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Can I Believe Nothing Is Impossible With God? With Shannon Bream [Episode 393]

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Shannon Bream, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women of the Bible Speak series, is with us today, and she’s got just what you need if you’re facing something that feels impossible.

On today’s episode, Shannon will chronicle some unlikely biblical heroes whose stories mirror our own struggles and teach us about overcoming seemingly impossible situations. Plus, Shannon vulnerably shares her own impossible and how that dark valley deepened her faith and closeness with God in ways she never expected.

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Can I Build a Faith That Lasts? With Alli Patterson [Episode 246]

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How do you stay strong when cracks begin to form in your life? Is your faith strong enough to help you stand when hardships try to knock you down? Or, are you clinging to the idea that if only the storms of life stayed away, you would be okay?

While trouble in this life is inevitable, collapse is not!

And today, author Alli Patterson will teach you how to build a faith that can withstand anything the world throws at it.

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Can I Find Grit to Show Up When I Want to Shut Down? With Lisa Whittle [Episode 176]

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GIVEAWAY ALERT: You can win the book The Hard Good by this week’s podcast guest. Keep reading to find out how!

Life is full of hard things … loss, betrayal, hurt, disappointment, pain, and anger. In a world riddled by these things—and still reeling from a global pandemic—we may ask, “How can life really be good?”

Well, when author Lisa Whittle lost her beloved dad, she found herself asking this same question and eventually learning that there is good, even within the hard things.

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What Your Response Should Be to Hardship

Don’t you just sometimes get tired of dealing with hard stuff?!

You know … strained relationships, difficult bosses, constant conflict, illness, financial stress … hard stuff!

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Our hands can droop and our knees can wobble. We can look over our shoulder and think about turning back.

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How to Change Your What If to What Is

When Phil and I were newlyweds, we were in Wal-Mart one day getting some duplicate keys made. As we waited at the counter, my cell phone rang, and I turned slightly away from Phil to take the call.

(By the way, if you’re a new reader, this might be a good time to tell you I’m blind.)

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When I hung up a few minutes later, I reached out to put my arm around Phil’s waist. As I did, I slipped my hand down and patted him on his—well, you know. We were newlyweds, after all!

As I did, I heard him say, “Jennifer, what are you doing?”