Have you ever felt like the odds were stacked against you?  Are you unknowingly living with a "big me little God" mindset?  How does God respond in the midst of our fear, doubt, confusion, and anxiety?  What does God see that we cannot?  How do we fully live as His children?  Are we guaranteed victory doing things His way?  Gideon was one of the biggest wimps in Scripture, yet God used him, despite his doubts and fears, in a big way.  But the saddest part of the story?  After such an incredible talent show with the power and glory of God on full display after He rescued the Israelites from the hand of the Midianites, the people of God forgot.  And in their forgetting, they turned and walked away from God.  How do you forget what God has done, how do you just walk away?  By living with a dangerous mindset, the mindset of "big me little God."

Tara Lee Davis's Podcast

Against All Odds

What if our lives are filled with broken pieces of disappointment, pain, and confusion?  Is it possible to worship Jesus and give Him our best?  What does giving our best look like that?  How do we keep going when we find ourselves in the dark?

Women of Heart: Worshipping God in the Dark

This week we dig into Acts 12 where we discover the purpose of persecution, the power of prayer, and the power of pride as we continue to learn from the early church.

Acts 12

How was David able to lament the death of Saul?  After all, Saul the king who had gone mad did try taking David out, multiple times.  David was a man after God&apos;s own heart, and was more concerned with counting his own failures and shortcomings than he was keeping a detailed list of everyone else&apos;s dirty laundry.  When we lament our own sin, then we can truly honor others, even our enemies.  Heart check, when was the last time you were honest with yourself and allowed God to search every nook and cranny of your heart?

Heart Check

Peter, the disciple who denied Jesus not once but three times?  Yeah, he was the one who recognized Jesus making breakfast on the shore that day and after being up all night fishing swim a hundred yards to shore.  He was compelled by his love for Jesus, and it showed.  How would our lives look different if we were marked by love, love for Jesus and love for others?

Compelled By Love

What a gift that we can count on God to be the same today as He was yesterday and He will be tomorrow!  Even when life ebbs and flows and the seasons we find ourselves in are constantly changing, we can always count on the One who never changes!

The Unchanging God

How quickly do you forget how God has taken care of you?  Does it even matter that we remember what He did for us 7 years ago?  One of the best ways to strengthen and build up our faith is to actively remember the countless ways that God has provided for us!  Even the Israelites forgot how good God had been to them and their puny little lives and pathetic excuses made life miserable for them.  What are you anchoring yourself to; the constant waves of life that ebb and flow mercilessly?  Or the faithfulness of God and His unchanging, always good character?

Anchoring to His Faithfulness

Reading, writing, and speaking gives Tara life. Having spent nearly a decade wandering from the heart of God and into a life of bondage, it was the love of Jesus which would ultimately set her free. Her story of redemption, freedom, and new life is woven into every facet of her stories. Tara is a gifted storyteller, using everyday examples, raw life lessons, and humor to reach hearts. Her passion is Jesus, her gift is storytelling, and her life purpose is simple: To make much of Jesus!

hubhopper

Tara Lee Davis's Podcast

hubhopper