In today's episode, Darcie and Hannah talk about the reality and difficulty of depression and how it affects our daily lives, as well as how it complicates our spiritual lives at times. We offer encouragement and hope, normalizing depression and providing several practical tools and strategies to help survive, remain faithful, and work through your struggle while letting it draw you closer to God.
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In this episode, Darcie is back as we tackle the hard topic of how to fight envy, jealousy, and impatience when we look around and see others living more blessed lives than us and maybe even getting the things we are praying for. We provide some encouragement and Biblical truth to endure struggles and help keep our focus in the right place--on Jesus--and out of our neighbor's yard.
In this episode, Hannah talks about the practice of prayer as a major part of staying faithful in our struggles. She shares some therapeutic insights regarding the importance of communication in any relationship, as well as some practical tips for helping build prayer into your everyday life--even if you don't have a lot of time or brain power.
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What do we do when it seems like the season of waiting we are in is never-ending? How do we keep the faith when there doesn't even seem to be the faintest light at the end of the tunnel? Where do we focus amidst our struggle in order to keep our perspective in a place of hope when we're finding it hard to believe that God is going to keep His promise of bringing good out of all things?
In this episode, we offer encouragement and several real-life, practical tips and strategies for practicing the ability to wait well when it feels like all we've been doing for so long is waiting...and maybe we're close to losing hope.
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In this episode, Hannah and Darcie tackle the question "Where is the good?" and the feeling of living in the "in between" the hard time and the eventual good that we are promised in God's Word (Romans 8:28). We share both personal and biblical examples of this in between time and offer some encouragement for anyone feeling confused, lost, or just plain discouraged and wondering where the good is that's supposed to be coming.
In this episode, we tackle the question "Why does God love me?" and focus on the character of God being loving and incapable of being unloving. Many of us struggle with shame, guilt, and negative views of ourselves, and wonder how God could love us after all we've done. We share some biblical examples of God's love and how the perfection of His love sets us free from having to feel unworthy ever again.
In this episode, Darcie and Hannah tackle the big, hard question that so many people (according to a study done in 2015) are asking via Google, which is "Why Does God Hate Me?" We talk about the reality of facing difficult times in the Christian life, why it happens, why God doesn't prevent it, and God's ultimate goodness and faithfulness despite our circumstances.
In this episode, Darcie and Hannah discuss shame, its biblical roots, and the damage it can cause in our daily lives and our view of ourselves. We also talk about several practical strategies that can be helpful with uprooting shame in our lives and planting the truth of Scripture in our hearts instead.
In this episode, we begin Season 3, which is titled "Faithful Yet Struggling." We provide a quick overview of the season, some of the topics we'll be discussing, some of our recent personal struggles, and a bit of our Biblical inspiration for this season and how to remain faithful "even if" the worst-case scenario happens.
(We do want to apologize for some of the technical/audio issues in this episode. We are still learning a lot and troubleshooting as we go...thank you all for being patient with us!)
In our last episode of season 2 and of 2022, we do a recap of season 2, talk about our favorite moments and topics we enjoyed, laugh at ourselves a LOT over our bloopers and learning moments, and share how much we have learned since starting this podcast. Darcie also shares about her new book idea which will be the focus of our next season after the New Year, Faithful Yet Struggling.
For those of you who are with us on this journey, THANK YOU! We have a long way to go with the technical side of things, but we hope that despite all the mishaps along the way, you have seen Jesus's love shining brightly in us, as that is our only goal and why we do what we do. We also hope you've learned a few things to help you and encourage you in your faith. We are so grateful to each and every one of you for your engagement and patience with us and we pray that you all have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! We will see you in 2023!
In this episode we welcome Mary Armand, founder of ButterflyLiving, a community aimed at teaching and encouraging Christians to embrace their new identity in Christ. She shares with us six practical tips for helping build and maintain healthy and positive relationships. You can learn more about Mary and join her community (as well as find a great wealth of knowledge like we talked about today!) on her website at butterflyliving.org.
In this episode, Darcie and Hannah talk about the different types of wills God has and the good that ultimately comes as a result of living in God's will. Read more about the good that God works in our lives, especially through the hard things, as discussed on today's episode on Hannah's blog at hannahthompsonwrites.com.
In this episode, Darcie and Hannah discuss the different types of journaling, the many benefits for our faith and our mental health when done regularly, and some practical tips if you've been wanting to try it but aren't sure where to start.
Download the printable PDF prayer journals mentioned in the episode here: https://www.leightonlane.com/prayerjournals
In this episode we welcome back Dr. Lauren Gilbert to share a little bit more with us about the topic of rest, the scriptural support for it, as well as some practical ways to make it part of our everyday lives, even when we feel it's impossible to find time for everything else, much less rest!
You can connect with Lauren on Instagram @drlaurengilbert
We're excited to have another guest with us on today's episode to talk about how to develop a conversational relationship with God through prayer, and how this type of relationship and communication with God plays a vital role in the way we view God and interact with Him--another way we are learning to transform our minds in this season. Jen is launching her own podcast titled "Good God Talks" on November 1st, which we will talk a little bit about at the end of this episode.
In this episode we dive into the context and meaning of Romans 12:1 and discuss what it really means to offer our bodies and lives as living sacrifices to the Lord. We talk about why we should do this, what it looks like to live life as a living sacrifice, and some practical ways that we can adjust our perspective of God, so that surrender becomes a natural response to who He is, spilling out into our daily lives of work, raising babies, cleaning the kitchen, and anything else we find ourselves doing.
In this episode, we talk with author Jennifer Tucker about her brand-new book Breath as Prayer and the spiritual practice of using breath prayers to help with everyday anxiety and worries. She shares her story of how deep breathing combined with praying Scripture helped save her when she and her family were facing a mental health crisis with her daughter. Jennifer walks us through breath prayers and gives us examples as well as practical ways of applying this practice to our busy and stressful lives.