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Hear Him Louder PodcastS1 E18 | What Desperate Prayers Look Like (& How the Right Words Don’t Matter), with Rachel WojoIn this episode, Marnie and Rachel Wojo continue with part two of their conversation by discussing her book, Desperate Prayers. In every desperate circumstance we face, we have the choice of whether to pray or not pray. To walk through it with God or without Him.Rachel shares what choosing to walk through it with God can look like. And we don’t have to be perfect or say the right words. Marnie and Rachel chat about how: We can lean into and learn from the desperate prayers of 15 Bibl...2025-04-3031 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E17 | How Our Pain-filled Prayers Can Actually Unlock Peace, with Rachel WojoIn this episode, Marnie and Rachel Wojo discuss how, inside the hardest of hard things, we face a choice: Hold our heartbreak alone or offer God our most desperate, raw prayers.We don’t always want to invite God into our anger, confusion, and pain – but Rachel asks the question, what if inside our trials, we leaned into Jesus? What if we asked Him to show us how to show up?When we choose to, something unexplainable happens. If you’re in a painful season, these next two epi...2025-04-3034 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E16 | How to Take Our Fears, Doubts, and Desires to Jesus, with Abby McDonaldIn this episode, Marnie and Abby McDonald continue with part two of their conversation with a discussion of fear, doubt, and our desires. We talk about how each of these aren’t bad – but that the enemy can use our fears, doubts, and desires to keep us from meeting with Jesus and hearing Him.What if we view our fears, doubts, and desires as invitations to seek deeper understanding of each WITH Jesus?Marnie and Abby chat about how: Fear has value, and we can take our fear to God to learn...2025-04-1531 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E15 | Why Do We Need Certainty and How Do We Surrender It? With Abby McDonaldIn this episode, Marnie and Abby McDonald discuss our longing for certainty. It’s something we all want, right? We want to know when we choose a certain path, it’s going to end up a certain way.What we may not realize is that our desire for certainty can actually get in the way of being with and hearing Jesus. What if surrendering the need for certainty helps us find and hear Jesus better?Marnie and Abby chat about how: When Abby discovered that she could hear God’s...2025-04-1535 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E14 | How to Take the Pressure Off When Listening for Jesus, with Monika KirklandIn this episode, Marnie and Monika Kirkland continue with part two of their conversation with a discussion of how to open our hearts to hearing Jesus when He seems quiet. It’s all about taking the pressure off ourselves.Marnie and Monika chat about how: It’s normal that we experience quieter times with God. We can draw near Him in several simple, practical ways that help open our hearts to hearing Him.We want to seek Him in the “low stakes” moments so we can hear Him more clearly in the “high stakes” moments.We’re probably alre...2025-04-0228 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E13 | How the Practice of Listening Looks Different in Different Seasons, with Monika KirklandIn this episode, Marnie and Monika Kirkland discuss what the experience of hearing Jesus can be like and how it can look different in different seasons. She shares two powerful stories, separated by decades, of hearing His whispers in two very different seasons.Marnie and Monika chat about how: Jesus whispered a specific, timely promise she needed in her teen years and then, decades later, whispered a fresh, unexpected promise that only He could orchestrate. Our practice of listening can look different in different seasons.Having knowledge does not equal having intimacy with Je...2025-04-0232 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E12 | How Inviting God Into Our Decisions Invites Us Into a Bigger Story, with Shawna SullivanIn this episode, Marnie and Shawna Sullivan continue their conversation about trusting God with “crossroads” decisions and then shift to discussing how understanding “stewardship” fits into both the big and small decisions.Marnie and Shawna chat about: How to wait on God for clarity and unity with “crossroads” decisions.How scripture will root us as we wait and how God will offer confirmations. How seeking first the kingdom of God means stepping into a bigger story.What stewardship looks like (hint: it’s not only finances).How we teach our children to know God as their pro...2025-03-1924 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E11 | For When You Face “Stay” or “Go” Decisions, with Shawna SullivanIn this episode, Marnie and Shawna Sullivan discuss those important “stay” or “go” decisions. Shawna shares how over a span of 13 years, as her family prayed and waited, God made both “stay” and then “go” not just clear, but even filled with peace and joy. Marnie and Shawna chat about: How in the waiting season, the question, “What if God brought us here for more than just ourselves?” became an anchor. How God answered Shawna’s family’s prayers by confirming, “Stay,” and then in His timing, led them to “Go.”How in God’s kindness, He will answer and...2025-03-1929 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E10 | Simple and Unexpected Ways God Speaks in our Everyday with Dorina Lazo Gilmore-YoungIn this episode, Marnie and Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young discuss how God can speak to our hearts in a variety of simple and unexpected ways.Marnie and Dorina chat about: The practice of choosing a word for the year (it’s never too late, by the way) and how Jesus meets us in those words.How Jesus gave Dorina an unexpected, last-minute assignment and how He confirmed what she heard – and then surprised her multiple times as she took steps of faith and obedience.How God cares about every little detail and shows us His c...2025-03-0528 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E9 | How to Find Hope in Seasons of Grief with Dorina Lazo Gilmore-YoungIn this episode, Marnie and Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young discuss how God meets us in our grief. Dorina shares her own story of becoming a widow with three young daughters, and how Jesus led her through that grief journey with the hope of redemption.Marnie and Dorina chat about: The promise that every grief journey holds the hope of redemption. What Dorina would say to those grieving right now.How Jesus met her heart in those early days of grieving.How He led her to write this study, Redeemer, to offer hope to others fo...2025-03-0531 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E8 | How Hearing Jesus in Our Emotions Can Bring Peace in the Hardest Places, with Alicia MichelleIn this episode, Marnie and Alicia Michelle continue their conversation about what it looks like to invite Jesus into the middle of our hardest emotional battles and how He speaks peace. Be sure to check out Episode #7 if you missed it, as Alicia introduces her 3-step ADD method that we dive deeper into in this conversation.Marnie and Alicia chat about: The kinds of questions we can ask, with Jesus, in each step of the ADD method.How to acknowledge what we’re feeling with Jesus. How to discern with Jesus what is keep...2025-02-1926 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E7 | What If Understanding the Science Behind Our Emotions Helps Us Connect with God? With Alicia MichelleIn this episode, Marnie and Alicia Michelle discuss the science behind our emotions. When we understand how our emotions work and how God created them, we can more confidently navigate our emotions and even see our emotions as an invitation to connect with God. Marnie and Alicia chat about: How our bodies respond to emotions.How we have more ammunition for navigating our emotions than will power. How when we understand how our bodies work, we can work through our emotions WITH Jesus.The 3-step method we can follow to understand and process wha...2025-02-1923 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E6 | How Brain Science Fits into Listening for Jesus, with Niki HardyIn this episode, Marnie and Niki Hardy continue their conversation about what hearing God is like in our day to day. Check out Episode #5 if you missed Part 1 of our conversation.Marnie and Niki chat about: How being in nature offers us a unique invitation to meet with and hear from God.The neuroscience behind hearing God and what’s happening in our brains when we listen for Jesus.How to navigate the logical side and the creative side of our brains when we discern God’s voice.How the practice of listening takes...2025-02-0530 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E5 | How to Invite Jesus into Hard Decisions, with Niki HardyIn this episode, Marnie and Niki Hardy have a conversation about inviting Jesus into the wrestle of making big, hard decisions.Marnie and Niki chat about: The possibility that God has a British accent.How we can expect God to speak into and lead our smallest steps and biggest decisions. What watching and waiting for confirmation looks like.How sometimes when we want revelations, our answers can come through realizations.How the internal “knowing” can often be the hardest to trust.How clarity can come in our faithful movement forward.A practice that can he...2025-02-0529 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E2 | Two Questions We Can Ask Jesus Every Day, with Becky KeifeIn episode 2 Marnie and Becky Keife continue our conversation about listening for Jesus as a daily practice. Check out Episode #1 if you missed Part 1 of our conversation.Marnie and Becky chat about:Our identity in Christ and how hearing God’s voice leads us to a deeper knowing of who we are.How asking Him specific questions will lead us to a greater understanding of how He sees each of us as unique individuals whom He has called to unique purposes.Two simple, powerful questions to ask God every day.AND:...2025-01-2231 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E3 | How to Live with Longing and Not Get Stuck, with Rebecca GeorgeIn this episode, Marnie and Rebecca George have a conversation about the very human heart condition called longing.Marnie and Rebecca chat about: Rebecca’s journey of sharing Jesus with women and the many ways she’s done that over the years.How Rebecca’s journey has held seasons of longing, especially the season of praying about and waiting on God’s plan for her longing to be married. How those seasons of longing led to her upcoming book, You’re Not Too Late.The definition of longing and how longing is "no respecter of...2025-01-2228 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E4 | How to Navigate Seasons of Longing, with Rebecca GeorgeIn this episode, Marnie and Rebecca George continue their conversation about longing and how we can listen for Jesus in our longings. Check out Episode #3 if you missed Part 1 of our conversation.Marnie and Rebecca chat about: The distinction between God-given longing and a longing that has become an idol.How to navigate the times when we are stuck in the lingering stage of the longing cycle.The relationship between accessibility and intimacy and how earthly longings and accessibility block intimacy in our relationships.The connection between intentionality and intimacy.AND:2025-01-2225 minHear Him Louder PodcastS1 E1 | What Does Listening for Jesus Look Like? With Becky KeifeIn this first episode, Marnie and Becky Keife have a conversation about what it’s like to listen for Jesus and how it fits into our everyday.Marnie and Becky chat about: How we need stock in Costco because feeding boys is endless.Becky’s faith story and how God moved her from a faith filled with striving to a faith of knowing Jesus.How Becky had to come to terms with that nagging question of whether it really was God speaking to her heart.How sometimes it isn’t until we come to the...2025-01-2233 minHear Him Louder PodcastHear Him Louder TrailerWelcome to the Hear Him Louder Podcast where we delight in listening for Jesus in our everyday.2025-01-1601 min
Encouragement for Real Life173. The Value of Being Still With Marnie HammarIt's our guest episode for the month, and joining me today is friend and fellow writer, Marnie Hammar. Marnie's shares her wisdom and words full of hope and encouragement with us, spurring us on to find moments of stillness to hear God's voice. You'll be so glad you tuned in! Join encourager, Julie Lefebure, each Tuesday morning as she offers real encouragement for your real life right now through a fresh, hope-filled perspective, a lighthearted inspiration, and Biblical insight, all in about 15 minutes (guest shows are longer). Each episode will lift your spirits and equip you to be a lig...2024-11-2639 min
Find Hope Here with Teresa Whiting - Christian Women (Bible Study, Faith, Sexuality, Freedom from Shame)Hear Him Louder with Marnie Hammar - Part 2 (SOUL CARE SERIES)Today I continue my conversation with Marnie Hammar about hearing God's voice. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, you might want to go back and listen to that part first. Click Here for show notes.Click here to watch on YouTube.Support the showThanks for listening! If you like the podcast, you will love Teresa's weekly podcast update. Sign up here.Order Graced: How God Redeems and Restores the BrokenBook Teresa to speak at an upcoming event!Music: Home (Ins...2024-06-0427 minFind Hope Here with Teresa Whiting - Christian Women (Bible Study, Faith, Sexuality, Freedom from Shame)Hear Him Louder with Marnie Hammar - Part 1 (SOUL CARE SERIES)Have you ever wanted to hear from God? If so, you will really enjoy today’s conversation with Marnie Hammar. She talks not only about speaking to God, but hearing from Him.Click Here for show notes.Click here to watch on YouTube.Support the showThanks for listening! If you like the podcast, you will love Teresa's weekly podcast update. Sign up here.Order Graced: How God Redeems and Restores the BrokenBook Teresa to speak at an upcoming event!Music: Home (Inspirational And Upl...2024-05-2822 min