Ever feel like life just keeps knocking you down? No matter how hard you fight, no matter how much you pray, you just can’t seem to win? Have you ever wondered why the battles feel so constant, or caught yourself thinking, ‘I’ll never get past this struggle’? Maybe you’ve questioned if you’ll ever feel strong or free again.

But what if defeat isn’t your story at all? What if it’s just the enemy’s script—and God has already written a different one? Today, we’re trading the lie of ‘I feel defeated’ for the truth: ‘I am victorious in Christ.’

Join me in this episode of my podcast Trade a Lie for a Truth, as I open up about my personal journey as a cancer survivor and emphasize the importance of recognizing our giants against the scope of our great God. Ultimately, I talk about how God helped me overcome this giant of fear and ultimately, why He allows trials in the first place. Together, let’s actively seize the abundant life promised in Christ and move forward in His victory.

Takeaways:

My NEW Devotional, All In, All Yours: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/allinallyours

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Keywords: victory in Christ, overcoming defeat, faith, healing, God's promises, abundant life, Christian podcast, hope, trials, family

Chapters:

00:00 Overcoming Defeat: A New Perspective

02:56 The Journey of Healing and Hope

05:54 Facing Trials with Faith

08:54 Possessing the Promised Land

11:56 Seizing God's Promises

15:02 Victory in Christ: A Call to Action

17:58 Fun with Faith: A Family Moment

Ever tried juggling all the things?

Work, mom life, extracurricular activities? Clean house, toned body, healthy meals? Volunteering at church, keeping up with the yard, staying on top of emails, meeting up with friends, and organizing the toys? Not to mention, reading your Bible and being a loving, attentive wife?

Join me as I pull back the curtain of my life and share a behind-the-scenes look into what God is actively teaching me and I believe has for me in this next season ahead. While it’s tempting to want to do it all, the truth is freeing: we are limited human beings with time constraints and physical limitations, so we can’t do it all—and even better… we shouldn’t do it all.

In the end, we can trade that crippling lie (you can do it all) for the truth: There are some things in this season that need our focus, so there are some things in this season we can step away from.

Sit in Ecclesiastes 3 with me, and together, let’s ask God and find out for ourselves what should be our top priority in this current season of life.

Let's connect!

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📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Have you ever heard someone say, "God won't give you more than you can handle"?

But then life happens, and you do face more than you can handle. There's a diagnosis that's far bigger than you. Bills that seem insurmountable. Your child’s challenges that are far out of your control. The strains in your marriage, well… it's all requiring a lot more from you than you feel like you have left in you.

Today, we're going to talk to someone who gets it. Elle Cardell, founder of Delight of Delight, is going to share more about her story and help us trade this lie for the freeing truth.

God may give you more than you handle—but it’s never more than He can.

Let's connect!

🙏 Join my Bible study: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/the-good-news-co

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Elle:

Elle (@elle_cardel) is a sinner saved by God’s redeeming love and grace. She lives in the heart of Tennessee with her husband, Michael, and their beautiful daughter, Selah, with another little love on the way this August! The south holds a special place in her heart, but sweet tea not so much.  

Elle is the founder of the online women's ministry @daughterofdelight and host of The Daughter of Delight Podcast. She is deeply passionate about encouraging women of faith in their walk with the Lord, specifically through her podcast, creating bible literacy resources and equipping teams of women who love to write on the truths of Scripture to provide biblically sound devotionals to the Daughter of Delight community.

In her free time, she loves making specialty lattes at home, going on thrifting adventures with her family, working on reading all the books she will likely never finish, and playing cozy board games with her hubby!

Resources:

Visit the Daughter of Delight Website

The Daughter of Delight Podcast

Rooted: Elle's FREE 5-Day, How to Bible Study Series 

Connect on Instagram: @daughterofdelight , @elle_cardel

A Jehovah’s Witness knocks at the door, reciting Bible verses.

A Mormon posts on social media, talking about the grace of God and following Jesus.

A Muslim prays… do all religions really lead to the same God?

And what about atheists and the God they disbelieve in?

Join me as I interview one of the nation’s leading apologists, Pastor Jason Carlson, as he tackles the lie, “All religions point to the same God.” Not only will we learn about the key polar differences in each religion, but we’ll also get valuable conversation tips as we interact with nonbelievers and hear about the most convincing piece of evidence that the God of Christianity is the one true God.

In the end, let’s trade this lie for the truth: Jesus is God, and He’s the only Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Let's connect!

🙏 Join my Bible study: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/the-good-news-co

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Pastor Jason Carlson:

💻 Lakes Free Church: https://lakesfree.org/people/jason-carlson/

📲 Christian Ministries International: https://www.christianministriesintl.org

Ever felt like you don't belong?

Maybe it’s because you homeschool and everyone else sends their kid to public. Or you moved, and while everyone else has their people, you have to start fresh with all strangers. Or maybe it’s in your job—you’re a Christian and everyone else… let’s just say doesn’t show the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Whatever it may be, we’ve got to tackle this lie, because because God has gone to great lengths to give you a place of belonging.

Join me as I interview my friend Caroline Saunders, author of her latest Bible Study Come Home as we trade this lie "I don't belong" for the truth "I belong in Christ and in the Church."

Let's connect!

🙏 Join my Bible study: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/the-good-news-co

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Caroline Saunders:

💻 Her website: http://www.writercaroline.com

📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writercaroline

📖 Her book, Come Home: https://rstyle.me/+6QLldb90YUWuUpVktGlHXA

Conflict and peace... they seem like polar opposites, right? You certainly can’t have one with the other…

Or can you?

Join me as I interview Donna Jones, author of Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life, as we open up the Bible, hear what God has to say on the matter, and discuss the practical steps clearly laid out for us in places like James and Ephesians. Not only will we realize how peace can still reign, but Donna shares conflict prevention tips, anger management tools when you’re caught up in the heat of it all, and lastly, the best step to take if you want to move a tumultuous relationship towards peace and health today.

In the end, let’s trade this lie for the truth: Conflict can be peaceful and healthy if I follow Jesus and the path laid out in His Word.

Let's connect!

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 “Hello, I’m Jesus” Family Devotional: https://www.heidileeandersonministries.com/hello-im-jesus

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Donna:

💻 Her resources: https://www.donnajones.org

📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donnaajones/

📖 Her book, Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life: https://rstyle.me/+pIPWdwuFrV3IVWbHlp5iBg

🎙️ Her Podcast, That’s Just What I Needed: https://donnajones.org/podcast/

Ever thought, “Once I can get past this, I’ll have joy again”?

Here’s the deal: While happiness is based on circumstances, joy comes from something—er, rather, someone—completely different. Once we understand what it is and learn from the Bible how to get it, then we can live with joy TODAY.

Join me as I interview Hannah Crews, popular social media content creator @hannahcrews.blog and author of the Goodness Gracious devotional, to hear her story, talk about Bible characters who get it, and move forward in the path God has for us to receive joy.

In the end, let’s trade this lie that “joy comes when life is perfect” for the truth that “life will never be perfect, but since a fruit of the Spirit is joy, I can have it today.”

Let’s connect:

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Hannah:

📖 Her book, Goodness Gracious: https://rstyle.me/+R6dBuhSzj_C-cHUz110CjQ

📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahcrews.blog

💻Her blog: https://www.hannahcrewsblog.com

Have you ever thought, “I could never do that”?

I could never be a SAHM.

I could never start my own business.

I could never go back to school or try a different career.

Today, we’re talking to someone who originally thought, I could never homeschool,” but now finds herself at home, educating her 3 kids, and would never trade it for the world.

How did she get there? And how can we get to that place of confidence too?

Join me and Katie Klein, popular content creator at Little House Learning Co., as we talk about a Bible character who gets it, pull truths from his story to apply to ours, and find out how to move forward in the plan and purpose God has for us.

In the end, let’s trade the lie that "I could never ________" for the truth that "I can do what I am called to, by Christ who equips me" (Hebrew 13:21).

Let's connect!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 "Hello, I'm Jesus" Family Devotional: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/hello-im-jesus

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Katie Klein:

💻 Her resources: https://littlehouselearningco.com

📲 Instagram: www.instagram.com/littlehouselearningco

Have you ever felt like, “I can’t have real friends”?

It’s not as easy as it was when we were in grade school; no, now making adult friends is hard. Let alone, making real adult friends.

Today, we’re talking to 3 women who not only get it, the Pastors’ Wives Tell All trio, but they give practical help, examples, and encouragement to find those friends we’re so desperately looking for.

In the end, let’s trade this lie for the truth: I’m created for real friends, God is for community, and ultimately, Jesus is my forever Friend.

Let's connect!

🙏 Join my Bible study: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/the-good-news-co

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

Connect more with Stephanie Gilbert, Jessica Taylor, and Jenna Allen:

💻 Their podcast and resources: https://www.pastorswivestellall.com

📲 Instagram: www.instagram.com/pastorswivestellall

📖Their book, Pastors’ Wives Tell All: https://rstyle.me/+GTAQEXGROYzxIsQeSINbyw

Have you ever bought into the lie of hustle culture that’s screaming, “To get the life you want, you have to chase that life down!”? You know, work 24/7. Be available around the clock. Run yourself into the ground.

Basically, if you want it, you gotta make it happen… all day, every day.

But what if that’s not true? What if to get the life you want, you actually have to slow it down? Join me as I interview Jennifer Dukes Lee, bestselling author of several books including, Growing Slow, It’s All Under Control, and Stuff I’d Only Tell God, as she retells her story, ties seasons on the farm to seasons in life, and helps us grasp a slower paced life.

In the end, you’ll be able to trade this lie for the truth: To get that life you want, you don’t have to chase it down… you just need to follow Jesus, who is the Life.

Let's connect!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Travel Through Passion Week Family Devotional: https://heidileeandersonministries.com/travel-passion-week

📲 Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidileeanderson/

📖My book, P.S. It's Gonna Be Good: https://rstyle.me/+rW_IIBFq6-qoJJ7S1EOXvw

🎙️More episodes on my Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trade-a-lie-for-a-truth/id1719559969

💻All my resources: https://heidileeandersonministries.com

Connect with Jennifer:

💻 Her website: https://jenniferdukeslee.com

📲Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdukeslee/

📲Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferDukesLee

📙 Her book, Growing Slow: https://rstyle.me/+eSXf62YETaNREfTL7ZiwYQ

📙 Her latest book, Stuff I’d Only Tell God: https://rstyle.me/+kk_OA6VmppZNY6ULRlXL9Q