Move Your Heart

Move Your Heart

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  • Need "Hope That Overcomes" In Every Circumstance?

    Do you need hope that overcomes in every circumstance? Hope in suffering; a comforting hope for devastating circumstances; hope when circumstances won't change; a God-sourced Hope; a way to direct ourselves out of hopelessness and into this life-giving Hope.

    Life in our broken world is antagonistic to Hope. Constantly, obstacles become wedged

    between us and the things we desire.

    Also sandwiched between--and suffering assault--is our fragile human hope. We try to stay hopeful, but with the passage of time and the increasing struggles, our hope can falter or even die.

    But, to live life in wholeness, we must have the strong presence of Hope in our lives.

    We need a trustworthy, never-ending, abiding Hope for even the most hopeless circumstances.

    So, what can we do?

    1. We can muster our own natural abilities and resources to make our desire a reality;
    2. We can turn to other people and things for natural hope;
    3. We can seek divine hope from God.

      4. Of the three choices, God is the only entity that possesses complete wisdom, unlimited power, and the supernatural ability to order events to transform our human hope into reality.

      To validate that statement, Jesus' sole mission in coming to earth was to rescue us from our hopeless conditions.

      Correspondingly, He demonstrated His love and compassion for us in how He brought good news and God's favor and freedom to the hurting and the helpless.

      In this podcast episode, you'll gain strategies to:

      1. Find sustaining Hope in suffering;
      2. Find comforting Hope when Life strikes with devastation;
      3. Find overcoming Hope when circumstances stay stubbornly unchanged;
      4. Find a God-sourced Hope in a Person, who will be a constant presence with you, giving you wisdom and strength and His overcoming power for your times of need;
      5. Find ways to direct yourself out of hopelessness.

        6. If you or someone you know is losing hope or has been drained of hope, this broadcast will surely encourage you and fill up your Hope Tank.

        Will you become an Ambassador of Hope? You can FOLLOW the Move Your Heart Podcast, and you can SHARE each episode with this link: MoveYourHeartMinistries.com⁠⁠

        To close, I'd LOVE to hear from you. You can email me or send me an audio message--that would be exciting! Click the microphone on the homepage of my website:

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        Thanks for listening and for following! I appreciate you, and I'll be praying for you.

        Val Brown

        27 min
      6. When I Feel Anxious or Afraid in the Storms of Life

        When I feel anxious or afraid in The Storms of Life, God gives me peace, strength & courage to help me fight what comes against me. "Sometimes God calms the storm, and sometimes He calms His child."
        Do you sometimes feel anxious or afraid in the stormy trials and struggles in Life? I do. Honestly, I would choose Peace over stormy trials and struggles; yet, trials come daily so that the muscles of my spiritual heart become strong and resilient, yet soft and pliable, in the hands of God.

        Often, trials are the most intimate place I have for meeting God. That's on me, because I can be lulled into believing that everything is going well, this doing life on my own. Smack! A Life Storm hits, and I'm undone.

        It's then that I MUST find God's face. I MUST know that He's with me to help me.


        What about you? Are you going through a Life Storm at this moment?

        I can tell you two simple things:

        1. God is a very present help in times of need - Psalm 46:1; and
        2. "The magnitude of the storm doesn't matter. What matters is the size, the greatness, of our Help in the storm."


          3. The Word of God directs us to very real help to fill us with hope, faith, courage, and strength to endure and grow as we press through our trials, but we must find The God of The Word for true help, for a true rescue from anxiety and fear.


          In this episode, we'll take a look at simple folk like you and me who found themselves in some REALLY BIG life storms, and we'll extract the Life Lessons from their experiences.


          In this episode:

          • Mark 4:1, 2, 35-41 - "Jesus, don't you care?"
          • Matthew 14:22-33 - Peter walks on stormy waters
          • James 1:2-4 - Count it all joy?
          • John 14:1, 16-18, 23-33 - "I will send Holy Spirit to you."
          • John 16:33 - Jesus said, "In the world you will have tribulation"..."In Me you may have peace."
          • Hebrews 4:14-16 - Jesus understands what we're going through. He sympathizes with our weaknesses. We can "with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we might receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
          • Hebrews 13:5, 6 - "He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. I will not, I will not, I will not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let you down (relax My hold on you)! Assuredly not!"
          • Isaiah 41:10 - "Fear not, for I am with you..."
          • Joshua 1:9 - "Be strong and courageous..."
          • Psalm 56:3 - "WHEN I am afraid, I put my trust in You..."

            • "Peace is not found in the absence of a storm, but found in a personal connection with God through Jesus."

            Trust in God who rescues! and Don't do life alone!


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            Val Brown


            41 min
          • How to Know God Personally - 3 Must-haves

            How can I know God personally? There are 3 Must-haves.

            The route to knowing God is easy, but a relationship takes time and attention to develop, just like getting to know a person, who becomes a close friend. The 3 Must-haves to knowing God are: Desire Him, Pursue Him, and have a living relationship with Him.

            God passionately loves you, and He desires that you know Him personally. Do you feel His pull? Answer with, "God, I want to know You."

            Whatever your relationship with God looks like at this moment, you can know Him better today than you did yesterday.

            Are you ready to move your heart a little closer to God to co-write the next chapter in your God-story? Let Him draw you into His embrace. God loves you more than you will ever know. I hear Him calling you: "Let's do this!"

            The next move is yours.


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            Val Brown

            Elim Fellowship Credential Holder


            22 min
          • Codependency - A Snippet of My Story

            “CODEPENDENCY is often our first reaction; the recovery PROCESS is learning how to respond to what comes up;

            RECOVERY is freedom; FREEDOM is doing Life in new ways with God and other humans; Freedom is worth the work it takes to get free!"

            "True Recovery happens only as the LORD reveals and heals the heart.”    Val

            These are two Truths the LORD taught me in my discovery and recovery from codependency tendencies.

            Let me ask you:

            1. Do you sometimes struggle in relationships?
            2. Are you afraid to be authentically you for fear of being rejected, judged, or suppressed when you express your thoughts and feelings?
            3. Are you living in an imbalanced or emotionally or physically abusive relationship?

              4. If you answered "Yes" to even one of the questions, you may have developed some unhealthy codependency traits and tendencies in order to cope or survive.

              There are better, healthier ways to negotiate in these imbalanced and dysfunctional relationships, and you CAN do something to change the dynamics.

              In this episode, learn about codependency and how it influences who we are, what we say, and what we do. This is a recording of my codependency testimony, delivered at a Monday night meeting at Celebrate Life in Clymer, Pa.

              The Move Your Heart Podcast, is the show where you can come in unashamedly, just as you are—fully you in how you think, how you feel, and how you’re living your life—no matter what that looks like.

              Thank you for joining me today for this episode: Codependency – A Snippet of My Story. If you enjoy the podcast, please share with a friend or two, today. Thanks! www.MoveYourHeartMinistries.com


              Your host, Val Brown,

              MINISTRY CREDENTIAL HOLDER, ELIM FELLOWSHIP


              Resources mentioned in this episode:

              1. Listen to Episode #3 for more help on processing emotions: https://www.moveyourheartministries.com/being-honest-in-emotions-lets-talk-about-it/⁠

              2. Celebrate Life - www.gapministriespa.com⁠

              3. The Christian Codependence Recovery Workbook, From Surviving To Significance by Stephanie A. Tucker, ⁠www.spiritofliferecovery.com⁠

              30 min
            4. Being Honest in Emotions - Let's Talk About It
              Being honest about our emotions can be a scary thing. Why is that?
              Our family of origin may have taught us that "bad" emotions are unacceptable; "Fix your attitude, or I'll fix it for you!"
              Church may have taught us that emotions can be overridden by thinking differently; "By the way, here's the verse that fits that!"
              Dysfunctional Relationships sometimes "forbid" a person to express their true feelings, without a consequence.
              That's the top three that come to my mind. How and Why do YOU suppress your emotions?
              In this episode, we're going to talk about why being honest in your emotions is acceptable, healthy, and good for the soul and spirit.
              Sign up on my website: www.MoveYourHeartMinistries.com to receive notifications about upcoming episodes, and leave me a voice comment, if you'd like.
              Thanks for listening!
              Val
              20 min
            5. The God Who Sees Me

              Who Am I? Why am I here? Does my life matter? Does anybody really care to know who I am? And if they did really know who I am, would they accept me as I am?

              These are really big questions, and they're human Needs from the deepest part of us.

              As deep as the need is to feel that your life has meaning, finding validation can be as elusive as a needle in a haystack.

              Hear the story of Hagar, an Egyptian maidservant, who flees from her mistress and finds herself alone...or so she thinks, until she encounters face-to-face, El Roi, "The God Who sees me."

              We all have value in our Creator's eyes. YOUR life has meaning, and YOU have value in your Creator's eyes. Encounter Him to discover your worth and your purpose.

              Luke 12:7 - "Even the hairs of your head are all numbered."

              Psalm 139 -

              • From the womb, your life has mattered to Him;
              • It was Him forming your unique being;
              • There is nowhere you could go where you would be hidden from His watchful eye;
              • He knows every day that was written, every day that was formed for you when as yet there was none.

                • Yes, He is the God Who sees; He cares; He loves you.

                James 4:8 - "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you."


                *Enter in, and be encouraged today. God sees you, who you are right now, where you are right now; and He's coming for you.

                *Read my 3/26/23 blog post, "The Search For Significance," www.MoveYourHeartMinistries.com

                *Don't forget to Follow, Share, and Rate the show! Thank you!

                31 min
              • Guard Your Mind / Control Your Thoughts - Ashlee Frazier, Guest

                Ashlee Frazier, the author of Taking Back The Narrative, shares insights and her experiences with guarding her mind and controlling her thoughts to maintain healthy mental health and healthy relationships.

                Points from our conversation:

                • From her book: What is going into your mind? What are you consuming? How are those things influencing your life?
                • God tells us to guard our minds and exercise self-control over our thoughts.
                • The more we think about something, the stronger, and more controlling that thought becomes.
                • We CAN and SHOULD do the work to take control over our thoughts.

                  • Struggles as a result of uncontrolled thoughts:

                  • Torment of mind and emotions
                  • Relational difficulties
                  • Condemning & limiting thoughts can hold us back from God's divine will and purpose
                  • Misperceptions about strength & neediness

                    • What God says about exercising self-control in the area of the mind:

                    • Proverbs 25:28 - "A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls."
                      • Isaiah 26:3 - "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!"
                      • Psalm 73:3, 16, 17 - "For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of wicked. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end."
                      • Nehemiah 4 - Strength & safety in community / relationships
                      • 2 Corinthians 10:5 - "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
                      • Romans 12:1, 2 - "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."
                      • Ephesians 4:22-24 - "Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

                        • Great quotes you'll hear:

                        "I trust You, God, so why am I not in perfect peace? Why am I experiencing this anguish?"

                        "Basically, God was saying, 'We fixed what was going into your mind; now we're going to work on what's going on inside of your mind."'

                        "Not every thought that is in our head is ours."

                        Action Steps:

                        • Become conscious of what you think and how your thoughts are affecting your emotions and the course of your life;
                        • Purposefully work with renewing your mind;
                        • Clean out the closet / Maintain the garden [of your mind];
                        • Let God and others you trust help;

                          • Connect with Ashlee: ashleefrazierministries.com

                          Get your copy of her book, Taking Back The Narrative: Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble: https://a.co/d/9lYrrgz.

                          Che⁠ck out another great episode with Ashlee: Taking Back The Narrative - Ashlee Frazier

                          https://www.podpage.com/move-your-heart/taking-back-the-narrative-ashlee-frazier/

                          1 hr 9 min
                        • Taking Back the Narrative - Ashlee Frazier
                          Taking Back the Narrative - Ashlee Frazier. Ashlee, the author of Taking Back the Narrative, talks with us about how external narratives seek an entrance into our minds and control over our lives.
                          Are you modeling your life after the narrative of the culture around you? Maybe you're afraid to express your authentic self for fear of rejection. Here's a big one: What is the narrative that you play in your mind regarding what love looks like?
                          Whatever narrative we embrace shapes our self-worth, our authentic identity, our emotional honesty, how we relate in friendships, our degree of confidence to relate to God in a personal way, the choices we make, and more.
                          Hear how Ashlee specifically watches over her internal narrative, and learn what practices help her win battles; perhaps you will gain confidence to challenge areas where you have struggled or succumbed to unhealthy narrative and life practices.
                          Check out another great episode with Ashlee: Guard Your Mind / Control Your Thoughts:
                          https://www.moveyourheartministries.com/2
                          Connect with Ashlee: ashleefrazierministries.com or through most social media platforms.
                          Find Ashlee's book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible, and here: Taking Back the Narrative https://a.co/d/9lYrrgz.
                          1 hr 2 min
                        • Trailer - Move Your Heart Podcast

                          Move Your Heart, a podcast to Move Your Life! Your heart is Home for your thoughts, your feelings, and your will to do what you do. If you want to change your life, something has to change in your heart.

                          My friend, someone or something is holding the pen and writing your life story.

                          Is it you holding the pen and you feel your grip slipping?

                          Are you living as a victim or a survivor of someone else’s narrative and imagining what your life could be if only you could break free?

                          You can learn how and where to connect your heart to become a co-writer of your own beautiful story.

                          This is the Move Your Heart Podcast, and I’m your host, Val Brown.

                          Let’s move your heart to move your life.”

                          2 min

                        About Move Your Heart

                        From the publisher's feed

                        Does life sometimes feel messy and chaotic? Do you long for stability and security? Conversations on the Move Your Heart podcast shine a light into our hearts and lives to identify where we are and how to move our lives forward.