Rise Up & Roar - 96) Tuesday Devo - Philippians 4:7 Healing Isn’t a Morphine Pump: Intimacy with God in the Pain
Host Carrie Hurley emphasizes Philippians 4:7, highlighting that God's peace follows prayers filled with gratitude, contrasting worry with a desire for intimacy.
Carrie shares her personal journey through grief and postpartum depression, illustrating how speaking gratitude transformed her perspective and relationship with God.
The discussion underscores the role of the Holy Spirit in cultivating peace as a gradual fruit of spiritual growth, referencing Galatians 5:22-23.
God’s healing approach is described as allowing discomfort to prompt change while promoting intimacy, akin to a child seeking comfort from a parent.
The connection between Philippians 4:6-7 encourages believers to seek refuge in God's presence for comfort and healing.
Carrie offers private soul care sessions for inner healing, emphasizing sliding scale pricing to ensure accessibility for those in need.
Listeners are reminded of their empowerment as children of the King, with an encouragement to embrace their spiritual rights and responsibilities.
The podcast aims to provide guidance and support for those struggling with inner healing and spiritual growth.
Host Carrie Hurley welcomes listeners to a devotional focused on Philippians 4:7: "Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Explains conditional promises in Scripture - connecting Philippians 4:6 to 4:7, emphasizing that God's peace comes when we pray about everything with gratitude rather than worry.
Peace of God is conditional and requires approaching God with gratitude and desire for intimacy rather than just wanting pain relief.
️ Personal Testimony & Experience (01:51 - 03:00)
Carrie shares personal struggle after her mother's death while experiencing unrecognized postpartum depression - describes being a "worrying, angry, sorrowful, hot mess" and "top notch naval gazer.","Explains her initial approach of wanting God's peace like a "morphine pump to make the pain go away on command" without proper spiritual posture.
Describes breakthrough moment when she chose to speak gratitude as an act of will and obedience, not feeling - recognizing God as worthy regardless of her feelings.
References Galatians 5:22-23 explaining peace as a fruit produced by the Holy Spirit, emphasizing gradual transformation through Holy Spirit's work.
Spiritual Principles & Teaching (03:39 - 04:30)
God allows discomfort and natural consequences to direct us toward change but doesn't force transformation - described as a "gentleman."
Compares God's healing approach to children seeking comfort in parent's lap after being hurt - intimacy brings comfort in pain.
Conditions between Philippians 4:6-7 draw believers into "the lap of God" for comfort and transcendence through intimacy.
Action items
Reach out to schedule a private soul care session if stuck and needing inner healing - link provided in description (05:30)
Rise up and embrace power, place, privilege, rights and responsibilities as children of the King (05:30)
Rise Up & Roar - 96) Tuesday Devo - Philippians 4:7 Healing Isn’t a Morphine Pump: Intimacy with God in the Pain
Host Carrie Hurley emphasizes Philippians 4:7, highlighting that God's peace follows prayers filled with gratitude, contrasting worry with a desire for intimacy.
Carrie shares her personal journey through grief and postpartum depression, illustrating how speaking gratitude transformed her perspective and relationship with God.
The discussion underscores the role of the Holy Spirit in cultivating peace as a gradual fruit of spiritual growth, referencing Galatians 5:22-23.
God’s healing approach is described as allowing discomfort to prompt change while promoting intimacy, akin to a child seeking comfort from a parent.
The connection between Philippians 4:6-7 encourages believers to seek refuge in God's presence for comfort and healing.
Carrie offers private soul care sessions for inner healing, emphasizing sliding scale pricing to ensure accessibility for those in need.
Listeners are reminded of their empowerment as children of the King, with an encouragement to embrace their spiritual rights and responsibilities.
The podcast aims to provide guidance and support for those struggling with inner healing and spiritual growth.
Host Carrie Hurley welcomes listeners to a devotional focused on Philippians 4:7: "Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Explains conditional promises in Scripture - connecting Philippians 4:6 to 4:7, emphasizing that God's peace comes when we pray about everything with gratitude rather than worry.
Peace of God is conditional and requires approaching God with gratitude and desire for intimacy rather than just wanting pain relief.
️ Personal Testimony & Experience (01:51 - 03:00)
Carrie shares personal struggle after her mother's death while experiencing unrecognized postpartum depression - describes being a "worrying, angry, sorrowful, hot mess" and "top notch naval gazer.","Explains her initial approach of wanting God's peace like a "morphine pump to make the pain go away on command" without proper spiritual posture.
Describes breakthrough moment when she chose to speak gratitude as an act of will and obedience, not feeling - recognizing God as worthy regardless of her feelings.
References Galatians 5:22-23 explaining peace as a fruit produced by the Holy Spirit, emphasizing gradual transformation through Holy Spirit's work.
Spiritual Principles & Teaching (03:39 - 04:30)
God allows discomfort and natural consequences to direct us toward change but doesn't force transformation - described as a "gentleman."
Compares God's healing approach to children seeking comfort in parent's lap after being hurt - intimacy brings comfort in pain.
Conditions between Philippians 4:6-7 draw believers into "the lap of God" for comfort and transcendence through intimacy.
Action items
Reach out to schedule a private soul care session if stuck and needing inner healing - link provided in description (05:30)
Rise up and embrace power, place, privilege, rights and responsibilities as children of the King (05:30)