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Join us as we dive into motherhood at the foot of the throne with your host Rachael Carman! If you are tired, overwhelmed, and feeling alone, this is the place for you.
A place for real moms, with real stories, seeking real refreshment found only in the living God. You can visit Rachaelcarman.com to join her online community of moms who are taking the dare to be in the word themselves as a top priority in the journey of motherhood.
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CHILL OUT: pt 2. Today, we will dive into the H and I. In Mark 6:31 God calls us to "Hit the Breaks" on our lives and lean into the fact that Jesus sees us, knows us, and wants to invite us to trade those moments of intensity with moments of rest. Also in Hebrew 12:1-3, he tells us to ignore the competition and the opposition. We often get distracted by the race of others around us, thinking that ours should be the same as theirs. The fact is that it is not and never will be. That is a gift from the Lord so that we can strip off the comparison that we are always falling into. Come along with us today as we dive deeper into allowing ourselves to hit the breaks and ignore the competition.
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Attention Obsessive Compulsive Perfectionist Control Freak... CHILL OUT. If this resonates with you, welcome! I am so glad that you have found this short series! This is for the people that can't quite seem how to allow God to be God and take a step back from the control panels. When you feel like you have to be God and that you have to do it all for Him, especially when it comes to your kids. Today we are going to dive into the C of CHILL OUT and see how we are able change the way that we thing. Let's open up to Romans 12:1-2 to see what scripture has to say to us who fall into this camp.
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M&M #1: Psalm 1. Either you follow hard after God or you don't. But that doesn't come immediately. How do we love God and follow him while living within our limits so that we are able to flourish in our walks with God? The primary job for us is to know who God is and know Him deeply. When you understand that, everything else tends to fall into place. Dive in with us as we lean into memorizing and meditating on Psalm 1 and look at what it looks like to follow hard after God.
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Meet My Man, Part 2. Last episode, you heard about how we met but in this episode we will be talking about God's faithfulness throughout our marriage, specifically the hard moments of marriage. Listen in to see how God has carried us through. Also, give our other Podcast a listen, where we talk all about homeschooling in "Let's talk about Homeschooling".
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Today, meet my man! Davis will be joining us to give you an insight on the first couple years of marriage and all the events to lead us to where we are today.
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2023. What a time to start a new M&M Series where we are learning how to Abide in Christ?! Tune in today to take a deeper look into John 15 to see what it looks like to abide through practice, an invitation, and perseverance. I am going to give you a small glimpse of where we are going in this new M&M series while also posing the question of "Where are we abiding?". I am so looking forward to focusing up in this new year and learning how to love the Lord more day by day with all of you!
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Journaling. A topic that many of us move away from due to mixed emotions about what will be brought up in the process. So in this podcast, I am going to advocate for something that seems really hard. How do we process through the joys and pains of life using journaling and prayer? We all have things bottled up inside of us and we may not know what to do with it or just don't want to deal with it. So how do we dare, as believers, to go to God in prayer rather than social media with the feelings that we have? How do we walk the line between putting it all out there in the name of being real while still being wise with our words and the medium that we use?
Your journals do not have to be just prayers. They can contain life updates, conversations with God, reminders of God's faithfulness, or anything that is healing to your soul. There are so many options of what your time in journaling can bring. I hope that you can be encouraged to venture into something hard with me and feel connected to not only your feelings but ultimately to the Lord with the art of journaling!
Resources:
- Valley of Vision by Arthur Bennett
- The Dairy of Anne Frank
- Becoming Elizabeth
- A Chance to Die
- In the Shadow of the Almighty
- Devotedly
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What does it look like to pack away another year? 2022 is over and so what does it look like to finish well? Some years are easier to move away from and leave behind, but that doesn't mean that God doesn't use those years that you would rather forget about. Sometimes He uses those in abundance. Today we will take a look at Philippians 3 and gain a better grasp of the main theme, which is Joy! We will dive into what it means to rejoice in the Lord, beware of people that do evil, and put no confidence in your flesh.
As we leave 2022, what are we going to leave behind and what are we going to carry with us into the next year? Our goal, as Paul tells us, is to gain Christ and hope in His resurrection. So follow along with me as we dive into Philippians 3 and Psalm 103 together!
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Saints, Seeking, and Serving. What does it look like to seek God? Sometimes we pray prayers and expect something out of God but when that prayer is not answered exactly the way that we want it to, we think chalk it up to being unanswered. What does that say about the way that we view God and the way that we seek Him out? Today we will take a deeper dive in Luke 2: 25-35 to gain a better understanding on what it looks like to seek and serve the Lord and those around us.
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