She Wrestles with God | Daily Devotional for Strong Women

If you’ve ever opened the Bible and immediately felt confused, intimidated, or honestly kind of dumb, you are not alone... In this episode, I'm talking about how I went from feeling like I was reading a different language -- and spending HOURS trying to understand a single page (even after going to Church for most of my life) -- to feeling like I couldn't get enough of the Word and losing...

You do not have to bring God the cleaned-up version of what you’re feeling... In this episode, I’m sharing THREE Bible verses for the woman who is anxious, afraid, spiraling, embarrassed, overwhelmed, or trying to numb her way through something you does not know how to carry anymore. If you’ve been trying to fix it yourself, hide the messy parts, or hold the whole thing together without falling ap...

You'd be surprised how much some of the seemingly harmless words you use every single day are actually bringing you down and giving your power away. In this episode, I'm talking about some of the everyday phrases I've caught myself using in this stressful season of work, wedding, and overwhelm, that have kept me from seeing God's works, love, and grace sitting right in front of me....

This is the verse (Jacob Wrestles with God) that our whole show ([She] Wrestles with God) is named after, and today I’m coming back to it again with a very full heart... If you’ve been wrestling with God, questioning your faith, feeling pulled back to the Bible, or wondering why you still keep holding on, I really hope this episode meets you where you are. I’m also asking for your prayers as this...

If you've been craving deeper connections and seeking stronger female friendship, this one is for you... But, be careful what you pray for, because the type of person who sharpens another isn't just someone who is going to clap for you, they're going to call you to something (and hopefully, SOMEONE) even higher. I hope this episode helps you recognize the types of people you need in th...

This replay is part engagement Q&A, part dating pep talk, and totally a reminder that God’s timing and plans are so much better than anything we could force for ourselves... I’m sharing how Honey and I met, when he knew, when I knew, why dating sober changed everything for us, and what it felt like to finally experience a relationship that was peaceful, steady, and rooted in God. If you’re sin...

If the dating strategies aren’t working, maybe it’s because you were never supposed to be playing games in the first place… In this episode, I’m talking about the dating tricks you were taught: playing hard to get, waiting to text back, making the first move, being as easy to date as possible, and all the little ways we try to make dating “work” while quietly burning out from dating and losing our...

There are seasons when your thoughts feel so loud, so heavy, and so out of control that you barely recognize yourself... In this episode, I’m sharing five Bible verses for anxiety, fear, worry, overthinking, and the moments when you feel like you have no idea what to do next. If you’ve been spiraling, grieving, panicking, stressing about money, replaying the worst-case scenario, or quietly wonderi...

Your relationship with God may be personal, but that doesn’t mean it was meant to stay hidden... In this episode, I’m talking about what it looks like to stop separating your faith from the rest of your life and start bringing God into the small, normal, everyday moments. If you’ve ever felt afraid to talk about Jesus because you don’t know enough, aren’t “Christian enough,” or don’t want to sound...

I found the journals I wrote before I met my fiancé, and honestly, they explained SO MUCH... In this episode, I’m talking about the prayers, patterns, dating choices, manifestations, and worldly advice that kept me stuck in a loop long before I could recognize what God actually had planned for me. (As it turns out, I kept telling myself I trusted God’s timing, but my actions, standards, and relati...

There are seasons when your relationships, your work, your family, and your finances can feel sad, empty, hopeless, and DRY. In this replay episode, Jacquelyn Smith returns to go even deeper into the prayer and the verse she spoke over her life when she was going through her hardest season of grief, thinking her second marriage was on the brink of divorce, and she was taking the biggest risk of he...

Christians are the most judgmental people on the planet... That's how she felt, until one sentence from a man flipped everything she thought she knew about Jesus and encouraged her to just start talking to God. Jacqueline Smith joins "She Wrestles with God" for a two-part replay, where we talk about starting a brand new relationship with the Lord, understanding some of the seemingly...

For so long, I chased validation... Whether it was wanting to be chosen by the right man, accepted by the cool groups of friends, or counting followers online. I thought THOSE would make me feel complete. But, nope. In this replay episode, I’m talking about what changed when I stopped making love about being picked and started understanding what it truly means to build relationships (and friendshi...

You keep telling yourself it was just bad luck, poor timing, or the wrong guy, but what if there’s a deeper pattern God is trying to help you see... In this episode, I’m talking about toxic dating patterns, ignored red flags, drinking on dates, and some of the ways we accidentally settle for less and date down. If you’re tired of attracting emotionally unavailable or emotionally immature men and a...

You keep waiting for their approval before you go for the BIG thing, but a part of you already knows it may not be coming (at least not anytime soon) ... And here's the TRUTH: Sometimes the people who love you most are the ones who have the hardest time seeing who you’re becoming. (Not even JESUS was taken seriously in his own hometown.) If you’ve ever felt dismissed, underestimated, or quietl...

You’ve been trying to date your way for long enough, and it's just not working (maybe you find yourself in the same patterns over and over again). So, maybe it's time to try something different... In this episode, Alex Weber shares how he met, dated, fell in love with, got engaged to, and married his wife Jessica in less than a year, after finally surrendering his relationships to God. (UP...

There are moments when you think what you need is rest, a reset, a vacation, or a break from everything, when what you really need is to get reintroduced to the presence of God. In this episode, we're talking about Jesus as the vine, us as the branches, and the ways we accidentally plug into Instagram, comparison, attention, control, and everything else before we plug back into Him. If you’ve...

If you’ve been trying to control the outcome, break an old pattern, or figure out why the thing you want so badly keeps feeling blocked, GIRL, we feel your struggle. In this conversation with Ivory Hecker, we talk about the ways in which we resist trusting God, how spiritual warfare will try to sabotage your progress, and the POWER of meditation, forgiveness, and BIBLICAL fasting. If you’ve been p...

Waiting on God can feel confusing, frustrating, and so much harder than everyone makes it sound... In this replay episode, I’m sharing my FIVE favorite Bible verses for when you're waiting, wrestling, doubting, FREAKING OUT, and trying to make peace with the timeline you would not have chosen for yourself. I'm especially thinking of you, the woman who is STILL praying for the husband, baby...

In this episode, we're talking about the ways the Proverbs 31 wife modeled what it looks like to lead a home with wisdom, discipline, and discernment, especially when it comes to money, responsibility, and stewardship. If you dread looking at your bank account, avoid understanding your finances, or if your solution is just waiting for someone else (a husband) to handle it, this one is for you....

This replay is especially for the woman who is entering a new city, new season, new job, new church, new relationship status, or new version of yourself, and you're realizing it very well might be time for some NEW FRIENDS too. (Sometimes a new season requires new friends -- and sometimes, it requires you to become a better one, too.) In this episode, we talk about what it's like to move s...

You keep running back to the old patterns of what you know won't actually make you feel any better -- hiding in work, ordering more food, texting that guy, or watching just one more episode. Or maybe you don't even realize how much the scrolling and staying up late are burning you out, keeping you stuck, and (ultimately) getting between you and God. In this episode we talk about how to fin...

If you're feeling unsure about your future, constantly praying for more clarity, and struggling to let God lead you, this replay is for you. Trent Shelton is back for a very special edition of our daily devotional, and he's sharing the verse his mama highlighted in the Bible in a season when he felt nothing was going his way. She said to him, "Baby, this verse is for you." So, BA...

Our conversation about being INTENTIONALLY SINGLE continues to be our top downloaded episode across all audio platforms, so AJ Norman is BACK to talk about readying our hearts and minds to start intentionally DATING. In this episode, we talk about getting clear about what you actually WANT (not just what you've settled for), the boundaries we set BEFORE we ever even go on the first date, and t...

Sometimes the thing you thought would give you freedom can slowly start running your life... In this episode, I’m being really honest about the ways I accidentally let my business, ambition, money, and irrational ideas of success start running me instead of allowing God to lead me. If your work, your business, or your desire for “more” has started burning you out, costing you your peace, or turnin...