Faith Over Fear

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The Courage to Entrust Our Loved Ones to God - Ep. 45 Mar 16, 2021

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The more we love someone, the harder we tend to hold on to them. Many times, our pride and anxiety will trick us into seeking our wisdom and strength over God’s, especially when His guidance contradicts common sense. But God is the only One with the power to bring victory in every situation, those challenges our loved ones face as well. We find peace, courage, and victory when we remember this and live in this truth.
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
Find Jodie Bailey at:
https://www.jodiebailey.com/
https://www.facebook.com/writerjodiebailey
https://www.instagram.com/authorjodiebailey/
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Join the private Faith Over Fear Group Here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/442736966614671
Group Discussion Questions:
1. What stood out to you most in Moses' mom’s situation and/or response?
2. How do you typically respond when you sense your loved one is in danger?
3. What are some ways you seek God’s will when you’re anxious and afraid?
4. What truths regarding God’s character increase your courage to entrust your loved ones to God’s care?
5. Do you normally take time to seek God’s guidance when you sense a loved one is threatened? If so, how does this help? If not, why is this?
6. Why is it important to not only seek God’s guidance but also to give Him time to speak before jumping into a situation?
7. When has your failure to seek God’s guidance in a situation caused problems?
8. How can your commitment to seek God’s guidance, strength, and intervention increase your loved one’s faith during times of crisis?
9. Consider who God used to rescue Moses. What does this tell you about God?
10. Who is God asking you to entrust to His care today, and what is one way you can do this?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Aleksei Naumov

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The Courage to Pursue Our Calling - Ep. 44 Mar 09, 2021

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Most often, it’s not the challenges we face external that most hold us back from living out our call. It’s the battle that rages in that has the greatest capacity to derail and defeat us. Our fears, if left unchecked, hinder us from becoming all God created us to be and living the life He died to give us. We all have a God-honoring, life-changing call, one we are uniquely created to fulfill. God will give us all we need to do all He asks and assigns. The question is, will we humbly and courageously accept that assignment? Will we courageously surrender to His plans?
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Join the private Faith Over Fear Group Here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/442736966614671
Resources mentioned:
Courage and Calling by Gordon T. Smith
Unshakeable Unbreakable Joy, a Bible study by Wholly Loved Ministries
Group Discussion Questions:
1. Have you considered how God might want to use you, in your current season?
2. What is a unique passion you hold that God might want to use to bring light and life to our world?
3. What are some fears that tend to hold you back from trying new things or stepping out in faith?
4. Is there an area that God might be calling you to surrender in order to make you freer to serve Him?
5. Consider your current fears. How many of them stem from focusing on your limitations rather than God’s power and provision?
6. Consider your fears in light of the parable Jennifer shared and the “lazy” servant’s perspective—Have you, perhaps unknowingly, assigned false character traits to God? Are you behaving as if He’s distant, uninvolved, or perhaps not powerful enough to save?
7. What is one “next right step” God is calling you to take?

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The Courage to Fight Godly Battles – Ep. 43 Mar 02, 2021

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God calls as followers of Christ to fight godly battles; to play an active role in the fight for right versus wrong and good versus evil. Each of our battles might look different, but the call is the same: to obey, no matter how difficult or challenging our obedience might feel in the moment.
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
Find Tara Rye at:
https://audioscripture.org
https://www.cultivatinghearts.org
https://www.facebook.com/tara.rye
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Join the private Faith Over Fear Group Here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/442736966614671
Group Discussion Questions:
1. Share or journal on a time when you felt God calling you to engage in a high-stakes situation.
a. What were your fears?
b. What doubts triggered those fears?
c. What truths helped (or could have helped) increase your courage?
d. What character traits of God helped (or could have helped) increase your courage?
2. Did anyone come alongside you? If so, how did this help you feel more courageous? If not, how did this effect you?
3. Is there someone who can act like a Deborah in your life?
4. Is there anyone to whom God might be calling you to act like a Deborah?
5. How can focusing on ourselves increase our fear?
6. How can focusing on God—His character, power, promises and love—help decrease our fear and increase our courage?
7. Based on the Deborah-Barak account in the Bible, who brings victory?
8. What are some unexpected ways God has brought victory in your life or the lives of those you love?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Photos.com

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The Courage to Release Our Children into God's Care Feb 23, 2021

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As parents, our goal is to raise adults emotionally and spiritually mature adults who can navigate challenges with integrity and faith and have learned to rely on and surrender to Christ. We know, intellectually, our children must reach a place of independence, but our hearts might struggle to let go.
In this episode, Wholly Loved’s Shellie Arnold and Jennifer Slattery discuss some of the fears, challenges, and confusion parents face in this journey of releasing and truths that can help us move forward with courage and confidence.
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://www.jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
Find Shellie Arnold at:
https://www.shelliearnold.com/
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Find more on the Wholly Loved Online Mother-Daughter Conference: https://whollyloved.com/conference-info/
Resource: Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp
Group Discussion Questions:
1. In terms of your level of entrusting your kids to Jesus, where are you currently at in your parenting journey?
2. What areas do you feel God has not called you to release?
3. What areas might He be calling you to release?
4. What makes it most challenging to surrender those areas to Christ?
5. In what ways are you training your children (adult, youth, or younger) to turn to Christ for guidance and strength?
6. In what ways might you be inadvertently trying to play a “savior” role in their life or lives?
7. Consider an area you find particularly frightening to release. What messages might your behavior in that area be sending to your children?
8. What people do you turn to for support and wisdom?
9. What hurts might you have caused your children that you need to confess and apologize for?
10. What areas of guilt must you invite God to heal in your heart?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Polar_Lights

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The Courage to Fight for Our Kids - Ep. 41 Feb 16, 2021

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Parenting will first test, then strengthen our faith. We will experience confusion, frustrations, heartache, joy, and fear. Many days, this journey will feel like an intense battle, one we’re not certain we can win. In our discouragement, anxieties, and uncertainties, we might be tempted to engage, but regardless of how our kids act or what they claim, they need us to remain fully present and invested.
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://www.jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
https://twitter.com/jenslattery
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Find more on the Wholly Loved Online Mother-Daughter Conference: https://whollyloved.com/conference-info/
Resource: Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp
Group Discussion Questions:
1. What impacted you most in this episode, and why?
2. What tends to make it most challenging for you to remain present and engaged with your kid(s)?
3. What area of parenting feels most challenging?
4. What are some ways you are investing in your spirituality first?
5. What are some of your fears regarding parenting?
6. Where do you tend to go for answers when you feel confused or uncertain?
7. How difficult is it for you to acknowledge when you’ve messed up and asked for your child's or children’s forgiveness?
8. What might it look like to fight for your relationship with you kid(s)?
9. How are you modeling obedience to Christ in your parenting?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Popmarleo

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Episode 40: The Courage to Believe Feb 09, 2021

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We’ve all, at some point in our lives, reached a place of crisis. A place where we felt alone and maybe frightened God wasn’t going to help. These moments can be deeply frightening, but also deepen our faith.
In this episode, Tara Rye and Jodie Bailey discuss some devastating news Tara received regarding her mother in light of Jesus’ encounter with Mary and Martha after their brother’s death.
Find Jodie Bailey at:
https://www.jodiebailey.com/
https://www.facebook.com/writerjodiebailey
https://www.instagram.com/authorjodiebailey/
Find Tara Rye at:
https://audioscripture.org
https://www.cultivatinghearts.org
https://www.facebook.com/tara.rye
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Group Discussion Questions:
1. Consider a time when you felt like you were in the middle of a crisis. What all were you feeling during that time?
2. What were your feelings or doubts related to God?
3. How did you respond?
4. How did God respond or seem to respond?
5. What, if anything, did you learn regarding God’s character?
6. Looking back over your faith journey, what has most deepened your faith?
7. If you currently are in a place where you’re struggling to believe in God or His care for you, what makes belief most challenging?
8. If you are experiencing challenges to your belief, what are some ways you can bring those doubts, hurts, and fears to God directly?
9. Mary and Martha had to wait for Jesus to show up, and when He did, it appeared as if He arrived too late. What are you waiting on God for now?
10. How does the timing of Jesus’ arrival and the miracle He later performed speak to your fear, hurts, and doubts?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/hanabeni

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No Fear in Death - Ep. 39 Feb 02, 2021

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Many people are afraid of death and numerous issues related to this. But while we will and should grieve death, God doesn’t want us to live, or die, in fear. In this episode, Jennifer Slattery shares biblical truths that can help us transition from this present world and into the eternity Christ prepared for us with confidence and, perhaps, even anticipation.
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Find Wholly Loved at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Recommended Resource: Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith by Wayne Grudem
Group Discussion Questions:
1. What resonated with you most in today’s episode?
2. Do you have any fears related Jennifer didn’t mention?
3. In regard to your death-related fears, how probable is it you will experience that fear?
4. Have you accepted God’s free gift of eternal life through faith in Christ?
5. Do you understand what Jennifer shared regarding how one receives salvation?
6. What most comforts you regarding Jesus’ words to the criminal on the cross?
7. How does knowing God will remain with you through physical death and into eternity calm your fears?
8. What are some things you’re most looking forward to in heaven?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Nadzeya_Dzivakova

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Fighting the Fear of Rejection - Ep. 38 Jan 26, 2021

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Fear of rejection can lead to surface level relationships, increased defensive behaviors and fear-based reactions, and loneliness and isolation. Many times, this fear stems from wounds we’ve experienced in our past and the inner lies formed during or directly following hurtful experiences or moments of rejection.
In this episode, Jodie Bailey shares a deep wound in her past and how it impacted her later relationships as she and Jennifer Slattery look at how God responded to a rejected woman in Genesis 29 and what we can learn from this.
Find Jodie Bailey at:
https://www.jodiebailey.com/
https://www.facebook.com/writerjodiebailey
https://www.instagram.com/authorjodiebailey/
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
http:jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
Twitter: @jenslattery
Find Wholly Loved, at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Group Discussion Questions:
1. On a scale of one to ten, how much does fear of rejection hinder your relationships?
2. How does your fear impact your behavior when engaging with new people or acquaintances?
3. What specifically do you fear? (or, to reword, what do you feel about you might lead them to reject you?)
4. How does your fear impact your behavior with those you currently have relationships with?
5. What thoughts regarding these fears play through your mind when you’re in uncomfortable social situations?
6. What is a truth you can focus on to counter that?
7. Is there a wound or are there wounds from your past that impact your fear of rejection today?
8. Is there a past relationship you need to grieve in order to heal in this area?
9. How can focusing on how God sees you help you live with confidence?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/VikiVector

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The Courage to Rest – Ep. 37 Jan 19, 2021

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In our rushed, high-stress, high-achieving culture, many of us feel over-worked, over-tired, and spiritually depleted. We know we need to spend more time with Jesus. We want to spend more time with Him. But are we willing to risk disappointing someone or perhaps letting a ball drop in order to simply rest in the presence of our Savior? Sometimes, spending time with Jesus will be the most courageous thing we do all day.
Find Tara at:
https://www.audioscripture.org
https://www.cultivatinghearts.org/
https://www.facebook.com/tara.rye
Find Jennifer at:
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://www.jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
Twitter: @jenslattery
Find Wholly Loved at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Group Discussion Questions:
1. What resonated with you most during today’s podcast?
2. What are some ways you prioritize time with Jesus?
3. What makes it most difficult to spend time with Jesus?
4. What fears are involved in your challenge to rest in Christ?
5. How often do you allow other people’s expectations to steal your time of rest?
6. When you do spend time with Jesus, how does that time change your day or perspective?
7. When do you feel most connected with Jesus?
8. What is one way you can spend time with Jesus this week?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Ponomariova_Maria

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The Courage to Trust Our Provider - Ep. 36 Jan 12, 2021

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With all that has occurred in our world and country, life can feel pretty unsettling. People are buried in bills, some have lost jobs and businesses, and still others fear they may soon lose their jobs. In this episode, Jennifer Slattery and Tara Rye discuss how we can find peace and comfort in our ever-faithful provider.
Find Tara at:
https://www.audioscripture.org
https://www.cultivatinghearts.org/
https://www.facebook.com/tara.rye
Find Jennifer Slattery at:
https://www.jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com
https://www.facebook.com/JenSlatte
https://www.instagram.com/slatteryjennifer/
Twitter: @jenslattery
Find Wholly Loved at:
https://www.WhollyLoved.com
Group Discussion Questions:
1. What are some potential causes of the increased financial insecurity many are experiencing?
2. Can you relate to these fears, and if so, why?
3. How can temporary challenges help to increase our faith?
4. When has God used a fearful experience to bring you increased freedom?
5. What character traits of God give you assurance when you feel afraid?
6. Can you share a time when God provided for you during a time of need?
7. What are some ways God provides for you now?
Episode Image Credit: Getty/Visual-Generation

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