Lowercase Kingdoms with Ariel Anderton

Ariel and Jeff recount recent trials in their life and where God is reaching them in it. Old scriptures have new life as our hearts gain more alignment with God's heart in them. The process of organizing oneself around God rather than the trial or the pain is the way Jesus made possible for us.

It's hard to be people who need and be honest about where we need, how much we need, when we need etc. And God wants to come through right there for us. Jeff and Ariel share their cluster month of trials that had their backs against the wall and the dramatic and personal ways God came through that has them retelling the story to everyone they bump into.

In Jesus' promises to us He includes peace, rest and comfort. Jeff shares his most recent experience from fear, exhaustion and avoidance to Jesus' promises.

Episode referenced: 10 - Presence Grows Our Heart Song referenced: To Cry For You by Carolyn Arends

We relisten to Jeff's story believing that wherever God is present there is more life to receive. Ariel and Jeff reflect on where Jeff has grown since then and how that shows up in daily life.

Did you watch the Olympics? Me too. And it always brings up many emotions for me since my childhood dream was to become an Olympic gymnast. But this year, God redeemed and restored my story in a big way.

God gives us the gift of cycle and seasons in our world as well as in our heart. We relisten to Ariel's Story to reflect and expect God to reveal more in it. Jeff and Ariel unpack the new fruit from an old story.

The transitions we allow our hearts to have and the room to be where we are before acting and speaking is the space we explore here. Increasing and practicing space with Jesus as we live will also increase our experience of His abundance in us. Jeff and Ariel share parenting and personal scenarios from recent life to illustrate.

Has God ever brought you into His possible through your impossible? Ariel shares her journey through impossibilities to get to God's possible for her and with her inside a retreat.

Jeff and Ariel share 3 personal stories and 1 story from the Bible illustrating God's co-creating context with us. God wants to fill in the context for our hearts as only He can. He brings the complete picture.

What is it like for you to need? How you relate to your needs reveals how you're seeing God in your life. Jeff and Ariel share personal stories of how they've treated their needs and stories of recent growth with God.