Many of us have been caught in the cycle of striving to please God and striving to please others through our own strength and through our own works and good deeds. Ultimately, we let someone down or we feel like the works we are doing simply aren’t enough to measure up to the standard that we have imagined it takes to win God’s love and approval. Our guest today, Kaitlin Garrison knows the struggle of trying to please God very well and is here to remind us that we can be confident in our standing with God, not because of the good things we can do for Him, but because of the finished work of Jesus who has already done the work on our behalf.

Kaitlin's Favorites
Book: Sweet Relief
Website: kaitlingarrison.com
IG: @kaitlinngarrison
Go-To Bible: She Reads Truth CSB
Favorite Journaling Supplies: Highlighters
Favorite App/Website: Blue Letter Bible

 

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We all love the idea of having a fairytale wedding and having that day spill over into the rest of our lives together as man and wife. But the truth of the matter is that marriage is hard! And some marriages are facing tough situations like pornography, addictions, affairs, or just growing apart and being unhappy. The good news is that even in those tough situations Jesus can redeem the broken areas of your marriage and restore even the most hopeless relationships. I hope you believe that!  Our guest today, Dannah Gresh, author of the book, Happily Even After: Let God Redeem Your Marriage, has endured very difficult moments in her own marriage and she is here today to offer hope to those hurting because of broken trust and betrayal. She is here to remind us that even though everything is not okay now, there is always hope when we call on the name of Jesus.

Book: Happily Even After
Website: dannahgresh.com
Go-to Bible: ESV Version
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Do you ever feel so exhausted that it makes you feel weak, tired, and on the verge of giving up? You feel like you are doing everything right: saying the right words, praying the right prayers, and reading the Bible, but you still feel lost, frustrated, or forgotten. In a nutshell, your faith doesn’t seem to be working anymore. Well, our guest today, Ashley Morgan Jackson, author of the new book, Tired of Trying, is no stranger to this kind of spiritual exhaustion. She is here to talk with us about choosing to wrestle with God instead of giving up hope.  We’ll learn what the purpose of that wrestling means to our faith walk.

Book: Tired of Trying
Ashley's website
Bible: ESV Journaling Bible
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An overwhelming amount of people are hurting from past mistakes, habits, addictions, and a host of painful dysfunctions. Finding the courage to bravely face these deep struggles can seem far-fetched and out of reach, but it isn’t. Our guest today, Dr. Tracy Strawberry, author of the book, The Courage to Heal: Moving Beyond Your Habits, Your Past, and Your Pain, knows fully the deep hurt and pain that comes from past choices and the consequences that follow. But she is here to show us that if we keep moving in God’s direction, we can receive healing and freedom and finally break free from the struggles that are holding us down.  

Book: The Courage to Heal
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Bible: NLT Study Bible
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Have you ever noticed how many of your favorite movies or books seem to tell the same story over and over again? The human heart longs for many things – love, joy, and peace, but above all else, it longs to experience a love story with God. So many movies involve a hero, a villain, and a love interest in distress that draws us in and completely captivates our attention. How does this act of storytelling reveal the story we all ultimately long for? Well, our guest today, Bob Wheatley, author of the book, Our Hearts’ Desire: How Our Stories Reveal the Thing We Want Most, is here to take us on a storytelling adventure of the most epic love story ever told!

Book: Our Hearts' Desire
Website: bobwheatley.com
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Bible: NASB Version
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A fun fact is that the Bible is the highest-selling and most-read book in all the world, but so many of us get stuck in a rut when approaching this gift from God. Instead of feeling inspired and energized when we read it, we oftentimes feel confused, frustrated, and disenchanted. That’s not how God wants us to feel after reading His Word! So, today our guest, Bible scholar and lover of God’s Word, James Coakley is here to open our eyes to the beautiful way in which God communicates with us and to share practical strategies to pull us out of that rut!

Book: 14 Fresh Ways to Enjoy the Bible
Bible: NET Version
App: The Bible Project

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As Christians, we can often keep ourselves in bondage by trying to control our lives, but when we surrender, Christ offers us freedom.

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• practical steps to letting go of control
• strategies
• biblically rich insight for letting go of control and moving forward in faith

I would imagine there is someone listening today who struggles with control and fully trusting God in every area of their lives. Our guest today, Tara Sun author of the book, Surrender Your Story: Ditch the Myth of Control and Discover Freedom in Trusting God, knows very well the burdensome and ultimately empty myth of control. She will share with us how to surrender it all to God to experience lives filled with joy, peace, and meaning.

Book: Surrender Your Story
Bible: ESV Study Bible
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Relationships are so important (and tough to maintain)! How can we love others and how to make it last for the long haul in our marriages, families, friends, and yes, even among enemies? Our guest today, Dr. Gary Chapman is here with us to talk about how the complexities of life affect our relationships, so choosing to love, and not merely relying on the feelings of love, is so important to maintaining strong, lasting relationships. 

Book: Love is a Choice
Book: The Five Love Languages
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Bible: Ryrie Study Bible

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Sometimes our unhealthy habits can hold us back from fully relying on the Lord and walking in the renewed strength that He provides. Our guest today, Debra Fileta, author of the new book, Reset: Powerful Habits to Own Your Thoughts, Understand Your Feelings, and Change Your Life, is here to share tools rooted in God’s Word that we can apply to our lives to break free from old habits that might be holding us back from real Spiritual growth.

You will learn:
·         To depend on God instead of your own willpower
·         To change old ways of thinking
·         Tools rooted in God’s Word to break free from old habits

Book: Reset
Website
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We are taught in the Gospel of Luke that there is no marriage in Heaven, so why is there marriage while we are here on this earth? What is its purpose, and is it for everyone? Here to answer those questions and to help us understand more about God’s design for marriage is Pastor David Giese, lead pastor of Village Church of Gurnee.

Website & Sermons: Village Church of Gurnee
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Favorite Journaling Supplies: Commentaries
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