206: Tired of Trying with Ashley Morgan Jackson
Release Date: 08/11/2023
The Home and Hearth Podcast
s is a pastor’s wife, mom of 3, and author, most recently of the new children’s books, The Story of Home and The Story of Water. She has a passion to equip and encourage parents to know how to raise their children with the truths of God's Word even in hard seasons. We pray you come away from this episode deeply encouraged and inspired. What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Caroline’s two new children’s books, The Story of Water and The Story of Home, what led her to write them, and what readers can expect ~Caroline’s experience of now transitioning into writing children’s books...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
On today’s solo show, we are tackling the topic of giving thanks in all things - what it means, what it doesn't mean, and why it is actually what is best for you - no matter what you are going through. I hope you will come away from this episode feeling encouraged and inspired this Thanksgiving week. What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~1 Thessalonians 5:18 and what it does and does not mean ~The common misconception we make of thinking we are being called to give thanks *for* all things, and why it is important to understand we are actually called to give thanks *in* all things - how...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
Herbie Newell is the President and Executive Director of , an organization that is an adoption, orphan care, and foster care ministry. His passion with this organization is to see the Church be equipped to manifest the gospel to orphans, vulnerable children, and vulnerable women. This ministry exists to see the Church carry out their God-given mission in the gospel of justice and caring for the widow and the orphan, the stranger, the alien, the ones in need. This mission has been given to the Church, and it is the Church that is to do this work. With November being National Adoption Month, our...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
On today’s solo show, we are answering the question, "Why did Jesus come?" At face value, this seems like a very open and shut, easy question to answer - after all, He came to save sinners! And that's true! But Scripture actually outlines 22 other reasons why He came, as well - in addition to 2 things that were NOT reasons why He came. In other words, the full-orbed answer presented in this episode just might surprise you! What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Answering the question, "Why did Jesus come?" ~The 23 reasons that are outlined in Scripture as to why Jesus came to earth -...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
is a pastor's wife, mom of 4, writer, podcaster, and author, most recently of the new book, . Today she returns to the show to share about her new book and to encourage parents in the beauty of liturgical parenting. What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Kayla’s new book, ; what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~The meaningful aspect of the four seasons, and why they are important in our lives; the impact they have on us ~The importance of cultivating a slower, more contemplative lifestyle ~How the writing experience was the same and how it was different between Kayla’s...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
is a wife, mom, co-founder of the ministry , and co-author of the fantastic book, . On this episode she edifies and encourages us with the truth that we are to approach God wholly and with every aspect of ourselves, as opposed to living segmented lives. This is an important episode that you will not want to miss! What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Kathryn's new book, , what readers can expect from it, and what led Kathryn and her co-author Aaron Williams to write it ~The importance of coming to God with all of ourselves and not holding back any aspect of ourselves ~Why we actually are...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
On today’s solo show, we are addressing the topic of love, the importance Scripture places on it, and how God's Word defines it. I hope you will walk away from this chat feeling well equipped to better understand and live out love in a culture and time that is very confused. What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~The topic of love, and why it is such an important topic for believers, especially, to grasp ~The importance of understanding the Bible's definition of love ~The extremes that are on both sides of the spectrum and seen in the church and culture at large: 1) the idea that as long...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
is a wife, mom, social media coordinator for , and author of the brand new book, . She comes on the show today to share with us on the concept of wrestling with God in the hard times and all that He can bring from the wrestle. What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~Ashley’s new book, ., what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~When you get to the point of having tried everything that you can think of with nothing working; the concept of then wrestling with God and holding on to Him throughout that entire process ~Learning so much more about the Lord and growing in our...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
On today’s solo show, we are addressing the topic of 7 different false gospels that are alive and well in our day that we need to refute with the actual gospel as found in Scripture. I hope you will walk away from this conversation feeling well equipped to know, discern, live out, and proclaim truth. What I Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~The book of Galatians and what it reveals to us concerning the issue of teaching or believing a false gospel ~7 common false gospels we need to refute and how they differ from the true gospel of the Bible: *the prosperity gospel (in all its forms,...
info_outlineThe Home and Hearth Podcast
is a wife, mom of 5, pastor, and mental health therapist. She leads the Nations of Change Church in Pakistan via Zoom, and has a heart that is passionate about women understanding God's heart for His daughters. We pray you'll come away from this episode built up and encouraged by this truth. What We Chat about in Today’s Episode: ~How the church in Pakistan came about ~How important it is to walk by the Spirit and how we shortchange ourselves and miss out when we are not in close relationship with the Holy Spirit and hearing His voice and heeding His direction ~How the Nations of Change...
info_outlineAshley Morgan Jackson is a wife, mom, social media coordinator for Proverbs 31 Ministries, and author of the brand new book, "Tired of Trying: . She comes on the show today to share with us on the concept of wrestling with God in the hard times and all that He can bring from the wrestle.
What We Chat about in Today’s Episode:
~Ashley’s new book, "Tired of Trying: ., what led her to write it, and what readers can expect
~When you get to the point of having tried everything that you can think of with nothing working; the concept of then wrestling with God and holding on to Him throughout that entire process
~Learning so much more about the Lord and growing in our relationship with Him through the hard times
~How our wrestle and struggle becomes our ministry to others
~God as the One sure foundation when we have nothing else to hold on to
~Understanding that there are some lessons we can only learn in and through the wrestle with God - and why it is so harmful to believe that it is wrong to wrestle with God
~How the wrestle shows how God is the One holding on to us every step of the way
~Grace and love as what you need to save you as well as what you need to change you; the motivator that grace and love are
~Trusting God and waiting on Him in the hard seasons; what Ashley has learned about this and how she has been able to come to the point of believing that God only does things well and with great love - even when it doesn’t look or feel like it
~How shame pushes us away from God rather than being something that can change us positively
~How well Jesus understands the pain of a “no”
~Letting God love you in the midst of pain, rather than pushing Him away
~God’s tender, caring heart towards the brokenhearted
~Understanding that true intimacy and performance cannot co-exist and what this means for our walk with the Lord and our relationship with Him
~The important difference between relationship and religion
~Understanding that what we think leads to our actions and what we do leads to patterns of behavior; the importance of taking thoughts captive; how to do that
~How my and Ashley’s lives have been changed through our taking thoughts captive
~The importance of being faithful in even just the smallest of ways, bit by bit
~And more!
For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast