Storms in life are inevitable. Being a Christian doesn’t mean we get to escape the heartache and hardship of life. But it does mean we get to persevere with supernatural strength, supernatural peace and every once in a while when He wills it - we get to see God perform a miracle for His glory. It’s not about being rescued the minute a few water droplets hit our heads. It’s about seeing what God can do through us when the kitchen floods. In this episode, Anna shares an intimate story of a storm s...
Apr 09, 2018•32 min
Remember when Jesus was taking a snooze on a boat during a storm? And the disciples went into a full blown panic? Here they were - on a boat - WITH JESUS - and slipped into the panic abyss. The storms in life can be terrifying, but they don't have to be. Storms are our opportunity to show God our faith. Demonstrate our trust. Storms also allow a washing away of the old to make way for the new. And what's better, as believers, we are given full authority to fly above a storm into bright, clear sk...
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Here's a delightful nugget of wisdom from the Bible: Lighten up! Laugh a little! Get yourself a cheerful heart and just stop with the nonsense! Feel better? No? You will after listening to this hilarious (yet inspiring) episode. Special thanks to our sponsor, Hello Fresh! For $30 off your first box, go to HelloFresh.com and use code AsShow30.
Mar 26, 2018•55 min
Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. As much as I have trouble believing it, beauty has nothing to do with my cellulite, a good bra and a miracle toner. The book of Proverbs talks about a noble, beautiful woman and we talk about it in today's episode. Good thing we have Proverbs 31:10. It’s a passage by King Lemuel, taught to him by his mother. I encourage you to open your bibles and read along with me. Here we get a lovely look into what true...
Mar 19, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Proverbs 19:8: He who gains wisdom loves his own life. What if you had a cure that would, without a doubt, heal someone’s suffering - but no matter how many times you shared the cure, people ignored you? Created excuses as to why you were wrong - or gave lengthy laundry lists of why they “tried” but it “nothing ever goes right for them. Or worse, thought you were crazy and that they knew better than you? They say King Solomon was the wisest man to ever live. If you read the book of Proverbs you'...
Mar 12, 2018•1 hr 4 min
The information age started by spoon feeding us information and we were thankful because Encyclopedia's are for nerds and people with too much shelf space. But the spoon has slowly evolved into a bat. Over our heads. All the time. Relentless. And now? We're getting desperate. Desperate for something else - something more - meaningful? Something that speaks to something greater? Some sort of knowledge? But not any knowledge. The lessons that are so essential to a fulfilling, joyful, Christ center...
Mar 05, 2018•59 min
We forget. We take it for granted. We know it, but we don't always believe it. We hope, but don't always feel. This episode is an in your face reminder of the ultimate truth.
Feb 26, 2018•54 min
Is this the worst time to be alive? The worst? Or maybe one of the most important? In this episode, let's talk about why this is an incredibly important time to be alive as a Believer. One thing this Internet/Information Age has done is amplify darkness. If someone is hurting, broken or desperately mentally ill with evil thoughts, the bowels of the Internet has given the darkness a way to spread and fester in ways we’ve never seen. But there is one fundamental truth that has never changed. Light...
Feb 19, 2018•48 min
God created us to need love. The Bible says God is love. So, one can gather from these two facts that God created us to need Him. Isn't that so simple, yet so profound? On par with food, water and shelter, love is one of our most basic, most precious needs. We can and do, quite literally, die without it. That's why withholding our love, making our love conditional, or becoming real choosey about when it will be dispersed is one of the most devastating things we can do to another person. Most of ...
Feb 12, 2018•1 hr 9 min
The English language doesn't do God's love justice. In fact, there are varying types of "Love" in the bible, with the Greek root words of Eros (erotic love), Philia (affectionate love, friendship), Storge (familial love), and Agape (selfless love, God's love for us). If the Bible says God "is love" and the most important commandment is love God with our whole minds, our whole hearts and our entire soul - and the second commandment is love your neighbor as yourself - then love is pretty frickin' ...
Feb 05, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Anna and Susannah recap this month of making a new resolution, sharing hilarious, deadly honest and inspiring stories of valleys, jealousies, triumphs and God's favor. Special thanks to this week's sponsor, RXBAR Kids. Seriously yummy, surprisingly healthy snacks for our babes. For 25% off your first order, go to RXBAR.com/aands and enter promo code AANDS at checkout. We'd love for you to join us at the Word Up Club. Go join up! >> And we'd love for you to join us with BEST.YEAR.EVAH! Regi...
Jan 29, 2018•1 hr 13 min
In today's episode, Anna and Susannah talk about one huge roadblock that could be getting in your way as you step up in your relationship with God. It's your standards - they're too low. Our standards are directly linked to our identity. Our identity is directly linked to our beliefs - more specifically - our beliefs about ourselves. Our beliefs about ourselves are formed from our childhoods, past experiences, past traumas, our culture, our religious or atheist upbringings, etc. Most people will...
Jan 22, 2018•1 hr 2 min
As we dive into our New Life Resolution series, it's extremely important that you understand, know and are prepared for the incredible amount of resistance you’re going face as you set about transforming your life. 1 Peter 5:8 says “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” The enemy wants you indifferent. He wants you zoned out, he wants you accepting the status quo, he wants you depressed and he’ll take mildly depressed i...
Jan 15, 2018•41 min
Philippians 2:13 "for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." Gettin' on fire for Jesus, for our faith and for our purpose is a lot harder than it should be, right? We have no problem pelvic thrusting, arm pumping, high fiving and screaming for a football game or gettin' all excited and worked up to hang out with friends. But when it comes to our time with Jesus, transforming our lives and loving people, sharing Jesus and transforming their lives it's...
Jan 08, 2018•1 hr 3 min
New Year's Resolutions are a load of crap. Big fat lies! You know why? Most New Year's Resolutions aren't resolutions at all - they're wishes. Anna and Susannah talk about the one real way to transform and renew your life for good in this fun and insightful episode.
Jan 01, 2018•55 min
As we head into Christmas, Anna and Susannah talk about spiritual gifts, what they are, what they mean, and how they are meaningless with out this very important thing. Also in this episode, Anna talks about her gift, a free audio lesson - 6 Ways to Live Your BEST.YEAR.EVAH! We hope it changes your life as the lessons taught within it have changed hers. Go here to download now.
Dec 18, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Do you believe in miracles? No, really. Do you? In the old and new testament, the miracles were plenty. Moses and the burning bush, the red sea parted, Jesus miraculously healing men, women and children. People raised from the dead! But today, miracles are a bit different, right? we’re not quite parting seas like we used to, huh? The miracles are A bit more subtle? Or are they? You know what I think is so interesting - most of us think God can create miracles, but we’re unwilling to believe God ...
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to our second week talking about gifts - let me tell you - the spirit moved today. 1 Corinthians 9: 24-25 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is disciplined in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.” How many of us are running and running and striving and striving for a perishable crown? Today we talk about the...
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 9 min
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. As a great philosopher Biggie once said, "Mo Money, Mo Problems." And frankly, he was right. God is an abundant gift giver, but often we're too wrapped up in the wrong things to notice the gifts in the first place! Like little kids on Christmas morning who unwrap countless gifts and just eventually just start tossing things over their shoulder - how...
Nov 27, 2017•1 hr 25 min
We had so much fun creating today's episode. We hope you’ll listen while you do some Thanksgiving prep - it’s a message we all need to hear, filled with so much encouragement hope. We’re talking harvest people. We sowed, we growed, we reaped and it’s time for harvest. Are you ready? Luke 6:38 says "Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." Each ...
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Galations 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. In week three of the Harvest series, Anna and Susannah talk about God's promise when we sow good seed in good soil. The bible tells us that in the proper time, we'll reap a harvest if we do not give up. How many of us quit before the finish line? Not this time! We sow. We grow. We reap. We harvest. This is our season, let's go get it! Also, Susannah Googles something to share ...
Nov 13, 2017•58 min
Ephesians 3:17-19 So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Growing is hard. It hurts. We keep pounding the Spiritual Ibprofren pills 4 at a time, even though the bottle says take 2, and we don't even care! That's how crazy and...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Matthew 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." In my best Oprah voice: This month we're talking about HAAAAAAAAAAAARVEEEEEST! It's time for harvest. Are you ready? Here's a tough question. What did you sow? If you sow a bunch of crap you're gonna reap a bunch of crap. That's pretty much it for today's podcast. Okay, well - it's actually much more intensive and enlightening than that - but let's start talking real. What are you sowing, really? The ...
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Deuteronomy 28:13 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. This might seem like an interesting verse for a month talking about Spiritual Warfare, but as we wrap up this sometimes uncomfortable, but powerful month, it’s important we realize one very important truth as we go in to battle – we have an incredible inheritance from G...
Oct 23, 2017•54 min
Ephesians 6:10-18 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and afte...
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Here are Satan's most favorite strongholds: fear, anxiety, worry, low self-esteem, depression, doubt, suspicion, selfishness, addiction, anger, lust, jealous ... That's just to name a few. Or 11. Why? Because these lies strip us of our ability to be at peace. To be happy. To serve. To love. We can't set out into God's vision for our life when we're afraid, worried and riddled with anxiety. We can't pursue a dream and serve through our gifts if we have low self-esteem, feeling depressed or harbor...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 5 min
What are the origins of spiritual warfare? Attacks on our minds, body, family and friends are real - but luckily for us we have a secret weapon. Anna and Susannah share frightening experiences in spiritual warfare, but there's good news in the misery. Let's talk about what it looks like, how the enemy attacks us and how to fight back for our best life and relationship with God. Special thanks to our sponsor HelloFresh! For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com and enter ASs...
Oct 02, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Isaiah 43: 1-5 Do not be afraid, I will save you. I have called you by name - you are mine. When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not get burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you. For I am the Lord your God - because you are precious to me and because I love you and give you honor, do not be afraid - I am with you. When we're lonely - when we feel betrayed by friends, misunderstood, all alone, ...
Sep 25, 2017•52 min
Galatians 6:2-7: Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load. Boundaries are a necessary ingredient to healthy, functional friendships. One might even call boundaries Godly. The Bible says to carry each other's ...
Sep 18, 2017•1 hr 9 min
John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. When you think of a friend, what do you think of? Someone who is loyal? Someone who listens? Someone who laughs at your jokes? (Full disclosure, that's one of my top criteria. I kid! Sort of.) Someone you can trust to burn your private journals after you die? What about cattiness? Betrayal? Gossip? Disappointment? Friendships are complicated. The clash of personalities, mismatched expectations, lack of time...
Sep 11, 2017•1 hr 4 min
