Do You Want to Be Well Susie Larson Ep 218
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
09/24/18
•58m
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It’s all too easy slip into believing lies over God’s truth. My guest today shares that healing is possible and opens up about her personal healing journey from both physical and emotional abuse and chronic illness.
An author, radio host, and national speaker, Susie Larson, talks about how intertwined our emotional, spiritual, and physical health are. We talk through stories that are in her new book, “Fully Alive”, and she shares about some powerful experiences she’s had with the Lord.
“The Lord whispered through the chaos in my bathroom. The storms reveal the lies we believe and the truth we need. The enemy’s railing and saying I’m going to get you. I’ve got you by the throat and I felt like my throat was starting I could swallow and my esophagus was spasming. It’s just horrifying to hear the whisper again. Storms reveal the lies we believe and the truth who need.”
There’s so much hope and truth in this episode for all of us who are believing for healing this side of heaven. For more inspiration from Susie, I highly recommend her book, “Fully Alive”**, which is available for pre-order right now.
What we chat about:- Susie’s experiences with abuse both physical and emotional
- How our bodies hold onto trauma and hindrances to the healing process
- Storms reveal the lies we believe and the truth we need
- The idea of blessing guilt and surrendering to God for healing
- The lie of learned helplessness and the truth that we’re not helpless with Jesus
- Rejecting the lies of the enemy and addressing unbeliefs in our soul
- Confronting the scar tissue of our past and the life that’s on the other side of it
- God absolutely heals and it isn’t specifically a lack of faith that keeps us from receiving healing
- Jesus entered in to other’s pain and suffering, that’s our calling too
- The dangers of over medication and distraction that can keep us from being healed
- The integral role of rest in the healing process
- The Uncommon Woman
- Fully Alive: Learning to Flourish–Mind, Body, and Spirit**
- Your Powerful Prayers**
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Previous Episode
The Gift of Celebrating Biblical Feasts Amber Lee Ep 217
September 17, 2018
•50m
So much of the Old Testament in the Bible is devoted to the traditions and celebrations of the Jewish faith. It is all a part of the rich heritage that Jesus was born into and the prophecies he fulfills. As Christians, we often skim over the Jewish feasts and traditions and focus on the New Testament.
My friend Amber Lee shares why we should all consider celebrating one or more of the traditional Jewish feasts and how the rhythm of pausing and celebrating the Lord’s provision can be a life-giving practice for you and your family.
For me it’s a gift that the Lord continues to unfold. It’s like a dad saying, ‘Hey, here’s a way to live life better. Here’s something that is better for your soul. If you would just pause the crazy rat race that you’re running for just a minute, for just two hours, and talk with people that you love about what’s going on.’
We talk about the various feasts and about the practice of keeping the Sabbath. But, more importantly, we acknowledge that participating in these traditions is not about being a better Christian or another thing to put on your to do list. It’s really about intentionally pausing life to celebrate God and inviting others into that celebration.
And in each of the feasts, there’s this foreshadowing of bringing in the Gentile or bringing in the outsider. I think it’s just beautiful and the Lord saying it was always my intent to include everyone.
What we chat about:- How and why Amber started celebrating feasts
- The biblical background of Jewish feasts and how Jesus interacted with them
- It’s about pausing and celebrating how the Lord has provided
- The names and differences between the various feasts
- The way the feasts were meant to include outsiders and Gentiles
- Learnings about Jewish traditions and observing the Sabbath
- The Sabbath is really about pausing with intention and processing life with the Lord
- All about the feast of Pentecost and how the layers of prophecy fulfillment enrich the understanding of all that Jesus did
- How to start with Jewish feasts and tips for starting in small ways
- Website to learn more –> Hebrew4Christians
- Celebrating Jesus and the Biblical Feasts**
- Celebrating Biblical Feasts**
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Next Episode
Idols of Motherhood Elyse Fitzpatrick Ep 219
October 1, 2018
•49m
We’ve all been there. Your kid throws a fit in public and you feel the sting of embarrassment and the subtle lie that you aren’t a good enough mom. You fear what others will say and feel like the entire day is ruined in this one encounter.
My guest Elyse Fitzpatrick has lived in this place of fear and presents another way to view your worth as a mother — resting in the righteousness of Jesus. She shares about the very common and subversive idols of motherhood to slip in when we try to control our children’s performance.
But see that’s absolutely soul destroying because you either end up in fear and despair or pride and despair. That’s where you always end up when you’re living for your own righteousness. So in the days that I can lay down and in bed at night and say, ‘Yeah nailed it,’ then I am in pride.
If you’ve struggled to feel “OK” in your own power or have found your personal joy tethered to your kids’ behavior, this episode is for you. Elyse gives us the simple reminder that we have the power through Jesus to topple the idols in our life.
I began to understand this is really idolatry and I’m driving my kids insane trying to prove that I’m really an OK person. That I’m OK when they’re good and I’m a complete train wreck and bad and a loser when they’re not. But, when Jesus becomes who he should be in our lives, then idols lose their power to entice us.
What we chat about:
- Elyse’s blended family structure and her son’s adoption
- The balance of the disciplinarian and the more fun parent
- Insecurity about our own faith and the lie of trying to control our kids
- The danger of looking for identity in the way our kids behave
- Looking for the places in our lives where we feel afraid, angry or worried as a barometer for where we aren’t believing God
- Identifying idols in our lives and what they can look like
- How our children make us look or feel in front of others can bring up anger in us
- Elyse’s relationship with her mother and the background of her perceived need for control
- When Jesus becomes who he should be in our lives, our idols lose their power
- Not letting our joy be tethered to our kids’ behavior, or even our behavior
- Our self-centered struggle to feel “OK” in our own power
- How living for our own self righteousness leads to a soul destroying cycle of pride and despair
- Resting in the righteousness of Christ and remembering we are forgiven
- Front Porch with the Fitzes Podcast
- Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick **
- The Expulsive Power of a New Affection by Thomas Chalmers**
- No Other Gods Bible Study Book by Kelly Minter**
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