She Chooses

Easter will quickly be here, and we're spending time preparing our heart to celebrate Resurrection Sunday by dialing in on the last week of Jesus' life.

This first episode looks at Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and discusses how it shows us a picture of His triumphal entry into our heart. 

As we walk through the last week of Jesus' life we see a painful depiction of our interactions, and our handling of God in our own lives. Sometimes it's really painful to look at and think through, but it's also very beautiful to understand despite our misunderstanding -> God chose the Cross. 

Today's episode focuses on Luke's account (Luke 19:28-40)

Join me as we explore what was happening during the Triumphal entry; the peoples expectation, compared to God's purpose. 

May we never be tempted to exchange our "Hosanna" for a "Crucify." 

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We can read all the self-help books available, get all the tips and tricks there are out - but still feel lost, empty, and helpless - because we were never meant to help our selves. We were intentionally designed as imperfect creatures in need of a perfect Savior.  

Join me in this episode as we look the lives of Mary and Martha and what they show us about our lives today, thousands of years later. We really do yearn for perfection, but are we chasing after the perfection we were made to pursue? 

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Have you ever wondered - “How does everyone else have it together, but I don’t – and I can’t?” We all fight this same battle learning how to manage what we’ve been given. 

Mundane: lacking interest or excitement, ordinary, day-to-day

A word I would never have used as a child dreaming of life as an adult. I never fathomed they would come along with the work of maintaining a home. Somehow, I skipped right over the sink full of dishes, floors to be swept, and baskets of laundry to be cleaned. Reality however and seeing them day-to-day makes skipping them over impossible. 

Work is a fact of life, I don’t like it – we don’t like it – but it’s truth, and here is what God says: 

Ecclesiastes 2:24 (NLT) “So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work.”

Proverbs 31:13 (ESV) “She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.” 

Colossians 3:23-24 (NLT) “Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the master you are serving is Christ.”  

Join me as we look to 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

One verse, three actions to a better attitude in maintaining your home - rejoice, pray, give thanks. 

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“If we don’t understand giving gifts then we don’t understand grace, if we don’t understand grace, then we don’t understand anything.”

Is there a right way, or a wrong way to give? Do we give begrudgingly because we have to, kind of a scrooge heart? Or are we the polar opposite, do we give without thinking - checking those boxes moving right on through the season. Let's consider what is God's desire for it?

Christmas is a beautiful time of year. 

It’s a time of giving, where people who may not typically want or feel to give – are compelled to. Giving is an intriguing concept. One that some think is just something as a culture we do especially at this time of year, but as Christian’s we understand, or rather need to understand there’s more to it. 

In this episode we're going to discuss 3 struggles of giving, and what right giving looks like. Join me and let's learn together how giving is an act of worship. 

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Are we listening? I mean, really – truly, whole heartedly listening? The kind where we acknowledge we’ve got two ears, and one mouth for a reason? The, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear,” sort?

Sometimes, I’ve got to admit, I don’t do this as well as I should, and the Lord is really showing me just how off I’ve been, as I hear and feel him teaching me over and over again the need to be humble and bow before him and LISTEN. Not just in my prayer room in the morning… but to continue that posture of prayer with humility, and listening throughout the day.

Sometimes we get lost in what we think our purpose is. 

We have great intentions, but truth be known even with the best intentions we can still fall very short of the mark. And risk all together living our true purpose. 

The Lord recently sent me on a journey through the book of Proverbs three times in three months. When I heard from God that the second time was going to be immediately followed by a third I found myself giggling asking the Lord, “What in the world?” Nervous laughter, and a familiar burn of conviction, led me to hear very clearly from the Lord, “Daughter, you’re not getting it. Start over and do it again.” It’s embarrassing for me to admit to you, and the only reason I’m laying this out here is because I really feel like there are a lot of people who are just like me. 

This journey through Proverbs keeps flashing a red light before my eyes saying, “Stop talking.” 

Proverbs 15:28, says, “The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.” 

Proverbs 14:1 declares, “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” 

Ladies we are building a house and the house we are building is being built brick by brick. The question we're pondering today, is how are we building? And how do we build? Are we getting it right? 

Join me in today's episode where we talk about our need for less talking, and more listening. 

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Isaiah 49:14-16, "But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."

For the woman who's struggling with trust in the unseen. Or the woman whose circumstance has you wondering if you are forgotten. Join me in today's episode where we focus on the compassionate God we serve. The ONE who is actively working the greatest rescue plan this world will ever know.

Trials are promised, but so is God's help. 

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Do you find yourself struggling with bitterness, desiring social acceptance, tolerance, inactivity, negativity, self-love, instant gratification, political correctness etc? 

Maybe you’re afraid of what others will think if you choose not to take part in gossip. Or maybe you’re battling the struggle that keeps your mouth silent when the Lord asks you to speak a word of encouragement. Maybe you’re afraid to open your mouth in prayer in fear of what others will think. Perhaps you’ve been persuaded to hide the Light of the Gospel, the one God has revealed to you, and you’re too afraid to speak due to idol of political correctness that stands so tall.

If you find yourself mulling any of this, I encourage you to join me today as we wrap up this three part study. 

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 

This episode is part of a 3 part series. Find Episode 1 here, Episode 2 here

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Our definition of love is so broken and distorted even the best of us have zero understanding of it. God's definition of love is so vastly different from our own. Our definition is often based on emotion going NO further, but God's definition is UNCONDITIONAL - and goes against everything our culture stands for. 

What does this have to do with our study of the three Hebrew men and the fiery furnace? EVERYTHING - you don't want to miss this episode.

In today's episode we're looking at the importance of a name, and the power of God's love when life throws us in the face of our own fiery furnace.

Join me! 

This is a 3 part series, did you miss episode 1? Check it out here. Looking for Episode 3? Find it here 

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Whether we recognize it or not, our own culture is attempting to disconnect us from the faith we profess. 

When we are imperfect, when we make a mistake it quickly jumps to change our name calling us, liar, hypocrite, depressed, etc. 

In these moments we can find ourselves tempted to buy in and take that name on by allowing shame to label us these things, but the problem in doing this is that fixating that label on our chest is a move toward these things. When we do this we allow ourselves to be tempted to remove the name we carry, forgetting that what they call us has no standing. 

It is our confidence in who we are and the name that we carry, the name that has been spoken over us spiritually that matters.

Join me as we explore the lives of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to see what God did for them, and how He desires to do the same for us.  

This is a 3 part series. Find Episode 2 here, and Episode 3 here

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