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Grab your coffee and your soul coffee this morning with Ashley. 5 minutes of encouragement for your soul!

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CALLED TO BUILD

Free Workbook:

WHAT AM I CALLED TO?

Follow Ashley on Instagram: @ashley.morgan.jackson

Grab your coffee and your soul coffee this morning with Ashley. 5 minutes of encouragement for your soul!

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CALLED TO BUILD

Free Workbook:

WHAT AM I CALLED TO?

Follow Ashley on Instagram: @ashley.morgan.jackson

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Have you ever had this conversation with yourself? “I really want to do that or try that or I really feel like God is calling me to do that…but …what will they think?” It has stopped many dreamers in their tracks from moving forward because “they” are out there, thinking their thoughts.

If you are like me, you may have found yourself crippled with paralysis over the fear of others judging you.

There have been times in my life the anxiety of both wanting to be brave and seeing thought bubbles above another person’s head criticizing me left me feeling sick to my stomach. I wanted desperately to move forward but I knew I couldn’t just fake it, I had to let God show me why it was I felt like this, why this fear had such a hold on me.

Although His answer was many layers deep, one of the things He revealed to me was that the judgement I feared the most was also the place I judged others most. How could I think I could harbor mean thoughts toward others and yet not fear others were thinking the same things about me.

To this day it is still something I struggle to keep in check. We are wired for judging but could it be possible the same measure we are using against others is also the measure we fear being used against us?

It says this exact thing in Matthew 7:2 “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” So we have to ask ourselves, how are we judging?

Without the help of the Lord we might circle around this till the day we die. Let’s let Him show us the ways that we are trying to protect ourselves through our judgement and when we don’t know for sure, let grace and mercy preside.

Help us Lord to love people more genuinely, believe the best and be set free to run our race with courage.

In this episode I chat with Bible teacher and speaker, Melissa Spoelstra on all things calling and how the Lord led her into what she does now.

Melissa really gets into what it costs to follow Jesus into what He is calling us to. Sometimes it is easy to look at the glamour and flashy side of the ministry we feel God is calling us to, or even just the best sides of living life with Christ, but there is also a side that will cost us.

It can be so easy to want to give up and stop pressing on when things get challenging and difficult for as we follow the Lord as if we are doing it all wrong or it is simply not meant for us, but when Jesus calls you to it, you follow Him at all costs. We get knocked down, we live in doubt, we cry our eyes out and then we wipe our tears away and get back to walking by faith with our Lord.

Melissa Spoelstra is a women’s conference speaker, Bible teacher and author who is madly in love with Jesus and passionate about helping others to seek Christ and know Him more intimately. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible Theology and is a contributor to Girlfriends in God online devotional as well as Proverbs 31 Ministries First 5 app. She is the author of seven Bible studies (The Names of God, Romans, Elijah, Numbers, First Corinthians, Joseph, and Jeremiah) and four books (Total Family Makeover, Total Christmas Makeover, 30 Days of Prayer for Spiritual Stamina and Dare to Hope). Melissa makes her home in Pickerington, OH, with her pastor husband and four kids.

You can connect with her on Instagram at :https://www.instagram.com/daring2hope/

on Facebook at:

https://www.facebook.com/authormelissaspoelstra

and find more information about her speaking and resources at:

http://melissaspoelstra.com/

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Ever feel like you are entering the freak out zone? The tightening in your chest, the feeling like you're falling behind, the wondering of what God actually wants you to do next and the dream you see in your heart is weighing on you as if it as all up to you.

Me too.

Anxiety and striving can rush in when we have forgotten who it's all about. Sure Jesus uses us, He equips us and He loved us so much that He died for us, but that does not make this story ours, its His.

This episode is a moment into my life, my heart, my relationship with the Lord and where He shows up once again through our surrendered hearts that proclaim, "I am not the King and this is not my Kingdom."

When we lift Jesus high, know Jesus' truth, remember how big He is and all that He is capable of our peace can return because it was never about us in the first place.

We lift you high Lord, let your kingdom come and your will be done.

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In this episode I talk with children's book author, Kristen Jenson, about her book, "Good Pictures, Bad Pictures: Porn Proofing Today's young kids".

I have to admit, as a mother of young men this topic has terrified me and I avoided it at all costs, all the while knowing this is the reality of the digital world we live in and that our children are at risk for exposure to these kind of images no matter what lengths we may go to to protect them.

I was resistant to even approach the subject or the book, but once I read through it and sat down with my kids as well, I realized it wasn't teaching them about this awful world they may get exposed to but rather preparing them for what to do if they should get exposed to it.

We make a plan for fires, for strangers and other possible dangers and Kristen's book is exactly that; teaching our kids to turn away, tell a trusted adult and name it for what it is.

I hope you will find our discussion insightful and helpful in navigating a wild world of online and social media evil to help our kids know how to avoid it and do what it is right and how to help them if they have fallen in this trap.

Find more great resources at ProtectYoungMinds.org

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Twitter: @ProtectYM   

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Have you ever felt frustrated in your life, caught up in anxiety and wondering why things aren't working out in your life? Have you ever found yourself caught more in striving then rest? Me too!

In this episode I share how God began to point out to me that often the places that I refuse to surrender and obey to Him are the exact places that bring the most anxiousness in my life.

When we realize that God is the one who often places loving boundaries around us we can rest within those boundaries rather than constantly running into the walls that are there for our protection.

We can pray for discernment to know when it is time to push and when it is time to submit to where God has us, the biggest indicator will always be our peace.

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In this episode I sit down with Donna Lasit of the Pearl Church in Denver.

Donna has been ministering, teaching and leading worship for years and in this episode she shares her heart and passion to see women stop allowing their busy schedules to push out their passions, to be more intentional in letting the Holy Spirit lead them, and live out the plans and purposes God has designed for them.

Donna shares about what we need in our relationship with God and how we stay dependent on Him and not ourselves and gives advice for all of us who want to awaken out of our apathy and follow the Lord with everything we are and do what He is calling us to do.

You can connect further with Donna and her teaching at https://thepearl.church/

and on Instagram @donnalasit

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