Enjoy culture-shaping conversations from everyday heroes on topics surrounding fear, purpose & relationships. Hosted by Esther Marie, author, speaker & chief fear crusher at Fearless Co. Get the [F]ear out of your head & give your dreams the chance they deserve. For more info: fearlessco.org | @fearless.co_
Saints: The Search For The Good Life
Jan 24, 2020
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"You're a saint," is the compliment we often hear dished out when describing a person that's near perfect. But let's be honest, the ideals we have about being a saint can often feel unattainable to achieve. Today on the podcast, our friend Addison Bevere unveils some radical revelations on what it means to be a Saint; someone who is awakened to discovering a life of meaning. His new book entitled, Saints: Becoming More Than “Christians,” encourages readers to "... exchange lifeless religion for the wonder of following Jesus..." Buckle up & get ready to hit the rewind button ‘cause this podcast is loaded with profound words of wisdom.
How To Discover Your Purpose/Calling
Jan 10, 2020
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PUR
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Today on the podcast we are joined by one of my oldest friends, Olivia Moore. Olivia is a speaker & author of a new book, entitled You Will Not Be Remembered For That. Together, we tackle the topic of ‘How to discover your purpose/calling.’ Olivia shares a pretty powerful story about a time in her life when she felt extremely purposeless & how she overcame it. You’re gonna love it!
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Unhindered By Fear Book Release!
Dec 11, 2019
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Today on the Pod, Ebie and I are talking all things fear in honor of Fearless.Co new book release: Unhindered By Fear. Ooohhhh!! That’s right, we’re getting real with our own personal fears and sharing the journey with you. So, question: what is your greatest fear? Let’s chat about it!
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Hearing the Voice of God
Dec 04, 2019
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In this episode we are hearing from Brittney Hoyt. We are talking about things from starting and overseeing a nonprofit to seeing signs and wonders and the questions that come with that. Brit sheds so much wisdom and joy everywhere she’s goes, so we know this conversation will leave you running after the MORE of God.
Obedience in Action
Nov 20, 2019
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In this episode we hear from Cassidi Scheer, lead pastor at Local Church in Tulsa, OK and full time mama. Cassidi shares her heart for motherhood, her current crazy season of adoption, and her recent crazy entrepreneur surrender. Recently Cassidi has had many "Step out of the boat" experiences, inviting her into new levels of trust. We pray this episode leaves you inspired to step out into the unknown, trusting that faith is obedience in action.
Stewarding Favor
Nov 13, 2019
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Season 2 Episode 31
Title: Stewarding Favor
Guest: Kenzie Hyde
Host: Ebie Hepworth
Episode Description:
In this episode you’ll hear from Kenzie Hyde, all about stewarding favor, being a present friend, and so much more. From the slums of India to the Oval office, The Lord has taken her to some pretty amazing places, you’ll hear how He’s continually opening new doors and leading her to the unexpected. This is a faithful, obedient woman and you’ll be so inspired by her heart for Jesus.
Episode Summary:
Kenzie is currently living in Nashville, but grew up in Connecticut. She grew up in a lot of chaos and brokenness, and shares how she has watched God restore and redeem every part of her life. Abandonment was a huge banner over her life, she grew up searching for a father. Drugs, alcohol, suicide were all things familiar to her family. She was forced to raise her younger sisters at a very young age until she went to college. So much of her life and story told her that she was disqualified and she would never amount to anything, but from a young age the Lord had a hedge of protection around her and she knew that she was set apart and called. The Lord has radically redeemed her story, bringing her to places she never thought she would be. Throughout her life she has watched the Lord use her in incredible ways and take pain and turn them into purpose.
Kenzie shares how throughout her whole life she has been yielded and yoked so closely to the Father, spending time sitting under His voice saying ‘you are chosen, you are equipped’ and its created a boldness and confidence in her. She is coming back to the secret place over and over again to sit under his voice and remind herself that she was called to be mighty. She has seen so much fruit from her life of surrender and yielding to Him- which has taken her to India, a prestigious business school, bethel, and so much more. Her heart has been so open to the Lord leading her to all these seasons.
Kenzie talks about how the Lord has numbered her steps and laying things out for her. She has been expectant of the spiritual adventure he’s taking her on, she is living in expectancy. For Kenzie, the heart posture of knowing the nature of God and seeing the faith stories in the Bible, and it’s shown her how to live in expectancy. She shares what it looks like to stand on the word of God when our lives don’t look like we think it should or see the fruition of what he’s spoken to us. In seasons of waiting, it’s easy to feel like we missed things, we wonder why we haven’t seen his promises come, but no time is ever wasted by Him. Most of her life she’s wondered how she has ended up certain places, and she’s always been able to stay rooted in where he’s called her. By nature we want to know everything, always asking God about all the question marks, and just in the last few years giving up her right to understand things has had a huge impact in her life. A lot of times we don’t get peace until we give up that right to understand, laying down control. When we are washing ourselves in word of God, it becomes our fortress around our mind, protecting us from fear, lies, being influenced by culture, we have to be washed in the word over and over. Ebie asks Kenzie what it looks like to wash ourselves with the Word? It can feel intimidating to people, and Kenzie suggests always going back to the secret place. As we get older, we have more demands, culture screams things at us, we have to prioritize time with Him- journaling, reading scripture, worship, listening to a message, it’s getting to know Him and listening to His voice. We can’t operate in the fullness of who we were created to be unless we know His voice, hearing the words over our life and letting His words wash over us.
They start talking about friendship and Kenzie goes into serving the people around her, championing the friends in her life, calling out who they are. She loves and believes in celebrating people and the gifts in their lives, speaking it over them. It’s something she’s so passionate about because it’s what were called to, iron sharpens iron, were called to champion. Friendships are so important to be pouring into their dreams and visions, because she believes this is what the Lord calls us to do. When we celebrate people and the gift on their life, what that infuses is immeasurable, were actually calling out the destiny and gifts on their life. Jesus had a few that He poured into, choosing people with intention and devoted His life to pouring into them.
Kenzie talks about how she has so many passions in her heart from writing policy, leading in government, and working in social justice. She’s excited to see what the Lord does and how He uses all her passions in different spheres. Kenzie just got back from a trip from Nicaragua, she shares about when we do missions and how we need to do in a sustainable way. When we chose to invest in specific communities long term, the change is incredibly powerful. She’s passionate about seeing missions done in a sustainable way; doing something that can be upheld and long lasting. Creating change that supports people for the long term whether its infrastructure, education, building homes, breaking the cycle of poverty so economies could actually see change.
Kenzie ends the podcast saying “God can use anyone and He wants to qualify the unlikely, there is no part of your story He can’t redeem, restore or resurrect. I really believe when you have the Lord in you, you are set apart. God wants to use you in a powerful way, rewrite your story, change narratives where the enemy has tried to bring discouragement and shame, he wants to use that in a radical way”.
Surrendering a Dream, AGAIN
Nov 06, 2019
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Season 2 Episode 30
Title: Surrendering the Dream, Again
Guest: Ebie Hepworth
Host: Esther Gualtieri
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In this episode you’ll hear from Ebie Hepworth, our Co-founder and Chief Dreamer as she gets honest and vulnerable about what the Lord is doing in her season currently, what He has been speaking, and how she will soon be transitioning out of Fearless Co. From reminiscing about their journey together, what the Lord is speaking, how Esther has been dealing with the transition, and what’s to come for fearless co- come listen to these two pour their hearts out!
Episode Description
Ebie starts by taking us through what the Lord has been speaking to her the last few months and how she will be transitioning out of Fearless Co. God started speaking to her about pouring into her family in this current season. Her sweet husband sat her down and told her he feels the Lord is doing something in their family and told her he feels that she is supposed to put Fearless Co down. It wasn’t easy for Ebie to hear in that moment, never thinking the Lord would really ask her to leave Fearless Co. One morning in prayer, the Holy Spirit told her “Elizabeth I don’t need anymore powerful ministries right now, I need more present tables”. The Lord was asking her to look up and give her family her full attention. Ebie really thought Fearless Co. was going to be something she would run after forever, but it’s been an invitation for her to have more time and space for her family. The Lord has been teaching her how she’s an apostle, she’s a builder, and she’s learning how to hold things loosely before the Father. Right when it happened, Ebie called Esther, shocking them both that this is what the Lord is asking her to surrender.
Ebie talks about how often we mistake passion for peace, but we don’t follow passion we follow peace. She is learning how to redefine concepts like ministry, what that looks like, and how He wants to use her passions and gifts. This transition is happening out of a place of full surrender and she is mourning and grieving the transition.
Esther remembers a moment of asking Ebie if she thought Fearless Co. was a God dream or their dream? These two have been obedient to every little detail that God was calling them to in their personal lives and individual callings. Esther talks about this transition just being God’s dream and how she has been blessed to be a part of it, but also can see clearly what Jesus is doing in Ebie’s life and that’s such a beautiful thing to celebrate.
Something we all need to hear over and over is that there is no expiration date on our callings and destiny. The Lord has been reminding Ebie that the Lord will continue to be powerful through the hearts in Fearless Co and it will continue to change people’s lives. Esther shares about how she has been in a season of transition herself through moving, relationships, and now the transition of Fearless Co. Any time you get news of something that you don’t understand right away, but someone is sharing what they feel the Lord is asking them to do, you have to trust that Jesus is leading them. There has been such a strong friendship and such honor in their friendship, it felt natural for Esther to come behind Ebie and support her. There were many times she had questions and wanted to ask Ebie, but heard the Holy Spirit tell her to not make her question this decision. She really let Ebie have her space in this, and the Lord starting giving her a lot of vision for Fearless Co.
Ebie and Esther share some fun memories from their journey together in Fearless Co. They have always prioritized worship and prayer in doing this together which is what has led and sustained! Esther shares a few things that Ebie has taught her, one being that she has watched Ebie be herself so unapologetically which has helped Esther break free from fear of man and self consciousness. Ebie is so free in who she is and it’s changed Esther’s life getting to watch that. Ebie has taught her how to be fully present in the moment, being honest and real. The number one thing she has learned from Ebie is to have faith for the impossible. She has seen her genuine love for people, her authenticity and genuineness throughout her life. This transition speaks volumes about who Ebie is and her heart. Ebie shares that the way Esther has poured into people throughout her life has changed Ebie. People have always taken priority to Esther over anything else. They end the podcast sharing what the next season of Fearless Co will look like and all the new things coming! Stay tuned, exciting things are coming for Fearless Co!
A Prayer-filled Life
Oct 30, 2019
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Season 2 Episode 10
Title: The Fruit of a Prayer-filled Life
Guest: Kevin Trujillo
Host: Ebie and Zac Hepworth
Episode Description:
In this episode you’ll hear from Kevin Trujillo, an amazing man of God who really carries the heart of the Father everywhere He goes; from ministry to the business world we will get a look into how Kevin has learned to carry Jesus with Him in every sphere. He will share His passion for prayer, that it is the foundation of our lives, giving us some practical tools to help in our day to day lives making this our priority. Come listen and be encouraged!
Episode Summary:
Kevin starts the episode sharing his story. Growing up in Colorado, he shares how impactful prayer has been in his life. His mom was a champion of the word, prayer, and of the church. His mom laid a foundation of prayer for him throughout his life. Kevin went to ORU in Oklahoma for college where he came back to the Lord. Getting alone with Jesus became his highest priority.
Kevin worked for an evangelist after college, where he got to be a part of the american crusade team; planning and networking for a crusade in Oklahoma. It was an amazing season of seeing people introduced to Jesus and His friendship. Kevin always felt a draw to business and to being influential and influencing highly successful people. He’s been in business for over two years now, he’s seen very unique favor and doors have opened that only Jesus could have opened.
Kevin shares how he transitioned into the workplace and how he has shared the gospel there. He wants to build something that’s long lasting, being the tree that people can eat from and the well they can drink from. God doesn’t need another nice person that does the right thing, God is longing for burning and shining ones. When you see a fire, we are drawn to it. Daniel knew everything about Babylon and their culture, and the Lord used that and brought him influence, being able to influence Kings to impact the entire nation. Kevin often prays “God allow my success to be an open door for you” in his workplace. You can use your influence and success as an open door for the gospel, being light and being love practically. Becoming the onsight pastors is so important in the workplace, open your door when someones coming in, notice when someone’s struggling, become an amazing listener. Whoever your audience is; grocery clerk, your children, wherever you are; we are all called to be faithful witnesses and bring light and love. When people can see you in the face of a storm, in the face of persecution, and you have peace and joy it is truly contagious. Joy is a fruit of the spirit, a transformed life as a believer we should be manifesting joy, from true gratitude of all Jesus has done for us. You can use any job as a place of authority to pray. You really never know how much impact your job, regardless of how it’s viewed through society, that it’s going to have on the people you are serving. Kevin shares that prayer at its simple form, is just communication. It’s sowing a little each day, and you build a history with God that you can pull from throughout your life. Prayer isn’t a means to an end, prayer is the end. Jesus is the end goal, that we would know Him is our great reward. Kevin shares how he reads scripture back to the Lord, turning it into a friendship dialogue. There is a time to contend, a time to sit back and listen, to fast, and being in a friendship there are all these different avenues of prayer where you get to know Him through. Before we are ever a good mom, dad, son, friend, business owner- we are His delight. The reality of understanding how Jesus feels about us will draw us into the place of prayer, it’s something no one will ever be able to take away from us. One of the most under discussed topics today in his opinion is intimacy with Jesus, the reality that He is a real person, a real man. Kevin ends with emphasizing that this has to be the foundation of our lives, knowing this man, this friend Jesus, who gave it all for us and will be coming back for us.
Re-defining Dating: Be pursued
Oct 23, 2019
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*Cue Nacho Libre voice*
“You gotta be kidding me! Everything you just said... Is my favorite thing to do... EVERY DAY!”
🤣Ever have one of those moments with a friend? That is exactly how we felt in this episode with our guest, Greg Burgess who shares some honest and transparent thoughts on redefining dating.
Our quotable take away? “Define who you are in the shadows and don’t be afraid to bring that worth into the light.”
What are your thoughts on today’s episode? We’d love to hear!
Wisdom for Navigating Conflict in Your Marriage & Family
Oct 16, 2019
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Conflicts in our marriages, families or relationships can often leave us feeling hopeless and defeated. In this podcast Lynn Briggs shares practical strategies on how to resolve conflicts in our day to day life. It may be normal to engage with conflict, but responding out of our emotions should not be our norm. Lynn shares how to partner with the Holy Spirit and listen for his gentle guidance as we face conflict, learn how to gracefully navigate the challenges and grow in our relationships.
If you’ve ever been in a heated moment, ready to explode and boiling with offense, (which we all have) this podcast is for you! We loved having Lynn share with us and hope you feel empowered to lead with grace in your marriage, family and relationships.
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