Open the Word with Circle of Friends

Missy and her daughter-in-law are wrapping up their conversation about how we view people from the understanding that it's okay if they have a negative view of us.  Others don't have to believe we're right, because Jesus is righteous and we can rest in knowing who we are in Him. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gma...

Gwyn's walking through more of 1&2 Kings and taking a look at several passages with the prophet Elijah. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Beth and Missy are encouraging us to get in the Word even if we don’t feel like it’s doing anything or even when we’re struggling to understand what we’re reading and trusting that it will not return void. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Genesis 11:27-32 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fat...

Missy and Beth Horsfall are continuing to talk about how we view people and remembering that we are a family, we are brothers and sisters in Christ, and that our love for one another should point people to the love of Christ. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and said to th...

Gwyn's moving into 1 & 2 Kings in her Old Testament survey. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Beth and Missy are opening the Word to Philippians 2 and talking about how we are commanded to do everything without grumbling or complaining and how having an attitude of gratitude keeps us in the right perspective.  The conversation leads to Romans 12 and how heeding Paul’s words there ties into what he had said in Philippians. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newslet...

Missy and her daughter-in-law Beth are continuing the conversation about how we see people, and today they're talking about how recognizing that everyone has a story helps gives us the perspective we need. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Gwyn's taking a pause after going through 1 and 2 Samuel to compare two chapters from each and how Saul and David responded when confronted about sin in our lives and encouraging us to respond well when we sin. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- 1 Samuel 15 2 Samuel 12 Exodus 17:13-16 And Joshua overwhelme...

Gwyn and Missy are talking about this interesting chapter of the Bible where Moses meets with the Lord.  ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Exodus 33 The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go up from here, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...

Missy's daughter-in-law is back and they're talking about seeing people purely as God sees them - not in light of their circumstance but in light of who God has created that person to be. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Psalm 139 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2  You know when I sit dow...

Gwyn is taking us through the rest of 2 Samuel, touching on David's sin with Bathsheba and some difficult chapters about family sin. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Beth and Missy are talking about what it looks like to take small, measurable steps, how we need discipline to make those steps, and how we do that in faith and prayer. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Resources Mentioned: Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table by Louie Giglio New Morning Mercies by P...

Missy and her daughter-in-law Beth are talking about empowering people - what it means to God has given purpose to each person, to trust in His sovereignty in how He has equipped them, and to strive to see others with His eyes and see the good in them He has created. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Scri...

Gwyn's moving on to 2 Samuel in her Old Testament survey series. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Beth and Missy are chatting about what it looks like to truly be a peacemaker, and not just seek peace at all costs. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Scriptures Referenced: Matthew 5:1-10 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened...

JB, Gwyn, and Missy wrap up this archive week talking about Philippians chapter 3. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Philippians 3:7-11 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord...

From David and Goliath, to his friendship with Jonathan, to his wife Abigail's story, Gwyn's covering the rest of 1 Samuel today in her Old Testament survey series. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Beth and Missy are sitting at Beth’s kitchen table today and it’s stirring up many memories of Beth sitting at the table, praying for her husband who at the time didn’t believe in Jesus, and the thirty years following how God has worked at that table and in her family. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Wh...

Gwyn's continuing on in 1 Samuel in her Old Testament Survey series. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

The conversation continues on mentoring and Gwyn, Missy, and JB are talking about practical steps you can take to move forward in obedience and partake in a mentoring relationship. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Old Testament Survey continues as Gwyn gives insight into the family history behind 1 Samuel and more about the book. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Jess is back and talking all about discernment, about how serving in southeast Asia as a missionary and returning has given her a different perspective on the American church and how believers need to be in the Word. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- Jude vs 3-4 Beloved, although I was very eager to write...

Missy, Gwyn, and JB are talking all about mentorship today.  How to find a mentor and how to step out in faith, ignore the voices that tell you you’re not enough, and mentor women coming up behind you. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- 2 Timothy 2:1-2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace...

Our Old Testament Survey continues today and Gwyn dives into the book of Ruth. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com

Jess is talking about how God divinely appointed a friendship in her life and allowed her friend to bless her but also how he spoke into her friend's life as she was able to meet needs in Jess's family. ----- Find us on Facebook and Instagram Sign up for our newsletter here Send us a message to openthewordpodcast@gmail.com ----- God is always previous. In practice, however, (that is, where God’s p...