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From Loneliness to Connection: How to Build Meaningful Friendships & Community as a Christian Woman
Episode 26426th March 2025 • Faith Fueled Woman: Christian Encouragement for Purpose, Joy and Spiritual Growth • Kristin Fitch- Christian Encourager, Christian Life & Purpose Coach, Faith Filled Mentor & Joy Advocate
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Loneliness is on the rise, affecting millions of people across all walks of life—but you don’t have to navigate it alone. In this episode of Faith Fueled Woman, we dive into the root causes of loneliness, the alarming statistics on social isolation, and why meaningful friendships are essential for emotional and spiritual well-being. Discover faith-based strategies to build strong, supportive relationships and cultivate the God-centered community you were created for. Tune in for encouragement, practical steps, and inspiration to step out of isolation and into connection.

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Key Takeaways:

Loneliness is a growing epidemic—1 in 3 Americans report feeling isolated weekly.

Building meaningful friendships takes time, effort, and intentionality.

Chronic loneliness impacts health—comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day!

We are designed for connection—investing in relationships strengthens faith and well-being.

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Hey hey friends and welcome back to Faithfield Woman.

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This is your host, Kristen.

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Today we are starting a three part series on community, friendship and why so many of us feel alone.

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And I can't wait to dive into today's episode.

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Hey friend, are you craving deeper faith, renewed purpose and more joy in your everyday life?

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Welcome to Faith Fueled Woman podcast that helps Christian women grow spiritually, pursue God's calling and embrace the abundant life he has for you.

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I'm Kristin and an encourager, mentor, entrepreneur, wife and mom here to uplift, equip and inspire you with faith filled conversations and biblical wisdom.

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Subscribe now so you never miss an episode and join our Faith fueled community for more encouragement.

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Hey hey friends.

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We are going to start a three part series around community.

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We will end up on the end of the street Part series talking about friendship and talking about building community partners.

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Before we get there, we're going to dig into why so many of us are feeling lonely and isolated and what we can do about it and why it's so important.

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The second part of the series we're going to talk about hospitality.

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What is biblical hospitality and why do we need to be more aware of, you know, our habits, our patterns and if we're actually inviting people in to our lives.

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And then finally we will wrap up with friendship and building community and why we're all called to do that and why it's so important for a healthy, vital and a life where we're thriving and Christlike.

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So I can't wait to share this series with you.

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Today we're going to dive into what is going on.

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Why are the stats on loneliness and isolation so high and how can we all try to do something about that?

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First, I want to start off with a little excerpt from the book Find you'd People by Jenny Allen about loneliness.

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She says, I'm convinced a key reason for our loneliness is that we give up too easily.

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Friendships take time.

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A lot of time.

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A lot of working it out, a lot of showing up, a lot of cleaning out closets, a lot of tears, a lot of laughter, a lot of food, a lot of inconvenience.

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We give up so easily because it's costly, it's messy, it's hard is hard.

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Take a minute, breathe in and accept that truth.

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Okay?

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Now hear me.

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You can do hard things.

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God is with you, in you and for you.

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You, my friend, can show up, you can hurt someone and apologize, you can be hurt, forgive.

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You can choose consistency and inconvenience and the friendship you will gain will be Worth it.

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Oh, I love that.

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And later in the series, I'm going to share some more of what Jenny Allen says about finding your people and building community.

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But for day today, I want to dig into what are the stats telling us on loneliness.

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Okay, so it says one in three Americans feel lonely every week.

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ry, monthly poll from January:

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And it says that.

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Let's see, what else.

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The Roots of Loneliness Project shares lots of stats and I want to share a couple of them with you.

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On loneliness said 52% of Americans report feeling lonely.

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And these stats I believe are from several years ago.

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It says 47% of Americans report relationship with others are not meaningful.

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57% of people that are single or not in America report eating all of their meals alone.

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Vegas, D.C.

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and Denver are three of the loneliest cities in the U.S.

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three times above the national average.

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South Carolina, it leads second for the most singles.

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There's 49% of adults and they're single.

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Seriously, the most searched term on Google trends is I'm lonely.

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80% of people under 18 are lonely.

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Sometimes 43% of 17 to 25 year olds feel lonely and less than half feel loved.

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a different Source said from:

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So the number isn't going down.

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It stayed the same or barely.

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It just slightly gone up.

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Millennials say they are lonely.

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73% of millennials say they're lonely at least sometimes.

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22% of Gen Xers have feel like they have no close friends.

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And in the US 61% of Gen Zers feel lonely.

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ly, well let's see, sorry, in:

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% in:

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% in:

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And here is a stat.

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It says pre Covid, 20% of people struggled with feelings of loneliness.

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During COVID 58.1% of people felt much lonelier.

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You guys, these stats are heartbreaking.

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I literally started to have tears in my eyes when I was reading some of these numbers.

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And I had heard something last week when I was at a one day workshop in D.C.

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and someone said the devil blocks us through isolation.

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And let me tell you, we are More isolated and lonely than ever now.

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True, it's not the same as when Covid first happened, right?

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That first year and a half, two years, everyone or most everyone was feeling isolated, and surely a lot of people were feeling lonely.

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But the thing is, while those numbers have improved some in a lot of the age groups, we are still feeling lonely, we're feeling lost, and it's.

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It's just a sad and scary thing, and we have to do something about it, both if we're the ones feeling lonely, but also we need to be the people that bring people in, that make people not feel lonely.

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We can't just stay in our houses, Netflix, binging in on social media thinking because we have online friends, that that's the same as striking up a conversation, inviting somebody in.

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We have to break this loneliness thing.

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And here's the thing about it.

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The reason I think we feel lonely is because we live in such bigger communities that we don't always have to get to know our neighbors.

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And we somehow think that that's acceptable.

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We go in our homes or our apartments or wherever we live, and we close the door when we're walking down the street or we're taking transportation or we're driving in our own cars.

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We are self absorbed.

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We're absorbed with our earbuds in, and we're not even noticing the people on the streets.

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And we're definitely not many of us talking to our neighbors or talking to our friends that often, other than maybe texting, which is not the same as people showing up in our lives.

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So what do we do about it?

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Well, what we do about it is we start acknowledging that if we feel lonely or isolated, we're not the only ones.

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Most of these stats showed that almost half of people in almost every age range, every demographic, every ethnicity, I mean, the data went on and on, on this project, the Roots of Loneliness project, but it's literally 47%, excuse me, to 80% for some things, that some people feel lonely regularly or some people feel lonely all the time.

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They don't feel like they have those friends or people they can rely on.

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It is literally a crisis.

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And so, you know, suicide rates are up, levels of depression and mental health are up.

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Something's got to give.

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And so this first episode about building community is to just set the stage, right?

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It's to say this is kind of the context of what's going on under the surface.

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This is what's going on behind the closed doors.

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This is what's going on behind our earbuds.

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We're lonely and we don't know how to fix it.

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We're isolated and we don't know what to do about it.

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I actually met one of the people I met last week at the event that I was at, told me that they have been going to their same church for a very long time.

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I mean, a decade, maybe two decades.

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And they've been in different groups, but they really don't feel connected or like they have any close friends at their church.

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Right.

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I'm sure they have acquaintances, people they see regularly there.

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And that just broke my heart.

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But it's because it does take time.

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Much like Jenny Allen's comment at the beginning, it takes time.

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It takes hard work.

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It takes commitment and clocking hours with someone to become their friend.

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And in one of the future episodes, we'll talk about the different levels of getting to know somebody.

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And it's good to have people at different levels.

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It's not that everyone's going to become our closest friend.

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You're only going to have a small one or two or three or four, or maybe a little bit more than that of a close group.

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But we all need a couple people in our lives that we can count on, that we can call when we're having a hard time, when we're in crisis, when we want to celebrate, we need people to rally around us.

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And so one of the things.

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Well, one quote.

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I'm sorry, one scripture that I want to share is one that most of you have probably heard before.

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It's Ecclesiastes 4, 9, 12, which is basically just talking about two is better than one.

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So it says two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil.

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For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.

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But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up again.

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If two lie together, they will keep warm.

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But how can one keep warm alone?

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And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him.

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A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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This is the thing.

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Throughout scripture, it talks about being in community with other people, doing a life with other people.

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We were designed, for sure, for two things.

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One was to be in community, right?

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Way back, it might have been called a tribe or a village.

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We were meant to live in community.

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That's how we that's even how animals, they protect themselves by being part of a pack or part of a group or whatever they might be called.

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And humans are the same way.

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We can't go through life alone.

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And Actually, there was a stat.

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Where did I put it?

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Hold on.

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It was about, what is the detriment of.

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Oh, here it is.

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There's actually a real health impact to us with experiencing loneliness.

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And I'm not talking about on occasion, I think we've all felt lonely, lonely or alone when we've walked through something, or maybe if we're struggling in a relationship or going through something hard.

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So that's one thing.

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But what I'm talking about is the longer we experience loneliness and we don't develop at least a single or more deep friendship, it really has profound impacts on our health.

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So one study said the health effect of loneliness is profound on mortality.

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It is similar to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, day in and day out.

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People that are lonely, people that don't have a couple, close people or a close community, they tend to not live as long of lives.

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The stats have shown that.

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That in the flu zones, the people that live the longest have either a few meaningful relationships or they're part of a group, or they're part village or their area where they do meaningful work.

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And they have.

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They regularly see people.

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So this truly does matter.

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And we have got to fix something.

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If 80% of people under 18 feel lonely sometimes, if 57% of people 18 to 24 years old feel lonely, 73% of millennials say they're lonely.

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Guys.

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What?

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I don't know what we've done wrong, but we've got to fix it.

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We have to start reaching across the aisle, inviting people in.

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We have to start talking to our kids, do more with them.

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Even if they tell us no, we have to try harder.

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It seems that we get so focused on work and all of these commitments, taking our kids places.

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If your kids are younger or if they're older, watching and cheering them on in the activities they do.

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Or maybe we're doing so much volunteer work, but we're so exhausted and we're worn out around the edges.

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But my question to you is, how much of our day or week or month or year in that decade are we committing to developing deep and meaningful relationships with other people?

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Because at the end of the day, at the end of our life, it will not the amount of hours we clocked or the amount of times that we did carpool.

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And I am surely not saying that our work is not important and that taking our children places isn't important.

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What I'm saying is that cannot be to the detriment of building community and developing deep friendships and deep family connections.

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That matters for eternity.

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Loving Other people.

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Well, matters for eternity.

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Working two more hours every day, working late into the night and exhausting yourself on work that will be there tomorrow is not going to change the world.

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It will not change generations to come, and it will not change the love that you're putting out in the world.

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So we all need to get intentional.

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We need to kind of reflect on are we feeling lonely?

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Are the people around us seeming lonely?

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Are we ignoring the people we're walking by?

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Are we ignoring our neighbors?

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Are we part of the problem?

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Or are we getting brave and we're asking the Holy Spirit to come into our day and help us be the person that says hello, that helps us be the person that says, hey, I'd love to meet you for coffee or hey, are you free?

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I was thinking about having a couple people over.

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It means going and joining a group, doing something new, getting out of your comfort zone.

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And I what I will tell you is if you're feeling lonely, if you're feeling isolated, the way that we get out of that place is by being a friend to someone else.

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It's by being brave enough, putting down the fear or the worry or the anxiety about doing something new or being rejected by someone and showing the world, turning off our tv, setting down our our phones, maybe turning the ringer off and setting foot into the world in new rooms, in new spaces and new conversations.

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That is how we're going to change this world of loneliness and despair and hopelessness.

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But it's going to happen through conversations and connections.

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It's not going to specifically happen online, and it's surely not going to happen when we're staring at our TV or staring at our smartphone as we're wa for our doctor's appointment or waiting in line at the grocery.

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Strike up a conversation, say hello, look people in the eyes and smile.

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Give them a compliment.

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Let people know they're being seen.

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Listen to people, give them hugs, even if you barely know them.

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Oh, friends.

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So this is just the setup for the next two conversations.

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Next, we're going to talk about hospitality and what that looks like.

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How can we all practice biblical hospitality?

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How can we all have open hearts and open hands?

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And then we will wrap up this series talking about friendship and how do we actually make friends as adults?

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How do we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and build relationships?

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So I can't wait for you to join me in these next two series.

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And listen, if you need some encouragement, you need a little pep talk, you just need to tell somebody, look, I have been feeling this way.

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Reach out my email is kristinristenfitch.com you can message me on Instagram.

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I'm hristenfitch, but I'm here for you and friends.

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I hope that you have someone in your corner, but if you don't, I'm happy to be that person as you step through this journey of getting to know more people in your community.

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Until next time, big hugs, big friends.

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00:11:17
193. Giving God Our Best Through Rest and Time with Him in the Morning
00:10:13
192. Are we Willing to Check Our Blindspots and Focus on Our Current Assignment?
00:11:48
191. Christmas Joy and How We Have Complete Joy in Our Lives
00:11:01
190. Why We Need to Step Out of Our Comfort Zone as Christians
00:12:43
189. How to Choose Being Present Not Perfect This Christmas Season-Pausing the Urge to Overconsume and Allow in Grace, Hope and Rest
00:08:24
188. 5 Ways to Bring Christ Back into Our Christmas Celebrations
00:13:33
187. Healing Our Bodies and Being Our Own Health Advocate with Lisa Roers
00:47:34
186. How to Transform Your Life with Self-Awareness and Learning to Control Your Thoughts with April Bragg
00:44:30
185. Pursuing the Impossible and Building a Faith Fueled Business with Judy Weber
00:44:59
184. A Thanksgiving Message- Incorporating a Daily Practice of Gratitude and Thanks
00:25:39
183. How to Prioritize Our Whole Health and Rest as Caregivers Rooted in Christ with Adriana Watt
00:52:18
182. How Do We Welcome People to Church? We Meet them Where They Are and Get to Know Them with Emma Rafferty
00:51:25
181. Find the Balance and Joy You Crave through Meaningful Breaks- The Recess Revolution & Digital Declutter
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180. How God Can Use Us at Every Age and Stage of Life with Pamela Mitchell
00:46:28
178. Astounding Truths of the Bible with Author Annie Weber
00:34:43
176. Are You Walking by Faith or by Feedback in Your Life?
00:14:36
175. Making Space for in Our Lives to Hear God through a Practice of Quiet & Solitude
00:18:42
174. Love the People Right in Front of You- This is How We Change the World- One Relationship at a Time
00:16:31
173. How Willing are You to Change? What is Your Willingness Number?
00:25:34
172. 5 Keys to Brain Health to Help Us Live Fulfilling, Faith-Filled Lives with Berniece Hunt
00:37:29
171. How to Reconnect with God- the Faith Formula to Soothe the Soul and Restore the Spirit with Scott Ventrella
00:52:50
170. Ask Yourself this Question, "Did God Ask Me to Live This Way?'
00:12:16
169. What if We Showed Up as Friendlier, Kinder, More Inviting Christians Every Day? What Would Happen?
00:15:31
168. Exchanging Perfectionism, People-Pleasing and Fear with Restorative Mental Health and Hope with Rana McIntyre
00:46:41
166. From UnSettled to Finding Work that Makes Us Come Alive- Learning to Step Out of Our Comfort Zone and Into What God Has For Us with Kelly McCarthy
00:43:28
165. How to Hear God & Listen to What He Wants to Tell Us
00:16:32
164. Fix Your Eyes of God before Stepping into Your Day
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163. Nothing in Our Past Can Stop God From Giving Us a Future Full of Promise & Hope with Tess Scott
00:41:24
162. Faithfully Listening to and Doing What God is Calling Us to Do
00:17:46
161. Breaking Free from Dieting, Emotional Eating and Self-Image Issues: Learning to Love Your Body and See Yourself the Way God Does with Melissa Rohlfs
00:31:35
160. People Grow Where They are Loved and We are Called to Love Others
00:10:58
159. Are We Too Comfortable to Hear What God's Calling for Us to Step Into?
00:12:53
158. How Gratitude, Connection and Faith Help Us Through with Lauren Rose
00:38:40
157. Focus on Today and Be Present- How to Stop Worrying about the Future
00:14:21
156. How to Take a Step Towards What God Has For You - It's Time to Take Action
00:14:51
155. From Hopeless to Hope Filled- Overcoming the Spirit of Suicide and Becoming a Child of God with Dara Koenig
00:38:28
154. How to Tap into Your Gladness & Joy During a Season of Trauma, Loss or Injury
00:32:00
153. Listening to God's Direction for Your Life with Hala Sahlman
00:38:02
152. From Overworking and Grinding to Grace and How Partnering with God Changed Everything with Angee Robertson
00:38:03
151. Breaking Barriers - How to Rise Above Obstacles and Achieve Success with Support and Faith - a conversation with Kay Ready
00:32:20
150. How to Trust God through all of Life's Seasons with with Christine Andrews
00:39:31
149. Living with Purpose and Why It's the Cure to What Ails Us with Mark & Adena Delaney
00:48:12
148. How Unconditional Love Transforms Our Lives: A Journey of Barely Surviving Chronic Illness to Thriving & Loving Life
00:43:39
147. Stepping into a Life of Freedom - How One Family is Living Intentional Lives of Faith, Freedom and Fulfillment on an RV
00:45:27
145. Why We Need to Connect with Our Purpose and What Brings Us Joy
00:25:19
144. Ready for More Peace, Calm & Joy in Your Day? It May be Time to Prune Your Schedule
00:14:02
143. Cast Your Worry & Fears Aside- God Promises to Strenghten Us & Fight For Us
00:18:06
142. A Simple Invitation and Story Brings People to Christ more than any Church or Bible Speak Will
00:16:37
141. Be Encouraged with God's Word even on Social Media - Christian Instagram Accounts to Follow
00:18:29
141. Why You Need Christian Friends and Community in Your Walk with Jesus
00:20:23
139. We are Called to Use Our God Given Gifts for the Glory of God
00:16:19
138. Why Speaking Scripture Aloud Can be Powerful in Your Prayer Life
00:11:21
137. The Importance of Kindness: How Kind and Loving Words and Acts Change the World
00:15:53
136. 136: How Big is Your God? The Lesson in David and Goliath- Focus on How Great God is and Not On Our Problems
00:14:49
135. Following God's Plan for Our Lives Even When We Don't Feel Qualified
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134. We Are Called to Love Our Neighbor Like Ourselves: You Can't Love God without Loving People
00:17:34
133. 133: What Does it Take to Keep Honoring Each Other in Marriage? What Does the Bible Say About Loving Your Spouse
00:13:50
132. 132: Nothing Can Stop God's Plan for Your Life
00:06:47
131. 131: Jesus has Risen - An Easter Message about Jesus Taking Away Our Sins on the Cross
00:11:49
130. 130: Why are We Moving at the Pace of the World Instead of God's Pace? Slowing Down and Eliminating Hurry
00:16:51
129. How to Help & Support Others and Practice Hospitality as Christians
00:08:54
128. God Knows You and Loves You Just as You Are Right Now
00:15:44
127. What Can We Do During These Chaotic, Strange Times? Pray Bigger
00:10:05
126. It's Time to Plant Seeds to Grow God's Kingdom
00:10:13
125. YOU are Needed and You are Being Called to Love Others- An Encouraging Devotional Message
00:11:33
124. Replacing Our Codependent Beliefs with God's Truth and Overcoming Shame with Theresa Boedeker
00:42:41
123. Are you Noticing The Signs from God or God Winks? And how to Give the Glory to God
00:16:50
122. What does Philippians tell us about being Humble, Loving & Having a Good Attitude as Christians
00:16:59
121. Finding Freedom from Perfectionism & How to Enjoy the Season of Motherhood with Andrea Fortenberry
00:36:34
120. Choosing to Serve Jesus above Everything
00:10:27
119. We are Called to be Steadfast and Patient in Our Faith of Trusting God
00:09:47
118. Christian Music & Christian Songs to Lift You Up During the Day
00:10:17
117. Ways We Can Worship to Feel Lighter and More Connected to God?
00:16:56
116. Reignite Your Passion for God in this Season of Awakening and what does Romans 12:2 say
00:10:03
115. How God Will Use Us When We are Open and What I Took Away from the Jesus Revolution & Revival Movie
00:15:40
114. Are You Troubled, Making Little Progress or Frustrated Doing it Your Way? Then Let God Take the Reigns
00:16:56
113. How Do We Pour Out the Love of God? By Experiencing God's Love First.
00:13:17
112. Getting to Know the Heart & Truth of God with Marnie Swedberg
00:51:00
111. A Valentine's Message For You About Love- How to Love Others & God Today and Everyday
00:10:31
110. Where Does My Hope Come From? It Comes from The Lord.
00:11:38
109. Claim the Promises and Blessings in the Bible
00:11:49
108. Giving God Our Best Every Day - 3 Ways to Put God First
00:15:21
107. 2 Questions to Ask When Making Career Decisions & How to Enjoy Life More as a Christian
00:14:07
106. Jesus, You're My Cornerstone- How to Live Our Life with Christ as Our Rock
00:11:31
105. How Following God Changes Everything- a conversation with Dr. Kim Grom
00:33:45
104. 10 Christian Book Recommendations to Encourage, Inspire, Deepen or Ground Your Faith in God
00:14:05
103. The Power of Prayer & How to Start a Prayer Journal
00:13:17
102. How can we Show Up and Do Real Life with Others as Christians- How have Loyal and Trusted Friends to Rely On
00:11:56
101. Worship is No Longer Worship When it Reflects the Culture More than Christ- How to Hear & Obey God's Truth Today
00:12:29
100. Joy Comes in the Presence of the Lord- Unlike Happiness, Joy isn't Temporary
00:11:06
99. Sharing the Gospel and Promises of Christ - How is God Calling You to Share the Good News of God
00:13:09
98. Are You Playing it Safe in Your Faith & Life or Stepping into the Life God Has for You?
00:13:20
97. Living at the Pace God Intended & Why We Need to Slow Down and Stop Idolizing a Hurried Life
00:17:33
96. God Created Us to Live in Community & The Importance of Friendship & Connection and Why We All Feel so Loney
00:08:56
95. Are You Faithfully Following God's Plan? What we can Learn from Esther about Seasons of Preparation, Waiting, and Being Called into Action
00:11:24
94. Following Jesus & Pointing Others to Christ- The Ministry of You
00:10:52
93. Christian Christmas Songs to Freshen Up Your Christmas Music Selection
00:09:29
92. Christmas Bible Verses & How to Add More of Christ into Christmas in Your Home
00:11:50
91. When You Feel Like You Don't Belong Remember You are a Daughter of God
00:09:43
90. What to Do When You Feel Restless. How to Pray Bigger Prayers and Trust God's Timing
00:16:12
89. Feeling Restless and Unfulfilled? How God Uses Seasons of Waiting and Preparation for Your Next Step
00:24:37
88. What are You Afraid Of? God Already Knows- He Wants Us to See it and Lift it Up to Him
00:09:58
87. Struggling to Have a Calm Presence? How to be Calm, Compassionate and Connected to Ourselves & Others in Christ
00:14:09
86. A Friend Loves at All Times - How are we Living Out Proverbs 17?
00:13:38
85. Is this for Me or for God? What's at the Heart of Your Intention?
00:07:22
84. Brave is Something You Do- What is God Calling You To that You Need to Take a Brave Step?
00:08:30
83. Why We Need to Seek God Even More During this Holiday Season
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82. A Thanksgiving Message of Love, Hope and Grace- How Can We Show Up at Our Gatherings with Grace
00:10:37
81. Our Mistakes Don't Stop God's Love from Reaching Us
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80. Why We Need to Heal Ourselves to Hear from God & Act
00:28:53
79. Are We Seeking More Recognition, Admiration or Influence instead of Giving God the Glory
00:14:08
78. How Can We Seek God's Presence Today & Everyday and Become Who He is Calling Us to Be
00:13:08
77. Feeling Stuck, Unsettled or Insecure? God May Be Working to Change Your Heart
00:35:57
76. How is God Prompting You to Move or Act?
00:11:30
75. How to Show Up in Other Peoples Lives Even During Loss, Grief, or a Diagnosis
00:12:51
74. Asking God to Heal Our Lands- Let's Pray for Our Country & the Upcoming Elections
00:08:20
73. You are Beautiful - How to Build Body Confidence the Biblical Way & How to Put Down Body Shaming & Insecurities
00:41:43
72. How Do We Keep Loving People When They Are Lost or Difficult to Love
00:17:16
71. How Showing Up, Inviting Others In, and Connecting Can Bless Other People
00:11:30
70. How Collecting Inspiration Helps Us Be More Grateful and Tap into Our Joy
00:05:42
69. Discerning Your Next Right Step or Decision with God
00:13:23
68. 3 Ways to Be Reminded of Our Identity in Christ When We are Going through an Identity Transition, Loss, or Change
00:15:55
67. Rediscover Your Joy in the Presence of God
00:11:21
66. Drawing Closer to God through Prayer & Worship That Goes Beyond Just Words
00:12:06
65. Feeling Hopeless or Depressed - A Message of Love & Hope to Remind You- You are So Loved and Needed
00:11:55
64. Let Us Worship- The Importance of Worshipping Together
00:17:50
63. How to Lean into God in Our Hard Seasons and Our Everyday Lives- An Encouraging Conversation with Gaye Lindfors
00:45:59
62. Making Peanut Butter Toast Might be the Most Import Thing I Do Today - How Small Acts of Caring Say I Love You
00:11:06
61. When the Lord Calls You He Will Equip You and He's Going to Call You
00:13:01
60. Do You Trust God? How to Go from Faith in God to Trusting Him with Pastor Stephanie Lape
00:19:14
59. Loving People Like Jesus is how We Transform the World
00:12:10
58. How to Tap into God's Guidance & Hear God in Our Lives with Pastor Stephanie Lape
00:35:17
57. How to Renew Your Spirit & Live How God Intended
00:13:25
56. Why We Must Show Up 'In Real Life' with Other People & God Made Us to Live in Community
00:19:03
55. How Gardening helps Us Grow in Our Faith & How Our Messes Can Turn into Spiritual Compost for Our Lives
00:27:42
54. It's Easy to Forget the Prayers God has Answered for Us & Why is a Prayer Journal so Important?
00:11:31
53. Praying for God to Turn Something Around in Your Life
00:13:22
52. Let's Be Easier on Ourselves as Moms, as Wives, as Women -How to Live without being Stretched Too Thin
00:18:19
51. We aren't Supposed to Feel this Lonely or Down and how to be Happier
00:10:42
50. Pouring into our Day and Making Beautiful Things to Give Glory to God
00:13:28
48. Don't Allow Comparison, Worry or the Future Steal Your Joy
00:13:40
47. You Can't Love God without Loving People
00:17:34
46. How to Step into Who God has Made You to Be
00:16:54
45. Trust in God & Praise Him Even in Extreme Hardship
00:09:33
44. Learning to Slow Down to Experience Everyday as the Gift God Gave Us
00:06:31
43. How to Have Peace in Difficult Seasons and What the Bible Says about Hard Times
00:14:11
42. You Can Change the World Exactly Where God Has You & With Your Kindness
00:15:46
41. Is Your Faith & Trust in God Faltering? How to Grow in Your Faith Like a Mustard Seed
00:17:04
40. Cultivating Godly Friendships- Why You Need Friends and Community in Your Walk with Jesus
00:20:23
39. Reignite in Me the Desire to Seek You Daily, God
00:14:01
38. Let's Renew Our Minds and Hear the Will of God
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37. Ep 37: How Resting on the Sabbath can change our lives
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36. Ep 36: The Importance of Friendship & Community and Why We All Feel so Loney
00:08:20
35. Ep 35: Helping Others & Practicing Hospitality
00:08:41
34. Ep 34: What is Your Plan G- God's Plan for Your Life?
00:08:31
33. 33: You are Valued & Needed
00:10:44
32. Ep 32: Nothing Can Stop God's Plan for Your Life
00:06:25
32. Ep 32: Be at Peace Among Yourselves
00:11:49
31. Ep 31: Let's Love- What Would Happen if We Started With Love?
00:10:35
30. Ep 30: The World is a Better Place because YOU are In It- An Encouraging Devotional
00:11:12
29. Ep 29: How Speaking Our Truth & Being Vulnerable & Confessing Sets Us Free
00:11:11
28. Ep 28: When You Don't Feel at Home in Your Church or Faith Community- is it time to Make a Change?
00:10:28
27. Ep 27: How Connection to God and Worship throughout the Day brings about a more Joyful Heart
00:10:42
26. Ep 26: Like Esther sometimes we are called to Prepare, to Wait, and to Faithfully Follow God's Plan
00:11:14
25. Ep 25: Are You Playing it Safe in Your Faith & Life? We've Been Called into a Life of Adventure
00:13:09
23. Ep 23: Slowing Down and The Elimination of Hurry
00:16:41
24. Ep 24: Check in on Others and Go Beyond the Hello
00:13:40
22. Ep 22: Finding Joy, and Peace through the Holy Spirit
00:05:18
21. Ep 21: Love and Marriage- What Does it Take to Keep Honoring Each Other?
00:13:29
20. Ep 20: You are Exactly Where God Wants to Use You Right Now
00:10:32
19. EP 19: God Knows You and Loves You Just as You Are Right Now
00:15:23
18. Ep18: Give Glory to God & Are You Missing the God Winks in Your Life?
00:16:27
17. Ep 17: What Can We Do During These Chaotic, Strange Times? Pray Bigger
00:09:34
16. Ep 16: The Holiness of an Invitation and Hospitality
00:11:36
15. Ep 15: Faith & Encouragement- The Ministry of You
00:10:37
14. Ep 14: Daily Encouragement- Are Your Activities Life Giving or Life Draining?
00:07:54
12. Ep 12: Daily Encouragement- Merry Christmas to You and Yours
00:03:18
11. Ep 11: Daily Encouragement- Let's Get to the Heart of Christmas and Let Go of Trying for Perfect
00:07:43
10. Ep 9: Daily Encouragement- Loneliness and Sadness during the Holidays- You are Not Alone
00:11:09
9. Ep 9- Slowing Down to Be Less Anxious and Unclutter our Soul
00:09:34
8. Ep 8- Daily Encouragement: Making Time for Prayer & Why It Matters
00:04:53
7. Ep 7: Following God's Promptings Even When We Don't Feel Qualified
00:09:01
6. Ep 6: Daily Encouragement- How Big is Your God? How Do You Read the Bible?
00:06:29
5. Ep 5: Faith & Encouragement- Do You Have an Open Heart or Has Cynicism Crept In?
00:06:13
4. Ep 4: Daily Encouragement- Trying to Connect with Your Teen or Young Adult- Encouragement for Parents
00:09:19
2. Ep 2: Daily Encouragement- How Fellowship & Hospitality Renews Our Soul
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1. Ep 1: Daily Encouragement- A Little Spark of Faith and a Desire to Lift Others Up
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3. Ep 3: Daily Encouragement- Is Your Hurried Schedule Really a Heart Issue?
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