Ever wonder if God is looking out for you? In this episode, Natalie discusses how we can see the beauty of God's protection in the story of Jonah, and in our own lives. She also encourages us to make the principles personal, and reflect on how we can be intentional in loving others by looking out for them. 

Natalie shares the experience she had to learn forgiveness the hard way. She talks about the struggles she had to overcome to be able to do it honestly and lovingly, and provides encouraging scriptures and resources for all of us. This is not easy, but it is expected, and it is worth it.

Article - https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/if-i-fail-to-forgive-others-will-god-not-forgive-me

In this episode, Natalie explains how her view has shifted. A recent episode of Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth's podcast, Revive Our Hearts. She shares how this episode encouraged her heart in this intense political season, and Natalie reminds us of God's perfect, unfailing, giving love that is in the midst of it all. 

Here's the episode: https://www.reviveourhearts.com/podcast/revive-our-hearts/faith-over-fear/

Natalie takes a pause for the cause and reminds us to think through our experience in The Love Series so far. She provides reflection questions, and talks through her own answers to those questions. 

Natalie provides a host of encouragement regarding a multitude of topics - from the power of prayer, peace, achieving our goals, and of course... not being rude! 

Article referenced in the episode: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-love-does-and-does-not-do

This week the podcast was lovely, and it was pretty open. Natalie shares how she is learning to commit to putting her pride aside, in order to love herself, and allow her support system to love her. We have a bit of a challenging, but very good conversation about letting our pride go.

We talk plenty about the importance of getting the credit for the things we do, and the things we create. But do we do that for God? We talk through that this week on The Love Series. 

On this episode Natalie has dynamic conversation regarding comparison, envy, and how God is trying to turn the tide for us to be grateful for who we are and what He has given us. Natalie shares her personal experiences with envy that she dealt with heavily at the end of season 1. Tune in for honesty regarding this struggle, and growth tips on how to deal with comparison and envy.