On today’s new Strong. Confident. His. podcast, Ashley Key and I have a heart-to-heart about how to Reject Perfection Pressure and How to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself.

You might know my guest, Ashley Key, she’s the Host of the 700 Club. Because she’s on TV, I thought she would be the perfect person to help us untangle the pressure we put on ourselves to look a certain way. From how to deal with social media comparison to cellulite, to centering our focus on Jesus, you’re going to love Ashley’s humor, message, and practical tips.

I’ve been in a series about body image and how the enemy uses our body image to make us feel less than, and how we don't have to listen! 

This interview is too good to just write about, you need to watch or listen to get all of the amazing insight Ashley shared!

Watch the live taping below.

God led me to discuss body image issues, chronic dieting, feeling unsatisfied in our bodies, and how it affects women...

Today, my guest Wendie Pett and I will tackle the issue of BDD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and body image issues. In this episode, you will learn how to find healing and hope for body image issues and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. You will gain an understanding of what Body Dysmorphic Disorder is, what causes it, what the Bible says about it, and how God can heal you.

It’s time to stop seeing yourself through your trauma, the lies of your past, the things people have said and done to you, and it’s time to start letting how God sees you reign, Daughter of the King!

I know this will encourage you to have a healthy, godly body image, strengthen and free you.

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First, let's understand the basics of this topic

Spokane Christian Counseling defines Body Dysmorphic Disorder as "much more intense than simply disliking one's body features. It is a severe preoccupation in some aspect of one's appearance, thinking about it for hours or days...

Are your friendships healthy? Do you know what the Bible says about friendships and boundaries and when it’s time to say goodbye?‌

Today I’m going to share what the Bible says about healthy friendships, share what isn’t healthy, and a very personal story of breakthrough!

I had an experience, and then I heard a message that confirmed it, and then my mom and I were talking about it and I got a double confirmation, and I just need to know if anyone else has felt this way.

‌We aren’t wasting any time today, so let’s dive in! 

Above All Else, Guard Your Heart

Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” 

These words of wisdom from King Solomon Emphasize the importance of protecting our innermost being. Our heart is the source of our thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Therefore, it is crucial to guard our hearts above all else.

Open the Bibles shares, “The Lord...

FOX News Sunday's, Shannon Bream, joins us today to share about God’s love for us and how it has led her and sustained her. You don’t want to miss the advice she has for those of us with big goals. Shannon is the author of the number one New York Times bestsellers The Women of the Bible Speak and The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak, the anchor of FOX News Sunday, and FOX News Channel’s chief legal correspondent.

Shannon and I sit down to have a very real talk about her heart behind her new book, the struggles of reaching your goals, and a message that will help you know God’s love for you. We are so grateful you are joining us.

Shannon talks about God’s love for us and why she wrote her new book, Love Stories of the Bible Speak. 

She draws lessons from the good, the bad, and the ugly of Biblical romances, friendships, and families. She shows how God’s love is often very different from ours, turning upside down our assumptions about...

Let’s just dive right in today and talk about why Christian women get stuck and can't succeed at their fitness goals and find worth. I want you to know about them so you can spot them, overcome them, and when they come up against you, you have a battle plan to win!

Here are three things that will come against you as a Christian trying to get fit, so let's hit them head-on, deal?

‌1. Confusion about Fitness being vain will come against you as a Christian woman trying to get fit.

‌Confusion causes legalistic religious attitudes about self-care and dismisses any focus on your health and fitness as vanity. To address the vanity issue head-on, let's look at the Biblical definition of vanity. The key word in Ecclesiastes is vanity," the futile emptiness of trying to be happy apart from God." The preacher, traditionally taken to be Solomon-the wisest, richest, most influential king in Israel's history, looks at life under the sun and, from the human perspective, declares...

I know God has a word for you in this message that could transform your life. If you want a bolder, stronger, more confident faith, this message will help you through personal stories, scripture, examples of women in the Bible, action steps, and so much more!

I want to share a story on why this message means so much to me; I believe that there is someone else who will totally get it - let me know if that person is you.

The Biblical definition of faith is found in Hebrews 11:1 – "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see".

I'm the kind of woman who would prefer all the steps, like here's the download from God on how to get what you want. Without faith, though, I'm saying that I don't trust you, God, and that's not good. Looking back, there are times when I did not have the faith in Him that I have now. But I believed, prayed, asked, sought, knocked, and had faith that if I looked at God and believed without seeing, He would give me His...

 Welcome back to my blog! I recently had the opportunity to interview the lovely Kristi Pitts! She took my workshop, God’s Blueprint For Success and man has God been moving in her life! You can listen to the interview above. Just tap that play button.

Before we dive in, I want to start with a few questions to get you thinking.

Do you have a place in your life that makes you feel small? A place where you have tried but failed to succeed?
Maybe you always wanted to get a degree, or you have a God-given dream that people make you feel like you could never accomplish.
Do you struggle with achieving success?
As a Christian, have you ever wondered if it’s okay to want to be successful?
Have you dealt with legalism or were you taught that success is worldly and ungodly?
Do you believe, truly believe, that you can succeed at your goal and that it’s God’s will for you?

This is a call to action to stop allowing others’ opinions, fear, or your own doubts to steal...

I know that God has a word for you in this message that literally could transform your life. I can’t wait to get started because I know this that is going to encourage you, strengthen you, and could free you from what has kept you down.

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Last weekend I was asked to speak at a women’s retreat.

I prayed about what God wanted me to speak about and He led me to a scripture that unleashed a whole new love for Jesus and a level of understanding about His power working in us.

I believe this message could change your life. Writing it changed mine, I know someone else needs to hear this because I did.

The theme of the retreat was unleashed, so I dug into the scriptures and prayed about what it meant to be unleashed. Honestly, most of the scriptures I found were about God unleashing his anger in the old testament, but I found one that shook me and showed me that it is important to God that women get healed and free.

Here’s our...

As Christians, it’s important to understand that there are spiritual battles going on when it comes to eating —and spiritual battles cannot be solved with worldly answers. This is why dieting, obsessively counting macros and calories, doesn’t work.

Today I will teach you a 7 Step Guide to Eating that will help you learn how to eat with intention and give you a simple plan to live by to forever end mindless eating, stress-driven eating, gluttony, and the seemingly never-ending cycle of dieting failure.

Maybe no one has ever told you to give yourself grace because God doesn’t expect you to be perfect. He wants you to be faithful. God sees you. He knows where you struggle, and He wants to help you! This is a journey to be taken meal by meal, one day at a time, so remember to replace any food guilt with God’s grace and do your very best to glorify God in your body. One meal at a time!

We need to retrain our brains from the dieting mentality we’ve...

Have you ever wondered what the Bible says about fitness?

This is an episode you are going to want to save. It may be the most important podcast episode I’ve ever done, and here’s why.

Throughout my fitness journey, I have felt a battle inside of me that I think will sound familiar. This battle surfaces in an array of feelings...doubts, fear, frustration, and questioning. It tempts us to be prideful or compare and even feel like what’s the point. This battle is our flesh and our spirit, and it’s going on within us each day.

Today, we take our power back by learning what the Bible says about Fitness.
As your fit sister in Christ, I care a lot about you, so I made you a gift to go with this Episode.
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