Have you ever feared your doubts, especially if they relate to your faith? How about a reassuring reminder that you aren’t alone. What if your doubt holds potential to create the faith you’re worried may be slipping away? Niki Hardy invites you to experience rest in the middle of your fear, doubt, anger, or confusion.

Resource referenced: God, Can We Chat? A Daringly Honest Guide to Growing Closer to God, One Doubt at a Time

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonates with you most in this episode?
2. When have you had a time when you have struggled with questions that were building up in a challenging time you were experiencing?
3. Have you ever been ashamed of your doubts? Why?
4. How do you personally know if you are hearing God’s voice?
5. Have you ever wallowed in doubt? Describe how it felt, if you have.
6. When you think about bringing your doubts to God, what anxiety or fears do you struggle with?
7. What is what action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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Sometimes, when we look at our world, it seems as if evil is winning. Such thinking has the potential to sideline us and leave us feeling defeated. Scripture, however, assures us of three unshakable truths: All the forces of darkness combined will not and cannot extinguish God's light, His children bring His light with them into every encounter, and He will empower the willing heart to dramatically impact our world for generations to come. In this episode, join host Jennifer Slattery as she talks with Dr. Romney Ruder, president of Lifeline Global Ministries, who God is using, along with his ministry, to radically transform some of the "hardest" hearts in the United States while breaking generational patterns of trauma and incarceration that leave wounded children at significant risk for future incarceration. What if the next revival breaks out in our prisons? How might this change at risk families and youth, our communities, and our nation?

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Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. How familiar are you with prison ministries?
   1. Did anything Dr. Ruder shared surprise you, and if so, how?
3. What does the impact the gospel is having in United States' prisons reveal regarding God's heart?
4. How can engaging in ministry to the broken help increase one's sense of hope in today's challenging climate?
5. How can engaging in ministry in such places increase one's intimacy with Christ?
6. How might God be inviting you, your family, and/or your faith community to join Him in what He is doing to transform families broken by generational sin, dysfunction, and incarceration?
7. What is one action step He might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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When we experience trauma, our world can feel shaky and our future uncertain. We might fear we'll never again experience joy and peace. But Jesus promised all of His followers thriving life, and has the power to heal the most wounded places in our soul. In this episode, join Jennifer Slattery as she speaks with guest, therapist, and sexual trauma survivor Lisa Saruga on how trauma effects the brain and steps survivors can take to not just survive their trauma, but experience more of the thriving life for which they were created.

Resource referenced: The Trauma Tree by Lisa Saruga

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. Why might it be challenging to recognize and acknowledge when we've experienced trauma?
3. How might it be helpful to recognize our emotional triggers as the result of trauma suffered?
4. How has, or might, journaling help you process through challenging emotions and experiences?
5. Why might it be helpful to journal your emotions AND biblical truth?
6. What is one action step God might be inviting you to take having listened to this episode?

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