Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten

Hard-heartedness doesn't always look like we think. It can be anxiety, depression, indecision or any other place we're letting ourselves be convinced in a direction other than acting on His Word. How do we notice God's tenderness in these areas of our lives and allow His softening grace to loosen the grip of hard-heartedness?  Encounters:  1.) Where are the areas of hard-heartedness in my life? 2....

Sometimes we can become discouraged because something we felt we were called to or promised didn't work out in a past season. Be encouraged by this message that God puts purpose in every season and that the timing of His promises is just as critical as the promises themselves.  Encounters:  1.) Is there an area that I've been stuck in instructions from an old season? 2.) What does "get up, go now"...

Usually right before the breakthrough- when we are on the threshold of our promise- is when we are stretched, discouraged, and tempted to say "this is good enough. I'm done". How can we get the hope to push through to our promised land? Encounters:  1.) What are my areas of complaint? Give me insight into how these areas are opportunities for you. 2.) What are generational areas of complaint? How...

When we get stirred up, we get cloudy on who we are. How do we get with God and get a view of who we are- aside from what we're doing or what's going on in our life? Learn more with me about what it means to "be still" in a world where activity almost never ceases.  Encounters:  1.) What's something you can't see? How can you be still or TRUST in that area? 2.) Allow the activities to be pushed as...

Did you know that God wants you to WANT what He's destined you for? God loves to move in and through our desires WHEN we submit them to Him. Let's take this week to become aware of a dream or desire we have and to submit to the Lord how we can begin to walk in it right here, right now. Encounters:  1.) What is a dream or desire that you've placed in my heart? (or multiple!) 2.) How can I begin to...

We long to be wrapped up in God's presence, but life doesn't allow us to stay in moments of inactivity for long. How do we break places that are barren or hopeless in our lives and become wrapped up in His hope in a new way? Encounters:  What am I wrapped up in currently? What "more important" things do you have for me?

We are all asking questions right now about God's plans and are callings- even if we don't realize it. What questions are you asking, and what is it saying about your hope level? Be encouraged this week by a "recalibration" encounter in which we focus more on God's goodness and less on the obstacles. Encounters:  1.) What areas am I leaning on due to a past season that are not helpful but harmful?...

Community can be a source of immense stress but also the answer to immense stress. Hear this encouragement for whatever season you're in with "community"- from burned out to lonely. God has more than what you need. 

Often times in hard seasons we're waiting for God to clear our path. Hebrews 12 shows us there's a partnering we can do that actually levels our own path. How do we do this? Encounters: 1. Where have I grown relaxed or paralyzed and been neglecting or omitting things? 2. What does it look like for me to clear the path vertically? What actual actions and changes can I make right now to do this?

Before they could ever have any idea what was coming, the first call of Jesus to His disciples was to leave their nets? What does that look like for you? Spend time hearing the Lord this week for your own situation and receive new hope and inspiration in following Jesus. Encounters:  1.) What does it look like to leave my nets? (What are my nets?) 2.) What does it look like to follow you right her...

We all love hearing that it's an appointed time or season for something God has for us, but did you know that in every appointed time and season Biblically, God prescribes two things? Find out what they are and how you can make them a part of your season. Encounters 1. What does celebration look like in my day today? week? season? 2. What does rest look like in my day today? week? season?

Between a calling, a word, or a dream and it's fulfillment, hopelessness can take root. This Bible-based word reminds us that even a tiny bit of faith and obedience can turn things around overnight.  Encounters: 1. In what area have I had a calling/word/dream and lost hope for it? Refresh and remind me of Your words over my life. 2. What does having a "mustard seed" of faith look like in this seas...

In what ways are you sowing into the next generation? Maybe through your family? Your church? Your job? Here are five to teach the next generation and also have Holy Spirit help you search your own life as places of potential growth. -Teach them their hunger is for God -Teach them to not be addicted to hype -Teach them faithfulness -Teach them the value of a servant heart -Teach them Biblical trut...

Are you in a season where you feel like nothing "big" is happening? Or maybe things aren't panning out the way you envisioned. How do we meet God with our trust and obedience in a way that stirs our hope and produces opportunity for the miraculous.  Encounter questions: 1. What are areas of victory or high regard in my life right now that I may be overlooking? 2. Where is an area I feel powerless...

The world values exclusivity, but the Lord looks for accessibility. Which is different than inclusivity. How do we engage with God wherever we are to find out- right in that moment- how to model the accessibility of Jesus? Encounter questions: 1. What does a posture of accessibility to You look like for me in this moment? 2. How (if at all) do you need me to be accessible to those around me in the...

How can we see the places we feel stuck or thrust into with new enthusiasm and purpose? Find out where God has placed you as a gate keeper, what that means, and how that can take us deeper in hearing from God. Encounter questions: 1. Where are you a gatekeeper right now? 2. What would you say to me as gatekeeper? 3. What do I need to get out or bring in before your business can be done?

When we do thankfulness the right way, there is no way we can't come out of it more JOYFUL, and the joy of the Lord is our strength. What ways do we commonly get "off" in our approach to thankfulness, and how can this 15 minute mind-shifting encounter change our day?

Not every "prophetic" word should get to grow in our lives. How do we sift through all the words out there to find what God wants to plant in our hearts?   Encounters:  What is chaff in my prophetic life? Are there words from others or even myself that I need to recognize as chaff? What words are you planting in my life?

We are constantly faced with "good news" and "bad news". How do we identify and turn from the bad news that's trying to draw us out of hope or our identity and walk towards the good news that God has spoken specifically for our life right now? Encounters:  Where do I need your healing touch in my past that will keep me from projecting bad things onto my future (worry)? Where do I need your healing...

Our greatest struggles seem like the last places God can use. Be encouraged by this insight on how God does battle, and how He builds us up with the spiritual "plunder" from the enemy.    Encounters:  Highlight for me an area (present tor past) that looks like a battle ground but is actually your building ground.  What have I counted as lost that you want to reclaim? How do you want to rebuild my...

What we see on the surface can be deceiving. Our focus needs to be way deeper. How do we identify the seed of promise God has dropped in our lives for this season and prevent ourselves from spiritually "greying out"?   Encounters:  What is the seed of hope you've planted in me this season? What does it look like right now for me to grow my roots deeper? Identify with the help of the Holy Spirit an...

Is it time for that now? Can we know God's timing? Well...yes and no... explore what Scripture says about God's timing and how and shift in perspective can connect us in a deeper way to God's timeline that is woven into our very being.     Encounters:  Is there anywhere where I am calling it quits too soon?  Is there anywhere I need to adjust my timeline of early or late?  What are yearnings in my...

In hard times the thing we need most is hope. This week's encounter is about seeking the Lord not on how to get to the next season but on how to make hope come to you right here, right now.     Encounter:  Show me the seeds my "hard" is sowing Declare: "In the land of ____ I will be fruitful and blessed"

This is a word for the run-down and heavy-burdened. Only when we fully understand what God means by having "set us free" can we respond and occupy fully the places He has given us responsibility in.    Encounters:  God, show me where I have made my yoke heavy. God, how would you like me to taste your freedom in a deeper way?

Will I have enough? Am I asking for too much? These questions are two that most believers struggle with at some time or another. Where is your seat? What is your portion? How can we find peace in these places and know that we are both irreplaceable and unconditionally loved?   Encounters:  God, where am I worried about having too little? God, where am I not taking my full portion? Lord, show me wh...