The (in)courage Podcast

"Being weak feels like a bad thing, but goodness has it made me run to God and beg for His wisdom. Being weak has also helped me remember I belong with Him even when I don’t feel like I belong in my new environment.
 
 I am weak, and He will be my strength! I feel so much lighter thinking of it this way. "

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Plan out your next year of Bible studies with the (in)courage Create in Me a Heart of... study collection! The full set of four studies is now available at dayspring.com. Each six-week study includes stories from (in)courage contributors and a deep dive into Scriptures around Hope, Peace, Mercy, and Wisdom. Your year of Bible study is ready! Get your set today at incourage.me/podcast. 

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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"God is with you in your real life today, offering faith, hope, and love to us all. If you’re like me – often feeling messy, disorganized, and a little chaotic -- let's remember that God never asked us to fit inside a neat and tidy "good Christian" box. He asks us instead to believe that we are His, to accept His love, and to go throughout our days leaning on Him.
 
 This means that no matter how busy, harried, or difficult life gets, we can be filled to overflowing with faith, hope, and love. God has not given more of Himself to someone who is more put-together, organized, or well-spoken than you. No, God is with you in your real life today, offering faith, hope, and love to us all.
 
 Go to Him today in the midst of your mess, He is waiting with open arms."

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Plan out your next year of Bible studies with the (in)courage Create in Me a Heart of... study collection! The full set of four studies is now available at dayspring.com. Each six-week study includes stories from (in)courage contributors and a deep dive into Scriptures around Hope, Peace, Mercy, and Wisdom. Your year of Bible study is ready! Get your set today at incourage.me/podcast. 

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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"We can recover from devastation and return to our peace and purpose. Let us seek refuge in God's presence, knowing that He is our ever-present help in times of trouble. We can overcome life's starlings and return to the peace and purpose we have in Christ."

Leave a comment for Lucretia: https://incourage.me/?p=235665
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Plan out your next year of Bible studies with the (in)courage Create in Me a Heart of... study collection! The full set of four studies is now available at dayspring.com. Each six-week study includes stories from (in)courage contributors and a deep dive into Scriptures around Hope, Peace, Mercy, and Wisdom. Your year of Bible study is ready! Get your set today at incourage.me/podcast. 

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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It’s so easy to get caught up in all of life’s “to-do’s” that, before we know it, we’re starting to come undone! If we’re not careful, all our running around and worry over kids and schedules and fourth-quarter sales can start to feel like an unbearably heavy pressure on our shoulders — and in our hearts.

With her beautifully designed Inspirational Productivity Journal: You are Strong & Courageous, Sweet Water Décor Founder Melissa Horvath will lift your spirits by reminding you that you are not alone. By helping you organize your weekly and daily goals, track habits, and write down what you need to give to God each day, you’ll be able to release what is out of your hands and focus on what wonderful things God has planned. With daily Scriptures and Melissa’s weekly encouragements, you’ll feel lighter and ready to face whatever comes your way.

Pick up your Inspirational Productivity Journal… and leave a comment on today's devotion at (in)courage to enter to WIN one of five copies! https://incourage.me/?p=234819
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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.

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"To live like Jesus lived means getting out of our comfort zone and taking a risk. Guess what I told the teen girls? Sameness and security – that’s a total lie. (Yes, I’m blunt like that.) Because following Jesus means getting dirty, and taking a risk – things none of us would choose. Following Jesus means asking, inviting, and receiving outside our constructed holy huddle. Outside our preferred cabin. Following Jesus means hanging around with people who we've deemed aren’t our kind of people. Following Jesus means crossing boundaries and cultural divides — social, racial, political, and more — knowing this is the essence of the gospel."

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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.

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"We can trust God with our hopes, with our fragile hearts, with our deepest hurts. I hope in a God whose character remains the same no matter what happens. I hope in the promise that I’m part of a purpose and plan bigger than I can see. Hoping in isn’t meant to be used as a spiritual cliché or holy Band-Aid. It’s not for the faint of heart. It’s an anchor, a foundation, a still place our souls can go while the hurricane of hurt swirls around us."

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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.

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"Might we see interruptions as invitations, believing that sometimes good comes with what we cannot change or control. I look back to when falling out of my car knocked me like a pinball paddle. I ask myself, What invitation came wrapped in this interruption? In what ways did my soul expand while my arm sat braced and immobile? My months of recovery held the answers. For one thing, I learned that nothing in life is a given — our plans can change in an instant. And, more importantly, I learned to receive help."

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"Our worth is found in Jesus! Practice giving yourself grace this week, especially when you start to feel rushed or overwhelmed by trying to live up to the expectations you set for yourself or others have set for you. Just take a moment to breathe, then ask God to show you the one next thing He wants you to do. You are a daughter of the King! You have no one to please. He loves you just the way He designed you to be, and He wants you to replace the worry and the striving with happiness and knowing He loves you no matter what!"

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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.

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"Starting over doesn't mean giving up; it means prioritizing what truly matters. There’s a lot of cultural resistance to starting over. The belief that you’re too old to begin again. That you’ll fall behind if you go back to square one. That you’re a “loser” if you throw in the towel.
 
 It took me a long time to realize that starting over isn’t for losers. It’s for winners. Real winners know when to begin again. Real winners know when to walk away from something that isn’t working, and move toward a clean slate. Real winners aren’t afraid to start over in a new career, a new health program, a new relationship, or a new friend group.
 
 Do you need permission to start over? Here's your permission slip."

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"It was also not lost on me that heat propelled the balloons upward. Just like the hot air balloons, it is so often the fire in life that becomes the catalyst for movement and causes us to look up.
 
 In the Bible, Peter encourages believers to have endurance through suffering and trials. He reminds us not to be surprised by the heat and pressure.
 
 In life, it’s not a question if we will encounter trials; it’s about when we encounter them.
 
 Life’s challenges can cause us to sink or to soar."

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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.

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