240 | Delighting in God, the Importance of Bible Study, WRONG teachings with Elle Cardel
Have you ever struggled to delight in God or even know what that means practically? Did you know that God delights in YOU?
Today, I am joined by Elle Cardel from Daughter of Delight. We talk about delighting in the Lord, spending time in the Bible, the truth that God delights in us, fighting perfectionism, and changing the mentality of the need to earn God’s favor.
Show Outline:
00:00 Intro
04:30 What does delighting in God mean?
10:00 Practical ways to grow in our delight of God; being too busy for God; and the importance of Scripture
15:00 Nothing satisfies like our God does
18:00 Fighting the lie that we don’t need to study God’s Word
21:00 Popular, WRONG Biblical teachings to be wary of
24:30 “God won’t give us more than we can handle”… or will He?
31:00 God delights in YOU
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239 | Stewarding Our Bodies Well: A Christian Approach to Health with Chrissy Evans
Why should Christian women who want to live for Jesus consider their health? Why do most people struggle with their health?
Today’s conversation is all about healthy living all through a Biblical mindset.
Today on the show, I’m joined my Chrissy Evans who is the wife to Heath Evans, former NFL player and analyst; a mother; and a business owner, who after losing 150 pounds became passionate about helping women break free from diet culture, weight loss gimmicks, and modern feminism’s false promises. She loves encouraging women to honor God with their bodies marriages and families.
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238 | Trading Your Shame and Hiding for Freedom and Redemption in Jesus with Morgan Krueger
Morgan Krueger, LO Sister Ambassador, former Live Original Team member, content creator, author, wife and mama, joins me on the podcast today to talk about sin, shame, hiding as Christians and how we can trade that in to experience redemption and freedom in Jesus!
We talk about feeling disqualified from God loving us or using us because of our past (or present) sin. And Morgan shares her testimony and what the Lord showed her about God’s heart for her.
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237 | Find healing rest from overwhelm and anxiety with Becky Thompson
USA Today bestselling author and founder of the ministry gathering 2 million moms a night in prayer - the Midnight Mom Devotional online community - Becky Thompson joins us on the podcast! Christian momma’s who struggle with overwhelm or anxiety, raise your hands! That’s me too. And I had the joy of being SO uplifted by Becky Thompson.
Together we talk about finding healing rest for moms, wearing overwhelm as a badge of honor and why that’s not ok, why moms are experiencing anxiety in huge numbers, trusting Jesus to safely hold us, how to practically rest when you just can’t stop and MORE.
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236 | Breaking the Silence: Porn, Shame, Betrayal Trauma, and God’s Power to Heal with Ashley Jameson
Trigger warning and PSA: In this episode we discuss a lot of hard topics that may be triggering for some. This conversation is not meant for little ears.
Today on the show, I am joined by Ashley Jameson, Associate Director of Women’s Groups for Pure Desire to discuss the new study that revealed 40% of Christian women use pornography.
We talk about Ashley’s personal experience with addiction and betrayal trauma, God’s truth and power through sin and shame, why this conversation matters, resources, the science behind addiction, that you CAN find freedom and how to do that, and encouragement for those impacted by betrayal trauma.
Find more resources here: https://puredesire.org/resources/
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00:00 Intro and trigger warning
04:00 Ashley’s experience
07:00 Why is pornography a struggle?
12:40 Can we conquer addiction?
15:30 “It’s not hurting anyone” and “I have it under control”
22:00 Why it’s important to talk about
27:00 Find healing, hope, and freedom
39:00 Encouragement for those impacted by betrayal trauma
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