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You don’t have to look hard to see that our world is more addicted than ever.

It is growing worse day by day, with more and more people turning to drugs and alcohol to escape life’s problems.

In 2017, the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimated that abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs costs the United States more than $740 billion annually, as it relates to crime, lost work productivity and health care. Yikes , I don’t know about you, but this is depressing. But there is hope!

Author of Grace-Based Recovery: A Safe Place to Heal and Grow , Jonathan Daugherty, seeks to help people suffering from addiction, and find the only path to true freedom.

Jonathan is the founder of BeBroken Ministries and the popular podcast and radio show Pure Sex,

Jonathan has twenty years of personal recovery experience and over fifteen years of professional recovery experience. Nearly five years into your own recovery journey, he realized that simply behaving well is not going to cut it.

Listen in with Meg Wilson as she provides reassuring counsel, compassionate insight, and wise direction to those who have found themselves in similar circumstances: Marriage with a Sex Addict (SA).

By sharing her story, talking to other women who’ve walked the same road, and turning to Scripture, Meg Wilson has helped countless women through the steps to recovery—and shows how they can follow that same path out of the darkness.

Leadership styles are like fingerprints. They leave an unmistakable mark of influence on whatever they touch.

And while we don’t get to choose our fingerprints, we do get to choose how we lead those around us.

Some of us might need to push the pause button and step back, assess our leadership style and look for ways to improve. Is there room for more humility in how we are leading.

In his new book, Rediscovering Humility Christopher Hutchinson urges the church to place humility—both individually and corporately—back as the central goal of Christian life and the best way we can grow and lead to be more like Jesus.

Sometimes a story can be used as an escape from the troubles of the world, but other times a story acts as a beam of light, illuminating situations we are not as aware of otherwise. With Becoming the Talbot Sisters

Rachel Linden hopes to shed light on issues important to women around the world and encourage them to live what she describes as “every day brave.

What if I never meet “My Person?” What if God wants me to be single for the rest of my days on earth?

OR . . .

What if today is the day? What if my ‘Mr. or Mrs. Amazing?’ is at Starbucks or Dutch? Perhaps in my business class? How will I know?

Have I even considered the qualities I want in “MY Person?”

Listen in to the “Secrets” to help prepare you for one of the biggest decisions you will ever make in your life.

When hardship strikes, life can hurt, right down to the soul. It can hurt to even hope things will get better when you’ve faced a spiritual crisis of doubt, disappointment, or a feeling of distance from God due to unanswered prayers and painful circumstances. What does he say to us when we have nothing left to say? How do we see him when pain has silenced our prayers and blinded our souls? It is in those times, we must reach out and encounter Christ.

In Reaching for Wonder, Marlo Schalesky explores encounters with Christ to illuminate the surprising character of a God who transforms pain into wonder. Marlo also leads listeners to find hope in knowing that while their lives may not be what they had envisioned them to be, God is doing a mighty work in each and every life.

The lives of moms are all too often consumed with wearisome, empty striving. There is an expectation from the world to keep up appearances, meet certain standards, and find satisfaction in the offerings of this life such as success, admiration, and ease. However, God has set eternity in a mother’s heart, and deep inside, and it is impossible to not long for more.

Heavenly Minded Mom: A 90 Day Journey to Embrace What Matters Most, popular Mommy blogger Katie Bennett helps point her fellow moms to view their role through God’s vantage point.

How do we make room for God? ~

Some days it’s hard to to move forward with a relentlessly positive attitude when you are stuck in crazy situations. If you are listening in today, we will be chatting with women who allowed God to work through them and become unstuck!

How do we make room for God and get out of the way?

For those who struggle with worry and anxiety, each day can feel as if they are fighting a losing battle. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older, or 18% of the population. Research also reveals that women are twice as likely to be affected by Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, and specific phobias. From personal experience, author and Bible teacher Barb Roose understands what it means to battle with worry. She has written her new book Winning the Worry Battle: Life Lessons from the Book of Joshua to share the wisdom she’s garnered over the years to help other women gain victory over their anxieties.

In Growing Kids with Character: Nurturing Your Child's Potential, Purpose, and Passion, Hettie Brittz helps parents identify their child's natural bent and how that affects their parenting journey. Hettie's famous tree metaphors show ways to let kids excel at being who they naturally are.

Author and speaker Hettie Brittz helps listeners identify their kids' natural bent and understand how that affects the parenting journey. Parents will learn how to:

Cultivate each of their kids' unique way of encountering life, based on each child's blueprint.

Recognize your child's strongest characteristics and apply that knowledge to everyday life.

Speak your child's unique dialect (or "tree language") to foster effective communication.

Help their children celebrate God's individualized design for others

Hettie offers tools to parents for recognizing their kids' God-given personalities, guiding them on their spiritual journeys, and establishing their identity and purpose in Christ.