//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~2c4c718bf206d489b40e88592d2c94cb50a8dce1561d2c69d4b46812b5745a4c Podcastplus.net Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:23:39 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_6__Final__Relationships_and_Community.mp3?dest-id=557087 This episode is part of our Give Grace Study. This week we are combating the lies of Satan about relationships and community. You see, we weren’t called to do this life alone. But in times of struggle, the enemy loves to make us feel isolated. We hope this message challenges you to get outside your comfort zone and do life with people. Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:14:16 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_6__Final__Relationships_and_Community.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_5__Final__Joy_and_Contentment.mp3?dest-id=557087 This episode is part of our Give Grace Study and we are sharing all about how to find joy and contentment in the midst of struggles and combating the lies we often believe. We hope this message encourages you to choose joy every single morning. Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:02:39 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_5__Final__Joy_and_Contentment.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_4__Final__Even_If_and_Hope.mp3?dest-id=557087 This week is part of our Give Grace Study and we are talking about Even if God’s answer is no and hope, sharing times in our lives that we have experienced these things and combating the lies that we so easily believe with God’s Truth. We hope this message challenges you to have an eternal perspective on suffering and encourages you to find hope in Jesus. Wed, 30 May 2018 01:46:48 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_4__Final__Even_If_and_Hope.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_3__Final__Gods_Promises_and_Grace.mp3?dest-id=557087 This episode is part of our Give Grace Study and we are talking about God’s promises and grace, how we stand on them, what the Bible says about these topics and combating the lies that we so easily believe with God’s Truth. We hope this message challenges you to believe what the Bible says and to extend grace to yourself and those around you. Tue, 22 May 2018 15:27:33 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_3__Final__Gods_Promises_and_Grace.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_2__Final__Shame_and_Identity.mp3?dest-id=557087 This week is part of our Give Grace Study and we are talking about the feelings of shame and where we place our identity, sharing struggles that we have experienced and combating the lies that we so easily believe with God’s Truth. We hope this message encourages you to find your identity in Jesus alone. Mon, 14 May 2018 11:00:00 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_2__Final__Shame_and_Identity.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_1__Final__Waiting_On_God_and_Grief.mp3?dest-id=557087 This week is a special episode that is part of our Give Grace Study. We are talking about waiting on God and grief, sharing times in our lives that we have experienced these things and combating the lies that we so easily believe with God’s Truth. We hope this message encourages you to put on the armor of God and learn to stand in times of uncertainty. Tue, 08 May 2018 16:01:17 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Week_1__Final__Waiting_On_God_and_Grief.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/episode_19_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 I met my friend Blakely Stephenson when we were freshman at Auburn and in the same sorority, but Blakely didn’t have the usual college experience. When she became pregnant and got married at the age of 19, she was forced to grow up fast. This sudden change of lifestyle brought along feelings of shame and guilt. She showed the physical changes of a growing belly when she walked around campus, but she hid the emotional pain of feeling like she had let both her parents and the Lord down, even when her parents were quick to support her. Through it all, both Blakely and her husband accepted their sin and watched as God used his mercy and grace to transform it into the beautiful gift of a baby boy. 11 years later , Blakely and her husband have continued to battle side by side through every trial and continue to seek him out in ways that follow their new mantra - living by conviction and not by convenience. Through this episode, we learn how to acknowledge our mistakes and turn to God for healing and gui... Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:19:01 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/episode_19_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/episode_18_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 Lauren and I got to know each other in college through my brother and I have always been so drawn to her authentic heart. When she reached out to share her story on the podcast, I knew there would be so many out there that would be encouraged by her words.   After losing her mom and then a tough break up shortly after, Lauren began to question her faith and start down a dark path. Growing up in the church, she felt like she was supposed to have it all together so she stuffed her feelings deep down inside so no one would know. The isolation led to more darkness and an identity as "the sad girl" that had come to accept. Once she decided to let people in and allow community to carry her through, true healing began.   Lauren shares practical tips for walking through darkness and speaks so much encouragement to anyone walking through a hard season. She challenges us to let go of the expectation to have it all together and just be real with God and the people around you. Mon, 25 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/episode_18_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Episode_17_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 There is a side to infertility that doesn’t quite get the same recognition or sympathy as most situations do. One person who can understand this firsthand is my good friend Erin Tuohy. Erin and her husband gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy and already were planning to follow with many more babies in the few years after. Her dreams of her young family were put on hold when she suffered several miscarriages after the birth of their first son. She went through surgery and periods of time when she was so hurt and angry with God she couldn’t understand why he would do something like this to her. Instead of just asking God the questions, she seeked his answers in scripture. She studied verses that taught her who God is and found hope in the fact that God answers prayers in ways that we don’t sometimes want to see. He answers each and every prayer we have in his own ways. Erin realized at this point she had two choices: to be happy and to trust God or to continue being angry and upset at the rest o... Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Episode_17_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/givegracepodcast/Episode_16_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=557087 One thing we often take for granted is our health. It’s easy to forget just how amazing it is to be healthy until we are faced with complications or scares. For me it was infertility and the status of my reproductive health. For my friend Haley Ryan, it was a long and exhausting battle with Lyme Disease. Haley and I were roommates in college, and the Haley I knew was extremely active and fit. She played sports, coached cheerleading, did crossfit, trained for half marathons and was just two years into her marriage when she received her life changing diagnosis. Over the next several years, she would visit 14 different specialists and undergo various surgeries to solve problems both she and her doctors didn’t know the cause of. While she was fighting the disease physically, it was also taking a toll on her mentally and spiritually as well. She slipped into depressive states and struggled with a loss of identity that came with the loss of her health. She didn’t know why God would let something like this h... 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