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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Have you ever thought of yourself as a hope- giver, commissioned to tell God’s story? Do you ever feel weary, defeated or terrified? How do we arise in hope and awaken hope in others? (Scripture referenced: Judges 4:4-9, Judges 5: 6-7)

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonates with you most in this episode?
2. How has a time when hope faded motivated you or someone you know into action?
3. When have you experienced a time when community has reminded you that you are not responsible for God’s plan all by yourself?
4. How has someone motivated you to act when your hope had become suffocated in the face of insurmountable odds?
5. What does it mean to take hope into your hands?
6. What does the term hope-giver mean to you?

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How has insecurity impacted your dreams and your calling? Do you ever feel like a fraud, you don't deserve your position or role, or compelled to prove your competency? These are signs of "imposter syndrome", a common struggle with the power to sabotage our lives and relationships. (Scripture referenced: Exodus 2-4, 32-33; Deuteronomy 34:10-12; 1 Samuel 9-10, 13, 18; Isaiah 41:10.)

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonates with you most in this episode?
2. How has, or might, imposter syndrome caused you to compare yourself with others?
3. How had, or might, imposter syndrome caused you to prove your competency by powering up or shield yourself by withdrawing?
4. Why might God routinely call His children into arenas for which they feel ill-prepared?
5. How has your relationship with Christ impacted your confidence?
6. What is one action step He might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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The church is supposed to be a safe place where we can experience healing, grow, and encounter God. Sadly, for many people, this hasn't been the case. Unfortunately, they've experienced deep soul-wounds in a religious environment. Join host Jennifer Slattery as she talks with author, speaker and pastor Sam Ranier on the impact of church hurt, how to bring our hurts to God, and ways to tell if an environment is safe for us and, if we're parents, for our children as well. (Scripture discussed: Psalm 22-23, Matthew 21:12-13,Mark 11:15-18)

Discussion/Reflective questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. When have you encountered or been in a high hospitality, low security environment?
   1. What are some signs of such an environment?
   2. What was your experience?
3. In what ways, if any, has your "trust meter" become crooked?
4. How comfortable are you bringing your anger to God?
5. What is one action step He might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

Sermon referenced: When It's Appropriate to Turn Over Tables

Book referenced: Make My Church Safe: A Guide to the Best Practices to Protect Children and Secure Your Congregation from Harm

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Almost exactly twenty years ago, today’s guest, popular international speaker Carol Kent was thrust into a situation that made her feel as if her world was unraveling. Her son was arrested for murder, revealing just how little control we parents often have over our children’s lives. Though her life felt out of control, she found peace and security through surrender. She discovered God is big enough and strong enough and loving enough to carry her through she did or might someday face.

Group Discussion Questions:
1. What resonated with you most in Carol’s story?
2. When do you most feel out of control?
3. How do you typically respond when life feels out of control?
4. What lies does Satan tend to whisper to you when you feel out of control?
5. Read Romans 8:28-29. What does this passage tell you regarding our most fearful, “out of control” situations?
6. How might your current circumstances point you to heaven?

Resources:
• When I lay My Isaac Down by Carol Kent, released by NavPress: http://urlme.cc/6VQd
• He Holds My Hand by Carol Kent, released by Tyndale Publishers: http://urlme.cc/rVRv

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Often, the greatest hindrance to living out our calling comes from internal, rather than external, influences. When our insecurities dominate our lives, we become our biggest limiting factor. If you’re familiar with the Bible, you may recognize, intellectually, that you are a radiant, redeemed, chosen, called and empowered child of God. The question is, how do we let this truth define us and our actions? In this episode, author and speaker Amanda Pittman discusses her latest release Stand in Confidence: From Sinking insecurity to Rising to Your God-Given Identity and shares actionable steps toward growing in courage and confidence.

Discussion/Reflective Questions:
What resonated with you most in today’s episode?
When do you most tend to struggle with feelings of insecurity?
How has insecurity limited your calling?
When has your insecurities caused you to strive and overwork in an area God’s already equipped you for and called you to?
In what areas are you placing your identity in insufficient things (your role/position, relationships, skills …)?
What truth most encourages you and helps build your confidence?
When has a “I should of” or “I could have” mentality hindered your confidence?
When has a human’s rejection negatively affected your view of yourself?
What is one action step God is calling you to take in the next week? (Right this down somewhere prominent to help with follow-through.)

Resources Mentioned: Stand in Confidence: From Sinking in Insecurity to Rising in Your God-Given Identity by Amanda Pittman and Emotional Healing in 3 Easy Steps (The Kingdom of God Made Simple) by Praying Medic

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