Choosing Joy: Navigating Faith and Life with Yvette Walker

“Joy is not a feeling, it’s faith.” - Yvette Walker

Episode Summary:

In this enlightening episode, JB and Yvette delve into the profound concept of joy and its intersection with faith, scripture, and perspective. Yvette, a devoted Christian and former journalist, shares her personal journey with faith, highlighting the importance of joy in spiritual growth and everyday life. From exploring Catholicism and overcoming stigmas to navigating faith conversations on social media, Yvette offers valuable insights on finding joy amidst life's challenges. Through engaging discussions on devotionals, the fruits of the spirit, and the role of faith in journalism, listeners are encouraged to deepen their relationship with God and embrace joy as a guiding principle. Additionally, Yvette shares resources and her free booklet, "5 Steps to Choose Joy," empowering individuals to discover joy in their own lives and strengthen their connection with Jesus.

Explore the transformative power of joy and faith!

In today's episode:

• Exploring the Catholic faith
• The stigmas around Catholicism.
• The role of faith in starting a podcast.
• Finding joy.
• Representing faith in everyday life.
• The importance of discipleship.
• Navigating faith conversations on social media.
• Engaging with skeptics and critics.
• Understanding the magnitude of God.
• Creativity in Bible study.
• The role of devotionals in Christian life.
• The intersection of faith and journalism.
• Understanding the fruits of the spirit.

About Yvette Walker:

Yvette is an award-winning writer, a born communicator and interviewer. She is a Christian and has focused her recent media projects on giving God the glory. Yvette is a former journalist and a journalism educator. She is joyful, laughs easily, and she sees God in the everyday situation. She is married to Tim, who is white, and they are a good example of a modern interracial couple living in a world that is sometimes accepting, sometimes not. She can speak on finding a deeper relationship with God, on current events, ethical living, journalism, media literacy and multiculturalism.

Weekly Scripture:

• John 15:5-8 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (6) If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. (7) If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (8) This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”
• Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Resources:

Did you know there is joy to be found – even now? Yvette has a FREE booklet to help you access that Joy. It's called 5 Steps to Choose Joy, and it will do just that.

We need to learn HOW to choose joy, HOW to find it, and WHERE to apply it in our own home.

"5 Steps to Choose Joy" will show you how and where to find the time and place to get into a deeper and richer relationship with Jesus, the author of Joy. Just go to Yvette’s website, positivelyjoy.com, and sign up to get your free booklet!

Connect with Yvette Walker:

• https://positivelyjoy.com/

Connect with JB:

• https://www.facebook.com/onearthcommunity
• https://www.instagram.com/heaven.on.earth.podcast/
• https://www.tiktok.com/@thepropheticmin?_t=8hddpBUebT5&_r=1
• (542) On Earth as it Is In Heaven - YouTube
• [email protected]

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