She Connects

This week's episode we're talking about what it means to live a life surrendered to God and His plan for our lives. This is such an honest conversation about how we often feel hesitant in living a surrendered life and yet even in the wrestling it out with Him, He invites us to bring those hard questions to Him.

In a world where many are running hard and fast hustling to see things unfold in their lives, this conversation offers such a refreshing, and timely reminder, of what it looks like to live a life surrendered.

The resources Essie suggested to consider: Love Does by Bob Goff and the Risen Motherhood Podcast.

You can find Essie at https://www.facebook.com/rowsir.essie

You can find Susan at https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90 and https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/ Drop by www.sherisesmn.org to learn more about Susan's ministry, She Rises.

Are you comparing yourself in some way to someone you either see in person or online? In this quick bonus episode, I want to speak words of freedom over you. 

Be yourself, everyone else is taken. - Oscar Wilde

There will always be someone who seems prettier than you.

There will always be someone seems more popular than you.

There will always be someone who seems more talented than you.

There will always be someone who seems more educated than you.

There will always be someone who seems thinner than you.

But there will only you. And you are just what the world needs! 

Find Susan on https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90  and https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/  You can learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises at www.sherisesmn.org 

I'm so excited to introduce you to my dear friend, Jessica Rothmeyer! In this episode, we talk about people-pleasing; a topic we all have experienced in some way. So often the motive in wanting to please people stems from not fully understanding who we are in Christ. 

When we live from a place of knowing who we are in Christ, it allows us to be in healthy relationships with others without seeking from those relationships what we already possess in Christ. 

Find Jessica on these platforms:

http://www.kingdom-mindset.org/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChMv-4v7PcEiML5hTBscySA?view_as=subscriber

https://www.facebook.com/jessica.rothmeyer.9

For more information about Susan and She Rises, please visit www.sherisesmn.org 

Such an exciting episode! This week I am joined by my husband, Tim. We will celebrate 30 years of marriage this fall. Of those thirty years, I have been in ministry for eighteen and of those eighteen, Tim and I were in ministry together for eight. Those eight years were spent equally divided - four in youth ministry and four in marriage ministry.

While in ministry together, we both were bi-vocational and raising our daughter. We have learned a few things along the way! With that, we thought it would be fun to offer a few tips we've learned in how to steward each of those areas well. 

Show notes:

Love and Respect Resources https://www.loveandrespect.com/

SHMILY acronym:

S (see)

H (how)

M (much)

I

L (love)

Y (you)

You can find Susan on the following socials:

https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90

https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/

You can learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises, at www.sherisesmn.org 

In this final episode of the Don't Waste Your Wait series, let's talk about the fulfillment of those God-given dreams. We plan and prepare, but only God can bring fulfillment! However, that doesn't mean we sit by waiting for something to happen because preparation always proceeds something new!

Give what you have right now, your faith, your time and talents, and watch Him enlarge your capacity! 

You can find Susan on the following socials:

https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90

https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/

You can learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises, at www.sherisesmn.org 

In this bonus episode, I invited my friend, Karen Hagan to share with us what she feels God is speaking to us as the Church during this current season our world is in. Join us as we talk about the Coronavirus and how God is using us as the Church to advance His Kingdom here on earth. 

I know you, like me, will be challenged to remove any distractions in our lives so we live fully aware of how God is moving.

You can find Karen on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KarenDHagan

You can find Susan at https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90  or https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/

To learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises, please visit www.sherisesmn.org 

From a recovering quitter of all things, this is my favorite episode in this series! In the middle of waiting for dreams to unfold and doing your best to keep a faith-filled attitude can be hard in this stage! Endurance, while something necessary for anyone wanting to do more with their lives, can be challenging!

When things aren't happening as quickly as we had hoped, we begin to look outwardly for confirmation that God is at work in our lives. I believe it's this stage the enemy wants us to believe, because we can't find that evidence, we must have heard wrong which so often leads to quitting and walking away from the promises God gave us.

Be encouraged today that God is true to His promises! Don't allow your current season to make you forget what God said! 

You can find Susan on the socials below:

https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90

https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/

You can learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises at www.sherisesmn.org 

So often we get anxious in the waiting, feel overlooked by others, and at times, even by God. We may even sense disappointment settle in as we watch God bless and open doors for others that we ourselves have been believing for.

In this episode, I want to encourage you that God knows right where you are! There is purpose in the waiting. There is a work being done in you - preparing you for what He has prepared for you. Let's talk about how to protect that God-given dream lying within you while in a season of waiting.

Find Susan on these platforms:

https://www.facebook.com/susan.vandenheuvel.90 

https://www.instagram.com/susan_vandenheuvel/

And learn more about Susan's ministry, She Rises at www.sherisesmn.org

Hey friend! Are you feeling like the wheels have fallen off the bus? You're not alone! I wanted to share a few tips that will help you control what you can when so much feels out of control right now. Be encouraged!

Visit www.sherisesmn.org to learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises.

Dreams. Many, if not all of us, have a dream in our hearts. It's so exciting when the dream is first given to us; we feel on top of the world. Because there is usually a preparation period to see that dream fulfilled in our lives, we can begin to feel forgotten or overlooked. Days can turn into weeks; weeks into months, and for some, months into years of waiting.

During that wait what once felt alive on the inside of us, begins to feel more barren. This episode is part of a four-part series where we will talk about the stages of carrying God-given dreams and how to not waste your wait.

This series will encourage you if you feel you're in a season of the barrenness of unmet dreams, hopes, and fruition of God's promises in your life. Barrenness doesn't mean it's over! It's not too late and you're not too old! God has not forgotten about you! He is at work right now in your life!

Visit www.sherisesmn.org to learn more about Susan and her ministry, She Rises.