Returning to Joy
Gabrielle Michelle Leonard
Pioneer with Gabrielle on an unscripted journey to unlock joy. Consistent in every episode are stories of hope, healing, and connection that will give birth to your own journey of self-discovery, relational good, and wholeness.
Gabrielle is an intuitive storyteller sharing practical revelation from scripture and continual conversation with God. If you've struggled to hear God's voice and apply His truth to your life mindfully and holistically, this podcast is for you!
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5 Things About Gabrielle: Sharing A Little More About Myself & Why I started The Podcast
Returning to Joy
05/05/20 • 16 min
Okay, this is an overdue episode. In this episode, the simple and the sacred collide as I share a little bit more about myself and why I started the Returning To Joy Podcast.
Scriptures mentioned:
Jeremiah 29:11-14 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
Matthew 7:6 NIV
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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Today I Practiced Rest
Returning to Joy
05/27/20 • 21 min
Contrary to popular belief, rest is not just pausing from activity. Biblical rest is an exchange. Jesus said, "I will give you rest." Rest is a gift. It's a symptom of someone who has been with Jesus. In today's show, I share how I recently practiced rest. I end the episode with an activation (guided prayer time) to help you connect with God and experience His rest.
Scriptures mentioned:
Matthew 11:28 NIV
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 ESV
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 TPT
“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Then come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.
Matthew 4:4 TPT
He answered, “The Scriptures say: Bread alone will not satisfy, but true life is found in every word, which constantly goes forth from God’s mouth.”
New episodes every Tuesday!
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When "Focusing on Jesus" Causes Us to Miss Him Completely
Returning to Joy
03/01/23 • 34 min
Welcome to Season 3, friends! Thanks for tuning in.
Our gaze should always be toward Jesus, but we must ask ourselves what version of Jesus are we trying to focus on? Are we worshipping the fullness of who He is, or are we trying to push attention towards a comfortable version of Him while ignoring the very brokenness He was sent to restore in the world? This is what we'll be diving into in today's episode.
New episodes on Wednesdays! Bi-weekly!
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When You're Afraid
Returning to Joy
02/18/20 • 16 min
Fear is disruptive, sudden, and for some constant. We all experience it. But do you know how to overcome it? Deuteronomy 20:1 provides practical wisdom for the process of overcoming. Join me as I unpack this single yet powerful verse.
Scriptures mentioned:
“When you go out into war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots, and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Deuteronomy 20:1 ESV
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,"
Ephesians 6:12a NIV
"My Father, who has given them to me as his gift, is the mightiest of all, and no one has the power to snatch them from my Father's care."
John 10:28 TPT
"Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
Psalm 20:7-8 NIV
“See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.”
Numbers 13:18 NIV
“And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size.”
Numbers 13:32 NIV
“If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us."
Numbers 14:8 NIV
“Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.”
James 1:20 NIV
New episodes every Tuesday!
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Overwhelming Joy & The Invasion Of Fear
Returning to Joy
01/28/20 • 19 min
Got time for another story? Great! I’ve got time to share one. On this particular morning, my plan was simple, get my car’s oil changed and be productive while I waited. It turned out to be a more productive morning than anticipated, just in a different way. In this episode, I touch on feeling overwhelmed and what causes fear to take a back seat.
Scriptures mentioned:
Psalm 42:1 NIV
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
Psalm 42:1 [AMP]
As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, so my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.
Psalm 42:1 [TPT]
I long to drink of you, O God, drinking deeply from the streams of pleasure flowing from your presence. My longings overwhelm me for more of you!
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06/22/22 • 31 min
Beloveds, I've got good news! God's power isn't limited by your capability to anticipate or perceive His goodness. When you can't even imagine better, and your eyes can't see God's faithfulness on the horizon. You can rest assured in the truth that He is still able to do exceedingly more.
In this episode, let's dive into this truth together.
Scriptures Mentioned:
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
Ephesians 3:20 NIV
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13 NIV
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6 ESV
(That word Mercy is talking about the Steadfast Love of God)
Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
Colossians 3:16
Let the sunrise of your love end our dark night. Break through our clouded dawn again! Only you can satisfy our hearts, filling us with songs of joy to the end of our days. We’ve been overwhelmed with grief; come now and overwhelm us with gladness. Replace our years of trouble with decades of delight.
Psalm 90:14-15 TPT
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
Isaiah 40:8 NIV
For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
Psalm 107:9 ESV
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord , the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
Psalms 121:1-8 NIV
Letter from the host:
Dear Beloveds,
Reflecting on and responding to the faithful and intelligent love of God has been therapeutic to my mind, heart, and body! I vulnerably share because I want you to experience the joy of authentic connection with Jesus, yourself, and others.
Growth happens at the point of connection. Thank you for trusting me with this connection! I'm glad to be with you!
With joy,
Gabrielle Michelle
New episodes Bi-weekly! On Wednesdays!
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Can We Hear God's Voice? Learning How To Recognize God's Voice
Returning to Joy
03/24/20 • 18 min
God is constantly communicating with us. Through scripture, creation, His people, and directly to our own hearts. What takes practice is learning how to recognize His communication. In this episode, Gabrielle will share what she's learned from helping people connect with Jesus and will share a practical exercise for recognizing how you are ALREADY hearing from God.
Scriptures mentioned:
Romans 8:15-16 TPT [The Passion Translation]
And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!” For the Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!”
John 10:3-6 NRSV
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
Psalms 139:17-18 NLT
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!
New episodes every Tuesday!
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The Type of Faith that Rest Requires
Returning to Joy
11/15/23 • 20 min
Thanks for listening to the Returning to Joy podcast. This week's episode is an invitation to have faith again, and not just a belief in Jesus but also in his authority and his power. True rest requires a faith like the Centurion in Luke 7. One that chips away at our belief that we must always try harder and do more to accomplish anything, and one that continues to trust that at his very word, it will be done.
New episodes on Wednesdays! Bi-weekly!
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Reimagining Church - Part 2: A Conversation with Taylor Rogers, Executive Director of Wildfire Network
Returning to Joy
06/07/23 • 25 min
Thank you for tuning in to Part 2 of our conversation with Taylor Rogers, Executive Director of Wildfire Network. Wildfire Network is a community that exists to help the dreams of Jesus come true— in and through His people.
In this episode, we'll continue our conversation about reimagining the church as we know it. We'll begin to dive into not only alternative metaphors and ways of understanding the church we are striving to be, but why it's important to have these conversations in order to connect with one another and with Christ. It's in those spaces of unity and connection with the body of Christ, that we really experience healing, justice, and restoration.
This episode wraps up Season 3 of the Returning to Joy podcast. Thank you for journeying with us, and stay tuned for our comeback in August with some exciting episodes in Season 4.
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Music by AG (Affirming Grace) @agmusic4god
Reimagining Church - Part 1: A Conversation with Taylor Rogers, Executive Director of Wildfire Network
Returning to Joy
05/24/23 • 35 min
Taylor Rogers is the executive director of Wildfire Network, a community that exists to spark and sustain the calling of God in the lives of believers by providing free services to help the new dreams that JESUS was planting to take flight.
In this episode, Taylor will share some of what he has learned about being the kind of church modeled by Jesus and being able to see miracles of all kinds when we do so.
Tune in for our next episode to hear Part 2 of this conversation with Taylor around reimagining the church as we know it.
New episodes on Wednesdays! Bi-weekly!
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Website: https://www.returningtojoy.com/
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Music by AG (Affirming Grace) @agmusic4god
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How many episodes does Returning to Joy have?
Returning to Joy currently has 47 episodes available.
What topics does Returning to Joy cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Christianity, Healing, Anxiety, Mental Health, Joy, Religion & Spirituality, God, Listening, Podcasts, Connection, Trauma, Jesus, Hope and Emotions.
What is the most popular episode on Returning to Joy?
The episode title 'The Type of Faith that Rest Requires' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Returning to Joy?
The average episode length on Returning to Joy is 23 minutes.
How often are episodes of Returning to Joy released?
Episodes of Returning to Joy are typically released every 13 days, 21 hours.
When was the first episode of Returning to Joy?
The first episode of Returning to Joy was released on Jan 21, 2020.
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