Prepare For Battle

Season FIVE is coming to an end!  Tune in for our last episode of the season as we mix things up a bit and ask each other a ton of unknown questions that have to be answered on the spot.  Get ready to know us a little better as we answer with truth and transparency, laughter and tears!

Stay tuned for the announcement of when Season 6 will air!  We are taking this time off to make next season super special and fun for y'all.  

In the meantime, reach out to us with prayer request or questions you have.  We are here for you!

Join us as we talk on insecurities as women!  It's so easy to get a thought in our minds and not let it go.  We instead allow it to fester up and cause us more problems.  Sometimes we even allow it to consume us and control us.  

What God says about you is the only thing that matters!  You are made in the image of God and you are beautiful.  Stop doubting your beauty, stop doubting your calling, stop doubting your parenting, stop doubting being a wife.  You are capable, called and chosen!

When looking up "ride or die" in Urban Dictionary it says: when you are willing to do anything for someone you love or someone you really appreciate in your life. The person who you stand by in any problem and vice versa.   The term "ride till the end or die trying"

Friendships should be thick and thin.  In all seasons, the good and the bad, the highs and the lows.  We often are scared to let anyone too close because we worry our problems will scare them off or we worry that they'll hurt us,  

In this episode we discuss personal friendships we've had and how we can't put expectations on them.  We should be the friend we want to have.  Naomi and Ruth's friendship stemmed from a tragic time and in that season, they drew closer to one another.  

Do you have at least one ride or die?

How often do you prepare for things?  Rather it be meal prepping for the week, preparing for a test, preparing for a job, preparing for your calling.  You must prepare in order for it to be successful.  For me personally, if I don't meal prep for the week, I fail miserably at not having healthy foods to eat and I'm more likely to run out and get fast food for lunch.  

Preparation takes prayer, preparation isn't always easy.  It takes discipline and obedience.  But God prepares every detail in our lives just like He's preparing a place for us.  Think about Noah and the preparation that took place prior and during building the Ark.  God trusted Noah and Noah prepared for exactly what God asked of him.

We are back after a much needed spring break off!  It's hard to believe this is episode 10 in season 5.

I'm sure you've all heard of walk the talk before.  We are good at talking the walk but are we actually walking the talk?  We know the right things to say to other people in their trials and difficulties but we don't always use those in our own lives when walking through the very things.  

In this episode we talk on walking it out in your relationship with Christ, your trauma and your purpose/calling.  We share some personal examples of what it's been like to walk out certain things in our own lives and how it was even painful at times.  

We aren't meant to do life alone and we don't have to.  We've been created to walk it out with others in their difficulties and we also should rest and find peace in knowing that God is walking it out right along with us every step of the way.  You are never alone!

Today we are talking forgiveness.  Forgiveness is hard and quite frankly we are all guilty of holding grudges and not wanting to forgive.  How often have you said, I'll forgive you but I'll never forget?  We both have!  But in those situations, do we truly even forgive them?

In this episode we get honest about situations in our own lives that have caused us to store up bitterness and un-forgiveness.  We talk about realizing the need to forgive and the freedom that comes with doing so.  

Jesus died on the cross for our sins, to forgive us.  Do we deserve it?  Absolutely not!  So when we think about how they don't deserve our forgiveness, we should remind ourselves of that.  Forgiveness doesn't mean you have to continue on in a normal relationship with them like it never happened.  Forgiveness is the freedom you need for yourself to walk in freedom and begin healing.  Did you know that if we don't forgive others that Christ doesn't forgive us?  You can find that in scripture at Matthew 6:14-15.

Today we talk about how God refines us through the fire.

When we look up the definition of it, it says:
To remove impurities or unwanted elements from
Spiritually: To become pure or perfected

The refining process is painful!  It's uncomfortable and generally it's something no one wants to go through.  Many times in scripture, those who were in the midst of the refining process praised God in the affliction and fire.  When is the last time you praised God in the middle of your pain?  It's in these times that He refines and makes us new.

God makes new wine out of us.  It's through the pressing and the crushing that God is able to purify us.  

Ask God what is the lesson He is trying to teach you through the refining process instead of rushing Him to remove you from the refining process.  Jesus went through suffering here on earth and it wasn't fair that He felt that pain but He did it for you and for us.  

When we are uncomfortable, we go to the Comforter!

We've all fought battles in our lives.  We all have battles we will face in the future.  You may be in the middle of a battle right now.  Whichever option youre looking at right now, know that there are ways to prepare to walk through the battle and know that you aren't walking through it alone.

When we are equipped for battle just as soldiers are for war, we are able to fight with wisdom.  Today we discuss the mental work that comes with preparing for the battle.  God has blessed us with the word where we can go and read how to equip ourselves for the battles of life.  We dress ourselves in the Armor of God.  

When we know scripture, we can fight off the enemy with it!  We are so thankful that God is always prepared for the battle.

In Ephesians 6:10-18 you can read all about the Armor of God and how it helps protect and equip us as we walk into the battle.

Over the years we've had a few request for us to talk on blended families.  The day has finally come and we're gathering around the table to discuss it! 

We are by no means experts on this topic but we do have our own stories and situations we've faced over the years in our own blended families.  Tune in as we share our hearts, how we've had difficult situations arise and how we worked through it to make good change in our homes.  

We know that blended families aren't easy but we can rest in knowing that we are all adopted into the family of Christ. 

We know marriage can be a touchy subject, especially if today is one of those days you  and your husband got in an argument over who was supposed to do the laundry, clean the house, put gas in the car, pay the bills, etc!

We do not have it all together, we have fights with our husbands, we experience miscommunication and we will certainly never get it all right.  We are no marriage experts but we are two women who've been married, divorced and remarried.  We've learned from our own experiences and have grown in our marriages because of it.  

You'll want to tune in to hear our hearts and how God has worked in our own marriages.  We discuss love and how important it is to love like God.  As well as putting God at the center of your marriage, home and family.