How can we maintain faith when our economy always seems so unstable? How can we hold tight to God's promises when enduring long seasons of unemployment or when our financial situation feels outside of our control? Join hosts Carol McCracken and Jennifer Slattery as they discuss a passage in Scripture that demonstrates God's ability to provide and how He uses our needs to deepen our faith and relational intimacy with Him.

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. What most surprised or intrigued you regarding how God provided for Elijah and the widow?
3. What does this reveal regarding His character, ways, or heart?
4. How can recognizing our needs draw us closer to Christ?
5. What might it look like to turn to and rely on God during your current season?
6. What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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Maybe you sensed God calling you to pursue a dream and you began with passion and focus. But then you experienced numerous difficulties and setbacks and started to doubt if you heard God correctly or He ever plans to bring fruit to your obedience. If so, you'll relate to Kristi Wood's story and will gain encouragement through how God met her in her disappointment and doubt.

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Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. When did you first sense God calling you to pursue a divinely-orchestrated dream?
3. Why might it be important, as we progress toward our goals, to ask God to purify our souls from pride and selfishness?
4. What might God be teaching or training in you in your waiting season?
5. In what ways are you, or have you been, tempted to diminish your gift(s)?
6. In what way(s) is God using you, or calling you, to add beauty or order to our world?
7. What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this podcast?

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Most, if not all, of us recognize, at a soul-level, that we need deep and lasting companionship. When we're weathering difficult relationships, longing for a relationship we haven't yet experienced, or have experienced developmental trauma, our pain and insecurities can make us fear we'll end up alone and lonely. In this episode, singer/songwriter and actress Rebecca St. James and her film producer husband share their emotional struggle during singlehood, how trauma and pain has shaped them individually and affected their marriage, and how their faith in God's goodness carried them through their most difficult seasons.

Book mentioned: Lasting Ever: Faith, Music, Family, and Being Found by True Love by Rebecca St. James and Cubbie Fink

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. How content are you with your current relationships?
3. How might your upbringing have impacted your view of relationships?
4. How does or has your view of God impacted how you weather painful seasons?
5. Have you considered how "unfinished business" related to wounds you've experienced impact your present relationships? And if so, what steps are you taking, or have you taken, to pursue increased health?
6. What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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