The (in)courage Podcast

"Sisters, we can make a difference in someone’s life with something we do every day: sitting down for a meal. Let’s open our hearts and our homes this season and view mealtimes the way Jesus did: as an opportunity to serve others and come together in fellowship through the ministry of breaking bread."

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This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. 

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

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"Today is an invitation for you to tend to your inner emotional Christmas tree and believe that God can light up your heart with hope. What if you took time this Christmas season to invite God to decorate your inner emotional Christmas tree with the good gifts that He gives? The more you focus on the light that Jesus’ life brings, the more your heart will shine that light out in a world that needs Jesus’s hope now more than ever."

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This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. 

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

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"In the quiet, I realize, and maybe you do too, that I have become full. And not in a good way. Full of expectations for this season, full of plans and pulls. Full of Facebook and Instagram — I just can’t seem to put them down. Full of myself and what I want. I’m so filled up that I can’t put anything else in.
 
 When I feel like this, I know what I need to do, but sometimes I need someone else to confirm it. So if you need confirmation, too, you have it from me. I have to empty myself of me and make room for Jesus. I must turn off the distractions, even some good ones, so I can focus on the One who is ultimately the most important."

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Prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. 

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

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• Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives.
• Email us at [email protected].

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"Jesus came to us. He lowered Himself and came into our world, but He also continues to come into the caves we often hide ourselves away in. Christ came to lift us out of our guilt. He came to pour light into the darkness.
 
 The Christmas cure is to let the love of Christ fill your loneliness, cover your shame, and come into your guilt. You are free. Instead of reaching to resolve your pain on your own, receive the gift God is offering you through His son."

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This Christmas, prepare your heart and home with Simply Jesus: Christmas – a new keepsake magazine from DaySpring. Simply Jesus contains scripture, devotions, and articles – 96 pages to help you prepare for Christmas. Even a special section just for kids! Pick up a copy today on DaySpring.com or wherever you buy magazines. 

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

• Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more!
• Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives.
• Email us at [email protected].

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"Mary took the time to worship through song, and I will take the time to worship via meaningful words in each Christmas card I write. It might be five cards or fifty cards, but no matter how many, they will be meaningful. Words of hope, joy, and encouragement from me will be found in the mailboxes of my loved ones, not in my trash."

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This year, be intentional about setting aside moments to fully experience the joy and the miracle of Christmas, even in the midst of the chaos of holiday to-do lists. Browse Advent resources at DaySpring.com, and find just what you need to celebrate the season!  

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

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"If you're in the midst of a lot of change or loss, I hope you feel comfortable letting Christmas come to you as it is, without heavy expectations. Because here’s the easy-going truth behind the season: Jesus came down to us. Jesus came down to encourage, not to exhaust. He came to lift our burdens, not lay on expectations. What's more, Jesus arrived to mighty tired parents, so bringing our tired selves to the manger is perfectly appropriate."

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This year, be intentional about setting aside moments to fully experience the joy and the miracle of Christmas, even in the midst of the chaos of holiday to-do lists. Browse Advent resources at DaySpring.com, and find just what you need to celebrate the season!  

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

• Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more!
• Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives.
• Email us at [email protected].

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"Jesus too welcomes us in all of our imperfection, loudness, questioning, and fidgeting. Kids only know one way to show up -- just as they are. They bring their true selves to every situation and that's exactly how Jesus invites us to approach Him.
 
 So I'll keep bringing my kids to church, making space for them just as they are -- wiggles and yells and big feelings and all -- even when it makes me sweat. I'll breathe deep and remind myself that church makes space, and Jesus showed us how to do just that. May we do the same for one another."

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This year, be intentional about setting aside moments to fully experience the joy and the miracle of Christmas, even in the midst of the chaos of holiday to-do lists. Browse Advent resources at DaySpring.com, and find just what you need to celebrate the season!  

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

• Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more!
• Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives.
• Email us at [email protected].

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We hope you'll enjoy this bonus episode of the (in)courage podcast featuring a special conversation with our (in)courage team - Becky Keife, Rachel Marie Kang, and Anna E. Rendell! They share their editorial best tips and author expertise while discussing all things writing and editing. The perfect prep for submitting a guest devotion - and just in time for our guest submission form to open!

Guest submissions information + form: https://incourage.me/submissions

Listen in - you'll be inspired and equipped to send in your story!
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The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

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"God doesn’t view His creation as garbage.

Our uniqueness doesn’t fit into categories like well and unwell, useful and useless, and somebody and nobody. We’re not our outward appearance or our ability to perform. When God made us, it was not to parade us for image’s sake or consume our usefulness—it was so He could be near us in love."

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This year, be intentional about setting aside moments to fully experience the joy and the miracle of Christmas, even in the midst of the chaos of holiday to-do lists. Browse Advent resources at DaySpring.com, and find just what you need to celebrate the season!  

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

• Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more!
• Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives.
• Email us at [email protected].

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"What makes you a leader is the calling Jesus placed on your life. You are a leader.
 
 You have a sphere of influence. You have people in your life, in your neighborhood, in your apartment, in your workplace, in your family, who need you to tell them about Jesus. 
 
 We can easily discount our spheres of influence for a dozen different reasons. I have my reasons, and you have yours. But Jesus has equipped and called you to make disciples of all nations. You are called by Jesus, and the same power that the Father used to raise Jesus from the dead is at work in you. With the leading and power of the Holy Spirit, you have what you need to lead."

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This year, be intentional about setting aside moments to fully experience the joy and the miracle of Christmas, even in the midst of the chaos of holiday to-do lists. Browse Advent resources at DaySpring.com, and find just what you need to celebrate the season!  

The (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. For over 50 years, DaySpring has created quality cards, books, and gifts that help you live your faith. Find out more at DaySpring.com.

Connect with (in)courage:

• Facebook & Instagram for daily encouragement, videos, and more!
• Website for the (in)courage library, to meet our contributors, and to access the archives.
• Email us at [email protected].

Leave a podcast review on Apple!