We thought we would do a little Advent special because we both missed doing a podcast! During this episode, we reflect on how Christ has prepared our hearts for the celebration of His birth at Christmas. We both realized in typical fashion that the Lord was pursuing us more in Advent than we were pursuing Him. Christ is constantly pursuing our hearts and we hope this serves as a reminder to take a moment to become aware. 

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This week we reflect on one of Andrea's favorite psalms- Psalm 1. This psalm is a simple psalm about life with God vs. a life without God. We share our insights from personal mediation while continuing to add to our scripture tool box and discuss how different translations of scripture can help to paint a fuller picture of the richness of God's word.

Translation Resource: 
https://www.biblegateway.com/

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Oftentimes we can exhaust ourselves trying to figure out what the Lord is trying to tell us in prayer. Spending time in scripture can give space for God to penetrate our hearts and speak to us clearly."The word of God is alive and active" (Hebrew 4:12). When trying to discern the movements of our heart, the psalms are a great place to spend time in scripture because the psalms are songs of the heart.  In this episode, Andrea and Lizz take time to pray with Psalm 51 using Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina is a way to pray with scripture that allows us to acknowledge and ponder the ways God is speaking to us through scripture. We hope this becomes a daily practice that you can incorporate into your prayer time! 

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As we find ourselves entering into a new season, we would like to take a moment and ask, "What has Jesus done in my heart?" Let us never forget that Jesus is constantly pursuing our hearts and meets us where we are at to usher us into new depths of our own heart and deeper relationship with him. Andrea and Lizz kick-off the season talking about what Jesus has done in their hearts over the summer and encourage listeners to take time in prayer to reflect on what Jesus has done for them in this past season. 

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As we wrap up our fourth season and our study of women in the geneology of Christ, it seems only fitting that we study Mary's life and what she teaches us about being a woman.  We often overlook the humanness of Mary. Just think how awesome it was being the mother of God and hugging little Jesus as he was growing up. She shows us how we are called to live out great faith and give our yes continuously in our ordinary lives. 

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The next woman's story we dive into in the geneology of Christ is Ruth.  Ruth is connected to Rahab because she ends up marrying Rahab's son, Boaz. Ruth is a Moabite woman who leaves everything behind to follow her mother-in-law Naomi back to her homeland. In this episode, we ponder Ruth and discover the ways we see ourselves and want to see ourselves in her story. We talk about the beauty of Ruth's faith and how we are moved by her obedience. She is another woman the Lord has given to model our hearts after.

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So, which women should we model our lives after? 5 women are named specifically in the genealogy of Jesus: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Uriah's wife (Bathsheba), and Mary. Each showcase qualities of womanhood that we are called to model our lives after.  In this episode, we dive into the story of Rahab (Joshua 2). We talk about what strikes us in her story, how we can see our own stories reflected, and ways we want to model our faith after Rahab. 

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"It's literally impossible to be a woman." This is how Gloria starts her monologue in the Barbie movie about how difficult it is to be a woman by the culture's standards. We have all been hit with the impossible feat of trying to keep up with the culture's ever-changing standard of women. In this episode,  we dive into ways that we have become victim to chasing this impossible standard, things that have helped us on the journey, and also ponder some beautiful truths the Barbie movie displays. We pray this episode gives you  hope that you can live in greater freedom in Christ's standard of what it means to be a woman. 

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We are excited to continue our conversation about womanhood while diving into a specific charism of women: receptivity. Everyone wants to be received by a woman and we also want to be received as women, but we can quickly find ourselves in places where it is hard to receive and be received. In this episode, Andrea and Lizz talk about things that have gotten in the way of their own receptivity, aids to increasing receptivity, and the gift that your receptivity is to the world!

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Where are all the  places and who are all the people that have taught you about womanhood? Our moms, the culture, social media, and people in our lives tell us things about what it mean to be a woman.  We are continuously being exposed to a stream of thoughts that we have to then decipher if their true or not.  In this episode, Andrea and Lizz begin the conversation about what has formed their understanding of womanhood and how the definition is ever evolving. This discussion comes with an invitation to take what you believe to be true about womanhood and bring it to Jesus. Let Him be the one to help inform your identity as woman. 

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