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  • 241 | 6 Simple Ways to Grow Closer to God This Summer (Even When Life Feels Out of Routine!)

    241 | 6 Simple Ways to Grow Closer to God This Summer (Even When Life Feels Out of Routine!)
    2025/07/03
    Summer can be full of sunshine, beach trips, and spontaneous fun—but it can also throw your routine completely off track, and staying consistent in your walk with God might feel harder than usual. But it doesn’t have to be! In today’s episode of She Lives Purposefully, I’m sharing 6 simple and meaningful ways to keep growing in your relationship with God this summer—even when your schedule is all over the place. These ideas are flexible, doable, and perfect for busy Christian women, moms, or anyone who’s craving deeper faith in this season. What you’ll hear in this episode: 🌿 How prayer walks with my baby boy have changed my daily rhythm 📖 30-day Bible reading plans that are actually realistic for summer 🌅 Why your evenings might be the perfect time to connect with God 👯‍♀️ Ideas for starting or joining a summer Bible study with friends 🚗 How to turn your commute or vacation travel into a worship drive 🧠 A fun new idea for weekly Scripture memory (inspired by my husband!) Resources Mentioned: ✨ FREE Bible Reading Plans and Studies: https://www.shelivespurposefully.com/resources/ ✨ Worship Playlist for Your Summer Drives: https://tinyurl.com/2pwmhy4c PLUS ✨ Join SLP+ for a Full Year of Curated Bible Plans and Ad-Free Podcast Episodes!: https://shelivespurposefully.supercast.com ✨ My go-to Bible (use code SHELIVESPURPOSEFULLY for 15% off): https://hosannarevival.com/collections/beautiful-bibles/products/esv-large-print-journaling-bible-sierra-theme ✨ Other great Bible study tools for your summer quiet time with God (use code MEGANHOLMES10 for 10% off): https://thedailygraceco.com?dt_id=293954 Show Outline 00:00 We can and should grow in God whether we have routine or not 2:10 I’m so thankful for our Christian community and I’m emotional about it! 3:20 Potential podcast topic we might talk about soon 4:00 6 practical ways to grow in God this summer 4:45 Prayer walks 6:25 Short and conquerable Bible reading plans 8:15 Spend time with Jesus in the evening 9:15 Gather with Christians, church, and Bible studies during the week 11:10 Worship drives 12:50 Weekly memory verses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 分
  • 240 | Delighting in God, the Importance of Bible Study, WRONG teachings with Elle Cardel

    240 | Delighting in God, the Importance of Bible Study, WRONG teachings with Elle Cardel
    2025/06/26
    Have you ever struggled to delight in God or even know what that means practically? Did you know that God delights in YOU? Today, I am joined by Elle Cardel from Daughter of Delight. We talk about delighting in the Lord, spending time in the Bible, the truth that God delights in us, fighting perfectionism, and changing the mentality of the need to earn God’s favor. Show Outline: 00:00 Intro 04:30 What does delighting in God mean? 10:00 Practical ways to grow in our delight of God; being too busy for God; and the importance of Scripture 15:00 Nothing satisfies like our God does 18:00 Fighting the lie that we don’t need to study God’s Word 21:00 Popular, WRONG Biblical teachings to be wary of 24:30 “God won’t give us more than we can handle”… or will He? 31:00 God delights in YOU Buy She Delights: https://amzn.to/4lqkqPP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 分
  • 239 | Stewarding Our Bodies Well: A Christian Approach to Health with Chrissy Evans

    239 | Stewarding Our Bodies Well: A Christian Approach to Health with Chrissy Evans
    2025/06/19
    Why should Christian women who want to live for Jesus consider their health? Why do most people struggle with their health? Today’s conversation is all about healthy living all through a Biblical mindset. Today on the show, I’m joined my Chrissy Evans who is the wife to Heath Evans, former NFL player and analyst; a mother; and a business owner, who after losing 150 pounds became passionate about helping women break free from diet culture, weight loss gimmicks, and modern feminism’s false promises. She loves encouraging women to honor God with their bodies marriages and families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 分
  • 238 | Trading Your Shame and Hiding for Freedom and Redemption in Jesus with Morgan Krueger

    238 | Trading Your Shame and Hiding for Freedom and Redemption in Jesus with Morgan Krueger
    2025/06/12
    Morgan Krueger, LO Sister Ambassador, former Live Original Team member, content creator, author, wife and mama, joins me on the podcast today to talk about sin, shame, hiding as Christians and how we can trade that in to experience redemption and freedom in Jesus! We talk about feeling disqualified from God loving us or using us because of our past (or present) sin. And Morgan shares her testimony and what the Lord showed her about God’s heart for her. Get her book Goodbye Hiding, Hello Freedom: https://amzn.to/4iZRDA2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 分
  • 237 | Find healing rest from overwhelm and anxiety with Becky Thompson

    237 | Find healing rest from overwhelm and anxiety with Becky Thompson
    2025/06/05
    USA Today bestselling author and founder of the ministry gathering 2 million moms a night in prayer - the Midnight Mom Devotional online community - Becky Thompson joins us on the podcast! Christian momma’s who struggle with overwhelm or anxiety, raise your hands! That’s me too. And I had the joy of being SO uplifted by Becky Thompson. Together we talk about finding healing rest for moms, wearing overwhelm as a badge of honor and why that’s not ok, why moms are experiencing anxiety in huge numbers, trusting Jesus to safely hold us, how to practically rest when you just can’t stop and MORE. Becky’s book Healing Rest: https://amzn.to/4d173m6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 分
  • 236 | Breaking the Silence: Porn, Shame, Betrayal Trauma, and God’s Power to Heal with Ashley Jameson

    236 | Breaking the Silence: Porn, Shame, Betrayal Trauma, and God’s Power to Heal with Ashley Jameson
    2025/05/29
    Trigger warning and PSA: In this episode we discuss a lot of hard topics that may be triggering for some. This conversation is not meant for little ears. Today on the show, I am joined by Ashley Jameson, Associate Director of Women’s Groups for Pure Desire to discuss the new study that revealed 40% of Christian women use pornography. We talk about Ashley’s personal experience with addiction and betrayal trauma, God’s truth and power through sin and shame, why this conversation matters, resources, the science behind addiction, that you CAN find freedom and how to do that, and encouragement for those impacted by betrayal trauma. Find more resources here: https://puredesire.org/resources/ Find more tools here: https://puredesire.org/tools/ 00:00 Intro and trigger warning 04:00 Ashley’s experience 07:00 Why is pornography a struggle? 12:40 Can we conquer addiction? 15:30 “It’s not hurting anyone” and “I have it under control” 22:00 Why it’s important to talk about 27:00 Find healing, hope, and freedom 39:00 Encouragement for those impacted by betrayal trauma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 分
  • 235 | Conquering FOMO and embracing where God has you NOW with Hope Reagan Harris

    235 | Conquering FOMO and embracing where God has you NOW with Hope Reagan Harris
    2025/05/22
    We’re talking about conquering the fear of missing out and embracing where God has you right NOW instead of just looking to what’s next with author, podcaster and founder of the GLOBAL movement Purpose Doesn’t Pause, Hope Reagan Harris. We talk about the key to conquering FOMO, finding contentment and purpose TODAY, balancing ambition and success with contentment, comparison, slowing down, saying “YES” to God’s calling, and taking leaps of faith. Get Hope’s book: https://amzn.to/44XhCEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 分
  • 234 | True identity, being a technicolor woman, going ALL IN for Jesus with Courtney Smallbone

    234 | True identity, being a technicolor woman, going ALL IN for Jesus with Courtney Smallbone
    2025/05/15
    What is our TRUE identity? What does the word “helper” mean in the Bible? How do we live out our distinct calling? What does it mean to be a technicolor woman and go from living in black and white to FULL COLOR? Jesus spoke right to me through this conversation with author, speaker, mom, and wife to Luke Smallbone, part of the Grammy-winning duo For King + County., Courtney Smallbone! She also shares her testimony that she says she’s not yet been asked before! And she exhorts us with a powerful encouragement to go all in on Jesus ASAP. Get Courtney’s Book: https://amzn.to/4iPPG9o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 分