ANCHOR + WAVES

When I hear the word submission, it often makes me cringe. It can lead us to believe it demands a shrinking of ourselves, a lessening or deforming of who we are. But I wonder if Esther can give us a different picture of submission being an empowerment of who God created us to be in his image as servant leaders. What if the deformation of ourselves is a version of compliance, not submission? One is the outcry of fear and the other of trust. Esther does things her way, but not out of rebellion. It is birthed from a place of trusting in a God she confidently knows is a Rescuer who freely extends his favor to her because of who she is. She still wrestles with the how, but in the end, she embraces who she is to creatively do things her way, while mysteriously also doing it God’s way.

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Reflection:

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✅ When you hear the word submissive, what emotions does that evoke? Where has submission not gone well in your life? On the flip side, can you think of a time where being submissive to authority has brought you peace and assurance?

✅ Are you in a situation where compliance has become the virtue rather than submission? Are you able to shift it from positional into building relationships? Can you communicate safe boundaries and expectations? Or has it gotten to a place where deformation is happening rather than transformation? 

✅ What is your “Hineni” that you’ve been dragging your feet on? What has God been asking you to do that you’re delaying in your response of Here I am. Use me. Send me.

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The Story of Esther:

A Product of Anchor + Waves

Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing

🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Posting on social media can often feel freeing and sometimes necessary but may not helpful. Join Stacy, Jacque and special guest Frank Trimble, Executive Director at Family Time Training, as they discuss how to evaluate and filter your posts before you put them online. The group will talk about how potential blind spots, hurts, concerns and relationships can impact how you post.

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Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig

🎉 SPECIAL GUESTS:: Frank Trimble w/ Family Time Training

🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

We often speak of our “calling,” but what does that really mean? Mordecai exemplifies the model of where we find our identity, because that is where we will find our favor. We must know the caller before we can know how to respond.

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Reflection:

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✅ What would you name as your “calling” other than following Christ?

✅ If it’s true that humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less, how often do conversations and actions revolve around you? Do you model self-forgetfulness?

✅ “What if you were created for such a time as this?” - What does that mean to you, personally?

✅ Who is the “caller” in your life, or who consumes your thoughts? In other words, who has your attention?

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Scripture Reading:

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📖 Psalms 30

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The Story of Esther:

A Product of Anchor + Waves

Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing

🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

The things we put in front of us every day can have a great influence on our focus and attitude. God designed us to be free, not to be caught up in the daily gains and losses that can be a distraction from the good God has for us. Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guest, author Whitney Lowe as they discuss ways to adjust our focus so that we can be filled and purposeful with our lives.

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Resources:

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🔗 How To Take A Personal Retreat PDF

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Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig

🎉 SPECIAL GUESTS:: Alayna Lehman

🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

There is none who Haman loves more than himself. The real danger arises when we surround ourselves with those who validate our ego. Pride, like lust, is a thought sin, and unseen sin can be the sneakiest. So, how do we take our thoughts captive and bend them to Christ out of submission and humility? When we seek favor from within ourselves, we will always live from a place of unrest and anxiety. 

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Reflection:

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✅ How would you define pride? I threw out a lot of descriptive words in what Samuel associated with pride: disobedience, rebellion, lack of trust and idolatry, anger, fear, insubordination. How would you customize a definition that is specific to your life and struggle?

✅ What prideful parallels did you begin noticing in your personal life? What people, circumstances, and events stir up anger and insubordination within you?

✅ What areas of your life feel impossible to be submissive and find serenity?

✅ Make a list of things you could do this week that might put you in positions of humility?

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Scripture Reading:

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📖 2 Corinthians 10

📖 Philippians 4:8

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The Story of Esther:

A Product of Anchor + Waves

Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing

🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Amidst our current culture that still struggles to say “no” and find our “best yes,” we meet a king who is the ultimate people pleaser - always saying “yes” at any cost in order to gain favor and maintain his ego. He seems to beg others to find their favor in him, as he estimates his own worth based on their impressions of him. But finding favor from others demands scorekeeping, and the seduction of idolatry - of oneself.

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Reflection:

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✅ Whose favor are you seeking more than that of God? What about them causes you to desire their favor and acceptance more than God?

✅ In what subtle ways do you petition others to seek your approval and favor?

✅ Earlier I said the line: “I don’t have favorites, but if I did, it would be you.” Favor is the Latin root of the word favorite and means “preferred before all others of the same kind.”

Can you believe you are God’s favorite and preferred before all others of the same kind? Why or why not?

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Scripture Reading:

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📖 Psalm 84:11

📖 Romans 2

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The Story of Esther:

A Product of Anchor + Waves

Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing

🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

The things we put front of us everyday can have great influence on our focus and attitude. God designed us to be free, not to be caught up in the daily gains and loses that can be a distraction from the good God has for us. Join Stacy, Jacque and special guest, author Whitney Lowe as they discuss ways to adjust our focus so that we can be filled and purposeful with our lives.

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Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig

🎉 SPECIAL GUESTS:: Whitney Lowe

🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Step back into the Ancient Persian Empire to discover what led to the Jewish people living under King Xerxes’ reign. Walk alongside them as they question whether they still remained in a covenant relationship with God despite not returning to their homeland. Did that choice change things between them and their God? Did it impact his love and his favor? Join me as we live in the tension, as these characters did, of finding favor in the eyes of people and ourselves versus receiving favor from God.

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Reflection:

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✅ How do I measure my value in this world? Whose favor must I gain?

✅ Where do I seek approval? In who will I seek approval from?

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Scripture Reading:

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📖 Ephesians 2:8-9

📖 Deuteronomy 28

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The Story of Esther:

A Product of Anchor + Waves

Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Kim Fearing

🎛️ PRODUCER:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions and the Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Have you ever wondered what is he thinking about or wish you knew what he was feeling? Join Stacy and Jacque as they ask a special guests Danny Oertli, Will Larsen, and Colin McFarland important questions about parenting, marriage, and overall guy stuff. The ladies get the scoop on emotions, perspectives, and how to get guys to open up and share a little more.

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Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig

🎉 SPECIAL GUESTS:: Will Larsen, Colin McFarland, Danny Oertli

🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved

Sonder, is the realization that each person you meet has a life as complex as your own. Often we are surprised when we take the time to get to know someone on a deeper level and find similarities you would have never guessed by simply looking at them. These moments are ordained by God to encourage us in our walk with him. Join Stacy, Jacque, and special guest Evangeline North as she shares about her complex trauma and how God has brought her to a place of healing.

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Anchor + Waves: Channel Credits

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🎙️ HOST:: Jacque Carlson, Stacy Ludwig

🎉 SPECIAL GUEST:: Evangeline North

🎛️ PRODUCER + MIXING:: Lepard Productions

🎨 CREATIVE DIRECTOR:: Colin McFarland

A Product of Lepard Productions + The Mission Hills Podcast Network in Littleton, CO.

© Mission Hills Church - All Rights Reserved