She Sheds Real Light

Join us on this episode as we dive into what the Proverbs 31 woman means to us and what stands out the most!  

We discuss how it applies to women in the day and time that we live in and the main focus of what it's all about.  It's so easy to get wrapped up in what we feel are rules when reading through Proverbs 31 and if we aren't careful we can miss some pretty amazing things!  

Tune in if you'd like to hear more about the importance of being a woman living her life for God and what God expects out of us as women living our lives for Him.

Have you ever pulled in your driveway only to forget how you made it home?  Like you don't remember the stop lights you went through or the turns made.  Or maybe you missed the beautiful sunflower field on the side of the road or the beautiful tunnel of trees towering over the road.

We tend to miss a lot of things in life when we don't look up.  We can't keep our heads down, we must keep our eyes fixed on God.  He is the Author and Creator of our lives and we need Him just as much as we need air in our lungs.

We may go through difficult times but our eyes should remain on Him and not the storm. Keeping our eyes on Him doesn't change your circumstances but it does keep your mind off the circumstances on more focused on Him.  The closer you draw to Him, the easier it is to navigate through difficult situations in life.  

Do you ever feel like when it rains, it pours?  You aren't alone!  We constantly feel like IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.  One thing after another.

Just when things seem to be going great, it's too good to be true and out of nowhere something else comes.  Scripture tell us that we are going to go through trials in life.  It's just part of living.  Until we get to Heaven, we will continuously face things.  We also believe that's where our growth comes in at as well.  

Sometimes we need a good cry and other times we need a good laugh.  Either way, we have to stay close to God throughout the trials we are facing because without Him, it's impossible to get through!  The enemy will try to use our situations against us but God will use them for His glory and our good.

Have you ever judged someone?  We all can go ahead and raise our hands on this one. There have been times we have judged others when we shouldn’t have and ended up in a similar place regretting that judgement. 

Maybe you know what it’s like to be judged. It’s not a good feeling and often leaves us feeling inadequate. Remember that feeling the next time you start feeling judgement creep in. 

It’s so much easier to judge than love. Love takes work. 

This is a no judgement zone!  We shouldn’t judge others because they sin differently than we do. We are all sinners in need of a Savior. None of us are exempt from sin.  Be thankful that God doesn’t judge you like you judge others. 

Have you been bound with chains to the things of your past?  What we mean is, is there something you're still holding onto and having a hard time getting past?  It could be bitterness, resentment, anger, unforgiveness and so on.

Whatever it may be, we want you to know that God has the power to break those chains.  You do not have to live in bondage to anything from your past.  In order to do this, this requires you to surrender it over to God!  That won't be easy but you can do it.

Tune in as we share things from our past that chained us up and we needed freedom from.

Do you show compassion to others?  Have you ever been in a place that you needed others to show it to you?

On this episode we talk about the importance of showing compassion and how it starts with a heart shift.  God shows compassion to us each and every day and we are expected to do the same for others.  In fact, Jesus showed compassion to us all when He died on the cross for our sins.  He went through all of that so we didn't have to.  

It won't be easy and there will be days we don't feel like doing it but it makes us feel so much better when we do!  

We challenge you this week to have some compassion on others and do something nice for them.  

Are you a dreamer?  We are both HUGE dreamers and pursue our dreams with full force!  We also both have physical dreams where God often speaks to us. 

We have learned in life that so many talk down to you when you share your dreams with them and they'll tell you all of the reasons on why it won't work out.  You know what though?  No one can ever argue with the dream God has placed on your heart.  That’s a gift directly from Him. 

Don't let the naysayers persuade you to give up on your dreams.  If God called you to it, He will see you through it, you have to believe that!  We are given dreams and visions for a reason.  God will always put the people in your life that are meant to be there to dream along with you and help you pursue those dreams!

Joseph didn't allow the hate his brothers had for him stop him from chasing his dreams.  Nothing they did to him, kept him from pursuing them.  With position comes power and when Joseph had the chance to use his power from his position over them, he didn't.

I think we can all think of a time that we have been betrayed.  Betrayal stings and it really messes with our minds.  It makes it hard for us to trust again once it's taken place.  

We talk about how Judas betrayed Jesus and how He continued walking in His calling despite how much that betrayal may have stung Him.

In life people hurt us and we hurt them but we have to forgive like Jesus and move forward, not allowing it to paralyze us from doing what we are called to do.

 Is there someone you have betrayed?  It's time to make it right!  Is there someone who betrayed you?  It's time to heal and let it go!

We have with us our first guest in Season 3!  

Kaitlin Neal, Founder of The Refuge Retreat joins us as she talks about the calling's God has placed on our lives and what it looks like to walk in them.  It takes a lot of patience, trust and hope but God opens those doors and makes a way.  God trusted her and her husband with a big calling and they followed His direction in complete obedience.

She shares with us how her and her husband moved to the NC Mountains to pursue a calling God had on their lives to start a teen retreat.  You don't want to miss this one, her story is encouraging and gives hope in our own future.

Have you ever been standing in church on Sunday morning during the praise and worship and felt out of it?  You had a fight with your spouse on the way to church, your kids weren't getting ready quick enough or misplaced one of their shoes.  We've all been there, right?  Because of your circumstances you just weren't in the mood to worship God. 

On this episode we discuss how worship isn't based off our circumstances.  We worship because Jesus died on the cross for us, it's as simple as that.  Through the good and through the bad, when we feel like it and when we don't.

Having a heart of worship is important.  Tune in to hear why!