Courageous Radiance

Why Does Prayer Matter?

Prayer is the month of July topic!! Let’s kick it off speaking about what prayer is and some basics about what it is versus what it isn’t. I’m excited for you to listen in. If you would like a FREE prayer calendar, head to the blog www.courageousradiance.com/contact and subscribe to get this free resource! Not to mention other freebies that will be sent you each month as we are getting equipped and anchored. Connect with me on Instagram @courageousradiance and the Facebook group Courageous Radiance.

Questions & Tools to Strategize in Parenting

Hey friend! For the next two episodes, we are extending our topic of being planted to parenting. Whether you are a mother, grandmother, aunt, Godmother, student ministry leader, or disciple maker of any kind, there are people we are leading. Our influence ripples our beliefs & actions, as a river, into the places we live, work and convene. Ephesians‬ ‭4:1-2‬ says “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.” There is something or someone that wards the prison of our hearts and minds.Even if I think that “no one rules me”, and that I’m my own boss, then I have allowed myself to be ruler of myself. However, without Jesus, we cannot gracefully model patience, gentleness & humility, to list a few of many. Are we preparing our hearts and those that we parent or lead? Jesus has modeled how to walk “worthy” of the calling, even in the middle of difficult times & persecution. ‭‭I am so grateful that we have such a faithful model! Aren’t you? I am thankful that God loves us so much to have sent his son (John 3:16), and that Jesus loved us enough to sacrifice everything for us. This motivates me to fight the good fight of faith, because the one who paved a way, loved me first.

How Does God Fit in my Crazy Day-to-Day

In these new porch planters, that are very large, I mentally began to calculate how much it was going to cost to fill that massive space. But, then, it occurred to me, to fill it with the unseen, yet weighty large fillings first. By filling half of the planter with large stones, that are unknown to any other eye, it requires less of the glam stones & frill flowers at the top.My cost was less for the larger stones. The beautiful frills and colors at the top look amazing, but they required way more effort to select, more time to glam it up and the expense was more financially. The enemy and the weaknesses of our flesh, want us to believe the falsehood that we don’t have time for God. The demands of our schedules appear to be way more important, but what holds it all together below the surface? When we decide to get and stay planted, we say not only “yes” to God, we invest in eternal self-care. Somehow I can connect the dots to my 30-minute Peloton ride to the correlation to my physical heart health, but there is a disconnect for me to apply this same principle to my spiritual heart, emotional stability and mental wellness when it comes to my relationship with God. God isn’t a task. He is our life Source. It’s not just cute on our planner, He is how our planner gets done & we can have peace for the things that didn’t happen. We plant ourselves at the foot of Christ, as we are reading through Martha & Mary today, because Jesus says that is choosing the “necessary thing” (verse 42.)Friends, as we plant, what we plant FIRST is most important. Let’s get connected!! IG-@courageousradianceFacebook-Courageous Radiancewww.courageousradiance.com

Talk About it Tuesday-How Do You Spend Time with God?

Talk about it Tuesday is here again! I’d like to hear your life matters & what you want to talk about. As always head to the blog: www.courageousradiance.com and connect with me on social media: IG-@courageousradiance Facebook- courageous radiance group.Do you ever get derailed in planting and growing your faith and relationship with God? I do, I’m sure we all do. Life happens, and it’s hard to spend time with God. Let’s talk about it!

Let Your Significance Bloom

Our significance to God is unchanged. The basis by which we define our worth & build our lives from is reliable and it is an unshakable truth.This is where we plant! We need life giving water connected to our root system, and that is only found in Christ. Psalm 1 is up for discussion today! Plant and bloom, no matter the season and there is no room for comparison. 💜

100th Episode Giveaways! Lets Stay Planted!

Oh hey you 100th episode!Hey friend! We are beginning a brand new month theme called “Planted”. Do you ever struggle day to day NOT wanting to do anything? In difficult seasons, when my emotional battery reserve is depleting, I struggle to have what the day needs. But, we have a solution! There is hope to our wavering emotions…getting and staying PLANTED!I am so grateful that in spite of my lack of ability & the crazy of the season, that God is always working. We have freedom to be vulnerable with Him!The processes of life will happen with our consent or not, so we might as well equip ourselves with an unchanging empowerment.Our limitations meet His grace!Happy 100th! As always, if there is someone you know that may benefit from this podcast, please share. Head to the blog: www.courageousradiance.com, scroll to the bottom that says “Click here for free devotional” to get subscribed to the monthly content. Connect with me @courageousradiance on Instagram & Facebook.

Ruthless Faith

What is the undercurrent of your decisions and motivations? If I’m honest, it’s not always God, and even when it is Him, I am trying to achieve something for Him.When do we rest in Him? When can we accept that His love doesn’t need any additives? Friends, John 3:16 says that God gave us an eternal destiny with Him through His gift of Jesus to pay for our sins. Jesus not only was put up as our sacrifice, He willingly volunteered. I don’t know about you, but that makes me want to see myself through the love and worth that God sees. We are loved in our worst and we’re saved before we did anything to need His salvation.Rahab, in Joshua 2, was an unlikely candidate to deserve the designated title of “beloved daughter” of God. She was a prostitute and although she knew of God, she was not a believer. Why would God allow such a woman to be considered to be in the lineage of Jesus coming to earth? The same reason we get to. She, like us, was loved. Let’s jump into this week as we light our ignition to fire up for our divine assignments, carrying the banner of “beloved.” Let’s get ruthless for Christ!

Conquer the Mission

Hi friend!If you could rank your affection with God and the connectedness with Him, how would it rank (0-10)? No judgment. No condemnation. In our discussion on the podcast, let’s address any inequalities of our heart affections and our check the box. Hosea 6:6, God desires our faithful love. Are you willing? Connect with me!—->! @courageousradiance on IG. —>On Facebook, Courageous Radiance group. —>Blog & email list at www. courageousradiance.com for some free resources to encourage and equip you in this journey ahead.

Talk About It Tuesday #3

Hi friend! It’s that time again! Yes, we are talking about it. Today, I want to share a story from someone who is in the middle of marital mess. She is undergoing verbal and emotional abuse, not to mention the overall reality of failed marriage expectations.Hebrews 11:1 defines faith “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”What do you do? Do you decide for yourself? Do you seek God? Let’s talk about it! Connect with me on IG @courageousradiance and join the Facebook Courageous Radiance group. It would be an honor to pray for you and hear about what you want to share! As always, head over to the blog: www.courageousradiance.com to get some freebies that are Bible based resources to help equip and anchor you.

Victory During Times of Defeat

How is your heart friend? When the heat turns up, or during defeatist times, is your heart okay?Jesus cares about you. He adores you. Let that marinate. I know for me, especially in troubling circumstances, God’s love feels far away. The concept of God’s love can sometimes seem foreign for non-believer and believer alike. But, His love is enduring and it is timeless. In the life of Hannah, we can read her story, and quite possibly, or at least I hope, feel her heartache. 1 Samuel 1:1-19.Hannah’s agony and desperation doesn’t end in defeat friend! Like us, and everyone who has Jesus as an anchor, we can experience victory in spite of obvious times of defeat. In Jesus Christ, we can shift our circumstantial suffering, hurt, and disappointment to a new experience with God. Victory carved out in the middle is heat proofed & tested so that no enemy or trouble can remove it’s reality. Friend, are you ready for an unshakable victory? Please share how you are doing in the middle times and if there are any praise report victories. Also, subscribe to the podcast and blog (www.courageousradiance.com).I’d like to connect with you on Instagram @courageousradiance!💜