195: Unshakable Peace in the Midst of Chaos with Katie Davis Majors
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast
Release Date: 04/07/2023
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast
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info_outlineKatie Davis Majors is a wife, adoptive and bio mom, New York Times Bestselling Author, founder of Amazima Ministries in Uganda, and author of the brand new book, “Safe All Along: Trading Our Fears and Anxieties for God’s Unshakable Peace“. Our prayer is that you would come away from this episode feeling equipped and encouraged to walk in God's peace no matter what chaos life brings.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT ON THIS EPISODE:
~Katie’s newest book, Safe All Along: Trading Our Fears and Anxieties for God’s Unshakable Peace, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect
~What it looks like to live in the peace Jesus promised us in an increasingly chaotic world, when we don’t feel it at first
~A powerful story from Katie’s own life that taught her that God sees the big picture we can’t see and is looking out for us in ways we can’t fathom
~How nearsighted our perspective is in this life, and how different God’s is
~Going beyond just intellectually knowing that He sees us or will keep us safe to actually walking and living as if we know it is true
~Keeping our eyes on God’s unchanging character as opposed to our life circumstances
~Understanding that surrendering every part of our lives to God’s loving hands is a safe thing to do
~Attachment parenting and what this practice shows us for our relationship with God
~A helpful practice for when you’re beginning to feel anxious
~Refusing to clean things up and fix them on our own before coming to Him with them; bringing all our raw and messy straight to Him for Him to care for them
~Understanding that if we just stuff our worries, they are all still there, they are just hidden (and why that doesn’t help!)
~The fact that we cannot see the face of God if we do not sometimes wrestle with Him over things; why it’s ok to ask God questions (as the Psalmist does repeatedly!) and how our faith is built when we do
~Remembering that God will not drop anything we give to Him, but instead can be trusted with all of it
~The faith-builder it is to be in hard places and be forced to trust God with them
~God’s presence as better in the first place than our understanding the reasons for what it happening in our lives and what is going on behind the scenes
~God Himself as the gift
~Several practical, relevant practices that equip and help us to live in God’s peace - rest, lament, being in the Word, prayer, community, service, and more
~The growing, healing power of lament (and why it is ok and good to bring our hurts and laments to God)
~How it is possible and ok for sadness and praise to exist at the same time
~And more!
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