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96) Devotional - Philippians 4:7 Healing Isn't a Morphine Pump: Intimacy with God in the Pain
- Host Carrie Hurley emphasizes Philippians 4:7, highlighting that God's peace follows prayers filled with gratitude, contrasting worry with a desire for intimacy.
- Carrie shares her personal journey through grief and postpartum depression, illustrating how speaking gratitude transformed her perspective and relationship with God.
- The discussion underscores the role of the Holy Spirit in cultivating peace as a gradual fruit of spiritual growth, referencing Galatians 5:22-23.
- God's healing approach is described as allowing discomfort to prompt change while promoting intimacy, akin to a child seeking comfort from a parent.
- The connection between Philippians 4:6-7 encourages believers to seek refuge in God's presence for comfort and healing.
- Carrie offers private soul care sessions for inner healing, emphasizing sliding scale pricing to ensure accessibility for those in need.
- Listeners are reminded of their empowerment as children of the King, with an encouragement to embrace their spiritual rights and responsibilities.
- The podcast aims to provide guidance and support for those struggling with inner healing and spiritual growth.
- Host Carrie Hurley welcomes listeners to a devotional focused on Philippians 4:7: "Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
- Explains conditional promises in Scripture - connecting Philippians 4:6 to 4:7, emphasizing that God's peace comes when we pray about everything with gratitude rather than worry.
- Peace of God is conditional and requires approaching God with gratitude and desire for intimacy rather than just wanting pain relief.
- Carrie shares personal struggle after her mother's death while experiencing unrecognized postpartum depression - describes being a "worrying, angry, sorrowful, hot mess" and "top notch naval gazer.","Explains her initial approach of wanting God's peace like a "morphine pump to make the pain go away on command" without proper spiritual posture.
- Describes breakthrough moment when she chose to speak gratitude as an act of will and obedience, not feeling - recognizing God as worthy regardless of her feelings.
- References Galatians 5:22-23 explaining peace as a fruit produced by the Holy Spirit, emphasizing gradual transformation through Holy Spirit's work.
- God allows discomfort and natural consequences to direct us toward change but doesn't force transformation - described as a "gentleman."
- Compares God's healing approach to children seeking comfort in parent's lap after being hurt - intimacy brings comfort in pain.
- Conditions between Philippians 4:6-7 draw believers into "the lap of God" for comfort and transcendence through intimacy.
Action items
- Reach out to schedule a private soul care session if stuck and needing inner healing. Here's the link - bit.ly/15withCarrie (05:30)
- Rise up and embrace power, place, privilege, rights and responsibilities as children of the King (05:30)
- https://carriehurley.com
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By Carrie Hurley- Host Carrie Hurley emphasizes Philippians 4:7, highlighting that God's peace follows prayers filled with gratitude, contrasting worry with a desire for intimacy.
- Carrie shares her personal journey through grief and postpartum depression, illustrating how speaking gratitude transformed her perspective and relationship with God.
- The discussion underscores the role of the Holy Spirit in cultivating peace as a gradual fruit of spiritual growth, referencing Galatians 5:22-23.
- God's healing approach is described as allowing discomfort to prompt change while promoting intimacy, akin to a child seeking comfort from a parent.
- The connection between Philippians 4:6-7 encourages believers to seek refuge in God's presence for comfort and healing.
- Carrie offers private soul care sessions for inner healing, emphasizing sliding scale pricing to ensure accessibility for those in need.
- Listeners are reminded of their empowerment as children of the King, with an encouragement to embrace their spiritual rights and responsibilities.
- The podcast aims to provide guidance and support for those struggling with inner healing and spiritual growth.
- Host Carrie Hurley welcomes listeners to a devotional focused on Philippians 4:7: "Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
- Explains conditional promises in Scripture - connecting Philippians 4:6 to 4:7, emphasizing that God's peace comes when we pray about everything with gratitude rather than worry.
- Peace of God is conditional and requires approaching God with gratitude and desire for intimacy rather than just wanting pain relief.
- Carrie shares personal struggle after her mother's death while experiencing unrecognized postpartum depression - describes being a "worrying, angry, sorrowful, hot mess" and "top notch naval gazer.","Explains her initial approach of wanting God's peace like a "morphine pump to make the pain go away on command" without proper spiritual posture.
- Describes breakthrough moment when she chose to speak gratitude as an act of will and obedience, not feeling - recognizing God as worthy regardless of her feelings.
- References Galatians 5:22-23 explaining peace as a fruit produced by the Holy Spirit, emphasizing gradual transformation through Holy Spirit's work.
- God allows discomfort and natural consequences to direct us toward change but doesn't force transformation - described as a "gentleman."
- Compares God's healing approach to children seeking comfort in parent's lap after being hurt - intimacy brings comfort in pain.
- Conditions between Philippians 4:6-7 draw believers into "the lap of God" for comfort and transcendence through intimacy.
Action items
- Reach out to schedule a private soul care session if stuck and needing inner healing. Here's the link - bit.ly/15withCarrie (05:30)
- Rise up and embrace power, place, privilege, rights and responsibilities as children of the King (05:30)
- https://carriehurley.com