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Out of the Darkness- Annie Donewald and Cassie Reid.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

LIVE at 12pm EST on Toginet Radio

Podcast will be available after show time on iTunes or check here at Girlfriendit Radio.

This week as we sat with some girlfriends, one of them shared how the news has been so dark and depressing lately. Of course the conversation then led to a possible solution of

tasting 80% of the smoothies and milk shakes offered on a Denny’s menu. We don’t recommend this as a solution, but we do recommend the lemon cheesecake shake! But seriously, how can we be a beacon of light in a world of darkness?

To shine, we need:

• A desire for Truth in God’s word

• Integrity (in word and deed)

• Passion

• To serve others (even when it is

not convenient)

• Courage (leading by example)

• Steadfastness (choosing not to

be dragged into the darkness)

So, what’s our wattage? How much light are we providing?

Don’t miss this week’s shining guests -- Annie Donewald, CEO and Founder of www.EvesAngels.org, and Cassie Reid, Founder of Cassie Reid Counseling. They are lighting up their darkened corners of the world through their ministries and passions.

From Pain to Purpose

"I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful." ~ Robert Plant

Have you ever found yourself asking, “Does God still love me? Is there a purpose for all this pain I’m enduring?” Is your faith left dazed and shaken after a collision between high hopes and harsh realities?

Many times pain abruptly interrupts our lives, physically and emotionally. We experience the sudden loss of a job or a relationship, or the loss of a loved one. The emotional pain can be devastating, even paralyzing, but it can also be catalyzing!

Our ministry, Girlfriendit, was actually birthed out of pain – the loss of our mothers. God transformed our pain into our purpose.

Our guest this week on Girlfriendit Radio, Andra Good, knows first hand the heartache of loss. When her lifelong friend Leigh Ann’s life was tragically ended in an automobile accident, Andra chose to become better, not bitter. As a result, an amazing ministry, Leigh’s Blankies was created, touching lives all over the world!

Are you looking for hope and purpose? Tune in . . . you will be inspired.

Girlfriendit Radio with Patty and Lisa

Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate – Debora Coty and Lynn Roche

Thursday, May 16, 2013

LIVE at 12pm EST on Toginet Radio

Podcast will be available after show time on iTunes or check here at Girlfriendit Radio.

Fear diminishes as understanding increases. What don’t you understand? I don’t know about you, but this question immediately takes me back to my childhood when I didn’t understand and my parents had to help “remind” me!

Are you still scolding yourself with voices of fear rather than of faith? Unfettered fear leads to bigger problems such as worry, anxiety, and guilt, and that’s a lot to carry.

We need to be intentional about deleting fear and following faith. It’s time to be refreshed and renewed, and ready to conquer our worries. You are not alone in this journey. Let’s help each other diminish our fears and get a better understanding of the role of faith. There is freedom!

Our first guest this week on Girlfriendit Radio is Debora Coty, author of "Fear, Faith, and a Fistful of Chocolate", who addresses the heart needs of women worn down by everyday fears with her unique wit, wisdom, and humor. She likes to draw strength from the three G’s: God, Godiva, and Girlfriends. Amen to that! Later in the show we will be joined by Lynn Roche, of Hope Fiji. Don't miss this show!

Diminishing Fear . . . with a fistful of chocolate!

Are you on the right path? What do others say you are good at? Who is living the life you most desire? If you knew you could not fail, what would you be doing?

Here at Girlfriendit we want to help you Find It and Live It. Throughout the years we have been asked repeatedly what the "IT" on GirlfriendIt means. The "IT" reminds us to stay "In Truth". How does your mission in life measure up to God's word? Your "IT" is that divine sweet spot where you’re using your God given gifts, experiences, passion, and personality to make a dent in this world!

When you read about it, it sounds easy, but discovering it and then living it can be frustrating and challenging.

That is why we need our Girlfriends:

to process it,

to try it,

to experience it with us!

This week we have an expert Girlfriend who has found it and is living it so she can share it with us!! Don't miss IT!

Laurie Beth Jones, best-selling author and motivational speaker, will join us this week on Girlfriendit Radio. She transforms lives one mission at a time through her visionary leadership programs and training products. We gobbled up her books, The Path and Jesus CEO!

Are you winning the "Oscar" for "Best Self Trash Talk"? Are you playing the role of “Best Unsupporting Actress”?

Who is fabricating illusions in your mind?

Who is stopping you from fully enjoying a life of purpose?

YOU!

It's time to kick that can, STOP the story, and retire all those negative thoughts you are telling yourself.

Tip #1 - You get to choose the thoughts you think!

Join us this week on Girlfriendit Radio as we share more tips on how to rewrite pages and even whole chapters in the ongoing story that is called your life!

Start working towards a new reality; Potential is waiting for you.

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." - John 14:6

This weekend a question was posed to me by Caleb, my son’s friend. He asked me if I thought one needs to know evil to know good.

I guess the next question would be, "What is evil and what is good?"

Do you ever wonder if anything is absolute anymore?

Do truth and lies exist or is it all “grey” . . . up to each individual to ponder and interpret?

Many of us bend the truth and transform it to fit into our own little boxes.

Some people say if your intentions are good, then your actions are good.

Others say that things that seem perfectly good to one culture, might seem totally evil to another.

You can spin it and you can stretch it, but there is still right from wrong.

Our family was split on the answer to Caleb’s question, but that is what makes great conversation. Join us in our dialogue of good and evil, truth and lies on this week's show.

Pat McCalla is the Teaching Pastor at New Life and leads the community focused organization Hope Initiatives. He has worked with Food For The Hungry, launching their City Initiatives Program and also serves on the Advisory Board for Slavery No More.

He has also recently co authored the book, Imagine 5:16.

By the way, Truth is absolute!

Have you ever had one of those “God flashes” where you realize how incredible and intimate God really is?

After being in my house for 22 years, my family and I moved this week. I had been struggling with the move and uncertain of so many decisions. I just wanted God to write on the wall to answer my prayers. Well, instead of writing on the wall, He did it through a song.

There we were, my entire family sitting cross-legged on the carpet in the new house filled with nothing but echoes. It was completely empty with the exception of an iPod I'd decided to bring last minute so we could listen to music while praying over the house. Kevin, my hubby, began praying to ask God for a blessing over our new home and this great fresh adventure. In the middle of the prayer, Phillip Phillips' song “Home” began playing. To most this song might be just an ordinary song, but to me this was significant; it was as if God was whispering to all of us, “Thank you for honoring Me and asking Me to bless it . . . I’m going to make this place your home!”

Through my tears I prayed that night, and it was one of the neatest overwhelming feelings of Love from Him.

Listen in this week as we share more awesome God flashes with our guest Barb Pruitt. She has a zeal for life, for friendships, for the Kingdom of God, and for having FUN. She's God-Crazy and she's our kind of gal!

Wouldn't it be cool if everywhere you went you had your own marketing agent that would go before you to prep your "audience"? You know, someone to sell others on your strengths and talent and create a buzz of anticipation? It'd be kind of like what John the Baptist did for Jesus!

Imagine how great a first impression you'd make because you had an advocate that paved the way. If this sounds like an exercise in narcissism, consider how being or having that agent could make voices heard that are trying to make a difference in this world. Learn more this week as we hear from Erik Lokkesmoe, the founder and buzz creator of Different Drummer, an agency for global entertainment brands and content.

Different Drummer is aptly named; they've built an impressive list of clients through their dedication to "rethink everything" and “go different this time!”

They say, “Great art, entertainment, and media should leave the audience a little better off than when they first entered the theater, turned on the iPod, or opened the book. Art doesn’t have to be happy or easy; it should, however, be a vehicle for recreation and re-creation, an echo of grace that reminds us what it means to be human and more than human.”

Now that is creating a Buzz!!

Do you ever feel invisible?

If we are honest, most of us would say we have experienced invisibility in some fashion; such as feeling alone in a crowded room, being ignored and overlooked, sensing someone is looking through you not at you, or having your voice silenced because it wasn’t loud enough or strong enough. Perhaps “invisible” hit you when a circumstance or status changed and you found yourself struggling for your identity.

As women, we are wired for relationship. We need each other for encouragement, support, and community. It is easy to forget our worth, our value. We are caretakers and nurturers. Often we put our needs on hold and forget that we matter, too!

Sometimes feeling invisible is a result of our own self inflicted insecurities or self esteem issues, but for many women, it is the result of being in an abusive relationship. These women are treated as invisible. They are told they are invisible. As a result, many retreat and go into isolation mode to survive.

Is there hope?

YES!

On our show this week are two dynamic women, Annie Lobert of Hookers for Jesus and Maraion Douglas of MOMA’s House. Their stories are powerful and the hope they offer is real and visible.

Their stories will remind us all that we do indeed have something invisible; we wear an invisible crown of royalty . . . because of Christ! And that, dear Girlfriends, is our identity!

Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness."

Here’s a great poem to remind us that we are valued.

What is the first thing you do in the morning? Honestly, our mornings look more like a mad dash than an intentional ease into the day. What if we began each day with a prayer of availability (God, how can you use me this day?)? What would be different about our day if only we took a few seconds to ask this significant question?

We can always come up with excuses of “why” we don’t have time to join God where He is working and why we don’t have the time to share His story. Opportunities are all around us, if we just take the time to be aware.

At Church recently, we were all given an envelope that had various denominations of money placed inside. We were challenged to go and release what was in our hand into our community with no strings attached and be a blessing to someone. Immediately, wanting to be a good steward of this “blessing”, prayers of availability were said and we were on high alert for God’s leading. It was a great opportunity to be a Relational Entrepreneur for Jesus!

Here’s a couple of questions we want you to ponder and consider:

• Do you avoid having conversations about Jesus or do you lean into them?

• Are you actively looking for opportunities to join God?

Listen in this this week to Girlfriendit Radio with our two Relational Entrepreneurs, Lori Wildenberg and Anne Milam – both authors – both intentional with relationships.

Remember small can be beautiful! Small talk can lead to a relational revolution!

Make a dent in your corner and let it BLOOM from there.