Girl, Relax and Trust God

We are celebrating two years of Girl, Relax and Trust God! And while Season 5 isn't officially here yet, Janique couldn't let this milestone pass without checking in and sharing what God has been teaching her.

In this special anniversary episode, Girl, Learn to W.A.I.T., she is diving into the book of Habakkuk to explore what it means to trust God's character, surrender control, and wait on His timing, even when life doesn't make sense.

Whether you are in a season of preparation, correction, transition, or uncertainty, this episode is a reminder that you don't have to figure everything out. God is still sovereign, His character hasn't changed, and you can trust Him while you wait.

Girl, relax. You don't have to call every play. Trust the One who sees the whole court.

Key Takeaways

1. Perfectionism can become a form of misplaced trust. 
2. You can question God's actions while trusting His character. God invites us to bring our honest questions and concerns to Him.
3. Waiting is an active expression of faith. 
4. God's timing doesn't have to align with our expectations.

Anchor Scriptures - Remember How to W.A.I.T.

W - Worship while you wait. (Habakkuk 3:17–19)

A - Acknowledge God's sovereignty. (Habakkuk 1:12)

I - Invite God into your questions. (Habakkuk 1:2–4)

T - Trust His timing. (Habakkuk 2:3)

Reflection Question

Where in your life are you so focused on getting everything right that you've forgotten to surrender the outcome to God?

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In the final episode of season 4, Girl, Check Your Heart, Janique invites listeners into a powerful and necessary heart check. With Proverbs 23:4 Psalm 139:23-24 as the anchors, this episode explores the importance of guarding your heart, examining what has been shaping your thoughts and desires, and allowing God to reveal what needs healing, surrender, and realignment. Before stepping into a new season, we must first ask God to search what is already within us. This episode is a reminder that peace, joy, and clarity begin in the heart.

Key Takeaways

1. A heart check is not condemnation, it is wisdom and protection.
2. What fills your heart will eventually flow through your words, choices, and reactions.
3. Guarding your heart means being intentional about what and who gets access to you.
4. You cannot fully step into a new season while holding onto what God told you to release.
5. Before asking God for more, ask Him to search your heart first.

Anchor Scriptures

1. Proverbs 4:23 - “Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
2. Psalm 37:4 - Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
3. Psalm 139:23-24 - “Search me, O God, and know my heart…”
4. Matthew 12:33 - “A tree is identified by its fruit.”
5. Ephesians 2:8-9 - “ God saved you by his grace when you believed…”

Homework

Heart Check - Lord, what is happening in my heart right now that I need to acknowledge, surrender, or heal?

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In this episode, Girl, Life is Too Short for the Drama, Janique dives into Psalm 39 and unpack what it means to guard your mouth, surrender anxious thoughts, and stay focused on what God has called you to do. She talks about how easy it is to create imaginary conversations, rehearse arguments in our minds, and become distracted by things that may never even happen.

Using David’s honesty in Psalm 39, we are reminded that life is short, our time is valuable, and unnecessary distractions can pull us away from purpose. God calls us to bring our frustrations to Him instead of reacting in our flesh. This episode is a reminder to watch your words, walk in obedience, and keep your eyes on the assignment God has given you.

Key Takeaways

1. Guard your mouth and be mindful of your words.
2. Stop rehearsing conversations and creating narratives in your mind.
3. Bring your worries, frustrations, and emotions to God in prayer.
4. Life is short, don’t waste time on unnecessary distractions.
5. Obedience keeps you aligned with God’s purpose.
6. Your hope must remain in God, focus on the assignment God has given you.

Anchor Scriptures

1. Psalm 39
2. Philippians 4:8
3. 2 Corinthians 10:5

Homework

What distraction or heart posture do you need to surrender this week so you can walk in obedience and stay focused on God’s assignment for you?

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In this episode, Girl, Don’t Miss the Life God Gave You, Janique talks about burnout—what it really looks like and how it quietly shows up in our lives long before we reach a breaking point.

After reflecting on a simple but meaningful Easter with her family, Janique shares how easy it is to get caught up in doing, striving, and carrying too much—only to realize we’re missing the very life God gave us to enjoy.

She walks through the early stages of burnout—the need to prove yourself, working harder, and neglecting your needs—and what scripture says about each. Through biblical truth and real-life insight, this episode reminds us that we don’t have to earn our worth, overwork to be valuable, or neglect ourselves to be strong.

If you’ve been feeling exhausted, disconnected, or like you’re doing the most but still empty, this episode will help you come back into alignment with God, embrace rest, and begin to experience life again.

Key Takeaways

1. You don’t have to prove yourself
2. Working harder is not the solution to burnout
3. Neglecting your needs is not strength
4. Burnout is a slow drift—not a sudden collapse
5. You were created to experience life, not just manage it
6. Alignment with God restores what burnout drains

Anchor Scriptures

1. Matthew 11:28-30 -“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest…”
2. Mark 6:31- “Then Jesus said, ‘Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile….”
3. 1 Timothy 6:17- “Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud…Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.”

Homework

Pay attention to what your body, your mind, and your spirit have been trying to tell you and ask yourself: what is one small, intentional thing you can do this week to delight in the Lord and enjoy the life He’s given you?

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In this episode, Girl, Are You a Fragrance or an Odor?” Janique reflects on moving from a heavy season into a new month with renewed intention and spiritual alignment. Using the imagery of spring and fragrance, she asks: “When you walk into a room, are you a fragrance or an odor?”

Through personal insight and scripture, she explores how our attitudes, words, and actions reflect our spiritual condition and reminds us that our lives are meant to be a pleasing aroma to God.

This episode is both a reset and a call to action—to return to rhythms that keep us filled, allow God to refine us, and intentionally show up in a way that reflects Christ in every space.

Key Takeaways

1. God desires a pleasing aroma
2. Staying connected to God keeps you fragrant
3. What comes out of you reveals what’s in you
4. Let God refine you instead of resisting the process
5. Release what you were never meant to carry

Anchor Scriptures

1. Genesis 8:20 - “Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings…”
2. 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 - “He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume… Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God.”
3. Ephesians 5:2 - “Live a life filled with love… He offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.”
4. John 12:3 - “Mary poured out expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet… and the house was filled with the fragrance.”
5. Luke 6:45 - “What you say flows from what is in your heart.”
6. Ephesians 4:31-32 - “Get rid of all bitterness… be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving one another.”

Homework

In this current season of your life are you more of a fragrance or an odor? How can you exude more fragrance in your life?

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In this honest and reflective episode, Girl, You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup (But You Keep Trying), Janique opens up about feeling drained after a demanding season and recognizes what it means to operate on “empty” while still showing up for everything and everyone.

Through personal reflection, she explores the patterns of overgiving, pushing through exhaustion, and treating time with God as a checklist instead of a source of renewal. She reminds listeners that burnout is often a sign of disconnection, not poor time management, and calls them back to abiding in God as the true source of strength.

This episode is an invitation to pause, be honest about where you are, and allow God to fill you again, so you can move from a place of overflow, not depletion.

Key Takeaways

1. You cannot sustain what you’re trying to carry while running on empty
2. Burnout is often a sign of disconnection, not just overcommitment
3. God is not asking you to perform, He’s inviting you to remain in Him
4. You can’t overflow if you’re empty, being filled must come first

Anchor Scriptures

1. John 15:5 -  I am the vine; you are the branches… apart from me you can do nothing.
2. Hebrews 12:1-2 - Let us strip off every weight that slows us down
3. Psalm 23:5 - You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Homework

When was the last time you truly allowed yourself to be filled by God? 

What would this look like? 

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As spring approaches, many of us start thinking about decluttering our homes—cleaning out closets, switching wardrobes, and making room for something new. But while we focus on clearing our physical spaces, we often overlook the clutter in our minds, hearts, and spirits.

In this episode, Girl, That Weight Was Never Yours to Carry, Janique reflects on Hebrews 12:1-2 and the call to strip off every weight that slows us down so we can run the race God has set before us. Sometimes the overwhelm we feel isn’t just about how much we have to do, it’s about what we’re carrying that God never asked us to hold onto.

Janique explores the importance of releasing the mindsets, fears, expectations, and distractions that hinder us so we can run our race with endurance. If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, or stretched thin, this episode will encourage you to pause, reflect, and make space for what God wants to grow in this new season.

Key Takeaways

1. Decluttering isn’t just physical, it’s spiritual and emotional too.

2. We must identify the “weights” that slow us down.

3. Everyone has a race that God has set before them.

4. Endurance means continuing even when it’s hard.

5. Keeping our eyes on Jesus helps us endure.

Anchor Scripture  

1. Hebrews 12:1-2

Homework

What are you holding onto that you need to let go to endure and run your race well?

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In this episode, Girl, Consider Your Ways, Janique reflects on the powerful message found in the short but convicting book of Haggai. Speaking directly to women who feel overwhelmed, burnt out, and spiritually disconnected, she explores how misplaced priorities can leave us exhausted yet unfulfilled.

Just like the Israelites who returned from exile but neglected rebuilding God’s temple while focusing on their own homes, many of us have unintentionally placed our ambitions, responsibilities, and comfort ahead of our relationship with God. The result? Working hard but producing little fruit, feeling spiritually drained, and wondering why nothing feels satisfying.

Through the Lord’s call to “consider your ways,” this episode invites listeners to pause, reflect, and realign their priorities. Janique reminds us that God’s desire isn’t just for our activity - it’s for our obedience, reverence, and relationship with Him.

When we seek God first and remain connected to the true source, we stop striving in our own strength and begin to experience the fruit that only comes from abiding in Him.

Key Takeaways

1. Do not put your personal comfort over God’s presence. 

2. Spiritual neglect leads to frustration and no fruit.

3. God calls for reflection before correction

4. God desires glory, not just activity.

5. God promises to be with us when we step into obedience. 

Anchor Scriptures  

1. Haggai 1:4 - 8
2. Matthew 6:33
3. John 15: 5-7

Homework

Is to Consider your ways. 

1. Where has busyness replaced time with God? 
2. Where has worry and distraction replaced time with God? 
3. What would it look like to ‘rebuild the temple’ and prioritize God in this season of your life?

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In this episode, Girl, The Chaos is Not Your Assignment, Janique uses the metaphor of a blizzard to describe the overwhelming storm of information, outrage, anxiety, and distraction we face daily. From the 24-hour news cycle to social media chaos, cultural tension, and personal struggles, it can feel like we are living in a constant emotional whiteout blizzard.

But what if the enemy’s goal is not just to inform us, but to exhaust us?

Janique reminds us that Satan’s mission is to steal, kill, and destroy our peace, joy, and hope. When we remain in constant anger, fear, or overwhelm, we leave little room for the fruit of the Spirit to grow.

Through powerful scripture and practical encouragement, this episode challenges listeners to resist distraction, stand firm in their faith, and “take heart” - because Jesus has already overcome the world.

Peace is not the absence of chaos.

Stillness is not the absence of noise.

Victory is already ours in Christ.

Key Takeaways

1. The enemy uses distraction as a strategy - If he can keep you emotionally overwhelmed, he can keep you spiritually distracted.

2. Acknowledge emotions - don’t claim them - You are allowed to feel anger, sadness, or anxiety. But you are not called to live there.

3. Taking heart is a choice - To “take heart” means to be encouraged and confident in Christ despite circumstances.

4. The narrow road is hard - but it leads to life - Choosing discipline over distraction is a narrow road, but it leads to peace

Anchor Scriptures

1. John 10:7- 10 (NLT) – The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but Jesus came to give life abundantly.
2. 1 Peter 5:8–9 (NIV) – Be alert and sober-minded. Resist the enemy and stand firm in faith.
3. Ephesians 6:10–13 (NIV) – Put on the full armor of God and stand firm.
4. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT) – God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
5. John 16:33 (NLT) – Take heart, because Jesus has overcome the world.

Homework

Part 1: What is currently creating a blizzard in your mind and heart? What is keeping you distracted and away from God?

Part 2: Prayer of Surrender

Lord, I feel __________, but Your Word says __________. I surrender this to You.

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In this episode, Girl, Choose the Better Portion, Janique explores Luke 10:38-42 and the familiar story of Mary and Martha. While Martha was distracted by preparation and performance, Mary chose what Jesus called “the better portion,” His presence.

In a world that rewards productivity, achievement, and busyness, God is inviting us into something deeper this season: intimacy over image, presence over performance, and devotion over distraction. Janique reflects on what needs to change in us for delight to become our posture, not just a feeling, but a discipline. Through Scripture, personal reflection, and practical steps, this episode challenges us to ask: Are we giving God our first and best, or our leftovers?

If delighting in the Lord means finding joy and satisfaction in Him above all else, then we must create space to truly know Him.

This season, we choose the better portion.

Reference Episode: S1 Ep 8: Girl, Break Up with Busyness and Be Present 

Key Takeaways

1. Delight Requires Discipline - Joy in the Lord doesn’t happen accidentally. It grows through intentional time in prayer, fasting, studying scripture, and stillness.
2. Busyness can masquerade as faithfulness - We can be doing things for God while neglecting being with God.
3. Everything Is a Choice - Stillness or striving. Intimacy or image. Delight or distraction.
4. God Is Our Portion- When Jesus says Mary chose “the good portion,” He reminds us that He Himself is our inheritance, our strength, and our satisfaction.
5. You Can Practice Both/And - Service and stillness can coexist, but intimacy must come first.

Anchor Scriptures - NLT and ESV

Mary & Martha

• Luke 10: 38-42

God Knows Us

• Jeremiah 1:5
• Psalm 139: 13-16
• Isaiah 49:1

Do We Know Him?

• Matthew 11:27
• 1 John 2:23

The Lord Is Our Portion

• Numbers 18:20
• Psalm 73:26
• Lamentations 3:24
• Psalm 16:5
• Psalm 143:5

Homework: 

What would choosing “the better portion” look like in this current season?

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