Learning to listen and trust God’s leading takes intentionality and practice. These are disciplines Misty Phillip put into practice early in her life. She joins me to discuss how God led her from corporate work to homeschooling to writing and speaking and then to creating a podcast conference for Christian podcasters.
During our conversation, Misty and I chat about her decision-making progress and how she has learned that listening and trusting God’s leading helps her avoid stress and wrong decisions.
Listen and Trust God’s Leading
Waiting during the hidden years
Taking heart for God is with you
Understanding your gifts and talents
Being in His Word
Knowing God doesn’t have second best for you
Misty Phillip Bio
Misty Phillip is a podcaster, speaker, author, and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping you spark your soul message. Founder of the Spark Christian Podcast Conference, Founder of The Rocket Podcast Community, and host of the By His Grace podcast show. Misty inspires through her leadership, speaking, and mastermind groups. She currently serves as the Houston Connect Leader for Christian Women In Media. Misty is the author of The Struggle is Real: But So is God Bible Study and Spark Podcast Planner 2020.
Today, I’m joined by author and speaker Wendy Speake to discuss her new book The 40 Day Social Media Fast: Exchange Your Online Distractions for Real-Life Devotion. Wendy shares how our spiritual lives are impacted when we trun to social media or sugar or anything other than God’s Word.
About Wendy Speake
Wendy Speake is a wife, mom, host of the annual 40 Day Sugar Fast, and co-author of a number of parenting books. She has a fire in her bones to see women come to faith and grow in faith. Wendy uses every opportunity to point women to the Gospel.
Social Media Fast
In this episode, Wendy and I discuss:
Becoming a living sacrifice
Breaking social media and sugar strongholds
Turning away from distractions
Fasting v dieting
Running to devices to get you through the stress
Going dark to experience God’s light
Crowding out distractions to experience a transformation
This is such an important episode – especially now! Don’t miss it!
Do you know how to walk through seasons of loss or grief? Many are asking. If we are honest, we’ve all gone through tough seasons: losing a job, a parent, a child, or a friendship. How you process the loss is critical to your emotional well-being.
What to Do During Seasons of Loss
Ask God to lead you
Call a trusted friend
Understand your season and live it well
Silence the enemy
Give yourself time to sit and process
Don’t get stuck
While loss and grief are common to each of us, how we cope is very different. Pay attention to what you are feeling and work through the emotions at your pace.
Do your words roll off your tongue and land in a tender place of your child’s heart or do they wound their spirit? Words have power, so using them carefully will help you strengthen your relationship and reduce conflict. It’s not always what you say, but what others hear that matters. You can build relationships by monitoring your mouth!
Do you want to resolve conflict with your teen or others? Learning to listen is the first step to working through all conflicts. And when you practice your listening skills you will help your teens learn to be better communicators too.
Are you considering homeschooling in the fall? As a homeschool mom of five graduates, I share 10 Insights I would tell my younger self. You’ll glean tips that took me decades to learn. If you are thinking about your options this is for you.
