Stirring Faith

Let's face it. Some of us have a love-hate relationship with the kitchen. But it IS a fixture of life, as well as part of how we take care of ourselves and others. We might as well find some better solutions and creative ideas for making the most of our time and energy. This mom of eight is here to offer five tricks of the trade in this episode and hopes you find it helpful and even inspirational.

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In this episode, Cheri focuses on five essential elements for developing and sustaining a healthy relationship. It's not exhaustive. And it's not clinical. Just a good, sound voice of experience speaking from a biblical worldview.

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Did you know you and I are much more concerned about what people think about the external factors of life--our appearance, our wealth, and success? And we are much more susceptible to outside criticism while at the same time less able to receive it. In general, if we were to represent cultural norms, we play the victim rather than take responsibility and grow in character. But did you also realize God made us for more? And the only way you and I will begin living out His purposes for us is when we reject cultural norms to embrace His best for our lives. Here are three strategies for getting off this merry-go-round to stop playing the victim.

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Jesus calls His disciples to pray with no doubting and when they did they could even tell a mountain to be thrown into the sea and it would have to obey. James tells us that the prayers of a person who doubts render them completely worthless. We seem to be people who ride the fence on trusting God and hold tightly to uncertainty. How do we move beyond doubt and possess a believing faith? This episode offers four strategies for overcoming doubt because we need it.

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With a family of TEN, the most asked question by women is about laundry. How in the world do you get all that laundry done? Well, it has taken a while to get a handle on the chaos but today I can offer some tried and true tips for making the task easier yet making the most of the experience. This episode is completely practical and hopes to help all of us learn from each other.

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Sometimes you and I need to be reminded that God has a purpose for our lives. It's not that we need to dig deeper within to make something of ourselves. There is truly a higher calling to be a part of His Plan and His purposes. This episode is meant to inspire and encourage.

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Everyone knows the feeling of getting an ice cream cone, taking two licks, and watching it fall off the cone onto the pavement. Your heart sinks while you stand there looking at an empty cone, wishing things had turned out differently. Maybe this has not been your experience - but you are familiar with disappointment. REAL LIFE disappointment. The kind that causes you to doubt and question if God is there, if He is listening, or if he even cares. How do you and I trust God in the middle of the disappointments that come? That's what we are talking about today on this episode of the podcast.

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"Every organization is perfectly designed to get the results it's producing." That's what they say in the corporate world. The same might be said for relationships. Our results often stem from how we approach them. Do we keep people at arm's length? Do we make them feel important or small? All of this carries into our relationship with God. The bottom line is this: the God who is LOVE wants nothing less than for you to come in closer.

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Is yours a faith that can move mountains? Would you like to have a better understanding of how to make your faith work? It's not for the faint of heart. Or the cowardly. But there is nothing to be afraid of because the Word of God is clear. God's desire for your life is that it bears much fruit. Fruit that will last. But where does faith end and works begin? Or do they intersect? What's the deal? In this episode, Cheri takes us beyond the surface to discover how we can make our faith work.

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Often we find ourselves in situations beyond us. We don't have all the answers. Sometimes it's relationship woes or even disasters. Maybe it's something at work. It could be money issues. kids, parents, friendships--all of it can leave us breathless and without resource. What do we do when we don't know what to do? James gives us some practical advice for where to go and what to do and it all centers around something as simple as prayer. This episode looks intently at what James calls us to do and helps us walk it out so that we can practice prayer that works in any and every situation.

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