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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 Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Join us for Episode 5 in our seven-week series, Encountering Jesus Personally. In this week's episode, Lisa and Laura dive into the Gospel of John, focusing on the famous I AM statement, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Each time we find Jesus saying, “I am,” He is giving us a glimpse into what He’s like. He’s revealing something about His character. Are you grieving the death of a loved one? How about the death of a hope, dream, or relationship? Do you believe that Jesus has power over death and will bring all things back to life? This conversation is one you do not want to miss. Join Lisa and Laura as they unpack today’s Scripture and apply it to our daily lives.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
John 11:25: I am the resurrection and the life.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
John 11:25-26: I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.
John 11:4-6: But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
John 11:14-15: “Lazarus is dead; and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
John 11:19: Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
John 11:20-26: When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”
John 17:1-2: Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
Ephesians 2:1-5: And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).
2 Peter 3:8: But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Revelation 21:4: He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
What situation looks dead to you right now?
Am I holding onto my hurt so tightly that it’s become the only thing that I have?
Do you need a moment of surrender?
What is your “if you had been here Lord” moment? After our discussion today, can you see God’s delay through a lens of hope?
Show mentions.
Journey Home on YouTube
Lee Warren, M.D., Hope Is the First Dose
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Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Join us for Episode 4 in our seven-week series, Encountering Jesus Personally. In this week's episode, Lisa and Laura dive into the Gospel of John, focusing on the famous I AM statement, “I am the good shepherd.” Each time we find Jesus saying, “I am,” He is giving us a glimpse into what He’s like. He’s revealing something about His character. Do you struggle to believe that God is good? Do you doubt your own goodness? What does good mean? Join Lisa and Laura as they unpack today’s Scripture and apply it to our daily lives.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
John 10:11: I am the good shepherd.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
John 10:11-15: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own life the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Isaiah 61:2-3: To comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. (NIV)
John 10:18: No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
John 11:25: I am the resurrection and the life.
Romans 5:8: But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.
Psalm 139:14: I praise you, for I am wondrously made.
Psalm 139:16: Your eyes beheld my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Romans 14:8: If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Catechism 356: Of all visible creatures, only man is “able to know and love his creator.” He is “the only creature on earth that God has willed for its own sake.”
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
With your current set of circumstances, what are you choosing to focus on? The hardship or God’s goodness?
Are we close enough to hear His voice? Or have we strayed? Are we searching for a sense of belonging outside of a relationship with Him?
Show mentions.
Walking with Purpose, Fearless and Free: Experiencing Healing and Wholeness in Christ
Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
“Adversity is the touchstone of the soul because it discovers the character of the virtue which it possesses. One act of thanksgiving when matters go wrong with us is worth a thousand thanks when things are agreeable to our inclinations.” (John Gilmary Shea, American author and historian)
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Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Join us for Episode 3 in our seven-week series, Encountering Jesus Personally. In this week's episode, Lisa and Laura dive into the Gospel of John, focusing on the famous I AM statement, “I am the door.” Each time we find Jesus saying, “I am,” He is giving us a glimpse into what He’s like. He’s revealing something about His character. Are you looking to people to know God’s love for you? Do you base your worth on what others think or how many “likes” you get on our Instagram post? Where do you go to feel satisfied if not Jesus? Join Lisa and Laura as they unpack today’s Scripture and apply it to our daily lives.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
John 10:7: I am the door.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
John 9:2–3: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.”
John 9:5: I am the light of the world.
John 9:39: Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”
John 10:7–10: Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them. I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Matthew 9:12–13: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick…I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
Revelation 3:20: Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Ephesians 2:13–14: But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility.
Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
John 10:9: I am the door; if anyone enters by me, he will be saved.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
Can you remember when you felt the door was closed in your face? Did you mistakenly think God shut the door when it was actually someone else?
Are you the one closing the door on God?
What “other doors” are you trying to open in the hope that you’ll satisfy your unmet needs? Is it the door of pleasure, success, relief, or joy?
What are your unmet needs? Ask the Lord to reveal these to you. Only He can bring true healing.
Show mentions.
Fulton Sheen, The Life of Christ
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Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Join us for Episode 2 in our seven-week series, Encountering Jesus Personally. In this week's episode, Lisa and Laura dive into the Gospel of John, focusing on the famous I AM statement, “I am the light of the world.” Each time we find Jesus saying, “I am,” He is giving us a glimpse into what He’s like. He’s revealing something about His character. If you find yourself reaching for temporary things to fulfill you or wrestling with personal darkness and can’t find your way out, this episode is for you. Grab a cup of coffee and join Lisa and Laura as they unpack today’s Scripture and apply it to our daily lives.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
John 8:12: I am the light of the world.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
John 8:20: These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
Leviticus 23:42–43: You shall dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel shall dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.
John 8:12: I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Job 1:20–22: Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Luke 12:34: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
What temporary things are you thinking are going to give you permanent light?
If you stopped looking to those things in your longing for beauty and enlightenment and would instead turn to the Light of the World, might you be satisfied in a deeper way?
Show mentions.
Dom Lorenzo Scupoli, The Spiritual Combat
Father Lasance, The New Roman Missal
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Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Join us for Episode 1 in our seven-week series, Encountering Jesus Personally. In this week's episode, Lisa and Laura dive into the Gospel of John, focusing on the famous I AM statement, “I am the bread of life.” Each time we find Jesus saying, “I am,” He is giving us a glimpse into what He’s like. He’s revealing something about His character. If you’re struggling to find purpose and meaning or are weary from disappointment or heartache, listen and be encouraged as Lisa and Laura unpack today’s Scripture and apply it to our daily lives.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
John 6:35: Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.”
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
Exodus 3:14: God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”
John 6:15: Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the hills by himself.
John 6:26–27: And when Jesus encountered the crowd He said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you.”
John 6:48–51: He said, “I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever, and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
CCC 129 says, "The New Testament lies hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New.”
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
What’s the end goal?
Is psychological health the end goal or is it spiritual maturity?
Show mentions.
Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ
Father John Bartunek, Choosing the Better Part
Peter Kwasniewski, The Holy Bread of Eternal Life
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Reading the Bible feels like something we should be doing, but we don’t always know where to begin. For those of us looking for daily guidance, how can a book written thousands of years ago apply to our lives today?
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Here at Walking with Purpose, we create beautiful, accessible, relevant Bible studies that make it easy to read the Bible. Our mission is to help women know Christ personally through Scripture—not by building up information in our minds but by reaching every woman at the heart level. Trust us. This is a game-changer.
Starting a podcast brings a new chapter for us. Now, we can be with you anytime and anywhere! Each week, Lisa Brenninkmeyer and Laura Phelps will dive into segments of Scripture, unpack what it means, and explore how these truths apply to us today. Through open, honest, and often hilarious conversations, they pray that you will find hope in the living Word of God no matter your current circumstances. Hope for right now.
Get ready to open your heart, open your Bible, and invite Him in.
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