Purposeful Women of God

Happy New Year everybody!  We are excited to begin a new year with you all and look forward to what 2024 has in store. Today we are going to begin a new series around our theme for this new year which is Focus More in 2024. Over the next few weeks we are going to be diving deep into 1 Corinthians and studying everything from unity in the church to women's roles within the church and everythin...

We have spent the last few weeks looking at the characters that are part of the Christmas story.  We began with Mary and Joseph then moved to the Angels and last week we looked at Jesus himself.  In todays episode we will be diving into the Shepherds and the Wisemen.  We discuss the shepherds encounter with the Angel that night Jesus was born and the reason God may have chose the Sh...

Today we discuss the greatest gift of all the reason why we celebrate Christmas - Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We talk about some of the controversy that surrounds Christmas, like was Jesus really born on December 25th?  We talk about the first reference of the coming Messiah being all the way back in Genesis which was approximately 1,500 years before Jesus was born.  We look...

Today’s episode is completely devoted to angels.  We set the record straight on what they are and what they aren’t.  Did you know angels are mentioned at least 273 times in 34 books of the bible?  They must be pretty import! We discuss the only 3 angels mentioned by name in the bible Gabriel, Michael and Lucifer.  We also talk about how angels do not look like our Christmas pla...

We are so excited to begin our Christmas series today.  Throughout the next few weeks we are going to be going on a journey through the Christmas story but not the traditional way you may be accustomed to.  We are going to be doing a deep dive into the people/groups of people within the Christmas story and today we are beginning with Mary and Joseph. We first discuss Jewish customs and h...

In Today’s episode we are summarizing 2 Thessalonians.  It’s a short book with just 3 chapters but is full of so much wisdom and encouragement for faithful believers. 2 Thessalonians was written because someone pretending to be Paul had written a letter to the Thessalonians telling them that they were living in the tribulation and this was the reason they were facing so much persecution.&nbsp...

Today on this Thanksgiving week we are wrapping up our study on 1 Thessalonians discussing what the bible says about thankfulness.  We also discuss the opposite of thankfulness, something that seems to be more prevalent in the day we’re living in…discontentment. We start by reading 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 where the bible tells us to give thanks in everything…yes, EVERYTHING!  We challeng...

In today’s episode we are discussing how we are supposed to live, behave and respond when we see the end approaching.   We first go back to 1 Thessalonians 2 and take a look at what Paul has to say.  We discuss why Paul is writing this letter and what happened to him just before he wrote it. We look at Paul’s life and discuss 5 attributes that we can take and apply to our own lives:...

“Why should I care about Israel?” This week we are beginning our study through 1 Thessalonians and connecting it to the war in Israel and why as Christians we should care. We cover the timeline of Israel and the ongoing conflict over the land in Israel.  “The Pour Over News” gives a great timeline of the dispute over the land in Israel dating all the way back to the book of Genesis. We discus...

In today’s episode we had the privilege to speak with Kelly Lester, A pro life advocate that travels all over advocating for the lives of children but that wasn’t always Kelly’s story.  Kelly had to go through a dark valley before she surrendered to God and allowed him to use her brokenness for his Glory.  She speaks of going through addiction, domestic violence and even 4 abortions befo...

In today’s episode we are speaking with the founder of Hope for Hall, Caroline Filchak. Caroline is a Hall County native and has such an inspiring story. She speaks of living a very charmed life with her family as she grew up and she would eventually go on to marry her high school sweetheart. Caroline and her husband welcomed their first child into the world a healthy baby boy but it wasn’t until...

In Today’s episode we welcomed in a very special guest to the podcast, Four time Emmy winning journalist and broadcast news anchor for the NBC affiliate WCNC Charlotte, Sarah French. We enjoyed hearing Sarah’s testimony as well as how she’s living out the purpose God has for her life. She discusses a heart-breaking interview she had to cover and how she used the heart break during that time to mak...

This month is pastor appreciation month and we thought what better way to celebrate than to interview a seasoned pastor and his wife.  We were so honored to have the opportunity to interview Dr. John Dell and his wife Debbie on this week's episode.  They gave us a behind the scenes look at what it means to be a pastor and some of the challenges and joys they’ve faced in their ministry.&n...

In today’s episode we are bringing you into the live podcast we did at Talmo Baptist Church over the weekend. We want to thank all the ladies of Talmo for making the night extra special, the singers for being with us, everyone that helped with food, all the vendors that setup to make the shopping experience possible, all the men of Talmo that ensured the night ran smoothly and a big thanks to our...

Today we are wrapping up our Fruit of the Spirit series discussing temperance or self control.  We discuss what it means to be out of control and list some ways you may be out of control.  It could be your emotions that are out of control or it could be an addiction you have to alcohol or drugs that’s controlling your life, or an addiction to pornography, you may even find yourself out o...

We are nearing the end of our time in Galatians 5:22, 23 studying the Fruit of the Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance, against such there is now law.” The definition of meekness defined by Regent University, “Meekness is essentially an attitude of quality of heart whereby a person is willing to accept and su...

As we continue the Fruit of the Spirit series today, we are looking at the fruit of Faith.  Faith can be very complex to understand but our desire is to give you a foundational understanding of what faith is, examples of faith in the Bible and practical ways we can live by faith. What is faith?  The definition of faith can be found in Hebrews 11:1. Tony Evans’ gives a great definition in...

In today’s episode we are moving onto another Fruit of the Spirit talking all things patience with our special guest Lesia Carroll. We open up discussing the difference between fruits & gifts as they can often be confused. We discuss how patience must be exercised just as our bodies do.  We don’t get in shape by just sitting on the couch, we must be intentional to exercise and it’s the sa...

In today’s episode our special guest was not able to be with us so we are jumping ahead in the fruit of the spirit series to talk about gentleness and goodness. Since these two fruits are very similar we thought we would cover them together to showcase the similarities but also the differences between the two. We take a dive into the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37.  We discuss h...

If we’re ever asked “what is one thing that we would wish for,” what would it be? Most everyone would say world peace.  So why haven’t we achieved it?  Why are there still wars?  Why is there still fighting among people?  Is peace something that can ever be obtained? If God is truly a good God then why is there still famine, wars and crime?  We are addressing this and more...

Today we are continuing our Fruit of the Spirit series talking about Joy. We would like to point out something that is often overlooked in regards to the Fruit of the Spirit and that’s the fact the word fruit is not in plural form in this passage.  It can seem strange from a grammatical standpoint but this is because ALL of these attributes are given to us when we are saved and when the Holy...

This week we are kicking off our Fruit of the Spirit study with the first fruit mentioned in Galatians…Love. We read Galatians 5:22-28 Discuss the 4 types of love: 1 - Eros: Romantic Love 2 - Storge: Family Love 3- Philia: Brotherly Love 4- Agape: God’s divine love; unconditional love We discuss what love isn’t and what love is and also debunk some of the world's most quoted sayings about love tod...

Interview with Kaley Shawley: Join us today as we wrap up our mind, body and soul series with an interview with our dear friend, Kaley Shawley. Kaley is a young wife and mother who is currently living with cancer. Since her cancer diagnosis over a year ago, Kaley has faced extensive surgeries as well as an intense form of radiation that put her in isolation away from her family for 21 days. She sh...

We hope this series has helped equip you with some practical tools & biblical wisdom to encourage you to live a healthier life.  Remember that it’s never too late to start implementing healthier choices for your life. We have already discussed having a healthy mind and a healthy body so today we are discussing what it means to have a healthy soul, which we feel is the most important. We d...

In today’s episode in our series of healthy living, we are tackling the topic of healthy bodies.  We have both acknowledged that this is a struggle for each of us and according to our Instagram poll, most of you feel the same way!  Our poll indicated that 75% of you felt like the health of your body was your greatest weakness when compared to mind and soul. Here’s what we need to underst...