Our culture has many varying and loud ideas about beauty and what we need to do to keep ourselves looking young. We all struggle with comparison to some degree. Today's episode brings refreshing insight into enjoying simple ways to highlight the beauty God has given us.
Jill Swanson is a Christian image and color consultant. She enjoys helping women feel good about themselves and the way God created them – inside and out. But she didn't always feel that way about herself. It took years of working through a birth defect that threatened her life many times to learn to appreciate the beauty God's given her and all of us from the inside and out.
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Many of us have no idea the magnitude of sacrifice our soldiers, veterans, and their families have given for the freedom we have in this country. Unless you’re in community with a military family, it’s hard to connect the stories you hear of war overseas and the movies you’ve watched with the reality of life for soldiers and their loved ones. Debbie knows all too personally the cost of war. On September 11, 2001, she had a son in the U.S. Navy (Soon to become a Navy Seal at the time), one in the Marines, and another in the Army.

Then, on August 2, 2006, she would become a “Gold Star Mom” when her son, Marc Lee, was killed in combat in Iraq. We encourage you to listen to this episode for a few reasons:

1) You’re inspired by hearing stories of God at work in people’s lives

2) You’d like to understand more of how to trust the Lord when your world feels shattered

3) You have a love for military families and desire to know ways you can support them

4) You’re a veteran or Gold Star family member looking for an understanding community to be a part of and/or you’ve suffered PTSD from the war and are desperate to find healing

Needless to say, you’re not going to want to miss this episode! Everyone can benefit from it.

If you’re interested in supporting America’s Mighty Warriors or are in need of help, please visit their website: America's Mighty Warriors – Pass on the kindness, the love, the precious gift of life.

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Has God ever called you to a task that made you feel completely inadequate? The truth is, God isn’t looking for your ability—He’s looking for your availability. Join us as we explore how God equips those who answer His call, no matter how unprepared they might feel.

Many of us are in what feels like the busiest season of our lives. When we think we’re at our max capacity, God can have the tendency to ask us to do something more or different that pushes us past what we think are our limits. This can tempt us to fear. Fear the weight of the responsibility. Fear the trek into the unknowns. Fear of the people we’re called to serve. But God. He is with us wherever we go.

When we look at the assignment from God’s perspective instead of our own, we have the strength and power to forge ahead with joy and expectation of what He’s going to do next.

Listen to this episode and learn how the Lord can change your mindset to help you not only survive through the assignment, but even rise above it!

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"With complete certainty, we can say that our marriage and our family would not be here if it weren't for the gospel. Learning the story of the Cross and the Empty Tomb through the lens of the Old Testament stories helped us understand the Gospel. It had the power to change our lives and save our marriage, and it did!"

Rob and Janette vulnerably share their challenges growing up to show you the power of the Gospel at work in their lives and help you see it's possible for you too!

Their stories are much like many of ours. See what aspect you can relate to and find hope and encouragement!

Do you have a question or story to share with us? We’d love to hear it! Email us at inspirehopepodcast@gmail.com. Find us on Youtube: https://rebrand.ly/v57yoxc

Please share our podcast with your family and friends, and leave us a review. We greatly appreciate your support!

"With complete certainty, we can say that our marriage and our family would not be here if it weren't for the gospel. Learning the story of the Cross and the Empty Tomb through the lens of the Old Testament stories helped us understand the Gospel. It had the power to change our lives and save our marriage, and it did!"

Rob and Janette vulnerably share their challenges growing up to show you the power of the Gospel at work in their lives and help you see it's possible for you too!

Their stories are much like many of ours. See what aspect you can relate to and find hope and encouragement!

Do you have a question or story to share with us? We’d love to hear it! Email us at inspirehopepodcast@gmail.com. Find us on Youtube: https://rebrand.ly/v57yoxc

Please share our podcast with your family and friends, and leave us a review. We greatly appreciate your support!

Have you given a gift to someone you thought he might like but didn't find out until later the significance it held for him? Have you received such a gift?

Anna wrote her father a letter when he was 65 years old. On this episode, find out what happened to it, the significance it held for a number of people, and how God used it to propel Anna into her successful writing ministry!

Award-winning author Anna Moore Bradfield has been spinning tales, exaggerating the truth, and flat-out lying almost as long as she could talk. Nowadays, she calls it fiction. She has contributed devotionals to The Secret Place, written articles for West Michigan Christian News, and was a regular contributor to the Norton-Lakeshore Examiner. She also enjoyed collaborating on anthologies The Transformation Project and Anchor in the Storm.

With her debut novel Legacy, Anna is thrilled to be the 2022 first-place recipient of the OASIS Awards sponsored by The Well Conference for Creatives. Legacy represents book one of a planned four-book series called The Lambswool Chronicles.

As one reader describes her work: "Anna’s writing makes you want to grab onto something and hang on for dear life. You can hardly wait to turn the page to find out what happens next."

Anna came to know Christ as her savior at a very early age. He has been her guiding light through the most tumultuous years of her life. She gives all praise to God for any successes she might realize on this writing journey.

If you want to know more about Anna's next book and be among the first to receive exciting news, updates, and insider story secrets, join her online community at https://www.annamoorebradfield.com.

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Do you understand who you are in Christ; not just in mind but also in heart? Do you know how God sees you? Which voice are you listening to? Fear? Shame? Truth? Did you know that fear and shame are not in you? They are their own voices who taunt you to believe the enemy's lies. Sammy and Rachel expose the lies, refute with truth, and help empower you to speak the voice of truth over you!

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Moms, are you in the middle of the chaos with your kids? Do you feel overwhelmed, having a difficult time keeping up with the demanding routines of your household? Do you have days where you're "tapped out?" Are the voices in your head telling you, you're a bad mom?

Tess can relate! She's a mom to eight boys and has lived in the chaos for years! Tune in to today's episode to gain Biblical insight and encouragement for this "freakshow" life.

Tess is on mission to help other women with messy stories shed their shame by teaching them who they are in Christ so they can embrace the power of God in their imperfect lives too.

To learn more about Tess and her ministry, click on the links below:

Purchase Links: Listen, Sister!: Finding Hope In The Freakshow Of Life, Book by Tess Scott (Paperback) | www.chapters.indigo.ca

Website: Listen Sister! Finding Hope in the Freak Show of Life (tessscott.com)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/listensistertessscott

Insta: Listen Sister Encouragement (@listensister_encouragement) • Instagram photos and videos

Linked In Tess Scott | LinkedIn

Free PDF 10 signs your life is a Freakshow: https://tessscott.com/freakshow

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