Sherry Speaks Life Podcast

We Are The Church with Sherry Jones turns one April 10, 2021! We are so excited about this podcast milestone and we couldn't have done it without you, our wonderful listeners. Tune in as Sherry shares five things she's learned during her podcast journey. Listen for insight from her favorite guest and some exciting news about the future of the podcast. You don't want to miss it!

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We often think about how we should pursue a relationship with God, but He's pursuing us as well. God is pursuing our hearts. In today's episode, I chat with April Metzler, author of Oh My God, My Heart about The Church & Our Hearts.

April D. Metzler is a Christian author and songwriter. She lives in the countryside of rural Oklahoma with her husband, Joseph, and daughter, Shelby. Her aspirations include many things, but the one she pursues often is writing, whether it be through songwriting, her new book, blogging, poetry, devotionals, or the like. Her aspirations began at a very young age. She has fostered the flame that burns to write for many years and desires to give honor to God through this gift of ministry He placed in her heart.

April is active in church and volunteers whenever she can. Her primary focus has been in youth and music ministries, but she always enjoys helping with any community outreach opportunities. She loves the Lord and has a heart for intercession, as well. She petitions in prayer for those in need of comfort, those who struggle, for those that do not have anyone to pray for them, and whatever/whoever else God places on her heart to intercede for. She will be the first to tell you, “You are loved by God,” when the rest of the world says you are not. April draws from her walk with God to write no matter the platform. She loves Him with all her heart – “even though I stumble, even if I fall, my God is with me wherever I go and He loves me... even in spite of me before I even knew Him! I love because He first loved me.”

Interview Highlights

April explains what it means for God to pursue your heart.

“He loves us so much, but we don’t even know how to love until we get introduced to Him.” – April Metzler

April shares her connection with the character in her book.

“It’s just an iron sharpens iron demonstration in this character.” – April Metzler

April shares a moment in her life when God was pursuing her, but He seemed so far away.

“God doesn’t mess up ever. You can always trust Him.” – April Metzler

April shares tips to help us trust God.

“Trust Him with something little.” – April Metzler

April shares her writing process.

“My writing process is. as much as I can, invest time into Him, and then let Him lead and see what happens.” – April Metzler

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Did you know God is concerned about the innermost parts of you, your thoughts, feelings, and emotions and He wants to heal you from the inside out? Today’s guest, Marilyn Johnson shares valuable information that will help us facilitate this healing.

Marilyn Johnson is a passionate and relatable Christian. She is also a wife and the mother of three children, Joshua (15), Isaac (8), and Anaya (3). A born-and-bred Londoner, Marilyn now resides on the outskirts of London in Essex, UK.

Marilyn attends the ARC church in Thurrock, Essex with her family, where she serves with her husband as an eldership couple.

She’s always had the heart to help others. Being an overcomer of significant and marked challenges, she will never pass up the opportunity of allowing people to see God through her life and testimony. Her experiences are the foundation for her passionate faith, a passion that she uses to inspire others to know that ‘God can’ and ‘He will’ (Jeremiah 32:27).

Marilyn’s current assignment includes sharing how God’s power can heal the wounds of a woman’s heart, transforming her identity into a daughter of God. Through Him, we gain access to His supernatural power that ministers to our inward parts, providing true and permanent change

Marilyn is a natural encourager with a heart for women. She greatly desires to see women gain victory over past or present challenges and move on to excel in all that God has called them to be. Her new book is slated for a 2021 release date.

Interview HIghlights

· Marilyn explains what inner healing is.

· “With inner healing, when you have a wound, it doesn’t heal over unless it is touched by the power of God.” – Marilyn Johnson

· Marilyn explains the parallel between the procedures shown on the TV show Dr. Pimple Popper and how God heals us internally.

· “Inner healing is about the deep issues. It’s about getting to the root.” - Marilyn Johnson

· Marilyn explains the importance of inner healing in relationships where there is dependency.

· “The bad is being internalized as truth even if it doesn’t feel right.” – Marilyn Johnson

· Marilyn shares her story of inner healing.

· “God took me on this journey and then just like Dr. Pimple Popper, He started to reveal to me my life through His lens, through His perspective, through His truth.” – Marilyn Johnson

· “God wants to take our baggage.” – Marilyn Johnson

· Marilyn shares how we can start our inner healing.

· “God will tailor our healing to us...it will be one of a kind.” – Marilyn Johnson

· Marilyn shares the cycle of inner healing.

· “No matter how knotted your life is He will take His time delicately, patiently to unravel each one.” – Marilyn Johnson

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Visit her website http://www.marilynjauthor.com/.

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Take care, be blessed, be safe, and remember, the church is not a building. We are the church!

We have all experienced pain in our lives. Maybe you lost a loved one, a job, or survived a traumatic event. But, how do we feel God's presence in the midst of our pain? Today's guest, Sherrie Pilkington shares how God's presence met her through the most painful experience of her life, losing her husband. Her testimony will encourage you as you maneuver through life in your painful places.

Sherrie Pilkington is a Daughter of the One True God. She is a Mom to 2 grown sons, Mother-In-Law to 2 daughter-in-loves, and MiMi to 5 precious grandbabies. The most recent role she unexpectedly stepped into was that of a widow. She's known for pondering the hard things in life through the lens of God’s heart and shares her revelation through her blog, A Life of Thrive. As she makes peace with a season of grief, she has found a new passion and mission to share that God speaks beautiful things in the dark. In her new podcast, Finding God in Our Pain, she put a laser focus on why a good God allows pain and suffering. Through her blog, we find the beauty of Christ in everyday life, and in her podcast, we find the beauty of God’s presence in the darkest, most painful places. Finding God’s presence in every high and low of our life gives us permission to live loved and thrive!

Interview Highlights

Sherrie shares how losing her husband impacted her.

“I went silent.” – Sherrie Pilkington

Sherrie shares what her connection with God was like during her period of silence.

“He said, “Sherrie, some things just belong to me.”

“When we’re separated from what we hold dear...we get just a taste, just a small example, a shadow of what it is to be eternally separated from God.” – Sherrie Pilkington

Sherrie shares how to listen to God in your pain.

“This life has no promises, but it’s His presence that will get us through everything.”

Sherrie shares how she feels God’s presence in those dark moments when she misses her husband.

“One of the things that I discovered through this time of grieving was the power of submission and worship.” – Sherrie Pilkington

“I’m just real with the Lord.” – Sherrie Pilkington

Sherrie gives advice to someone dealing with that first hit of pain.

“My advice would be to struggle well with the Lord. Be authentic. Be genuine.”

Sherrie talks about her blog and podcast.

“Part of the redemption story is for me to share what has happened to me.” – Sherrie Pilkington

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Connect with Sherrie, read her blog, and listen to her podcast at alifeofthrive.com.

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Happy New Year Friends! Welcome to our 1st episode of 2022. For today's episode, I share a special broadcast where I discussed Proverbs 18:20-21. Tune in and learn how this scripture can help us speak life and make it a lifestyle.

This episode was broadcast live on March 3, 2021. Sherry would love to connect with you live on Fridays at 9 PM EST. Follow her on Facebook @SherrySpeaksLife and join the live broadcast. She hopes to see you soon!

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