She Yearns Podcast

Do you ever feel as if God has changed his mind? Decided against you? Chosen someone else? Does he even still speak? Maybe He's moved on past you? Well, if so, you wouldn't be alone.  Tune in to this final episode in season 4 to find hope. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

You know the feeling. The deep depression.  The knowledge that you just did WHATEVER you didn't want to do, again. The sense of defeat can be overwhelming. How can you ever get on the winning side? Is there even a way? To these questions and more, Jesus gives us answers and a hope worth obtaining. In this episode, you will find five ways to fight the enemy Jesus utilized that you can begin using today.Don't forget to grab the free Resources that go along with this series, Truths Jesus Taught at SheYearns.com. Just click on the bar at the top of the page, "Get the FREE Reading Plan"Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

This is not another seminar on the latest or greatest Just Trust Me gimmicks for how to get ahead in your business or organization. Instead, it's a look at what Jesus taught about how to lead and how he led that demonstrates for us how to lead well. Whether it be the local PTA, the neighborhood gardening club, a church ministry, or a corporation, there are elements to emulate from Jesus available to us in Scripture. Cheri offers five in this episode.Don't forget to pick up your free resources to go along with the series, Truths Jesus Taught, at the top bar at sheyearns.com.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

If someone were to ask you if you were a prayer person, you would likely say, "Yes." But if that same person were to ask you if those prayers were effective, or if you believed God even heard them, there would likely be a very different response. One major reason would be because we don't know if we even know what we are doing. This episode looks at what Jesus had to say about prayer -- what to do and what NOT to do. Take these ten suggestions and see how they work in your own prayer life today. Don't forget to become a subscriber at SheYearns.com and get a free reading plan.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Have you ever doubted your faith? If not, you are in the minority. The truth is, most of us question what we believe and why we believe it more than we would like to admit. So what do we do when we doubt? And how can we be certain after we have doubted? This is where the rubber meets the road and the Bible does not leave us alone to figure it out for ourselves. If you have found yourself doubting your faith, this is an episode you won't want to miss. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Let's be honest. There are a lot of things Jesus offers to rally around. Unmerited Grace. Mercy. Forgiving everything we have ever done or ever will do, forgetting it, AND taking the punishment for it. But then there are some aspects of being a follower of Christ that feel like hugging a porcupine or are about as smart as enticing a skunk to your porch with a can of cat food. Yet, they are the essence of Christianity.  Today let's lean in to encounter what we may have been ignoring and consider embracing more of what Jesus has to offer in the Gospel. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

It sounds exclusive. Call it narrow. Anyone holding to a religion that accepts teaching that there can be only one way to God, is definitely small-minded, according to current cultural tides. The problem is, this belief is fundamental to basic Christianity.  Why? How can we know it's true?  And what could be said to express this belief gracefully in your everyday life? It's a worthy conversation today and needed for helping us interact with others. This episode is part of an eight-part series on Truths Jesus Taught. If you would like to go deeper than today's discussion, visit www.sheyearns.com and download the free resources designed to accompany this series: a 30-day Bible reading plan, a Scripture writing guide, and a printable journal. Grab your copy from the bar at the top of the page that reads, Get the Reading Plan.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Frank Burns from the t.v. show M.A.S.H. once said, "It's nice to be nice to the nice." I think those were the sentiments of the lawyer who questioned Jesus about who exactly was his neighbor. But the answer Jesus gave was not in line with Frank Burns. How do we love our neighbor, Jesus-style, in 2021? Here are at least 15 ways you can begin today.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

One of the most important things Jesus taught was to love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. How does a person set out to do this? What does it look like in everyday life? Today this episode looks at seven ways we can learn to love God in our ordinary life. There is much more on this topic from Cheri in her 8-week Bible study, Life Principles for Living Out the Greatest Commandment. Be sure to check out the FREE Resources available for this series at www.sheyearns.com. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

We have been talking about desiring more of God for the past several weeks. As the series comes to a close, we need to bring it all together to consider what it looks like in real, everyday life to live like you mean it. What characterizes a person who genuinely savors Jesus day by day in what they do? We've settled on five characteristics that stand out and that we can take steps toward incorporating into our own lives today. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

What about those times when I don't desire God? Where does that leave me? What do I do? And how do I move beyond it? It's a very real place for a lot of people, and we need to know what to do when we feel this way. In today's episode, we answer these questions and more that surface when we don't yearn for God. You can download more free resources to accompany this episode here.Become a subscriber and get the Show Notes delivered to your InBox here. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

If we know we should yearn for or desire more of God, how exactly does a person do it? What does it look like? And how do we go about it today and tomorrow in our lives? These are the questions we are seeking to answer in our first series of 2021, entitled She Yearns. And don't forget to download the FREE resources to accompany this focus at www.sheyearns.com. This link will take you directly to the FREEBIE. There you can receive a 30-day Reading Plan, a Scripture Writing Schedule, and a super cute Journal that follow the topic and focal passages, allowing you to go deeper into the study of God's word for yourself.  Also, if you have not yet become a subscriber to the Show Notes, You can do so here. Thanks for listening! Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Welcome to Season #4! Our theme for the month is Desiring God. The first question we should ask is whether or no this is even something a regular Christian should do? And how do you know if you are, or when you are not longing or yearning for more of Jesus in your life? These are the questions we are tackling in this episode. And be sure to check out the FREE resources to accompany this topic found at www.sheyearns.com - Reading Plan, Writing Plan, and Journal, Oh My! Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Are you a worrier? 2020 has a lot of us biting our nails to see it through. What do you do with your anxiety? How do you find the way to trust God for all that has you in turmoil? Because the world is so cray cray, now is a good time to focus on what the Bible teaches, along with good sound advice for how to find our way to calm. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

I know. You are more than ready to say farewell to 2020. The next year promises to be more full of sunshine and hope-filled days. Rather than pulling up the covers and sleeping through the end of the year, let's make our time count and leave 2020 better than we found it. You can do experience a better ending to a not-so-good year by making a spiritual game plan for finishing 2020 strong and working that plan. You can find out more on today's broadcast. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

I know. You want 2020 to just go away. It's been too much. I get it. Before you pull the covers over your head and pray for January, let's do something that will make an eternal difference. Take a look at these five transformational must-reads Cheri has put together. Use this time when your schedule might allow for being home more with less to do for igniting more desire for God in the stuff of everyday life. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

What? Planks not your fav? The thought of running give you the blues? So maybe you are not going for Best Body 2020, especially with all the quarantine snacking, but have you ever considered maintaining a fit and healthy body as more than selfish ambition, but part of your worship of God? The Bible has a thing or two to say about that to move us away from focusing on ourselves and aim our eyes on what really matters. In this episode, Cheri discusses five guiding principles we can use today.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

The end of the summer ushers in a list of too many things to get done in a day or even a month. How do we get it all done or know what to focus upon or leave undone? What is the best thing to pursue? What can go? These are daily quandaries. That is why we have spent the last episode and this one focusing on the essentials. Today we finish five needed for consistently, prayerfully, and biblically prioritizing our time.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

How are you going to get it all done? It's that time again. The list-making. The rushing around. The feeling that you are never enough is slowing edging back in. Add a pandemic and it's the perfect making of stress overload. If you could just get control over The List. But how to know what to leave and what is a must? That is what we are talking about today. Five essentials for prioritizing your time. You won't want to miss it. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Have you been there? You know. Stuck. In the same place. Going nowhere. Lost your MoJo place? When you find yourself in this familiar place it's hard to get UnStuck. In the episode we will discover five strategies for moving beyond this difficult place. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Raising twin boys has brought challenges mixed with the gammat of emotional responses. Thankfully the Bible is rich with insights and help for how to navigate our prayers when it comes to aiming boys toward loving God with their lives. In this episode, we are offering five powerful prayers that utilize Scripture to give focus and intentionality as you pray over your child or grandchild. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

In the middle of uncertainty and the mundane, your daughter is going through a lot, just like you. How can you pray for her? What does she need most? Today, this PhD mother of six daughters brings to light five essential prayers for your daughter during these crucial times. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Do you ever feel weak? Weak in the knees? Have you looked at the waggle in your arms lately? Wouldn't you like to become a stronger you? Can you believe the Bible encourages you to become a stronger version of yourself? What does it take and how do we get there? Today Cheri helps to answer these questions in this latest episode of the Stirring Faith Podcast.For Show Notes visit  https://www.sheyearns.com/category/podcasts/What to join Plans with Friends as we read She Prays: Prayer for Battling Fear on YouVersion? https://bible.com/p/30424708/e18225ad01f6671866e8e250601a7467Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Hey there, Mom! There's some stuff you need to know about. It's scary. And it might be on their phones. If it's alarming to the general public, then any Christian mom definitely needs to up her game. Go ahead and get well on your way to becoming a Super Technologically Savvy Mom by learning about the Five most dangerous apps of 2020 right here. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Feeling like your prayers are going nowhere? Does it seem like God doesn't see you or hear you? Why does it feel like God answers some people more than others? Is there something you are missing? Some formula or secret? Questions like these haunt us when we are frustrated feeling as if God is not listening. But it doesn't have to be this way. The Bible teaches us a lot about prayer if we will look. Today we find five keys to powerful prayer in the pages of a story ready and available to meet us in our need. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

If you have ever thought, "There must be a better way!" about most things Mom-ish, this episode is for you. This mom of eight brings to light five areas most moms struggle in and offers one game-changing hack for each that is sure to bring you some help and encouragement. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Some things are just hard. They may not get better. The relationship may stay sour, the disorder may remain, and the culture may never change. How does a person find joy in the middle of all the difficulty and the darkness? In this episode, we talk about five steps for finding joy in the hard things God calls us to.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

How do you know how to best spend your time? What should your goals really be? Should you change direction now that the world has turned on its side, or just stay the course? These types of questions and more are common for many Christians as we try to seek out what God would have us do with our lives. But for every opportunity taken, something is rejected. How does a person know what to do? Although the path is not spelled out in the sky or written specifically in the Bible, there are strategies we can apply for recognizing, not only what is acceptable but what is the best course for our lives. In this episode, we look at five that you can begin to utilize today.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

There are a lot of reasons to be more than ready to move on from where we are today. From the economy to business to the worldwide health crisis -- the outlook can lean negative. But if we step back a moment, we can identify benefits and even move toward experiencing some. In this episode, Cheri illuminates five benefits from sheltering in place. Don't miss the opportunity to join in the newest release from YouVersion, Flourish in Your Present, by going through this link to be a part of Plans with Friends this week.  https://bible.com/p/27379221/c769e9f9ec1f7cfa6e4e8a4f6f379436Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Looking for ideas for how to celebrate Mom this Mother's Day while you are stuck at home? Don't worry. It's not too late. In the next ten minutes, you will hear five of the best ideas for honoring Mom this year when you are quarantined and limited in so many ways. Who knows? It could be her best Mother's Day ever. Allow me to invite you to join in reading the newest YouVersion reading plan: Here is your invitation. https://bible.com/p/27379221/c769e9f9ec1f7cfa6e4e8a4f6f379436Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Scary stuff. That's what you are I are facing right now. There is no doubt. More people are fearful of the present and future across the globe than we have experienced in decades. And it's real. There are genuine reasons to be afraid. How does a Christian respond to the fear and anxiety within and the uncertainty looming out in front of her? The Bible offers at least five ways for overcoming fear we can use immediately and that's what Cheri is talking about in today's episode. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

So you're stuck at home? In fact, you've been there for quite a while. The house is clean. The yardwork is done. That project you had been saving is complete. Now what? How does a person buy back the time and make these moments really matter in the middle of a quarantine? What are you going to do with the hours in the day? And how can you think beyond yourself? These realtime issues many of us are facing during COVID-19 are exactly what Cheri aims to address in today's episode. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

When we find ourselves in the middle of an extended crisis, we can either continue to wait it out on the couch in the same clothes we've worn for three weeks, or we can look for the opportunities God may have for us in the middle of the mess. How do we live in such a way that we make this moment matter, Sheltered in Place or otherwise? That's what we are talking about today on the podcast. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Fear and anxiety have such a powerful grip on so many of us it is difficult to think much beyond just getting through this season. But God has more in store for you than merely surviving. It doesn't have to be that way. Habakkuk brings us certainty in how to flourish in our present on today's episode with Cheri Strange. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

From my Shelter in Place to yours -- I'm so happy to meet with you! Today I'm bringing you a little taste of life on the Strange side. With ten people we are living on the edge, not only with the CDC, but likely on many nerves under our roof. Add the stresses of the Coronavirus and a couple of new puppies and that would be our real life. But that's not going to help you in your real life, so what we are offering comes from the unchanging reliable Word of God. The writer of Hebrews prays for more than toilet paper in the middle of difficulties. In these words, we find encouragement for how to face our own current situation. Join us for this episode as we discover four strategies for peace and purpose in the middle of real life. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

How do you handle stress of epic proportions? Cheri tells us how they go Big at the Strange house and in like manner, she pushes our eyes upward during a time when we are facing a crisis together. Get out of the dumps and discover how to look upward in a time when we are so prone to discouragement. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Purchasing too much of what won't really help is not the only response to a pandemic. It also draws out a lot of fear. It causes us to look for Hope that is certain and unchanging which only comes through faith in Jesus. How can you and I offer this kind of hope? By possessing a grounded faith. What this looks like and how to give it away is what we are talking about today. You are needed for such a time as this. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Have you experienced our sister podcast, She Prays? This week you have an opportunity to get a taste of what that broadcast is all about. Before they disappear you can find three of our most recent episodes back to back. We hope you enjoy these selections and choose to follow the RSS for She Prays on iTunes. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

How is it that we find favor with God? Is it what we do or who we are? How much does it cost and is it a possibility for me? We think these types of questions, especially when we see others who seem to have it. In this episode, we investigate an example of someone who found favor with the Lord and discuss how it relates to life today. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Sometimes we know things in our heads but not experientially. Do you know that God loves you? Most people answer with a textbook answer. Yes. They know they SHOULD. But in real life? Not exactly. How can we know and experience the love of God as our own reality? Today Cheri looks at three ways this happens in the life of a Believer. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Have you ever felt like the Presence of God has gone missing? Today Cheri Strange shows us five things that will help stir our faith when we feel like God is just standing in the back of our lives. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Can you have an experience like Moses and the burning bush? Well, maybe not exactly, but God does choose to speak to His children in ways they can understand. These mainly come through His Word, but also through other avenues, like people and circumstances. The main thing is not to miss it. Today, Cheri offers five keys to experiencing your burning bush. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Yea! It's finally here! We have successfully moved AND changed our name from The She Yearns Podcast to STIRRING FAITH with Cheri Strange. This is our first official episode and I'm so glad you are here. Also, don't miss the opportunity to enter the contest. Check it out on today's broadcast. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

There is never enough time. You can't do it. Something is wrong with you. Your brain must be broken. Nothing sticks! You simply cannot memorize Scripture. You know you should if only you there was a way. In today's episode, Cheri takes the rocket-science out of memorizing Scripture to encourage you to take that next step toward success. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

In this episode, we look at how to pray to God when we need help, particularly when we are in trouble. The Psalms make it so easy because they are songs and prayers prayed back to God that we can use to do the same. Cheri provides an example for how to use these verses in your verse life and begin praying Scripture over your own life and begin doing so for others in your life. Note this podcast is moving to have its own RSS outside of the She Yearns Podcast in the coming days. Stay tuned and ready to get the new feed. Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Looking for some practical ways to help you focus on the meaning of the season? In this episode, Cheri shares five tips for cultivating an attitude and atmosphere of thankfulness, with encouragement and ideas to make this season more than football games and shopping.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Do you ever just want to quit? You're just too tired? It's taking too long? Nothing is working out? You have had enough? Your strength is gone? Well, you are not alone. The good news is there is encouragement found in the Bible and hope for a stronger future.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

If you were to tell me I could only take five things with me that would continue to stir up my faith and encourage me to move forward, I know exactly what I would take. That's what we are here to talk about on this episode of the She Yearns Podcast.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

There are times when I doubt God is able to do what He says He can do in me and question Who He has promised to be. That's why I'm thankful there are places in the Bible that speak directly to that need and help us learn how to pray and trust in God's character and faithfulness. This edition of the podcasts leads us to Psalm 138 and provides a prayer just for you.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

It's one thing to get to know your coworkers, your mother-in-law, or feel like you know a famous person through the media. But if the God of the universe finds pleasure in His people knowing Him, how does that work exactly on a personal basis? This episode looks at three key points of Scripture that help point us in the right direction for finding out just how God makes Himself known.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)

Do you ever just want to cry out for God to listen to you? Can we do that? The Bible contains beautiful prayers that give words to our emotions. This episode looks at two places that give us permission to do exactly that. I hope you will join us.Support the show (https://www.sheyearns.com/donate/)