On this episode of Is That Like a Thing, all four of us are zoom zoomin’ (we’re talking via zoom because #covidquarantining lol). Today we are talk about our goals for 2022, Crystal totally calls it on Magen and Cory’s most favorite date night activity, we talk about our favorite instagram posts and why we wrote them and how well we think we did on our 2021 goals (spoiler alert: #WeAreNotImpressed). As usual, we laugh a little, get serious a little, and since it’s Magen, Becky and Crystal talking, somehow even mountain goats show up in this conversation. Dont miss it! 

Also, thanks for joining us on this episode of Is That Like a Thing! We are excited to start 2022 with such an incredible group of women (and some men!). Now let's do this 2022 year!  Want more info? Follow us on facebook, twitter and Instagram @itlatpodcast. You can also find our team on their own personal insagram accounts: magenthurman, crystalyatesmusic, beckyleachtx, emilygentiles. 

Book recommendations on today's episode: 
“The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Traum”  by Bessel van der Kolk

QUOTES to SHARE : 
“I don’t know if I’ve accomplished anything this year but I feel like I’ve kept things going, which has been the accomplishment.” - magen

“I don’t feel like I’m in a spiritual wilderness or emotional wilderness but i do feel like I’m in a certain form of wilderness where I’m like, “Lord, what the heck? Where are you going? Where are you leading right now?” But, I trust him - magen 

“The lord has taken expectation from me, but he has put in expectancy.” -magen 

“If you can’t talk about it, you can’t heal from it.” -becky 

“I just feel like if you’re holding something in and you’re not able to speak the words out loud, of what is bothering you or what’s going on, whether it’s past trauma, or a sin, or a circumstance that’s really bothering you, or an unforgiveness, or a bitterness, or an anger; if you’re not able to talk about it then you can’t process it and heal from it.” -becky 

“I think a lot of times, I don’t want to be upset but I am for whatever reason. My feelings get hurt but I don’t want them to be hurt, but if I cannot acknowledge that, then I cannot move through that.” -becky 

“Satan uses the trials to pull us away from God when God uses the trials to pull us into him.” -becky

Our friend David joins us for part 3 and our final worship conversation! We talk about worship and how we cooperate with worship and even with the Holy Spirit. We also discussed things like our expectations (The expectations we should have a bar selves and if one another) when we worship and why we should be worshiping In our car. :) 

“God longs to interact with His people”
Philippians 3:3 “worship by the Spirit”

“Are we coming to a corporate gathering to observe what is happening or are we coming to a cooperate gathering to be part of what is happening?”

“If we come to church to observe what happens we are going to become an entertainment based, consumer gathering”

“My goal as a worship leader is to release the moment to the people and the Holy Spirit”

“What if we all walked in to church and asked God, what do you want to do in my life today?”

“God is available to comfort, heal, and deliver every person that walks in that room…I can’t fathom that but, that is the truth”

“There are days when the greatest offering of worship is getting in the car…and showing up”

Bible…
“Encourage one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” Ephesians 5:19

“There is a difference when people are coming to worship and you are in a room full of people that come expectant”

“What is your expectation when you walk into church?”

“The Lord sees you to worship just you and Him”

“Be a car worship leader” listen to the latest podcast and find out from Becky what it means to be a car worship leader (I love this!)

In this episode we talk with David Gentiles (our producer Emily Gentiles husband!!) about our favorite things: worship! David has deep roots in worship as well as a fresh perspective on how our theology informs our worship. Dig deeper as we talk about corporate worship and personal worship experiences!

Scripture References:
1 Peter 2:9
Romans 12:1

David Quotes 
“Worship is our opportunity to meet with God who already desires to meet with us”

“Because of the work of Jesus we can have personal moments where we meet with God and He ministers to us”

“Because of the work of Jesus I am not dependent on a high priest, because of Jesus I can go to God at anytime and any moment on any day”

“When we meet as the body of Christ we get to sing to each other…encourage each other…”

“And the things of this world will grow strangely dim” “I so badly want people to experience that” Becky