Find Your Jesus Podcast

What if Jesus isn’t waiting for you to clean up your life before He shows up?

Jensen Diederich grew up seeing Jesus as a distant teacher and his prayers as a walkie-talkie that might or might not get picked up. On his mission, he faced anxiety and scrupulosity (religious OCD). He kept feeling he had to reach a certain level of “good” before Christ would save him. In this conversation, Jensen shares how the Book of Mormon, Brad Wilcox’s “His Grace Is Sufficient,” and even The Chosen changed that. He came to see Jesus as a friend who runs to us the moment we turn toward Him.

We talk about:
 • Why “succor” means “run to,” and what that says about how Christ meets us
 • What Alma the Younger, Enos, and the apostles teach anyone who never feels “enough”
 • Small, intentional habits for building a real friendship with Jesus: daily conference talks, going to second hour, cleaning up your algorithm
 • Why the gospel should feel like wings, not weight

If you’ve ever felt like God’s love has a threshold you haven’t reached yet, this one’s for you.

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Grace Freeman was a seminary teacher planning a lesson on how to live a good life when she hit a wall. The list of everything she “should” be doing was so long she thought, I’m going to need a whole different life to do this. Then the Spirit told her something that changed the way she lives every single day: you don’t need a different life, you need to start living your life differently. In this episode, Grace gets real about why so many of us feel bored or stuck in our faith (we’re sitting on the bench), why we’d never be afraid of repentance if we truly believed it worked, and what moving to New York City taught her about living an inconvenient life, just like Jesus did. She shares the morning she almost said no to houseguests until her husband reminded her what was at stake, the grocery-run poem she can’t stop thinking about, and the one thing she’d ask Jesus if she could sit down with Him today. If your faith has felt stagnant, or you keep waiting for life to slow down before you can get closer to Christ, this one is for you. Your life is your every day. Start there.

 Kate Lee – Finding Jesus Through an Open Heart

At 20, Kate Lee was living alone in St. George, Utah. She felt aimless and lonely, and she was sure she wasn’t good enough for God. One night she pulled her car over, got out, looked up to the sky and yelled to God: “Where are you?” The answer was a quiet hush that told her God knew her and hadn’t forgotten her.

In this episode, Kate shares how that moment started her journey to really know Jesus. She talks about how she learned to stop feeling like an inconvenience to God and to the people around her. She’d been drawing pictures of Jesus in private since she was a little girl, and she shares how she finally found the courage to put them on Instagram. That one scary step led to art shows, a partnership with Deseret Book, and paintings that now reach people all over the world. She also tells the story behind "Through His Light," the painting she calls “my story with Christ.” It came out of one of the hardest years of her life.

If you’ve ever felt like Jesus is good enough for everyone, but you, Kate’s advice is simple: learn the stories of Jesus and put yourself in them. He never turned anyone away, and He won’t turn you away either.
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Ryan Sanford grew up singing in a Methodist church in Kansas City and drifted from belief in high school. He later joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in Houston. 

In this episode, Ryan talks about why hard trials bring us to Christ, what it means to “wrestle with God,” how music opened his heart to the divine, and what God’s voice feels like to him.

“Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things, because then there wouldn’t be any need for faith.”

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In this episode, Alyx Warden shares how years of chasing money, the “perfect” body, and the approval of others left her empty, until she finally gave it all to God. We talk about never feeling like you belong, why peace can’t be manufactured, how becoming a mom showed her that God just wants to be with us, and why every trial we face is pointing us back to Him. Plus, the story of the bummer lamb, and why Jesus kept the scars in His hands so that we could fill them.

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In this episode, Kiana Stanclift shares her journey from a lifelong Catholic upbringing to the leap of faith of being baptized, and the moment she knew God was telling her "right now." We talk about finding joy in the hardest moments, seeing Jesus as our Savior, our strength, and our best friend, what it means to be a daughter of God, and how the woman who touched the hem of His robe reminds us that Christ will always turn around when we reach for Him.

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In this episode, Ally Putnam shares her powerful story of finding Jesus through motherhood and the hardships that came with it. We talk about the challenges of infertility, finding God in the difficult moments, and how Christ can bring strength, purpose, and hope when life doesn’t go as planned.

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In this episode, Portia Louder shares her powerful story of finding Jesus while in prison. We talk about overcoming hardship, discovering hope in dark places, and how Christ can transform even the most difficult chapters of our lives.

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In this episode, Brayden Black opens up about his journey of finding Christ and learning to walk with Him. We talk about what it means to be a true disciple of Christ and how God guides you through life when it feels like the darkness is surrounding you.

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In this episode, Allie Seabock opens up about mental health, self-worth, and navigating the highs and lows of postpartum. We talk about finding your identity beyond motherhood, learning to see yourself the way Jesus sees you, and the heart behind her "You Belong Project" a reminder that you are worthy, you are seen, and you belong here.

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