Steps to Trusting

Notes and Quotes “Jesus is our truest friend.” –Jillian Wright   Click here for a full transcript of the show.    Do life’s circumstances leave you wondering what is God’s will?  How do you deal with this or handle that?  Where do you go from here? What is your next step? We often find ourselves in this place and it can be overwhelming.  I have gathered some verses and some questions into a journa...

What if our hope did not depend on circumstances? What if instead we could allow those same circumstances to help us realize our need from a good and faithful God?  For Jillian it was  when hope of circumstances improving was stripped away that she was truly able to focus on God as our lasting hope.  He is our hope that is secure outside of good or bad outcomes.      Click here for a full transcri...

2020 was my year of invited.  Wow, 2020 a very different year.  Could the challenges and the questions from 2020 actually be an invitation to see something differently? Could they invite us to see how much we need God and to trust him more?    If 2020 invited you to questions about God and about life, Alpha is the perfect place to explore more.  Click here to see a video about the course.   Click...

What Jesus did on Christmas calls us to praise Him.  Join us in praise to God for who He is and for what He has done.  Find more details about the Alpha course here .  Want to explore more about God and faith?  Yes, Alpha is for you.      Click here for a full transcript of the show.    Journaling Questions: ·      What verse or truth causes you to praise the Lord? ·      Does knowing that God is...

Notes and Quotes:  What does the Bible say about choices?  Listen in as Sarah Chang and I discuss choices and Ephesians 2:10 .  Find Sarah Chang @ssarahchange on Instagram Find Nancy Hicks @Nancyhickeslive on Instagram   “When we look to the Lord and walk towards him that is not a means of earning our standing with him, but the fruit of Christ having that standing for us, that every step is a step...

Click here for a full transcript of the show.    Journaling Questions: ·      Do you questions is God good? ·      Are you tempted to think it was something good in you that allows you to have relationship with God?  Look at Romans 9 .   ·      Do you think that you deserve God’s compassion? ·      Does this freedom from actions tempt you to disregard following God? ·      Matthew 20- does it seem...

If you have ever questioned, "is God good?" This episode is for you. Shelby Hughes shares how grief from experiencing a miscarriage brought her to this question of faith.     Click here for a full transcript of the show.  Click here to find Shelby Hughes’s book, Every Little Life .  Connect with Shelby on Instagram @ShelbyHugheswriter Affiliate links are used in this post.  If you choose...

This episode is full of verses from God’s word and reasons to be thankful for them.  I pray you are encouraged to keep on stepping.     Click here for a full transcript of the show.    Verses and Guests ·      Psalm 107 – Erin Michele ·      Matthew 7:7 – Lee Ann van der Kwast ·      Matthew 6:33-34 – Rachael Johnson ·      Philippians 4:6-7 – Carol O’Shea ·      Isaiah 40:31 – Annaliza Smith ·   ...

Happy Thanksgiving friends! This episode is full of verses from God’s word and reasons to be thankful for them.  I pray you are encouraged to keep on stepping.     Click here for a full transcript of the show.    Verses and Guests ·      Isaiah 30:21 – Kassidy James   ·      Psalm 23:2 – Alison Rockhold  ·      Psalm 90:12 & 14 – Jillian Wright ·      Psalm 62:8 – Anna Kiker ·      II Chronicl...

When we go to God in our need it can have a lasting impact.  Are we willing to step back and see that difficulty and need are something to be thankful for? Join Darragh Davis and me as we explore these truths.   Click here for a full transcript of the show.  Journaling Questions: ·      When you have a need, where do you go for help? ·      Are you willing to seek God? Read Jeremiah 29:13   ·     ...

This episode discusses what it means to step with the Spirit.  We consider how God does all the work and yet we get to participate.   Click here for a full transcript of the show.  Journaling Questions: ·      Start by reading Galatians 5:22-26 .  ·      Do you see fruit of the Spirit in your life? ·      Have you acknowledged and thanked God for working in you? ·      What are you trying to do th...

Notes and Quotes: In this episode, we are exploring the temptation to perform in order to gain approval or status.   “Are you striving for something you already have or something that is offered to you as a gift with no need to earn it? Friends, in Christ,  you are forgiven excepted. And righteous. Have you stepped into this relationship? Have you applied this truth to your life? Are you living in...

Notes and Quotes: In this conversation with Shannon Bradbury, Shannon shared how God worked in her heart to help heal from many challenges in life.   “God was closer to me and I was closer to him than any other time in my life .  He heard, he saw my tears and he comforted me and my pain and he was near me.  He doesn't change and he doesn't lie. Nothing can change his love for me.  I coul...

Notes and Quotes “Having a willingness to follow God is a surrendering of my own will and a desiring to step into God's will.”   Click here for a full transcript of the show.    Journaling Questions: ·      What is the between will and willingness? ·      Are you seeking something other than God’s will? ·      What is the position of your heart, seeking your will or seeking God’s will? ·     ...

Notes and Quotes: “God cares so deeply and intimately for us.  All I have to do is remember what he thinks about me and who he's created me to be…I feel like I'm on this lifelong journey of discovering what all he's put inside of me.” Journaling questions: •       What is a recent situation where you were willing to step out in obedience and faith?  •       How did you feel God’s st...

Notes and Quotes: “Elijah expected, a different response to his obedience. Elijah expected his actions to change things going around him, but Elijah did not have control.”  “But God, in this passage invites us to look to him, not at the overwhelming circumstances, not to look at our sins or the sins of others, but to look at who He is. And to remember that God has a plan and a purpose for us. And...

Notes and Quotes: Want a tool to help figure out your next step?  Sign up here .  Click here for a full transcript of the show.  Conversation with Kristen VanRaden. Connect with Kristen @kristenreadsandwrites.  I want to hear from you!  You can find me and join in the conversation on Facebook and Instagram @stepstotrusting. Hashtag your story of God’s faithfulness and stepping out in faith. #steps...

Notes and Quotes: I want to hear from you! You can find me and join in the conversation on Facebook and Instagram @stepstotrusting. Use #stepstotrusting to Hashtag your story of God’s faithfulness and stepping out in faith.   Click here for a full transcript of the show.  Check out the last show with Faith Raider. Want a tool to help figure out your next step?  Sign up here .   In this episode, we...

Notes and Quotes: This show is for anyone who has struggled through having questions in their faith or knows someone who is going through this hard time.  Faith Raider shares the challenge of going through a period where the faith she had was deconstructed.  She addresses how this process can be a very hard and lonely time.  However, she encourages listeners that questioning things about faith mov...

 Notes and Quotes What does trusting God look like? Trusting God more than a one-time decision.   “If we say that we trust God and it doesn't change or affect us, are we truly trusting him? Trust is active. It's seeing who God is, seeing his character, how he loves us and choosing to walk in the way that he desires of us instead of the way that we desire.” The  Steps to Trusting Podcast...