The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast

By The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast

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What's The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast about?

For over 25 years Proverbs 31 Ministries' mission has been to intersect God's Word in the real, hard places we all struggle with. That's why we started this podcast. Every episode will feature a variety of teachings from president Lysa TerKeurst, staff members or friends of the ministry who can teach you something valuable from their vantage point. We hope that regardless of your age, background or stage of life, it's something you look forward to listening to each month!

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"The Power To Change" With ...

05.23.2023

If you long to change but feel like it's just not possible, this is for you. We all have habits that aren't super beneficial, but how do we form new ones when every time we try we seem to fail? ...

The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast episodes:

05.23.2023 "The Power To Change" With Craig Groeschel and Lysa TerKeurst If you long to change but feel like it's just not possible, this is for you. We all have habits that aren't super beneficial, but how do we form new ones when every time we try we seem to fail? ...
05.16.2023 "Part of God's Mission We’re Missing Out On: Foster Care Awareness Month" Stepping out in faith is not always easy. But when we do, we get to join in God's mission for the world. For Foster Care Awareness Month, we invited our friend Jamie Finn to share how God changed her heart ...
05.09.2023 "Feeling Like a Failure as a Mom" With Rachael Elmore As moms, we bear a lot of weight. There are so many different voices telling us what to do and how to parent, and it's easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves to every other mom around us. Our ...
04.19.2023 "The Journey Home, Part 2" With Meredith Boggs Maybe you've heard of the Enneagram but aren't sure what it's all about. Is it even OK for Christians to use it? Is it something that can be used for spiritual growth, not just personal growth? Perhaps you know your ...
04.18.2023 "The Journey Home, Part 1" With Meredith Boggs Maybe you've heard of the Enneagram but aren't sure what it's all about. Is it even OK for Christians to use it? Is it something that can be used for spiritual growth, not just personal growth? Perhaps you know your ...
04.04.2023 "4 Practical Ways To Avoid Burnout" With Bonnie Gray Sometimes self-care can feel selfish. But when we neglect our own well-being, we can quickly get burnt out. God wants us to take care of ourselves, and it doesn't look like the world makes wellness out to be. Our new ...
03.28.2023 "Let's Talk About Church" With Dr. Joel Muddamalle "Let's Talk About Church" With Dr. Joel Muddamalle Regardless of your church background, there are a lot of questions around the topic of church. What defines a church? Who gathers these people? Why do they meet, and what keeps them ...
03.07.2023 "How To Hear God's Voice" With Abby McDonald It's easy to question if we really heard from God. How do you know with confidence what His voice sounds like and what His will is? We want certainty or the outcomes we desire, but learning to hear from God ...
03.03.2023 “Three Steps to Overcome Anxious Thoughts” \| from You're Going to Make It by Lysa TerKeurst When hurtful situations leave us worn out and unmotivated to spend time with God, sometimes we need more than just a pep talk. We need a friend to come alongside us with biblical Truth and encouragement, showing us practical steps ...
03.02.2023 “Who I Am Doesn’t Feel Good Enough” \| from You're Going to Make It by Lysa TerKeurst When hurtful situations leave us worn out and unmotivated to spend time with God, sometimes we need more than just a pep talk. We need a friend to come alongside us with biblical Truth and encouragement, showing us a practical-steps ...
03.01.2023 “Choosing Trust Over Taking Control” \| from You're Going to Make It by Lysa TerKeurst When hurtful situations leave us worn out and unmotivated to spend time with God, sometimes we need more than just a pep talk. We need a friend to come alongside us with biblical Truth and encouragement, showing us a practical-steps ...
02.28.2023 “When You’re Tempted to Judge Her” \| from You're Going to Make It by Lysa TerKeurst When hurtful situations leave us worn out and unmotivated to spend time with God, sometimes we need more than just a pep talk. We need a friend to come alongside us with biblical Truth and encouragement, showing us a practical-steps ...
02.27.2023 “Does It Really Matter If I Read God’s Word Today?” \| from You're Going to Make It by Lysa TerKeurst When hurtful situations leave us worn out and unmotivated to spend time with God, sometimes we need more than just a pep talk. We need a friend to come alongside us with biblical Truth and encouragement, showing us a practical-steps ...
02.14.2023 "Is God Still Faithful in These Circumstances?" With Meghan Ryan Where do you turn when the future feels unclear and you've lost your footing? Maybe there’s something in your life today that’s not going as planned, or maybe you are facing fear as you look at your future. In those ...
02.07.2023 "How To Parent With Relationships in Mind" With Andy and Sandra Stanley As parents, it's easy to wonder, Am I doing this right? With three adult children and years of student and college ministry under their belts, pastor and author Andy Stanley and his wife, Sandra, know a thing or two about ...
01.17.2023 "The Importance of Relationships" With Dr. Heather Thompson Day One out of five Americans says they don't have one person they can talk to. As we move more and more into a digital society, we can lose our ability to have healthy, thriving relationships.
01.03.2023 "How Do I Move Past My Mistakes?" With Kaley Olson A new year can bring a lot of anticipation and excitement. But it can also be a reminder of some things we aren't super proud of ... Maybe you're looking back at this last year a little disappointed. That habit ...
12.20.2022 "The 6 Most-Asked Questions About Boundaries" With Lysa TerKeurst Boundaries can feel like a touchy topic. How do we love others without losing the best of who we are? Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled with how to do boundaries well, and she understands the tension they cause in relationships. That's ...
12.06.2022 "God's Best in Your Finances" With Bob and Linda Lotich Money can be an uncomfortable topic. But what if God has something better in store for the way you look at your finances? Financial coaches Bob and Linda Lotich understand the tension that comes with money and know what it's ...
11.15.2022 "When You Still Feel Anxious" With Taylor Joy Murray What do you do when the "Christian" solutions for anxiety seem to stop working? What happens when we try to put a Bible verse over what we are feeling but it doesn't change how we actually feel? Taylor Joy Murray ...
11.08.2022 Why No One Wins When a Woman Is Devalued \| Therapy & Theology Have you heard about our new series on Therapy & Theology? "Let's Stop Avoiding This Conversation: 6 Topics Women Have Big Questions About" is here! Join Lysa TerKeurst; her licensed professional counselor, Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of ...
11.01.2022 "The Joy of Advent" With Dr. Joel Muddamalle What is Advent? Depending on your church background, you might participate in Advent every year or you might stay away from it because it seems like a mysterious, age-old tradition that’s reserved for only certain denominations. You might even associate ...
10.25.2022 "The Holy Spirit Is the Forgotten Gift of God" With Max Lucado What comes to your mind when you think about the Holy Spirit? Depending on your background, maybe the Holy Spirit feels ambiguous or confusing. Or maybe you feel uncertain about this third Person of the Trinity. On this episode, our ...
10.11.2022 "How To Unleash the Creativity Within You" with Rachel Marie Kang Do you think of yourself as a creative? Often we are quick to dismiss ourselves as creatives — giving that description to people who write, paint or sing. But what if creativity is different than you think it is?
10.04.2022 "We Can't Set Good Boundaries Without Love" With Lysa TerKeurst Boundaries should help us avoid extremes and live closer to the kind of love God intended for relationships. After struggling with boundaries for years, Lysa TerKeurst wondered if they really worked or were even biblical.
09.20.2022 "Answers to Your 2 Biggest Questions About Prayer" With Wendy Blight Prayer is the place we can entrust our deepest needs and hurts, fears and anxieties, longings and disappointments, and most especially our questions, to God.
09.13.2022 "On Purpose and for a Purpose" With Lauren McAfee What would change about your life if you knew your purpose? Often, we don't live the way we were made to live. But God created us with a purpose. When we know what God, our Creator, made us for, we ...
09.06.2022 What If We’ve Misunderstood God’s Intent for Boundaries? Is it unloving, selfish or unchristian to draw boundaries? Sometimes the whole process can feel unkind or even like we’re violating Bible verses on how to treat others. But what if we’ve simply misunderstood God’s original intent in giving us ...
08.23.2022 "Union With Christ in a Chaotic World" With John Eldredge After the last few years, we are looking for relief. But in the rush to get our lives back to what they used to be, we are settling for temporary relief instead of lasting restoration. What if there's a better ...
08.16.2022 "When You're Tempted To Romanticize the Past" With Madi Vincent When we walk through seasons of waiting or uncertainty, it's tempting to look at the past through rose-colored glasses. We choose to only remember the good parts and forget the bad.
08.09.2022 "Escaping the Grip of the False Gospel of Grit" With Kaitlin Garrison Our desire to please God can so easily turn into us trying to perform. But how do we know when we've slipped into striving? On this episode of the podcast, our new friend and author, Kaitlin Garrison, teaches us the ...
07.12.2022 "The Unexpected Gift of Uncertainty in Your Bible Study" With Amy Carroll It's easy to seek certainty when life feels unpredictable and out of control. But what if uncertainty leads us closer to God?
06.21.2022 "How To Live Undistracted" With Bob Goff Let's admit it, most of us are pretty easily distracted. If we're breathing, there are thousands of things a day vying for our attention daily.
05.24.2022 "Using Scripture for Whatever You Are Facing" With Ellie Holcomb When life feels overwhelming or anxiety creeps in, our first response isn't always to turn to God's Word. But Scripture has the Truth for whatever we are facing.
05.10.2022 "We Don't Have To Live Ashamed of Our Bodies" With Jess Connolly Have you ever struggled with a love-hate relationship with your body? As women, the world has a lot to say about our bodies
05.03.2022 "How Grace Saves Us" With Melissa Kruger Does grace feel confusing sometimes? Maybe it's a word you hear thrown around so often that it can lose its meaning.
04.19.2022 "Is Contentment in Singleness Possible?" With Kendra LeGrand Contentment can feel impossible to achieve, especially in a season of singleness. But if we dig into what the Bible actually says about contentment, we may find a different definition than we thought.
04.05.2022 "Listen to This Before You Have a Hard Conversation" With Lisa Allen What if the most crucial step we've been missing in preparing for a difficult conversation is first understanding how to best relate to the other person?
03.22.2022 What Nobody Talks About: Postpartum and Loss of Identity in Motherhood Yet most of us either have experienced or know someone who has experienced infertility, a miscarriage, infant loss, or postpartum anxiety and depression.
03.15.2022 What Nobody Talks About: What It's Like To Lose a Baby Motherhood and loss are two things that should not go together. Yet most of us either have experienced or know someone who has experienced infertility, a miscarriage, infant loss, or postpartum anxiety and depression.
03.08.2022 What Nobody Talks About: Infertility and Feeling Stuck in the Cycle of Waiting Motherhood and loss are two things that should not go together. Yet most of us either have experienced or know someone who has experienced infertility, a miscarriage, infant loss, or postpartum anxiety and depression.
02.15.2022 "8 Surprising Things From An Unlikely Book of the Bible" With Kayla Ferris Are there books of the Bible you hesitate to dive into? Sometimes they can seem boring, heavy or just plain confusing. We understand, and that's why we invited, our friend and First 5 writer Kayla Ferris to the podcast!
02.08.2022 "3 Things To Do No Matter What You Face Today" With Shae Tate If your schedule feels full and your soul feels weary, our friend Shae Tate has a word for you today. Using Psalm 103:1-5 as our guide, Shae shows us the power that comes from remembering the Truth of God's word ...
01.25.2022 "Busting Out of the Prison of People-Pleasing" With Karen Ehman We've got some good news for you: It's not your job to make everyone happy! Have you ever said "yes" when you knew you should have said "no"? Maybe you've gotten caught in the trap of people-pleasing.
01.11.2022 Exclusive Audio Chapter from I'll Start Again Monday" by Lysa TerKeurst The excitement of a new year means new goals to look forward to tackling ... but why is it so easy to find ourselves in the same old cycle of restarting after just a few weeks?
12.02.2021 "How Can I Believe God Protects Me When Tragedy Strikes?" With Lysa TerKeurst and Dr. Joel Muddamalle Sometimes God's protection comes in packages that don't feel like protection. The Bible says Jesus has overcome the world. But what about when it doesn't feel like it right now, in this situation?
11.23.2021 Is It Possible to Love Others without Expecting Anything in Return? When we really love our people, we go above and beyond to show them we care. But sometimes, loving and serving others isn't easy, especially when it seems like we are the one putting the majority of the effort into ...
11.09.2021 Live Full, Walk Free With Cindy Bultema What does it mean to live full and walk free in a world where temptations are on every corner? So often our humanity gets in the way of who we are in Christ, and leads us down paths we don't ...
10.26.2021 "How God's Holiness Helps Us Trust Him" With Jackie Hill Perry Deep down, do we really believe that God is worthy of our trust? We learn of God's holiness in the Bible and sing about it in songs and hymns, but have we let that knowledge inform our faith?
10.05.2021 "Made for This Moment" With Max Lucado Do you doubt if you can really handle it all? The headlines are disheartening; routines we just set seem like they'll be disrupted (again) at any moment and life seems so very unpredictable.

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