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In this episode, I interview Cindy Bultema.

Cindy was once a lonely, rejected, single mom addicted to cocaine. She lived an empty, self-defeating, rebellious lifestyle until the amazing day Jesus set her free! For medical addiction treatment programs that enable you to become strong and influential, read more about this topic at steppingsober.com. She is now a married mother of 4 and this summer marked her 20th anniversary of being cocaine-free.

Cindy is a speaker, Bible study teacher, and author. Her most recent Bible study is Live Full Walk Free, a journey through 1 Corinthians, released this month at Thomas Nelson. In this study, Cindy equips women to live a set-apart life for Christ in our sin-soaked world.

Cindy Bultema shares her struggles through addiction and grief and how she has found freedom and grace in Jesus Christ.

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• Live Full, Walk Free: Set Apart in a Sin-Soaked World

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In this episode, I interview Renee Swope.

Renee Swope is a Word-lover, heart-encourager, story-teller and grace-needer. She’s the best-selling author of “A Confident Heart” and “A Confident Heart Devotional, and the former radio co-host of “Everyday Life With Lysa & Renee” at Proverbs 31 Ministries, where she served in leadership for twenty years. Married to her favorite person on earth, Renee and J.J. live in North Carolina making memories with their three kiddos: Joshua (21), Andrew (18) and Aster (7) who their family adopted from Ethiopia in 2009. Renee loves pouring into, praying for and loving on women, in real life and online at www.ReneeSwope.com..

Renee shares her struggle with self-doubt in her calling as an author and speaker. We then chat about community – how important it is, how social media can negatively affect it, and some tips on how to nurture it.

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• A Confident Heart
• Craving Connection

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The only reason you see the shadow is because you’ve turned away from the light.

Process the light of the truth and change the way you’re thinking by replacing my thoughts with His thoughts and let His thoughts shape our actions.

When I walked in the truth, my feelings would begin to align over time.

We find two most powerful words in community: “Me too.”

Our girlfriends can be the one that says don’t be so hard on yourself.

Social media can give me a surfacey sense of community. It’s kind of like rice cakes – it doesn’t nourish my heart.

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In this episode, I interview Karen Ehman.

Karen Ehman is the author of 10 books, including the New York Times bestseller Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All. She is also a writer and speaker for Proverbs 31 Ministries and a writer for Encouragement for Today, online devotions that reach more than 1 million women daily. Karen lives in central Michigan with her husband and three children.

Karen shares how we can find joy and purpose through loving others. She talks about listening for heart drops, caring for the necessary people in our lives, and hugging the porcupines.

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• Listen. Love. Repeat.

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In this episode, I interview Jenny Simmons.

Jenny Simmons, author of Made Well, Finding Wholeness in the Everyday Sacred Moments, was the lead singer of the former band Addison Road and traveled the road performing alongside her husband Ryan for more than a decade. Jenny is a dynamic storyteller and lover of people who sees God’s redemptive hand at work in the world around her.

Jenny shares the difficult season she walked through with her sister’s family and then how God has used unexpected circumstances to bring healing into her life and others.

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• Made Well by Jenny Simmons
• Hope Now by Addison Road
• Looking for Lovely by Annie Downs

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In this episode, I interview Vanessa Clark.

Vanessa Clark is the wife of a busy entrepreneur and the mother of five. Vanessa shares her message of Hope with as many people as she can through her book, Now I See, speaking and her website which is now using a new webhosting, NowISeeHope.com and getting help from a professional website development company. Vanessa wants you to know that the same God who helped her is there for you as well.

Vanessa shares the story of finding out her new baby boy is blind and how God moved her to pray and eventually healed him of his blindness, bringing is father to faith overnight.

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• Now I See by Vanessa Clark

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In this episode, I interview Tahni Cullen.

Tahni Cullen is the co-author with Cheryl Ricker of the new book, Josiah’s Fire: Autism Stole His Words, God Gave Him a Voice. Tahni is a people-lover, blogger, and conference speaker who brings a powerful message of hope and restoration. She worked thirteen years at a multi-campus church in the Twin Cities of Minnesota where she served in communication arts and as a ministry director. Tahni and her producer husband, Joe, created an award-winning documentary called Surprised By Autism. They live with their 10 year old son, Josiah, in St, Paul, where they enjoy exploring Minnesota’s museums and destinations.

When Tahni Cullen’s two-year old son, Josiah, is diagnosed with severe autism, she feels like they have been handed a prison sentence. How could a good God have allowed this to happen, and how can Tahni find hope for their future?

Five years later, Josiah, who is non-verbal and has not been formally taught to read or write, suddenly types on his iPad profound sentences about the Trinity, heaven, and strangers whose lives he understood. Josiah’s ongoing encounters launch his parents and the rest of us into a whole new world.

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• A Mother’s Courage
• Rapid Prompting Method
• Josiah’s Fire book
• Josiah’s Fire Facebook page

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In this episode, I interview Susie Larson.

Susie Larson is a radio host, author and national speaker. She hosts her own daily live talk show, Live the Promise with Susie Larson, which airs across the Upper Midwest and in several other locations around the country. Active in local ministry, she is the author of Your Beautiful Purpose, Blessings for the Morning, and eight other books. Susie and her husband, Kevin, have three adult sons and live near Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Susie shares from her latest book Your Powerful Prayers.

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• Your Powerful Prayers by Susie Larson
• Susie’s radio show Live the Promise
• Susie’s Facebook where she posts blessings
• Moving Mountains by John Eldredge
• Blessings for Morning by Susie Larson
• Blessings for Evening by Susie Larson

Quotes

Prayer starts and ends with our status as heirs.

When you remember who are, remember whose you are, to me it changes everything.

One of the things he’s given us is secure identity. Another thing he’s given us is access to his presence. He’s also given us the faithfulness of his promises. He’s put a call on our lives. He’s put his spirit in us.

Everywhere we put our feet, God’s kingdom comes to earth.

I can’t be at the mercy of other people’s opinions because it will compel me to misuse the opportunities and the gifts that God has given me.

There will be a day of reckoning and there will be a day of reward on that judgement day when we each face God and give an account for our lives and what moves him his faith, hope, and love. That’s what matters.

Satan is a legalist and he’ll take any ground you give him. Sometimes we get out of rank and we wonder why we feel out of joint. When we’re out of alignment, we can’t carry the call of God that we normally could. We have to recapture the fear of the Lord and say I need to get back in rank.

To the extent that you honor him rightly will be the extent you’ll have power in your prayers.

You can’t sustain a fellowship with God without time and presence.

The difference was I decided to trust God’s promises were true even though they didn’t feel true.

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In this episode, I share all the fun and lovely from the Looking for Lovely Weekend, hosted by author and speaker Annie F. Downs. Annie was on the podcast in April sharing about her book Looking for Lovely. She hosted a weekend in Nashville to share all the lovely things she wrote about and to celebrate all God has done. It was a blast and I share all the lovely things we got to experience and all it taught me.

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• Annie’s Feathers episode
• Looking for Lovely Weekend

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