Be Encouraged! Podcast

Welcome to the BE ENCOURAGED! Podcast! You’re listening to Season 4, Episode 3 in our Achieve Series. I’m so grateful you’re here today—and truly, I just love you all. Thank you for tuning in episode after episode and for sharing this podcast with the people you love. And a special thank-you for every review left on Apple Podcasts—it helps even more people be encouraged, just like you.

Is there something you’re believing God to help you achieve? Maybe much of what you’re hoping for is already happening—behind the scenes, in your prayers, and in the daily decisions you’re making. Whenever we set goals and step out in faith, challenges are sure to come.

Today’s guest is Bethany Marshall, joining us for Episode 3 of the Achieve Series. Bethany is an author, speaker, a member of PennDel’s Women’s Ministry Dream Team, Lead Director of the Daughters’ Conference, and Assistant Director of Refuge Youth Network—serving alongside her husband.

Bethany is passionate about building connections across generations and has a heart to see all of God’s daughters lifted up and empowered to reach their full potential.

In this episode, Bethany reminds us that persistence in pursuing God’s heart, consistency in abiding in His Word, and walking with expectation will draw us closer to what God desires to achieve through you.

This isn’t a self-help or self-improvement plan. This is a faith-centered, Jesus-centered conversation filled with practical wisdom, Scripture, and—yes—a whole heap of encouragement to help you move forward in the goals set before you.

Girl, this conversation had me excited to hope again—with expectancy! It will fire you up to finish your race with endurance.

So grab your cup of coffee, head out for your walk or run, and BE ENCOURAGED! 💛

Jackie

For more information about our guest speaker today:

Follow Bethany Marshall on Instagram @mrsbmarshall

Bible Devotions:

John 15

Welcome back to the BE ENCOURAGED! Podcast 

You are listening to the Achieve Series! Season 4 - Episode 2! I am your host - Jackie!

I appreciate you coming alongside and encouraging me with your DMs in Instagram World @ be_encouraged_podcast. You know this encouragement spreads when you share with a friend, tag the podcast in your stories, and most importantly, when you leave a positive review; more people get to be encouraged — just like YOU!  

So please, take 2 minutes and share this encouragement with your sister, mom, neighbor, roommate, or anyone you know! We share al the good stuff with the people we love — so thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing that here. 

Now, let’s talk about our guest speaker today. Kim Grant is well known for mentoring moms, building a community and a home you want to live in, as well as being the writer and speaker of Intentional Moms Course - which is made specifically for women who are journeying through motherhood and need practical tips and prayer to do all that God is calling them to do right now. 

In this episode, Kim and I discuss how valuable our time is! How we spend it is even more valuable. Being intentional to holding onto faith, achieving more through being still and listening to God, building routines that work, and analyzing life choices so that we don’t get burnt out. 

If you need a breath of fresh air, especially those of us journeying through motherhood, being an aunt, spiritual mother, or needing a reminder that the time we have here is ultimately God's. So the big question is: how can we honor God and glorify Him with our God-given time? 

Want to achieve more —maybe this is your encouragement that less is more! 

Get ready, encouragers, for a conversation that will fill your cup with encouragement! 

So grab your cup of coffee, get on your walk or run, and wherever you are —- BE ENCOURAGED! 

Jackie

Follow the link below for more information about Kim Grant

Click here

Welcome, Encouragers, to a NEW year and a BRAND NEW series on the Be Encouraged! Podcast. I’m your host, Jackie Brindle, and I am so excited to step into this next season with you as we begin the Achieve series.

Over the past seasons, we have listened to powerful testimonies, biblical truth, expert insight, and real, authentic life experiences—all pointing us toward deeper belief in who God is and who we are in Him. We’ve talked about receiving all that God has for us as we build a daily foundation of belief, keeping Jesus at the center of our journey. Each day, God offers us gifts to receive when our hearts remain anchored in Him.

Now, we turn our focus to the word “achieve.” Not achievement as the world defines it, but achieving God’s purposes for our lives. Achieve is a reminder to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus as we walk into the plans He has already purposed for us, just as Ephesians 1:11 tells us. This series is about living with intention, obedience, and trust—allowing God’s will to unfold in both everyday moments and milestone seasons.

Throughout the Achieve series, we’ll unpack meaningful conversations around what people have achieved, the obstacles that stand in the way, and how we can maintain an eternal perspective when life pulls us toward pressure, comparison, or control. We’ll talk honestly about what it looks like to fix our eyes on the One who formed us, guiding our steps with His purpose and peace.

Season 3, Episode 1 is all about peace over perfectionism. This is an obstacle I know all too well—sometimes facing it multiple times in a single day. That tension between not wanting to return to patterns we know don’t work, yet striving so hard to get everything just right, only to find ourselves circling the same mountain again. The lesson is often a hard one: controlling all the pieces never brings the peace we’re searching for.

I am so grateful to welcome Heather O’Brien to the show. Heather is a licensed minister with a heart for helping others heal with God—whether from anxiety, perfectionism, addiction, or any negative cycle that requires both heart work and holy work. You may already know her from her podcast, "Heal with God: Find God’s Peace by Hearing His Voice," read her book called, " Author of No Fear Allowed, Supernatural Weight Loss, & But How? A Cookbook for Christian Solutions", or through her coaching ministry. And if you don’t know her yet, she may soon become a familiar and trusted voice in your home.

Heather brings a wave of strong, gentle wisdom and encouragement to this conversation! Heather reminds us that peace is the goal, that “good” can sometimes truly be good enough, and that each of us can learn to hear God’s voice for ourselves. When we do, healing follows—and so does that deep, steady peace we all long for.

I can't promise it will happen overnight, but I can promise that God, who gives peace in the obstacles that aren't so perfect, will be with you!

I can't wait for you to listen and to achieve all that God has chosen and purposed you to do -today and every day!

Be encouraged!!

Jackie

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Learn more about our guest speaker by clicking the link below:

https://heatherobrien.net/

Follow on Social media Instagram: @healwithgodpodcast

Study Bible Verses for Episode 1:

Ephesians 1:11

Philippians 4:7

John 14:27

Welcome to the Be Encouraged Podcast! You are listening to Season 3 - The Receive Series, Episode 6 called, “Receive Blessings,” which closes out both our Receive series and the year 2025! I’ll be taking a short break before we dive into the final series, “Achieve.”

During this holiday season, we’ll receive all kinds of gifts. Some will be returned, regifted, forgotten, or used until they can’t be used anymore. But there is one gift that never fades, never runs out, and continually satisfies the soul.

You can’t return it. You don’t have to earn it. It’s given freely — and nothing compares to the blessings that flow from the gift of salvation in Christ.

As you move through this season, I encourage you to hold that truth close. Even after many years of walking with Christ, I still can’t fully grasp the depths of this gift. Day by day, year by year, I’m learning and growing. I hope this episode encourages you to step into the next level of your faith journey — and if you’re new to faith, that it helps you understand just how precious this gift truly is.

Be encouraged to receive all the blessings God has in store for you: grace, mercy, love, belonging, provision, and peace that surpasses understanding. 

Nothing compares to the gift of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Be encouraged!

Jackie

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@be_encouraged_podcast

DM me and tell me what stuck with you! OR write a raving review on Apple Podcast so that more people can be encouraged just like you! --- THANK YOU!

Verses to mentioned and to study:

Psalm 62:1

Ephesians 1:9-23

Colossians 1: 9-11 (keep going if you'd like --- it's all so GOOD!)

Welcome to the BE ENCOURAGED! Podcast - I am your host Jackie Brindle.

I am here to encourage you on the good and not so good days --- to lift you up and onward with faith infused encouragement.

More specifically, in the receive series, I hope to encourage you to believe in who God is and who He says He is, so that you can receive all that God has in store for you: blessings, peace, courage, your identity, and today ----- to receive PRAYER!

Prayer is a gift!

I remember when my grandmother would write me letters when I was younger. I was so eager to write her back.

A few years ago, my uncle sent me a package with dozens of letters that my grandmother saved, that I sent her.

She saved every single - sketch, silly joke I wrote, and my thoughts: from losing a tooth, desires of what I wanted to be when I grew up, to how cold the weather was in PA that year. I would often tell her how much I missed her, when she went away in the winter time to Florida.

I loved that she treasured all of my messages.

In the same way, in light of knowing who God is, He saves all of our messages -- PRAYERS --- to Him.

I wonder how big my envelop would be if I were to see it. I love that God cares about us all so much that He wants to have a relationship with us. He desires us to pray in repsonse to our faith.

It is a gift that renews our minds and soul.

Prayer encourages others, and it's more powerful than we tend to think.

Keep on praying, my friend --- it might just be the gift God and you need to receive today.

Press play and BE ENCOURAGED!

- Jackie

Follow on Instagram @be_encouraged_podcast

Can't wait to see you in my DM's --- what encouraged you most from today's episdoe?

Welcome to the Be Encouraged Podcast! 

You are in for a treat as we are near the end of our Receive series with just one more episode to go after this one! This is Season 3 you are listening to with Episode 4.

I am your host, Jackie Brindle, and welcome!! I apologize for the technical difficulties that this one did not get published sooner! But I have a feeling- this is worth the wait! 

If you are loving the Be Encouraged! Podcast, please leave a raving review on Apple Podcast so that others may know where to be encouraged just like you! If you are curious where to find me on social media and you are new here —- you can follow me on Instagram @be_encouraged_podcast —- click follow for all the latest update and encouraging content! And share – tag me with a friend because I know that’s what friends are for! 

I appreciate you so much now let’s hop into it! 

Now, as we laid down the foundation of what we believe in the Believe series, we can receive the fullness of who Christ is as He dwells within us. So far we have covered receiving our identity in Christ, especially in the preparation and waiting season of life. We’ve touched on how when we receive the courage of God, we can walk boldly into areas of our daily lives. And in the last episode, we uncovered how we can receive peace in the chaos of our days, by understanding two truths – that God is in control and we can trust Him. 

Today, with open hands, I want to encourage you to receive God’s calling in your life. There are many times, I have felt discouragement, like giving up — ending something and starting over —- in desperate need of encouragement and a new strengthened spirit to endure and keep going. 

Sometimes distraction, distance, and lies can so easily creep in and pull us further away from the direction we know God has called us to go. 

If you are feeling the tension — the pull – the need for encouragement to keep going — this one is for you! 

Who better to help us than the author of “You’re Not Too Late: Trusting God’s Timing in a Hurry-Up World”, and well known podcast host of Radical Radiance Podcast! Additionally she is the founder of Camp for Creatives, where Christian authors, speakers, podcast hosts, business women, and ministry leaders can come together and encourage one another. 

This is none other than the fabulous Rebecca George! 

Rebecca is the perfect person to dive into this topic of calling because she has written about this and the very distractions that leads us away from what God is calling us to do. How can we let go of the comparison trap and embrace exactly where we are in the journey? Consequently, how do we open-handedly receive the gifts and talents the Lord has blessed us with and take the next step to move forward? 

I hope this prayerfully sends you onward with a renewed sense of God’s purpose in your life and leads you to take the next step toward what God is calling you to do. Don’t give up, friend, your story isn’t over, you are just getting started! 

So let’s grab your cup of coffee, get you your walk or run, or wherever you are….. Be Encouraged!

https://www.radicalradiance.live/books

Welcome to Be Encouraged! Podcast. I am your host, Jackie Brindle, and you are listening to Season 3, Episode 3 in the Receive series.

Do you worry?

It's something we ALL do.

Let's win this battle over worry with the encouraging words and practical tips from our guest speaker, Keri Eichberger!

Keri is a mom of four, author of "Win Over Worry", and speaker. Keri shares what she has learned when faced with worry. Whether you are a type A personality or any other kind, worry creeps in because it's not easy trying to control it all.

But peace that transcends all understanding can rise up if we hand it all over into the One who holds the whole world in His mighty hands.

Today ----- drop the worry out of your bucket and release it to God. Let Him prepare you heart to receive that true peace today!

Grab your cup of coffee, get on your walk or run, and wherever you are ----- Be Encouraged!

Jackie

To learn more about our guest speaker, or to buy her book: "Win Over Worry", click the link below!

https://keri-ann.com/win-over-worry-study-guide/

Welcome to the Be Encouraged Podcast! 

I am your host, Jackie Brindle. 

You are listening to season 3 - Episode 2 of the Receive Series. Our topic today will be all about RECEIVING COURAGE! Thank you all for pressing play today — please encourage me as well with a raving review and share this episode on Instagram and tag @be_encourage_podcast and our guest speaker today with the information in our show notes! Speaking of…. 

To help me encourage you all is our guest speaker is Laura L. Smith. 

Laura Smith is a well-known speaker, podcaster, and best-selling author who has

Written several books including, “How Sweet the Sound: The Power and Promise of 30

Beloved Hymns has sold more than 130,000 copies. — She is incredible!! Laura is so passionate about helping other women, especially passionate about helping them tear down lies, so we can live in Christ's truth! 

In her newest book release, called Brave Women, Mighty God - 30 Things You Can Do. Laura embodies the essence of what it means to encourage women and to give them hope that they can do mighty things with the good that God has placed within them. 

Perhaps you feel called to do something, but every time you step out in faith, you end up feeling unheard, not seen, or stuck in a rut. You may need the fresh power of God to inspire you to be brave in your current situation, much like the woman of the Bible that Laura wrote about. 

God is still writing your story, and I have no doubt He is calling you to rise up and to do brave things, too. Receive the courage that Christ extends to you freely today —- and there’s no telling what will come from your brave obedience to follow His lead. 

Let’s grab your cup of coffee, get on your walk or run, and wherever you are — be encouraged! 

Let’s receive something good today! 

Check out our guest speaker- Laura L. Smith, by clicking the link below. 

WEBSITE: laurasmithauthor.com

Click here for a free download of Brave Women, Might God by Laura Smith https://linktr.ee/jackiebrindle

SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: @LauraLSmithAuthor Instagram: @laurasmithauthor

Scripture to study from the episode: Ephesians 1:19 (ESV)  ​​”and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might.”

Welcome to Be Encouraged! Podcast! 

I am your host, Jackie Brindle. Thank you for pushing play today! I am so grateful for each of you — yes, you! This is Season 3, episode 1 - RECEIVE SERIES, "Receiving my Identity and Worth in Christ Alone".

I also want you to know that you have encouraged me more than you know, by listening and sharing each episode on your socials, or with a friend who needs encouragement. I am also so blessed by the reviews that you leave! It’s something that I look forward to hearing! 

If you are new around here ---- you can follow, download, and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to your favorites!

In social media world, you can follow me on Instagram @be_encouraged_podcast

Now that we were strengthened from listening to the BELIEVE series, in Season 2, I can't wait for the RECEIVE series to begin! As children of God, there is an open invitation to receive all that God has in store for us. 

Vee Summer is our first guest speaker for the Receive series! Vee is an author and speaker. She recently wrote the book, “Prepared for Him: Become secure in your relationship with Jesus as you prepare for your future husband."

For those walking through singleness, this is an incredible and deeply profound book. It will also provide specific prayers for your future husband, while keeping Jesus at the center of it all.

Specifically, in this episode, Vee and I unpack the power of receiving our identity in Christ alone as our value and worth in this life, so we can walk through each season with God's confidence.

Vee is beyond encouraging with packing powerful punches of truth and grace for all generations listening! She unravels how, through her own walk of faith, things shifted in friendships and relationships. The more open she was in receiving a relationship with Jesus, the more her identity in Him became clearer.

Who's ready to walk in your God given purpose and receive all that He has for you --- simply because He deeply loves you?

Vee encourages us all to take the next step of faith and be open to receive who you are in Him, with open hands!

Grab your cup or coffee — get on your walk or run — and wherever you are — Be Encouraged!

https://veesummer.com/

https://www.instagram.com/veesummer_/

Welcome back to the Be Encouraged! Podcast! You are listening to esode # 7 and final episode of the Believe series called, God’s Way is Better

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Are you in a season of waiting, wondering if all your creating, doing, and striving is making a difference?

This episode gently reminds us that God is the ultimate Creator—and that His plans are far better than the ones we could ever imagine for ourselves. Through personal testimony, biblical truth, and reflective encouragement, I am inviting you to examine whether your efforts are aligned with God’s calling… or if you’ve been trying to do it all on your own.

We'll talk about:

• The difference between creating or working with God versus creating or working for ourselves.

• Why listening, obeying, and surrendering are keys to unlocking true peace and purpose in Christ.

• How the book of Isaiah shows us hope and redemption, even in seasons of silence and uncertainty.

• Practical ways to discern your priorities and realign your creative plan with God's plan.

Whether you’re a mom, teacher, student, artist, or a dreamer—this one’s for you. Because your work, when surrendered to God, does matter. He sees you. He’s not finished with you. And His way? Always better!

Reflection Questions:

• Am I creating for God’s glory or my own?

• Do I trust God enough to surrender my timelines, goals, and expectations to Him?

• What do I need to lay at Jesus’ feet today?

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Elisabeth Elliot’s words: “Trust and Obey.”

• The power of creative rest and trusting God’s timing.

• Encouragement for those waiting on job doors to open or clarity to come.

Takeaway Quote:
"When we walk by faith, we surrender our view and trust God's. His ways are always higher. Always better."

To learn more about the host, Jackie Brindle --- be sure to check out the link below! Also, follow on Instagram @be_encouraged_podcast! Thank you for listening!

https://linktr.ee/jackiebrindle