A Love Like This

Welcome back to another episode of A Love Like This...Today we wanted to talk all about community..more so the importance of community.

Surrounding yourself with people who share similar faith values to you is so important. Not only do you get to meet people in the same walk and season of life as you, but you also get exposed to people you can learn from. People you can rely on and who rely on you!

Church is just one place you can find this community. Lately, though our connect groups we have come to realise how big of a part these people play in our lives. It can be hard to find your tribe, so it's important to step out of your comfort zone. You never know what you will find or whom you'll meet!

In this episode, we also spoke about how as Christians, we are called to be the salt of the earth. That means surrounding yourself with believers and non believers alike. We hope you enjoy this episode.

Here is a challenge for this week, step out and try and make one friend from a new group of people. You never know what common ground you will find. Hopefully, after listening to this episode you can come to better appreciate the value of community.

We will catch you guys next Saturday.

Our incredible guest today, Jereme Vasquez shares that exact calling. Jereme has a successful YouTube channel where most of this content is centred on retiring early and becoming financially independent all through the lens of Christ.

Jereme is a father and husband, lives debt-free and has a whole lot of wisdom to share. In today's episode, we spoke about the importance of not idolising money and instead of using it as a tool to live a life built around your values and not materialism, how to be more intentional with your money and how that leads to contentment and gratitude, practical ways you can get out of a season of financial stuckness and what is probably my favourite topic, how the ancient wisdom book Ecclesiastes set Jereme and his wife grace on a path to financial independence.

If you loved this episode make sure to check out Jereme's YouTube Channel as well as his free guide “get clear” .Enjoy this episode with Jereme Vasquez

This episode is brought to you by Stonebraker Lawyers. Visit stonebrakerlawyers.com.au to learn more.

This week we are joined in person! Who hoo with one of our closest friends Jessica Dawkins. We have such a cool story of how we met Jess and you’ll hear about it in this episode. We are just so blessed to have had her come over and record this episode with us and this one is one of my favourites. Make sure to check out more of Jess's music at INYouth Worship on Spotify & Apple Music.

I always tell my closest friends that I know the friendship is from God when I feel closer to him after just being with them and that is exactly how I feel with Jess. We spoke about so much this episode:

We spoke about her adventures of living in Phoenix Arizona for five years going to high school in America and going to summer camp in Ojai California, About her love for worship and what her songwriting process looks like We spoke about what worship means to us. We also spoke about the armour of God, what it is and why you should wear it as well as so much more.

We know this was pretty much just a candid conversation but guys Jess is so incredibly genuine and just her everyday stories and perspectives teach us so much about life and Jesus. Aside from being the coolest worship leader we know, Jess is such an intelligent songwriter and musician. We hope from this episode you took away that worship and praise is a form of prayer, to never stray away from opportunity, and lastly the importance of putting on your armour of God everyday and lastly.

This episode is brought to you by Stonebraker Lawyers. Visit stonebrakerlawyers.com.au to learn more.

Today we are joined with our beautiful friend Emma Russell. We have known Emma for many years now and she was actually our English and drama teacher for three years in high school.

We are so beyond grateful for her wisdom and kindness during school and her friendship after graduating. As a mum and teacher she is incredibly wise and has a lot to share.

We hope from this episode you took away that you will face seasons of self doubt but just know Jesus has got your back. Also, sometimes in becoming a Christian you might not have a big grand testimony and that is totally okay. It doesn’t matter how you find the relationship as long as you are committed to it. We will catch you guys next Saturday.

This episode is brought to you by Stonebraker Lawyers. Visit stonebrakerlawyers.com.au to learn more.

Have you guys ever felt like the little things you do in life could have an eternal impact?

Today we had such a life-giving conversation with our friend Jaclyn who lives all the way in Ohio. Jaclyn has a blog called Tidings with J. https://www.tidingsfromjay.com/

She is only 18 but has so much wisdom to share. We pray this episode would make a vast impact on the way you live your life and get you thinking about the things that could essentially make an eternal impact on not just your own life but the lives of the people you encounter. 

Just to recap for you guys, in this episode we spoke about Jaclyn and her journey, how God changed her heart to make life more meaningful by removing meaningless habits, as well as what things we should be changing in our own every day to have a more eternal impact. Have an amazing week and we’ll catch you guys next Saturday.

This episode is brought to you by Stonebraker Lawyers. Visit stonebrakerlawyers.com.au to learn more.

This week we had the privilege of talking with Meredith Foster. Paige and I started watching Meredith when were 12 years old! That was 9 years ago! This week we spoke about

• Meredith and her amazing testimony that she calls her “coming home story “
• We spoke about the simple goodness of god
• The importance of being surrounded by people who will fill you up 
• And the difference between living in this world to living of this world. 

Meredith is incredible. She's amazing and spreads so much of Jesus across Los Angeles. We pray this episode would encourage you to run back to Jesus because you are never out of his reach.

To help celebrate the launch of this season we are giving away a copy of our favourite bible, she / he reads truth. To enter, all you need to do is join our mailing list over at alovelikethis.info and be subscribed to the show on either Apple Podcast or Spotify. Enjoy this weeks episode.

This episode is brought to you by Stonebraker Lawyers. Visit stonebrakerlawyers.com.au to learn more.

Hey friends,

How are you doing? How was your Christmas? Did you miss us?!

Well, it’s a new year, new season and we are right around the corner of Season Four. This week though, we wanted to quickly recap the last season of the show and talk through some of our favourite episodes, moments and guests.

Season Four will be launching officially next Saturday the 5th of February. To stay up to date make sure to join our mailing list by heading to alovelilethis.info. You’ll receive weekly episode updates, blogs and devotionals but better yet! To help celebrate the launch of this season we are giving away a copy of our favourite bible, she / he reads truth. To enter, all you need to do is join our mailing list and be subscribed to the show on either Apple Podcast or Spotify.

For now, enjoy this episode and we will catch you guys next Saturday.

This week, we thought we would bring everything back full circle.

The twins and I headed over to the lovely Pastors of our Church Carole, and Jack Hanes' home. Abi & Paige had an incredible conversation with Ps Carole about the unknowingness of faith, what to do if your feel like you are amongst the unknown and how to navigate those seasons through Christ and lastly ventured through Ps Carol's own moments of mystery. The best part, this season started with a fantastic interview with Ps Jack. And now here we are.

If you are in a season of unknowingness we hope you took something away from this episode.

Always look towards and trust in God

Enjoy this incredible episode and season finale of A Love Like This.

Hey friends, welcome back to A love like this. Today I sat down with my good pal Jarrad Meney.

The twins and I have known Jarrad for a couple of years now and only recently have him and I become close friends. Jarrad runs a production company with his brother Callum, is a qualified audio engineer and walks a wonderful life alongside Jesus.

Today's episode is centred on leaning into God as well as finding contentment in what you have right now. We talked about the opportunities God presents us with and how to balance them, not idolising materialism and lastly finding and fulfilling our gifts and talents.

Just remember, God is a constant and always there. In the good and the bad. Always lean into the opportunities you are presented with not away from them. Don’t get swept up in the false importance of things. Focus on what is meaningful and will last.

This episode is brought to you by Stonebraker Lawyers. Visit stonebrakerlawyers.com.au to learn more.

Maria Sarina is one of our dearest and nearest friends and also happens to be the founder of the friendship centre.

This is just a quick disclaimer that this episode is quite a heavy one. We discuss topics of suicide, abuse, drugs and domestic violence. If you are sensitive to these topics, please feel free to stop by next week.

However, in light of this, Maria has an incredible story on how Jesus is seen not only as her friend but truly her saviour. Jesus saved her life it's that simple. We want you all to listen to this incredible story because we know that you will find inspiration within it. Maria is a qualified counsellor and God as our witness, one of the greatest inspirations we know.

This episode is brought to you by The Friendship Centre.

Visit friendship-centre.com or call Maria on +61 426 282 214 to learn more.