E44 | Summer Book Club: “I Don’t Have to Hold It All Together” with Nichole Suvar

E44 | Summer Book Club: “I Don’t Have to Hold It All Together” with Nichole Suvar

Welcome to the Summer Book Club, a special series for the Hear Him Louder podcast that features three guests and three books in three episodes, all focused on helping you to hear Jesus louder. How would you live differently if you really knew that you don’t have to hold it all together? In this episode, Nichole Suvar and I talk about what we’re holding, why we’re trying to hold it and why we don’t have to anymore. She shares her story of battling anxiety and how she held onto this phrase: “In Him all things hold all together.” (Colossians 1:17). And we discuss how our world distorts and twists what God originally intended in the garden of Eden – and the truth that the peace of Eden still waits. Marnie and Nichole discuss:  * Seven deep truths that God embedded in us back in Eden. * What the distorted versions of these truths look like, including control and perfectionism. * How to notice what we are holding and how to lay down what isn’t ours to carry.   * The difference between managing overwhelm and finding peace. * How to cultivate the peace of Eden in our own lives. Nichole Suvar is an intentional living strategist who comes alongside overwhelmed women to introduce them to God’s design for mental wellness. Today we’re discussing her new book, “I Don’t Have to Hold it All Together: Cultivating the Peace of Eden When Feeling Overwhelmed.”  When she’s not writing or coaching, you can find Nichole trying in vain to keep the cupboards stocked for her always-hungry teens, hiking a new trail, soaking in the quiet with her husband, Paul, or savoring cheddar cheese with pickles like it’s a gourmet meal. She’ll take deep conversations over small talk any day, especially if there’s good coffee involved. You can buy Nichole's book here [https://livewithintent.org/my-book/]. Find her other resources at her website [https://livewithintent.org/] and follow her on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/nicholejsuvar/]. To help you get into a practice of listening for Jesus in your everyday, Marnie created a FREE resource for you: Find Your Listening Rhythm with Jesus [https://marniehammar.myflodesk.com/findyourlisteningrhythm]. You can connect with Marnie through her Website [https://www.marniehammar.com/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/marniehammar/].

E43 | How to Love (+ Listen for Jesus in) Your Morning, with Jennifer Dukes Lee

Today’s conversation with Jennifer Dukes Lee is all about our mornings. Do you think of yourself as a morning person? Do you even like mornings? What if we could not just love our mornings, but also hear God louder in them? Jennifer tells us that God is most definitely a morning person. And if we are made in His image, then we, too, are morning people…which means maybe we’ve been thinking about our mornings all wrong! Friend, whether you jump out of bed every morning or you think you’re allergic to mornings, this episode will help you reimagine your mornings. We discuss: * Why our mornings matter. * The difference between a routine and a ritual – and why that makes a difference in the morning. * How we handle hard mornings. * Four morning archetypes for how we may be wired to begin our days. * How these four archetypes listen for Jesus in the morning. * How to navigate mornings with someone who starts their day differently than you do. * How to love God with our heart, soul, mind and strength in our mornings. Jennifer Dukes Lee is a bestselling author, speaker, and morning evangelist from Iowa. She is the author of several books, including How to Love Your Morning, Growing Slow, and It’s All Under Control. She’s a fan of queso, bright lipstick, and singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. She lives on a fifth-generation family farm, where she and her husband have made a life of growing crops, pigs, two beautiful humans, and an enduring faith. You can connect with Jennifer at her Website [https://jenniferdukeslee.com/find-your-morning-archetype/] or over on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdukeslee/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JenniferDukesLee].  Take the quiz [https://jenniferdukeslee.com/find-your-morning-archetype/] to learn your morning archetype. Two ways to get your copy of How to Love Your Morning: 1 | Enter to win a copy of How to Love Your Morning [https://marniehammar.myflodesk.com/howtoloveyourmorning]. 2 | Purchase your copy here [https://www.amazon.com/dp/076424552X/?bestFormat=true&k=how%20to%20love%20your%20morning%20jennifer%20dukes%20lee&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-v2_k0_1_12_de&crid=A4NT2Y9Q794V&sprefix=how%20to%20love%20#]. And to help you get into a practice of listening for Jesus in your everyday, Marnie created a FREE resource for you: Find Your Listening Rhythm with Jesus [https://marniehammar.myflodesk.com/findyourlisteningrhythm]. Marnie would also love to hear from you. You can connect with Marnie through her Website [https://www.marniehammar.com/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/marniehammar/].

E42 | How to Recognize God’s Language, with Erica Wiggenhorn

Today’s episode with Erica Wiggenhorn is about how to learn how to recognize what God is speaking to us. To know His language. Do you sometimes get confused when you read your Bible? Does it feel muddy sometimes? Erica shares with us that God did a whole work making her a Bible study teacher after years of not understanding the Bible.  Her story of praying big, audacious prayers and seeing God speak into her story in powerful ways unlocked and jumpstarted her love for scripture and began her journey of listening for His voice. What if learning God’s language could change how you hear Him? What if you opened your Bible with anticipation?  Friend, when we meet God in the word, we hear Him louder. He has so much He wants to say. We discuss: * What to do if reading the Bible is confusing or hard. * How praying audacious prayers can reveal God’s character. * How to learn God’s language. * That hearing God’s voice is easier when we understand how we’re wired.  * How to elevate God’s voice over lies. A later in life Jesus follower, Erica Wiggenhorn felt like you needed a secret decoder ring to be a Christian. Afraid to pray out loud, uncertain how to read the Bible, but wearing the cutest church clothes west of the Rio Grande, Erica spent years of her life trying to figure out what it meant to truly follow Jesus. Attending her very first Bible study at the age of 30, she finally found that missing decoder ring and the Bible began to come alive for her. Today, Erica Wiggenhorn will tell you, “Jesus saved me from my sins and His Word saves me from myself, daily!” You can connect with Erica at her Website [https://ericawiggenhorn.com/] or over on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ericawiggenhorn/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/EricaWiggenhornAuthor]. Other episodes mentioned today: Episode 40 with Evelyn Sherwood Episode 37 with Janet McHenry Episode 6 with Niki Hardy To help you get into a practice of listening for Jesus in your everyday, Marnie created a FREE resource for you: Find Your Listening Rhythm with Jesus [https://marniehammar.myflodesk.com/findyourlisteningrhythm]. You can connect with Marnie through her Website [https://www.marniehammar.com/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/marniehammar/].

E41 | How Fasting from “Noise” Can Open Our Spiritual Hearing, with Wendy Speake

Today’s conversation with Wendy Speake is about how we can hear Jesus louder when we quiet the noisy places in our lives – and we talk specifically about the noise that food and social media introduce into our everyday. How often do we think about food? How often do we reach for our phones? Wendy shares how she accidentally discovered the spiritual benefits of a sugar fast, which grew into a journey that hundreds of thousands of women have now participated in. What they learned is that eliminating sugar allowed them to know God more. And hear Him louder. When we fast from things that crowd out God’s voice, or as Wendy says, when we set down the ordinary, we will discover the extraordinary.  We discuss: * What our appetites tell of our attentions and affections. * How consuming less allows us to experience more. * What fasting is actually about (hint: it’s not about what we give up).  * How fasting from food and phone noise leads to hearing God louder. * How finding connection with Jesus keeps us both satisfied and makes us hungrier. Friend, if you are longing to hear Jesus, opening up your spiritual hearing might begin with fasting from noisy places in our lives. Wendy Speake is author and host of The 40-Day Sugar Fast, The 40-Day Social Media Fast, and the companion resource, The 40-Day Feast. She is also co-author of the popular parenting book, Triggers: Exchanging Parents’ Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses. As a trained actress and heartfelt Bible teacher, Wendy ministers to women's hearts through storytelling and Biblical life applications. She utilizes drama, poetry, and the study of God's word. During her career as an actress in Hollywood, Wendy longed to tell stories that would edify and encourage women. Today she does just that. You can connect with Wendy at her Website [https://www.janetmchenry.com/] or over on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/janetmchenry/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/pg/JanetMcHenryAuthor/]. Grab her books here: The 40-Day Sugar Fast [https://a.co/d/0cYVYUlA], The 40-Day Social Media Fast [https://a.co/d/02DXmzsL], The 40-Day Feast [https://a.co/d/02859XCT], and Triggers [https://a.co/d/02mSkogR].  And to help you get into a practice of listening for Jesus in your everyday, Marnie created a FREE resource for you: Find Your Listening Rhythm with Jesus [https://marniehammar.myflodesk.com/findyourlisteningrhythm]. Marnie would also love to hear from you. You can connect with Marnie through her Website [https://www.marniehammar.com/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/marniehammar/].

E40 | How Learning to Hear God Helps Us to Trust God More, with Evelyn Sherwood

Have you ever wondered how people walk through back-to-back-to-back hard things and still stay standing? Have you wondered how God meets and sustains them? Today’s episode with Evelyn Sherwood will give you a glimpse of how. We talk about her story of stacked-up-high hardships and how her practice of listening for Jesus sustained her through it all.  Evelyn shares with us the behind-the-scenes conversations she had with God during a series of difficult circumstances, including COVID and cancer, and how she grieved and lamented – and also listened in the unknowns. God asked her to trust Him in the “messy middle” and live her story openly as it unfolded. And He met her in new, unexpected ways. As Evelyn says, the more we learn to hear God, the more comfortable we get with trusting Him. Friend, if you, too, are in the messy middle, this episode will give you hope. Marnie and Evelyn discuss: * How Evelyn discovered how present and real God really is. * Questions to ask God in the middle of grief. * The (many) hurdles Evelyn encountered and what Jesus spoke into each hard thing. * An unexpected, beautiful way Jesus began to meet Evelyn as she walked through chemo. * How noticing beauty helps us find peace. * The four-step TRIP method (Thank, Read, Invite, Post) for reading and listening while studying scripture. Evelyn Sherwood is a trusted minister, speaker, and blogger who has served in pastoral ministry for forty years. Nothing puts a smile on her face more than sharing about the faithfulness of God with a friend over a steaming cup of cappuccino or iced peach tea. On a summer evening, you might spot Evelyn and her husband, Steve, driving through Indiana farmlands in a canary yellow ’47 Ford pickup or enjoying an outdoor movie night in the backyard with their eight grandkids. You can connect with Evelyn at her Website [https://evelynsherwood.com/] or over on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/evelynsherwoodauthor/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/evelyn.sherwood]. Her Pocket Full of Hope series [https://a.co/d/0gyJcWzm] is available here [https://a.co/d/0gyJcWzm]. And to help you get into a practice of listening for Jesus in your everyday, Marnie created a FREE resource for you: Find Your Listening Rhythm with Jesus [https://marniehammar.myflodesk.com/findyourlisteningrhythm]. Marnie would also love to hear from you. You can connect with Marnie through her Website [https://www.marniehammar.com/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/marniehammar/].