
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Finding Gratitude During a Sacrificial Season
09/14/21 • 57 min
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This week I speak with Mary. Mary is a wife, a mom, a grandmother, but there was a time when she wrote books and spoke on stages sharing her deep struggles with Anorexia and her victory through Christ to become a personal trainer who experienced the gift to not only keep her body healthy but to help others to do the same. As life went on she had to work a regular job at Wawa to help support her family. Stuck in what she calls a “sacrificial season” for much longer than she imagined, she has laid down her dreams in order to follow God’s leading even though she doesn’t understand why he has her where he does. Can you relate? Have you ever been doing exactly what you felt you were on this earth to do and then suddenly everything changed? Are you waiting for another turn to step into what you have been dreaming of? But what if God were using Mary to do something unimaginably more than what she could do writing books and speaking at conferences? What if the scope of her presence in the everyday moments had a greater impact on the world for God’s kingdom? What if God placed a shining light in the darkness? What if he does that with us? Will we shine for him even when we struggle with the darkness around us? You won’t want to miss this vulnerable interview. You will see your story in Mary’s story and you will be encouraged!
www.facebook.com/motheri-in-love-devotional-series-womens-conferences-141879122511339/
*Theme Music “Blessed Time” by Ketsa
This week I speak with Mary. Mary is a wife, a mom, a grandmother, but there was a time when she wrote books and spoke on stages sharing her deep struggles with Anorexia and her victory through Christ to become a personal trainer who experienced the gift to not only keep her body healthy but to help others to do the same. As life went on she had to work a regular job at Wawa to help support her family. Stuck in what she calls a “sacrificial season” for much longer than she imagined, she has laid down her dreams in order to follow God’s leading even though she doesn’t understand why he has her where he does. Can you relate? Have you ever been doing exactly what you felt you were on this earth to do and then suddenly everything changed? Are you waiting for another turn to step into what you have been dreaming of? But what if God were using Mary to do something unimaginably more than what she could do writing books and speaking at conferences? What if the scope of her presence in the everyday moments had a greater impact on the world for God’s kingdom? What if God placed a shining light in the darkness? What if he does that with us? Will we shine for him even when we struggle with the darkness around us? You won’t want to miss this vulnerable interview. You will see your story in Mary’s story and you will be encouraged!
www.facebook.com/motheri-in-love-devotional-series-womens-conferences-141879122511339/
*Theme Music “Blessed Time” by Ketsa
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Season 2 - Episode 8 - Finding Gratitude One Step at a Time
Meet Candice Reyes a new upcoming Speaker, Podcast Host, Author, and Educator. In our interview, she shares some of the difficult struggles in her life in order to share the beautiful ways in which God redeemed them! Candice wrote two books both highlighting 3 Biblical Practices to ignite our relationship with God. Her first book, A 15 minute "Date" with God: Strengthen Your Relationship in 3 Ways, made the Top 100 Books sold on Amazon and won the 2021 Christian Indie Award for the Bible Study Category. This July her second book came out titled Awake My Soul: 3 Ways to Ignite Your Relationship with God guiding men and women on a personal one-on-one with God in a minimum of 15 minutes. Candice is the Executive Director of Hooks2Crook Ministries, Inc. Hooks2Crook is a Non-Profit that loves God and inspires others to know and love Jesus through Biblical teachings that encourage obedience to God’s calling as they progress from a fisher-of-men to a shepherd guiding new disciples of Jesus Christ. Candice hopes to encourage, equip, and endorse others to step out in faith utilizing their God-given talents and gifts for His glory. You will be inspired!
Hooks2crook.com
*Theme Music “BLessed Time” by Ketsa
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Season 2 - Episode 10 - Finding Gratitude in the Fast Lane
This week I speak with Laura Mendenhall, an author, coach, wife, and mother. You won’t want to miss this amazing heartfelt conversation about so many aspects of her life. We talk candidly about how the church needs to find ways to help families with special needs children, about laying down what you thought life would be like to help your child live the life they deserve, about choosing perseverance instead of failure, about appreciating the here and now, seeing the true value In the things that are right in front of you, and about adopting a 24-hour mindset to purposefully love fast and live slow. You will be inspired!
https://lovefastliveslow.com/
*Theme Music “Blessed Time” by Ketsa
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