The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey

Once a little boy running and playing with his friends, to a sick child that could hardly walk, Michael found himself wondering if he would live to his adult years or be another child who died in Sudan too soon. With the lack of medical facilities and war on every corner, Michael’s family  made the brave decision to flee to Kenya in hopes of finding medical support. After a two year journey, Michael was finally diagnosed and treated, however, he would forever be wheelchair bound. How does one in a wheelchair survive in Sudan where you must be ready to run for your life at any moment? On today's show Michael Panther, founder of Living with Hope Ministries, shares his story of his parent's courage, doctor's wisdom, and a divine miracle from God.

Michael Panther is the Founder of the ministry Living With Hope/Hope Mobility International. He is a paraplegic, a native of South Sudan, and advocates for people with disabilities around the world. Michael's biological parents and 5 siblings live in Africa, and his American family lives in Michigan. Michael is passionate about serving & advocating for people with disabilities and special needs. 

Check out Living with Hope Ministries, an incredible nonprofit bringing mobility to Africa! Thanks for listening and sharing this episode with a friend!

SHOW LINKS:

Living with Hope book 

Living with Hope Ministries

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Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.

Happy Friday friends! We have a special treat for you today! Earlier this year Jamie shared an incredible message at a women's conference at Community Bible Church in San Antonio, Texas, and we are thrilled to bring that message to you! Life is filled with ups and downs - some we choose and some we don't! Throughout all of life's rollercoaster moments, God's truths keep us on steady ground: you are chosen, you are deeply loved, and you have a new identity in Christ! 

We hope this message encourages you throughout your weekend! Thanks for listening and sharing this episode with a friend! 

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Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.

Throughout life, change is inevitable. Sometimes it can be fun and adventurous, and other times it may feel unknown and scary! Whether you're someone that craves change or fears it, I'm convinced this episode is going to encourage you to live more surrendered and to trust God deeper! 

Today's guest is long time friend of The Happy Hour, Andi Andrew. Andi is the podcast host of Coffee With Andi and the author of She Is free, Fake or Follower, Friendship-It’s Complicated and Braving Change. Passionate about freedom, family, and creating safe spaces for the prophetic to move, Andi is a heartfelt preacher who loves to see the reality of the gospel worked out in our everyday lives. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, and planted at Seacoast Church, Andi’s life is currently focused on raising her kids, writing, and investing in local churches and lives around the world.

Thanks so much for listening and sharing this episode with a friend!

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Christmas Chosen Special 

Gratitude by Brandon Lake 

Prose

Newly

Slow Horses 

Reacher

The Book of Names

Trust

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Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.

Happy March friends! We hope wherever you're listening from it's starting to feel like spring in the air! The Happy Hour team is so excited to share with you some exciting things we have planned for March! We have brand new episodes that have been pre-recorded, but never released! They are conversations filled with hope, courage, and resilience! We're also so excited to share with you that The Happy Hour will have a guest host at the end of this month! We're not going to tell you who it is, but we'll let you think on it all month and try to make a guess! And lastly, on Fridays of this month we'll be releasing messages that Jamie has preached all over the country this past year! 

On today's episode, Jamie's message is from the There{4} Conference, an incredible conference for 9th-12th grade girls. There{4} is happening this weekend and we have an awesome discount code for you to purchase the livestream event. You can access this stream until September 1st! Use discount code jamieivey to get 1/2 off! 

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support during this time. We're so grateful for how you are showing up in this space every week and sharing these episodes with friends! 

SHOW LINKS:

Livestream There{4} Tickets - Code jamieivey for 50% off

Founder of There{4}, Tiffany Daniels on The Happy Hour 

Website: https://www.there4gathering.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/there4gathering

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@there4.gathering

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@There4Gathering

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/there4gathering

Dwell Differently

27 Summers

Braving Change

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Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.

Research shows that over 80% of homes in America own a Bible, but less than 10% of Americans read the Bible regularly.  Too often we allow our lack of understanding stand in the way of experiencing the living and moving Word of God. On today's show Kristi McClelland shares with us how we can be like rivers, not lakes, and how the world needs both diggers and haulers of God's word! 

Kristi McLelland is a professor, speaker and author of Rediscovering Israel. She teaches the Bible in its historical, cultural, geographic, and linguistic contexts. Kristi leads biblical study trips to Israel, helping Westerners discover the Bible within the context in which it was written.

We're certain this episode is going to inspire you to dig into God's word to learn more. Check out the links in the show notes for ways you can do that! Thanks for listening and sharing this episode with a friend!

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Rediscovering Israel

Jesus

Unveling the Kingdom of Heaven 

Kerygma Conference

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Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.      

My friend Heather MacFadyen is back on The Happy Hour today. Heather is the host of the popular parenting podcast Don't Mom Alone, with more than 20 million downloads from around the globe, as well as the author of the book Don't Mom Alone. She finds great joy in connecting other women to mentors and experts through her podcast and in speaking at live events with women across the country. She and her husband and their four sons live in Dallas, Texas. Her newest book, Right Where You Belong, was released last April. 

On today’s show Heather challenges us to identify our God-given space and to fully occupy that space. She encourages us to walk in humility by trusting God with the journey and finding comfort and peace in the fact that we don’t know, but we follow and serve an all knowing God! Right Where You Belong is a book for every mother in every parenting stage! Go grab your copy today and share this episode with a mom that could use the encouragement!

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Heather’s last HH episode

God Made You to Be You

Don’t Mom Alone

Don’t Mom Alone Podcast 

Crazy Rich Asians

American Mahjong

Right Where You Belong 

Heather MacFadyen

In the Wild Light 

Tired of Trying to Measure Up

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Right Where You Belong

Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.                                           

As adults, we make decisions everyday driven by forces we may not be aware of. On today’s show Mike Foster and I dive into a conversation about these forces: what they are, where they come from, and how we operate as healthy adults knowing what drives us. 

Mike Foster is a best-selling author, speaker, and executive coach. His new book, The Seven Primal Questions, is a revolutionary new framework for accelerating personal and professional growth. Mike's work has been featured in the NY Times, GQ Magazine and on Fox News.

I found The Seven Primal Questions fascinating and I encourage you to head over to the website at the link below and take the quiz! Thanks for listening to this episode and sharing it with a friend!

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The Seven Primal Questions

The Seven Primal Questions Quiz

The Myth of Normal

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Due to an unexpected crisis, Jamie will be delaying her book publicity and tour. She will also be taking a break from social media, public appearances, and recording podcasts until she has had time to process, discern, and recover. The best way you can show Jamie your love and support is to listen to these pre-recorded shows and share with a friend.

In today’s show, Jamie and Esau chat about how important it is to sit, read, and listen to stories and experiences that may not affect us. We always have an easy way out of conversations that don’t directly impact our lives. But Jesus calls us to compassion and empathy and to love one another through joys and pains. We love the reminder from Esau that everything we need to love one another well is in scripture - what a blessing it is that we truly have the answer.

Esau McCaulley is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of many works including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance and How Far to the Promised Land. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and his writings have also appeared in places such as The Atlantic, Washington Post, and Christianity Today.

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Reading While Black 

CLICK HERE TO PREORDER MY NEW BOOK, WHY CAN'T I GET IT TOGETHER

A lot of times we need to be reminded of what we already know to be true. On today’s show we talk about what it means to ponder our own reality. Ponder serves as an acronym for:

P - Past and Present Hurts

O- Obligations

N- Needs

D - Desires

E - Expectations 

R - Responsibilities. 

We’ll break down each letter and ponder on what we’re currently telling ourselves versus the truth we need to hear! I encourage you to grab a pen and paper and take some time to ponder your own reality and ask God to reveal his truths to you! 

Thanks so much for listening to this episode and sharing it with a friend!

SHOW LINKS:

Come see me on my book tour!

Join the Launch Team 

www.TravelTexas.com/getyourown

Pandora lab grown diamonds

Beth Moore Episode 

Better Help

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CLICK HERE TO PREORDER MY NEW BOOK, WHY CAN'T I GET IT TOGETHER

You wake up everyday, feed the kids, change diapers, go to work, come home, fix dinner, go to bed, and wake up the next morning just to do it all over again. Have you ever asked yourself what all of this is about? Does any of the work you put your hands to matter to God or for eternal purposes? Today on the show we have Jordan Raynor to answer that very question!

Jordan Raynor is a leading voice of the faith and work movement. Through his bestselling books, podcast, and devotionals, Jordan has helped millions of Christians in every country on earth connect the gospel to their work. In addition to his writing, Jordan serves as the Executive Chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech startup which Jordan previously ran as CEO following a string of successful ventures of his own. He lives in beautiful Tampa, Florida where his family has been for 7 generations.

Jordan and I have a conversation around his newest book, The Sacredness of Secular Work. Jordan defines these terms and gives us warnings of traps we can tend to fall into when we’re thinking our work doesn’t matter. Jordan gives us a resounding yes, that what we’re doing today does matter for eternity, even if it feels mundane.

Thanks for listening and sharing this episode with a friend!

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Redeeming Your Time 

The Sacredness of Secular Work 

The Mere Christian Podcast 

Come see me on my book tour!

Join the Launch Team 

Alicia Britt Chole 

www.TravelTexas.com/getyourown

Pandora lab grown diamonds

King 

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CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER WHY CAN'T I GET IT TOGETHER

You guys! My newest book is coming out THIS MONTH!! I'm so excited about it, and for a few reasons, I feel like this is my best book yet! I love the minds that came around to help write this book and I love how practical it is! Over the next few Fridays you'll hear me talk about the meaning and purpose behind each part this book is broken into. This week is Part 1: Defining Your Reality. 

Too often I found myself comparing my life to someone else's. I imagine I'm not the only one who has done this. But how can we compare when our realities are so different? How can a 26 year old mother of toddlers possibly compare her life to a 47 year old mom of four teenagers? How can a stay at home mom compare where she's at in her career to a full-time working mother? It's just not fair to anyone when we do that. We have to look at our own lives and circumstances and define what our reality is in this season. We must ponder on the areas of life that feel out of control, and allow Jesus to come in and have his way!

I can't wait to go through Part 2 with you next Friday! Thanks for listening and sharing this episode with a friend!

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February Updates

If You Only Knew

You Be You

Complement

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Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Am I the only one that felt like January went on forever?! We made it to February friends! And I'm so excited to share all the fun things we have coming up! 

This month on The Happy Hour we'll have Jordan Raynor, Jennie Allen, Mike Foster, and Kristi McClelland on the show. All of these guests are so brilliant and have incredible books we've linked below. Go check them out! We'll also be changing it up a little and releasing an episode each Friday of just me, talking to you! Tomorrow is the first episode like that, and I'd love for you to tune in and check it out! 

We have so many things to look forward to this month: great friends, book tour fun, and a pretty exciting opportunity that I can't wait for you to hear! 

SHOW LINKS:

Pre-Order Why Can't I Get It Together

Book Launch Tour

Dwell Differently

Romans 12:12

Colossians 1:17

The Happy Hour Book Club

The Other Year

So Many Beginnings

Holy Curiosity with Kat Armstrong

The Seven Primal Questions

The Sacredness of Secular Work

Untangle Your Emotions

Rediscovering Israel

Jesus and the Gospels 

IF:Gathering

There{4} Gathering

With an unprecedented ruling from a judge, Lauren and Michael had their lives turned upside down in just a few short hours. All of their plans, expectations, and visions of what they thought their family would look like, was forever changed! On today’s episode, Lauren McAfee shares her journey of grief and how she found that scripture and God was solid truth, even in her darkest days. 

Lauren McAfee is the founder and visionary of Stand for Life, and the author of multiple books including her most recent release Beyond Our Control. Lauren also works at the Hobby Lobby corporate office in the Ministry Investment department, and is a PhD student studying ethics and public policy. She is married to her high school sweetheart Michael, and together they have two daughters through the blessing of adoption. 

It’s likely your story isn’t the same as Lauren’s, but we’ve all walked through grief that was completely beyond our control. We hope this episode encourages you to seek God and stand firm on His truth, when everything around you feels out of control. 

Thanks for listening and sharing with a friend. 

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Beyond Our Control

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution

Love My Body

Pre-Order Why Can’t I Get It Together?

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You know you’re educated, experienced, and deserve the job, yet there’s a small voice telling you you’re not good enough. There’s something inside making you feel insecure of your position. On today’s show, Bre Clark and I break down imposter syndrome, what it is, how you know you’re experiencing it, and how to defeat it!

Bre Clark is a seasoned multimedia journalist and news personality. Her time living the hustle and bustle of broadcast news and the pressure to perform led her to research the real impacts of imposter syndrome. She recently launched a talk-show called The Real Deal, bringing awareness to the imposter phenomenon and other related mental health issues. Bre has been married to her husband for 11 years and together they share one baby in heaven, a 6 year old energetic son and a brand new baby girl!

If God has put you in your position, we hope this episode encourages you to stand in it confidently! Thanks for listening and sharing with a friend!

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What Happened To You?

Pre-Order Why Can't I Get It Together

Grab your book tour ticket!

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Happy newly-weds Laura and Martin thought they had their whole lives filled with adventure and dreams ahead of them, when suddenly the news of a brain-tumor turned their life upside down. With Martin’s loss of short term memory, loss of partial eyesight, and other complications, the fairytale life they dreamed of was no longer possible. On today’s show Laura Story shares with us the unique challenges their family faces with Martin’s limitations, what the Lord has taught her through brokenness, and how joy and intimacy has been found through the life they never imagined. 

Laura Story is a wife, mother, songwriter, worship leader, author, artist, and Bible teacher. Her songs - which have won Grammy's, Billboard Music Awards, and Dove Awards - include "Blessings," and Chris Tomlin's "Indescribable." She is the author of several bestselling books and Bible studies including When God Doesn't Fix It and So Long Normal. Laura has a master of theological studies and doctorate in worship studies, and has served as a worship leader at Perimeter Church in Atlanta since 2005. Her greatest joy is being a wife to martin and mother to Josie, Ben, Griffin, and Timothy. 

Thanks for listening and sharing this episode with a friend! We hope that whatever challenges you’re facing, this episode encourages you to trust God’s faithfulness and know that just because your circumstances may not get better, you can. 

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When God Doesn't Fix It

Humility

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Join the new Launch Team 

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As we wrap up this four part series, New Year, Same You, I want to acknowledge that not all of us are looking forward to the year. Some of us have crawled into 2024 still feeling like we are purely surviving, still grieving the losses of 2023, and still healing from the damage done. You know better than anyone that just because it’s a new year, it’s not a new you. In part 4 of this series I discuss these unique challenges with the author of Not What I Signed Up For, Nicole Unice. 

As a pastor and community leader. She is the author of several books on healthy faith, honing in on the connection between our emotional and spiritual life. She’s the host of How to Study the Bible, a popular weekly podcast that reaches people in 188 different countries in the last year alone, and preaches frequently for conferences and churches. She makes her home with husband, Dave, in the historic Fan district of Richmond, VA with their three almost-grown children and two pups.

Nicole knows loss, grief, and failed expectations and as she emerges from that season she has a great word of encouragement for all of us. She challenges us not to miss the God-opportunities that are right in front of us, even in the hard, and to lean into truly living a life of faith through trusting God’s purposes.

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Not What I Signed Up For 

Dwell Differently 

Beyond Our Control

Finances can be a touchy topic for so many people, but what if it doesn’t have to be that way? What if your money can serve you instead of you feeling like a slave to your money? This episode is part 3 of our 4 part series, New Year, Same You and today’s guest Rachel Cruze, challenges the way we think about our money. Rachel loves helping people get out of debt, take control of their money, build wealth, and actually have fun in the process! 

I’m all for having goals, but we can’t strive to hit unattainable goals for the wrong reasons! However, we can make changes by putting in the small steps over a period of time! During this four part series we discuss how we go into a new year as the same self but with the intentionality to make changes in our bodies, how we live out our calling, our finances, and our expectations. 

Rachel shares with us the best thing and the worst thing we could do with our money in 2024 and I hope this episode gives you a fresh perspective of what’s possible with your finances!

SHOW LINKS:

The Rachel Cruze Show 

Smart Money Happy Hour

Every Dollar Budget - Use this link for $15 OFF!

Smart Money Smart Kids 

I’m GIad for What I Have

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In part 2 of our January Bonus Series I have a discussion with Chelsea Sobolik on how women contribute to the Kingdom of God through our work. Chelsea is the author of "Called to Cultivate: A Gospel Vision for Women & Work" and "Longing for Motherhood: Holding Onto Hope in the Midst of Childlessness" She's the Director of Government Relations for World Relief, and lives in Northern Virginia with her husband Michael and their son, Dev. Chelsea is passionate about helping women understand that they have a vital role to play in the flourishing of their families, the church, their communities, and the kingdom of God through their work.

Friends, why do this series? I’m all for having goals and fresh starts, but we can’t strive to be people we’re not. We can’t strive to hit unattainable goals for the wrong reasons! However, we can make changes by putting in the small steps over a period of time! During this four part series we’re going to discuss how we go into a new year as the same self but with the intentionality to make changes in our bodies, how we live out our calling, our finances, and our expectations. 

What’s your next best step?

SHOW LINKS:

Called to Cultivate 

Liturgy of the Ordinary

Seven Women and The Secret of their Greatness

Why Can’t I Get It Together

We’ve all heard it said, “New Year, New You!” But let’s be honest, I’m the same person I was 13 days ago in 2023. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for having goals and fresh starts, but we can’t strive to be people we’re not. We can’t strive to hit unattainable goals for the wrong reasons! However, we can make changes by putting in the small steps over a period of time! During this four part series we’re going to discuss how we go into a new year as the same self but with the intentionality to make changes in our bodies, how we live out our calling, our finances, and our expectations. 

In part one of this series,  Alisa Keeton from Revelation Wellness challenges how we interact with our physical bodies as we go into the new year. Alisa is a wholehearted pursuer of God’s love. She is also an author, speaker, and the founder and CEO of Revelation Wellness. As a health and wellness professional for nearly 30 years, Alisa carries a deep passion for bringing fresh meaning to the world of health and fitness. 

On today’s show, Alisa encourages everyone to question where their desire to change their body comes from, what does it mean to have ability over vanity, and how even if you have a body that is limited you can still worship and glorify God through caring for it. We hope this episode challenges and encourages you to take your next best step. Make sure to listen to the end for some exciting news Alisa and I reveal!

SHOW LINKS:

Www.revelationwellness.org

Galatians 3:3

God Walk

Love-Paced Race

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Pre-order Why Can't I Get it Together

Have you been following Jesus for a while and maybe have become disillusioned with it all? Maybe you’re someone who has needed to detangle your faith and the beliefs you were raised under. What if all of that was because of the ways we’ve been formed by modern western Christianity, and not by Jesus himself. In today’s episode John Mark Comer shares with us how we can truly be in relationship with Jesus, become like Jesus over time, and then do as Jesus did in our life. 

John Mark Comer is the founder of Practicing the Way, a nonprofit designed to create simple resources for church communities around the world. He is a New York Time’s bestselling author of seven books, including The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, one of my favorite books! John Mark holds a master’s degree in Biblical and Theological Studies from Western Seminary and these days, you can find him continuing to read, listen, and learn what it looks like to follow Jesus in community. 

I hope this episode encourages you to look, sound, and act more like Jesus!

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Ruthless Elimination of Hurry 

Practicing the Way 

Why Can’t I Get It Together 

The Happy Hour Book Club

The Other Year 

The Body Keeps the Score

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