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E:95: I Believed I Wasn't Worth Fighting For. God Showed Me I Was Wrong.

15 min · 29 de may de 2026
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You didn't decide to stop believing you were worth fighting for. You were taught to stop. And this episode is the beginning of that unlearning. E:95 of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written  ·  Who God Is to You  ·  WARRIOR Most of us grew up with the image. A knight in shining armor. The one who comes riding to your rescue, sweeps in, makes everything right. And somewhere along the way, you did one of two things: you spent years chasing that image — or you decided you weren't worth it arriving.   But what if the image wasn't wrong? What if it was just pointed at the wrong subject?   In this episode, Katie Anne walks through Deuteronomy 33:26–27 — the final blessing Moses speaks over God's people before his death — and unpacks what centuries of biblical scholars have called one of the richest theological portraits of God in all of scripture. Spurgeon called it 'a short passage found in the midst of a mass of gold.' You'll discover: * What the Hebrew word ezer actually means — and why God chose it to describe Himself * Why the word ezer appears for the very first time in Deuteronomy 33:26 — the passage you're about to study * What the three-part portrait (Above, Around, Beneath) reveals about how God positions Himself toward you * What Revelation 3:20 tells you about the difference between God's warrior and the world's counterfeit version * What a man with God written on his heart looks like in real life — and how you'll recognize him * What Spurgeon, Ortlund, and Tozer each say about the posture God has always held toward you This is not an episode about being rescued. This is an episode about realizing you already are. This episode is for you if… * You've spent more of your life giving than receiving — and you've started to wonder if that was really strength or just protection * When someone offers to help you, cover you, or protect you, it makes you uncomfortable — and you don't fully understand why * You believe in God's love in theory but have a hard time believing it applies to you specifically * You grew up with the image of a knight in shining armor and somewhere along the way either chased it or gave up on it entirely * The idea of surrender feels like weakness — and Tozer's 'yield and trust' has never quite landed the way you needed it to * You want to know what a Godly man actually looks like so you'll recognize him when he shows up — and so you stop accepting the counterfeit Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots], a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community [http://coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co] inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing [https://www.coachkatieanne.com/call].    Scripture References * Deuteronomy 33:26–27  —  primary anchor  ·  Moses' final blessing over Israel * Psalm 18:10  ·  Psalm 68:4  ·  Psalm 68:17  ·  Psalm 104:3  —  God riding through the heavens * Genesis 2:18  —  ezer used for Eve; the same word God uses for Himself * Ephesians 5:25  —  a husband washes his wife with the water of the Word * Revelation 3:20  —  He stands at the door and knocks     Referenced Teachers & Theologians * Charles Spurgeon  —  Sermon on Deuteronomy 33:27 (1887) * Dane Ortlund  —  Gentle and Lowly * A.W. Tozer  —  The Pursuit of God * Ezer  —  Hebrew word study: to rescue / to be strong     Connect + Continue If this episode stirred something in you — if you're ready to stop blocking what God has already promised — the next step is a conversation. Apply at coachkatieanne.com/call.   And if Beyond Believing has been part of your story, would you take sixty seconds and leave a review on Apple Podcasts? Every review helps another woman find this. She is out there looking.   Share this episode with one woman who needs to hear it. You don't have to explain it. Just send it.     About Beyond Believing Beyond Believing is a podcast for divorced Christian women who are done surviving and ready to rebuild. Hosted by certified life coach Katie Anne Greene, each episode combines biblical depth, personal story, and practical coaching to help you discover who God says you are — and begin living like it. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next. CHAPTER MARKERS  ·  Podbean + Apple [ Add these to Podbean episode settings. They appear as a visual timeline inside the Apple player, allowing her to navigate and return to specific sections. Adjust timestamps to your final edited audio. ]   0:00  —  The lie we were handed — cold open 0:38  —  Welcome to Beyond Believing, episode 95 1:00  —  The survival response — when he went cold, you learned to go cold 3:00  —  The lie carried in — choosing steady over strong 5:30  —  The image we were given — and where it actually points 7:00  —  The question that surfaced it — the coaching moment 8:30  —  How I came to Deuteronomy 33 — proclamation 9:00  —  Deuteronomy 33:26–27 — read in full 10:00  —  Three pictures — Above, Around, Beneath 11:30  —  Ezer — the word hidden in plain sight 13:00  —  Spurgeon — the everlasting arms 14:30  —  Ortlund — the posture most natural to Him 16:00  —  But here's what I most want you to hear — re-hook 16:30  —  Tozer — yield and trust 17:30  —  Revelation 3:20 — what God's warrior actually looks like 20:00  —  What a Godly man looks like in real life 21:30  —  The night the door opened — testimony 23:00  —  Who you are — identity declaration 24:30  —  The work — coaching CTA 25:00  —  Next week: Seen — who you are to Him   faith after divorce Christian women healing God's protection and covering Deuteronomy 33 everlasting arms ezer Hebrew meaning Godly man what to look for surrender and trust God divorced Christian women podcast identity after divorce Spurgeon everlasting arms Tozer yield and trust Revelation 3:20 He stands at the door Beyond Believing podcast Katie Anne Greene coach greatest love story God Hashtags #BeyondBelieving #ChristianDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #GodlyWoman #Deuteronomy33 #EverlastingArms #Ezer #HebrewWordStudy #GodWarrior #SurrenderToGod #TozerDevotional #ChristianHealing #DivorceRecovery #IdentityInChrist #GreatestLoveStory #ChristianPodcast #WomenOfFaith #BiblicalCounseling #CoachKatieAnne

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episode E:102: How to Feel Safe After Divorce When You've Never Known God's Covering artwork

E:102: How to Feel Safe After Divorce When You've Never Known God's Covering

Have you ever thought, "I just don't let people in anymore"? There's a verse people misuse to make women like you feel guilty for being guarded — but the truth is far kinder than the guilt. In this episode, I'm unpacking Matthew 23:37 — the moment Jesus grieves over Jerusalem's willful rejection of Him — and why that passage has nothing to do with a woman who's simply never been shown true, godly covering. Through Ruth's reach for Boaz's covering and the woman who touched the hem of Jesus's robe after twelve years of exclusion, we'll uncover what it actually means to receive protection you didn't earn — and what God has been teaching me, personally, about finally letting that covering in. Scripture referenced: Matthew 23:37, Exodus 19:4, Ruth 3:9, Matthew 9:20-22 Ready to go deeper? Book a Rooted Clarity Call [http://www.coachkatieanne.com/call] — a private 45-minute conversation about what's keeping you stuck, and what it could look like to become rooted in the identity God has already spoken over you.  📅 Book a Rooted Clarity Call: www.coachkatieanne.com/call 🌱 Start with the free 7-day devotional: roots.coachkatieanne.com 💛 Join the Selah Community: www.coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co [http://www.coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co] Learn more about James and Jolene, and the work they are doing at their church plant at Red Rock Redemption Church [https://redrockredemption.faithconnector.com/]  divorced Christian women, God's covering, biblical protection, Matthew 23:37 explained, healing after divorce, faith after divorce, Ruth 3:9 meaning, Christian coaching for divorced women, identity in Christ after divorce, receiving God's love #ChristianDivorce #GodsCovering #BeyondBelievingPodcast #DivorceRecovery #ChristianWomen #FaithAfterDivorce #BiblicalProtection

16 de jul de 202613 min
episode E:101: I Thought Waiting Was Weakness. After Divorce, God Showed Me It Was Faithfulness. artwork

E:101: I Thought Waiting Was Weakness. After Divorce, God Showed Me It Was Faithfulness.

I always believed asking for help made me weak. This week, waiting on God finally showed me why that was a lie. I've always believed that being weak, being vulnerable, are dangerous positions to be in — especially after you've already been hurt by trusting the wrong person. So this week, in the middle of a season after my divorce that feels full of nothing but waiting, I did something I genuinely never do anymore. In this episode, we're going deep into what Scripture actually says about waiting — starting with a verse in Hebrews 11 that gets read past far too quickly, four Hebrew words for "wait" that prove it was never meant to be passive, and the uncomfortable truth that you are not the only one active while you wait. Someone else is waiting too, and he's not waiting for the same thing God is. By the end, I'll tell you exactly what I did this week that I always believed made me weak — and why it turned out to be the most faithful thing I did all week. If you're waiting on provision, waiting on your ex to become who he promised he'd be, waiting for your kids to heal, waiting to feel healed yourself — this episode is for you. Scriptures referenced: Hebrews 11:1, 11:13, 11:14–16; 1 Peter 5:8; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 27:14; Galatians 5:5; Lamentations 3:25-26 READY TO STOP WAITING ALONE? 🌱  Start here: I built something for you. It's called Roots — a 7-day devotional for the woman who doesn't quite know who to trust right now, and is ready to find out how God is hers to lean on. Download it at coachkatieanne.com/roots [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots] 🤍  Join the community: The Selah Community [http://coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co] inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are free, just $35/month.  📞  Private coaching: Ready to do the deep work, one-on-one? This is the work we do inside Selah Healing [http://coachkatieanne.com/call]. Apply at coachkatieanne.com/call.

9 de jul de 202616 min
episode E:100: How God Protects Divorced Women (What the Church Never Told You) artwork

E:100: How God Protects Divorced Women (What the Church Never Told You)

If you ever believed that God protects us by standing between us and whatever's coming — a wall, a barrier, something in front of us like I did, I found that's not the only posture Scripture describes. Deuteronomy 33:27 says underneath are the everlasting arms. Not just in front. Not just behind. Underneath. And once you understand why God would position Himself there, you'll never read that verse — or your own story — the same way again. In this episode, Katie Anne walks through the full canonical picture of God's protective identity: Exodus 19:4 and the eagle's wings that carried Israel to God Himself, not just away from danger. Deuteronomy 32:10–12 and the verb-by-verb picture of how God found, encircled, and carried His people. Psalm 91 and the protection rooted in His faithfulness, not your vigilance. And Deuteronomy 33:26–27 — the everlasting arms that were underneath you before you ever knew you needed them. She also takes on one of the most quoted passages in Scripture about divorce — Jesus' teaching in Matthew 19. What if it was never a verdict against divorced women, but Jesus stepping into a specific first-century legal dispute to protect her? This is episode 100 — and every identity this series has shown you (Warrior, Shepherd, Pursuer, Cherished, Seen, Known) was pointing here. READY TO GO DEEPER? 🌱  Start here: I built something for you. It's called Roots — a 7-day devotional for the woman who doesn't quite know who to trust right now, and is ready to find out how God is hers to lean on. Download it at coachkatieanne.com/roots [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots] 🤍  Join the community: The Selah Community [http://coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co] inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are free, just $35/month.  📞  Private coaching: Ready to do the deep work, one-on-one? This is the work we do inside Selah Healing [http://coachkatieanne.com/call]. Apply at coachkatieanne.com/call.   divorced christian women, God's protection bible, Deuteronomy 33:27, everlasting arms meaning, faith after divorce, christian divorce recovery, bible study for divorced women, Matthew 19 divorce explained, biblical protection of women, God as protector, single christian woman over 40, healing after divorce christian, Psalm 91 protection, Exodus 19:4 eagles wings, christian podcast for women, identity in Christ after divorce #BeyondBelievingPodcast #ChristianDivorceRecovery #DivorcedChristianWoman #FaithAfterDivorce #GodsProtection #DeuteronomyStudy #EverlastingArms #ChristianWomenOver40 #BiblicalHealing #ChristianPodcast

1 de jul de 202620 min
episode E:99: What God Says to Divorced Women About Being Loved artwork

E:99: What God Says to Divorced Women About Being Loved

There is something I want you to know before you press play. At the end of this episode, there is an invitation. Not an assignment. Not a challenge. An invitation — to sit with a question that I believe has the potential to change everything about the way you see yourself, the way you receive love, and the way you relate to God. You don't have to be ready for it. You just have to stay until the end. Here is what this episode is about: Most women who have been through divorce believe God loves them. What most of us have never fully received — not in the quiet, not where it counts — is that God delights in us. That there is a difference between being loved out of obligation and being cherished out of desire. In this episode, I am going to take you from the very first page of Scripture to the very last — and show you that God has been moving toward you across every single page. Not away. Toward. We are going to look at two parables in Matthew 13 that most of us have heard our whole lives — and what I found when I read them again stopped me completely. Because what Jesus is describing in those parables is not just a transaction. It is a declaration. About your worth. About what God was willing to pay. About why nothing and no one has any legal claim to your value anymore. We are also going to look at a Hebrew word in Isaiah 65 — hineni (hee-neh-NEE) — that God says twice, to people who weren't even looking for Him. And what that word means in the original language is not just 'I am here.' It is: you have my full attention. I am completely available to you. I am all in. God said that. To people who weren't looking. God is saying it to you right now. By the end of this episode, I want you to have something you may have never fully had before — not the idea that you are loved, but the settled, specific, unshakeable knowing that you are cherished. That the God of the universe looked at your field — the broken, buried, complicated, messy field of your life — and said: I want her. All of her. And I am buying the whole thing. That is what this episode is about. Stay until the end. The invitation is waiting for you there. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Matthew 13:44  |  Matthew 13:45-46  |  Proverbs 31:10  |  Isaiah 65:1  |  Zephaniah 3:17  |  Revelation 21:3-4  |  James 1:17  |  Hebrews 12:2  |  Matthew 27:51 RESOURCES MENTIONED: ESV Women's Study Bible [https://a.co/d/0bMzvy5c] Roots Devotional [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots] — free download. Seven days deepening what God has already planted Selah Community [http://coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co] — 7-day free trial, just $35/month after: coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co The Bible in One Year [https://a.co/d/0iZdJNGj] — Nicky Gumble (Day 49) Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. 8, Matthew [https://a.co/d/0elyelDR] — D.A. Carson (Zondervan, 1984)   WAYS TO WORK WITH KATIE ANNE 📖 Start here — Roots Devotional (free): coachkatieanne.com/roots [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots] 🌿 Go deeper — Selah Community (Your first 7 days are free, just $35/month after that): coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co [http://coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co] 💛 Private coaching — coachkatieanne.com/cal [https://www.coachkatieanne.com/call]l NEXT EPISODE: Episode 100 is coming. And I want to tell you about a mother owl I watched fly underneath her baby to keep her from falling — and what it taught me about Deuteronomy 33. Subscribe so you don't miss it. God's love for divorced women | being cherished by God | what God says about love after divorce | healing after divorce Christian | divorced Christian women podcast | hidden treasure parable meaning | God delights in you scripture | Zephaniah 3:17 meaning | hineni meaning Hebrew | how to feel God's love | God's love is unconditional | Christian healing after heartbreak | identity in Christ after divorce | what does God think of me | divorced woman worth | beyond believing podcast #DivorceHealing #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #GodLovesYou #DivorcedChristianWomen #HeIdentityInChrist #Zephaniah317 #HiddenTreasureParable #Hineni #PostDivorceHealing #FaithAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #GodDelightsInYou #YouAreCherished #CoachKatieAnne

25 de jun de 202622 min
episode E:98: How God Carries Divorced Women in Scripture artwork

E:98: How God Carries Divorced Women in Scripture

Beyond Believing Podcast How God Carries Divorced Women in Scripture The Greatest Love Story Ever Written | Who He Is to Her: THE SHEPHERD For the woman who has been carrying this season alone and is ready to find out what God says about that, grab your free 7-day devotional, Roots [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots].   After my divorce, I didn't go looking for a new church. I went looking for God. And what I found in the wilderness — in Luke 15, Ezekiel 34, and Psalm 23 — is that the Shepherd does not wait for you to find your way back. He comes in. He finds you. He puts you on His shoulders. And He carries you home.   Nobody talks about this part of divorce. You don't just lose a husband. In many cases, you lose your community. Your seat in the pew. The version of yourself that fit neatly inside a congregation built around couples, around families — around a story that no longer looks like yours. Some of you are still going. Carrying something in your chest the people around you don't know how to hold. Some of you stopped going. Not because your faith is gone — because you stopped belonging. And some of you — like me — walked out of a religion entirely. Not out of rebellion. Out of hunger. Because the God being described in that building and the God you were desperately searching for were not the same Person. This episode is for every part of your journey. In this episode of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written series, we go deep into Ezekiel 34, Luke 15, and Psalm 23 to trace one of the most personal declarations God makes about Himself in all of Scripture: He does not wait at the door. He goes into the wilderness. He finds you. He lifts you. And He carries you — rejoicing. What we cover: — Ezekiel 34:11–16: God's personal declaration — "I, I myself will search for my sheep." Every gap the community left, He fills personally. The woman who was not sought will be sought. The woman who was not carried will be carried. — Luke 15:4–7: The parable of the lost sheep — and the detail most people read past. He doesn't ask her to walk home. He puts her on his shoulders. And he comes home rejoicing. Scholar Joel B. Green writes that this parable is fundamentally about God — its entire aim is to reveal the nature of the divine response to the recovery of the lost. — Psalm 23:  The Shepherd does not promise to remove the valley. He promises to be present in it. And the table He prepares in verse five connects directly back to last week's episode on the Bridegroom — pointing to John 14:2–3 and the home He is going to prepare. — The grammar shift in Psalm 23:4: In the valley, theology becomes prayer. David stops talking about God and starts talking to Him. Explanation gives way to presence. — Psalm 23:6: The Hebrew word for "follow" carries the sense of pursuit — goodness and mercy are not waiting for you at the end of the valley. They are coming after you in the middle of it. You are not being abandoned in this wilderness. You are being carried through it. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES — Ezekiel 34:4, 11, 16 — Luke 15:4–7 — Psalm 23 (full) — John 14:2–3 THEOLOGICAL SOURCES — Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke, New International Commentary on the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1997) — on Luke 15 as a revelation of the divine nature of God's response to the lost — Kenneth Bailey, The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament (IVP Academic, 2014) — on the cultural significance of leaving the ninety-nine and the carrying of the lost sheep — Kenneth Bailey, Finding the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15 (Concordia, 1992) — on the Middle Eastern shepherd context and the cost of pursuit Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots [http://coachkatieanne.com/roots] , a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community [http://coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co]  inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing [https://www.coachkatieanne.com/call]  KEYWORDS divorced Christian women, God carries you scripture, Luke 15 lost sheep meaning, Ezekiel 34 meaning, Psalm 23 meaning, God as shepherd, faith after divorce, Christian healing after divorce, biblical identity women, God in the wilderness, valley of the shadow of death, beyond believing podcast, Katie Anne, identity after divorce, the greatest love story ever written, church after divorce, God finds you HASHTAGS #BeyondBelieving #GreatestLoveStory #GodCarriesYou #WhoHeIsToHer #ChristianDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #Luke15 #Ezekiel34 #Psalm23 #BiblicalIdentity #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #TheShepherd #IdentityInChrist #YouAreBeingCarried

18 de jun de 202617 min