Chasing Jesus Instead of Wealth – Simplicity- Day 2 Chasing Jesus instead of wealth. While I realize that may be a hot button for some people, it’s important to keep our eyes on Jesus. Today I share a testimony of what God does when we surrender our hearts to His. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relatio...
Jul 26, 2022•15 min•Ep. 86
Living A Life That is Content With Jesus – Simplicity- Day 1 Simplicity is, well, simple. But sometimes, we overlook it as a spiritual discipline. This week we will be looking at ways simplicity can help us grow closer to Jesus. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with God and what He says in h...
Jul 25, 2022•16 min•Ep. 85
A Life-Changing Prayer for You Today, if You Allow it To Be – Bible Study- Day 5 Today I pray over you the same prayer a missionary prayed over me years ago- and it changed my life! I pray it blesses you. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with God and what He says in his word? Do you sometime...
Jul 22, 2022•15 min•Ep. 84
It’s Not Just the Truth That Sets Us Free. It’s the Knowledge of the Truth. There’s a Difference– Bible Study- Day 4 If we read God’s word and don’t understand it, we aren’t likely to get freedom from the things that keep us bound. We have to understand what it’s actually saying. That’s where the freedom comes from. Join me as we dig into this today. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you w...
Jul 21, 2022•15 min•Ep. 83
Basic Ways to Understand Your Bible Better – Bible Study- Day 3 There are tools we can use that help us understand God’s word. They don’t cost any money, but you do need to be intentional. Let’s dig into the Bible and study it. Your time will never be wasted! Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship...
Jul 20, 2022•16 min•Ep. 82
What Filter Are You Using? How Our Own Experiences Change the Way We Look at God’s Word – Bible Study- Day 2 We all naturally have a filter when it comes to reading God’s word. The challenge becomes removing that filter and examining the Scriptures through the lens of the original audience and the original author. God’s word is a treasure and can impact our daily lives- if we let it. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or...
Jul 19, 2022•16 min•Ep. 81
Craving God’s Word. How God Uses His Word to Speak to Us – Bible Study- Day 1 Today we dig into the topic of studying our Bibles. What does that mean? Why should we do it? How do we get started? All this on more, it’s going to be a great week! Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with God and wh...
Jul 18, 2022•17 min•Ep. 80
Incorporating Fasting into Our Daily Lives– Fasting Day 5 Today we are finishing up our topic of fasting and I am leaving you with some homework: Pray about how you can incorporate fasting into your own life. Just a reminder- it’s not about the fast. It’s about the posture of your heart during the fast. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you st...
Jul 15, 2022•14 min•Ep. 79
What if I Can’t Fast from Food? Some Ideas of Things That Will Still Get You Results – Fasting Day 4 When we fast for spiritual reasons, we don’t always have to fast from food. There are other barriers in our life that we can remove so we can hear God more clearly. Today we discuss some, Join me! Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle ...
Jul 14, 2022•17 min•Ep. 78
Fasting for Beginners: Easy Ways to Start Fasting for Spiritual Growth – Fasting Day 3 The point of fasting is to hear from the Lord. We don’t fast just because everyone else is or we feel pressure to. Instead we fast so we can create a vacuum in our hearts, removing things that might have been taking up some space where the Lord should have been. Join me today as we look at some practical ways to engage in the practical ways to fast. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you som...
Jul 13, 2022•16 min•Ep. 77
Fasting for Breakthrough. How Fasting Helps us Move the Needle on the Hard Things in Our Lives – Fasting Day 2 We all face hard things in our lives. Fasting can be a tool that we use to deal with the hard things in a way that helps us experience victory instead of defeat. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your...
Jul 12, 2022•14 min•Ep. 76
How Does Fasting Help Us Hear From God? – Fasting Day 1 Sometimes we fast because we have an agenda. My encouragement today is to allow God’s agenda to trump our agenda. It should always be about Him and what He wants to do in our lives. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with God and what He ...
Jul 11, 2022•17 min•Ep. 75
Prayer is How We Get to Know God – Prayer Day 5 Prayer is how we get to know God: His nature, His character, and how He interacts with us as His children. Today we finish up prayer week and I pray over you as you continue to seek to grow in your prayer life. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship ...
Jul 08, 2022•16 min•Ep. 74
What Does it Mean to Pray With Expectation? Outcomes of Prayer are Different Than Results – Prayer Day 4 How many times has someone asked you to pray for them, you said yes, and then forgot? It’s happened to all of us. Today we are talking about that phenomenon as well as how to pray with expectation. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you stru...
Jul 07, 2022•21 min•Ep. 73
The Outcome of Our Prayers is a Secondary Benefit. The Goal of Prayer is Relationship With God – Prayer Day 3 God wants to be involved in all aspects of our lives, even the hard ones. He is big enough to take on your hard emotions. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with God and what He says i...
Jul 06, 2022•15 min•Ep. 72
What Happens When Our Prayers Aren’t Answered? How the Outcomes of Prayer Affect Us – Prayer Day 2 Prayer is not hard. If you can talk, you can pray. If you can think, you can pray. If you can breathe, you can pray. The act itself is not hard. But there is a measure of learning how to pray. We are talking this and more on today’s episode. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how yo...
Jul 05, 2022•19 min•Ep. 71
Stop Asking Things From God- Changing the Way We Pray- Prayer- Day 1 Prayer is not just asking things from God. The primary function of prayer is to develop an ongoing relationship with Him. It’s about a dialogue back and forth as you learn how to hear His voice. Join me as we start a week focused on prayer. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do y...
Jul 04, 2022•19 min•Ep. 70
Growing in Your Ability To Hear From God and Be Confident That it’s His Voice and Not Your Own- Biblical Meditation- Day 5 God is always with us, it does not matter where we go, what we do, God is always there. It’s a matter of recognizing that. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with God and ...
Jul 01, 2022•27 min•Ep. 69
Is God Silent in Your Life? This May Be the Reason Why- Biblical Meditation- Day 4 Jesus is not dead, alive and continues to speak to us through the Holy Spirit. He is constantly at work in this world. He isn’t silent. The key is, are we listening? That’s what meditation is…listening for God’s voice Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you strugg...
Jun 30, 2022•17 min•Ep. 68
Do You Ever Lie Awake in Bed At Night Worrying? Do This Instead! Biblical Meditation- Day 3 Have you ever lost sleep worrying about what tomorrow would bring? Scripture gives us some tools to deal with that very thing. Let’s take a look together on today’s episode. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relati...
Jun 29, 2022•22 min•Ep. 67
Is it Ok to Complain to God? What Does the Bible Say About Complaining? - Biblical Meditation- Day 2 You may not connect complaining and meditation. But the Bible does. Curious to know how? Join me on today’s episode as we take a look at the connection. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relationship with ...
Jun 28, 2022•23 min•Ep. 66
Should Christians Meditate? What the Bible Says About Meditation and How it Affects Our Spiritual Lives- Biblical Meditation- Day 1 Sometimes the word meditate leaves us in a weird space. We don’t really know what to do with it as believers. Is it bad? Or something we should stay away from? Today we are taking a look at what God says in His word about the concept of meditation. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it...
Jun 27, 2022•22 min•Ep. 65
Preparing Our Hearts to be in a Posture of Readiness for God to Work- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 5 When we are pursuing God, to become more like God (His nature and character), that process is called sanctification. That process is God’s work, not our work. Ultimately, we are powerless to change on our own. God’s nature in us is what allows us to change. Paul mentions 35 times that righteousness is a gift from God. Human striving doesn’t work But it doesn’t mean that we do nothing. Instead...
Jun 24, 2022•21 min•Ep. 64
Stop Chasing a Feeling Instead of a Relationship- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 4 You are loved for who you are, not what you do. Chasing a feeling is a dangerous way to establish our identity. Instead, the spiritual disciplines help us to understand our identity is in Christ. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident...
Jun 23, 2022•15 min•Ep. 63
Learning to Recognize Jesus in the Valleys and Not Just the Mountain Tops- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 3 So many people live for the mountain top experiences because that’s when they feel closest to God. It's not that He isn’t present in the valleys, we just need to learn how to recognize Him there. People sometimes blame this on their pastors or the preaching instead of recognizing that the issue is their own relationship with God. The spiritual disciplines will help us be intentional abou...
Jun 22, 2022•22 min•Ep. 62
Passion Will Only Get You So Far: A Call to Deeper Living- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 2 There is a faulty belief that our love or passion will get us where we need to go. But the danger of being a person who burns brightly is that you consume fuel quicker. You will eventually burn out unless you learn how to develop a sustainable relationship with God. Today we talk through this and look at the example of David in the Psalms. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you someti...
Jun 21, 2022•17 min•Ep. 61
Learning to Hear God’s Voice- Spiritual Disciplines Intro- Day 1 One of the most common questions I get asked is how do you know it’s God’s voice vs. your own. There are some basic things we can do to start to gain confidence in this area, this week we are diving into all the ways that the spiritual disciplines help us do that. Don’t know what the spiritual disciplines are? Then this week is for you! Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly heari...
Jun 20, 2022•25 min•Ep. 60
Weekly Wrap Up- Women in the Life of Jesus- Week 6- Mary Magdalene Once Jesus heals us, we realize an aspect of His nature that we cannot forget. Mary Magdalene was at the tomb because He was literally her Savior. Sometimes we can hear Him before we can see Him. Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can know the difference? Do you struggle to feel confident in your relations...
Jun 18, 2022•26 min•Ep. 59
The First Person the Resurrected Christ Revealed Himself to Was a Woman- A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 5 The first person that Jesus revealed Himself to after the Resurrection was a woman. And the first person that Jesus sent to share the message of the Resurrection with others was a woman. If Jesus calls and equips women to serve Him: No. Other. Opinion. Matters. This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 6- Mary Magdalene Hey f...
Jun 17, 2022•18 min•Ep. 58
Jesus Chooses Women to Do Kingdom Work- A Devotional Look at Mary Magdalene- Day 4 While we don’t know where all the disciples were during the Crucifixion, we do know where Mary Magdalene was…. She was at the cross. This audio devotional is a companion to the She Hears Bible Study, today’s content is from Chapter 6- Mary Magdalene Hey friends, welcome to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. Do you sometimes doubt if you are truly hearing God’s voice or if it’s really your own? Do you wonder how you can kn...
Jun 16, 2022•19 min•Ep. 57