Sometimes we can forget the power in kindness even through a simple smile to people. As we move through the fruits of the spirit our challenge is what are ways we can show kindness even in the smallest ways during our day? The small act of kindness can create a ripple effect that we may never know how much it affected someone but are we willing to create the ripple?

At our event this past Thursday we just celebrated 4 years of FRLS! Paula Bodi the visionary behind this ministry shares her story of losing her daughter Rachel and how God can use our story for His glory. "We can either do two things, we can allow it to crush us or we can absorb it and let it change us."

What's causing you to lose your patience each week or each day? Choosing patience isn't easy and you definitely have to work at it but think about how much patience God has with us on a daily basis (ouch!). We dive into a great discussion about the daily struggles of being patient with those around us, family, co-workers and even at church.

Where do you ultimately find peace? It's hard sometimes to find complete peace in the fast pace world we live in right now. God promises us peace even through our struggles but do we take time to really embrace it?

Sometimes God puts people in our path each day for a reason but do we take the opportunity to serve even in our busy lives? When things aren't going so well in your life circumstances are you still going to choose joy no matter what the outcome is?

Right now we're seeing so many instances in the news, our community and around the world where people are just full of hate towards one another. It's hard to understand at times and everything that is coming at us on a daily basis but God called us to love one another. In this episode we have an honest conversation about the pressures around us especially with being a Christian in today's world.

Do you ever struggle with what your purpose is? Sometimes our purpose may change depending on the season we're in or where God has us in that moment. We have a great conversation about purpose and how that looks different throughout your life.

Sometimes we're really good about going to church on Sunday's but we're not always good about being the church when things get hard (ouch!). We have an honest conversation about being the church outside of a Sunday such as helping others and simply being kind to those we come in contact with. Let's just say, the fruits of the spirit are not easy on the daily basis but we're challenging ourselves (and you) to take one we struggle with and work on it for the week. Are you in?

In this episode we talk about Psalms 23 and the reality of the words "even though" means that not "if but when." Just because you're not in the valley right now doesn't mean you won't be in the valley at some point. The valley may be long but what is God trying to teach us while we're in the valley?

In this episode we talk about Proverbs 15:1 and how quickly we tear others down with our words (yikes). Today, there are a lot of opinions and harsh words being tossed at each other but if we focus on our own words then think about the incredible impact that can make each day.