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Do you have lies that you are believing that you need to replace with the truth? Perhaps you tell yourself, I am just not smart enough or brave enough. Maybe you don’t have enough time or you think you are not strong enough or good enough.  What if we could replace these lies with truth?

I am so excited to have Charity Rios on my podcast this week and we talk about her new children’s book, My Heart's Garden. This book shows us how to tend our hearts, to replace the weeds of lies with seeds of truth so our heart’s garden can thrive. Charity and I talk about common lies we struggle with, shame, the enemy, and the power of Scripture. I cannot wait for you to hear the practical examples of how to teach this to your kids. Honestly, I love when a children’s book can speak truth into adults just as much as the kids, and I believe this beautiful exchange from lies to truth is so important for all ages. I promise you do not want to miss Charity’s wisdom.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Charity’s children’s book: *My Heart's Garden and the My Heart's Garden Workbook. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/my-hearts-garden-childrens-book-workbook-giveaway/

Lastly, I wrote 10 Bible Verses to Combat Your Not Enough Statements and I would love to share this with you. Please go to jodirosser.com to subscribe and I will email you a link to my Free Resources page where you can find these Bible verses and other great resources.

Book Recommendations:

• *How We Love Our Kids by Milan and Kay Yerkovich
• *The Good Fight of Faith by Alan Vincent
• *Parenting Without Regret by Jimmy & Laura Seibert

Charity is a Jesus follower, Wife and Boy Mama to 4 of the wildest, and squishiest sets of dimpled cheeks. She is the author of the children’s picture book, *My Heart's Garden and companion *My Heart's Garden Workbook. Most days you can find her top knottin’ it, totin’ potties and rollin’ in the mini. The power of the gospel is her melody and unleashing women and children from captives into warriors is her passion. She has a Masters in Higher Education and has been a Children’s Pastor, Church Planter and Teacher. Charity would love to send you her Tending Tips emails: a simple weekly practice to connect deeper with Jesus. You can sign up at charityrios.com/tendingtips. You can also connect with Charity at charityrios.com, on Instagram @claritywithcharity or Facebook @charityrios,author.

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Do you wish life would slow down? Do you wish you could rest more, be still and connect with God more?

This week on the podcast, I am so excited to talk with Anna Kettle about her book, *Sand Between Your Toes: Inspirations for a Slower, Simpler, & more Soulful life. As a fellow beach lover, I was captivated by the cover of her book. It is beautiful but what is more beautiful is the themes of rest in her devotional: slowing down, being still, connecting more with God, and waiting on His Timing. I loved diving deeper with Anna on the podcast and I promise you do not want to miss what she has to say.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Anna’s book: *Sand Between Your Toes.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/sand-between-your-toes-book-giveaway/

Book Recommendations:

• *The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
• *Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist

Anna Kettle is an author, blogger, and award-winning marketing professional. Her first published book, *Sand Between Your Toes: Inspirations for a Slower, Simpler, More Soulful Life’ has just launched under Tyndale House. Anna is a coffee lover, bookworm, travel enthusiast, live music fan, a keen foodie, a gatherer of people, and a big believer in the healing power of words. She is married to husband Andy, and mum to their son Ben (aged 6). They live in the beautiful waterfront city of Liverpool, England.

You can find her regularly blogging on issues close to her heart such as miscarriage, parenting, faith, slower living, and holding onto hope when things are hard at www.annakettle.com You can find her at on Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram @annakettlewrites.  Lastly, you can visit her website to find out more about her new book, download some sample pages for FREE & sign up for her monthly emails for more tips on resting and soulful living.

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Do you see time as a gift?  I think many of us would say time is important, but do you see it as valuable, priceless, as something that needs to be guarded?

This week on the podcast, I am so excited to talk with Sarah Butterfield about her book, *Around the Clock Mom: Make the Most Of Your God-Given Time.  I think as moms, time can be challenging as we try to manage our kid’s schedules and ours too.  There just does not seem to be enough minutes in the day.  This is why I love Sarah’s book and what she shares on the podcast about tending your time.  She gives practical tools to make the most of our minutes.  So if you are a mom of a baby or your baby is heading off to college, you do not want to miss this episode.  

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Sarah’s book: *Around the Clock Mom: Make the Most Of Your God-Given Time. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/around-the-clock-mom-book-giveaway/

Book Recommendation:

• *With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani

Sarah K. Butterfield is an author, speaker, and ministry leader who has a heart for empowering women to grow in their faith and be intentional with their time. Her book Around the Clock Mom: Make the Most Of Your God-Given Time is now available on Amazon. She and her husband and two boys live in San Diego, where she loves getting lost in a book, and overindulging in ice cream! Follow her writing at sarahkbutterfield.com or on Instagram @bysarahkbutterfield

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Do you know your sibling’s love language?  Your kid’s love language? Your parents?  How about your friends? Valentine’s Day is all about romantic love, but I want to look at it from a different angle today. What if we looked at all of our relationships through the lens of love languages?

I am so excited to have all 3 of my sisters on the podcast today as we dive deeper into love languages. We share about our primary love language and some fun stories and examples of how we feel loved. It was fun hearing stories from my childhood as well as some from present day too. We also give lots of practical advice and tools to help us love those with a different love language than us. My goal for this podcast episode is to raise our “other-awareness” and help us learn how to love our family and friends better by becoming aware of what fills their love tank.

Honestly, it was so special to talk with each sister, and I cannot wait for you to hear the wisdom they share.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of the *Five Love Languages of Children. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/five-love-languages-of-children-book-giveaway/

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Do you ever feel like you don’t have enough time? Enough time for your to do list or even enough time to go after your God sized dreams? What if we can unleash the power of 24 hours?

I am so excited to have Mark Batterson on the podcast this week as we talk about his new book, *Win The Day: 7 Daily Habits to Help you Stress Less & Accomplish More. A group of my friends all read this book, so it was fun to all talk with him on a zoom call together.  We asked him questions about our favorite parts of the book as well as what his daily prayer life looks like and his life changing books. I cannot wait for you to hear his wisdom.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Mark’s book: *Win The Day.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link:  https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/win-the-day-book-giveaway/

Book Recommendations:

• *The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
• *The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
• *Malcolm Gladwell books
• *The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church (NCC) in Washington, DC. One church in seven locations, NCC owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, the Miracle Theatre, and the DC Dream Center. NCC is currently developing a city block into the Capital Turnaround. This 100,000 square foot space will include an event venue, child development center, mixed-use marketplace, and coworking space. Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times best-selling author of 20 books including, *The Circle Maker, *In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, and *Whisper. He and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.

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Would you consider yourself a well woman? Let me ask you, how do you define wellness? Physical wellness? Spiritual? Emotional? Relational? Mental? 

I am so excited to talk with Gena Anderson on the podcast this week; she is the author of *The Well Woman. As we dive deeper into this subject of wellness, I cannot wait for you to hear her beautiful description of the well woman from her book. It is one of my favorite parts of her book. Gena also talks about living on purpose and the Biblical truths we need in our soil to grow deep roots, another favorite theme for me. Lastly, I am thankful to Gena for vulnerably sharing her heartbreak to strength story and how God used it to grow her deeper in her faith. I promise you do not want to miss this episode.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Gena’s book: *The Well Woman.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/the-well-woman-giveaway/

Book Recommendation:

• *Audacious by Beth Moore

As a nurse practitioner, Bible teacher, and wellness blogger, Gena Anderson has a passion for helping others to be well. She proudly holds the title of wife, mom, and the world's most average CrossFitter. She loves writing, reading, traveling, and brownies. She's working on that last one. Gena lives in Hutto, Texas with her husband and two children.  You can connect with Gena on IG @wellwoman.blog

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This week on the podcast, Dorina Gilmore Young and I talk her new book, *Walk, Run, Soar. The title of her book reminds me of one of my favorite verses: Isaiah 40:31. We both share what this verse means to us as well as Dorina shares how running was part of her grief journey. For all my running friends, you do not want to miss this 52-week running devotional.  For all my friends who love to learn about God through His Creation, you will enjoy hearing what Dorina learned about God through her trail runs in nature. Honestly, this is my favorite part; I love how God’s Creation can point us back to God and expand our view of Him and our relationship with Him.

I promise you do not want to miss this episode!  To listen, click on the link in my profile.

Book Recommendations:

• One Thousand Gifts by Anne Voskamp
• Take Heart Devotion by InCourage

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Dorina’s book: *Walk, Run, Soar.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/walk-run-soar-giveaway/

Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young is author, speaker, former news reporter, and long-time runner. She blogs at DorinaGilmore.com and is a contributor on DaySpring’s (in)courage writing team. Dorina is a "glory chaser,” who meets God running trails through the mountains or near the ocean. She is passionate about helping people discover God’s glory on life’s unexpected paths. Dorina and her husband Shawn started the Glory Chasers running group on Facebook where they serve up coaching, courage and community for Christian runners. Walk Run Soar, their devotional and training journal published by Bethany House/Baker, released September 2020. Dorina and Shawn are raising three brave daughters in Central California. Connect with her at www.DorinaGilmore.com.

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I am so excited to have Andrea Bourgeois on the podcast this week as we talk about her new Bible study, *Just Breathe: a modern day Exodus Journey to Revive Your Soul.  What I love is that she parallels our walk with Jesus with the Israelites journey through the wilderness to the Promised Land. We talk about what is it like to be in the wilderness season as Andrea shares her pain to purpose story. We also discuss what it is like to cross over into the promised land, and I love the practical ideas we share for gathering those remembrance stones.

Also, I find it fascinating that God provided for the Israelites daily with the manna as well as the cloud by day and pillar by night. Maybe like me, you set a goal to spend time with God daily this year. Did you ever wonder why daily is so important?  In the Bible, it says, our daily bread, not weekly or monthly. Excited to dive deeper into the importance of daily meeting with God on this episode too.

I promise you will not want to miss the truths Andrea shares.

Book Recommendations:

• How to Worship a King by Zach Neese
• Waiting on God by Charles Stanley
• God's Pursuit of Man by A.W. Tozer

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Andrea’s book: *Just Breathe.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/just-breathe-book-giveaway/

Lastly, if you have a goal for writing, I am excited to announce that Hope writers is opening their doors again this January. If you ever had a dream of writing a book or just writing in general, then you will not want to miss this opportunity to join this writing community! I will be posting about it all week on Instagram, but I am super excited about this book giveaway.

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Andrea P. Bourgeois, Author / Speaker / Bible Teacher / Co-Founder of Pain into Purpose Summit

Andrea is passionate about giving people tools to discover God’s faithfulness by studying God’s word, turning pain into purpose, and inspiring others to share their story with the world. She is a high school teacher by day and a writer by night. Her and her husband Brian reside in Southwest Louisiana with their four-year-old son. 

You can connect with Andrea on her website: https://andreapbourgeois.com/ as well as on Instagram @andreapbourgeois/

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Have you set goals for 2021? Is losing weight one of those goals?

This week on the Depth Podcast, I talk with Crystal Thompson, a life coach that helps others with weight loss. I love where she has us begin. She does not start with the diet or renewing our body, but she starts with us renewing our mind and our identity in Christ. She encourages us to invite God to be part of the squad. I think it is so important to have God involved in whatever we are doing whether that is setting a goal for weight loss or setting a goal for writing a book. I promise you do not want to miss what she shares and her practical tips.

In addition, I am excited to be giving away a copy of *The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren.  This book helped me in my weight loss journey years ago and it also combines faith and friends into the weight loss journey.  I am excited for someone to win a copy.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/daniel-plan-book-giveaway/

Book Recommendation:

• *The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren

Lastly, if you have a goal for writing, I am excited to announce that Hope writers is opening their doors again this January. If you ever had a dream of writing a book or just writing in general, then you will not want to miss this opportunity to join this writing community! I will be posting about it all week on Instagram, but I am super excited about this book giveaway.

Join Hope Writers Want to share your meaningful words without sacrificing your meaningful life? My friends at @hopewriters will help you figure out what your next step is and find the courage to take it Hope Writers Link

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Crystal Thompson is a Certified Life Coach and Christian Weight Loss Expert who teaches women how to lose weight with faith, fun and sanity...no diets or deprivation required.   She spent 2 decades bouncing between 2 extremes: eating everything that wasn’t nailed down, or obsessing over the latest fad diet.

Once she figured out how to get God on her weight loss squad, she lost 30 pounds...FOR GOOD.  She now teaches women from around the world how to combine coaching tools with Biblical through her signature program, The Fearless Weight Loss Academy.™

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Do you want to be a woman who is changing the world?  Do you want to use the gifts God has given you and live out the purpose He has made you for?

This week on the podcast, Ronne Rock and I discuss her book, *One Woman Can Change the World.  She highlights real stories of real women who are making a difference in the world.  It is inspiring to see God using their lives, their struggles, and most importantly, their faith as they are all making an impact right where they are.  Ronne says, “They are moving mountains with faith-filled whispers.”  Friend, I know you can also be a mountain moving, changing the world woman and make an impact right where you are too!  This is what I want for you and me as we begin 2021!

I promise you do not want to miss this episode!

Book Recommendations:

• All of Henry J. M. Nouwen books
• Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
• Prayer: Our Deepest Longing by Ronald Rolheiser
• The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Ronne’s book: *One Woman Can Change the World.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/one-woman-can-change-the-world-book-giveaway/

Ronne Rock weaves themes of transformative hope and grace-filled leadership into everything she shares on page and stage. She's an author and speaker—offering honest encouragement and road-tested wisdom about topics ranging from leadership and ministry engagement to discovering your God-crafted design and purpose. You’ll find her words on work/life balance shared in Joyful Life Magazine, and her stories of hope are offered up regularly as she serves as Engagement Manager for Orphan Outreach, a global nonprofit that provides care for the orphaned and vulnerable. Her book, One Woman Can Change the World: Reclaiming Your God-Designed Influence and Impact Right Where You Are, is available wherever books are sold. An Oklahoma gal by birth, Ronne now lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband, Brad, and rescue pup, Pearl. Her son and his family live in Arizona, which Ronne has deemed way too far away.

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