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In this powerful episode, we dive into the story of the woman with the issue of blood from Mark 5. For 12 long years, she lived in isolation, pain, and shame. Yet, with one bold act of faith—reaching out to touch Jesus' garment—everything changed. God didn't just heal her physically; He saw her, acknowledged her, and restored her in every way. This story is a beautiful reminder that God sees you in the midst of your struggles. He knows your pain, and He deeply cares about your life, no matter how invisible you may feel. Join me as we explore how this woman's story reflects God's incredible love and compassion for each one of us. You are not forgotten—He knows your heart, and His power is at work in your life. Listen now to be encouraged and strengthened in your faith. Connect with me at worthypursuit@yahoo.com
Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Do you wander how God speaks to you? Is it confusing and make you walk away in confusion? Sarah shares life stories and Scriptures on how God speaks to us every day.
In this episode, Associate Pastor Jason White is joined by the Missions and Outreach Pastor at the Revival Center, Brandy Wallis and the Outreach Director Kara Wallis. In this episode, Pastor Jason and Pastor Brandy and Pastor Kara talk about the upcoming events that are happening in the Revival Center's Women Ministry. Revival Talks is a series of discussions where staff from our church and members of our community sit down and talk about various topics in light of what is going on in our church, our community, and our world.For more information about our church visit us on our website, our Facebook page, and our YouTube.
Minister and Speaker Lauren "Loli" Thompson; Co-Host of W.O.W Women Overcoming & Winning, along with Ps. Teaira Williams, shares an impactful and detailed testimonies about her life growing up. This episode captures key notes and encouragement for all; both women and men, to help bring healing and continue allowing God to transform your life in the way he designed and created you to be. Find them in Talk The Talk, currently on Tuesday evenings at 7pm (Eastern)Zoom Meeting 5088496545Like on Facebook: W.O.W Women Overcoming & WinningCheck out Da GATE 33:Apparel Art & more www.DaGate33.coDaGate33 Muzik @dagate33muzik ZeyRado Art @zeyrado33 Melody Voz y Voice @voiceoverbymelody IG X FB Pin : @DaGate33 Contact & Prayer requests gate33ministries@gmail.com
Rev. Hannah Attaway continues our Word Search sermon series with "Enjoy." Pastor Hannah challenges us on what it would look like to intentionally enjoy our lives as God purposed for us. She uses a post that Elmo made on "X" to illustrate that the realities of 2024 have not made it easy...but there is Hope. — Stay connected with Hope Church Memphis: Website • HopeChurchMemphis.com Instagram • @Hope4Memphis TikTok • @Hope4Memphis Facebook • @Hope4Memphis Prayer • HopeChurchMemphis.com/Prayer Giving • HopeChurchMemphis.com/GiveRev. Hannah Attaway continues our Word Search sermon series with "Enjoy." Pastor Hannah challenges us on what it would look like to intentionally enjoy our lives as God purposed for us. She uses a post that Elmo made on "X" to illustrate that the realities of 2024 have not made it easy...but there is Hope. — Stay connected with Hope Church Memphis: Website • HopeChurchMemphis.com Instagram • @Hope4Memphis TikTok • @Hope4Memphis Facebook • @Hope4Memphis Prayer • HopeChurchMemphis.com/Prayer Giving • HopeChurchMemphis.com/Give
This is a message from a women congress of Deeper Life Christian Ministry probably in the Early Mid 90`s
What do you do when your spouse is diagnosed with a terminal illness only a year into your marriage? Jarie Bolander, author of, “Ride or Die: Loving Through Tragedy, A Husband's Memoir,” offers a unique perspective when it comes to such a situation.0:09 Introduction to today's guest 1:55 Jarie and Jane's story 9:02 Why write, “Ride or Die?”14:40 How did you handle the stress of the situation? 17:17 Learning to ask for help 24:23 Tell us about your spiritual journey 30:36 The importance of a strong community
Bobby Harrington is a lead pastor, author, disciple-maker coach, and trainer of other leaders. Dr. Harrington is the point-leader of renew.org and the Executive Director or Discipleship.org . Dr. Harrington and I chat about the importance of a clear definition of discipleship within every local church, trends he has observed in the area of dsciple-making within today's church cultures, and we discuss some shocking outcomes discipleship.org discovered in the national disciples making study they did alongside Exponential. Show NotesSupport the showBe on a Journey of Ruth episode. Call 602-935-0369 and answer the final question we ask every guest: Since none of us are supposed to live alone, who has helped you along in your journey?Help Courtney with her upcoming book by taking the Discipleship Survey (for women only)Purchase Your Bible Journal HereSign up for our JOR Inside Look Emails Facebook | Instagram Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and a review and be sure to follow us over on Youtube!
Do you ever give up to soon in your prayer life? We all know that God knows our every need, even before we ask it. So why even ask? Won't He give it to me if He really wants to? Prayer does a lot more than give us what we want or act as some wish list at Christmas time. Prayer has the ability to change our hearts and steer us in a whole new life direction. But what if we give up on a prayer to soon? Today, let's talk about being persistant. I mean, annoying persistance!! Using Matthew 7, we are encouraged to continue asking until one of two things happens: 1) God grants us what we ask for or 2) God changes our hearts to ask for something different.
Laura Bruder works for Brave Love, a pro-adoption movement dedicated to changing the perception of adoption by acknowledging birth moms for their brave decision. Laura and I chat about the impact that creating an adoption plan can have for a mom experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. We discussed the emotions that birth mom go through before and after placing their child with an adoptive family, the benefits of considering an open adoption, the need that birth moms have for a community who understands what they have experience, and how adoptive families can honor the mother of their adopted child. This is a really important and necessary conversation. Whether you have adopted children, chosen adoption yourself, or maybe even know someone who made the brave choice to choose adoption, this conversation is for you.Show NotesSupport the showBe on a Journey of Ruth episode. Call 602-935-0369 and answer the final question we ask every guest: Since none of us are supposed to live alone, who has helped you along in your journey?Help Courtney with her upcoming book by taking the Discipleship Survey (for women only)Purchase Your Bible Journal HereSign up for our JOR Inside Look Emails Facebook | Instagram Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and a review and be sure to follow us over on Youtube!
Sarah Jane Ho is a wife, mom of 5, pastor, and mental health therapist. She leads the Nations of Change Church in Pakistan via Zoom, and has a heart that is passionate about women understanding God's heart for His daughters. We pray you'll come away from this episode built up and encouraged by this truth. What We Chat about in Today's Episode: ~How the church in Pakistan came about ~How important it is to walk by the Spirit and how we shortchange ourselves and miss out when we are not in close relationship with the Holy Spirit and hearing His voice and heeding His direction ~How the Nations of Change Church in Pakistan is set up logistically ~The importance of God-nudges and how sometimes people won't understand what God is calling us to - because He hasn't called them to it ~The issue of hierarchy in our churches and how damaging it can be to our relationships in the Body; what 1 Timothy 2 is actually teaching about women teaching men and the cultural and historical context behind that passage ~The problem with reading and interpreting Scripture through western eyes ~Joining both complementarians and egalitarians together around the good news of the gospel and working together to reduce the subjugation and mistreatment of women in the church ~Studying Scripture by keeping in mind context, culture, and content ~How Sarah's position as associate pastor and pastoring women has helped women to understand how God truly views them and the heart He has for them ~Sarah's upcoming church ministry, Our Place, a church for the marginalized and those who would not step into a typical church building ~Comparing our modern-day American church culture with the culture of the early church ~Answering the naysayers who might think that Sarah's plate is too full for her to be able to minister well to her own family; how her work has blessed and shaped her family ~How raising our children in a serving house can inspire them to be people who serve; why it's important to model for your children the kind of adults you want them to be and what you want them to think is normal as a believer building the Kingdom ~The monthly theology dates Sarah has with her daughter; the impact of these ~The importance of our being able to think critically for ourselves and interpret Scripture and hear from God on our own with the Spirit's help ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast
This week's episode you get to hear from an amazing husband and wife pastor duo! James and Sarah Hobson explore with us what it means to apply the truth of "Loving Kindness" from Micah 6:6-8! Purchas Bible Study Here: https://a.co/d/3QGvzXP About | Hill City Community Church (hc3.life) Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
Waiting is one of those things that none of us likes to do. So how do we learn to wait while also trusting the Lord and his timing? Brandi Nicole Williams, author of, “Legs Down, Prayers, Up: Six Keys to Unlocking Purpose While Waiting,” looks to answer this very question. She'll also spend time discussing her role as the Director of the African American Church Evangelism Institute at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Whether you're learning to wait on the Lord in various areas of your life, or you're wanting to learn what it's like to navigate new leadership spaces, this T Time episode is for you.0:24 Intro to today's guest 1:14 Brandi's current ministry leadership role4:06 What are some challenges you face within this role?9:19 What are some things you enjoy about your leadership position?14:57 What lessons have you learned or are you currently learning from this leadership space?16:57 Self-advocacy matters and is a value worth having21:49 Ways Brandi is currently serving with women26:36 How would you describe your book?28:36 What has learning to wait produced in your life?34:14 Life after publishing a book
In our relationships with others, conflict is inevitable. Is it possible for your connection to be stronger on the other side of conflict? Learning to deal with conflict correctly will not only benefit your friendships but also your family relationships, your professional relationships and marriage. Today Courtney talk about God's opinion of reconciliation, the correct ways to handle conflict, and the reason we should face conflict and not ignore it.Show NotesSacred by DesignYour sexuality is good, holy & beautiful. If that doesn't feel true, stay right here.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPurchase Your Bible Journal HereSign up for our JOR Inside Look Emails Facebook | Instagram Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and a review and be sure to follow us over on Youtube!
Join Tracy and our extraordinary guest, Sewa Fields as they wrap up our segment on what it means to live out the truths found in Micah 6 to DO JUSTICE. Sewa shares her powerful justice story of finding Freedom from domestic abuse and advises Jesus-followers how they can be apart of advocating and helping those around them in similar situations. Bible Study: https://a.co/d/7dSYHohMore About Sewa: https://www.sewafields.com/about Overcomer Devotional: https://www.amazon.com/Overcomer-Defeating-Anxiety-Toni-Collier/dp/0578920530/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VH5IGUDV9UD7&keywords=overcomer%20defeating%20anxiety%20%26%20abuse&qid=1650594681&sprefix=overcomer%3A%20defe%2Caps%2C281&sr=8-1 Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusa Support the show
The transition to adulthood can be very challenging relationaly and personally. As the relationship changes between adult children and their parents, the words “Honor you Mother and Father” take on a different framework. In this episode I talk about why it is crucial that your relationship with your parents changes, what the words Honor and Respect truly mean, how to show your parents love, and how to love parents that have hurt you.Show NotesSacred by DesignYour sexuality is good, holy & beautiful. If that doesn't feel true, stay right here.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPurchase Your Bible Journal HereSign up for our JOR Inside Look Emails Facebook | Instagram Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and a review and be sure to follow us over on Youtube!
When God calls you, he doesn't leave you to figure it out alone. He wants to lead you there. Meet a woman who said yes to God's call on her life despite the challenges — and be inspired to do the same.0:09 Introduction to today's guest, Jennifer Frakes.1:24 Jennifer's path to saying yes to the Lord.3:56 Stories of obeying God.6:28 How long were you in India?11:39 How has the Lord inspired you to overcome challenges in ministry?18:00 Challenges of international travel and isolation.20:02 International training for pastors and wives.25:19 How to get your church on board.28:14 Pray for our Caribbean partnerships.
Join us as we embark on a 6-part video series covering the 10 Commandments from a fresh perspective! In our culture, we have been constantly taught that using the Lord's name in vain means saying phrases such as “Oh my God.” What if we told you that is NOT all of what it actually means? Join us in the Simply HIS Coffee Shop as we discuss this controversial topic! ☃️❄️GET THE SIMPLYHIS WINTER PACKAGE!❄️☃️
Secret Shame Talking about Post-Abortion Syndrome, shame and choices, with Angel Murchison, on the latest The Cure Show with Aimee Cabo. Angel is the founder of Healing Waters Women's Ministry, the author of Good Morning Beautiful People: Angel's Prayer of the Day, and a radio talk show host on Destiny Moments. She speaks out about the impact of Post Abortion Stress and offers help and hope to women who have had an abortion like she did. Angel is the author of the book Secret Shame. https://fggam.org Aimee Cabo is a syndicated radio show host of THE CURE on Sirius XM and Truth Network, an award winning Christian author, a coach and a speaker. Godisthecure.com #Godisthecure
Secret Shame Talking about Post-Abortion Syndrome, shame and choices, with Angel Murchison, on the latest The Cure Show with Aimee Cabo. Angel is the founder of Healing Waters Women's Ministry, the author of Good Morning Beautiful People: Angel's Prayer of the Day, and a radio talk show host on Destiny Moments. She speaks out about the impact of Post Abortion Stress and offers help and hope to women who have had an abortion like she did. Angel is the author of the book Secret Shame. https://fggam.org Aimee Cabo is a syndicated radio show host of THE CURE on Sirius XM and Truth Network, an award winning Christian author, a coach and a speaker. Godisthecure.com #Godisthecure
Join Makayla Mayo, Jourdan Hicks, Alyse Owen, and Daria Holler from the Freedom Challenge Team for our final episode of the year! As we wrap up 2022, we are excited to share what the Lord has done this year and over the last decade. We are also full of anticipation for all that is to come in 2023 and beyond! If you have a Look What the Lord Has Done moment in connection with the Freedom Challenge we would love to hear about it. Send your story to the freedomchallenge.us@om.org. Links: Bible Study| https://a.co/d/hsIzuDL Catalina Island Challenge | https://www.thefreedomchallenge.com/major-challenges Regional Challenges | https://www.thefreedomchallenge.com/regional-challenges Living Freedom Newsletter | https://www.thefreedomchallenge.com/newsletterSubscribe to our Prayer Emails | https://www.thefreedomchallenge.com/prayer Freedom Champion Program | https://www.thefreedomchallenge.com/become-a-freedom-champion Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
We are celebrating that our long-awaited Jesus Walk Israel Challenge is finally complete! Join host, Tracy, as she hears from our Freedom Sister, Adriana Santovenia, on her experiences participating in this challenge. Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the showSupport the show
This world tells us to "Be Real, "be yourself", "do what makes you happy", "who cares what others think, you be you!". But is this inline with what God's word tells us or is it in complete contrast? Are we listening more to social media or to God's Word? I must admit this is a hard one! A lot of our time is spent combing through social media and unknowingly imparting the messages into our thoughts. Knowing God's Word however, will help us as we confront these messages and try to live out our christian values in this selfy obsessed world. Join me as we look at Philippians chapter 2 to see how Paul encourages us to live a life of humility and unity with one another.
Women's Conference is an annual event that seeks to bring women from all walks of life. The conference seeks to create intense sessions where different topics of need are addressed. The aim is to bring women closer to God, make a fellowship avenue, and network opportunities. The conference carries different themes as the Lord leads and this year - the Theme is WOMAN ARISE from Joshua 1:4. We hope you will meet Jesus. If you've decided to follow Jesus or would like us to pray with you, kindly reach us at 0110007504 or just slide to our DM. To support the Women Ministry at Karura Community Chapel and invest in the lives of others through your giving, kindly use MPESA Paybill NO: 532900 A/c Name: WomenConf #Becoming #WomanArise #Rooted #OnlineChurch
Join us this week for a special podcast episode with Ruth Willett, Tracy Daugherty, and Freedom Sister, Octavia Ephraim. Tracy and Octavia give us a look into what it was like climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro as well as their "Look what the Lord has done" moments while they took on this major challenge. We hope you are blessed and inspired by these testimonies! Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
Here at the encouragHER community podcast, we love stories! We adore hearing about how God is moving in your life. It is so encouraging to hear and see how He uniquely works and changes each of us over time. We continue our series called What's God up to? We have so much fun with it and love opportunities to hear from a variety of guests. Today, we catch up with Sarah Goldstein and see how her transition into many new changes has been going. Listen in. Be encouraged. Then, get out into the world and be a woman who intentionally encourages HER. Want to submit a prayer request or praise? be on the show? Have a thought to share regarding the podcast? Connect with us by using the link below. https://fellowshipsj.churchcenter.com/people/forms/340400#women #podcast
This week is conference week!! The Entrust Conference is happening this weekend in Glendale, AZ. To get us ready, we are revisiting the Q&A episode Leeann Reynolds and I did about the Conference.Get your tickets today at www.journeyofruth.com/entrust and join us for a great day of encouragement and teaching!Note: The Time of the conference has been changed to 9am - 12pm and the $5 coupon code is now expired.Leeann Reynolds and I chat about the Entrust Conference. You have heard about the Entrust conference on the podcast, but since its the first year, you probably have questions. What exactly is the Entrust conference? What will we be talking about? Who should come to the Entrust conference? Well all your questions will be answered today! Tickets for the Entrust Conference are on sale now. The conference will take place on September 24th from 9am-12pm. God is so good and has brought together an AMAZING group of nationally known speakers from all generations to come together with the point of encouraging and equipping women to courageously step out as the disciple makers God has commanded them to be. You will leave feeling prepared to disciple whoever God brings in your life and help them to also become a disciple maker! For more information and to buy your tickets head to www.journeyofruth.com/entrust. To watch the video head over to the Youtube VideoDaily Kairos Bible Journal Link: https://dailykairos.com/courtney-lowmanShow Notes for all the links!Sign up for our JOR Inside Look EmailsConnect with Courtney!Facebook | Instagram Support the show
This month as we continue to reflect and celebrate the early days of the Freedom Challenge! For this episode we have the honor of inviting Suria Scholtz, who has played a pivotal and influential role in the formation and creation of the Freedom Challenge. Listen to this episode and learn more about the history of the Freedom Challenge while hearing some amazing testimonies and "Look What the Lord has Done" moments! Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
This week I am spoke with Sharon Engram and Lori Rohlinger. Both women are widows who lost their husbands in very different seasons of life, and yet shared similar things. Sharon and Lori wanted to create a resource for widows by widows to help disciple women towards hope in a dark situation. On todays episode we discuss their book Surviving Widowhood, they describe their experience in the months and years following their husbands' deaths, share encouragement and hope for those experiencing widowhood, and offer some wisdom for those of us that may be walking alongside a widow, how we can serve and encourage her. I know that everything you will hear from Sharon and Lori is true, not only because of their heart to help women which I believe you will come to see, but also because as their shared their stories and things they experienced, they paralleled our families experience as we have walked alongside my Dad and the experiences of friends who are walking with their parents or friends who have lost a spouse. It might seem like its going to be a sad conversation, but you might be surprised how much HOPE these women have to share with us!To watch the video head over to the Youtube VideoDaily Kairos Bible Journal Link: https://dailykairos.com/courtney-lowmanShow Notes for all the links!Sign up for our JOR Inside Look EmailsConnect with Courtney!Facebook | Instagram Support the show
Over the next couple of weeks we will be taking a closer look at Psalms 23; breaking down one verse at a time. My prayer is that you will walk away with something new and perhaps deepen your love for the Father! You can follow Messy Bun & All blog via:messybunandall.cominstagram.com/messybunandall_official/Want to show your support? Find out the ways here:messybunandall.com/supportSupport the show
One widely discussed topic in the life of the church is women in leadership roles. The Bible provides direction in this area, but many times church leaders can be fearful because of history and what people say.In this Not Alone Podcast episode, SBCV's Brandon Pickett talks through the hurdles churches face and highlights biblical principles. Brandon is joined by two guests, Donna Paulk and Melissa DiManche, who share how God is working through their positions and how it is a true blessing to them and the church.Donna leads the SBCV Women's Ministry, but she is also the director of assimilation and Women Ministry and sits on the leadership team at London Bridge Baptist Church. Melissa is the worship director at the Hampton campus of LibertyLive.Church.Not Alone Podcast Episode #72
We are kicking off the month of September with taking some time to reflect back on and celebrate those early days of the Freedom Challenge! For this week's episode we have the honor of welcoming back our inspiring and beautiful Freedom Sister and Ambassador, Gildélia Moromisato! Gil shares with us some amazing "Look What the Lord Has Done" moments from those early years as well as some helpful advice for our freedom sisters getting ready to embark on a Major Challenge this fall! Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
Taking God at His word is not always easy, yet when we read a scripture so powerful as Luke 11:5-13, we long for Him to fullfill His promise. Problem is.. we have to keep living in persistence and showing up so our God can show out! We have to keep asking, keep seeking and keep knocking. When we do that, God says He will answer! Jump in with me today to see how these scriptures play out in our everyday.
Join us this week to hear an update from OM Zambia that the Freedom Challenge plays a part in supporting. Ministry leader, Anne Davidson, shares about their ministry that plays a huge part in the prevention and restoration for victims of human trafficking. She also shares some inspiring and amazing stories of life transformation that has taken place as a result of this ministry! Anne and Children Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChDABMwOYB1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
Leeann Reynolds and I chat about the Entrust Conference. You have heard about the Entrust conference on the podcast, but since its the first year, you probably have questions. What exactly is the Entrust conference? What will we be talking about? Who should come to the Entrust conference? Well all your questions will be answered today! So stay tuned because at the end we give a Coupon code for $5 off your conference ticket! Tickets for the Entrust Conference are on sale now. The conference will take place on September 24th from 9am-4pm. God is so good and has brought together an AMAZING group of nationally known speakers from all generations to come together with the point of encouraging and equipping women to courageously step out as the disciple makers God has commanded them to be. You will leave feeling prepared to disciple whoever God brings in your life and help them to also become a disciple maker! For more information and to buy your tickets head to www.journeyofruth.com/entrust. Show NotesSupport the show
As we continue to hear from men who have played a role in joining the fight against human trafficking, we are honored to have guest, Marcel Georgel on this podcast episode. Marcel has invested 44 years in the ministry of helping women and children in France. Tune in today's episode to hear about his experiences and his encouragement to other men and their roles in this area of ministry! Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
In the month of June we are bringing back the male voice to the podcast! The Freedom Challenge is a ministry that primarily consists of women, so how do men fit in to supporting the Freedom Challenge? Tune in to today's episode to hear from a special guest, Andrew Scott, President and CEO of Operation Mobilization. Andrew shares with us his experiences and how male advocacy fits within the mission of The Freedom Challenge! OM Website | www.omusa.org Bible References | Luke 4, Genesis 1, Proverbs 31Want to learn more? Visit our websites:The Freedom Challenge US: thefreedomchallenge.comOperation Mobilization USA: omusa.orgInstagram: @thefcusaSupport the show
Women Ministry Week Celebration
Elder David & Shelia Turner are founders of By Faith Not Sight, 501c3 Nonprofit Organization. They reside in Grand Prairie, TX and have been married to 31 years. They are the parents of 2 sons, Tre' & Xavier and has a 5-year-old granddaughter, X'Mauri. They are leaders of the Intercessory Prayer Ministry and leaders of the Youth Ministry at their local church, Antioch Christian Church, Irving, TX. Pastors Norris & Tonya McGill. David is an ordain Elder and is also a part of the Music Ministry at their local church and is very active with the Men's Ministry, Men of Integrity. Shelia is an author of her recent book, Daily Dose of Directions for Women in Business II. She also sits on the board of uwonte'savior 501c3 Nonprofit Organization and is very active with the Women Ministry, Phenomenal Women. In 2013, David lost his sight due to diabetes and developed a disease called Gastroparesis. This disease has kept him in and out of the hospital for 9 years. This couple loves God, and they love people. Regardless of the setbacks and obstacles that have come their way, they still find time to encourage, support and inspire others. They want everyone to know that no matter what you may go through in life, God is always there with you, and he said he will Never leave us nor forsake us.
Elder David & Shelia Turner are founders of By Faith Not Sight, 501c3 Nonprofit Organization. They reside in Grand Prairie, TX and have been married to 31 years. They are the parents of 2 sons, Tre' & Xavier and has a 5-year-old granddaughter, X'Mauri. They are leaders of the Intercessory Prayer Ministry and leaders of the Youth Ministry at their local church, Antioch Christian Church, Irving, TX. Pastors Norris & Tonya McGill. David is an ordain Elder and is also a part of the Music Ministry at their local church and is very active with the Men's Ministry, Men of Integrity. Shelia is an author of her recent book, Daily Dose of Directions for Women in Business II. She also sits on the board of uwonte'savior 501c3 Nonprofit Organization and is very active with the Women Ministry, Phenomenal Women. In 2013, David lost his sight due to diabetes and developed a disease called Gastroparesis. This disease has kept him in and out of the hospital for 9 years. This couple loves God, and they love people. Regardless of the setbacks and obstacles that have come their way, they still find time to encourage, support and inspire others. They want everyone to know that no matter what you may go through in life, God is always there with you, and he said he will Never leave us nor forsake us.
Elder David & Shelia Turner are founders of By Faith Not Sight, 501c3 Nonprofit Organization. They reside in Grand Prairie, TX and have been married to 31 years. They are the parents of 2 sons, Tre' & Xavier and has a 5-year-old granddaughter, X'Mauri.They are leaders of the Intercessory Prayer Ministry and leaders of the Youth Ministry at their local church, Antioch Christian Church, Irving, TX. Pastors Norris & Tonya McGill.David is an ordain Elder and is also a part of the Music Ministry at their local church and is very active with the Men's Ministry, Men of Integrity.Shelia is an author of her recent book, Daily Dose of Directions for Women in Business II. She also sits on the board of uwonte'savior 501c3 Nonprofit Organization and is very active with the Women Ministry, Phenomenal Women.In 2013, David lost his sight due to diabetes and developed a disease called Gastroparesis. This disease has kept him in and out of the hospital for 9 years.This couple loves God, and they love people.Regardless of the setbacks and obstacles that have come their way, they still find time to encourage, support and inspire others.They want everyone to know that no matter what you may go through in life, God is always there with you, and he said he will Never leave us nor forsake us.
Finding hope to address ministry pain is challenging. For women in ministry - or married to those who are - it can be especially so. Finding a place of understanding, safety and healing can be elusive. That's why we're so excited to share in this episode of Hope Renewed a powerful conversation we had with Kristen Joy, founder of The Ministry Wife Coach. Her deeply informed and passionate approach to resourcing women in ministry provides a much needed place of hope for those impacted by the confusion, pain and even trauma of ministry exits. Her story of finding grace in the midst of woundedness gives a strong foundation of leading others to healing. Resources Kristen's Website
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work”. 2 Tim 3:16-17 NIV All Scripture is inspired by God[a] and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Tim 3:16-17 CSB This means God's word is appropriate for any and every situation that we face: • It is breathed out by Him therefore it is legit – not man theories • Profitable for teaching – useful tool in teaching us about all things on earth • It rebukes us – our thinking needs to be confirmed to God's word Romans 12:1/ Proverbs 27:5 • It corrects us – because our ways are foolish and only the word can truly convict us • It is useful for training in righteousness – not secular or man's thinking/ opinions/ ways So based on that foundation we now turn to our topic today Definition of depression: Jay Adams: ...[Depression is] a cyclical process in which the initial problem is mishandled in such a way that it is enlarged in downward ... spirals that eventually plunge one into despair. .... The downward cycle enslaves one in hopelessness and guilt, thus bringing a slowing down or cessation of activity, called depression. (The Christian Counselor's Manual, 375) We were created in the image of God (Gen 1: 27; Col. 3:10). God has emotions, which are reliable and untainted with sin, it is ever the same and trustworthy. Our emotions are the reflection of our thoughts, motivations and desires. They follow our thinking. Most of the time our thinking is false, corrupt, fallen because of what happened in the garden. Wayne Mack gives us a quick breakdown of different types of depression: Mild depression or “normal sadness” is the kind that most of us experience when something precious is lost (Hodges 2012:Chapter 5; Mack 2006:4-18). There is nothing abnormal about this response at this time as it is appropriate to the occasion. Moreover, this kind of sadness does not result in the loss of hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Moderate depression results from a sinful response to sadness (Mack 2006:8-11; Adams 1970:148; 1973:376-377). This entails not recognising it and keeping our gaze on our circumstances rather than on God and His Word. In the Bible, we see many examples of men and women who in their depression were controlled by sinful patterns of thinking, feeling and acting, tempting them to submit to their feelings and nearly abandon hope (see Moses in Numbers 11:10-16; Elijah in 1 Kings 19:1-18; Asaph in Psalm 73; and Jonah in Jonah 4:1-11). Severe depression “is a permanent spirit of heaviness or gloom that affects, controls, and dominates every area of a person's life” (Mack 2006:15-18). Psalm 32 and 38 [km1] are very helpful in describing the total effect that this kind of depression can have on a person – on their body, emotions, actions, thoughts, motives, speech and so on. And Elijah's hopelessness as a consequence of his circumstance in 1 Kings 19 is a hallmark of severe depression.
Topic of Discussion: "What is Beauty?"
Arianna Walker is a speaker, an author and the CEO of Mercy Ministries UK- a Christian charity that works in partnership with churches across the UK to provide residential care for young women who are dealing with life controlling issues. We chat about an unfortunate car breakdown, getting a tattoo, sleeping in a cave, climbing Machu Picchu to raise funds for Mercy Ministries plus a miracle on the ski slopes. You'll love this one.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stevelegguk)
On today’s episode of the Everyday Encouragement with Beth Sargent podcast, Beth offers encouragement for those wanting to grow spiritually..
Today’s episode is a candid conversation among friends recounting the faithfulness of God. You’ll hear from Shelley Giglio as she sits down with her friends Susanne Fatigati, Daniele Flickinger, and Courtney Pray Duke. Susanne and Courtney share about the tragedies of losing their husbands, and how God brought them all together at different times to encourage and support one another. They discuss different seasons of life and how God uses community to show His kindness to us. We trust you’ll be encouraged and will want to share among your dearest people. Be sure to also check out a similar conversation from season 1 of the podcast called “Better Together” to hear more of Courtney’s story.
Evangelist Deirdre Hunt talks about her book and ministry, Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry, Breaking Shackles.
Evangelist Deirdre Hunt talks about her book and ministry, Spiritual Growth for Women Ministry, Breaking Shackles.
The Women's Ministry take over the Covenant Podcast for Episodes 13 and 14! Grace Botkins (Host) is joined Megan Lawing, Brooke Caldwell. and Jessica Hurt to talk about how to battle fear and anxiety during this stressful time! Questions For Today! 1. How have you struggled with fear?2. What has helped you overcome your fears?3. With everything that’s been going on with the virus and politics etc. How have you navigated the past few months?4. If someone you know comes to you and ask for prayer because they are fearful and worried about the future, what would be your advice to them?5. Would you all mind leading us in a prayer for those who may be struggling with fear today?
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In this podcast episode, Quonda Renee interviews D'Andrea Bolden, a mental health expert and woman in ministry. Questions asked: How did you get started in ministry? Are there any struggles you face being a women in ministry? Why is mental health important? Do you think the church does a good job with discussing mental health? Any advice you can give to people who may be battling with depression? To connect with D'Andrea Bolden please visit: www.dandreabolden.com www.raisingprophets.com www.themergeconference.com fb.com/dandreabolden1 ig @dandreabolden1 Mental Health Resource: Faith Solutions to Mental Health https://faithsolutions2mentalhealth.org/ Charity Northan, MA, LAC Need prayer? Visit the I Need A WORD Prayer Wall https://ineedaword.org/prayer-wall/
Introducing the "Be Unafraid Series," the Brave & Beautiful team shares less-talked about messages that go straight to heart issues that hold women back from moving forward in courage and purpose. Our first topic is "Be Unafraid of Transition." In Part One, the team shares how we can go from being "stuck" to "unstuck" by identifying negative mindsets that hold us back from moving into new seasons of growth.
Codependency affects every human being. We are discussing what Codependency is and how It dramatically Impacts all of your relationships & holds you back from success. Support the show (http://www.carlashellis.com/arise)
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What should women do in the church and why does it matter anyway?
Women ministry day sermon at Metro Community SDA Church 08-24-2019.mp3
This women's daily devotional will transform your ordinary path from the mundane and the mayhem into extraordinary living with Christ. You will be encouraged in your religious leadership as you read these ninety-nine inspirational devotions. You will be in awe of God’s creation of the white iris, and humbled by hidden blessings found through tragedy. Learn how the phrase “remember the toilet” reminds you to look at the positive side of an ungrateful person. Laughter abounds as Mary shares of her rotisserie experience at the sleep clinic. We often face disgusting tasks but when we transform those moments into servanthood our ordinary paths become extraordinary living with Christ. Mary's words will help you excel in Christian leadership as you are encouraged to BLOOM in all of life’s situations. Join in this special edition of the Write Stuff as I chat with Mary Rodman and her new devotional. You can call in at 646-668-8485 and press 1 to be live on air. Or, download Stitcher on your mobile device. Follow us on iTunes. Or, click on the link here: http://tobtr.com/s/11336333.
Trust God With Your Next Move
Trust God With Your Next Move
In episode 161 Zac sits down with Mary Margaret from Lifeway Students to talk about the changing face, direction, and thinking about girls ministry in your youth ministry. For our month long emphasis on #WomenInYM this is an important discussion related to the young women in your church's youth ministry today. Mary Margaret West serves as the Girls Ministry Specialist for LifeWay, which basically means that teenage girls and the women who lead them are her favorite people on the planet. She served several churches as a Girls Minister, has a master’s degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and is a former Event Coordinator. Mary Margaret has a passion to equip girls and women to dive deeply into God’s word and live out their calling. Mary Margaret is married to Jonathan and they love living in Franklin, TN. Connect with her on Twitter or Instagram."Women in the church know the needs of teenage girls better than you do."LINKS: Free Entry For Your Chance To Win $500 of prizes for a year! Contribute To The Conversation About #WomenInYMMarked PodcastSupport the show (http://community.youthministrybooster.com/)
In our 14th installment of #WomenInYM Chad Higgins sits down with Stephanie Collins of Munice Indiana NextGen Pastor at The Gathering MuncieStudied Master of Divinity at Anderson University School of Theology and Christian MinistryEmail Stephanie About Youth MinistryFriend Stephanie On FacebookFree Entry For Your Chance To Win $500 of prizes for a year! Contribute To The Conversation About #WomenInYMKey Takeaway: Accidentally In Love With All That Youth Ministry Can BeThe story of God's and the struggle for me is my call to be a pastor. I grew up in a denomination that affirms women and had trouble finding my place. I didn't start out wanting to be in youth ministry, I didn't even think about it, I fell in love with youth ministry. “We will take your student and love them no matter what” Support the show (http://community.youthministrybooster.com/)
In our 3rd installment of celebrating #WomenInYM author and minister Jen Bradbury shares her experiences, stories, and successes in ministry. As former electrical engineer, mom, youth minister, and author her insights hit right at home! Key Takeaway: Refugees And Jesus On The Other Side Of The Road “For those 8 kids, they directly chose a career path related to their local missions experience” "Mission Trips Should Be Tied Back To Ministry Our Congregations are already involved “My first year was a disaster in almost every way” "Slow down to learn the story of your congregation" YouthCartel Books Grab a copy of Jen's books! @ the Youth Cartel on Twitter Follow Jen Bradury on Twitter #WomenInYM Giveaway on Twitter Join The Twitter Conversation For #WomenInYM on TwitterSupport the show (http://community.youthministrybooster.com/)
#WomeninYM 001 Chad interviews Ana Maciel about her story, call, and learnings in youth ministry. If you are young youth minister or from a home that didn't go to church that often, this story is for you. Thanks, Ana for sharing! Key Takeaway: Find Yourself Network “One of the biggest things you can do is get connected to a network” “You need a support system” Follow Ana on Twitter #WomenInYM Giveaway on Twitter Join The Twitter Conversation For #WomenInYM on Twitter Support the show (http://community.youthministrybooster.com/)
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This week we highlight 6 callings God has for every marriage. We share personal stories and struggles we have experienced in our own marriage, as well as the importance of these callings and how they impact the marriage relationship and beyond. The 6 callings we present include Prayer Love Forgiveness Trust Purity and Generosity. These 6 callings are foundational in order for marriages to experience extraordinary. In each of these categories we share scripture, testimonies, and application. Our hope is that couples would evaluate their marriage to see if they are excelling in these callings or need to grow in them. We hope this episode is encouraging and challenging. Stay tuned each week where we will be discussing topics hoping to inspire you to cultivate an extraordinary marriage. FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT https://marriageaftergod.com https://instagram.com/marriageaftergod SHOP MARRIAGE RESOURCES https://shop.unveiledwife.com FOR WIVES https://unveiledwife.com https://facebook.com/unveiledwife FOR HUSBANDS https://husbandrevolution.com https://facebook.com/HusbandRevolution READ: We're Aaron and Jennifer Smith with Marriage After God. Helping you cultivate an extraordinary marriage. Today we're going to be talking about God's calling for your marriage. Lots of people think they have a calling or don't know what their calling might be, but we believe that there's six callings that every Christian marriage has and we're here to share 'em with you. So Aaron, before we get started, can you just explain a little bit about what does it mean to have a calling, what does it mean when you hear the word I have a calling on my marriage? So that people understand what we're saying. So just growing up in the church, we've all heard this idea of our calling and a lot of times it's our individual calling like what's God call, am I a missionary? Am I gonna be starting a church? Am I gonna be a pastor? Am I gonna be a worship leader? And there's always finite things that people might feel called to, but when it comes to our marriage, do we believe our marriage has a calling? And we believe every marriage has a specific calling. A specific purpose A specific purpose That God's going to use them for. Yeah based in their unique giftings, talents, position in life that God wants to use in those marriages for his purposes. But, that might be vague for some people and some marriages might be thinking well, what's my purpose? So what we thought we'd do is sit down and share with you six callings that we believe very Christian marriage is called to. These are callings that God has for your marriage today, whether you know what the specific calling is from God and you're in the ministry that God has for your marriage, as a couple. These callings are for every Christian marriage. There's more than this, but we picked out the six that we love the most and that we've kind of walked throughout in our life. And so this gives you a place to start in your marriage and say okay, God already has a calling for us. We don't have to guess or we don't have to pretend we don't know or not know how to figure out where to get that calling. You can actually start today and say oh this is, at least we know these callings that God has for us. That's really cool, I'm so excited to jump in. I just wanna encourage you listening, if you, as we go through each six, if you could just take evaluation of your marriage and see if you guys are already fulfilling these callings in your life or if you're not, if these are areas that you're wrestling with or you're struggling with, then hopefully our encouragement today will help you step up in those areas. Yeah and you can let us know in the comments what areas you that think you've already been walking in and you're like, oh, and you never saw them as callings. Or you can let us know what areas that you didn't recognize that you needed to be walking in. Let us know in the comments, we like to read through those. So let's get started. We're gonna start, we have six of them. So the first calling that every Christian marriage has is to prayer and this could be together or separate. It should eventually be together, but some of you might not be able to do that. But let me read the verse that goes with this. Philippians four, six through seven. And it says do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Every marriage, every Christian marriage has a calling to pray and that seems easy, it seems like the easy bible answer, but I wanna talk a little bit about this real quick from our own life and I have a question for you. How would you say prayer has played a role in our marriage? Well I would say it was significant in saving our marriage, for sure. We started out in our relationship with praying for each other and praying for the purpose that God had for our marriage. We prayed like every night during our dating years. Yep, and throughout our engagement and then even through our marriage and when we hit that hard spot in our marriage, when we, when we were contemplating divorce and just were both really isolated from each other And broken and frustrated, yeah. You were really adamant about prayer. So every night you were still praying for us and my heart was a little bit harder towards God and I was really frustrated and wrestling with the issues that we were facing. But you were, you were faithful to prayer. Which was hard. For all the husbands watching, my prayers start off very hopeful in the first few years of my marriage and eventually got very angry and bitter. But I still prayed because I had that foundation in my heart and I was like no, this is the only way I can see us getting healing and so I kept praying. You actually got to a point where you kind of stopped praying. Yeah we used to pray together every night and then slowly I just kind of faded out and listened to your prayers. Still participated, but didn't Right. Didn't pray as much but I will say that your faithfulness in praying every night really helped me to embrace God and come back to him, to turn my heart back to him and to trust him because I knew that you trusted him. So that did play a big role in saving our marriage. Yeah and so, prayer's a little ominous for a lot of Christians, which it shouldn't be, but there's no classes on prayer. I know some churches probably have that, but it's not like a, we just assume like oh prayer's supposed to be easy to us. You know, what would you say are some, is prayer just talking to God? Is it like you have the right words and you have, you bring in scripture at the right time in the prayer? Is there any, how does it look in our marriage? What does prayer look like for us? Well how I've always viewed it is, it's just our way of communicating with God. So it's basically opening up our hearts and just sharing what's on our, what's on our hearts and what's on our minds and sharing it with God and what's really cool about what I've experienced through praying with you is that not only are we submitting everything to God and asking for his guidance in our relationship, but every once in a while there's a compliment in there about me when you're praying and thanking God for me. Well when you hear me pray for you, you actually hear my heart for you. Yeah, exactly, I get to hear your heart for me and that affirms me and it affirms my relationship with you so that's been a huge encouragement. But I think that people can get really overwhelmed when they think about prayer and going to God and overthinking it, you know? Right. Feeling like it has to be done perfectly and it doesn't. So you're saying that the couples that are watching now could start today? They can start today. They can just say okay lord, I don't know what I'm saying to you, but I want help or thank you and it could be as simple as that. Yeah, so we encourage you. So the first calling that every Christian marriage has is to prayer and this means together. So some of you might be married and your spouse, your husband or your wife is not a believer or is where my wife was, in a place where she's kind of angry or bitter or they're angry or bitter. You can still pray without them, for them. And with them and over them. So, don't let a disunity keep you from prayer because you have a unity with Christ and Christ, as our mediator, gives us direct access to the throne of God that we can actually open up our hearts and we can pray directly to God. We don't need a high priest anymore cause we have Christ who is our perfect high priest. So we just wanna encourage you that you can actually start praying today, whether together or individually, start praying today. Yeah and if you're doing it individually, which is great, every once in a while, invite your spouse to pray with you or say, hey, I'd love to pray for you, can you give me a list? Can you give me five things that I can really focus on? I know that that's super helpful. And I know it'll totally bless them. Yeah. And I just wanna bring this quote up that our pastor always says to us. Prayer isn't preparation for the battle, prayer is the battle. So we don't look at prayer as like, well that's a supplementary thing that we do for our faith or it's something that we do only when it's really bad. Prayer is the battle and we're in a spiritual warfare every day. Against our own flesh, against the enemies in the world and in the spirit and so prayer, we need to go to battle on our knees in prayer, in praying for the things that we care about in praying for the things that we are concerned about and going to our father and saying lord, we need your mind on this, we need your heart on this, we need your help on this. So prayer is the first calling that every Christian marriage has. Okay, so what's the next calling that every marriage, every Christian marriage has? Okay, so the next one is love. I wanna share a scripture, but it's probably not the one you're thinking. Most people go straight to first Corinthians chapter 13, which defines what love is, which is great, but today I'm gonna share Matthew 22, 37 through 40, which says and he said to him, you shall love the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. So, contrary to how culture will tell us that love is a feeling and love is something that we Fall into? Fall into. God is saying that love is a command. He commands us to love him and he commands us to love our neighbor, or in this case, in regards to marriage, our spouse. Yeah and so, for all the marriages out there, your calling, our calling is to love. Not just love each other cause it says love your neighbor as yourself, that's the second and greatest commandment, cause my wife is my closest neighbor, I'm her closest neighbor, we practice loving our neighbors by loving each other well. And then the second part of this is that as a couple, we love the lord with all of our hearts, minds, soul and strength. So, if you're sitting out there wondering what your calling in life is, this is a amazing calling, is to love each other well and to love God. Yeah and I just wanna share that because of the way our culture is, very self-focused, especially in marriage, we can get caught up in thinking that I can't love you right now because you're not loving me. And that can just cause a crazy cycle to happen, I know we've experienced it before. Yeah and so in the beginning of our marriage, because I wasn't living up to the high expectations you had for me, you would just withhold all of your love. Yeah, so I would get really frustrated because You would tell me Yeah, I had all these expectations of romantic love and these grand gestures of you showing me love. Right. And I relied on you to initiate all of that and when you didn't do it, I didn't wanna do it. And you wouldn't initiate it, because you were expecting like that's what my husband does, he's gonna pursue me and he's gonna do all the loving and I'm sitting over there thinking my wife's not even pursuing me, why would I give her love? Now, we were both wrong because we both were commanded to love each other. I was commanded more specifically from Ephesians 5:23 on how I'm supposed to love you, but we're supposed to walk in love the way the bible tells us to. Right. So we were totally dropping the ball on that calling in our life and it's only been the last three, four years that we've been learning to actually walk in that calling for us. In that command. And what happens when you start walking in that calling, just with each other, as most areas of marriage, in a Christian marriage, you know we start loving each other more biblically and more authentically and we start pursuing each other more. So what happens is we have extra in us to Love others. So then we can actually, instead of you just always, constantly thinking I'm not getting what I need, you have more than enough and you actually have the energy, I have the energy and the love available to be able to sit and love our other neighbors. Right. Our friends, our family, and so that's where that calling gets even wider. Yeah. Is showing that love to the world. There was a turning point in our marriage where I feel like we really began to understand God's command on love, but also, the way that he set the example for unconditional love. Right. And I wanted you to share a little bit about your vision of being with Jesus in the garden. Just a really brief version. So, just really briefly, when we are at our breaking point in our marriage, I felt the lord bring me a vision of Jesus being in the Garden of Gethsemane before he goes to the cross and I remember God showing me Jesus weeping and as it were, great tears of blood cause he was so anguished over what he was about to go through and I'm, you know, we've all heard the story. We know exactly what it's about and we understand it, but I feel like God showed me a new perspective on it and he was saying, cause in the garden, Jesus three times said lord, let this cup pass from me, the cup of wrath, essentially, is what he's saying. He knew what he was about to do and he knew who he was doing it for. Yeah, who was he doing it for? His bride. And so, essentially what he was saying, is lord, I don't wanna die for my bride because this is too painful. Especially knowing that part of his bride would reject him or not Or spit on him Want him, yeah. Or turn away from him and instead of what he wanted, in his flesh, cause his flesh was saying I don't wanna do this. His spirit submitted to the lord in his will for, he said not my will be done, but your will be done. And he did it. And so he went to the cross anyway for a broken and filthy bride, an adulteress bride, knowing that that was what god's will for him was and that's how he was gonna love us. So here you are, already married to me, you know, three years in. Yeah and I feel like I had a choice, but the choice was this, was in my flesh I was saying lord, I can't do this and God was saying sure you can, cause Jesus did it. Not your will, but mine. Not your will be done, but my will be done. So, God's will is that I would love my wife anyway. If my wife never gave me what I feel like I deserve or what she's supposed to give me, I should be able to love her still, through the holy spirit. We were in church, it was, had just gotten out, so people were scurrying all over the place and we were just standing in the middle of the sanctuary and you were crying, telling me all of this and I had something in my eye Yeah, sure I wasn't crying. But right there, we just, we committed to walking as Jesus walked in unconditional love for each other. If nothing ever changed. Yep. In our physical issues that we were having. Yeah. And you know what changed? Our hearts Everything. Our hearts changed and our hearts melted. You know, the bible calls our hearts stone and he takes our hearts of stone and he turns them to hearts of flesh and I feel like that's what he did in that moment was turn my heart from a heart of stone and your heart from a heart of stone to a heart of flesh. That's the power of the calling of love in our life. Exactly and our obedience to this command is not relying upon what other people are doing, especially your spouse, so our encouragement to you guys today is to love anyways and to love unconditionally and to let It's your calling. Yeah, it's your calling. Yeah, so let's move on to the third calling. We have three more after this, so the third calling that every Christian marriage has is to forgive, this is a hard one. I'm gonna read the scriptures, Colossians 3:13, there's lots of scriptures on forgiveness. I'm not even gonna read the harder ones, I'm just gonna read this one. Okay. So first Colossians 3:13 says this. Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other as the lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. So just like that last command, to love, forgiveness is a command. Forgiveness is not an option for the believer, especially in marriage, we don't get to choose, we don't get to choose not to forgive. We don't get to say well, my wife wronged me so badly that I don't have to forgive her. Well, it's actually a command to forgive and I always tell myself, cause when we were going through what we were going through, I felt like I didn't have to forgive you. And there was a lot of things that I did that you just held onto and you were like I can't forgive you for that. I didn't want to forgive you You didn't want to forgive me and you know what the lord showed me, showed us? Who are we to hold forgiveness against anyone? For what god forgave me of and the patience the god had with me, how dare I withhold forgiveness from anyone, especially my bride, who is one with me. So technically, if I withhold forgiveness from my bride, I'm withholding forgiveness from myself because she is me and I am her. But we did this, it was so destructive. It was not a oneness, it was complete disorder and just think about this. The calling in your life to forgive your spouse. You have nothing else in you to withhold against your spouse that you did not do to Christ himself. That when Christ died on the cross, he forgave all sin just like that. The thing that he was praying that he could have the cup passed from him, he did anyway. He drank that cup, every last drop of it. The cup of the wrath that we deserved and so that doesn't mean we don't repent. It doesn't mean that things that happen to us don't actually hurt us and that it doesn't take time to learn to trust again and that it doesn't take time to figure out how to walk with each other and get back into oneness and unity. But that does not mean we get to not forgive. So, if you're wondering what your calling is in your marriage as a marriage, it's forgiveness; towards each other and towards others. So I have a question. Has it been easy for you to forgive me? -Not in the beginning. There's definitely been times where forgiveness was too painful to accept in my heart. I just thought of something. What was it that you were afraid it would mean if you forgave me? Remember, there was something you used to say Do we wanna say what specifically we're talking about? No. Okay. There was something, there was a reason you withheld forgiveness and you were afraid of me not changing. Yeah. You were afraid if you forgave me Then you would just have the freedom to do it again Right. And so, you would just, you would withhold that forgiveness because you used it as a tool to control the situation. Well, I wanted you to hurt like I was hurting. Exactly. And so I thought, if I withheld forgiveness then you would feel the pain of not being reconciled. Right, so you were breaking this command in your heart because you thought that you had the right to because of what I did, but in reality we don't, right? No, we don't. We don't have the right to withhold forgiveness from anyone. There's another verse that's terrifying and we'll put it in the comments, in the description below, but it essentially says if you don't forgive, Your father won't forgive you. And that is terrifying. Yeah. So this third calling for every Christian marriage is to walk in forgiveness. And to encourage you, what I've experienced with us is the more you practice forgiveness and your heart is motivated toward reconciliation, the easier it becomes because you have this bigger picture of what it means to forgive and why it's so valuable for oneness in marriage. Right. So why don't we move on to the fourth calling that every Christian marriage has. So the fourth one is trust and I feel like it goes hand in hand with forgiveness because in order to trust again, you have to be able to forgive and reconcile and experience oneness and intimacy again. But, I know that for a lot of marriages, trust is a big issue and it's really hard once you've been sinned against or hurt, to extend that trust and rebuild it again. Yeah and so I would encourage one thing, is this is not a calling to just blindly trust. When I would wrong you in things that I was walking in, right? And I broke your trust. Your calling wasn't to just be like, well, I'm just gonna trust you again. Your calling was to forgive me and your calling was to reconcile with me and to walk with me as we grow towards oneness again and heal, right? But, what were you supposed to trust in, in that season? So the whole time, no matter what, I was supposed to trust God. With what? With my heart and with you; that he was working in your life Right. and that he was there to help us. And that was actually hard for you cause the first four and a half years of our marriage, you didn't trust God. No, it was definitely a learning curve. So it was impossible for you to trust me. I mean, I didn't give her a reason to trust me, but you didn't trust God, you didn't trust me, you didn't even trust your own emotions. I think that's why I felt so lonely and I felt so, I just felt so alone in what we were facing as a couple because I felt like I wasn't connected with you and then I felt disconnected from God, so there was a lot of mistrust and not having that really hindered my ability to experience intimacy with both of you. And trusting God with your spouse puts you on the right path of the spirit of God helping you trust again; because as you see God work in your spouse as you pray, and as you forgive, you start seeing the transformations and you say okay Lord, I can trust you. I can trust my spouse with you, I can trust me with you and I can trust my marriage with you and so I'm just gonna walk in the things that you've asked me to because I trust you, father. And a foundational verse for trust and especially trusting God is Proverbs three, five through six, trust in the lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths and I had to lean on this verse especially in regards to our marriage because I felt like I had all this understanding of what I should do as a wife and how I should respond to my husband, but I couldn't lean on my own understanding. Every time I was faced with this verse, I had to remind myself I can't do that, I need to be able to trust God. And your understanding kept you from being able to trust me. Yeah. And kept you from trusting God And kept me from reconciling with you Right Because my understanding lacked The spirit of God. The spirit of God, it really did. It was selfish, it was very selfish. I was trying to preserve myself and protect myself instead of reengaging with you and trusting that God was gonna lead us to a better place. Going into the word of God and into prayer and actually battling for me and being my helper because you were just thinking like no, I've been hurt so I'm not gonna try. Yeah. There's this picture that I see when I think about trust in a marriage relationship and I hope that this encourages you guys. But it's this idea of all the walls in a person's heart that we built up over time, every brick that is placed to build that wall will keep your spouse out of your heart and the whole idea of oneness is to, to understand each other and to know each other intimately and you can't do that unless you bring those walls down, so this picture of taking these bricks down from these walls in your heart and building a bridge to close that gap and to allow connectedness, bring you guys together. Which could take a lifetime to break those walls down, but, through the holy spirit, could happen over night. True. So we just, we encourage you guys in your marriage to take up that calling of trust and trusting God with your spouse and your marriage and seeking his word on how you should live and how you should be and how you should act towards each other and towards outsiders and walk in that and you'll see what will happen. You'll see what we have experienced is freedom. Yep. Freedom from the bondages of our own desires, our own misunderstandings, our own Sin? Sin. Which bring us to the fifth calling for your marriage and it is purity. In Hebrews 13, verse four, it says let marriages be held in honor among all and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. I did not do this. I totally broke unity with my wife often, I had dealt with pornography my entire life, I thought marriage would fix it and it didn't, of course, I'm sure a lot of you out there that are watching this could understand this. But I walked actually worse in it during the first few years of our marriage and that, by itself, broke unity, spiritually unprotected you and us, brought in all sorts of filth into our home, brought in filth into my mind, made me see my wife in a broken way. It encouraged you to have lack of trust with me, rightfully. It made it hard for you to forgive me, rightfully. It made me not want to be with you physically. It made you not want to pray with me, so all of the other things that we've been talking about that are callings in our life, my daily decisions hindered from making it easy and possible for us to do. That doesn't mean that they're not callings still for us, but my own impurity, my own walking in filth, my porn addiction Hindered all those other callings. Hindered all of those other callings, which, when we're walking in that sort of sin, and I know there's a lot of marriages watching this that are dealing with that, either both or one of the spouses is dealing with pornography on a daily basis and is walking in this unrepenting sin and it literally is gonna not just bring death to your home, because the bible tells us that our sins will find us out and sin leads to death when it's full grown. And we were, we had spiritual death in our marriage; praise God that he was patient with us and kind to us and extended grace and mercy and I just always think about his patience cause of how long I was walking in that and how he didn't just destroy us cause he totally could've. And it almost did destroy our marriage. But purity and walking in all these other things make our marriages into a ministry. But when we're not walking in purity, we have zero authority. I had no authority to lead my wife, I had no authority to lead myself, I couldn't sit with another brother in Christ and say hey, let me encourage you, let me walk you through this because I was completely walking in unrepenting sin. I thought I was repenting but the fact that I just kept going back to it without having an actual change in my heart, without having an actual understanding of what I was saying yes to. I was completely destroying our marriage and that is a calling for your marriage, as much as it's a calling for our marriage. This isn't unique to some marriages, your marriage is called to purity; husband and wife. So I'm talking about my own impurity that I struggled with pornography on the internet. What areas of purity did you struggle with that you didn't recognize in the time? And, to be honest, I wasn't even able to bring up to you because of my own sin. But I was able to bring up to you after I started walking in purity. Well the first thing I wanna just share, very vulnerably, is that I also had my own struggle with pornography for a season and I'm sharing that because I know that there's wives listening and it can be so hard to confront and admit that you're wrestling with this and once you, once you confess that sin and repent of it, you will find so much freedom and so, you need to deal with it, but one of the other major impurities in my life was hiding the fact that I had a problem with food and using it whenever I was emotional, whenever I felt down or defeated, whenever I had a craving. I was so selfish with my, with my desires for it and used it as a crutch anytime we were facing discord or disunity. I went to sugar, you know, anything that would make me feel better and I knew that I was living in an unhealthy way and I kept that from you because I didn't want you to point the finger at me or challenge me or keep me accountable in any way. And you thought I didn't have a right to anyway cause of the way I was walking. Yeah, when you did try and step in and encourage me to be healthy, I wouldn't let you. You'd use my sin as an excuse for your own. Right. Yeah, so that was this crazy cycle in itself of not being able to walk in the freedom that Christ gave both of us because we were stuck in Impurity. Impurity. Yeah, so the fifth calling for your marriage is to walk in purity and if you are struggling or, I don't even wanna say struggling, if you're in these problems, these sins, addiction to pornography, eating habits, things that you haven't submitted to the lord and you're holding on to and saying this is mine, you need to repent today and walk in the freedom that Galatians 5:1 tells us we have. For freedom, Christ has set you free. Stand firm, therefore and do not submit again to the yolk of slavery. If you have the holy spirit living in you, you have the power to walk in freedom and purity. And as you're evaluating your life, I would also suggest that maybe it's not pornography, maybe it's not food, but maybe it's music, maybe it's what you're reading, maybe it's the, the Maybe you love romance novels and you're just, you dwell on those and you read them often and Maybe it's other types of websites that you're viewing online or maybe it's a bad shopping habit. There are so many different ways that we can live impure lives and God calls us to a higher standard than that and it's for the protection of our hearts, for the protection of our marriages, for the protection of our families that we live pure lives. And in doing so, it makes our marriages be able to walk in the higher calling that our marriages have, which is ministering to the world, which is doing the will of the father and when we aren't walking pure, we just, we're missing it. We cannot do that, it's the plank eye effect. The bible doesn't say not to go take the spec out of your brother's eye, it says you can't see the spec in their eye clearly because we have a plank in our own. So, the idea is that we need to remove that plank, we need to be walking in purity, we need to repent of our sin and accept the freedom that Christ has given us and the authority and power that he's put in us. So, let's move on to the last one The last one. And this is a fun one for us but it's also a hard one. It was a hard one for me, for sure. And this isn't an extensive list of all the callings that every Christian marriage has, but these are the six that we chose for this podcast, this video, and so what's the sixth one? So the sixth one is generosity and I'm gonna read second Corinthians nine, six through seven. And it says the point is this, whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. So what'd you have to say about that in our marriage? Well, I wanna be honest with them and say that in the beginning of our marriage, I fought generosity and I didn't, I didn't realize that I was fighting it. I didn't know that I wasn't a generous person. Yeah when I said I wanted to start giving to our church or to some non-profits, what was your answer? So, I thought that by giving of my time was enough, I really believed that. I remember you'd tell me, you'd be like, why do we have to give our money? We give our time, cause we volunteered a lot at the different churches we were a part of. We also didn't have very high paying jobs and what we did have went to our living situation And debt, we were getting out of debt at the time. And I just, I never felt like we had enough and so to give away the little bit that we had was really frustrating to me and I didn't understand why it was of importance. Especially when we didn't have the things that a lot of our friends and married couples had. Yeah. We didn't have our own home, we only had one car, we didn't have When we did have an apartment, I remember going down to the thrift store to get a can opener or whatever little thing we needed And we were doing all that for the purpose of getting out of debt, but in our mode of getting out of debt, I believed what the scripture said about generosity and giving and so we wanted to walk in obedience to that. So even though we were trying to get out of debt, we were like, we're also gonna give to what God's doing. And I will say that this is a huge testimony to God's way of submission because as your wife, I submitted to you in this call of generosity and it actually changed me, it changed my heart, it changed my perspective and my view. At first, it was really challenging for me and I complained and I do feel bad about that still, but, over time, I saw, I saw this verse come to life that when you, you sow bountifully, you reap bountifully. And I saw it even in our own marriage. Yeah. The times that you were generous with me whether it was with your time or your resources or with gifts, I would want, I would feel something in my heart to want to do it back, so Yeah. I even saw that come alive in our own marriage, but also out in our other relationships. And this calling for your marriage, being generous, there's not a dollar amount on this. This is not a like, you have to give this amount of money all the time. The new testament, specifically, is very clear that God wants all of it. He wants to know that our hands are open and that whatever he puts in, he can also take out. And so this isn't a prosperity gospel of like if you put money in the basket, money's gonna come right back out to you. Sometimes that happens, but in many ways, the blessing that we've gotten from walking in generosity, just in every aspect of our life, is having a healthy perspective on money. We don't crave money. We don't crave more money Or things. We don't seek wealth, I mean even things, yeah, we see things as useful objects, we don't see them as things that are gonna fulfill us. We, man, the amount of things that God's been able to do just through our little bit of generosity in other marriage's lives, in other people's lives and around the world has been a huge testimony to God's goodness in our life and so what happens is God blesses us, cause we're all blessed, everyone's blessed right? Just Jesus Christ alone, he's the best gift anyone's ever been given, but even just in our day to day life, the things that we have, recognizing that they're not ours, that they're used for his kingdom, so, in your marriage the calling of generosity, are you being generous with your home? Are you being generous with your cars, with you finances, with your time? Are you walking in a marriage and a level of generosity where you just trust God and say okay lord, we're open to what you have for us and we're gonna do it, we don't know what that looks like, means, but we're gonna say, lord this is your money, how do you want us to use it? Do you have someone that needs help in the church that you want us to bless? You know, is it $5 to help someone with a meal? Is it $20 for gas for someone? Is it $100 to a missionary? It could be anything. And when you submit your heart to God in prayer and you tell him I'm yours and everything I have is yours, you will hear him speak to you as far as that tugging on your heart to give in those divine moments where someone else is in need, he'll show you. Yeah and he does it all the time and that's where our hearts are at. Okay lord, what do you have next for us? We actually start the year off every year, God, how do you want us this year, financially? Yeah, it is a pat of our goal setting. Yeah, so we hope you enjoyed these six callings that the lord has for your marriage. We try walking these callings ourselves and we hope that by you walking in these and chasing after these biblical concepts and callings for your marriage that you'll be led towards God's greater calling for your marriage, whatever that may be and that your eyes would be open and that your heart would be open into receiving what he has for you, as individuals in your marriage and as a unit, as a whole. If you enjoyed this video, please hit the subscribe button and also hit the bell next to the subscribe button so you get notifications when we post new videos. Also, leave a comment if there are other callings that God has for Christian marriages. We'd love to be encouraged by that and see more. See ya later. Did you enjoy today's show? Find many more encouraging stories and resources at marriageaftergod.com and let us help you cultivate an extraordinary marriage.
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