Permission to Pause with Pat Layton

Send us Fan Mail So you have surrendered your STRIFE/Anger/Offense to God's capable and sovereign control (according to Episode #26) but exactly what does that look like when it comes to the person or the people who hurt you?  This episode will share 3 often misunderstood truths about what forgiveness really looks like. Let's PAUSE together to embrace the FREEDOM that comes comes from fo...

Send us Fan Mail I am getting even more than normal, transparent on the podcast this week with the hope that somebody else is struggling with the same "righteous" strife I am. That's the goal here--learn and grow together.  The truth is, I have recently allowed myself to feel justified in some areas of strife in my life. I have allowed my response to certain situations or treatment...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes in prayer, we can fill up time with God  with our own thoughts, ideas images and feelings. Our own ideas of how things should be. But if we invite him without needs, without wants and desires, even the best intended and simply sit in silence, He will speak.    Solitude in silence is about showing up and letting God do the rest . Join me for Episode 25 of permission to Pa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I join Dr Saundra Dalton Smith on HER PODCAST  to discuss why every woman needs to choose a rest quest for mind, body, spirit well being. Dr Saundra and I are hosting a REST QUEST in March 2022. Details are here! We are almost SOLD OUT so hurry over and see what it is about. Connect with Dr Saundra on Facebook and Instagram.  Check out her podcast I CHOOSE MY BEST...

Send us Fan Mail How will you triumph in the new year? What successes and breakthroughs would like to see fulfilled in your life? As we enter 2022, many of us are success planning as we think about our goals and our dreams for the new year. Before us, we have a brand new, blank calendar with plans and dreams that curl around our souls with a desire to accomplish satisfactory and even exemplary res...

Send us Fan Mail Luke 2:19  But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my ...

Send us Fan Mail The angel went to her and said "greetings, you who are highly favored, The Lord is with you" Luke 1:28 Sometimes, it is tough to believe that we are "favored". Times when we fail, times when others fail us, sometimes simply LIFE makes us feel "less than" successful, loved, hopeful; faithful-FAVORED.  Let's PAUSE and consider Mary's encounter...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Is your heart broken? lonely? wondering if God actually hears your prayers? I get you!  Please take a few minutes to let the words of this Lectio Divina Pause heal your broken heart and remind you how it feels to be set free!  Visit my website RESOURCES for additional FREEDOM tools!  patlayton@mac.com www.patlayton.net  www.permissiontopause.today Thank you for joining me on today...

Send us Fan Mail I am deeply THANKFUL for many new friends here on Permission to Pause. I thought it would be a great time to tell you more about me and hopefully hear back a little about you! I have a few FREE GIFTS and GIVEAWAYS for someone who comments on my website blog. I'd love to hear more of YOUR STORY! https://patlayton.net/blog/ Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to...

Send us Fan Mail SUMMER: A season of CONFIDENCE!   It doesn’t take too much brain work to stir up a vision for SUMMER!  A time of celebration, family time, and lawn chair rest. In the summer we produce new experiences, we create, and we innovate. We almost always find a time in the summer to step out of our normal routines—somehow, somewhere. Summer is often a season of connecting on a deeper leve...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail My husband Mike was a soldier. He gave his country his 19th year of life while serving in Vietnam in the Marines as a forward artillery observer . His job was to move ahead of the troops into enemy territory. When he spotted the enemy, he was to call in the artillery. Oh my. I’ve always connected Mike’s assignment on the battlefield to our life assignment as women today. Mike has...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wanted to do something that you knew you shouldn’t? Maybe you were headed down a path that seemed good, but it was not the one God had designed for you? How about when the dream we are dreaming, the illness that needs to be healed, the marriage that needs to be restored, or the child that needs to be conceived has run smack into a huge barrier that says STOP. Dear Go...

Send us Fan Mail YOU are God’s handiwork! I don’t know about you friend but I can easily believe that I am a “work in progress but not so easily believe GOD is at work in my messy life.  Let’s pause and consider the word MESSY! Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to...

Send us Fan Mail 2 Timothy 4:2 charges us to be ready in season or out of season.  Let me ask you in this moment of pause, might you be in the middle of a life mess?  Maybe even a heartbreak or a loss?  Let’s pause today and ask Jesus, “Am I ready Lord, if a need or an opportunity or a divine appointment dropped onto my path today? Am I ready to respond?”  If not, let’s take this pause to ask, “Lo...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at www.patlayton.net PLUS my  IG REELS https://www.instagram.com/patlayton/reels/ Find DEEPER DIVE Pause notes...

Send us Fan Mail John 17:15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Thank you for joining me on today's Permission to Pause. I would love to hear from you! For comments and episode suggestions contact pat@patlayton.net I'd love to have you vsist my BLOG to join the conversation at patlayton.net Join the conversation via my blog at...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you, Lord, for being a safe haven for me today. Thank you that nothing is hidden form you and I am FREE to run into your arms with everything! I don’t have to hide anything from you. Thank you for giving your life for me. My freedom from shame, heartbreak, and fear. Thank you for setting me free and leading me to the help I need. I receive the gift of today and know it is th...