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Life Out LoudSushi + Self-ControlSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨Welcome to the Season 3 FINALE! Do you lose your mind over some delicious sushi? Asking for a friend... maybe.In Episode 8 of Season 3, Desireé illuminates the importance of self-control. How well we exercise this fruit determines SO much in our lives. God wants us to live incredible lives – but also within His boundaries for our lives. Growing this fruit in our lives sets us up for big wins! Topics include:Self-control defined (2:37)This is for my fellow-food lovers (3:38)Self-control and the minds...2022-12-1312 minLife Out LoudLeading with GentlenessSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨In Episode 7 of Season 3, Desireé unpacks the sometimes-overlooked fruit of gentleness. She uses this episode to illustrate that the same God of the mountain is the same God of the valley – and he is our gentle protector. In this episode we unpack gentleness in our marriages, as parents and in all of the other roles we have. Topics include:True gentleness described through the story of Elijah (3:00)A story of Jesus’ incredible gentleness (6:19)Jesus’ invitation to all of us (8:09)Join Desireé as she uses her trips...2022-11-2914 minLife Out LoudWhen Faithfulness Feels Like a Party GameSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨In Episode 6 of Season 3, Desireé uses a fun party game to describe what faithfulness can sometimes feel like. In this episode she unpacks how confidence, trust and relationships all relate to faithfulness. She offers biblical examples of faith in action and how even Jesus’ disciples sometimes wavered in their walk. In the end, we can imagine Jesus talking directly to us on our own walk. Topics include: Something specific about the heart of faithfulness (3:38)How do we trust Jesus so we can bear faithfulness? (5:33)Biblical e...2022-11-1612 minLife Out LoudBe Kind and Filled with GoodSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨In Episode 5 of Season 3, Desireé digs into the fruits of kindness and goodness. Where they begin and how they flourish in this world. Fair warning, this episode is heavy and it’s coming for our hearts. It calls on the book of Romans for some heavy-hitting truth on kindness and goodness. You will be so glad you tuned in! Topics include:Kindness begins with us (3:38) and gets extended toward others (4:19)Truth bomb on kindness (7:06)Genesis and Romans show us biblical goodness (9:11) Join Desir...2022-11-0113 minLife Out LoudThis is For the Impatient OnesSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨In Episode 4 of Season 3, Desireé walks us through the fruit of patience – an important but at times very difficult fruit to bear. She uses the amazing miracle of gardening to illustrate patience... and yes, gardening is truly that amazing.It’s in the waiting that the miraculous happens.This one might be harder fruit on the surface because the waiting is rarely easy – but it’s often the most rewarding to our souls.Topics include:• Defining patience (2:57)• Unpacking the state of the world...2022-10-1812 minLife Out LoudFor a World Craving Joy & PeaceSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨In Episode 3 of Season 3, Desireé covers the fruits of joy and peace. She discovered true lasting joy and peace almost on accident... in a last-ditch effort. She found out that unwavering, unshakeable joy & peace is available to each and every person – no matter the circumstances life puts us in. The God of Joy and the God of Peace becomes tangible in this episode.Topics include:• The fruits and some weather talk… mindblown (1:12)• Setting the stage for unwavering joy & peace (3...2022-10-0413 minLife Out LoudLet’s Begin with LoveSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨In Episode 2 of Season 3, Desireé explores the first fruit found in Galatians 5 – Love. She dives into the science behind it and the biblical truth to back it up. True, sacrificial, biblical love points us to the gospel and, It. Is. Breathtaking! ✨Topics include:The most famous Scripture on love… followed by some #realtalk (1:48)C.S. Lewis on the topic of love – and it’s SO good! (3:55)The science behind love… and it is a science (4:29)The breathtaking biblical truth about love (5:33)7 promises that God gives to those who...2022-09-2009 minLife Out LoudHow to Grow a Fruitful Life - A Season of Bearing FruitSend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨Welcome to SEASON 3!!!This Season we are taking the roadmap to live a really great life that Desireé designed in Season 2, to the next level! Onward and upward we go. We hope you are ready... and of course, as excited as we are!In Episode 1 of Season 3, Desireé breaks down the concept of bearing good fruit. The beautiful idea of bearing good fruit is found in Galatians. She uses this episode to break down the scriptures and illuminate divine truth that we can apply t...2022-09-0614 minLife Out LoudThe “O” Word : S2 E8 : Season FINALESend me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨Welcome to the SEASON 2 FINALE!Join Desireé in the last episode of Season 2, as she uses her trips around the sun to throw encouragement around like confetti!In Episode 8, Desireé continues the journey to living your best life by talking about the “O” word. Want to know what that is? You are going to have to listen in! Topics include:I’ve never ever done this before… (2:24)A quotable for your ❤️ (6:08)A phrase in the human experience (8:16)Follow Desireé on Instagram and Faceb...2022-05-1712 min