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243 | How to Be a Gospel-Centered Mom with Laura Wifler Jul 17, 2025

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For the mamas who just want to raise their kids WELL in Christ, today, we’re talking about being a Gospel mom.

I’m joined by Laura Wifler—wife, mama, writer, podcaster, and co-founder of the global nonprofit Risen Motherhood.

Laura’s new book, cowritten with Emily Jensen, Gospel Mom, is for moms longing to live a Christ-centered life in the midst of messy, mundane motherhood.

We dive deep into:

What it really means to be a Gospel-centered mom
How to tune out the noise of parenting advice and tune into truth
Why the “little years” of motherhood are not “lost years”—and how God is at work in them
Letting go of the “what if” and living faithfully in the “what is”
Encouragement for weary moms navigating comparison, unmet expectations, and daily overwhelm

Laura reminds us that our value doesn’t come from how productive or perfect we are—but from being rooted in Jesus and resting in His grace.

🎉 Grab Laura’s new book Gospel Mom (and don’t miss the companion workbook!): https://amzn.to/3IoYKoS

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242 | God’s Love in Foster Care, Misconceptions & Uplifting Kids in Crisis with Jessica Mathisen Jul 10, 2025

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In this powerful episode, we’re joined by Jessica Mathisen — foster mom, adoptive mom, and bio mom — whose mission is to help others know the deep love of God.

Jessica shares her journey through foster care and adoption, what led her to open her heart and home, and how God’s love shines through every part of the process.

We talk about:

What it’s really like to be a foster and adoptive mom
Misconceptions about children in foster care
What the Church needs to better understand and do
How we as a community can better support foster families
The hardest and most rewarding parts of fostering
Why Jessica wrote No Matter Where I Go and how it’s making a difference

This is a must-listen for anyone who’s been curious about fostering or wants to love families in crisis well. Don’t miss it!

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241 | 6 Simple Ways to Grow Closer to God This Summer (Even When Life Feels Out of Routine!) Jul 03, 2025

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Summer can be full of sunshine, beach trips, and spontaneous fun—but it can also throw your routine completely off track, and staying consistent in your walk with God might feel harder than usual.

But it doesn’t have to be!

In today’s episode of She Lives Purposefully, I’m sharing 6 simple and meaningful ways to keep growing in your relationship with God this summer—even when your schedule is all over the place.

These ideas are flexible, doable, and perfect for busy Christian women, moms, or anyone who’s craving deeper faith in this season.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

🌿 How prayer walks with my baby boy have changed my daily rhythm 📖 30-day Bible reading plans that are actually realistic for summer 🌅 Why your evenings might be the perfect time to connect with God 👯‍♀️ Ideas for starting or joining a summer Bible study with friends 🚗 How to turn your commute or vacation travel into a worship drive 🧠 A fun new idea for weekly Scripture memory (inspired by my husband!)

Resources Mentioned: ✨ FREE Bible Reading Plans and Studies: https://www.shelivespurposefully.com/resources/ ✨ Worship Playlist for Your Summer Drives: https://tinyurl.com/2pwmhy4c

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Show Outline

00:00 We can and should grow in God whether we have routine or not

2:10 I’m so thankful for our Christian community and I’m emotional about it!

3:20 Potential podcast topic we might talk about soon

4:00 6 practical ways to grow in God this summer

4:45 Prayer walks

6:25 Short and conquerable Bible reading plans

8:15 Spend time with Jesus in the evening

9:15 Gather with Christians, church, and Bible studies during the week

11:10 Worship drives

12:50 Weekly memory verses

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240 | Delighting in God, the Importance of Bible Study, WRONG teachings with Elle Cardel Jun 26, 2025

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Have you ever struggled to delight in God or even know what that means practically? Did you know that God delights in YOU?

Today, I am joined by Elle Cardel from Daughter of Delight. We talk about delighting in the Lord, spending time in the Bible, the truth that God delights in us, fighting perfectionism, and changing the mentality of the need to earn God’s favor.

Show Outline:

00:00 Intro

04:30 What does delighting in God mean?

10:00 Practical ways to grow in our delight of God; being too busy for God; and the importance of Scripture

15:00 Nothing satisfies like our God does

18:00 Fighting the lie that we don’t need to study God’s Word

21:00 Popular, WRONG Biblical teachings to be wary of

24:30 “God won’t give us more than we can handle”… or will He?

31:00 God delights in YOU

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239 | Stewarding Our Bodies Well: A Christian Approach to Health with Chrissy Evans Jun 19, 2025

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Why should Christian women who want to live for Jesus consider their health? Why do most people struggle with their health?

Today’s conversation is all about healthy living all through a Biblical mindset.

Today on the show, I’m joined my Chrissy Evans who is the wife to Heath Evans, former NFL player and analyst; a mother; and a business owner, who after losing 150 pounds became passionate about helping women break free from diet culture, weight loss gimmicks, and modern feminism’s false promises. She loves encouraging women to honor God with their bodies marriages and families.

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238 | Trading Your Shame and Hiding for Freedom and Redemption in Jesus with Morgan Krueger Jun 12, 2025

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Morgan Krueger, LO Sister Ambassador, former Live Original Team member, content creator, author, wife and mama, joins me on the podcast today to talk about sin, shame, hiding as Christians and how we can trade that in to experience redemption and freedom in Jesus!

We talk about feeling disqualified from God loving us or using us because of our past (or present) sin. And Morgan shares her testimony and what the Lord showed her about God’s heart for her.

Get her book Goodbye Hiding, Hello Freedom: https://amzn.to/4iZRDA2

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237 | Find healing rest from overwhelm and anxiety with Becky Thompson Jun 05, 2025

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USA Today bestselling author and founder of the ministry gathering 2 million moms a night in prayer - the Midnight Mom Devotional online community - Becky Thompson joins us on the podcast! Christian momma’s who struggle with overwhelm or anxiety, raise your hands! That’s me too. And I had the joy of being SO uplifted by Becky Thompson.

Together we talk about finding healing rest for moms, wearing overwhelm as a badge of honor and why that’s not ok, why moms are experiencing anxiety in huge numbers, trusting Jesus to safely hold us, how to practically rest when you just can’t stop and MORE.

Becky’s book Healing Rest: https://amzn.to/4d173m6

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236 | Breaking the Silence: Porn, Shame, Betrayal Trauma, and God’s Power to Heal with Ashley Jameson May 29, 2025

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Trigger warning and PSA: In this episode we discuss a lot of hard topics that may be triggering for some. This conversation is not meant for little ears.

Today on the show, I am joined by Ashley Jameson, Associate Director of Women’s Groups for Pure Desire to discuss the new study that revealed 40% of Christian women use pornography.

We talk about Ashley’s personal experience with addiction and betrayal trauma, God’s truth and power through sin and shame, why this conversation matters, resources, the science behind addiction, that you CAN find freedom and how to do that, and encouragement for those impacted by betrayal trauma.

Find more resources here: https://puredesire.org/resources/

Find more tools here: https://puredesire.org/tools/

00:00 Intro and trigger warning

04:00 Ashley’s experience

07:00 Why is pornography a struggle?

12:40 Can we conquer addiction?

15:30 “It’s not hurting anyone” and “I have it under control”

22:00 Why it’s important to talk about

27:00 Find healing, hope, and freedom

39:00 Encouragement for those impacted by betrayal trauma

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235 | Conquering FOMO and embracing where God has you NOW with Hope Reagan Harris May 22, 2025

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We’re talking about conquering the fear of missing out and embracing where God has you right NOW instead of just looking to what’s next with author, podcaster and founder of the GLOBAL movement Purpose Doesn’t Pause, Hope Reagan Harris.

We talk about the key to conquering FOMO, finding contentment and purpose TODAY, balancing ambition and success with contentment, comparison, slowing down, saying “YES” to God’s calling, and taking leaps of faith.

Get Hope’s book: https://amzn.to/44XhCEO

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234 | True identity, being a technicolor woman, going ALL IN for Jesus with Courtney Smallbone May 15, 2025

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What is our TRUE identity? What does the word “helper” mean in the Bible? How do we live out our distinct calling? What does it mean to be a technicolor woman and go from living in black and white to FULL COLOR?

Jesus spoke right to me through this conversation with author, speaker, mom, and wife to Luke Smallbone, part of the Grammy-winning duo For King + County., Courtney Smallbone!

She also shares her testimony that she says she’s not yet been asked before! And she exhorts us with a powerful encouragement to go all in on Jesus ASAP.

Get Courtney’s Book: https://amzn.to/4iPPG9o

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