Recurring symptoms can make you believe you need more discipline, a better system, or stronger willpower. But procrastination, anger, intrusive thoughts, or even an anxiety attack may be signaling a limiting belief you cannot recognize on your own. In this episode, I'll help you get curious through prayer, filter what surfaces through your identity in Christ, and understand why supported Christian healing can uncover what effort alone has missed.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Why limiting beliefs often feel like unquestionable facts

• How prayer can expose what is driving repeated patterns

• Nine practical steps for hearing God about the root

• How identity in Christ helps you recognize false beliefs

• Why another person may see what you cannot

• Where to find guided prayers for common struggles

Listen now and ask God to show you whether the symptom you keep managing is pointing toward the breakthrough you have been unable to name.

Scripture: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." Psalm 139:23–24

Prayer: Father, show me any limiting belief I have accepted as truth. Help me recognize what is underneath the patterns I keep trying to change and receive Your truth without shame. Give me the humility to hear You through prayer and through the people You place around me. In Jesus' name, amen.

Declaration: I am not broken, disqualified, or the exception to Christian healing. I am teachable, led by the Holy Spirit, and able to receive the truth that brings freedom.

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Trauma can make healing feel complicated, especially when you love God, believe in prayer, and have already been praying about the same struggle for years.

In this conversation with Jared Laskey, we talk about biblical healing for trauma, his testimony of Jesus healing him from combat PTSD, and how the Holy Spirit helps us recognize God's voice even when fear, pain, or overwhelm have been loud. This episode is a hope-filled reminder that God is not intimidated by trauma, and your struggle is not your identity.

Jared's story points us back to this truth: healing is possible with God. Not because we force ourselves to be stronger, but because Jesus still heals, the Holy Spirit still comforts, and God still speaks into the places we thought we would have to manage forever.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• God can heal what trauma has touched.

• Biblical healing is not about pretending pain is not there.

• The Holy Spirit brings comfort, clarity, and peace.

• Hearing God can help reveal what is happening beneath the struggle.

• A symptom may be a signal, not the conclusion.

• Hope matters because sometimes we need to know healing is possible before we can envision it for ourselves.

Listen now and let this conversation remind you that you are not too wounded, too stuck, or too far gone for God to meet you in the middle of your healing story.

Connect with Jared Laskey and Fireborn Ministries here: https://www.firebornministries.com/

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Still stuck after prayer? Come hear God clearly at the Heal with God Workshop.

If you feel stuck emotionally, spiritually dry, anxious, or unsure what to pray next, this free live workshop is for you. The Heal with God Workshop is a Spirit-led space for Christians who want healing with prayer, deeper discernment, and more clarity in hearing God's voice for their personal healing journey.

In this live Christian workshop, Heather O'Brien will walk you through a simple, Spirit-led framework to help you slow down, hear God clearly, uncover the real root behind the struggle, and know what to pray and how to pray. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, shame, fear, confusion, emotional heaviness, or feeling disconnected from God, this is a place to stop guessing and start getting clarity.

Inside the workshop, you'll experience:

• Christian healing with prayer
• Help with hearing God's voice for yourself
• Greater discernment around what may be keeping you stuck
• Guided prayer to uncover deeper root issues behind anxiety, fear, shame, and spiritual confusion
• A safe place to receive peace, clarity, and next steps with God

This workshop is for Christians who:

• Love Jesus but still feel stuck emotionally or spiritually
• Want to grow in hearing God's voice
• Need Christian help for anxiety and depression
• Feel tired of managing symptoms and want real healing
• Want practical, Spirit-led help with discernment, prayer, and emotional healing

You are welcome to come as a fly on the wall. No one is chosen randomly on the spot for live coaching. If you want a chance for live coaching, there are separate instructions after registration.

This is a live workshop and there is no replay.

👉 Save your spot now: healwithgodworkshop.com

Nick had spent a year and a half praying, studying Scripture, and doing everything he knew to hear God clearly. But instead of finding clarity, he felt exhausted, confused, and afraid that God had given up on him. During this live coaching session, God revealed that Nick had unknowingly turned spiritual disciplines into spiritual performance—and believed the outcome depended on him.

Key Takeaways

• Spiritual disciplines can become performance when I use them to earn an answer from God.

• Trying harder is not always the answer when I still feel confused or stuck.

• Performance, perfectionism, and pride can place responsibility on me that belongs to God.

• Grace is a free gift I receive through faith—not a reward for doing everything perfectly.

• My responsibility is to hear God, obey what He shows me, and trust Him with the outcome.

• The pressure I'm carrying may be a signal that there is a deeper belief God wants to reveal.

Listen now and hear the moment Nick says it feels like a "1,000-pound gorilla" has lifted as he releases the pressure to perform and receives God's grace.

Prayer: God, show me where I have turned my relationship with You into performance. Forgive me for believing everything depends on how hard I work. I release the pressure to strive, receive Your grace, and trust You with the outcome. In Jesus' name, amen.

Declaration: I do not have to earn the voice or attention of my Father. I will obey God, trust His grace, and leave the outcome in His hands.

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Prayer is powerful, but sometimes we keep praying the same prayer at a symptom without understanding what God may be revealing beneath it. When the struggle remains, it can leave us discouraged, confused, and wondering whether we are doing something wrong spiritually.

In Episode 279, I'm sharing my conversation with Beatty Carmichael about hearing God's voice during the healing process. We talk about why Christians can love God, pray faithfully, and still feel stuck—and why needing another person's perspective does not mean you lack faith.

Key Takeaways

• Why remaining stuck is not proof that prayer failed

• Two ways to test whether you are hearing God

• How a symptom can reveal a deeper emotional or spiritual need

• Why we cannot always recognize the root from inside the struggle

• How identity, fear, agreements, and unforgiveness can affect healing

• Why one clear next step can be more helpful than another checklist

Listen now and consider whether the struggle you have been trying to silence may be pointing toward something God wants to help you understand.

Declaration: My struggle is not my identity. I am loved by God and learning to recognize His voice as He leads me toward truth, clarity, and healing.

JOIN THE MONTHLY WORKSHOP 👉 https://healwithgodworkshop.com

LEARN MORE ABOUT BEATTY CARMICHAEL 👉 https://theprayeroffreedom.com/

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You can know the Bible, love God, and still feel unsure about what He is saying to you personally. That uncertainty does not mean you are failing spiritually. God may already be speaking through Scripture, nature, dreams, other people, or ordinary moments—but you may be overlooking what He is doing within them.

In this episode, I share June's story from the Heal with God Signature Program and how learning to recognize God's voice more tangibly helped her deepen her trust in Him, understand her identity, steady her emotions, and find the courage to move forward.

• Recognize four purposes in God's communication: teaching, correction, preparation, and equipping

• Understand why God's loving correction is different from condemnation

• Notice repeated themes without forcing an immediate interpretation

• Move from simply hearing truth to responding with one faithful step

• Replace "I don't hear God" with the identity of someone learning His voice

Listen now and ask God which of these four purposes He may already be using in your everyday life.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17; John 10:27

Prayer: God, open my awareness to the ways You are teaching, correcting, preparing, and equipping me. Help me recognize Your voice, test what I hear against Scripture, and respond with trust.

Declaration: I am not spiritually defective. I am learning to recognize the voice of my Shepherd. God is not withholding Himself from me.

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For seven years, I lived with depression without ever asking why I was sad in the first place. I cried myself to sleep, woke from a dead sleep to vomit, and eventually accepted that this was simply how life was going to be. But as I began pursuing Jesus, taking communion, and paying attention to what He was doing around me, my mind was slowly being retrained. In this episode, I'm sharing the two Biblical healing practices that helped me stop rehearsing what pain had done and begin remembering what Jesus had done—and was still doing.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Why depression can keep pulling your attention back toward painful memories

How to recognize what your mind has been rehearsing without shaming yourself

Why communion is a practical way to remember Jesus' finished work

How Biblical, shared, and personal testimonies can strengthen hope

Why taking thoughts captive is simple, but requires intentional practice

How supported walking out can help when information alone has not changed the pattern

Listen now, then ask God to show you what your mind has been rehearsing and which testimony of His faithfulness you need to remember today.

Scripture: "They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony." — Revelation 12:11

Prayer: Jesus, thank You that what happened to me does not get the final word. Show me what my mind has been rehearsing, and bring Your faithfulness back to my remembrance. Help me take every thought captive and walk in the freedom You have already made possible. Amen.

Declaration: I am not defined by depression or by what happened to me. I am an overcomer through Jesus, and I will train my attention toward truth and hope.

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Betrayal can do more than break trust. It can make you question your worth, your identity, your ability to hear God, and whether healing is actually possible for you. In this episode, Heather talks with Kristina Joy about healing after betrayal, rebuilding safety with Jesus, and learning how to stop letting shame name who you are.

This conversation is for the Christian who has been hurt, hidden, or emotionally guarded and still wonders why they feel stuck after praying, forgiving, or trying to move forward. You are not who betrayal told you you were. You are still loved, still seen, and still invited into freedom with Jesus.

You'll gain:

• A clearer understanding of how shame attaches itself to betrayal

• Language for the lies betrayal can create around your identity

• Encouragement for healing with Jesus without hiding or self-punishment

• Insight into why safety matters in emotional and spiritual healing

• A first step for bringing shame into the light without condemnation

Listen now and connect with Kristina Joy through her podcast, Intimacy After Infidelity: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intimacy-after-infidelity-cut-contact-rebuild-trust/id1691443054

Scripture: Romans 8:1 says, "So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus."

Prayer: Jesus, thank You that shame does not get to name me. Show me where betrayal has shaped the way I see myself, others, or You. Lead me into truth, safety, and healing. Help me receive Your love in the places I have wanted to hide. Amen.

Declaration: I am not who betrayal told me I was. I belong to Jesus. I can bring my pain into the light, receive grace, and walk in freedom.

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Still stuck after prayer? Come hear God clearly at the Heal with God Workshop.

If you feel stuck emotionally, spiritually dry, anxious, or unsure what to pray next, this free live workshop is for you. The Heal with God Workshop is a Spirit-led space for Christians who want healing with prayer, deeper discernment, and more clarity in hearing God's voice for their personal healing journey.

In this live Christian workshop, Heather O'Brien will walk you through a simple, Spirit-led framework to help you slow down, hear God clearly, uncover the real root behind the struggle, and know what to pray and how to pray. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, shame, fear, confusion, emotional heaviness, or feeling disconnected from God, this is a place to stop guessing and start getting clarity.

Inside the workshop, you'll experience:

• Christian healing with prayer
• Help with hearing God's voice for yourself
• Greater discernment around what may be keeping you stuck
• Guided prayer to uncover deeper root issues behind anxiety, fear, shame, and spiritual confusion
• A safe place to receive peace, clarity, and next steps with God

This workshop is for Christians who:

• Love Jesus but still feel stuck emotionally or spiritually
• Want to grow in hearing God's voice
• Need Christian help for anxiety and depression
• Feel tired of managing symptoms and want real healing
• Want practical, Spirit-led help with discernment, prayer, and emotional healing

You are welcome to come as a fly on the wall. No one is chosen randomly on the spot for live coaching. If you want a chance for live coaching, there are separate instructions after registration.

This is a live workshop and there is no replay.

👉 Save your spot now: healwithgodworkshop.com

Anger can feel like the whole problem when it's the thing coming out of your mouth, affecting your relationships, and leaving you regretting how you responded. In this episode, I'm letting you listen in on Keenan's real live coaching from a Heal with God Workshop as we slow down, ask God questions, and follow the anger somewhere Keenan had never fully connected before.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why Keenan came into coaching wanting freedom from anger outbursts

• The childhood connection that surfaced as he talked about feeling unheard

• The moment anger led deeper into loneliness, worth, and identity

• What Keenan recognized about depending on other people's opinions

• The prayer and declarations that helped him reconnect with his identity in God

• Why Keenan ended the coaching feeling more free, peaceful, and secure in God's heart

Listen now and consider whether the symptom you've been fighting may be pointing toward something deeper God wants to help you see.

Declaration: I am a child of God. I am not abandoned. I am not alone. My struggle is not my identity. My identity comes from God.

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