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  • 183. The Unexpected Journey (with Nicole Unice)
    2025/02/24
    Guest Bio: Nicole Unice is a pastor and leadership coach who facilitates safe environments of vulnerability so leaders and teams can courageously identify obstacles keeping them from their maximum potential. As a sought-after speaker, Nicole has a down-to-earth style that allows even the largest gathering to feel conversational. She is the author of several books focused on spiritual transformation and is a featured speaker through RightNow Media and Punchline. She holds degrees from the College of William and Mary and from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Nicole and her husband, Dave, live in Richmond, Virginia, with their three children and two pups. Show Summary: When was the last time you read the story of Joseph in Genesis? Have you ever connected to the way things don’t work out for Joseph? Nicole Unice found comfort studying Joseph’s story while she was going through an unexpected season in her own life. Nicole shares with hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins, how we can observe and learn new things about God through Joseph’s life story. Join this God Hears Her conversation for a deep dive about how God works through our hardest seasons. To prepare for this episode, it may be helpful to read the story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50! Notes and Quotes: “Knowing God’s Word isn’t about knowledge, isn’t about facts, isn’t about being the person who always has the right answer—it’s a conduit to experience the love of Christ. It’s what God has given us to experience Him through.” —Nicole Unice “So much of the reward from our life with Christ is the faithful ‘hanging’ with Him.” —Nicole Unice “We know that people go through hard seasons. But yet our hard season is completely unexpected to us. We know it’s a part of life until it happens to us.” —Nicole Unice “In any room that you enter, do you make it better by your presence? Because if Christ is in you, then that love and presence is coming. And God calls that blessed. He says that’s what blessing is. It’s coming to you and through you, and it’s experienced by others. “—Nicole Unice “Testing is not so that God knows what’s in us. Testing is so we know what’s in us because God already knows.” —Nicole Unice Verses: Genesis 37-50 Luke 15:17-20 Romans 8:37-39 Jeremiah 9:23-24 John 6:68-69 Jeremiah 29:1-14 Genesis 50:20 Hebrews 11:22 Links: Nicole’s Website: https://nicoleunice.com/ Nicole’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleunice/ God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/ God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/ Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/ Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/ Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/ MB01ZJMA8YBFYPB
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    31 分
  • 182. Raising Teens (with Amy Betters-Midtvedt)
    2025/02/17
    Guest Bio: Amy Betters-Midtvedt, author of You’ll Make It (And They Will Too), is a Today Parenting contributing author with more than a million readers and twenty-five years of experience working with adolescents and families. In her job as a literacy coach and in her personal life—where she and husband, Todd, wrangle their five children—she is surrounded by kids and teens and is passionate about serving them. Amy has a master's degree in leadership, curriculum, and instruction. Show Summary: As a parent, you go through different stages with your kids. The newborn stage, toddler stage, kid stage, and eventually the dreaded pre-teen and teenage phases! Each phase comes with a lot of questions and concerns, but at the end of the day, you just want to feel connected to your kiddos. Amy Betters-Midtvedt has been in the thick of raising teens since her first child of five reached that life stage. With her witty sense of humor, laugh alongside Amy as she shares advice for raising and loving your teens . Join hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni as they chat with Amy about raising teenagers during this God Hears Her conversation. Notes and Quotes: “I will tell you that raising teens has brought me to my knees. And really in those moments when I’m outside their ‘doors’ that [my teens] don’t want to let me in, knowing that Jesus is on the other side. . . somehow He with them and still with me on the other side of that door.” —Amy Betters-Midtvedt “What I’m holding onto [when raising my teens], and what’s working for us, is this: Is every move going to keep me in connection and in relationship with my teenager?” —Amy Betters-Midtvedt “If we are trying to teach [our teens] about being in relationships with others, there [are] consequences if you don’t live up to what you say you’re going to do. But it’s really involving them in the situation, because different situations call for different things.” —Amy Betters-Midtvedt Links: Amy’s Website: https://amybettersmidtvedt.com/book/ Amy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.betters.midtvedt/ God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/ God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/ Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/ Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/ Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/ MB01KRFOJL9SSK5
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    31 分
  • 181. Nothing is Wasted (with Jennifer DiVita)
    2025/02/10
    Guest Bio: After a harrowing riches-to-rags detour in life, Jennifer DiVita clung to her faith and rebuilt herself as a solo mom and professional career woman. Because of God’s goodness, she found her way out of poverty and climbed the career ladder carrying her kids on her back to become Associate State Director of AARP. She’s also an on-air personality with WOOD TV and ABC 4 who provides positive advice on aging well, despite initially being kicked out of TV for being “too seasoned.” She published her novel, Not Your Shoe Size, a witty story about growing older and finding the silver lining after becoming silver. Jennifer offers hope that it’s possible to overcome roadblocks and pave a successful life after surrendering to God’s plan. Show Summary: When we set out into our lives, we often have a plan of what we would like to do or achieve. What happens when our plan falls apart? Jennifer DiVita was a married woman and stay-at-home mom before her husband’s addiction led to her life completely changing. Jennifer found herself having to rebuild what she thought was set in stone. Join hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni, as they talk with Jennifer about navigating career change while becoming a solo mom. You don’t want to miss this inspiring God Hears Her conversation! Notes and Quotes: “God has used my story to help so many women, and I would not change one bit of it.” —Jennifer DiVita “I look at my story and know that Good is good because He did not leave me in that place. I look at the twists and turns of my life, and all that I’ve been through, but see where I’ve come.” —Jennifer DiVita “God has a redemption story for you. He already sees what’s going on. —Jennifer DiVita Links: Jennifer’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifer.divita/ Jennifer’s Website: https://www.jenniferdivita.com/ God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/ God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/ Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/ Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/ Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/ MB01SJDOI45MP8O
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    30 分
  • 180. Authentic Leading (with Brittany Jones)
    2025/02/03

    Guest Bio: Brittany Jones is a wife and mom of two beautiful girls and a sweet Goldendoodle. She is a national speaker, writer, and ministry leader at her local church. Brittany is passionate about seeing people live in freedom and wholeness as they heal from trauma and mental health struggles. In light of Brittany’s personal story of childhood abuse and mental illness, she has a greater desire to encourage people on their journey. Brittany and her family currently reside in Richmond, Virginia, where they planted and pastor Motivation Church.

    Show Summary: What has God called you to? Do you ever feel like you’re not equipped for the plans and dreams that are in your heart and mind? Brittany Jones was diagnosed with bipolar disorder before planting a church with her husband. As a leader and pastor, she wanted to authentically lead by being honest about her personal testimony. She has worked hard to overcome the lies that her mental illness prevents her from sharing the strength and provision that God has brought into her life. For this God Hears Her conversation, join host Elisa Morgan in this special one-on-one conversation about leading honestly and authentically.

    Notes and Quotes:

    • “Even in the midst of all the trauma, of what my family was walking through, there was just kind of a bright spot that I had no idea was waiting for me.” —Brittany Jones

    • “I didn’t know all of the layers to God’s love yet, but I did know that it meant rescue. Because I had experienced it.” —Brittany Jones

    • “God loves you deeply. And you are worthy of love. You are worthy of care.” —Brittany Jones

    • “I believe healing is possible because I know who God is and the track record He’s had in my life. His track record is marked by faithfulness.” —Brittany Jones

    • “I’m going to still believe, yet still walk out what God has placed in front of me. And sometimes that looks like a therapist, psychiatrist, medication, etc.” —Brittany Jones

    • “I don’t know what a little while looks like. But I know that God is faithful. I know that God is true and that His Word is true.” —Brittany Jones

    Verses:

    • 1 Peter 5:10

    Links:

    • Brittany’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittanycharise/

    • Brittany’s Website: https://www.brittanycjones.com/about

    • God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

    • God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

    • Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

    • Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

    • Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

    • Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

    • Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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    33 分
  • 179. Beauty in Adopting (with Cathy and Caili Sall)
    2025/01/27

    Guest Bio: Cathy Sall works at Our Daily Bread Ministries as a Project Manager. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her daughter Caili, either here in Michigan or out in Utah, mentoring a child through KIDS HOPE USA, attending Bible Study Fellowship, or reading. Cathy and Caili are planning a trip back to China in the near future, and her lifelong dream is to get to the Holy Land someday.

    Guest Bio: Caili Sall is studying social work at Southern Utah University. Caili has an adventurous spirit. She took a gap year between high school and college and spent 3 months in South Africa and 3 months in the Holy Land. She will be venturing out to Mannheim, Germany to study during her spring semester in 2025. She also loves running, snowboarding, and hiking with her friends.

    Show Summary: When we reflect on our stories, we are often left with memories that carry both joy and grief. Perhaps you got a job promotion while mourning the loss of a loved one, or you got bad news while celebrating a big event. We often have seasons of celebration that mix with times of mourning. Cathy and Caili Sall are a mother-daughter duo who have learned how to hold all of the feelings that come with adoption. Cathy was a single woman when she felt God call her to adopt Caili, an orphan in China. Together, they’ve learned how to navigate the ups and downs of their story while acknowledging the grief and pain that come with it. Join hosts Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni as they hear the testimony of Cathy and Caili during this God Hears Her conversation.

    Notes and Quotes:

    • “In whatever happens along this journey, I need to trust that [God] is still walking beside me, and leading me and guiding me.” —Cathy Sall

    • “If you’re praying right now [about adoption] or God lays it on your heart, He will walk you through it. He will guide you through it, and He will walk each step with you.” —Cathy Sall

    • “God gives us grace; He extends it to us so we can show ourselves grace [in our stories].” —Caili Sall

    • “There’s a lot of sorrow and grief in my adoption story. But I don’t necessarily realize those bad things. To me, when I gain those strengths and things as a part of my story, I feel like I’m closer to the heart of Jesus.” —Caili Sall

    Verses:

    • Ecclesiastes 1:18

    Links:

    • Caili’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cailisall/

    • Cathy’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathy.sall

    • God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

    • God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

    • Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

    • Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

    • Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

    • Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

    • Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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    30 分
  • 178. Internally Unsettled
    2025/01/20

    Show Summary: Do you ever take time to sit in silence? Do you feel like your schedule is too packed full to have time for yourself? When God created the world, He took time to rest, but we often find ourselves running from one thing to the next without a moment to spare. Vivian Mabuni recently took a Sabbatical. During that time, she discovered how her soul was able to internally settle while she spent quiet time with God. Join hosts Vivian Mabuni and Eryn Eddy Adkins for this God Hears Her conversation as they talk through how we can find times in our lives to rest and reflect.

    Notes and Quotes:

    • “God keeps inviting us into this place of, ‘Will you trust me?’ He will lead, and as a sheep, I will follow. And when He says go, I need to go. And when He says stay, I need to stay, and to not run ahead of Him.” —Vivian Mabuni

    • “Am I prepared to see [God] turn beauty out of pain, and this be a longer road? Or will this be a shorter road where He does a miracle? In that waiting time is a real-time of needing to lay down our will, and trust Him with the outcome.” —Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni

    • “We can’t determine God based on our circumstances. We need to determine who God is based on His Word. . . God has revealed Himself, and we need to evaluate our circumstances in light of who He is.” —Vivian Mabuni

    Verses:

    • Psalm 23

    • Jeremiah 17:7-8

    • Joshua 4:1-9

    Links:

    • Discover the Word: Taking Time to Rest, Reflect, and Renew: https://discovertheword.org/series/taking-time-to-rest-reflect-and-renew/

    • God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

    • God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

    • Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

    • Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

    • Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

    • Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

    • Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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    31 分
  • 177. Navigating Change (with Brittany Hurd)
    2025/01/13

    Guest Bio: Brittany Hurd is a former theatrical professional who, in late 2020, went a few rounds with a brain tumor and lost her eyesight. A trained singer, she has redirected her gifts toward chanting the Psalms in a musical theater style on the YouTube channel Canticlear. But her primary job is making her new husband a better Thomist, as they both re-learn what it means to build a virtuous and flourishing home in light of and in response to her blindness.

    Show Summary: When we’re growing up, we probably have an idea of what we want our lives to look like. We may plan along the way and eventually find ourselves exactly where we wanted to be. However, sometimes our plans look nothing like what God has for us. Unexpectedly, we get a scary medical diagnosis, or something significant happens that alters the course of our lives. Brittany Hurd was diagnosed with a brain tumor that ended up taking her eyesight. This has completely changed her life, and now she’s navigating the change as a newlywed. Join hosts, Eryn Eddy Adkins and Vivian Mabuni, as they learn how Brittany takes it day by day with God in the midst of unexpected change during this God Hears Her conversation.

    Notes and Quotes:

    • “The Lord promises strength for the day. He tells us to ask for our daily bread, not for tomorrow’s bread, not for next week’s bread, but today’s.” —Brittany Hurd

    • “Despite what truly is a bad thing, the Lord brings even a better thing out of it.” —Brittany Hurd

    • “You don’t have to do the big, showy, pastoral prayers, where all the words are just right. Just speak to the Lord. . . He always turns it to some resolution.” —Brittany Hurd

    Verses:

    • Psalm 123

    • Matthew 6:11

    • Romans 8:26-27

    • Psalm 103

    Links:

    • Brittany’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Canticlear

    • Brittany’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/canticlear

    • God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

    • God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

    • Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

    • Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

    • Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

    • Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

    • Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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  • 176. Overcoming Disappointment (with Lisa Victoria Fields)
    2025/01/06

    Guest Bio: Lisa Victoria Fields, author of When Faith Disappoints: The Gap Between What We Believe and What We Experience, is a renowned Christian apologist who merges her deep biblical knowledge with a heartfelt mission to share God’s love. She has been recognized by Christianity Today for her impactful work in the African American community, and she has produced two documentaries, Unspoken and Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom. The CEO of the Jude 3 Project, Lisa holds degrees in communications and religious studies from the University of North Florida and a master of divinity from Liberty University.

    Show Summary: When we become Christians, we tend to think that everything will fall into place in a nice and easy way. What do we do when we face disappointments? Lisa Victoria Fields has discovered that trusting God and being in community may be some of the first steps we can take when things don’t go our way. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Vivian Mabuni, as they discover how to overcome disappointments with Lisa Victoria Fields during this God Hears Her conversation.

    Notes and Quotes:

    • “I talk about peace as this three-tiered thing, that it’s peace with God, peace with people, and peace within. Sometimes we want peace within without doing the peace with people.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

    • “The only person that can bring healing is Jesus. He is the only one who can heal your sin-sick soul, your broken heart, whatever is going on. It is through Him only, not something that we achieve.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

    • “Confession to God brings forgiveness of sin. Confession to man is how we get healed. God is going to use community to heal you.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

    • “So many of us are going through similar things, but the enemy in isolation tells us that we’re the only person going through this.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

    • “The whole God-head is a community that we should reflect. God gives us shared struggles for us to be bound together with one another.” —Lisa Victoria Fields

    Verses:

    • Luke 9:10-17

    • Philippians 4:7

    • James 5:16

    • John 17:12

    Links:

    • Jude 3 Project: https://jude3project.org/

    • Lisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisavfields/

    • Lisa’s Where Ya From? episode: https://whereyafrom.org/episode/episode-01-black-apologetics-with-lisa-fields/

    • God Hears Her website: https://godhearsher.org/

    • God Hears Her email sign-up: https://www.godhearsher.org/sign-upsfmc

    • Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast

    • Eryn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eryneddy/

    • Vivian’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivmabuni/

    • Elisa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisamorganauthor/

    • Our Daily Bread Ministries website: https://www.odbm.org/

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    26 分