Connected in Christ
Episode #: S.1 Ep. 13
Title: Armor
Release Date: Nov. 21, 2023
Duration: 43:23
Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Taryn Donson, Tanja Bentley Ward
Key Points Covered:
📍 So protecting your heart doesn't mean hiding your heart or putting a wall up around it-I think it's learning and understanding the boundaries and discernment and understanding that vulnerable, being vulnerable means shining your light, but not putting a wall up around the light. And that's, that's a really hard practice, um, because you do feel more, and I probably have cried more in the last seven years through this process than most of my life because feeling your feelings. - Tanja
📍 And I was, when I was thinking about this, I just feel so strongly to remind us that it doesn't matter what weapon Satan has used against us, this, the wounds that come from those weapons can and will be healed by the savior Jesus Christ because of his atonement and it's our faith. In Christ and in his atonement, that allows us to access that atonement and access that healing. So if you are somebody that feels that they have let in just way too many darts or whatever weapon you wanna say, I wanna tell you that there's always hope, there's always healing because we will always have our savior.- Elizabeth
📍 And so I said, ok, what does that, I asked myself, what does it look like to guard my heart? And, um, to guard my heart means that I'm gonna be careful in what I'm putting in my body. I'm gonna be careful what I'm listening to. I'm gonna be careful who I surround myself with. Because all of that influences us. And so, um, if I am listening to a certain type of music or watching shows, that kind of goes against what I believe then you tend to lean on that and you tend to like it sneaks in and that's where Satan comes in and is like poking and poking. And so to guard my heart, I really have to be intentional with what I surround myself with.- Jazzael
📍 It's important to remember that the devil is a liar. Like he actively seeks to deceive us. And it's really, really important to know the truth because it's the truth that'll set us free.
So having that in mind. I just realized how important it's to constantly be rooted in the word and to be just like we had an episode on studying the Bible. This is why it's important, guys. We have to have active weapons to fight with.- Taryn
📍 Whenever I think about honest prayer, I always just think about me and my own kids when my kids are hiding something from me, I know it. I know it. And a lot of times I'm just waiting for them to finally say, yeah mom, I'm struggling with this. Or Yeah, mom, I'm angry about this.Right? I'm just waiting. Cause I know that eventually they have to tell me, or eventually I'm gonna have to say, guess what? I know. I know. So let's talk about this. And I think that is so often our relationship with God we're like, well, I can't tell him. He knows. He already knows. So we're so silly. We're trying to hide it from him.But he knows, and a lot of times he's just waiting for us to say, oh man, Lord, I am struggling. This is hard and say, okay, let me show you how to get through it. Cause that's what we do for our own kids as soon as they come to us. Now that you're ready to hear, let me show you how to work through this. I am totally here for you.- Brigette
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Ephesians 6:10-20
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