm 27 is my favored of the book! Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so thankful you’re here
We’re on a great mission to read all 150 Psalms. Whether this encourages you to lament, rejoice or experience encouragement, I pray it fills your cup.
Psalm 26-“Test me, Lord, and try me; examine my heart and mind.”
Psalms 26:2. Invite the Lord into this personal relationship and space with you. Great transformation is on the other side of this process.
Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so thankful you’re here!!
We’re on a great mission to read all 150 Psalms. Whether this encourages you to lament, rejoice or experience encouragement, I pray it fills your cup.
Psalm 25-Are you a teachable person? This Psalm of David will explain the one attribute we mothers, wives need in our everyday lives as Christ’s disciples. Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so thankful you’re here
Hey you wife, mother & woman seeking an anchored life! Psalm 24 of the 150 is such a phenomenal depiction of Who we can rely in. This King of glory, God of Heavens Armies sees you, knows you and will fight for you. Your part, however, is key, will you recognize, surrender and allow the King of glory to reign in every angle of your life?
Let’s Abide in Christ Jesus!!! This month of June we are discussing what this means, the basics and how it applies to your day to day.
I’m so glad you’re here!
We’re on a great mission to read all 150 Psalms. Whether this encourages you to lament, rejoice or experience encouragement, I pray it fills your cup.
Psalm 23-A few famous passages originate from this, but lean into each word in this season. Thanks for joining the podcast, I’m so thankful you’re here!
Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 22 is a spiritual doozy!! Buckle up and prepare your heart to experience awe, wonder and humility at the incomprehensible love displayed, for our sake (2 Corinthians 5:21) on the cross by Jesus Christ. Thanks for tuning into the podcast, I’m glad you’re here!
Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 21-“El Elyon” means Most High God. El Elyon is trustworthy for us to rely. Thanks for tuning into the podcast, I’m glad you’re here!
Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 20-
When we trust God as our ultimate Source and strength we can glide from situation to situation, in and out of season by season with the needed faith in Him.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 19-
In your space with Jesus, ask yourself if pleasing God is the utmost pursuit of your heart.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 18-
“Christ is not valued at all unless he is valued above all.” -Augustine
Have you reached spiritual rock bottom yet? Are you thirsty for a life pursuit of Christ above anything else?
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 17-
Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
“You rejoice in this, even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trials so that the proven character of your faith — more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 1:6-7 CSB
Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 16-
God doesn’t want to share 1st place in your heart with anyone or anything. Like King David, are we certain that there is none like him?
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 15-
Christ is Truth; He is the absolute truth. All standards of worth and righteousness are void if not in pure alignment to “I Am” “Adonai.”
How do we pursue present blameless living? The answer is by “being with Jesus before doing for Him” (EHD, Scazzero).
Here’s what Jesus says: “He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.”
Mark 6:31 CSB
Psalms 14-
“I Am” “Adonai”
The self-existent, self-sufficient, eternal, unchanging, faithful and loving God doesn’t need, but wants us.
“I fear that thousands of younger persons enter Christian service from no higher motive than to help deliver God from the embarrassing situation His love has gotten Him into and His limited abilities seem unable to get Him out of.”
-AW Tozer
Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and hope by reading the 150 Psalms.
Psalms 13-
God can restore with a remnant. God is has a perfect plan & His timing is right even when it feels like He delays. Find hope in His “steadfast love”.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement from reading a daily Psalms passage.
Be inspired!!
Go deeper with God in this journey!!
Psalms 12-
By grace alone, through faith we are saved. What a merciful God we serve.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement from reading a daily Psalms passage.
Be inspired!!
Go deeper with God in this journey!!
Psalms 11-
Be encouraged in any season of testing. Our character development is underway. Lean into this time and trust God, a mighty refuge!
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement from reading a daily Psalms passage.
Be inspired!! Go deeper with God in this journey!!
Psalms 10-
God is waiting, not absent.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement from reading a daily Psalms passage.
Be inspired!! Go deeper with God in this journey!!
Psalm 9-
Thank you God from the fullness within my heart.
Verse 10 says (my paraphrase) what we most rely in speaks volumes about us.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage. Be inspired.
Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God.
I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 8-
Assess your “awe”. Have you become numb or unimpressed with any area(s) of your day to day? I pray this psalm enlightens your heart to worship and reflect.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage. Be inspired.
Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God. I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 7-
Welcome God in to expose any areas that need God's healing. Our transformation happens from the inside out.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage.
Be inspired.
Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God. I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 6-
God is a faithful Deliverer!
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage. Be inspired.
Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God. I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 5:
This is how to fight your battles!
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Each day let’s delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage. Be inspired. Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God.
I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 4-
God fills our heart and lives with more!
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage. Be inspired. Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God. I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Keep going! Stay in the race! But, with the real authentic peace of Jesus Christ.
Let’s stay anchored friend!
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Psalm 3-
The Lord is a shield around us!
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Each day let’s delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage. Be inspired. Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God. I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 2-
God laughs at our resistance and rebellion. Surrendering control is both hard and freeing. When we allow God to come into spaces of our lives that we took over, we thrive.
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage.
Be inspired. Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God.
I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Psalm 1-
Is God and studying His Word your greatest delight?
Godly success is available for women who plant their lives in Christ.
Other scripture references:
-Joshua 1:8
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Each day we’ll delve into timeless wisdom and encouragement in a single Psalm passage.
Be inspired. Consider carving out time to dive in deeper with God.
I pray that each episode uncovers applicable truths to transform you, beginning in the inside and uplift your spirit.
Are there any destructive whispers you’re hearing that are enticing you to give up when things get hard?
Indeed, throughout history, Hebrews 11 names countless individuals that drew strength from their faith to endure challenges yet remain steadfast in Christ.
In this episode, I’m sharing my own current struggles to stay in the race.
Let’s stay anchored friend!
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When your life expectations and plans hit a dead end in the road, what do you do?
We can courageously endure difficulties, and have radiance of faith for the journey ahead. Let’s talk through some life application tools!
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God has so much in store for those who believe. But, when life keeps unfolding the ups & downs, let’s talk about the essential elements of discipleship!
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Does your journey with Jesus need to go deeper?
Are you unfulfilled with your strategies for happiness?
Do you struggle with anxiety?
Have you considered anchoring your life in Someone greater? What does discipleship of Christ even mean?
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Hey girl! I am excited to share what God has been revamping & doing in me during this testing season.
Did you know you may be IN a test or ON your way towards a test? Maybe you are limping out of one. Either way, this testing and pruning is a NORMAL process for we who follow Jesus.
Let’s learn to normalize the hard. What if we had the faith of Abraham in Genesis 22, when he had one of his hardest tests?
What if you believed you’re going to “come back” (Genesis 22:5) IN SPITE of the test?
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Brace yourself
Life seems cyclical. Either a storm is coming, is beating down presently, or it has just passed. One thing is certain: it’s time to prepare.
If we brace ourselves, we will go through the hard times, impacted and even devastated, but thriving with the remnants left.
Look down and all around, what foundation have you built your life on? Is it fireproofed? Tornado ready? Hurricane resistant? Freezing snow capable?
Listen to the words of Jesus, in Matthew 5-7, today on the podcast. I pray it leads you to an inside out shift and/or encouragement to remain connected to Jesus day by day.
Things to consider:
-Read passages Matthew 5-7
-Inductive Bible Study technique:
H. Highlight a verse or more that stood out to you
E. Explain what Jesus was saying, why He was speaking in this way, think about context of the culture at that time
A. Apply what the Holy Spirit is illuminating in your heart when you heard this/read it. Why has God shown you this now? What could God be saying to you right now? How can you apply it?
R. Respond to God with full obedience. Write down or journal a prayer or some actionable step.
For this last HEAR inductive step, I often use the acronym SPACE as a guide for me to journal my response.
S. Do I have a sin to confess?
P. Is there a promise to step into?
A. What attitude do I need to change?
C. Did God expose a command to obey?
E. What example should I now follow?
Scriptures referenced:
-Matthew 5-7
Cheering you on.
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Month wrap up on “What do you believe about Christ?”
In this episode let’s look at the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4. Let’s assess her DRASTIC life transformation from ONE encounter with Jesus.
In just a snap of the finger she was pursued, exposed, loved and invited to a BETTER way!
What about you? What’s holding you back from thriving?
Questions to consider:
1) What’s in your life bucket that’s hindering you?
2) What’s enslaving you, when you think you’re free?
Scriptures referenced:
-Mark 8:29
-2 Corinthians 13:5
-Romans 6:16-18
-John 10:10
-John 4:1-41
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In this episode, there’s a parenting tip to consider as you flourish as a mom.
Are you running on spiritual fullness or emptiness as you wear your all day, everyday, Momma/Mommy/Mom cap?
Who you define as your Source spills into your virtues as a mother. (Mark 8:29)
Questions to consider:
1) Who/What are you relying on?
2) Is God exposing any destructive expectations you’ve made for yourself as a mom, and/or have placed on your child (children)?
This month we are exposing and shredding any false peace in order to replace that with real peace.
We are invited to experience a full life in Jesus Christ, as we parent along the way, even while experiencing difficult parenting situations and seasons.
Let’s thrive ladies!
Scriptures referenced:
-Mark 8:29
-2 Corinthians 13:5
-Psalm 62:5-8
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There is a great question to consider, behind having a great marriage.
Who do you say Jesus is? (Mark 8:29)
What role does God have in your marriage?
The right question can unearth what’s going on below the surface, especially in the exploration of a thriving marriage.
This is week two of exploring the things hindering us from sitting at the banquet table with God; lavishing in the gifts He provides. We are invited to experience a full life because of Jesus Christ.
Let’s thrive ladies!
Scriptures referenced:
-Mark 8:29
-2 Corinthians 13:5
-2 Corinthians 5:17
-Psalm 23:1
-Psalm 23:5
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The right question can set us in a new direction. It can expose, challenge old ways of thinking, and stretch us to a new height! Have you experienced this?
Well buckle up girl. Let’s explore some things hindering us from thriving and entering into peace and provisions that God has invited us to experience.
Jesus asked His disciples a question in Mark 8:29 that kicks off our new month theme.
Let’s thrive ladies!
Scriptures referenced:-Mark 8:29
-Mark 8:17
-Hebrews 11:6
-Hebrews 3:1-20
-James 2:19
-2 Corinthians 13:5
-Matthew 6:33
-John 16:33
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January theme is PEACE!!! How’s your peace? In this episode, we will combine the mental knowledge of what the Bible says about peace, the desire to experience it everyday, with ground level steps to put into action. Jesus promises ABUNDANT peace to those who follow Him and believe in Him. (John 10:10)Scriptures referenced: -Isaiah 43:7-Ephesians 5:18-Luke 9:23-Psalm 119:111-Romans 12:1-2-2 Corinthians 5:17-Mark 1:35-Proverbs 4:23Please consider sharing this episode to a friend -Subscribe to the podcast -If you love what you heard, I'd be so happy if you left a rating and review on your podcast app. This way, more people can find Courageous Radiance Connect with me!Instagram: @courageousradiance www.courageousradiance.com
January theme is PEACE!!! Are you overwhelmed trying to keep it all together? Do you have reprieve in sight for any burdens you’re carrying? How is your while you wait on God?Let's move from busy to rest and anxiety to peace, whether our situation changes or remains the same.Scriptures referenced:-2 Corinthians 12:9-Ephesians 6:15 (within the context of verses 10-17)-Matthew 6:33-John 16:33-John 15:4-5-Colossians 3:2Your next steps!-Please consider sharing this episode to a friend-Subscribe to the podcast -If you love what you heard, I'd be so happy if you left a rating and review on your podcast app. This way, more people can find Courageous RadianceConnect with me!Instagram: @courageousradiancewww.courageousradiance.com
It's a new year, a new season! Happy 2024! Join me for the first year chat about anchoring our peace!
Are you lacking peace?
Maybe last month was a hard month, or you've been up against a difficult or overwhelming season.
Anxiety within our hearts festers when we get away from the only real Source of Peace, which is in Jesus Christ.
Let's move from busy to rest and anxiety to peace, even if from the exterior our situation remains unchanged. We have a reward for our anchored life, and it is peace that thrives within any storm!
Scriptures referenced:
-Isaiah 26:3-4
-2 Thessalonians 3:15-16
-Matthew 6:1-18
-Matthew 14:22-32
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Merry Christmas! God loves you.
Advent season affords our heart intentional opportunities to prepare for our soon coming Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Ask God who you could be praying for, each day, even if it's the same person all 31 days.
Expect that God hears and answers, those who are surrendered, and who obey. Do not limit the limitless God from the vantage point of human limitations.
Questions for your quiet time:
-Has self-protection become an over correction to unanswered prayers?
-Do you struggle with sin in a particular area?
Scriptures referenced:
-Mark 6:45-52
-Psalm 29 (all)
-John 1:9
-Genesis 1:3
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Perhaps becoming courageous means faithful steps on a well light and known path to your Creator. He crafted you for the task(s) at your doorstep.
Questions for your quiet time:
-(John 15:4-7) What is one practical way you can "remain" connected to Christ this week?
Scriptures referenced:
-Joshua 1:7-9
-John 16:33
-John14:27
-John 15
-Genesis 1:1-2
-Psalm 27:14
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Did you know you were thought of BEFORE the foundations of the world?
Every skyscraper needs a deep foundation, and to become what its Architect designed for it to be, and for a unique purpose.
Questions for your quiet time:
-Do you struggle with defining your worth based on outside influences?
-How well built is your secret life with God?
Scriptures referenced:
-Joshua 1:7
-Ephesians 1:3-4
-Genesis 1:1-2
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•Called, but no striving
•Purposed, but no forcing
•Clarity in uncertainty
•Confidence without a hammer
How?
➡️Rest in God
It is a month of doing VERY courageous things! Today, let's talk about having courageous faith to rest.
Questions for your quiet time:
-What situation or area do you power wrestle with God?
Scriptures referenced:
-Joshua 1:7-8
-Exodus 33:13-14
-Deuteronomy 31:1-8
Deuteronomy 31:16-22
-Hebrews 3:16-4:3
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"Above all, be strong and very courageous...this book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.”
-Joshua 1:7-8
It is a month of doing VERY courageous things! Today, let's talk about courage in marriages or relationships.
Questions for your quiet time:
-Is there anything/anyone that you rely more than the Lord??
-Will you decide to surrender your plan to God??
Scriptures referenced:
-Joshua 1:7-8
-Mark 8:34-35
-1 Corinthians 1:26-2:5
-Romans 10:17
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"Above all, be strong and very courageous..."
-Joshua 1:7
Before you pick up your saw and hammer, or reconstruct another strategy for your life strategies, God is commanding us to surrender.
Is there anything/anyone that you rely more than the Lord??
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Hey ladies, were you taught that submission is bad? Or, does it feel like the lesser role?
In marriage, how do we wives submit and forgive when needed?
A beautiful reward is nestled behind our obedience to the Lord.
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Do you know AND trust God as Yahweh Sabaoth, or Lord of Heavens Armies, or Lord of Hosts?
Scriptures to reference:
Psalm 46:1-11
Exodus 14:11-14
In the reality of trouble, God gives us a blueprint to model our behavior. The essence lies within our foundation & anchor, which is a trust in God to fight every battle & guide us through every jungle for our faith.
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It's Q&A Time!!!!
Tune in!
Scripture references:
Genesis 16:1-16
Isaiah 30:15
Isaiah 30:18
John 14:27
John 16:33
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“Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
Matthew 6:9-13
This is the last day of the Psalm 119 podcasts!!!
Thank you for the journey ladies.
Day 31 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:172-176.
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“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
-Acts 6:4
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 30 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:166-171.
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“Prayer is not about manipulating God, but about aligning ourselves with his will.”
-C.S. Lewis
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 29 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:161-165.
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“In prayer we draw near to the heart of God and find our own hearts transformed.”
-C.S. Lewis
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 28 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:153-160.
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“Prayer is not about manipulating God, but about aligning ourselves with his will.”
C.S. Lewis
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 27 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:148-152.
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“Prayer is not about asking God to change our circumstances, but about asking him to change us.”
-C.S. Lewis
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 26 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:142-147.
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"I may be wrong but I think nothing needs so much effort as prayer to God. If anyone wants to pray, the demons try to interrupt the prayer, for they know that prayer is the only thing that hinders them. All the other efforts in a religious life, whether they are made vehemently or gently, have room for a measure of rest. But we need to pray till our dying breath. That is the great struggle."-Benedicta Ward
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 25 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:137-141.
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Sermon on the Mount-Summer series!!
Jesus outlines the authenticity of a blessed life.
Pillar #8
Matthew 5:10
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"Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself."
- St. John Vianney
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 24 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:129-136.
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"Prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 23 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:124-128.
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"Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God's thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him."
-St. Augustine
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 22 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:118-123.
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"Abiding fully means praying much."
Andrew Murray
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 21 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:113-117.
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"O, let the place of secret prayer become to me the most beloved spot on earth."
-Andrew Murray
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 20 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:107-112.
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"Faith in a prayer-hearing God will make a prayer-loving Christian."
-Andrew Murray
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 19 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:101-106.
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Sermon on the Mount-Summer series!!
Jesus outlines the authenticity of a blessed life.
Pillar #7
Matthew 5:9
For all scripture mentioned in the episode & more Courageous Radiance content, please visit: https://www.courageousradiance.com/podcast
Connect with me on IG @courageousradiance
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"Let it be your business every day, in the secrecy of the inner chamber, to meet the holy God. You will be repaid for the trouble it may cost you. The reward will be sure and rich."
-Andrew Murray
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 18 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:95-100.
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"Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue; God's voice is its most essential part. Listening to God's voice is the secret of the assurance that He will listen to mine."
-Andrew Murray
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 17 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:89-94.
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"Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort."
-A.W. Tozer
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 16 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:83-88.
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"To have found God and still to pursue."
-A.W. Tozer
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 15 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:78-82.
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"The man who would truly know God must give time to Him."
-A.W. Tozer
Hey ladies!
This is a 31 day journey of praying for our husbands through Psalm 119.
Day 14 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:73-77.
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"We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts."
-A.W. Tozer
Hey ladies we are behind BUT committed to finishing our 31 days of praying for our husbands!
Day 13 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:67-72.
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Sermon on the Mount-Summer series!!
Jesus outlines the authenticity of a blessed life.
Pillar #6
Matthew 5:8
For all scripture mentioned in the episode & more Courageous Radiance content, please visit: https://www.courageousradiance.com/podcast
Connect with me on IG @courageousradiance
Consider sharing with a friend!
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"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us."-A.W. Tozer
Day 12 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:62-66.
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"It is well said that neglected prayer is the birth-place of all evil."
-Charles Spurgeon
Day 11 discussion and prayer of Psalm 119:57-61.
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"Sometimes when we do not receive comfort in our prayers, when we are broken and cast down, that is when we are really wrestling and prevailing in prayer."
-Charles Spurgeon
Hey! Please join me on this courageous journey as we pray for our spouse this whole month of August.
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Day 10 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:50-56.
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I celebrate a lot within others lives or my own, but not often do I make suffering a time to rejoice.
1 Peter 4 is clear that for those who believe & are disciples of Jesus Christ, our difficult circumstances can be opportunities to rejoice for what is coming ahead; the reward of our faith.
This is a prior recording from an interview with my friend who has since went on to be with the Lord. She is in her glorified self! I want to celebrate her amazing life and legacy, which was always in her living third.
As servants of Jesus Christ, we place God first, others second and then we trust any of our tending to God. This was exactly how Catherine Johnson lived her life.
What an honor to have known her on earth and I look forward to seeing her again soon (1 Thessalonians 4:13.)
"You will observe that the desire to commune with God is intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation."
-Charles Spurgeon
Hey! Please join me on this courageous journey as we pray for our spouse this whole month of August.
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Day 9 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:46-50.
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"Prayer is the best response to hatred."
-Charles Spurgeon
Join me this month of August as we courageously pray for our spouses.
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Day 8 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:41-45.
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"If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ."
-Charles Spurgeon
Will you courageously join me in prayer for our spouse this month of August?
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Day 7 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:33-40.
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"Continue in prayer, and though the blessing tarry, it must come; in God’s own time it must appear to you."
-Charles Spurgeon
Will you courageously join me in prayer for our spouse this month of August?
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Day 6 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:28-32.
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"Prayer can never be in excess."
-Charles Spurgeon
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Day 5 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:22-27.
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"But if one neglects his closet, then all evil comes of it."
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Day 4 discussion and prayer in Psalm 119:17-22.
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Please join me in prayer through Psalm 119 for 31 days.
DAY 3!
Let's get COURAGEOUS and RADIANT for our marriages to cultivate into substances that replicate generations of blessings & God-fearing legacies.
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"I know of no better thermometer to your spiritual temperature than this, the measure of the intensity of your prayer."
-Charles Spurgeon
Please join me in prayer through Psalm 119 for 31 days.
DAY TWO!!!
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"To pray is to enter the treasure-house of God and to gather riches out of an inexhaustible storehouse." -Charles Spurgeon
Sermon on the Mount-Summer series: 5th Pillar
Today we will dive back into the book of Matthew, this is the fifth characteristic of blessedness in Matthew 5:7.
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Join in prayer for 31 days! Psalm 119!
Let's get COURAGEOUS and RADIANT for our marriages to cultivate into substances that replicate generations of blessings & God-fearing legacies.
Let's let our Jesus light shine through our marriages, jacked up or going great. It's Gods story that is unfolding & it's His glory we are living for.
For 31 days will you join me in praying for our husbands? Commune with me in prayer as we shift from the inside out.
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"Prayer is doubts destroyer, ruin’s remedy, the antidote to all anxieties."-Charles Spurgeon
Sermon on the Mount-Summer series Part 4:
Today we will dive back into the book of Matthew, this is the fourth characteristic of blessedness in Matthew 5:6.
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Summer series Part 3:
Welcome back to a walk through Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, when he outlined the promised way to experience & live the blessed life. It's counterintuitive & opposite than the culture, but it's fruitful & good.
Today we will dive back into the book of Matthew, this is the third characteristic of blessedness in verse 5.
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Blessedness takes on a new meaning when Jesus designates its word usage. This summer, we are studying and equipping our faith in Matthew 5:1-12.
This "blessed" life challenges the world's view. It transforms us from the inside out.
Jesus teaches this message of hope to His disciples.
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Let's get equipped, be encouraged and have an anchor of hope in Jesus. Our transformation into the better version that God made us for is a lifelong journey!
The blessed life defined by Jesus is countercultural. Yet, Jesus teaches this message of hope without unattainable prerequisites.
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The blessed life defined by Jesus is countercultural. Yet, Jesus teaches this message of hope without unattainable prerequisites.
This is part 1 of 8! I'm so thankful that you are here!
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This week we will read the word of the Lord from the woman of faith, Huldah! Head to the blog to check out all 4 women of faith we discussed over this month.
Dwellers are followers. Had Jesus interfered with your internal core lifestyle?
Jesus is after our inside out transformation. He is truly a divine disturber and thank you God for loving us that much to do exactly that!
Let's dwell with the Lord. Courageously pursue the Lord untethered to the world.
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Let's discuss the amazing faith of Rahab! Yes...If God deemed her worthy in the lineage of Christ, we can overlook her past.
What stains and blemishes mark up your resume? Let's discuss how the faithfulness of God continues on, in spite of our unfaithfulness.
When we dwell with the God, we get and remain anchored. He transforms us from the inside out, even if God hasn't changed the circumstance.
Let's dwell with the Lord. Courageously pursue the Lord untethered to the world.
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It's Q&A Time!!!!
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Scripture references:
John 6:63-64
John 6:66
John 15:4-6
John 14:26
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The courageous woman week drum roll...Noah's wife! Her faithfulness reflects her fear and awe of the Lord.
I would say, "you don't know my husband or situation." But, God does.
When we dwell with the God, we get and remain anchored. He transforms us from the inside out, even if God hasn't changed the circumstance.
Let's dwell with the Lord. Courageously pursue the Lord untethered to the world.
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This week our courageous woman who feared the Lord, and surrendered her will to the greater plan and purpose of God is...Jehosheba/Jehoshabeath. She was a princess by birth right, yet she took the narrow path, submitting first to God's will and that of her husband.
How can anyone live so courageously?!
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When we dwell with the God, He transforms us from the inside out. To dwell means to sit or abide with, or inhabit with. Whatever synonym is used, it comes down to this, when we decide to establish our life foundation in God, it requires the cost of surrender.
To dwell with God and find pleasure and fullness in Him, would mean that we have elevated our pursuit of Him, above and before anything else that consumes our life.
This week, and this whole month, we will read a parable that Jesus taught about the status of our spiritual heart.
Let's dwell with the Lord. Courageously pursue the Lord untethered to the world.
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Scripture references:
Luke 8:4-15
Proverbs 31:30
2 Kings 11
2 Chronicles 22
John 12:23-26
2 Corinthians 11:14
1 Samuel 13:14
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This whole month we are discussing how to thrive in spite of our circumstances. I'm excited, in advance, for all the victory you will experience, in Christ, and bear much fruit!
WEEK 4! For those who are parents, how is it going? I LOVE that in Christ we get to reset, even when we horribly miss the mark!
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Scripture references:
Mark 8:31-33
Mark 8:34-35
John 14:1-13
Colossians 3:1-3
1 Samuel 16
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Tune in to this weeks question. As busy women, many of us juggle full schedules and responsibilities that include family, ministry, work and more.
How do we do the balancing act of life meanwhile keeping God first?
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Scripture references:
Matthew 6:33
John 6:60
Matthew 7:13-14
Matthew 11:28-30
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This whole month we are discussing how to thrive in spite of our circumstances. I'm excited, in advance, for all the victory you will experience, in Christ, and bear much fruit!
IT IS WEEK 3!!! Do you struggle with the feeling of being enough? How does this paralyze our ability to thrive?
Let's talk about it y'all!
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Scripture references:
Psalm 16:1-11
John 4:1-42
2 Kings 6:20
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Tune in to this weeks question. This week we happen to be discussing a question about marriage and how to endure through difficulties. When is enough enough with an unresponsive spouse?
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Scripture references:
2 Corinthians 5:16-20
Ezekial 36:26-27
Exodus 33:12-18
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
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This whole month we are discussing how to thrive in spite of our circumstances. I'm excited, in advance, for all the victory you will experience, in Christ, and bear much fruit!
IT IS WEEK 2!!! We are cultivating courageous marriages.
In Jesus Christ we have unshakable hope!
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Scripture references:
Hebrews 12:1-2
Hebrews 11:39
John 16:22
Ephesians 5:21
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Tune in to this weeks question. We are discussing authority, empowerment and more. Jesus never said it'd be easy, nor that everyone would courageously follow...but let's do so anyways!
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Scripture references:
Romans 11:28
John 3:16
Galatians 3:28
Romans 13:1-7
Luke 17:10
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This whole month we are discussing how to thrive in spite of our circumstances. I'm excited, in advance, for all the victory you will experience, in Christ, and bear much fruit!
In Jesus Christ we have unshakable hope!
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Scripture references:
Mark 8:34-38
Mark 1:12-13
Matthew 4:1-11
John 3:16
John 15:4-6
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You can have hope when the circumstances within view and earshot are not favorable. How do we get equipped for the journey ahead?
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Scripture references:
Psalm 34:4-5
2 Corinthians 12:9
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“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
-C.S. Lewis
Today is an exciting episode with my guest and mentor Jada Edwards!
We all have hope for something, otherwise we drift into hopelessness. Where is the peak of hope in your life? If the hope is in Jesus Christ, in every area, hopelessness is averted.
How do we shift our hope to a firm foundation? In this podcast, Jada Edwards joins to talk about cultivating a life full of hope. Listen in to hear some practical tools for your everyday shelf to grab from!
Scripture references:
-Hebrews 6:18-20
-Jeremiah 2:13
-1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Action steps to cultivate an anchor:
-Read the Bible, where will you start?
-Pray unceasingly.
-Inviting God to every space you're in throughout the day.
Who is an embodiment of "courageous"? Why does that person fulfill your definition of courage?
What about your everyday journey, would you define your decisions as divergent towards God and away from comfort, culture, and limited visibility?
Be encouraged to enter and maximize each setback, struggle and adventure as an opportunity to grow in confidence of your position in Jesus Christ. Humbly we can floss courage, when we operate from the foundation of Christ.
Scripture references:
Mark 8:34-35
Deuteronomy 1:19-21
Joshua 1:7-9
Isaiah 46:8-10
Matthew 28:18-20
Let's respond to the thing that the Holy Spirit is bringing to your attention. ➡️Consider to journal this! ➡️Can you invite one lady to accountability in this?
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How do you define courage? What does courage look like in this life season for you?
If we are anchored and remain connected to Jesus Christ, we have His help to manifest the Fruits of the Spirit and to be bold in our following of God.
When we intentionally decide that God is the only option, and that living all-in is the only way, we become more and more courageous!
Scripture references:
2 Chronicles
2 Kings 11
Joshua 1:9
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Cultivating Courageous Marriages Week!!🎉
EVERY second Tuesday of the month, join the Dixon's as we cultivate Christ anchored, Holy Spirit empowered, and Bible equipped marriages!
Clarity and direction is from the Lord. (Proverbs 3:5-7, and Isaiah 30:21.) Our marriages, too, need Holy Spirit led clarity!
The Bible doesn't speak directly about a vision and mission statement, but it does say in Amos 3:3 that in order to walk with another, both must establish clarity in the direction headed.
This week, let's talk about your marriage vision. Do you have one?
Marriage started in Genesis 2, and the Creator of it has a beautiful blueprint for us to tap into if we surrender our opinions and experiences to His way of operating.
We are NEVER without hope, nor are our marriages. So, let's thrive!
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Let's get real, do you have any "God, why" discussions?!
Your faithfulness in the hardest circumstances speaks volumes of your faith and anchoring.
If, like me, you have times you want to give up, turn around, or throw up your arms altogether, give all of that frustration and discontentment to a faithful and loving God!
What if your victory is around the corner? Imagine, you are on the brink of an inside out heart tsunami!
Habakkuk chapters 1-3 are so relatable and encouraging. Trusting God grows from faith to faith, Habakkuk 2:3-4.
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Courageous Parenting Week!
As we Join me this week as I share some parenting struggles that have brought to light issues that God wants to expose.
Rather than jumping into the discussion with Nadine about "Should a Tween/Teen Date", we are starting with first things first. Our submissiveness and obedience to the Holy Spirit is our first order of business!
As parents, we cannot lead without first surrendering to Whom we follow, which is Jesus Christ. Even in our pit, we are never without hope! In spite of any turmoil, we have an anchor that bleeds peace into our heart and mind.
The next two weeks are great discussions, and toolkit equipping goodies for you as we discuss 1 Peter 2:11, Judges 2:1-3 and Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
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Have you experienced a string of failures or expectations that have not come to pass?
Are things just not quite what you hoped or expected them to be in your life?
Have you lost hope in the better life that God promised you would one day experience?
Paul shares in Galatians 6:7-10 that our ability to keep going, amongst frustration or unmoved circumstances is possible! Do not give up or stop moving forward with what Jesus is doing within your life. There is too much stake and too great a cost if we quit.
Let's talk the hope that keeps us going!
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God is so faithful. God is so powerful. God has plans that we must actively surrender & align to.
Is there a gap between what God says vs. other voices, including your own?
When we renew our mind with life-giving purpose and goals, what we were made for will flow through us for His glory!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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As we are on a Christmas countdown, let’s assess if our hearts are ready.
Christmas is a time to reset and remember our daily why and the reason for our anchored hope.
Each day, we get to experience the hope and joy of Christmas!
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Have you gotten the prayer calendar freebie?
I hope it is eliciting a heart posture of prayer and consistent connectedness with God.
This month, our theme is prayer. Prayer is our red phone, our conversations with a God who awaits us with open arms. It’s a beautiful picture to think that He loves us that much, and provides us an opportunity to learn and grow.
What are you afraid of?
Jesus asked His disciples this question along with a loving rebuke to deal with their fear (Mark 4:40.) In assessment of our fears, God may reveal the why of them.
This week, I’m sharing some of my own fears, and some practical ways God has shown me to rebuke them.
Our life pursuit should be to glorify God. Matthew 25:21 reveals the sought after fruit of our life on earth. What is it really all for? Let’s talk about it!
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I hope it is eliciting a heart posture of prayer and consistent connectedness with God.
This month, our theme is prayer. Prayer is our red phone, our conversations with a God who awaits us with open arms. It’s a beautiful picture to think that He loves us that much, and provides us an opportunity to learn and grow.
If you have ever worried, prayed or been consumed with thoughts of your kiddos, then this is for you. However you have come to be a mother isn’t important. Regardless of pouring into children as the parent or in ministry alongside parents, the bigger and lasting reality is that God is in control.
Do you trust God with your child? Do you believe that He has great plans for your kid? Regardless of what you may see, or be experiencing, expect more. Elevate your thoughts to align with God.
God is not only molding our children, He is fixing our hearts affinities as well. Be encouraged that God is not done with your child or you.
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This month, our theme is prayer. Prayer is our red phone, our conversations with a God who awaits us with open arms. It’s a beautiful picture to think that He loves us that much, and provides us an opportunity to learn and grow.
What heart devotions are we subscribed to? What or who is first place? These sit in God’s seat, they lead and guide our subconscious mind, which directs what we do, or don’t do, each day.
God is after our heart affinities. He wants to be in first place. Everything else will fade away, but only one thing, that is God, will remain.
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Do the weights of performance and perfection ever seem too heavy for each shoulder to bear? Elevating one’s capabilities and capacity, over time, is spiritually, physically and emotionally wearing.
However, how does someone trust a God that may compromise all the plans and expectations? There’s an illusion of comfort and stability when I am in control and have all power to get things done. It’s too risky to rely on others and even God.
God only works in first place. But, am I willing to let Him in to take over?
This month, our theme is prayer. Prayer is our red phone, our conversations with a God who awaits us with open arms. It’s a beautiful picture to think that He loves us that much, and provides us an opportunity to learn and grow.
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Whether soon-to-be parents or those in the middle with kids right now, how will the marriage survive? The marriage shouldn’t pause just because of the kids! This wrong prioritization comes with a high cost.
There is hope! We have “God with us” to navigate and anchor (Matthew 1:21-23.)
Eddie and Brittany share some effective tools to help marriage not be pushed in the back during parenting.
Eddie and Brittany live outside the Dallas, Texas. They have 4 children, but are raising their 3 children in the home. Eddie and Brittany share marriage dynamics, tips and a little about their current journey of marrying while parenting.
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If I could sit down with the 19 year old Brittany, there is SO much I would say!
From healthy lifestyle habits, career insights, to learning sign language. It would be a full discussion! There is something else I’d share with her, that would be some tips in how to prepare myself for marriage.
What would you say to the younger version of yourself?
My husband joins me for this week’s podcast and YouTube. Whether you’re thinking of getting married, about to walk down the aisle, or are newlywed, this is for you!
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New season, this is season 3! God did it, and is making a way.
Welcome to this space! Imagine that we are at my kitchen counter or around a table with a cup of coffee. Today we are talking about how God made a way, via a new strategy, for King David and his army, against the Philistines.
We may not have a physical army coming against us, but we are in a war, and there is an enemy line that means to attack.
Today we are reading through 1 Chronicles 14:9-17. Grab your Bible. Let’s jump in.
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We are finishing up in the book of Esther, chapters 9 & 10. What an amazing compilation of the account of Esther and Mordecai, God’s faithfulness in spite of appeared silence, and a reversal of evil for good.
In what way can any principle be applied to your life? What are your takeaways from Esther 1-10? Share with me on the blog www.courageousradiance.com or social media: IG @courageousradiance / FB group Courageously Radiant Women.
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We are reading in the book of Esther, chapters 7 & 8. Are you enjoying this book? I am basking in so many principles and promises in God’s word.
There is a reality of reversals from Genesis with the story of Joseph, to Moses and the Israelites leaving Egypt, to our present awaiting and yearning for the coming back of Jesus. In Christ, the sins from Adam that have infected the world we know, all the sickness, pain and destruction will be reversed. God reveals that in Him we are covered, even if in the valleys of life.
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Trust exercises, falling backwards for instance, with coworkers or family events, allows us to rely on others. When we work with others, without guardrails, our unity is padded.
What about trust exercising with God?
In Proverbs 3:5, place your name in that scripture. I’ll go first, “Brittany trusts in the Lord with all her heart and she doesn’t rely on her own understanding.”
For parents who may be bewildered, overwhelmed, fatigued, or anxious, I want to encourage you to “trust in the Lord”. Here’s the double win, you are trusting God, and you’re trusting Him with His own possession (your kid.)
God knows what He is doing. We need to make this be our default in the valley and on life mountaintops.
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Today we are discussing Esther 5 and 6. In these two short chapters. There is so much that happens, so let’s jump right in! You can also tune in via YouTube as well. Here is the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/J1dNihdpix0
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Esther 3 and 4 are being discussed this week. We will talk about God’s main character role, to include Mordecai and Queen Esther. There is a new character to discuss this week, his name is Haman.
The plot thickens! Lots to listen to. Grab your Bible or Bible app to follow along. Take out your physical notes or tablet/phone notes, and let’s jump into another week.
Your life, the place and position that God has you in, is for a greater purpose and it fits into a bigger story.
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We are kicking off this NEW month, Amen and amen and all praise and glory to God for a NEW month! Praise God for becoming the NEW thing (2 Corinthians 5:17) in Christ Jesus!
September is a journey in the book of Esther. Today, we are walking through Esther 1 & 2.
The overarching point this week, God’s setting up your life behind the scenes. Did you know that with God, nothing just happens. He is in control even when it appears He is absent.
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What are you saying about yourself?
How do you view yourself?
Do these beliefs align with God’s view?
This is the last discussion of the month about identity in Christ, through the book of Ephesians. Today, let’s read through Ephesians 1:2-9.
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Hey Friends, it’s that time AGAIN!
It’s Talk About it Tuesday. This is an opportunity to answer some questions or just talk about all of the things that may be at your door step, making it’s way to your couch or festering within your heart. But, through the lens of Christ is how we ought to find our answers.
Jesus is our Savior. Even if the Bible doesn’t specifically speak to a issue, it’s God’s redemptive story, full of principles and God’s rescue mission for us. We can glean from it and are transformed by it.
Today let’s kick off by defining what authenticator we should use to grow in wisdom. What we use to identify ourselves will either help to encourage our surrender to Christ, or hinder due to the attempt to validate apart from the Creator.
As 1 Corinthians 10:23 says, all things may be permissible, but it being beneficial requires God to lead & guide us.
Whether we are discussing the questions in this episode or other unanswered ones, the Holy Spirit is a trustworthy Teacher. Scripture is grounding & reliable.
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Consider the lemonade stand on a hot day, you stop and support the child and get your need met. What about if you drove by and saw a sign marketing for your marriage to get better, would you stop?
The marriage formula wouldn’t be complicated in context, but in execution it would require some things from you. 1) Surrender to God and 2) Realizing the foundation and purpose of marriage.
What if your marriage, even if it is jacked up, is the best thing that could happen to you? What if God knew you would choose the worst guy, yet grow you. Could God have allowed you to go your own way with the purpose to prune and stretch you?
Marriage is more than what you think. First off, it is about God’s glory, not our convenience. Furthermore, it works for you even when it isn’t working.
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What does it mean to be a woman? Did you know that God, our Creator, fashioned us with skill and expertise? Our redefine ought to originate with His design.
Today, I am exploring the boldness, confidence, purpose and joy that births from surrender + humility. The foundation is a fear of the Lord, as Proverbs 31:30 notes.
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Hey friend!
New month! Are you excited about the new adventures ahead?!
While our lives and even the season may be shifting, let’s grab our anchor and break into the rock and foundation we build from; which is Christ. Our footing flows from a place of stability, contentment, peace and joy.
Why?! How?!
Glad you asked! It’s because of Who identifies us. I will never fly to a destination, achieve an award, acquire enough money in my bank account, or hear enough applause that will substitute the weight of my identity and worth in Christ alone.
Scriptures spoken today for your reference:
Ephesians 1:4-5
Ephesians 1:18
2 Corinthians 5:17
John 1:12
Hebrews 8:12
John 20:31
Colossians 3:3-4
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Have you ever broken down, to the smallest level, what you are praying and asking God for?
For me, sometimes everything is swirling in my head, but I haven’t truly thought through what I think I want, and I haven’t really believed God for it.
Do you believe God for your heart desires? He has an answer for them. It may be a few different answers, but believe that not only does He have an answer, but it is the BEST for you. His will is in alignment with the greater purpose of the kingdom.
One thing that encourages me, and I pray it does for you, is that God already knows what we want before we ask, and His love crosses all boundaries!
I’m excited for you to listen in!
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Hey Friends, it’s that time AGAIN!
It’s Talk About it Tuesday. This is an opportunity to answer some questions or just talk about all of the things that may be at your door step, making it’s way to your couch or festering within your heart. But, through the lens of Christ!
Jesus is our Savior. Even if the Bible doesn’t specifically speak to a issue, it’s God’s redemptive story, full of principles and God’s rescue mission for us. We can glean from it and are transformed by it. The Bible is the only book that reads its reader and its our authority. We can be encouraged in what God has to say.
This week we are discussing prayer needs/requests. What happens when you have one? Does God care? What if a diagnosis, such as cancer, is something that we face? I have Catherine Johnson, an amazing friend of mine, joining us to talk about prayer and healing.
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Hey friend-
Week 3 is here! We are in this month of discussing what prayer is about and how to implement it into our daily lives.
This week is all about cultivating a grateful heart. Thankfulness is a lifestyle we adopt & discipline ourselves for. Our grateful hearts radiate into dark places and reveal the light within us, which is Jesus Christ.
Maybe this season, or compilation of seasons makes it impossible to practice gratitude. The Bible invites us to live like this, yet our real problems cloud our ability to execute.
How do you stay grateful? Even in times of sorry.
Let’s jump into this discussion, about how thankfulness in our prayer life correlates to our mindset.
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This week, we head back to talking through a prayer acronym that can be used, ACTS. “C” is for confession and we are jumping into its intricacies.
What are some hinderances to prayer? Does God REALLY need me to confess my sin if He already knows my heart?
I’m so glad that in a generation of canceling one another, left and right, that God doesn’t hit the red button to cancel us. Whether we get prayer wrong or right, what truly matters is our relationship with God.
Even in our failure to confess, or when our confessions are half-hearted, I’m thankful that God is always willing to restore us back to a right standing with Him.
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Hey there!
It’s Talk About it Tuesday. This is an opportunity to answer some questions sent in by way of the blog, Facebook group or Instagram.
We are in the thick of the month of July topic of Prayer. Specifically for this Talk About it Tuesday, how does prayer and connection help us in the reality of our brokenness and sinc that is in our lives.
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Prayer is the month of July topic!!
Let’s kick it off speaking about what prayer is and some basics about what it is versus what it isn’t.
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Hey friend! For the next two episodes, we are extending our topic of being planted to parenting.
Whether you are a mother, grandmother, aunt, Godmother, student ministry leader, or disciple maker of any kind, there are people we are leading. Our influence ripples our beliefs & actions, as a river, into the places we live, work and convene.
Ephesians 4:1-2 says “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.” There is something or someone that wards the prison of our hearts and minds.
Even if I think that “no one rules me”, and that I’m my own boss, then I have allowed myself to be ruler of myself. However, without Jesus, we cannot gracefully model patience, gentleness & humility, to list a few of many.
Are we preparing our hearts and those that we parent or lead? Jesus has modeled how to walk “worthy” of the calling, even in the middle of difficult times & persecution.
I am so grateful that we have such a faithful model! Aren’t you? I am thankful that God loves us so much to have sent his son (John 3:16), and that Jesus loved us enough to sacrifice everything for us. This motivates me to fight the good fight of faith, because the one who paved a way, loved me first.
In these new porch planters, that are very large, I mentally began to calculate how much it was going to cost to fill that massive space. But, then, it occurred to me, to fill it with the unseen, yet weighty large fillings first. By filling half of the planter with large stones, that are unknown to any other eye, it requires less of the glam stones & frill flowers at the top.
My cost was less for the larger stones. The beautiful frills and colors at the top look amazing, but they required way more effort to select, more time to glam it up and the expense was more financially.
The enemy and the weaknesses of our flesh, want us to believe the falsehood that we don’t have time for God. The demands of our schedules appear to be way more important, but what holds it all together below the surface?
When we decide to get and stay planted, we say not only “yes” to God, we invest in eternal self-care. Somehow I can connect the dots to my 30-minute Peloton ride to the correlation to my physical heart health, but there is a disconnect for me to apply this same principle to my spiritual heart, emotional stability and mental wellness when it comes to my relationship with God.
God isn’t a task. He is our life Source. It’s not just cute on our planner, He is how our planner gets done & we can have peace for the things that didn’t happen. We plant ourselves at the foot of Christ, as we are reading through Martha & Mary today, because Jesus says that is choosing the “necessary thing” (verse 42.)
Friends, as we plant, what we plant FIRST is most important.
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Talk about it Tuesday is here again!
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Do you ever get derailed in planting and growing your faith and relationship with God? I do, I’m sure we all do. Life happens, and it’s hard to spend time with God.
Let’s talk about it!
Our significance to God is unchanged. The basis by which we define our worth & build our lives from is reliable and it is an unshakable truth.
This is where we plant! We need life giving water connected to our root system, and that is only found in Christ.
Psalm 1 is up for discussion today! Plant and bloom, no matter the season and there is no room for comparison.
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Oh hey you 100th episode!
Hey friend! We are beginning a brand new month theme called “Planted”.
Do you ever struggle day to day NOT wanting to do anything? In difficult seasons, when my emotional battery reserve is depleting, I struggle to have what the day needs.
But, we have a solution! There is hope to our wavering emotions…getting and staying PLANTED!
I am so grateful that in spite of my lack of ability & the crazy of the season, that God is always working. We have freedom to be vulnerable with Him!
The processes of life will happen with our consent or not, so we might as well equip ourselves with an unchanging empowerment.
Our limitations meet His grace!
Happy 100th!
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What is the undercurrent of your decisions and motivations? If I’m honest, it’s not always God, and even when it is Him, I am trying to achieve something for Him.
When do we rest in Him? When can we accept that His love doesn’t need any additives?
Friends, John 3:16 says that God gave us an eternal destiny with Him through His gift of Jesus to pay for our sins. Jesus not only was put up as our sacrifice, He willingly volunteered.
I don’t know about you, but that makes me want to see myself through the love and worth that God sees. We are loved in our worst and we’re saved before we did anything to need His salvation.
Rahab, in Joshua 2, was an unlikely candidate to deserve the designated title of “beloved daughter” of God. She was a prostitute and although she knew of God, she was not a believer.
Why would God allow such a woman to be considered to be in the lineage of Jesus coming to earth? The same reason we get to. She, like us, was loved.
Let’s jump into this week as we light our ignition to fire up for our divine assignments, carrying the banner of “beloved.” Let’s get ruthless for Christ!
Hi friend!
If you could rank your affection with God and the connectedness with Him, how would it rank (0-10)? No judgment. No condemnation.
In our discussion on the podcast, let’s address any inequalities of our heart affections and our check the box.
Hosea 6:6, God desires our faithful love. Are you willing?
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Hi friend! It’s that time again!
Yes, we are talking about it. Today, I want to share a story from someone who is in the middle of marital mess. She is undergoing verbal and emotional abuse, not to mention the overall reality of failed marriage expectations.
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
What do you do? Do you decide for yourself? Do you seek God?
Let’s talk about it!
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How is your heart friend?
When the heat turns up, or during defeatist times, is your heart okay?
Jesus cares about you. He adores you. Let that marinate.
I know for me, especially in troubling circumstances, God’s love feels far away. The concept of God’s love can sometimes seem foreign for non-believer and believer alike. But, His love is enduring and it is timeless.
In the life of Hannah, we can read her story, and quite possibly, or at least I hope, feel her heartache. 1 Samuel 1:1-19.
Hannah’s agony and desperation doesn’t end in defeat friend! Like us, and everyone who has Jesus as an anchor, we can experience victory in spite of obvious times of defeat.
In Jesus Christ, we can shift our circumstantial suffering, hurt, and disappointment to a new experience with God.
Victory carved out in the middle is heat proofed & tested so that no enemy or trouble can remove it’s reality.
Friend, are you ready for an unshakable victory?
Please share how you are doing in the middle times and if there are any praise report victories. Also, subscribe to the podcast and blog (www.courageousradiance.com).
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Joining the podcast this week is Tara Davis, she is a very close friend. Tara and her husband lead a non-for- profit company called The Haven Marriage, which is all about helping marriages to grow and become stronger. She is also a mother of 3 children.
As wives, we face challenges within both ourselves and the marriage. Join our discussion of Abigail, whose account is in 1 Samuel 25.
Abigail’s marriage to Nabal was far from happy, and her challenges came to a collision with her household’s fate to be wiped out due to the ignorance of her husband.
What should she do? What would you do? How do you intercede, yet remain in alignment with God.
In Mark 8:34, we are called to deny ourselves, accept our crosses, and follow Jesus. Following God transforms us, and sets us apart. This distinction becomes our navigation, our North Star, in the spectrum of horrible to great marriages.
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Each of us is brave in our own way and I’m so grateful to share the “let’s talk about it” story of my brave friend Stephanie.
Stephanie is up against a boulder that rolled down the hill of the enemy into her campsite. What does she do? How should she respond to the boulder called infidelity and abandonment?
In Matthew 19, there is an account of Jesus’s position on divorce and marriage. As anchored women, we do well when we seek what God says above anyone else, ourselves included.
Jesus sets the record straight as to why the decree of divorce was even given by Moses. But, y’all, this is hard!!! There is no judgment and in Christ there is certainly no condemnation (Romans 8-1.)
How do we guard our hearts against bitterness, fear and the feeling of failure?
In Stephanies story, just like there are others, the courageous thing means dealing with all that comes with this pain. However, God can redeem our pain and there is never anything lost when we remain connected to God,
I’m so thankful that we have a faithful Shepherd in spite of the circumstances we have to walk through. Stephanie is boldly believing God, and I am cheering her own in her faith.
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Hey friend! Glad you made it this week, it’s week 3 of being Set Apart.
Influence and influencer are trending as how we identify ourselves and even occupations.
God is the Influence by which we can influence; everything flows from Him. Living in His influence means accepting and bossing up the resume to include “ambassador.” We are distinguished within society, as believers, or at least we should be.
Our lives, habits and goals should look different. This week we are talking about being set apart, through the life of Jehoshabeath/Jehosheba in 2 Chronicles 22:10-12.
Jehosheba may seem, by little mentioning, insignificant, but her life greatly & impacted the Kingdom of God.
Jehosheba was faithful, brave and compassionate to the purposes of God. She embodies faithful and distinguished living.
What an amazing daughter, wife, aunt, princess and woman of God to know more about! Tune in friend!
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Let’s kick off “Talk About it Tuesday”!
Whether it’s a vulnerability moment, praise opportunity, or sharing what’s going on with you, I would love to hear your moment to talk it out!
This week I’ll start by sharing what is on my heart, and a vulnerability moment. Tune in!
Matthew 11:28, Jesus invites our heart, mind, and body to a spiritual rest in Him. There is no vacation, retirement, wealth, workout or sedative substitute for this Jesus type rest!
He may not free you from the pain, but He promises to help with the burden, and to give us a spiritual reprieve in the middle of it all. Y’all! He literally takes our broken, haggard, and toast burnt and replenishes our soul.
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Whether married or single, my husband joins the podcast to discuss ways that every marriage can thrive. These tools with strengthen your marriage. For those who are single with or without any prospect of marriage, or if anyone is engaged, these tips can greatly impact your view of marriage.
This is a tough discussion for those married and in what feels like the desert. If you are at the end of your rope, I pray that God’s clarity and provision meet you in this rough area.
If your marriage is already thriving, amazing! There is always room for our marriage to go from good to great and great to greater.
1 Peter 2:9, our marriages are meant to be distinguished. Our set apart mindset anchors us into the reason why, which gives us a shared vision.
Marriage struggles? Marriage apathy? No marriage vision? Tune in today for how our marriage was meant to be set apart from the “normal” way of doing things.
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Hey friend hey!
Early week check in with your heart! I know I have been ridiculously hard on myself for dropping the ball here, unable to be stretched there, and just overall feeling like there’s more to do.
Y’all! Pause! Time out. Read Psalm 91:1-2 and let those verses wash over you and fill you. God is your save space, even if the attack is from within you!
Give yourself grace friend. Know you are loved immensely.
How are you doing? No, like…really?
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New season!
New month!
New possibilities friend!
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In honor of autism awareness month, as a fellow autism advocate, I have asked my friend, Jaluana Dawson, to the podcast to share her experiences as a mom raising a child with autism.
Jaluana is a wife, mom, and lover of Jesus! Her heart for the Lord is seen and it impacts those she encounters.
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What a month of inside out discussions! Looking within us keeps us moving ahead towards our daily transformation.
Colossians 3:1-4 is up for the conversation today. As we explore the correlation of our lives to the show Amazing Race, we use the vision outlined within these few verses.
What’s at the finish line of your race?
I want to encourage you to stay in your lane, keep your eye on the prize of your faith, and keep your motivation in your anchor.
I think you are amazing even in the days you have set backs. Just keep going girl!
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One question friend, it’s directly from Jesus himself “do you want to get well?” (John 5:5-9.)
As we deal with change from the inside to the outside, we should first ensure we have buy in.
Change isn’t convenient and there is always an associated cost for what sacrifices have to be started or those that need to be stopped. But, the reward is in the unlocking of our life next level.
Two things are needed IF you answered “yes” to wanting to change/get well: humility and commitment. This week on the podcast and blog courageousradiance.com, let’s talk about it!
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Married, single, dating, and those in between, the relationship status we check off does not define us. These are all temporary states that are a part of us, but not the identifying piece.
Jesus has something so juicy, so filling that we just may leave behind what contingencies we thought we we were looking for. In Christ, we have eternity in view, and this not only refocuses our striving, but it allows us to be more fruitful where we are.
In John 4, Jesus made a divine appointment with a socially unworthy woman. She went from relationship to relationship, in search of second identity, but in actuality she was losing herself. The more substitutes she erected, the greater the lack gap became truth.
But. One conversation later. One opportunity to be find out truth and realize worth and how known she was, she instantly turned away from outside fixes. The Samaritan woman became inside focused and forgot the pursuits of the temporary.
Don’t you too want to experience the Messiah fill every area of lack? How amazing it is to realize the real why, and reorient your life around that!
Her relationship would forever change by one encounter with Christ. Her lack became wholeness, so much so that she had extra; she poured out to the community around her.
Y’all, we all need to make and not break this divine appointment with Christ. You know, the one each day that we may honestly breeze past as just something else to check off to do. Jesus is our fullness and our substance to fill any area of lack, including in our relationships.
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Our boss swag will either come from our self-reliance boast or our humble heart posture for a Sovereign God. As God peels away the layers that He has to remove for holy gain, the end product is a pursuit of holiness.
Our hearts are wicked in its sin nature. In order to grow into the person that God believes we can become, we have to be willing to forsake everything.
In Mark 10:17-22, we read a passage of a man that shares our sentiments. Will we be mimic his choice, or will we pay the cost for a greater reward?
This week remaining and weekend, can you press into some time with God and get it on your to do. Also, what are you reading/studying right now?
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Matthew 23:25-27
Real, lasting and life giving change requires an “inside then outside” approach. Jesus not only encourages this, He is pleased by it, and He ridicules those who take shortcuts.
We are not affective in our spheres of influence, nor will we be able to maximize ourselves if we do not follow the edict of Christ.
By championing within, we can champion the areas of our lives and the people that are touched by us. Greatness costs, legacy making stretches our boundaries of comfort. The cost is simply to live surrendered & under the internal microscope of the Holy Spirit.
Is greatness intriguing? Do you desire to embark on your full potential? Well…scoot up friends…Jesus has a roadmap for you to experience this, but it requires some looking and cleaning within.
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Who is you greatest influence?
What about them is influential to you?
I have a few key influences, but one supersedes them all; His name is Jesus! I am so grateful for those I follow for the greatness that they equip me with and their investing value in my life. Jesus, not only influences me, but He changed the trajectory of EVERY generation after Him!
Isn’t it amazing that we get to have this constant drip of knowledge and power into us?! Y’all, I cannot think of anyone greater to discuss as we wrap up this second discussion about “love” for the month of February.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Love is in the air this week as we celebrated Valentine’s Day. I wonder if everyone feels loved. I think about those that feel less than loved, and don’t even feel as if anyone is “for” them.
The standard of love is subjective. The basis by which we spring board into other friendships and relationships is centered from our oneness with God. Our ability to accept and believe that God is for us, loves us, and is our protective Father aids our thriving and flourishing.
Thank you for listening friend 💜 I pray that you bask and roll around in this love of our Father, it’s quite amazing!!
We are wrapping up the last day reading Psalm 119!
As we piece together the array of themes and assess what take away from Psalm 119, what are your overall prune places? What are areas for growth? Anything that you are awe about?
This psalmist has greatly inspired me to continue to show up for my audience of one, who is God, and not just read all this truth He has provided without being a faithful doer of it.
Thanks for listening! I pray that you are being transformed greatly as you dig into this Word and get anchored.
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Day 20 ladies!! Let’s go!
We have been absorbing and possibly even applying, I pray, all the amazing instruction that has been found in God’s Word within these stanzas. Now, what is your unique “why” for the buy in that fuels your commitment to your relationship with Christ?
The things we check off on our boxes as to applaud ourselves and confirm our self-righteousness may be beneficial and purposeful, but without the why we will compromise when there is adversity and life inconveniences.
In Mark 10, Jesus talks with a guy who was the back then version of us today. He wanted Jesus’s stamp of approval, because of his sacrifices to the Lord. Jesus was compassionate and loving, but Jesus pointed out one area that is being hidden from Him. Rather than apologizing and immediately obeying, this rich ruler grieves for what Jesus requires him to give up. Jesus’s costs were too high. So, he abandoned all the “righteous” living he had done prior because this guys “why” was self-focused and self-actualizing rather than having a Christ surrendered “why.”
What’s your why friends?
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Over the last almost 3 weeks, we have been reading in Psalm 119 and it has been an amazing experience. Today, we are down to day 19!
Grace, grace, oh my Jesus your grace!! It is so sufficient and it covers a multitude of sins, and it also protects me from both my own foolishness and that of others.
I am so grateful that we serve a God that is committed to us! Aren’t you?! Whether He causes or allows the day to day situations, the reality is that He controls them all and it is all because of His grace that we exist.
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We are nearly done peeling away at Psalm 119. Today, we read verses 137- 144.
Gods Word, or the Bible has hit every verse so far within this Psalm 119! If not worded as such, it’s a synonym of it, from decrees to instructions. This psalmist is imploring us to not separate the character of God from His Word. We can trust Him and grow as we store His word in our heart (Psalm 119:11.)
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Day 17! Can you believe we are nearly finished with these 176 verses. Thanks for joining the podcast, you are so welcome! We are reading through Psalm 119, walking in His ways.
God’s Word pierces our hearts for the purpose of purification of our intentions and motives. The Holy Spirit reveals how we miss the mark and how to get back in alignment with Him.
I vow to walk in alignment! I desire to expose the foulness of my sin, both great and small so that I do not loss adherence to Him.
If we allow Him to guide and instruct us, we will radiate His glory and remain faithful to His truth. This is so inspiring!!
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Day 16!! We are nearing the end of our Psalm 119 journey, yet the themes continue to repeat and with a new application.
God desires for us to:
1) Submit
2) Depend
3) Be teachable
4) Obey
5) Hope in Him
Our dependence on God is the key to our flourishing as women anchored in Christ.
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Hey y’all! Thanks for being you, and here on the podcast. You are both enough, where you are spiritually, and accepted. I am so grateful to talk through verse 105!
Our well light paths will not give us the 10-steps ahead that our comfort would prefer. However, we progress forward by navigating through faith and using our “trust-odometer” in God.
God promises to be our trusted guide. When we submit to His ways, walking in His ways as this Daily Grace Company journal is entitled, we align our lives with His direction.
Our lives have purpose, substantial meaning, and peace to trust the days ahead. We redefine or lives based on His foundation for ourselves.
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Oh wisdom…where art thee?
I want to tell the Brittany from 20 and 25 years ago to fill my life devouring God’s word MORE than my focus on education. I want to cheer her on to follow the detailed instructions and precepts of God in order to truly have the #win that my spirit is crying out for.
1 Corinthians 1:27, Paul says that God chooses the foolish things to the world or the weak people, by the worlds standard, in order to reverse the system that the culture preaches to follow. In addition, it humbles us to be constantly reliant on God with both humble expectancy and devoted obedience.
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Day 12 is up late, yet recorded very early. Why?
The life as an ICU nurse is unpredictable and it is forever changing at the bedside. The patient is fragile, and therefore nothing is constant and certain.
How wonderful to have this day, almost 15 hours at the hospital, while discussing the steadiness of God. It is so fitting to discuss this next stanza block, because in the uncertainty of our circumstances, we can trust and should rely on a Sovereign God.
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Is there anyone that you are involved with or circumstance that you are dealing with that is attempt to take over your ability to get through?
How well are you navigating through the curvatures in the road?
Are you growing weary in the responsibilities and all that you manage?
Whether your end of the rope is at a high place that is overwhelming you, or it is at a low place that involves despair and spiritual fatigue, God is God in both. God is our ability and our life when we have none.
God is your boat for the waters and He is your anchoring for the storms on the water. God is your ability!
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In a culture that screams from the top of every mountain and platform that you don’t have to answer to anyone, it is hard to remember how much deceit is wrapping that assertion.
God is the Creator.
God is almighty and all-powerful.
God is all knowing and everywhere.
Who can know a sliver of His wisdom and handle it? Or even better, who can manage that? No one!
We do ourselves a great thing when we live with a lens of humility. Adopting this framework to live by is doing yourself a favor and living within His favor.
Don’t you want to stay connected to the Source? Yes or yes?
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Thanks friends for listening 💜 I am so grateful that you are on this Psalm 119 journey. If this is your first time to the podcast, or if you are newer, WELCOME!
In this 9th stanza block, we are challenged to reframe our viewpoint of pain and suffering. The things that the enemy means to destroy you and drive you away from your purpose driven journey, God takes every part of that plan and He straightens our path.
God is in the business of healing and freeing us from both ourselves and the damaging constructs within our lives. We are made new in Christ, and only through His healing hand.
In the middle, even if joy and peace are possible in Christ and through His power. On the other side of it, His redemption is available. I am grateful that even in spite of the bumps or massive potholes in our journey, that God’s comfort and healing are available.
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What’s your cup filler?
I enjoy spending time with my kids, date night with my hubby, a nap, Downton Abby, coffee, or the ability to read a book. All these are wonderful and rewarding, but what is the liner within the cup to keep me full?
Verse 57 says that “the Lord is my portion…”. I think of having a coffee cup with a hole at the bottom, and although I love what I’m drinking, it won’t stay in the cup! Then I get a liner for the cup, and this allows me to enjoy the hot brew al the more!
God is our liner that insulates our heart and keeps us full even in the chaos of the day. Is He your fulfillment? Is He enough?
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What’s your favorite “pick me up” song? What’s that go to “thing” that you do when you need to be filled in dry times?
I am grateful to read in today’s stanza in Psalm 119:50 that even in the absence of that, God is our comfort and His theme song is our banner of hope all the time!
Thanks for listening and joining for Day 7!
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The pulse of this psalmist is clear and undivided! Y’all, it is so inspiring verse by verse to read the connection between the psalmist and God. This was not by mistake that this relationship is so solid. There is intention and devotion in the consistent rhythm of how often God is pressed into, because the yearning need of God is so evident in the text.
Today, obedience is being addressed! How well are you obeying the voice of God? You’ve got to first hear to obey, which means you need to have spent the unhurried and intentional time with God.
No more than you will accidentally lose 30 lbs, will you unintentionally have a foundation in Christ. So, let’s be committed this 2022 year ahead to focus on hearing and obeying.
Yes or yes?
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Who doesn’t want to know that she is successful in her lifetime, right! We wake up each day committed to a better version, or to feel accomplished.
Our life journey will head either towards a path that is based in the successes by the world’s standards, or Gods. Which will define your 2022 year ahead?
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I’m grateful that you have joined for day 4; we are reading through Psalm 119 together. Even if you are not reading, that’s okay!
As I read this, I thought of a favored worship song of mine “Let Praises Rise.” The chorus chants, “..all I want is for you to be glorified, for you to be lifted high…”. I pray this encourages you greatly friend to find and dwell in the endless well of God’s strength and grace.
I pray that the Holy Spirit give you unique application and clarity today.
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Thanks for being here! I’m glad you have joined for day 3, as we are reading through Psalm 119 together. This next stanza block, verses 17-24 is named “Gimel.”
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Ready, set…we are pressing in with God in ONE chapter, one book. We will be reading Psalm 119 each day for the next 21 days.
Would you like to accompany me on this journey into God’s Word, digging deep and apply the richness of His truth? This first month of the 2022 year, we want to offer this first, our best to God as we recenter ourselves in Him.
Thanks for listening into this first day, reading verses 9-16.
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Ready, set…we are pressing in with God in ONE chapter, one book. We will be reading Psalm 119 each day for the next 21 days.
Would you like to accompany me on this journey into God’s Word, digging deep and apply the richness of His truth? This first month of the 2022 year, we want to offer this first, our best to God as we recenter ourselves in Him.
Thanks for listening into this first day, reading verses 1-8!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you for listening to the podcast and I pray you are subscribed and staying connected by the blog, and through social media (Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest). I welcome you, and I’m glad you are here!
Before you start full speed on your goals and planning the year ahead, have you left room for God to modify and veto where needed? Or, maybe your vision boxes God and He is trying to expand your territory beyond what you could imagine for yourself.
1 Samuel 15 accounts the story of King Saul losing his covering and anointing from God all due to his partial obedience, or in other words his disobedience. King Saul, like us, missed the opportunity to trust God. He did not pass the test to follow God wholeheartedly and surrender his will.
Perhaps, in 2022, God is stretching you, disturbing your comfort zone or meeting you with His faithful love and provision in a difficult season. Have you left room for God to script the story of your life this year ahead? Or are your plowing through on your own efforts and short-sightedness?
In today’s podcast, let’s explore our vision and the uncharted territory ahead, but with God’s protection before and behind us. We are ensured success, comfort in Him, and favor when we offer Him our full surrender and faithfulness.
Happy 2022 planning with God ahead.
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“Grieve well friend”. A friend shared this, and it greatly impacted me. It seems grim to think of encouraging someone to grieve…well nonetheless. But, it is actually caring for someone’s well-being and encouraging spiritual wellness.
Jesus valued grief. Jesus, our Lord and Savior, modeled the way to grieve well. This can be found in the passage in John 11, the story of the death of Lazarus.
This Christmas season, while we celebrate the birth and life of Jesus Christ, we can do so with joy and in spite of grieving well. Jesus is our anchor and our hope is in His birth, life, death and resurrection. Our hope, our anchor, allows us to grieve well and to be present in the valleys and hills of life. We are hopeful in our security that eternity is in our view, our anchor is unshakable.
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Acts 20:22-24
Paul shares his commission to spread the gospel and to stay focused on the course ahead. We all have an assignment that is nestled within the great commission that Christ left us to complete (Matthew 28:19-20.)
In addition to our unified mission, as the body of believers, God has set us apart for a specified purpose, with tailor made assignments. Our faithfulness to stay the course is indicative of our hope and anchor in the Lord.
Let’s finish well, and be excellent in our faithful well doing, for the glory of the gospel to go forward!
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Name what’s stopping you from being great….
Did you find something or that someone? I have one for you to also consider- unforgiveness.
Did you know that this is sin? It subjects you to spiritual bondage; living in unforgiveness places you right where satan wants you to be.
Making inner promises and erecting idols to avoid the pain of our past is holding us hostage for too long!
Aren’t you tired of this trap? Can I invite you to consider the freedom that only Christ can provide?
Thanks for listening in today as we jump into the 2nd week on the topic of “extraordinary living in spite of fear.”
Got courage? Extraordinary happens not by chance or stumbling on this level of excellence. Your faith, especially through difficult times, will be the defensive tactics against the enemy.
What’s your greatest fear? Let’s talk about and in Christ you can begin to deconstruct this idol?
We are in the book of Esther this week!! One of my favorites! We are talking about her great fear of death and losing the comforts of life.
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Marriage is not easy. Do you ever get tired of hearing this? It can be energy stealing for those married, and become the boogeyman for those whom are single. Either way it’s both deflating and accurate at the same time.
The reality is, a season may be upon your marriage, or up ahead, that is going to test what your marriage is built on.
There are many false beliefs about marriage and soulmates, and I was foolish enough to believe that there was some other guy out there that would do a better job at being my spouse than my husband. This is a lie that the enemy is baiting you with, and facilitating you to believe. A great marriage will never just “poof” appear, like Cinderella’s evening gown transformed. A good stable marriage has to be worked at.
Have you removed divorce from the table?
Do you have a vision for where your marriage is heading?
What substance, or what’s the “guts” (sorry, ICU nurse here) of your marriage?
Thanks for joining today as we discuss another part of John 4, the Woman at the Well.
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In the Midwest, I grew up undergoing tornado drills as. In school, we were trained, for this specific weather hazard, to hide under our desks for safety during a storm.
Life has storms. Season by season, the journey of our lives are unpredictable and we are not in control. But, in Christ Jesus, we have safety through our intentional surrender. Colossians 3:1-3, our lives ended at the point of salvation, and began again in Christ. We are hidden in Christ, and manifest through Him. So, in the many life unknowns, remember that you are secure within the chaos, and that there is no need to panic!
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No better way than to title this episode! I could say “How to Be Complete” or “Road to a Full Life.” But, what better than to call out what should not be. I went the difficult way in my decisions and I chose rebellion over Gods authority and surrender. Why? I was looking for a source without knowing the Source.
John 4, the Samaritan Woman at the well is me, but back then. She was rejected, an outcast, and she was looking for security, love and worth but in all the wrong ways.
How many times does the Holy Spirit whisper to you an invitation to take a narrow, yet protected and guided path, and you decide the wide and more easily traveled road? With good intentions, we think we know what is better for us, yet we often regret our choices.
I am so grateful for the love and acceptance of a Savior that came for me, in my pit, and helped me find His way, which was better for me all along.
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We jump into another week on the podcast and blog with the second part to a discussion from last week.
God tests our hearts, in which our ambitions and interests are scrutinized under the magnifying lens of His will for our lives. We are given the opportunity to manage and oversee titles in our work places, homes and in the lives of others. God has given us assignments and work to do. But, when our plate is full with many things we both have to do and/or enjoy, what takes precedence over the other? How do you spread yourself in multiple directions?
1 Thessalonians 2:4 - our first ambition is to work diligently for the Lord and not to please others. Our first alliance is not even to be consumed with ourselves, Mark 8:34-35, but to live surrendered and as disciples of Christ.
Both this week and next, let’s talk and encourage one another to assess and reorient, if necessary, our Godly ambitions.
In John 21 we can read the account of Jesus's encounter with His disciples after His death and resurrection; He came back prior to His ascension and we find Him visiting those grieving His loss. His disciples returned back to their status quo, and went to do what they knew best pre-Jesus. Their hobby of fishing was a way to get their minds off their distress that Christ left and with no clear direction as to what to do next.
Experienced fishermen had trouble fishing, all night they fished and caught nothing. Yet, when Jesus appears, and gives them some tips as to where to place their nets, immediately they are overtaken by fish; more fish than they can even bear.
What happened different that had not already been tried pre-Jesus’s appearance?
In Deuteronomy 1, the rebellion of the Israelites is recounted by Moses, and he reminds them that their wilderness journey was exacerbated because they would not humble themselves under the mighty hand of God. Their journey across the wilderness, from Horeb to Kadesh-Barnea SHOULD have been 11 days, but because of their disbelief and rebellion, God’s punishment was to leave them for a lifetime in the wilderness and not allowing them into the promise land.
How disappointing! To be promised a future, but it is beyond the realm of belief. God would not allow them into this new land, yet they were determined to go anyways. They were insistent on making their own way and success into the new land without the presence and power of God.
Friends, this is a dangerous and burdensome spiritual, mental and emotional place to be; without the power of Christ in our lives.
Where is He asking or inviting us to cast our nets? Where is He wanting to fill in the gap?
Our power is in Him going before us, securing around and covering from behind. Self-sufficiency, in the realm of our relationship with God, is a paradox.
Surrender and humility is when we unlock God’s empowerment.
Got life crazy? What about busy, on top of busy? Can you relate to the lurking feeling of not measuring up?
In the busy, chaos and demanding expectations on every side, God is whispering profound wisdom. But, you cannot hear Him because He will not compete with the noise in your life.
Imagine, there is a trusted life route, whether we want it or not, that is being governed by a faithful and loving God, yet we don’t consult His Sovereignty or pause to consider His wisdom.
In Psalm 46, God’s Sovereignty is the basis by which all things are held together. No matter how much is going on around or within our lives, He is our safe zone. In Christ, our peace and sanity are secure. In our times of busy, or inability to focus, God encourages us to “be still…” and to be strengthened by Him.
For my busy moms, I understand the trenches, for the working women, I am with you on the level of busy brewing, and for the wives that are trying to be all she can be, listen I get it. But, God is still, in spite, calling for us all to elevate Him as our first things first. I want to encourage us all to start telling our busy, that God is first. Once we get aligned with Him, He will keep the rest in order.
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Self-Denial is arguably one of the most identifying characteristics of a disciple of Christ. As Christ followers, we are invited to a blueprint that Christ outlined as the way to best prosper as well as to reflect Him; John 12:23-27 depicts a passage that Jesus is teaching and preparing His disciples how to live.
Let’s be honest, we all make plans and have beautiful dreams that may be very well meaning and even for others. Our lives are filled with hope to achieve great things and to live out our fullest lives. Jesus endorses us to be our best version and to embrace a life full of excellence, however He spins it a bit. Christ actually says that the road to success is not just in the dream making, it is in following Him and denying ourselves. Wait Jesus?! I cannot be hearing you correctly. These plans are for you, these dreams are God honoring and for others. Even in all that truth, if it’s foundation is not in full surrender to Him than there cannot be a God pleasing success on the other side of it. Jesus explains, our lives must model the Guide.
This is a very difficult task! Do you ensure that God is pleased in your achievements? Do you accept His “yes, go” equal to His “no, wait”? Let’s jump into another discussion on the podcast about when dreams are broken or deferred.
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I have so many plans, maybe you can relate.
When your schedule is full, work is busy, life and family demand a lot from you, what do you prioritize as “non-negotiable”?
Have you guarded your time with God? Are there any time blocks that are centered around your listening for the guidance of the Holy Spirit?
Our connection with Christ is a two-lane highway. We have a big part in managing the consistency and showing up. Do you show up? With no agenda.
Simple obedience was modeled in the life of Christ. Abraham sacrificed his plan and comforts when God told him to kill Isaac; I’m the name of obedience.
Application:
1) When can you time block and carve out time for God? Consistently.
2) Are you willing to listen and obey whatever He invites you to do?
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This week we are reading in 1 Samuel 15 to understand and apply to our current everyday mishaps of faithfulness to our rational rather than trusting God’s plan and direction.
In the chaos of today. With the fear based, anxiety driving conversations and in discomfort, I pray that you will double and triple check with the leading of the Holy Spirit.
God honors obedience. No matter what time or money sacrifices have been made, if it is not in His leading, therefore His empowerment…you’re sailing to your own island, on a boat with one paddle.
The safest place, in every season, circumstance and difficult valley and high mountain top is His will. Obey when it’s the hardest. Trust when you feel like you can’t anymore.
He will strengthen you. He helps us in our weakness when our devotion is undeniably written over our hearts, even when we do not get it right all the time.
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Mark 9:14-29 is a powerful message through the storyline of a father who is overcome with desperation for the healing of his son. The lingering of an unanswered prayer has caused his hope to dim. The disciples were arguing with the scribes (verse 14-15) because they were giving the disciples push back due to the unsuccessful healing of a boy possessed with a demonic spirit. Jesus came along and the boy’s father pleaded for Him to intervene “IF” Jesus was even capable and willing. Jesus, in all of His glory and yet kindness shot down the doubt and confirmed His willingness.
In our inability God’s ability is elevated. The disciples were not able to heal the boy because they needed a Divine intervention for that kind of demon. The father had to endure countless moments of despair and disappointment which ultimately lead him to a crossroads with Divine healing.
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As an extension from the week prior, further discussion on our marriage testimony, but this is not without application for many life topics.
Don’t give up, Paul encourages in 2 Corinthians 4:16, but the why is vital to know the basis on not throwing in the towel.
Let’s talk about it on yet another week on the podcast! Thanks for joining.
My husband joins me to share our marriage redemption testimony.
When the reality of love as an action word rubs against emotions that don’t align, how do you deal with that?
Or, when a difficult spouse and overall challenging marriage has brought you to the point of no return, what’s the next step?
In 2 Corinthians 2 Paul reminds us that we should be aware of the plans and schemes of your enemy; satan has a target not only on you both individually but even more so on your marriage. Satan hates God’s plans for your marriage making Kingdom wins.
The aroma of our marriages 2 Corinthians 2:15 should be overpowering not only within the company of other believers, but even moreover for non-believers. In our marriages we get the opportunity to be a model that reps Gods love all of us.
There is a problem, this is not easy! Sin entangles us all and that shows up in our marriages in some way. How do you pull this off then?
Join us as we talk through scripture and see what God has to say about this.
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Jesus promises us a life in Him that opens the door for eternal security and fulfillment in Him in this current life. In Christ, we have satisfaction and completion, as He promised that He is our Bread of Life in a detailed passage in John 6:35-58.
Our life may be difficult or have seasons that are more pressing, or there may feel like needs, expectations and desires may not align with what is presenting. But, even still, He promises that a heart filled by Him can still manifest the fruits of the Spirit because our completion is in Him.
Idols not only cloud our vision, but they tie up the heart to temporary pleasures here on earth. Our anchor in Christ cannot be substituted by relationships, possessions, status, health, wealth, etc. God is our all! If God is our Source, we are more free to let go, if called or forced to, of something.
So, is there any area in your life that is tying up your heart affections? Does God possibly need to use whatever is in your grip, but that He cannot access because you rely on that more than Him?
This week we are talking about idols. We are calling out the areas that have bumped God from number 1 to the background.
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Imagine you are at your annual eye check-up, you’re given choices “1 or 2”. Option 1 is a consistent heartbeat or heart posture towards God. Option 2 is self-reliance & me-centered empowerment. Which do you choose?🤷🏾♀️ The prescription eyeglasses, the lens by which you will see the world through, is molded by your consistent choices.
Life comes into focus through the lens of surrender & humility. None of this is culture derived or going to win awards and a following. But, in exchange there is far more value because power is made available to empower you through any circumstance.
Thanks for listening! I pray that this encourages you along the way today.
Proverbs 4 and Mark 10 are up for discussion.
Rather than chasing the following and the platform, or the status that may or may not be meant for you, what about considering your posture?
There may not appear to be much to the concept, yet it is not an easy spiritual discipline to assess your heart and the outflow from it.
We are raising a teenager and the rebellion is real! Through this tough parenting season, I myself am learning to plant myself at the feet of Christ. I am quickly learning to not overlook the root issues within my own heart that may bleed out as self-reliance and pride.
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There are songs I have memorized, and haven’t payed attention that I had committed to memory until the song comes on the radio and I start to sing along. Reciting scripture or certain Biblical passages, likewise studying the Bible is vital to the success of circumstantial victories. Many times, reflection on applicable scripture reframes my situation to not be on the level field as God, encourages me, and it gives me peace in spite of what I am dealing with. Psalm 62 chants more than once that God is our Rock and therefore we are not be be shaken. That is good news in light of reality, and it is hope in spite of what is uncertain.
God’s disclosure statement is written from cover to cover in the Bible, and no different than those before us, He wants us to believe and trust Him. In the face of adversity or difficulty we can either activate our fears or our faith; the former pulls us back and the other moves us forward. In Exodus 13-14, we will read and discuss God’s big picture overarching our circumstances, which is what we can use to activate step by step, moving us ahead. Thanks for listening!
In life there are not many certainties, but one thing that can be agreed on is that if you keep living it is inevitable that life dishes out problems. In John 16:33, Christ removes any false assumptions and guarantees that life will, in some way, be disappointing or frustrating. But, our hope is in Him we have peace through any difficulties and shortcomings. The disciples of Jesus hit some chopping waters and storms in Mark 4, in which Christ further illustrates that He is present with us in the trials. How are you weatherproofing your life? Thanks for listening!
If I asked you what are the 2 most important things that you commit to for your physical wellness, would the health of your teeth make the cut? I don’t know about you, but I want the report the dentist gives to reflect no cavities and improvement of my gums, without the dedication. When I short cut discipline, I try to makeup for lost time and get the same results as though I have been committed.
Similar to dental visits, and other areas that you could stand to improve, where does God rank in importance within your life? If you are a vase, and the stones sitting outside of the vase need to be placed inside, in order of priority, and the stones are different sizes, what goes in first? Do you place the big stones in first? Should you fill the jar with smaller stones then put the larger ones in at the top?
God is the big stone. Even if you haven’t accepted the whole Christianity piece, and in spite of the disbeliefs that may be present. I want to testify that God is the big stone. God in any other place, but the center, the first priority stone in our life jar, means that somewhere, somehow our life is out of balance.
Are your procrastinating your spiritual pursuits towards God because you believe that you have time later? This is a risk that is not worth taking. We get to reorient our lives to reflect the scale that God has in mind for our relationship with Him.
Will you run after connection with Him and pleasing Him more than anything else, and not just in the crisis?
Thanks for listening in!
There was a song in mid 1990s called “Mo Money Mo Problems”, and it resonates when I think about money. From childhood on, we are trained to run after money, even if not directly said, it can be inferred by way of our laser focus on our career. I associated money with security, and I did a horrible job, for decades, to understand my relationship to money.
As we wrap up the prior weeks discussion regarding mind transformation and becoming the “new me” or better version of ourselves, it would be a huge oversight for me to not include my financial mismanagement. From low credit scores, to bankruptcy, and over 100K in student loan debt, in my lifetime I have successfully written the chapters to a book I like to call “What NOT to do with money.”
When Christ has invited us to live an abundant life in Him (John 10:10), there is no area in our lives that should go untouched. This week my husband has joined in order to give his expertise, as a financial advisor, along with his own life baggage application as to why we must be vigilant to renew and align our minds with what God says should be our priority.
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Becoming the better version of ourselves comes with the prerequisite course named “Anchoring in Certainty.”God’s unchanging personhood is that foundation we can latch into for our stability within the constant changing circumstances of life. We can turn on the TV, visit the doctor, or receive a phone call to find out life altering information; nothing is certain. Furthermore, the fickleness of our relationships and interactions with others disqualifies this area as being our go to for security. When battling a bent such as insecurity, it can be an uphill fight to not struggle with constant doubt, comparison, self-hatred, and lack of perfection issues. As we continue to navigate arriving and thriving in the abundant life Christ has invited us to (John 10:10), we are talking through the transformation of our habits (Romans 12:2) specifically dealing with insecurities. Thank you for joining and listening in today! I appreciate you being on this page today! I pray this encourages and challenges you.
I believe that we all are diligently striving to develop into the better version of ourselves. The beginning of change can be initiated as long as you are ready to shed light and recognize that some areas in your life need tending to. It is rewarding and challenging to transition into a stronger “me”! I pray that you are ready to throw out your anchor in this mind transformation process, in order to latch onto the only certainty of your peace and success in this process. Christ is waiting for the opportunity to be tagged into your issues! Today, I am unveiling my bent of anxiety. Do you struggle with this as well? Let’s stop normalizing anxiety as a personality trait and take control of this! Let’s not let one more day pass that we allow our anxiety to rule our decisions, relationships and our lives. We are jumping from Isaiah to 2 Corinthians (and a few more in between) in our reading. Thanks for listening in!!
Real quick, in 10 seconds, tell me one person that you have a difficult relationship with?
Who pushes the buttons for you? Are you easily offended? Can you recall past relational pain that has severed your ability to maintain healthy relationships?
In Romans 12:2, we are encouraged to embrace the sacrificial life that Christ has ahead of us, but only by first taking ahold of your thinking and establishing healthy habits centered around mind renewal processes.
On this episode let's discuss empowerment in becoming our "new self" (Colossians 3), through renewing our mind and tearing down old habits that are not beneficial for this transformation. This week we are talking all things forgiveness. Can you identify any challenges involved when there are remnants of unforgiveness? I cannot imagine the pain that is very real in your story, and I do not believe that the process of forgiving and moving ahead is easy. Forgiveness is difficult, and even though it is NOT easy to abandon the need to build up emotional walls and withhold displaying love to others, Jesus adds a "but" on the playing field, which invites us to an emotional unleveling to be undertaken.
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Have you ever, or do you regularly reassess your view of Christ? Who do you believe He is (Luke 9)? What we think about God aligns with our faithfulness to obey and stay the unique path that He has given us. We are discussing King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29-32) again from the vantage point of both his success and pride.
Is Christ at the forefront of our lives or do our thoughts and values get in the way? Who ranks first: you or Him?
This week we are dealing with the value of nestling ourselves under the loving guidance and protection of Christ.
I hope you will stick around! Thanks for listening!!
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We are discussing the life of King Hezekiah; his running start and his success in a BIG way.
What was his secret? Not only is it noted in 2 Chronicles 29 that he was a king in alignment with God, but that he was consumed with his life being deeply rooted into his "hub".
God, as the center of our lives, will align us and therefore He will empower us to have success in the purposes that He has planned for our lives. Success and prosperity were given to King Hezekiah, 2 Chronicles 31, however it was only after his life was fully engolfed into a life connected with God.
What do you envision for your life? How connected are you to God? The motivation of our connection is not a demandingness for worldly defined success. Our driving force is humility, and a surrendered heart should be the essence of our posture.
I want more connection! I want to be all that God has created me to be!
Thanks for listening.
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I hope you will stay for this 2nd part of "And they Lived Happily NEVER after."
We are discussing for another week the difficult topic of mastering love from a Biblical view. Love is the first listed Fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5, and it can be very challenging, yet the Bible talks about how much hinges on us exhibiting this fruit in our daily lives. Our marriages are no different from the importance of knowing how to flesh out love in a dynamic way.
My husband joins me yet again and I am excited to have him be a part of the weighty topic of love + marriage + winning. Our win is defined in Ephesians 5:21, so join us for what it is that this says.
No children to distract us, just the bothersome background noise of our fellow neighbor, a train, so let's jump right in!
I am SO grateful that you have found your way here!
Did you get married and say to yourself "Life is going to be better because of (insert your spouse's name)"?
If you don't want to own the idea that, your life has arrived or get's better as a result of your boo, I will raise both my hands and take FULL credit for this false assumption for you!
Almost 14 years later, we have swam through years of infidelity, anger, unforgiveness, and strife. Not to mention, we had to deal with combined failed expectations as a parent when both of our sons were diagnosed with Autism.
My husband Eddie has joined me to discuss yet another fruit of the spirit, love which is so fitting post Valentine's Day. We are tackling this discussion about love from the perspective of what love even is, where does it fit into a marriage, and how do you navigate the growth of this Fruit of the Spirit when the one you love is not deserving.
Join me for another discussion! Thank you for listening!
Raise or wave your hand if you can relate to this; I do not like to wait.
If you have mastered this art, then I am impressed, this remains an area that needs stretching and testing. It's up for debate if the difficulty in waiting on God, or a career, change in relationship status, or even if in the back of the Chipotle line is hard because I am productive and feel as if I am wasting time, or if I can attribute it to the influence of the culture around me. Maybe it is a blended version of them both.
Waiting is not easy, convenient and it is hard to surrender to the unknown of how it will all work out in the end. However, there is a solution to the pressing issue of patience, or lack there of, have a seat. The absence of moving does not suggest lack of productivity, but rather it reframes the your sitting as doing more, not less.
Join me for another discussion within the topic of The Fruits of the Spirit!
If you are asked to rank your happiness, what would your score be from 1-10?
If you were then asked to rank your joy, 1-10, how would that score compare to "happy"?
Joy and happy, is it the same? How can you elevate your joy to the point that it is overflowing not only within your life, but it also pours out into anything and anyone that you impact?
I am so grateful for you to listen to another episode! We are talking about the second Biblically accounted Fruit of the Spirit within this episode. I pray that this greatly motivates and encourages you.
I hope you will join me for the next Fruit of the Spirit up for discussion; we are talking all things peace! On the hamster wheel...off...back on the wheel...and off again. Have you spent all your time running after the #peace? If you are dropping the hashtag, is it sustaining in every situation no matter the season that lies ahead? Your peace implant is waiting for expansion and stretching if only you would realize both where it comes from and Who controls it. Thanks for listening!!
A sought out characteristic of faithfulness is not one that is without a cost or inconvenience, yet it brings greatness!The ability to be faithful in every circumstance, life season and relationship is a challenge that I have accepted and I pray you are tugged to develop. God wants us to be our best in the middle, for the purpose of working on our heart and to sharpen who we were made to become.There is a cost, but with it comes a promise of God's providing for all that we need to press through.Thanks for joining! I hope you will keep listening, so please "like" and "subscribe" to hear more.
2021! Happy New Year! I army crawled my way out of 2020 into both excitement and hesitation of what this year will bring. As usual, I started off with a prior year(s) assessment and goal planning, but with a new specificity. Do you experience any discouragement when you review that prior goals are unmet and prayer requests remain unanswered? Is your rebound response to keep believing and standing in unwavering faith or doubt that God is working in your life? In positive energy and hopefulness of what God has or what is to come, we may subtly place demands that God must answer. Let’s be ladies who are full of faith and belief in God, in combination with a heart posture that is full surrender to His authoritative power and will.Thank you for stopping by to listen!~Brittany 💜
CAUTION: Some of this discussion includes sexual content.My family and I recently watched Wonder Woman and I am inspired. I think of the act of submission to our spouses as needing a "super" strength to pull it off. Your "super" power is your anchor to Christ not your willpower. Unfortunately, your strength and powers will weaken if you compromise your relationship with God; He has to be the unmovable tool by which this hinges on.Why we submit to our spouse, boss, parents, etc is not a waste. God is glorified because of your distinct example, and the world is watching, and more importantly He is pleased!Thank you for stopping by!~Brittany
I am so grateful you have stopped by!Briefly think of an area of your life that is associated with a sense of frustration, negativity and failure. Whatever or whoever is connected to the the term "always" or "never", may point to the need of some destruction and reframing of the perceived insurmountable giant ahead of you. Join me in this discussion, and bring with you the high hurdle goal(s) or unchanging circumstances as we explore what God has to say about the impossible task or resistant relationship that you find your life weighed down by. ~Brittany
Faith can be such a vague concept and statement, yet it is at the core essence of what we ladies need to exercise and develop if we are to be obedient to God in all that we do. He loves us so much, and He wants our trust in His love and in His strength to both comfort and guide is through the times of life that there is only blindness and uncertainty of what comes next.Please join me!
In the certainty of uncertainty occurring, and in the very normal tidal wave ups and downs of life, what is the key for your keeping it all above water? Who or what is your go to in the cascade of events after facing a problem?
Ladies, God loves YOU!! He is crazy about you. He created a crazy rescue plan for the world, with you in mind, all because He loved you from the beginning of He and Christ constructing the earth. Let that be your reminder, and your anchor in any situation. He is our shield, guide and protection. He is faithfully working behind the scenes of your life, all for His glory and because He loves you.
Join me in a discussion in 2 Corinthians 4. Our hidden life in Christ, and our hope anchored in Him who lives in us, will get us through any season!
Thanks for listening.
Are you ready for the first step towards a relationship with God? Are you ready to experience Him more deeply? We wrap up Psalm 23 today, and discussing the necessary topic of your heart.
We want to be ladies who are walking in the purpose designed for our lives and thriving in any circumstance and amongst the list of perceived failures or unanswered prayers. We want to experience Christ's abundance in our day-to-day, but to do so authentically and passionately.
I want for myself, and you all to attest to the overflow life that God has mapped out ahead of time for the sake of His loving-kindness for you.
Thanks for listening!
God has an amazing plan and purpose for your life, to include using the circumstances that have hindered and clipped our wings.
The low seasons and difficult trials are scary and frustrating! Our fear, however, is met with encouragement in the truth that God is our Shepherd and our Provider through and through.
Thank you for listening!
You may have heard the verse "The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want" in Psalms 23. Today, I am discussing this along with the story of the Samaritan woman in John 4.
There is no greater time than now to retire your hamster wheel efforts and substitute wells that do not completely provide constant and dependable restoration for your physical, emotional, and mental gaps.
I hope you can join and listen, I would love you to virtually hang out with me.
Psalm 91:1-3 encourages us to remain hidden under God's comforting and weighty wing of protection. How we navigate through the seasons of our lives, with joy, hope and peace is directly connected to our reliance on Him.
How well do you trust His plan for your life? Please join me as I discuss Hannah's brick wall (1 Samuel 1), and the substantial development of her hope and joy in the Almighty.
My husband joins me to talk through both Colossians 3 and Hebrews 12. As a recovering wife from many forms of marriage disaster and failed expectations, I continue to find my freedom in Christ and set my hope in Him.
If the goal is anywhere but God's glory in your marriage, you could potentially battle the wrong enemy. Equally detrimental is the possibility of being so distracted with your life and comforts, that growing the Kingdom through your marriage and children has lost first place.
We all are up against a spiritual battle that's behind the scenes of our life circumstances and emotions. Well, keeping our eyes focused on Christ is imperative for us to overcome and to finish the race with purpose and joy.
The winning prize is waiting for us on the other side. Ladies, we must stay glued to our Source in order to experience victory in our circumstances, attitudes, joy, peace and purpose. Plug into and fix your eyes (Hebrews 12) on our model, in Christ, to succeed at living your best life, which is always the surrendered one.
If you want to enjoy your favorite meal, you need a recipe of ingredients and steps to follow before you can bask in the fruits of your labor.
Did you know that Christ has just ONE contingency step in the life of a flourishing disciple? Be careful in how you define "flourish" because you must submit the process and end results. Nonetheless, your peace, joy and ability will be incomplete and impossible without Him.
In Mark 5, let's talk through the failed life recipe attempts for a woman that could no longer fake it till she could make it. Rather, she found her healing, existence and freedom at the feet of Christ. I am so excited to share this with you all!
Do you ever wish your daily choices, what to wear, which restaurant for dinner, and then what to buy off the menu, could be more simple? Life can be complicated! I have a secret to share with you!
In John 15, Jesus explains a way to navigate through your life hurdles..in a SIMPLE way!!
Get off your hamster wheel for a moment and join me for the powerful message Christ has outlined.
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God has invited YOU, yes YOU to an amazing plan that He has for your life. The catch is, you have to be willing to surrender your own plan, and be willing to trust Him as you bump through disappointments, hurt and failures. Your resilience is under construction and His glory is the goal underway.
You are set apart. In order to get to that next level and that deeper foundation, you have to trust and let go. Keep your eyes focused on the courageous mission ahead!
We all need help on the road to the better version of ourselves. When regret lingers from prior decisions that have not gone well, how do you pick yourself up to keep going?
In 2 Corinthians 5:14-19, the apostle Paul outlines the need to be first reconciled to Christ, ourselves and then others. Christ's love for us was displayed in His death for our sins. If He is Lord of our life, then there is a requirement that we too have to leave the old behind and find our renewal in Christ.
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My husband joined me today for a conversation about relationships, specifically about marriage. This was a tough conversation, but such a great one to have with him!
Thank you for listening!
I continue another episode about courage, but specifically through the lens of marriage. Similar to our individual lives, our marriages are called to be divergent of the culture and to established in love. Operating in love ground wires us to walk more courageously, and to be powered by Christ our Source.
Let's discuss courageous decisions in your day by day! How do you make difficult choices and what compass helps you navigate the pathways of your life? Saying "yes" to God means we have to first submit our plan and know how to Him. It takes courage to plow through uncharted waters, but our faith and trust in Him is our secret sauce to success.
What is your definition courage?
In 2 Chronicles 22, let's deep dive into the life of a courageous woman who had a part, a call, at shaping history. She was background player in God's glory on display. Your daily decisions are opportunities to unleash your "brave" as you say "yes" to God's plan for your life. Your denial of self, and "yes" to God, will position you to be an influence as you are postured at the feet of the One and only Influencer.
Our heart health, is imperative both in the physical and the spiritual. How often do you take a deep dive inside to ensure that you are walking in alignment with the gospel.
I am revisiting 2 Chronicles, talking about how King Hezekiah fleshed out following God with a whole heart.
It is freeing to know that we are fully known and fully loved by God! Our hearts are wicked, no matter how good we believe ourselves to be. We all need a Savior. Even in wholehearted following Jesus, we will fall short. Yet, God is in hot pursuit for YOU!! His love will shift and forever change your life course.
If you have not accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, my prayer is that you would begin to open your heart to Him. I hope you will pray the prayer of surrender and confession in Romans 10:9-10.
I pray you are encouraged to know Christ better and follow Him!
Real fast, tell me your top five people who are your "roll out with" people. We all have our go to crew who will love us, fight for us, pray and support us no matter what. No matter the strength of your line up, have you tried God and allowed Him to be your Ace in the deck? He is your unshakable foundation in every battle that is coming your way.
Let's talk about the strong arm of our God who is the real MVP of your team. I am discussing King Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 29-32, and how he walked in alignment with God and stood the test against every trial.
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In 2 Chronicles 26, I am sharing an inspiring story through the life of King Uzziah. He prospered in every way possible. Why? The Bible makes it clear that King Uzziah depended fully on God, and his life was better for it because of this trust in the Lord. Is there any situation in YOUR life, right now, that you need God's clarity, and certainly His help? Well, listen in to understand how you can better set up your life for continuous success and peace in the journey ahead.
I hope you will listen in today while I share a battle strategy that you may not have been planning for. Your win is not tied to your knowledge, power and connections, but rather your heart posture towards God.