Lauren Gaskill

What do you spend most of your time thinking about? Do your thoughts toward yourself and the world tend to be negative? The truth is, if we don’t take time to fill ourselves up with TRUTH, nothing and no one else will. That is what makes the practice of daily faith confessions so important — we have to get God’s truth in if we are going to get the enemy’s lies out.

Next time you’re tempted to start thinking negatively about yourself or your situation, pull out this list of 25 faith confessions and declare them over your life. God’s Word always accomplishes its purpose (Isaiah 55:11) and if we let it, it can truly transform us from the inside out. ///

OK, now onto today’s podcast guest!

Hanha Hobson joins me today for Finding Joy #48. Hanha is the founder of the Transparency Blog, which encourages women to be confident in who God made them to be and what He has called them to do. Her interactive 31-day devotional, Jesus Is Bae, just came out last week, and it’s a wonderful tool for anyone looking to learn more about what it means to be in a relationship with Christ.

As you’ll hear in our conversation today, Hanha struggled with shame for years before finding freedom in Jesus. The enemy tried to tell her she wasn’t loved, and for awhile, Hanha wondered if he was right. Everything changed when her mom challenged her to read the Bible with her from the start of Genesis to the end of Revelation.

The transformation didn’t happen overnight, but as she began practicing daily faith confessions, God’s truth began to replace the lies she’d grown to believe. Today on the podcast, Hanha shares practical tips for combating shame with daily faith confessions. She and I also talk about how to respond when other people try to shame us and drag us into the pit.

You can learn more about Hanha’s #TheConfessionsProject here (the faith confessions graphic above was inspired by our conversation, and you are free to print that out as well by clicking on the photo!).

Hanha encourages us to ask God to help move Scripture from our heads to our hearts, so we can grasp His love and experience freedom on a deeper level.

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Jami Amerine joins me today for Finding Joy #47. Jami is a wife, mom, author, speaker, artist and entrepreneur who loves helping other discover Jesus for who He really is. Her latest book, Stolen Jesus: An Unconventional Search for the Real Savior, just came out a few months ago, and it will rock your world and what you think you know about Jesus.

As you’ll hear in our conversation today, Jami didn’t discover the real Savior until she decided to write a book about Him. But when she found Him, oh, what freedom, joy and peace He brought to her heart.

Jami also shares about her experience as a foster mom and how she is learning to embrace the benefits of daughterhood and grace in Christ each and every day. She also talks about the process of wrestling with the world’s conflicting representations of Jesus in order to get to know the Savior for who He really is — full of never-ending love and grace.

Jami encourages us all to ask ourselves the question, “What do I think is required to be in a relationship with Jesus?” then consider this answer — nothing. Oh, what grace.

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My guest for Finding Joy Podcast #46 is Lynn Cowell, an author and national conference speaker who is passionate about helping women of all ages understand the importance of Christ confidence. Her latest book, Make Your Move: Finding Unshakable Confidence Despite Your Fears and Failures, just came out a few months ago, and you can actually join Lynn here starting February 26th as she launches an online study component of the book.

Finding Joy is a podcast dedicated to bringing you encouragement and inspiration in all of life’s moments — the good, bad and everything in-between.

In this episode Lynn and I talk about:

• The importance of building our confidence in Christ.
• How to combat society’s unrealistic expectations to do and be it all.
• How to let go of past fears and failures in exchange for the confidence that comes from surrendering our lives to the One who never fails.
• Her family’s experience with mental illness and why having a treatment plan is important.
• Freebies for developing an unshakable confidence.

Lynn encourages us to think about the inner dialogues we have with ourselves on a daily basis. Are we building ourselves up with the truth found in God’s word, or are we tearing ourselves down with the enemy’s lies?

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NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Make Your Move Book

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My guest for Finding Joy Podcast #45 is Jackie Drew, wife, mom and owner of RAD JOY. RAD JOY makes beautiful wooden crosses that allow you to physically nail your burdens to the cross, and I’m so excited to have them as a partner for the Finding Joy Ladies Night Out National Tour coming this fall. (Jackie will actually be speaking on the panel at our Southlake, Texas Finding Joy Ladies Night Out venue!)

Finding Joy is a podcast dedicated to bringing you encouragement and inspiration in all of life’s moments — the good, bad and everything in-between.

In this episode Jackie and I talk about:

• The power of daily prayer.
• How surrendering our lives to Jesus can change our lives for the better.
• Ways to remember God’s faithfulness in hard times.
• Learning to discern the will of God.
• What to do when God calls us to step out in faith.

Jackie encourages us to be intentional in our prayer lives so that we can grow closer to Jesus and experience the radical, life-changing joy that comes from a life surrendered.

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My guest for Finding Joy Podcast #44 is Micah Maddox, Bible teacher, writer, blogger, and author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World. Micah is passionate about helping women find purpose, peace, and calm in our chaotic world, and she will be speaking at the Raleigh venue on the Finding Joy Ladies Night Out National Tour I’ll be hosting this fall.

Dear friend, if it seems like your problems are mounting by the minute and you feel powerless to what’s happening around you, I pray this conversation can be the hope and encouragement you need to see the light.

Finding Joy is a podcast dedicated to bringing you encouragement and inspiration in all of life’s moments — the good, bad and everything in-between.

In this episode Micah and I talk about:

• How to live a more power-full life in a problem-filled world
• Why what we think about God and how we feel about Him matters
• How to trust God more fully and deeply and grow in faith
• How to experience and access God’s power in our weakness and strength
• Easy ways to get into the Word each week

Micah encourages us to remember that darkness is just a distraction — it does not mean God has departed.

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