God cares more about you than I do. He cares more about your friends than you do, so why do you keep thinking you need to rescue them? Our culture tries so hard to avoid offense and hurt feelings that we often miss out on real love. Real love also involves constant reinforcements. Can’t just say ‘I love you’ once and for all, it needs to be heard again and again. God says this to us. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Faceboo...
Mar 09, 2018•13 min•Ep. 145
God will not be intimidated by our temper tantrums. His love is big enough to listen. It’s so big that sometimes we shy away from it because it’s too bright. C.S. Lewis said that sometimes we want too little from God. If we’re just looking for a warm fuzzy, we won’t find it because God’s love is more real than a nice feeling. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying...
Mar 08, 2018•17 min•Ep. 144
Doesn't God’s demand for our obedience make Him a tyrant? This is an emotional response, which is where we live. It takes developing new neural pathways to process God’s love. We don’t have to love God in return, we can choose to hate. This could cloud our judgment of His love for us because we think He could hate us in return. However, the Bible says He cannot. He is love. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https:/...
Mar 07, 2018•13 min•Ep. 143
It’s impossible to surrender to someone you don’t trust because you’re admitting their way is better than yours. Trusting someone is seldom about a big event, it’s a million little instances. God though, in one grand display on the cross, has eternally proved his love. We also talk about the power of self-sacrifice/redemptive themes in media. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitt...
Mar 06, 2018•12 min•Ep. 142
What do you think about when you think about God? What are your assumptions about Him? Do you think about Love first? Growing deeper in love with God takes work—like any relationship. Feeling or thinking about love is not real love. How we understand or misrepresent God’s love as Christians either adds to or steals our calm and peace. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKi...
Mar 05, 2018•13 min•Ep. 141
The wall around your heart’s garden can get damaged over time. Fortunately, there are ways to maintain the wall. But unfortunately, it’s all to common for the cracks and holes in the wall to go untended—and then we just keep getting hurt by the same things over and over. We run into problems if we take it to the extreme too—if we build up the wall into an impenetrable fortress, braising for the unknown future. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and ...
Mar 02, 2018•14 min•Ep. 140
What does it look like to keep the gate of your heart open to God? To really trust Him? Are you projecting something someone did on to God? Today on Epic Every Day Evan & Liz Frerichs talk about ways to open the door to God—to trust him again. When trauma is a part of the picture, it’s impossible to just trust God without doing some major healing work. Fairly Spiritual episode: https://soundcloud.com/thefairlyspiritualshow/mental-illness-and-the-church Epic Every Day is available on Radio Pu...
Mar 01, 2018•16 min•Ep. 139
What’s the best criteria for what to let in through the gate of your heart? Is that something you can determine on your own without consulting a wiser party? When we truly know ourselves in light of who God made us to be, it gets much easier to discern what to say ‘yes’ to and what to say ‘no’ to. We’ve got to be centered. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying @E...
Feb 28, 2018•14 min•Ep. 138
It’s been said that love means never saying ‘no.’ But never saying ‘no’ is like not having a good wall around your heart—anyone can come in and plunder your time and energy. Having good boundaries and saying ‘no’ when you mean it, as well as saying ‘yes’ when you mean it, is a good way to love. But it takes practice. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying @ElizFre...
Feb 27, 2018•13 min•Ep. 137
Your heart is a garden full of everything you have to offer the world—your time, your talents, your energy. It is wise to have a wall around this garden with a working gate. This week, Evan & Liz Frerichs will be talking about how best to maintain this wall and keep the gate; letting good in and keeping bad out. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying @ElizFrer...
Feb 26, 2018•12 min•Ep. 136
God has not just rescued your soul—He’s rescued your mind and your body as well. It’s all getting redeemed! So why do we neglect developing our bodies and our minds? It’s too easy to get distracted by the stress of the past or worry about the future which robs us of creative solutions for growth in the present. We’ve got to be in touch with complete—God’s perspective on ourselves and our surroundings—to even begin having a growth mindset. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcas...
Feb 23, 2018•11 min•Ep. 135
When we start to think all the knowable stuff is known, we get ourselves into trouble. We also get into trouble when we don’t expect our relationships to grow and change. Unfortunately, we tend to turn off some of the key things we need to grow and change. This may be because it’s overwhelming to have a totally open mind and be constantly growing. But God will guide you. #Babysteps. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook...
Feb 22, 2018•15 min•Ep. 134
It’s too easy to feel stuck, to develop a fixed mindset when it comes spiritual growth. And unfortunately, the people around us can reinforce that idea with negative and shame inducing talk. If you listen to them, you’ll start to talk to yourself that way and then you’ll never grow. Today we discuss ways to shift our thinking back to the way God designed us—able to grow and change. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook:...
Feb 21, 2018•12 min•Ep. 133
We used to think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But, neural scientists have discovered that our brains can change, we can learn at any age! Evan and Liz Frerichs think this ties in well to God’s freely given grace. Through growth mindset, we have the freedom to make mistakes without getting defeated—to get up and try again as many times as it takes! CLASS DOJO: https://ideas.classdojo.com/b/growth-mindset Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher a...
Feb 20, 2018•16 min•Ep. 132
If God wanted us to be perfect, he would have made us pop into the world precocial (born fully functional). But we’re designed to be growing and changing as people and as Christians. This must honor God somehow. It’s our job as adults to spend our energy and resources, which God freely gives, on that growth process. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying @ElizFrer...
Feb 19, 2018•14 min•Ep. 131
When we don’t realize God is paying attention to us in a loving way, providing all the approval we could ever need, we tend to manipulate ourselves and others into weird knots. We strive to either convince ourselves that we don’t really need anyone’s approval or we seek only the approval of others—either way we are lost to our true center. God loves you! Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EE...
Feb 16, 2018•13 min•Ep. 130
Who knows your situation better than God? So then why do we compare ourselves to others to grade our performance? Comparing ranks and values is a quick and easy way to scarcityville. You want to have your worth-wagon hitched to God’s ideas about success and failure. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying @ElizFrerichs @EEDCast EpicEveryDayNow.com Liz’s book: Tales...
Feb 15, 2018•15 min•Ep. 129
Scarcity mindset thrives in a shame environment. So how do you know if you’re operating from a position of shame? Do you see your value wrapped up in your performance? Do you tend to talk negative to yourself when you make mistakes? If your value is dependent on performance, you’re probably stuck in shame. God is ready to redefine those false messages. Say ‘Yes’ to his call today! Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: ...
Feb 14, 2018•14 min•Ep. 128
It’s a trap thinking God’s not taking care of us and therefore we’ve got to take care of ourselves. This is a huge hang up and we’ve got to decide: do we work through our hangups or do we hang out with them forever? We need to practice our surrender skills on little things. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindOfLying @ElizFrerichs @EEDCast EpicEveryDayNow.com Liz’s boo...
Feb 13, 2018•16 min•Ep. 127
This week we’re going to discuss Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly —specifically the parts about scarcity. This can be a tricky topic. It can be one we don’t realize we’re even dealing with until we take an honest look at ourselves. Evan & Liz Frerichs encourage you to take that honest look and begin the ascent out of the hole. Epic Every Day is available on Radio Public, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher and YouTube. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EEDCast/ Twitter: @AKindO...
Feb 12, 2018•15 min•Ep. 126
Pharisees are famous for making holiness too complicated. But we can all identify with that—the draw to so thoroughly define your spiritual / life system that you end up drowning in red tape. Jesus calls us to a much simpler life. His desire is to stretch you without burdening you. We discuss the importance off developing a simple, manageable, and doable spiritual life management system on today’s show. ENDING TODAY!!!! Our class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow...
Feb 09, 2018•14 min•Ep. 125
Why do we make life more complicated than it needs to be? It may be because the work of simplicity is subtle—especially when it comes to forgiveness and reconciliation. When we skip steps in God’s plan for our relationships with others, we enter into complicated territory. Evan and Liz Frerichs talk about the important difference between forgiveness and reconciliation today. ENDING THIS WEEK!!!! Our class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-courses/ Please t...
Feb 08, 2018•14 min•Ep. 124
Ever feel like you can’t catch a break? Like if you don’t fill every moment with work, somehow you’re letting yourself or those around you—or maybe even God—down? It’s a full-time job staying ahead of that wave of overwhelm and, as busy as it keeps you, you’re not really getting done the important stuff. We talk today about letting the wave hit so we can see clearly in the aftermath. ENDING THIS WEEK!!!! Our class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-courses/...
Feb 07, 2018•12 min•Ep. 123
We keep trying to make spiritual rules concrete, but loving people is not as easy to define as that. Different people and situations change the outworking of love. God’s greatest commandments are about love: Love God & love others. A lot of His rules are like that: simple to hear and then we make them complicated when we try to figure out how to obey. ENDING THIS WEEK!!!! Our class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-courses/ Please take our new years qu...
Feb 06, 2018•12 min•Ep. 122
What’s the plan, man? If it’s too complicated, we won’t do it, but if it’s not robust enough, it’s worthless. Today Evan and Liz Frerichs are taking about having a self-examination plan for your spiritual life and how this plan or system is important to monitor your faith’s health—to notify us when we’re drifting off the path—to prompt us to do the work of snapping back into the train tracks of our intentional life. Our class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com...
Feb 05, 2018•13 min•Ep. 121
Now is the only moment when we can change. You can’t solve the past or the future because right now, they’re just memories and imagination. But now you can act on your responsibility to love. It’s your job as an adult to love and seek the knowledge you need to make choices that further your consecration. Our Free class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-courses/ Please take our new years quiz to get your CSCs score: https://epiceverydaynow.com/where-do-you-...
Feb 02, 2018•11 min•Ep. 120
We need you to show up and be involved. Your groups are counting on you—whether it’s your church, your team, or your job. Show up when you show up—be present and invested in the group. Mistakes are going to happen when we get that close though and for that we continue to trust in the Gospel of Grace. Our Free class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-courses/ Please take our new years quiz to get your CSCs score: https://epiceverydaynow.com/where-do-you-need...
Feb 01, 2018•14 min•Ep. 119
Is your red face worth it? How did you get into this place of just doing the grind, pushing yourself all day every day? Or how did you become so complacent—figuring others will do the work so why bother? Both mindsets are disconnected from God’s will and way. Evan & Liz talk today about more ways to hear and say ‘yes’ to God’s call. Our Free class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-courses/ Please take our new years quiz to get your CSCs score: https://...
Jan 31, 2018•11 min•Ep. 118
Surrender means moving forward in God’s power, not sitting back doing nothing! Surrender is saying “yes” to God. Surrender is asking God “what can I say ‘yes’ to today? My schedule is not working, and I need Your guidance.” Surrender can be, sometimes, realizing that either good enough option is OK. We may not get a clear voice from heaven about which to choose. It can also be waiting instead of rushing ahead—only God can tell us whether we need to speed up or slow down. Our Free class to leave ...
Jan 30, 2018•15 min•Ep. 117
“I yam what I yam” said Popeye the Sailor Man. You’ll have more peace if you realize that too. You don’t necessarily get the skills and gifts you think are best--you’ve been created by God specifically to do the good works He’s laid out for you. You get into trouble when you start to reach beyond that and try to do someone else’s work. Plus, when you do that, the work God designed for you to do goes undone. Our Free class to leave worry and overwhelm back in 2017: https://epiceverydaynow.com/my-...
Jan 29, 2018•12 min•Ep. 116
