Join your host, Seirra as she discusses her tips on how to find a new church and her tips for a successful church visit. Church is an important part in our walk with the Lord. If you do not currently have a church, you attend regularly it is highly recommended to start searching for that church. Attending a church regularly can help you to build a church community that will help you grow closer to the Lord.

Tips on a successful church experience:

1.        Stop and grab a favorite beverage

2.       Arrive early

3.        Engage with the service

4.       Connect with others

5.    Bring a friend if you are nervous or scared

Finding a church might take some time give it all the time you need and reach out to God. He will guide you to where you are supposed to be. Do not let fear control you, there are many benefits to finding a church community!

Main take aways:

-Research a church before you attend. Check out their website and listen to some past sermons to get an idea of if it is what you are looking for. 

-Use Bible verses to overcome your fears when it comes to attending a new church. 

-Trust that God will lead you to where you need to be. 

-Give second chances. Everyone is allowed to have bad days, even pastors.

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Join your host, Seirra as she discusses her tips on how to recenter yourself when the world becomes too loud. Listen as Seirra gives you eight tips to quiet your mind and soul and recenter yourself with God.

1. Pray
2. Read the Bible
3. Meditate
4. Journal
5. Take a walk with God
6. Get off social media
7. Sing and dance to praise music
8. Gratitude

Don’t let the worries of the world consume you. Come to God and lay them at His feet and He will bring you peace. It isn’t always easy to give things to God and rest and take time for yourself but truly it is so important. Through doing one or all these tips you might find yourself feeling less anxious and stressed.

Main take aways:

-Run to the Father. He should be who we go to first and He will be able to help us better than anyone

-Know God’s word. This is the best way to fight the enemy and be able to get ourselves out of anxious or stressful situations.

-Dance and sing to praise music like no one is watching. Praise and gratitude can do wonders for your life.

-A lot of the time the reason we are getting so overwhelmed is because we are taking in too much information. Take a walk with God, meditate, journal or get off social media to help you get rid of some of that information overload.

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Join your host, Seirra as she discusses the importance of knowing that God loves all of us. No matter what you have done in this life He still loves you and wants a relationship with you. Seirra shares how the song “People Like Us” by Micah Tyler speaks to her because it talks about God loving the sinners of the world which are each and every one of us.

God wants a relationship with all of us. It doesn’t matter who you are you can be redeemed with the help of Jesus! All you have to do is accept Jesus as your Lord and Savoir and see the ways He changes you for the better.

Find the song People Like Us by Micah Tyler:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/people-like-us-feat-emerson-day/1724856437?i=1724856438

https://open.spotify.com/track/6GaqVg2P6XFCzSZqFsLZIw?si=250340bf5e1f4b13

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Join your host, Seirra, as she talks about her experience with reading and listening to the Bible in 30 days. Hear the ways that God spoke to her through her readings and learn the challenges that come with committing yourself to read the Bible in 30 days. It isn’t an easy challenge, but it can be eye opening especially if you are feeling far from God.

Main take aways:

1.        Be obedient to the Lord even if you don’t understand the full picture of what He is calling you to do.

2.        It is okay to listen to the Bible if you struggle to fit your Bible reading into your daily life or if you struggle with reading.

3.        The battles that we face in life God is with us through them even if we don’t feel like He is. He is pushing and helping us through them.

4.        Don’t be fast to turn from God in the trials of life. God is the one that will get us through them.

If you have been looking for a way to grow your relationship with God, I recommend this challenge or doing something similar that would fit into your life right now even if that is a read the Bible in a year challenge or read a couple passages of the Bible a day challenge. Ask God and He will reveal to you how you should proceed with this challenge.

Who I followed for the Bible in 30 days reading challenge:

https://www.instagram.com/rachellemckinnon/

https://www.instagram.com/wordin30/

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Join your host, Seirra, and her guest Marie Diver as they discuss their journeys on how they each healed from their grief of major losses in their life. Marie shares the process of how she relearned  to trust God after the loss of her best friend Ethen from a tragic motorcycle accident and Seirra shares her process of healing from the loss of her grandma on her wedding day. Each have different experiences and ways that they healed, and both are hoping that their experiences can help the listeners heal from their own grief that they have experienced through their own lives.  

If you’re struggling in your grief here are a few tips that could help you to heal:

1.        Find a community that you can trust.

2.        Find your faith and lean on God.

3.        Know that grief is a messy process. There is no one size fits all. It’s a scribble line.

4.        Have patience for others who are trying to be there for you, but don’t know how to respond.

5.        Know its okay to not be okay.

6.        Finding a grief group.

7.        Read books about grief and surround yourself in God’s word.

Find what works for you when it comes to healing from your grief. A big way that Marie healed from her own grief was talking with her therapist and her therapist gave her two major tips that allowed her to heal:

1.        Your grief is like a button in a box with a ball. When you first lose someone, your ball is very large so it’ll bounce off that box and hit that small button often. As time goes on and you start to heal from that grief your ball will grow smaller but even if your ball is small, it will still hit that button at times.

2.        All the little things will add up. You might feel fine but as you get reminded of the person you lost it will be a little reminder and those little reminders will add up and cause you to explode. Give yourself time and patients to heal.

Healing from this will take time but the most important thing to do is lean on God and trust Him still. He doesn’t make everything happen, but He can use any situation. Grow closer to God and allow Him to use this sad situation for good.

Song:

In the Stars by Benson Boone

 https://music.apple.com/us/album/in-the-stars/1621221545?i=1621221910

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ei3hzQmrgealgRKFxIcWn?si=366cb4d3a2294071

Books:

Graceful Growth by Erin Baer and Kim Bark White https://a.co/d/84ggko5

Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander https://a.co/d/dNAi2nU

Podcast Guests Information: 

Marie Diver

Marie's Website: https://mariediverdesign.com/ 

Marie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariediverdesign/

Marie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariediverdesign

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Website: https://seirrarose.com/

Join your host, Seirra as she discusses the benefits of adding a Sabbath day into each of your weeks. Listen and see how you can become more rested and be able to have more energy for the work that God is calling you to do. You don’t have to go at your to do list alone. God will work while you rest!

Hear Seirra’s tips on how to be fully rested after a Sabbath day instead of still filled with exhaustion.

1.     Log out of social media

2.     Do activities that rest your body, mind and soul

Not all activities are truly restful for us. Find what works for you!

Main take aways: 

1. Each week you might have to rest differently depending on what is depleted.
2. God rested so why do you think you don’t?
3. Do not be ashamed to rest. Rest is a form of trusting the Lord.
4. Sabbath days are not required, but they still are beneficial.

Download my Sabbath Day Work Book: https://seirrarose.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Self-Care-Worksheet.pdf

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Join your host, Seirra, and her guest Marie Diver as they discuss Marie’s journey with finding out she needed brain surgery, having brain surgery and then her post op visit. Through Marie’s diagnosis she began to grow her relationship with God between finding a church community and doing reading and research on her own. Family and friends offered her support and prayers as she went through one of the biggest and scariest situations in her life. She spent time leaning on God to heal and recover, but around a year and a half she found out she might need a second surgery. Listen and see how Marie processed the news of another surgery being a possibility in her future.

Main Take Aways:

1. Don’t be focused on why me because why other people? Be thankful for the good that is in your life. Yes, the unknown is scary but there is still a lot of good in every day.
2. Not everything bad that happens to you is given to you by God. Bad things happen in this world because of sin, our free will, and the enemy. God doesn’t make everything that is bad happen to us but he can use that bad for good if you let Him.
3. Reach out to people because even though it feels like no one will understand there will be someone who understands and can help you.
4. Prayer is powerful so in a difficult season pray for yourself and reach out to others and ask them for prayers as well.

When you get a scary diagnosis like this it can either bring you closer to God or it can drive a wedge between you and God. Don’t let it drive that wedge, that’s what the enemy wants you to do. Instead get on your knees and pray. Reach out to your community and ask for help and prayers. And as hard as it might be trust God because He will help you through it.

Podcast Guests Information: 

Marie Diver

Marie's Website: https://mariediverdesign.com/ 

Marie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariediverdesign/

Marie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariediverdesign

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Seirra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seirra__rose/

Website: https://seirrarose.com/

Join your host, Seirra, as she discusses the ups and downs of starting a The Messy Girls’ Podcast. Following your calling isn’t always easy, but that doesn’t mean we should give up. The enemy will try to get you to not follow your calling, but if you keep your eyes focused on the Lord, He will guide you through it.

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Join your host, Seirra as she discusses her tips on how to witness and share your faith with your non-Christian friends and family members. Listen as Seirra gives you six tips for when you want to share your faith with nonbelievers. 

1. Act by faith
2. Don't shy away from your faith but don't be pushy
3. Be there for questions
4. Listen to them and respect their beliefs
5. Share your testimony
6. Pray for them

Stop being scared of sharing your faith with nonbelievers. God is good! The gospel is life changing and we should want to share that with everyone. Speak out because you might be the only way that person hears about Jesus. 

Main take aways: 

1. Walk the walk. Don't just talk the talk when it comes to your faith. Most people can tell your intentions by your actions.
2. You can talk about your faith and the ways that God is changing your life without being pushy and telling non-Christian friends and family that they need to be a certain way in order for them to know Gods love. 
3. It can be hard to bring up our faith to others when they aren't believers, but it doesn't have to be difficult. Say the words that God has put on your heart. 
4. Prayer is our greatest weapon. Use it!

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Join your host, Seirra as she breaks down the importance of bringing your mess to God. Listen as Seirra gives you three tips for if you are feeling overwhelmed in your mess.

1. Pray over everything.
2. Know God is with you through it all.
3. Get into the Bible and put your armor of God on. 

Stop letting your mess define you and tell you who you can and cannot be. Stop letting the enemy control your life because you think your mess is too big for the Lord. Stop carrying your mess yourself and see the way the weight lifts off your shoulders and all you can do after you don't need to use your energy carrying your mess. You are not the exception God can and will help you clean up your mess!

Main take aways:

1. No one is too messy for God to redeem. Not even you!
2. God can and will handle your mess if you let Him.

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Website: https://seirrarose.com/