Permission to Pause with Pat Layton

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...

Send us Fan Mail I cried into the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah . Psalm 3:4 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.n...

Send us Fan Mail Greetings Podcast Friends-- THANK YOU for your support and kind messages! So far--2023 has been a bit of a scheduling challenge for my podcast but since I receive so many comments requesting replays or more on certain topics, I decided to run a few back by you to keep you in PAUSE MODE! I hope you enjoy PAUSING TO BE REFRESHED!! As always--I love hearing from you via any social ne...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 113:3 says that “From sunrise to sunset we are to praise The Lord”! WOW! That seems like a pretty tall order for us girls, right? It often seems like from sunrise to sunset we are running ragged —hustle to hustle—family career home friends... Life simply gets too busy with living to fit in one more thing, even praising God. My name is Pat Layton, and this is your Permission...