The Best Kept Secret With Liv Dooley

May I say thank you? Thank you for showing up for the podcast for our final conversation on The Best Kept Secret with Liv Dooley. It was a joy to host these conversations, and I pray that you'll join me for the new podcast in September. However, if this is the end of the road, please know that I'm grateful for every single moment we've spent together.

Today, we're talking about the lessons we can learn from the Babylonians in Genesis 11:1-9 as we pray and plan for the year. We're cross-referencing Genesis 12 and Acts 2, just in case you want to open up your Bibles and follow along.

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A Conversation on People Pleasing, Protecting Your Children, and Praying Hard with Victoria Riollano

Victoria Riollano is the author of Warrior Mother: Equipping Your Heart to Fight for your Family's Faith, as well as the wife of Pastor Joe Riollano, mother to eight children, and a professor to psychology students around the world.

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A Conversation on Stopping Well, Starting Again, & Seminary with Amy Seiffert

Following the Holy Spirit's prompting requires us to slow down, and sometimes He invites us to stop altogether. However, you can be sure, that's not the end of the story.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2     He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters.[a]

3     He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness[b]

    for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[c]

    I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

    your rod and your staff,

    they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me

    in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

    my cup overflows.

6 Surely[d] goodness and mercy[e] shall follow me

    all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell[f] in the house of the Lord

    forever.[g]

Amy Seiffert is an author, speaker, and YouVersion teacher. She also serves on the teaching team at her home church, Soma City Church as Pastor of Content and Coaching. Previously she was a Team Leader with Cru at BGSU and has worked in ministry for the past 25 years. Weaving Biblical wisdom through her presentations, Amy inspires, teaches, and humbly invites any willing spiritual pilgrim to walk alongside her in the pursuit of truth and the knowledge of God. Amy is married to Rob, and they live in NW Ohio, with their three kids.

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A Conversation on Loving Your Neighbor, the Wilderness, & Unity with Kristel Acevedo

As we slow down, let's consider what it is we're consuming and whether or not it's giving God glory because we have to stop compromising our standards to adopt what the world tells us is good.

36 “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

37 He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.38 This is the greatest and most important command. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

Kristel Acevedo (MA, Southeastern Seminary) is the discipleship director at Transformation Church, a vibrant multiethnic and multigenerational community near Charlotte, North Carolina. Originally from Miami and the daughter of immigrants, she has a passion for discipleship, biblical literacy, multiethnic ministry, and helping others develop a biblical view on immigration. Kristel is the author of A Way in the Wilderness and a coauthor of 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future.

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Today, I'm talking about someone I looked up to around 2019. It is my hope that you will hear my heart any time I challenge something that you may believe or have been blindly following.

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A Conversation on Scandal, Slow Growth, and Christian Content Creation with Christina Patterson

As we slow down, let's consider what it is we're consuming and whether or not it's giving God glory because we have to stop compromising our standards to adopt what the world tells us is good.

No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Christina Patterson is a Bible teacher, author, and speaker passionate about empowering women in the love of Jesus Christ and the truth of God's Word. Christina is the founder of Beloved Women, a non-profit providing resources and community for women to truly know who they are in Christ: His Beloved. Christina's YouTube page is home to 75,000 subscribers so she is a wealth of information on this subject, and I am grateful for her.

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A Conversation on Pornography, Parenting, and Opportunity with Greta Eskridge

During this episode, we remember that important conversations about pornography and other explicit subjects are not optional. They're necessary.

8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Greta Eskridge is a writer, speaker, and homeschool mom. She loves connecting with fellow parents through speaking engagements around the country. It is her hope to help parents create connections with their kids in this disconnected world. She is passionate about protecting kids from the dangers of pornography and often writes and speaks on this topic.

Her hope is that her words, whether written or spoken, will be an encouragement to you to live your life like the beautiful adventure it is, to truly connect with people around you, and to do small things with great love!

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A Conversation on Bible Study, Spiritual Highs, and Faithfulness with Trillia Newbell

During this episode, we are learning how to invite God to challenge our preconceived notions of who He is and what He's doing.

When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15 And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including, A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God Is For Us, Fear and Faith, and the children’s books, Creative God, Colorful Us and God’s Very Good Idea. When she isn’t writing, she’s encouraging and supporting other writers as the Acquisitions Director at Moody Publishers.

Trillia is married to her best friend, Thern, they reside with their two children near Nashville, TN where they enjoy hiking and eating lots of bbq. 

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A Conversation on Slowing Down, Holy Silence, and Solitude with Sarah Clarkson

During this episode, we are learning how to trust God with the fullness of our emotions.

But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see the Lord’s salvation that he will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you must be quiet.”

Sarah Clarkson is an author and blogger who writes regularly about literature, faith, and beauty at SarahClarkson.com. She studied theology (BTh, MSt) at Oxford and is the author or coauthor of six books, including This Beautiful Truth. She has an active following on Instagram (@sarahwanders) where she hosts regular live read-alouds from the poems, novels, or essays that bring her courage. She can often be found with a cup of good tea and a book in hand in her old English vicarage home in Oxford, where she lives with her Anglican vicar husband, Thomas, and their four children.

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A Conversation on Sensitivity to God's Spirit, the Body of Christ, and False Prophets with Liv Dooley

During this episode, we discuss the benefits of slowing down to hear from the Lord. As the Scriptures tell us, we serve the God who speaks, the God who leads us into all truth, the God who leads us when we invite Him, too. In a world that is consumed with false prophets (and rightfully so), we have to be concerned about what it takes to learn the voice of the Lord for ourselves. 

15 “Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. 16 You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.

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