Soul Anchor

Did you know that you can be grateful without being thankful? It's true and who knew? Join Cynthia as she explores the ways we can have a mindset of gratitude and be thankful at the same time.  

When is the last time you took a breath from your schedule to rest—not only rest physically, but mentally and emotionally? Busyness can crowd out what we need most and overwhelm us to the point of fatigue.  Join Cynthia as she shares ways to create spaces of gratitude and to let go of the good to embrace the better—peace, rest, and joy.

Have you found yourself lately wondering where your joy has gone? With all the bad news out there it's easy to slide into forgetting our joy comes from cultivating a grateful heart. Join Cynthia as she shares her 21 day challenge to renew joy by daily focusing on gratitude. 

When life hits hard and circumstances are overwhelming both from inside and out, it's easy to believe the lie that God is too big to care about our needs. The complete opposite is true—because God's love is unfathomable, it matters greatly to him what happens to us.  In Cynthia's Anchor Thoughts she unpacks what the Bible says about God when" he takes thought of me." (Psalm 40:17). 

Wouldn't it be great if we could buy a cup of joy and sip on it all day? In our daily pursuit of joy through people, adventures, and success, we often come up empty and gasping for air. After the crushing loss of both her first and her second beloved husbands, author Heidi McLaughlin desperately needed joy that was sustainable and fresh. She was startled to discover that she could have it, because pain and joy can co-exist. Listen in and learn how In spite of disappointments, pain, and losses, joy is available at all times because joy is an endless resource of heaven through our connection with God.

Are you in a battle that feels like it is lasting forever? Are you feeling weary and tired of not seeing the victory? Cynthia shares from the life of David his battle strategy and how God helped him to defeat the enemy.  Listen and learn how we can apply the same strategy and keep our hope in the storm. 

When your feelings threaten to overwhelm the truth, what practical steps can we take to stay anchored in a storm? Join my guest (and cousin!) Andrea Tomassi as she helps guide us down the path of managing our feelings, so we don't fall victim to believing lies about God. Sharing her tender and personal story, she relates how God has rescued her many times from falling into despair by relying on His truth. 

Do you have gifts that hidden or locked up? Sharing three truths from the Bible of one of the Kings of Judah, you will be encouraged of how you can, with God's help, silence the voices of defeat and discouragement and start using your gifts!  Cynthia shares her story of how she allowed her storm's pain to silence her gift of music and how God surprised her recently. 

Anxiety is fast becoming as ordinary as the common cold. Dr. Michelle Bengtson gives practical ways we can overcome the panic of anxiety when crisis hits. Sharing from her personal experience and from counseling countless others, she believes that you can ease the impact by preparing when anxiety threatens to take over your life. 

Cynthia shares her Anchor Thoughts from Psalm 71—three ways to keep our hope intact when the storm is raging all around and you feel like throwing in the towel! Don't give up, and don't give in, God promises His rescue is on the way!