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Habits of Hope: Cultivating a Deeper Life with God

Are you looking to build rhythms of daily life that strengthen your faith and bring you closer to God? Habits of Hope is your guide for developing spiritual habits that nurture your soul and deepen your connection with God. Hosted by Ginger Harrington and co-host Larissa Traquair, each episode explores how small, consistent choices can lead to significant spiritual growth.

At Habits of Hope, we believe that cultivating a life rooted in hope comes through daily rhythms that help us trust God’s faithfulness, even in difficult seasons. Whether you’re looking to refresh your spiritual practices or find encouragement during hard times, this podcast provides practical tools and biblical wisdom to help you grow spiritually.

In this podcast, we will help you:

Feel more connected to God in your daily life through practical spiritual habits.

Overcome stagnation in your faith by fostering consistent spiritual growth.

Trust God’s faithfulness, even during life’s hardest moments.

Establish and maintain daily rhythms of prayer, reflection, and scripture.

Navigate life’s stresses with spiritual and emotional encouragement rooted in faith.

Reconnect with God when you feel spiritually empty or distant.

Build a consistent and meaningful prayer life with simple, actionable strategies.

Overcome doubt and find renewed hope in your faith journey.

Release unhealthy comparisons and trust in God’s unique timing for your life.

Discover purpose and meaning in everyday life through small, intentional habits of faith.

Each episode offers inspiring conversations, stories, and actionable steps to help you live a life of faith, hope, and purpose. If you’re ready to build habits that foster a deeper connection with God, then you’re in the right place. Let’s get started—because a deeper life begins now.

Copyright: © 2024 Habits of Hope: Cultivating a Deeper Life with God

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89. Praying the Armor of God: Stand Firm in His Strength | Guided Prayer Oct 19, 2026

Show notes

What do you do when you’ve done everything you know to do—and you still can’t fix what’s happening?

I’ve been there. During a season of grief and uncertainty, one word in Ephesians 6 stopped me in my tracks: might. “Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”

In this solo episode, I’m sharing discoveries that changed the way I understand spiritual strength and putting on the armor of God. Together, we’ll explore how to receive God’s provision, put it into practice, and trust Him with what we cannot control.

We’ll also take time to pray through each piece of the armor together. Bring whatever is weighing on your heart, and join me as we turn to God for the strength He provides.

In this episode, we’ll explore:
• Why Paul directs us to God’s strength before describing the armor
• How putting on the armor becomes a way of living in relationship with Christ
• What the words “full,” “of God,” and “take up” reveal about His provision and our response
• How prayer connects biblical truth with the circumstances we’re facing
• A practical way to stand firm when fear, doubt, or discouragement resurfaces

Your Habit of Hope:
Stand firm in His strength. Identify one area where you need God’s help, consider which part of His armor you need to put into practice, and pray specifically about that need. When the struggle resurfaces, return to His strength again.

Continue praying:
I’ve created a free Armor of God Prayer printable and journal page to help you reflect on what God is showing you and bring your own needs before Him.

Download your free resource:
https://gingerharrington.myflodesk.com/armor-of-god

READ THE COMPANION BLOG POSTS:

How to Stand Firm in the Armor of God Right Now:
https://gingerharrington.com/how-to-stand-firm-in-the-armor-of-god-right-now/

Armor of God Prayer (Free Printable PDF + Daily Prayer Guide):
https://gingerharrington.com/a-prayer-to-help-put-on-the-armor-of-god-free-printable/

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10–18
Book mentioned: The Invisible War by Chip Ingram

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We stand firm not because we are strong, but because He is.

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88. The Hidden Beauty of Tears: Finding Hope in Grief with Travis Craver Oct 12, 2026

Show notes

What if your tears reveal more than pain? What if they express love, longing, compassion—and a prayer you haven't found the words to say?

In this episode of Habits of Hope, Ginger Harrington and Larissa Traquair welcome Dr. Travis Craver, author of The Hidden Beauty of Tears: Discovering Joy and God's Guiding Hand, for an honest conversation about grief, faith, and how God meets us in our pain.

Drawing from the loss of his nephew and father, Travis shares why grief doesn't follow a predictable timeline and why we don't have to force closure. Together, we explore the meaning of our tears, the losses we sometimes overlook, and the comfort of knowing Jesus entered Mary and Martha's sorrow—even when He knew resurrection was coming.

Whether you're grieving someone you love, carrying the loss of a dream, or supporting a hurting friend, this conversation makes room for both sorrow and hope.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why grief can include sadness, numbness, anger, gratitude, and joy

• How naming our pain can help us bring it honestly to God

• Why remembering someone we love isn't necessarily a step backward

• How tears can become a form of prayer when words are no longer enough

• What Jesus' tears reveal about God's compassion

• Why Christian hope rests in God's promises

• A simple daily rhythm for staying connected to God

YOUR HABIT OF HOPE:

Begin with prayer, name one evidence of grace, read a short passage of Scripture, and ask, “What does it look like to trust God today?”

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

Romans 8:26; John 11:35; 1 Thessalonians 4:13.

RESOURCES:

Read the companion blog post, The Hidden Beauty of Tears: How God Meets Us in Our Pain: https://gingerharrington.com/god-sees-your-tears/

Explore Travis's book: The Hidden Beauty of Tears

(Affiliate link at no cost to you).

Read Travis's reflections on Substack under Daland Craver.

Watch this conversation on YouTube.

Follow Habits of Hope so you don't miss an episode. If this conversation encourages you, leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and share it with someone who could use the reminder that God meets us in our sorrow.

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87. Don’t Rush Past What God Has Done: 5 Reasons to Celebrate Sep 28, 2026

Show notes

What if you’re so focused on what still needs to be done that you’re missing the good God has already done?

It’s easy to finish one thing and immediately move on to the next goal, responsibility, or problem to solve. But when so much of life never really feels finished, we can rush right past the faithfulness of God without stopping to notice, remember, and celebrate.

As Habits of Hope celebrates two years, Ginger and Larissa look back at what God has done—and discover five reasons celebration matters in our everyday lives.

In this episode, you’ll discover how celebration helps you:

Notice what God has already done
Remember His faithfulness
Acknowledge progress even when you’re not finished
Appreciate the people God has placed along the way
Build hope for what God will do next

You’ll also hear why Ginger nearly let the learning curve keep her from starting a podcast, what the creation story teaches us about stopping to recognize what is good, and how Larissa’s practice of celebration helped carry her through grief.

Celebration isn’t only for birthdays and big accomplishments. It’s a spiritual practice of remembering the goodness and faithfulness of God.

This week’s Habit of Hope: Mark the milestone.

You don’t have to be finished to celebrate how far God has brought you.

Scriptures: Psalm 103:1–2, Psalm 126:3, Philippians 1:3, Philippians 1:6

Join us on the website for a special Birthday Giveaway!

And as Habits of Hope turns two, thank you for listening, sharing, praying, and growing with us. Help us celebrate two years of Habits of Hope! If the podcast has encouraged you, would you take a moment to leave a review and share Habits of Hope with a friend? Your reviews and shares help more people discover practical, biblical encouragement for growing hope—one habit at a time.

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86. Cultivating a Life You Love: Be All There Sep 21, 2026

Show notes

Are you present for your life—but not fully in it?

You’re sitting across from someone you love, but your mind is still working. You’re doing one thing while mentally moving on to the next. You’re replaying yesterday, planning tomorrow, or thinking about everything that still needs to get done.

You’re there.

But your attention is somewhere else.

It happens so easily. Life is full of people to love, responsibilities to carry, decisions to make, and good work to do. We can faithfully show up for all of it and still find ourselves rushing through the very life God has given us.

In the final episode of the Cultivating a Life You Love series, Ginger explores three simple words that have become an important reminder and prayer in her own life:

Be all there.

Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

We often hear this verse as a reminder that life is short. But what if numbering our days also has something to teach us about how we live the day that’s actually in front of us?

In this episode, Ginger brings the entire series together as she explores what it means to faithfully inhabit the life God has entrusted to you. She shares how divided attention shows up in her own life, why being present requires more than simply slowing down, and how this biblical wisdom applies even when the season you’re living is difficult.

And this isn’t another message about doing more or trying harder.

It’s about learning to recognize where your attention has gone—and returning to God, to the people in front of you, and to what matters most in the life you’re living right now.

You’ll also come away with a simple Habit of Hope you can begin practicing this week.

Because a life you love isn’t found. It’s cultivated.

🎧 Listen to the full episode.

🌿 Continue the Journey

If you missed any part of Cultivating a Life You Love—or want to revisit it from the beginning—visit the Cultivating a Life You Love series hub at GingerHarrington.com, where you’ll find all six episodes together in one place.

And if you’re ready to take these rhythms from listening into practice, the Cultivating a Life You Love Devotional Journal was created as a companion to the series. Each chapter includes Scripture, devotional reflection, prayer, a practical Habit of Hope, and thoughtful questions to help you notice and nurture what matters most in your own life.

🌿 Get the devotional journal in Ginger's Etsy Shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4553647108/christian-devotional-journal-for-women

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 66: How to Number Our Days for a Heart of Wisdom (Psalm 90:12)

Cultivate a life you love by nurturing what matters most—one Habit of Hope at a time.

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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.

85. Cultivating a Life You Love: Nurturing What Brings Life Sep 14, 2026

Show notes

Have you ever caught yourself saying, “I used to…”?

I used to paint. I used to love brownies. I used to read just because I enjoyed it.

Sometimes the things that once brought life to us don’t disappear because we stopped caring. Life simply became full.

As we faithfully care for family, work, ministry, relationships, and the responsibilities God has given us, parts of the person he created us to be can slip into the background. And sometimes we begin to assume that because something doesn’t fit right now, it no longer matters.

In this episode of Cultivating a Life You Love, Ginger explores what Psalm 1 and Psalm 139 show us about remaining rooted in God while also nurturing the unique ways he created us to receive and express his grace.

This isn’t about reclaiming every old hobby, recreating a former season, or adding another expectation to an already full life. It’s about discernment: What is God growing in you now, and where might he be inviting you to make room for what brings life?

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Why a full season can cause life-giving parts of ourselves to go dormant
What Psalm 1 teaches us about being rooted, nourished, and fruitful in every season
Why the unique ways God created you matter
The difference between laying something down for a season and deciding it no longer matters
How God can use the things that refresh your soul to become a gift to others
How one small step can make room for what belongs in this season

Habit of Hope: Make room for the places where God refreshes your soul.

Ask God this week:

Where are you inviting me to receive your life more deeply in this season?

Is there a part of the person you created me to be that I’ve stopped nurturing?

You don’t need to get your old life back. Ask the Lord what fits this season—and take one small step toward what he is inviting you to nurture.

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If this series is helping you think differently about the life God has given you, I’ve created a place where you can keep going.

Visit GingerHarrington.com to find the Cultivating a Life You Love series hub, where all six episodes are gathered in one place along with resources to help you put these Habits of Hope into practice.

https://gingerharrington.com/habits-of-hope-podcast/a-life-you-love/

And if you want to take these ideas deeper, the Cultivating a Life You Love Devotional Journal was created to help you do just that. Get the journal in my new Etsy shop: The Deeper Life Co.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4553647108/christian-devotional-journal-for-women

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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.

84. Cultivating a Life You Love: Stop Waiting for Someday Aug 31, 2026

Show notes

Cultivating a Life You Love: Stop Waiting for Someday

Someday we’ll take the trip. Someday we’ll invite people over. Someday we’ll finish the project or finally have time for the things we enjoy.

There’s wisdom in recognizing that not every dream belongs in every season. But sometimes we become so focused on tomorrow’s dreams that we overlook today’s gifts.

In Episode 84 of Habits of Hope, we’re continuing the Cultivating a Life You Love series with our fourth practice: EMBRACE.

Drawing from Psalm 118:24 and Ecclesiastes 3:12–13, discover what it means to embrace the life God is giving you today. We’ll talk about biblical gladness, why the pursuit of perfect can rob us of the present, and how the smallest version of a dream can still be a beautiful experience.

THIS WEEK’S PRACTICE: EMBRACE

Begin your day with this simple prayer:

“Lord, help me receive today as Your gift.”

Then ask: What gift has God already placed in front of me today that I might otherwise overlook?

You don’t have to stop dreaming about tomorrow to embrace the life God is giving you today.

Some dreams may need to wait. But life doesn’t.

🌿 Continue the journey: The Cultivating a Life You Love Journal is a beautiful lined companion journal for capturing prayers, Scripture, reflections, and what God is showing you as you practice the rhythms in this series. Find it in The Deeper Life Co shop. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4553647108/christian-devotional-journal-for-women

Enjoying Habits of Hope? Follow or subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss an episode. And if the show has encouraged you, please take a moment to leave a rating and review. Your review helps more people discover Habits of Hope and the hope we have in Christ.

Explore the complete Cultivating a Life You Love series and find more resources at GingerHarrington.com.

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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.

83. Cultivating A Life You Love: Being More Present With People In Your Life Aug 24, 2026

Show notes

How well do you really know the people you love most—not just their schedules, responsibilities, and routines, but what’s happening beneath the surface?

It’s easy for our closest relationships to settle into the rhythms of everyday life. We talk about what needs to get done, where everyone needs to be, what’s for dinner, and what happened during the day. Those conversations are necessary—but sometimes we can spend a lot of time together without really seeing one another.

In Episode 3 of Cultivating a Life You Love, Ginger Harrington explores Philippians 1:9 and Paul’s prayer for a love that continues to grow in knowledge and discernment.

Because the truth is, the people we love aren’t standing still. They’re growing, changing, facing new challenges, discovering new things, and experiencing God’s work in their lives.

Familiarity isn’t the finish line of love.

In this episode, Ginger shares how attentiveness, good questions, and intentional listening can help us move beyond simply managing life together and create space for stronger, more meaningful relationships.

In this episode:

Why relationships grow where attention is given
What Philippians 1:9 teaches us about a love that keeps growing
How familiarity can unintentionally replace attentiveness
Why the people we know best still have more for us to discover
The difference between listening and immediately trying to fix or solve
How good questions can open the door to meaningful conversations
A simple Habit of Hope you can practice in any relationship: Ask Good Questions

This week’s invitation: Choose one person you love. Pray before you see them. Ask God to help you see them with fresh eyes. Then ask one good question—and make room to really listen.

NEW: Good Questions Conversation Cards

This episode also inspired a practical resource to help you put this Habit of Hope into practice.

Good Questions is a printable set of 48 conversation cards designed to help you move beyond “How was your day?” and make room for conversations that matter.

Use them around the dinner table, over coffee, on a road trip, or anytime you want to connect more intentionally with your spouse, family, friends, or someone you’d simply like to know better.

These cards aren’t about forcing deep conversations. They’re an easy way to create an opening—to listen, learn something new, laugh together, share stories, and keep getting to know the people you love.

Explore the Good Questions Conversation Cards:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4562099446/good-questions-conversation-cards-48

Cultivating a Life You Love

This episode is part of the six-part Cultivating a Life You Love series. Explore the complete series and find additional resources here:

Explore the series:
https://gingerharrington.com/a-life-you-love/

Companion Devotional Journal

Go deeper with the Cultivating a Life You Love Guided Devotional Journal, created to help you reflect on each of the six rhythms and put them into practice in your everyday life.

Get the journal:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4553647108/christian-devotional-journal-for-women

Stay Connected

Visit GingerHarrington.com for biblical encouragement and practical resources to help you grow closer to God, nurture what matters most, and live with greater intention and hope.

Listen. Ask one good question. And make room to really see the people you love.

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Sign up for Ginger’s Newsletter and the Deeper Life Collection
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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.

82. Cultivating a Life You Love: Receiving the Care of Your Shepherd (Psalm 23) Aug 17, 2026

Show notes

What happens when running on empty starts to feel normal?

Many of us are good at giving, helping, carrying, and getting things done. Receiving can be harder. Yet Psalm 23 reminds us that we have a Shepherd who leads, provides, and restores. We were never meant to carry life alone.

In Episode 2 of the Cultivating a Life You Love summer series, Larissa Traquair explores what it means to receive God’s care instead of continually trying to restore yourself through more effort.

You’ll discover why receiving is an act of faith, how Psalm 23 shifts our attention from what we need to accomplish to what the Shepherd does for us, and how creating space for His care can help restore a weary soul.

In this episode:

Recognizing when exhaustion has become your normal
What Psalm 23 teaches us about God as Shepherd
Why receiving requires trust
Releasing what God never asked you to carry
Making room for God to lead, provide, and restore
A practical Habit of Hope to help you receive His care today

Scripture: Psalm 23:1–3 ESV

Habit of Hope: Make space to receive. Pray: “Lord, You know what I need today. I trust You to restore my soul. Show me what that looks like today.”

The Cultivating a Life You Love Devotional Journal was created to help you go deeper with every episode in this six-part series. Find the journal and all episode resources in the links below.

Written by Ginger Harrington

Series Hub on the Website:https://gingerharrington.com/a-life-you-love/

Get the Cultivating a Life You Love Devotional Journal:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4553647108/christian-devotional-journal-for-women

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Sign up for Ginger’s Newsletter and the Deeper Life Collection
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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.

81. Cultivating a Life You Love: Paying Attention to What Matters Aug 11, 2026

Show notes

What if cultivating a life you love begins by paying attention to the life you’re already living?

It’s easy to move through our days focused on what needs to get done while missing the people, moments, and gifts God has placed right in front of us. In this first episode of our Cultivating a Life You Love series, we’re exploring the first rhythm: Notice.

Drawing from Ephesians 5:15–16, we’ll talk about what it means to live wisely and intentionally—not by doing more, but by becoming more attentive to God’s presence and what matters most in this season.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

Why paying attention is an important part of living wisely
How hurry and distraction can keep us from noticing what matters
What Jesus teaches us about being present to people and moments
How small, intentional choices shape the life we’re living
A simple Habit of Hope to help you practice greater attentiveness this week

“The life you long for is shaped in the life you’re living today.”

A New Companion Devotional Journal

Want to go deeper as you listen to the series? The new Cultivating a Life You Love Guided Journal is a book-style companion devotional journal created to help you put each of the six rhythms into practice.

Each chapter includes Scripture, devotional teaching, prayer, reflection questions, a Habit of Hope, and space to journal—plus bonus planning and reflection pages. Use it alongside the podcast or work through it at your own pace.

Get the Cultivating a Life You Love Guided Journal here.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4553647108/christian-devotional-journal-for-women

Visit GingerHarrington.com/a-life-you-love to find the complete Cultivating a Life You Love series, the companion devotional journal, and additional resources to help you nurture what matters most.

Cultivate a life you love by nurturing what matters most—one faithful step at a time.

💌 Send Ginger & Larissa a Message

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Sign up for Ginger’s Newsletter and the Deeper Life Collection
Support the Podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/habitsofhope
Get Ginger’s Book: Holy in the Moment: Simple Ways to Love God and Enjoy Your Life(affiliate link)
Ginger's Website: https://gingerharrington.com/
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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.

80.Trusting God Through Doubt and Grief: The Story Behind Kelsey Chadwick's Where Else Could I Go? Jun 09, 2026

Show notes

Today's guest, Lesa Watson, is the mother of Kelsey Chadwick — a woman who spent the last year of her life wrestling honestly with doubt, going back to the word of God, and writing everything she found there into a book called Where Else Could I Go? Kelsey passed away unexpectedly before the book released. The manuscript was already at the publisher when she died.

In this conversation, Lesa shares Kelsey's story with extraordinary grace: the cancer diagnosis Kelsey quietly hid to protect a family vacation, the five-day writing retreat where the whole book poured out of her, the voice memos her husband found on her phone after she was gone, and the last words Kelsey said before she lost consciousness — words that have stayed with everyone who heard them.

But this episode isn't only about loss. It's about what it means to build a faith that holds before the hard day arrives. Lesa talks about her own practice of studying the character of God — and how that knowledge sustained her when scripture itself wasn't sinking in. She shares the two verses she has posted in her home, the eternal hope that shapes how her family grieves, and the single truth she most wants listeners to carry away from Kelsey's words.

Key moments in this episode include the power of returning to the source when questions overwhelm us; Kelsey's story of nine months of medical uncertainty and how it became a journey deeper into faith; how Lesa holds grief and hope together without pretending either is smaller than it is; scriptures that have anchored her — Romans 8:28 and Psalm 31:14; and the profound comfort of knowing eternal life begins not at death, but at the moment you say yes to Christ.

If you're carrying questions you don't know what to do with, or sitting with a loss that hasn't resolved itself into neat answers, this conversation is for you. Share it with a friend who might need it. The questions are okay. And there is still a place to bring them.

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