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In a world where levels of despair are rising, we need more than mindfulness or positive affirmations. We need a lifeline we can count on. Join Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Walking with Purpose founder and CEO, and her friend, Laura Phelps, Catholic author and speaker, as they set out to help you dispel the darkness and become a woman grounded in hope. Each week you’ll dive into Scripture, learning how to connect God’s Word with your everyday life. No matter where you are on the spiritual journey, if you’re searching for hope, this podcast is for you! Get ready to open your heart…open your Bible…and invite God in.
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Monday Sep 16, 2024
Episode 34: Priority 1: Your Relationship with God
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
In today’s episode, Lisa and Laura dive into Lesson 2 of Ordering Your Priorities, Priority 1: Your Relationship with God. If we desire to live lives of purpose, happiness, and fulfillment, we have got to get this priority right! Why? Because only God knows what will make us happy and what we most long for. But let’s be honest: it can be hard to trust God. When we have experienced hurt or abandonment, putting God first doesn’t come easily. If this is your struggle, join Lisa and Laura in this powerful conversation and discover how a personal relationship with God changes everything for the better.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Psalm 91:1–4: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and the deadly pestilence; he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Sirach 51:2: You have been my protector and helper, and have delivered my body from destruction, and from the snare of a slanderous tongue, from lips that utter lies.
Deuteronomy 32:10–12: He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone did lead him.
Ecclesiasticus 51:31: Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves into the house of discipline. (Douay-Rheims)
Psalm 5:3: O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case for you and watch.
Psalm 143:8: Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in thee I put my trust.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
St. Josemaría Escrivá said, “Conquer yourself each day from the very first moment, getting up on the dot, at a fixed time, without yielding a single minute to laziness. If, with God's help, you conquer yourself, you will be well ahead for the rest of the day. It's so discouraging to find oneself beaten at the first skirmish...
“The heroic minute. It is the time fixed for getting up. Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and… up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.”
What lie plays in your mind that says this is impossible for you to do? What could you change in your nighttime routine in order to faithfully give God the first part of your day?
Show mentions.
Henri Nouwen, Finding My Way Home: Pathways to Life and the Spirit.
Dan Burke, “From the Occult to Catholic: Love builds a bridge for Truth,” YouTube video.
Steven Furtick, “Sometimes God gave you what you needed in that Bible verse you didn’t read.”
Anna Golden, “Psalm 91.”
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Monday Sep 09, 2024
Episode 33: Building the Good Life
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
The start of a new season and school year allows us to reboot. Even if we no longer have kids in school, it’s a chance to turn a page in the calendar and start fresh. But let’s be honest…it can also be incredibly overwhelming. This is why Ordering Your Priorities is the perfect study for this time of year. Join Lisa and Laura as they walk us through Ordering Your Priorities, an eight-week Walking with Purpose Bible study. Here’s the truth: not all things are urgent, and some good things can remain undone. If the thought of not getting it all done makes your heart race, this series is for you!
In today’s episode, Lisa and Laura discuss Lesson 1, Talk 1: Building the Good Life, setting the stage for the weeks ahead. Tune in now, and let’s start building the good life together!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Matthew 7:24–27: Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Psalm 33:11: The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations. (NIV)
Psalm 32:8: I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Luke 11:28: Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it.
Luke 14:28–30: For which of you, deciding to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, “This man began to build, and was not able to finish.”
Jeremiah 6:16: Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.”
2 Corinthians 4:18: Because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
In which relationship are you feeling the scrape of the chisel? Are you feeling tempted to pull back and isolate? Invite God to reveal to you if this is actually an opportunity to grow more like Him.
Show mentions.
St. John Paull II. Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This, as has already been said, is why Christ the Redeemer “fully reveals man to himself.”
Flourish: The Art of Being Human. Register here.
Benjamin Windle, Digital Church in a Lonely World. We all carry brokenness, personality quirks and the ability to make choices that hurt others. However, the potential pain of being in community is not simply an unwanted by-product; it is a key part of the purpose of community. It is the very fact that community costs us something that makes it valuable.
Beth Moore: If we only choose to be around those who require virtually nothing hard from us, what will prompt us to change? God often uses others as the chisel to carve true integrity into our rough personalities. A chisel that never scrapes the stone is useless.
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Monday Aug 26, 2024
Episode 32: Real Women, Real Stories, Emily Jorgensen
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Join us for our four-part series, Real Women, Real Stories. In each episode, Lisa Brenninkmeyer and Laura Phelps sit down to chat with a woman who has inspired and challenged them to grow in their faith and relationship with the Lord. Knowing each woman personally, they have been able to see up close the way that her relationship with God has transformed her heart and changed her life. These women are strong, wise, and tenderhearted. They teach us that every one of us has a story, and every story matters. Lisa and Laura love these women, and you will, too!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Isaiah 43:1: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
2 Corinthians 12:9: My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
In what area of your life is God asking you to step out in faith? What is something specific from this podcast episode that can help encourage you to trust Him and say yes?
Show mentions.
The Messy Family Project
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Monday Aug 19, 2024
Episode 31: Real Women, Real Stories, Beth Groonell
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Join us for our four-part series, Real Women, Real Stories. In each episode, Lisa Brenninkmeyer and Laura Phelps sit down to chat with a woman who has inspired and challenged them to grow in their faith and relationship with the Lord. Knowing each woman personally, they have been able to see up close the way that her relationship with God has transformed her heart and changed her life. These women are strong, wise, and tenderhearted. They teach us that every one of us has a story, and every story matters. Lisa and Laura love these women, and you will, too!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Proverbs 3:5–6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Romans 12:15: Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for evil, to give you a future with hope.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
Do you find yourself looking at an aspect of your life (maybe your marriage, children, career) and thinking, “This wasn’t how it was supposed to be?”
Go to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (if you can) and bring it to the Lord. Ask Him, “What are you inviting me into, Jesus? What virtue, what lesson do you need me to learn?”
Show mentions.
Sister Sophia Prayer
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Monday Aug 12, 2024
Episode 30: Real Women, Real Stories, JoAnn Crouse
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Join us for our four-part series, Real Women, Real Stories. In each episode, Lisa Brenninkmeyer and Laura Phelps sit down to chat with a woman who has inspired and challenged them to grow in their faith and relationship with the Lord. Knowing each woman personally, they have been able to see up close the way that her relationship with God has transformed her heart and changed her life. These women are strong, wise, and tenderhearted. They teach us that every one of us has a story, and every story matters. Lisa and Laura love these women, and you will, too!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
2 Corinthians 12:9: He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Isaiah 43: Promises of Redemption and Restoration
Revelation 22:6: These words are trustworthy and true.
Invite Him in with this episode’s question for reflection.
What habit can I be cultivating TODAY that will prepare me if, at some point, the rug is pulled out from under me?
Show mentions.
Comunità Cenacolo America, https://www.hopereborn.org/
Sarah Kroger, The Detour
Lauren Daigle, Trust in You
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Monday Aug 05, 2024
Episode 29: Real Women, Real Stories, Jeannine Yousif
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Join us as we kick off a four-part series, Real Women, Real Stories. In each episode, Lisa Brenninkmeyer and Laura Phelps sit down to chat with a woman who has inspired and challenged them to grow in their faith and relationship with the Lord. Knowing each woman personally, they have been able to see up close the way that her relationship with God has transformed her heart and changed her life. These women are strong, wise, and tenderhearted. They teach us that every one of us has a story, and every story matters. Lisa and Laura love these women, and you will, too!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Psalm 91:1–5: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence; he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and a buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Luke 12:6–7: Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
What lie does the enemy most often use to mess with you? How do you fight back?
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Monday Jul 08, 2024
Episode 28: Loving Like Him Through Forgiveness
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Join us for Lesson 6 in our six-week summer series based on our Living in the Father’s Love Bible study, Loving Like Him Through Forgiveness. Lisa and Laura are firm believers that no matter the situation, forgiveness is crucial to living in freedom. The truth is, when we struggle to forgive, we are the ones who suffer. If you are in a place where the pain is too much, and you do feel like you haven’t any control over the way to respond, this episode is for you. Grab your study guide and get ready to jump into a new perspective on forgiveness. Freedom, sweet friend, is waiting for you.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Matthew 10:8: Freely you have received, freely give. (ERV)
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Matthew 10:8: Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give. (ERV)
Ephesians 2:8: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Isaiah 53:7,9: He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth. Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth…And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
Invite Him in with this episode’s question for reflection.
There are three indications of having truly forgiven a person:
1. Not dwelling on the incident.
2. Not bringing up the incident again and using it against the person.
3. Not talking to others about the incident.
Which of these aspects of forgiveness do you find most difficult?
Show mentions.
Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Living in the Father’s Love, Talk 2, Lesson 6: Loving Like Him Through Forgiveness, Walking with Purpose
Father John Hopkins, L.C., Victim Chart and Victim Plus Chart, found in Living in the Father’s Love, pages 73 and 74 or download here.
Father John Riccardo, The Rescue Project
Lisa Brenninkmeyer and Laura Phelps, Hope For Right Now: A Walking with Purpose Podcast, Episode 13: When God Permits the Pain
Dr. Gary Smalley and Ted Cunningham, From Anger to Intimacy: How Forgiveness Can Transform Your Marriage
Avila Institute
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We are taking a short break and will return August 5, 2024, with Real Women, Real Stories. //Lisa and Laura
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Monday Jul 01, 2024
Episode 27: How Do I Work at Forgiving Myself and Others?
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Join us for Lesson 5 in our six-week summer series based on our Living in the Father’s Love Bible study, How Do I Work at Forgiving Myself and Others? Forgiveness is such an important topic that we devote two lessons to it: the Bible study lesson and the talk that follows. One of the reasons we think it matters so much is because lack of forgiveness hits us on every level physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. Lisa and Laura know that talking about forgiveness is tender territory, because when forgiveness is needed, something serious has happened. But they also understand how crucial it is to forgive. Why? Well, grab your Bible (and definitely a pen and paper because you will want to take notes) and find out!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Matthew 7:1–5: Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Matthew 4:17: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Luke 23:34: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.
Matthew 18:23–35: The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
Is there someone in your life who you have not forgiven? Did anything in this chapter make you think about that situation differently?
Show mentions.
Father John Bartunek, The Better Part
Timothy Keller, Gospel in Life Sermons, Forgiveness and Reconciliation
C.S. Lewis, Essay on Forgiveness
Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
Hamilton, “It’s Quiet Uptown”
Using code BOGOHOPE, purchase one Living in the Father’s Love and get a second one at 50% off. Limit one use per customer. This offer ends July 15, 2024.
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Watch Talk 2, Lesson 6: Loving Like Him Through Forgiveness.
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