2. How Desperation Brings Heavenly Transformation with Hannah
Release Date: 08/19/2021
Connecting with Your Divine Identity
Conversations of Christ
In this conversation with Jacquie Carter and Laura Eyi, we talk about daughter disciples in the scripture that have taught us more about our relationship with Christ. Seeing ourselves in the shoes of these women can help us better understand our divine identity and the deep love and concern our Savior has for us. We also talk about connecting our divine identity with our daily living. We can create intention each day to live aligned with what we value most. On June 8, I will be joined by these two wonderful women in hosting a Christ-centered Yoga and Meditation Retreat in...
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Create a Heaven Connecting Morning Routine
Conversations of Christ
Every morning we have the opportunity to build and strengthen our foundation in Christ and our eternal identity. In this episode, I share 3 key principles that have helped me create a heaven-connecting morning routine. This has become a time to connect with God and myself. Filling ourselves with God's love and feeling grounded allows us to show up for the people in our lives with greater love, patience, and presence. Let's fill our cups with God's love so we can share it with the people in our lives for the rest of the day! Visit to find out all the details of our May...
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How I Prayer Journal
Conversations of Christ
The scriptures teach us that God speaks to us in our own language, according to our own understanding. I think that when we understand the significance that God speaks so individually to us, according to how we will best understand and hear him, it can help us see how personal and intimate our relationship with God can be. God knows you that perfectly. God speaks your language. In this episode, I share how I have come to better hear how God speaks to me through prayer journaling. This was originally recorded as a bonus class in the 40-day Journey with Christ meditation...
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Purposeful Prayer and Seeking Truth
Conversations of Christ
In this conversation with Amy Lamborn, we explore what it looks like in life to receive the Savior's rest. Things like purposeful prayer and seeking truth from many God-inspired sources are two ways our souls can find and receive rest. If you're desiring to truly find rest this upcoming year, we will be hosting a Christian yoga and meditation retreat February 6-10 in Hawaii. We discuss the theme in this episode, Finding Diving Rest, and share a little more of what we'll be learning and practicing together. For all the details, you can go to . Thanks for joining us!
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Finding Divine Rest + Retreat Announcement
Conversations of Christ
Finding rest in Jesus Christ is so critical today for our spiritual survival, growth, and joy. It is here we can receive God's grace and strength to show up in all other places in life the way God created us to. As we quiet our minds and still our souls, we come to experience God's love and see our divine identity clearly. In this episode, we talk about what finding divine rest means and about our upcoming retreat, a week focused on creating soul-resting rituals to help your 2024 be a year of peace, joy, and purpose. You can learn about the upcoming Christ-centered yoga and meditation...
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Finding Divine Rest + Retreat Announcement
Conversations of Christ
Finding rest in Jesus Christ is so critical today for our spiritual survival, growth, and joy. It is here we can receive God's grace and strength to show up in all other places in life the way God created us to. As we quiet our minds and still our souls, we come to experience God's love and see our divine identity clearly. In this episode, we talk about what finding divine rest means and about our upcoming retreat, a week focused on creating soul-resting rituals to help your 2024 be a year of peace, joy, and purpose. You can learn about the upcoming Christ-centered yoga and meditation...
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Our Prince of Peace
Conversations of Christ
Jesus Christ, our Prince of Peace, helps us create peace within our own hearts, our families, and our communities. Join my conversation with Laura and Joanna about how we've experienced Christ enabling us to feel peace in different life experiences. You can find out more about the Christ-centered yoga and meditation retreat at https://www.restandabide.com/Hawaii2024Retreat
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Becoming Peacemakers: A Conversation with Laura and Joanna | Part 1
Conversations of Christ
“Charity is the principal characteristic of a true follower of Jesus Christ. Charity defines a peacemaker. When we humble ourselves before God and pray with all the energy of our hearts, God will grant us charity.” (President Russell M. Nelson) Join me with Laura and Joanna as we talk about being peacemakers through seeing others deeply, listening and communicating with love, and share examples of those who have created peace in hard situations.
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Creating Inner Peace with Self-Compassion Meditation
Conversations of Christ
Becoming a peacemaker starts within your own heart and mind. As we experience greater inner peace, we are better able to be patient and create peace in our outer relationships and daily experiences. This episode includes a ~7-minute Christ-centered, self-compassion meditation. It provides a guide to creating a kind and loving personal narrative you can use to help process through difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences to cultivate greater inner peace. Creating a safe, kind relationship with ourselves allows us to better show up in the other parts of our life...
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Making Peace: Daughter Disciple Deborah (Judges 4-5)
Conversations of Christ
Join me in this episode as we talk about the powerful ability women have to create peace and that we receive the grace to do so from our Maker. "Charity, or the pure love of Christ, is motherhood in a very practical and real way...My mother-work will come directly through the whispers of the Holy Spirit. And it is no less real for being unrelated by blood and bone.” (Sharon Eubank) This “mother work” as Sharon put it, and as we saw in the example of Deborah, is bearing with others and nurturing them in God. It’s being yourself and holding up your unique light with courage, it’s...
info_outlineBeing desperate can actually be a really good thing. When we are desperate, we work harder and do more to be guided by heaven.
In this episode, we'll explore the experience of Hannah in 1 Samuel. We'll see how she dealt with the sorrow of unmet expectations and how her desperation brought both an internal and external transformation.
"Hannah came to realize that no one could fill the emptiness in her life, but the savior... it became an important catalyst that led Hannah to discover the Lord's teachings for her. Through his compassionate acceptance and limitless strength. God helped this Israelite woman recognize that she could contribute to the Lord's work and have a fruitful life." (Women of the Old Testament, Camille Fronk Olsen)
Together we'll see how we can find pieces of our own story and our own encounters with Christ through the experience of Hannah. Our challenges have great purpose and when we give them and our commitment to the Lord, he can make something of us much greater than we could ever imagine.
I invite you to consider how your own challenging circumstances can draw you closer to God to experience your own change of heart, of vision, and who you're born to be.
Resources:
Women of the Old Testament by Camille Fronk Olsen
Hannah: Devoted Handmaid of the Lord by Linda M. Campbell
The Holy Bible … with Commentary and Critical Notes, 6 vols. by Adam Clarke
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