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Finding your strength when you’re feeling weak- Part 1 Jun 22, 2020

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What does feeling weak mean to you? For some of you, you feel weak when you have too much on your plate and are feeling exhausted and burnt out. For others, feeling weak might mean to give to everyone else and you haven’t taken care of yourself in a while. Still for others, it could be you’re not feeling successful, you’re not making the strides you want to make in your businesses. Maybe the devil is on full blown attack mode and nothing is going right right now: this is breaking, this isn’t working, then someone got sick, maybe you lost your job? Maybe your hours got cut? Maybe you’re full of worry, stress, anxiety and that sucks the energy and life out of you.

Feeling weak is going to be different for everyone. But what I want to leave you with today is how you can find your strength again. Our weakness is God’s moment to step in for us. We are not strong enough alone. We feel weak, tired, exhausted, worries, anxious, etc because we are trying to do anything and everything under our own strength. We hustle and work hard for our businesses and burn-out because we only tap into our own power reserve.

What if we stopped treating God like a magic genie and instead, we literally let Jesus take the wheel. (corny I know!) You would rather push through life, tired, exhausted, hungry, on an empty tank than pulling over and giving complete control to God! You would rather hustle a little bit more than take a 24 hour Sabbath, day of rest, giving God a full day to work for you. You would rather do all of the chores than ask your husband for help because “he doesn’t do then right”. You refuse to get a babysitter for 2 hours to watch the kids so you want have that quiet time and rest. You won’t ever say no to a plan because you’re too afraid of hurting that person's feelings, even if you’re already stretched thin and running around like a chicken with your head cut off. I know you want to be super woman! But you’re not made to be super woman! Pull over and let someone else drive! REST! Even God rested! Do we forget this? You were not made almighty, indestructible, with unlimited energy. God has gifted you a day of rest! Why do we not take it?
Let's dive into this together is Part 1 of a two part series: Finding your strength when you're feeling weak.

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Having Insufficent Funds Jun 14, 2020

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This one is for all of my listeners who are struggling to feel like what you do is enough, stugglings with comparison, and struggling with feeling uphappy about your circumstance most of the time. If that resonated with you, this episode is for you.
I first want to start off by saying you are NOT the only one who feels like this. These women who you think have these perfect lives, perfect homes become more human when you see they struggle just like you do, including myself. But what does God say about our overwhelm, our feelings of lack, unworthiness, insufficency? Is there anything we can do to not live this life where we feel so out of control, as if our stress and overwhelm are dictating our lives 24/7?
Join me in this episode as we break down one of my favorite verses in Phillipians and shine a light on the key to helping you break your struggles on insufficency! What if our cure for overwhelm was instead EXCESSIVELY surrounding ourselves with our THANKSGIVING? Saturating our thoughts and minds with our grateful acknowledgment of the blessings and gifts God has already given you? Could our overwhelmed lives be overwhelmed if thanksgiving was our constant thought?
After this podcast, you will have what it takes to start having more days of feeling sufficient, worthy, and grateful.

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Keeping your actions in alignment with God’s word Jun 08, 2020

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I was torn with where to go with this podcast episode. If you are listening at a later date, right now this podcast is being recorded on 6/7/20, in the middle of a lot of discord with our nation. We just suffered a tragedy of the murder of George Floyd and it has sparks a national debate over racism. And honestly, with a social media and podcast platform, you question yourself. "Do I say anything on my platforms?” “What do I say?”. You’re afraid to say something wrong or incorrectly. And when there are a lot of uncertain questions like that, our human nature tends to just make up clam up. We tend to get really quiet because we would prefer quiet than saying something to offend anyone. I recognize that. So I really had to lean on God this week for if and what do I say. And I wanted to also make sure than my decisions and my sharing where based on His word, His truth, and not by what I was consuming on social media.
That is what I want to discuss today. Let me guide you through your emotions and thoughts, and not tell you what to think or say, but instead help you focus on the truth of God’s word and allow Him to work through you. Allow Him to flow through your thoughts and words so you are grounded in Him. This won’t be so much me telling you what is right and wrong, how you should feel or not feeling, what you should post or not post. Just allowing God’s living word to speak to you. Be open to listening to God while I share some verses than have allowed me to shift my beliefs and my perspective , and be in alignment with God.

I hope this podcast is something you needed today. Sometimes we just need the guidance so we know how to form our thoughts not how we see fit, but in full alignment with God’s word.
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Courage in your Confidence Jun 01, 2020

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Confidence is probably the #1 thing I see lacking in so many of my girl friends. Lacking confidence is such an easy this to feel because we are constantly surrounded by the perfect lives of people on social media, other people's talents and skills we think are better than our own, and our past failures and experiences tell us that we just don't have what it takes to do better next time.
Did you know that personally, I struggle with comparison, jealousy, coventing, and people pleasing? It's easy to see where I am right now and assume that I don't have many struggles. But the truth of the matter is that you are getting to see the end result of a lot of self work and growing my faith. What you haven't seen are the days where the struggle was real and difficult. But you can become stronger, friend! You can grow your confidence! You are because a more confident woman!
So in today's episode, I give you 4 tangible areas in your life where you can focus on to help grow your confidence! I remind you of where your truths are from and what the Bible says about who you are and how you are valuable and worthy!
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Taking Offense May 25, 2020

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There will always be something said or done to you that will be offensive. We cannot control offenses being done to us. But we can control how we react to them. Now- when an offense happens TO you, it’s easy to recognize. You are on the receiving end. You can feel when someone is disrespecting you. You can feel the disdain and intent to hurt your feelings. And we cannot control how the other person acts or what they say. As much as some of us want to control the actions of others, we do not possess that power. We cannot control the offense being done to us. We cannot control what was said. We cannot control what was typed in a post or comment. We cannot control what is recorded on TV that is offensive to us. BUT- you can control how you REACT to them.

Now, the world is going to tell you to strike back! If you offend me, I am going to offend you! Your belief offended me, let me tell you how my opinion is correct. You have no right to talk to me that way, let me put you in your place! You allow yourself to be full of anger, resentment, and even condescending. That does not sound very Christ-like, does it. That does not sound like something a Christain should be walking in or doing. Yet so many of us do.

Be like Christ to the people around you, whether they are offensive to you or not. What are YOUR actions and words going to produce in response to that offense? Before you post that screenshot and start “putting someone in their place”, is that post producing love and joy? What about what it will trigger your friends to start doing? Are your actions going to produce peace, patience, and kindness in the comments of your friends? If those fruits of the spirit are not going to be produced, then don’t post it. Don’t say it.

Be mindful of how you react to offenses. Make it a point to produce the fruits of the spirit in all aspects of your life! Practice this and you will be absolutely amazed with how your perspective and outlook on the world changes.

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Moving Forward Without Fear of the Future May 18, 2020

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Have you been allowing your thoughts to cause so much chaos in your mind that you have been adding unnecessary worry and fear to your day? I see if all over my social media newsfeed. Yes, even I have my moments where thinking about the unknown and where we will be in the next few months gives me anxiety and stress. Will school start again? Will we have to do homeschool again? It’s honestly exhausting and all of these questions begin to create fear and anxiety because frankly, we know none of these answers right now.
Fear was made to save your life. Now, your fear holds you back from trusting God. And many of us have the habit of creating fear when it’s not even necessary! Fear is one of the strongest weapons the enemy has against us. Fear causes anxiety and stress. Fear causes lack of action. Fear causes paralysis in our faith.
This is a challenge for a perspective shift in our minds and hearts, ladies. We have formed a habit of adding excess worry to our day when there isn’t a need for it. The world tells you to fear. But, as a child of God, you are not of the world. Today, I challenge you to take back control of your thoughts that are running wild right now. Any thoughts about the future that are bringing in fear into today are not necessary. Let God work through those thoughts, he transforms you from the inside out. If He is for us, then who shall I fear?

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Believe in yourself because God made you May 11, 2020

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God thinks you’re good enough. Now it’s your turn to believe it.

I want to call out your false beliefs about yourself. Lies in our thoughts about who we are, what we are capable (or not capable of), that we don’t measure up, that we are lacking something, other’s are better than us, more skilled than us, they have something we don’t. I want to tell you friend, that those “beliefs” are lies. God did not create you unworthy. God did not create someone else better than you. God did not create you anxious. Those things are not from God. And if they are not from God, then why are we holding onto them like they are part of our identity?
I want to help you take that first step today to break that stronghold off of your life.I challenge you today to begin doing, start capturing your thoughts. Stop allowing your false beliefs to control your life. You control your mind. You control what you believe. You make a choice every day to choose to believe those false beliefs about yourself OR you can choose to deny them. Choose to understand and believe in your TRUTHS.
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God doesn’t work in your comfort zone May 04, 2020

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Are you using “I prayed about it” as your excuse to cover up how you really feel which is “it takes me way past my comfort zone so I'm not to say no.”

Now don’t come after me!! Prayer is so important to your walk with God. It’s how we communicate with him. Our conversations bring us closer to him. And I encourage you to pray about any situation or decision, Big or Small!

BUT - Have you ever prayed about something, something that makes you uncomfortable, pushes you out of your comfort zone, and you choose to say no to that journey, not because God told you it’s not time, but because it simply just makes you uncomfortable? And to make yourself feel better about your decision you cover it up with the excuse “I prayed about it”.
What I want to do is shine a light on your heart. Have you ever not really wanted to listen for God's answer because God’s true answer to your prayer pushes you well past your comfort zone, your skills, your qualifications, your knowledge, and it’s full of uncertainty and unanswered questions.
Are you ignoring what God is calling you to because it's outside of your comfort zone?

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The Blessing Apr 26, 2020

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Today's podcast topic is based off of a song by Elevation Worship and Kari Jobe titled "The Blessing". I have listened to this song multiple times, but today it just hit me different. Maybe it was actually reading the lyrics on the tv screen vs. listening to them but they took on a new meaning today.
For weeks, our focus as a society has been the search for peace, comfort, and answering of questions. There is pain and suffering in the world and so many people are just looking for comfort. But this song shifted my perspective. So today I don’t want to give you a “how to” of how to ask for peace, how to submit to God, how to feel better during this time. Today- I want to teach you how to speak blessings over your life. A manifestation of the future, how the future will be better than we can imagine. That God knows the plans he has for us!
Let us thank God right now for what the future already holds. Thank you Lord for protecting us during these storms. Thank you Lord for continuing to provide even though I didn’t see it in the moment. Thank God for that future you see. Thank him for providing for tomorrow. Thank him for your health he is going to give, tomorrow. Thank you Lord for the business boom that is going to happen once you open back up. And say them out loud! Journal them. Put them on paper. Speak them outloud!
Dear God, THANK YOU for your provision today and tomorrow! Amen.

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Giving EVERYTHING to God Apr 20, 2020

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What is going on in your life that is leaving you tired mentally or physically? Your kids are driving you nuts. You’ve lost your job. The government isn’t deeming you as essential. You are essential and people not following instructions are making you irritated. How are you handling all of this negative? Do you turn to social media to complain? Do you have complaints between friends? Venting to your spouse? It can be so easy to pass the complaining torch from one human being to another.

And one could argue this is just innocent. There isn’t any harm in venting and releasing it on social media right? “I just need to let it out to my best friend and i will feel better”...but...does it go away after you post? Does your problem go away after you vent to your mom or friend?

Sometimes I feel like we save God for only the big issues. We don't bother him with our "small problems". I would like to suggest a change in how we handle our issues. Nothing is too small to fit into your prayers. God wants to hear EVERY prayer, every request, big or small. Don’t discount your need by saying “oh this is nothing”, so you choose to skip over the filter of God’s layer first. If you’re thinking it, if you’re feeling it, it is something. And that something is big enough to present to God FIRST.

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