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Gentleness isn’t weakness. It’s strength under the Spirit’s control. This week, Bryce and Colette Schaffer unpack gentleness as a fruit of the Spirit and what it looks like in marriage, parenting, and every relationship in your home.

Through a moving-day story about ripped-up carpet and gouged hardwood floors, Bryce shows how stress and pressure push gentleness out the window, and how harshness can leave scars in a marriage that aren’t easily sanded over. Together, we look at Proverbs 15:1, Colossians 3:12–13, Jesus’ gentleness with the woman caught in adultery, and the tender affection found in the Song of Solomon.

You’ll walk away with practical ABCs for putting on gentleness: seek God first, cover your marriage in prayer, and guard your loyalty to each other. If your home feels tense, this episode will help you bring peace back into it.

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Life is loud. Between busy schedules, constant notifications, financial pressure, comparison, and the feeling that everyone needs a piece of you, it’s easy for God’s voice to get drowned out. And if we’re honest, many of us aren’t comfortable with quiet anymore.

In this episode, Bryce and Colette Schaffer talk about how to cut through the noise and the chaos so you can hear God clearly again, especially heading into the holiday season. Drawing from Elijah’s encounter with God’s still, small voice (1 Kings 19) and Psalm 46:10, they share five practical ways to quiet your life:

• Lower the volume of everything that isn’t God
• Protect your time with God and with your spouse and family
• Practice releasing your stress to God
• Make room for intentional silence
• Ask “What would Jesus do?” and get to know Him in the Gospels

If your marriage, your home, or your heart feels noisy right now, this episode will help you tune into the right frequency and find the peace God has for you.

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Should your family celebrate Halloween? Is a scary movie really “just for fun”? In this episode, Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer open the Bible to talk about spiritual warfare, the spirit of fear, and how to choose the right spirit for your home this October.

Jesus has already won the battle, so we don’t have to live afraid. But Scripture warns us not to be ignorant of the enemy, who disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). Bryce and Colette share a brief history of Halloween, All Saints Day, and Reformation Day, then offer three biblical ways Christian families can respond: abstain, choose an alternative, or engage and evangelize.

You’ll also hear why fear-based entertainment can open the door to anxiety and strongholds (2 Timothy 1:7), how to tell Christ-centered stories like Narnia apart from content that points toward darkness, and why believers should know the Holy Spirit better than any other spirit.

Scriptures in this episode: Ephesians 6:12, John 8:44, 1 Peter 5:8, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Philippians 4:8, 2 Timothy 1:7, Proverbs 4:23, 1 John 4:1, 2 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 10:23–24, Romans 6, Romans 12:1–2, Luke 10:17

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Ever wish life came with an owner’s manual? Bryce and Colette Schaffer understand. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, they talk about how to find God’s plan and purpose for your life.

God formed you in your mother’s womb with a plan already in mind (Psalm 139). He promises a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). But finding that plan takes faith, surrender, and a willingness to follow Him one step at a time. 

You’ll learn:

• How to surrender every area of your life to God and stop locking doors on Him
• Why hard seasons are often God’s training ground (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
• Why the grass isn’t always greener, and how to water the grass you’re on
• God’s success formula from Matthew 6:33 and Romans 12:1–2
• How to protect God’s plans from the “weeds” of busyness and distraction (Mark 4)
• How to hear God’s voice and learn true contentment (John 10, Philippians 4)
• Why your kids are your first mission field, not your mini-mes
• The one purpose every believer shares, no matter your job or calling

Whether you’re just starting out, in a season of waiting, or wondering if you missed God’s plan altogether, this episode will encourage you to seek Him first and trust that His plan is the best plan.

Mentioned in this episode: our episode on How to Hear God’s Voice.

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What’s the one-word answer to keeping your marriage healthy, growing, and free from strife? Humility.

This week, Bryce and Colette Schaffer talk about how pride sneaks into our marriages and families, often without us even noticing. From needing the last word to keeping score to holding grudges, pride builds walls and burns bridges. But humility? Humility builds bridges and makes unity possible.

Rooted in Proverbs 16:18 and the example of Jesus in Philippians 2, we share six practical ways to stay humble in your marriage:

• Choose peace over being right
• Admit your mistakes
• Release your ego and never keep score
• Live in constant forgiveness
• Look to serve first
• Be an active listener

Humility isn’t about being a doormat. It’s a heart posture that brings peace, joy, safety, and trust into your home. Whether you’re just starting out or fighting for your marriage, this episode will give you a nugget of truth you can put into practice today.

Plus, a simple daily challenge that could change your marriage: Ask yourself every morning, “How can I bless my spouse today?”

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If you don't fix your internal struggle, everything will be a struggle.

Whatever is going on inside of us eventually shows up on the outside: in our marriages, our parenting, and our homes. In this episode, Bryce and Colette Schaffer talk about why so many of us chase outward fixes for inward problems, and how Jesus offers a peace the world can't give (John 14:27).

You'll hear what it really means to "let not your heart be troubled," why Jesus called the Pharisees "whitewashed tombs," and how Matthew 6 teaches us to deal with the worry, fear, and lack that scratch at all of us. Colette also shares a personal story about how fear was the hidden root behind her struggles in parenting, and how God helped her dig it out.

You'll walk away with 5 biblical steps to fix your internal struggle:

• Be honest with yourself
• Replace negative thoughts with God's truth
• Become who God says you are
• Choose forgiveness
• Invite God into your struggle
• Bonus: Get help when you need it

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Is your marriage slipping without you noticing? 

Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer share the two words that can turn a struggling marriage around: love and respect. 

Rooted in Ephesians 5:33, this episode unpacks why both spouses need both — not just one gender needing love and the other needing respect — and gives you practical, everyday ways to show each. 

Bryce and Colette bring 20+ years of pastoral counseling experience straight into your living room. Whether you're newly married or wondering if your marriage can be saved, this episode will point you back to what actually works: choosing love and respect, on purpose, every day. Bring hope home to your life today.

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In part two of their series on peace and boundaries, pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer dig into one of the toughest parts of parenting: setting boundaries for your kids and teens without losing your peace — or theirs.

From toddler meltdowns and headbutting toddlers to teenagers testing curfew and pushing back on rules, Bryce and Colette walk through real, lived-out examples from raising their own three kids and now grandparenting. You'll learn why consistency matters more than the boundary itself, how to "preempt" hard moments before they happen, why teenagers push boundaries the same way you'd test a roller coaster harness, and how to root every boundary you set in your family's belief system rather than just "because I said so."

This episode is for the mom who feels like she's negotiating with a toddler in the cereal aisle, and the dad wondering if his teenager will ever respect a curfew again. Boundaries, done right, aren't about control — they're an extension of the peace God wants for your home.

Listen in, and remember to bring hope home to your life today.

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Peace isn't the absence of a busy season — it's a decision to trust God in the middle of it. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer talk about what it really means to walk in "shalom" peace: wholeness, wellness, and a settled heart, even when your calendar is full and your house feels loud.

You'll hear how pursuing peace is an active choice (not something that just shows up), why bringing your "messes" to God matters more than having them figured out, and how healthy boundaries — with your time, your kids, your yes and your no — actually protect the peace in your home instead of limiting it.

Whether you're newly married, raising littles, or navigating a hard season with your spouse, this conversation will give you real, practical ways to keep your peace intact and pass it on to your family.

Grounded in Isaiah 26:3, Philippians 4:8, and Colossians 3:15 — this episode will remind you that peace is closer than you think.

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What if the "freedom" you're chasing is actually a trap — and the boundaries you're resisting are actually your protection? In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer unpack the difference between true freedom in Christ and the false freedom the world (and the enemy) keeps selling us — and how that lie quietly shows up in marriage, parenting, and everyday life.

Tracing the pattern from the Garden of Eden to the prodigal son, Bryce and Colette show how false freedom always promises more but delivers less. They dig into Romans 6 (slave to sin or slave to righteousness), Galatians 5 (standing fast in liberty), and John 10:10 — and offer practical ways to identify the "yokes" quietly stealing your peace, your joy, and your marriage.

In this episode:

• Why the enemy's oldest trick is convincing us God's boundaries are a cage
• The prodigal son and the real cost of freedom apart from God
• Why boundaries are protection, not punishment
• Three freedoms found in Christ — and what they mean for your marriage
• How to recognize what you're "yoked" to and reclaim true liberty

Whether you're newly married, raising a family, or fighting to save a marriage on the brink, this conversation will challenge what you believe about freedom — and point you back to the peace, joy, and liberty God intended for your home all along.

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