She Lives Purposefully

Today, Megan talks about social media's major spiritual trend: manifesting. She dives into WHY it's spiritual and why it's NOT of the Lord and as Christians we should stay away. SPONSORS: https://anchor.fm/ forhisglory2.godaddysites.com @blog_forhisglory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do I ensure that my year, my life, is generally headed in the direction of keeping my eyes on Jesus, growing closer to Him? How do I keep my resolution to grow in my relationship with God? In this episode, Megan talks about 7 ways to PRACTICALLY grow in your relationship with God that you can start TODAY. Sponsors: https://anchor.fm/ Jewell Rolands at Primera Financial Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like everyone is struggling with anxiety and fear and stress these days. But God equips us to combat that. My new friend, Asheritah, helps PRAY our way out of anxiety and fear. Asheritah is a bestselling author, national speaker, and missional entrepreneur. She's a wife and mom, daughter, sister, and friend. She’s been featured on Focus on the Family, Revive our Hearts, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Moody Radio, YouVersion. She has an incredible podcast, Prayers of REST. Asheritah's Link: prayersofrest.com Episode Sponsors: https://www.oasiscoordination.com https://anchor.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Megan as she and Hope Reagan Harris talk about God's purpose and plan for your life. Hope encourages listeners to believe that God has given you hopes and dreams for a reason and to know that IF He has something for you, it will happen in His timing. https://www.hopereaganharris.com You can PRE-ORDER Hope's book: This Is My Happy Place: A Positivity Journal to Finding God’s Light on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Reagan-Harris-Positivity-Journal/dp/1648704247/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=hope+reagan+harris&qid=1634664347&sr=8-3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this jam packed episode, Megan sits down with Ayana Symone from the To Be Heard podcast to talk about people pleasing and freedom. We talk about how people pleasing can actually interrupt us from doing what God has called us to, and then dive in deep with some very vulnerable stories about the importance of freedom. Find Ayana at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-be-heard-podcast/id1480850014 https://www.ayanasymone.com Today's Show Sponsor: https://www.oasiscoordination.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This question is truly summed up to or broken down to: is anything true? Because if something is true, that is absolute and if nothing is true then what are we here for? Why do we exist? What are we living for? I'm going into one of my favorite topics, and I'm GETTING HYPE, and also very vulnerable. I'm talking about doubts, why I believe what I believe and if there is a such thing as absolute truth. Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus: https://davidjeremiah.blog/prophecies-fulfilled-by-jesus/ https://www.gotquestions.org/prophecies-of-Jesus.html https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-6-prophecies-fulfilled-jesus-and-israel https://answersingenesis.org/jesus/birth/fulfilled-prophecies-at-the-birth-of-christ/ Hitchcock, Mark. The Amazing Claims of Bible Prophecy, (p. 86). Harvest House Publishers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been a hard season of news, especially lately it just feels like it’s one thing after another. We’re in this weird state of an inundation of information and misinformation and opinions, of sadness, anxiety and cancel culture. So HOW do we handle the news as Christians? Is there a right way to take it in? I’m sure there’s countless right answers to this but I want to talk about what I think are biblical thoughts. I believe the Bible is God’s Word making it timeless which means its truths last forever and no matter what. So here we go, I am going to break this episode into HOW NOT TO handle the news and HOW TO handle the news. Today's Sponsor: https://www.instagram.com/oasiscoordination/ https://www.oasiscoordination.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We think of purpose oftentimes as this big, vague, mysterious idea of purpose. How can I walk in God’s purpose for you when you don’t know what that is? What are his big grand plans for my life and what if I miss them. While yes, He does have plans for your life, but VERY rarely will He even give us a glimpse into what that is. More often than not, to find out how to walk in God’s purpose for our lives, God calls us to simply walk with Him. And in simply walking with Him, He will guide us to those bigger things we call our purpose or things of His purpose. Today's Sponsor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jewell-rowlands-700a04184/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve ever felt like you are just stuck in sin, maybe it’s an addiction you can’t get free from or an action you just KEEP taking even though you feel convicted, maybe you can’t stop gossiping or lying or you’re ridden with envy and bitterness. To be alive in this world is to be tempted and fall to sin. It’s inevitable. And as a Christian we are told that we can be free from it, that Christ saved us from death and sin, BUT then we think to ourselves — but I haven’t stopped sinning? Or I just CANNOT BREAK FREE from this one sin that seems to OWN me. So today, we’re talking about HOW to break free from sin. We’re going to go through some verses about freedom from sin, and the very relatable feeling chained to sin and then dive into practically how to actually break free. This episode is JAM PACKED with truth. It’s an episode I believe at some point in our lives we may all need. This episode is not only going to be encouraging but challenging because we ALL sin. I want you to know I have prayed over YOU that Jesus would speak to YOU today. So let’s dive in. Today's Sponsor: https://www.instagram.com/ayanasymone/ https://www.ayanasymone.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TODAY we are talking about forgiveness, what God's Word says about it and how to forgive when it seems impossible. Friend, Know that God sees your heart. He does not disregard your pain. He KNOWS what it's like to be betrayed and hurt and wronged. Know that even still God calls us to forgive. It's actually a VERY firm command. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TODAY we have a SAUCY topic: sex. Well, rather we are talking about the lack thereof and one of the most commonly asked questions among Christian couples who are dating or not dating yet… how far is too far? Dive in as I give my take that I base off of scripture on pre-marital sex, boundaries, and how far is too far in a relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The topic of singleness is very important because in culture at large and even Christian culture we really emphasize the glory of marriage and being in a relationship and hold it up almost as a virtue if you will. It’s something we see as a level-up or something we graduate to, even thinking sometimes (I AM GUILTY) that the season of singleness Is a punishment or lesson from God and until I learn the lesson I will be single. But singleness is not a punishment, it’s not a level down and it’s not a less-than status. So today on the podcast we are talking about how to live out your singleness and NOT SITTING IN SINGLENESS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going IN on some topics about RELATIONSHIPS I've been asked on Instagram - questions I've heard over and over again! Listen in as we talk about what to do if your boyfriend isn't a Christian, when people in relationships should start kissing, how to break up with someone and how to know if you should go out with someone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This past year has been one of the busiest seasons of my life, so when I was asked about How to Pursue God in Busy Times on Instagram, I KNEW I had to answer. Listen as we talk about 2 tips to pursuing God in busy times and the emphasis that scripture puts on doing just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does your pain have purpose? In one of the hardest seasons of my life, I was desperately trying to understand WHY. WHY would God allow such a tragedy to take place? WHY would God not protect someone I love, someone He loves? WHY would God allow pain like this? WHY would God not intervene? It was also a big season of the question HOW. HOW could God be loving and all powerful and still allow this? HOW could God make all things work together for God for me in this situation? Friend if you can relate at all, listen to this episode! I’m going to DIVE into this passage and tell you front and center - your pain, your very tangible, very hard pain that I am SO sorry you are going through. That pain has PURPOSE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, we chat about God's promises versus fear and how to even believe in God's promises and rest in them when fear is abundant. I dive into a season of my life where fear was rampant and how I learned to depend on God's promises. I also talk about some tips to rest in His promises in every single season. Friend, REST in the promises of God in every season but especially when you face overwhelming fear. What good are promises of they’re not kept in the THICK of it? What good is a promise if it’s not TRIED and TRUE. And I promise YOU He comes out a faithful promise keeper every time. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelivespurposefully Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are diving into 3 aspects or standards of a Godly relationship! This is for you if you are married, dating or single. Across the board, these traits of any relationship are vital. Dive in as we uncover what some of a Godly relationship looks like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jump into today's podcast about a topic that blew up in Instagram: Why Can't I Hear God. This episode is for the girl who can't seem to hear God whether it's in a decision she needs to make, in her devotional time or at all. I unpack 4 possible reasons you're struggling to hear from God and how to fix it. Join the She Lives Purposefully Patreon community to dive even more into your relationship with Jesus with bonus Podcasts, free downloadable prints, extra encouragement and more: https://www.patreon.com/shelivespurposefully Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan sits down with Bethany Beal from @girldefined to go in DEEP about femininity and womanhood. We talk about what it means to be a woman from a Biblical perspective compared to the message of womanhood we receive from our culture. Here's some topics we chat about! Listen to the podcast to learn about and be encouraged by Biblical femininity with Megan and Bethany. Can I be a strong and bold girl if I embrace biblical womanhood? Common misconceptions about what Biblical womanhood looks like What the world’s definition for what women should be like What the Bible actually calls us to be like For bonus podcasts, join the She Lives Purposefully Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/shelivespurposefully Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Megan and her sister Makenzy talk about a struggle they both share to different extents: anxiety. Listen in as we dive into how the Bible acknowledges anxiety and gives a command for it that anxiety is not something God is ill-equipped to handle the 5,4,3,2,1 tactic for panic attacks practical ways to combat anxiety *She Lives Purposefully is not a licensed counselor and this is not a substitute for professional help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about my newer morning routine -- but here's the key -- it's one I LOVE to help me start my day SPIRITUALLY. I have been learning over the years more and more that how we start our day CAN have a huge impact on the rest of our day, so I decided it was time to make sure my start of the day would set me up for a day that was focused better on Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

God’s will for our lives is probably one of the most talked about topics I’ve heard about. What is my purpose? How do I know what God has for me? What do I do next? What decision should I make? How can I know God’s will for my life? So how do I know God’s will for my life? Chat with Megan on the podcast today about THIS VERY TOPIC. And be encouraged, God wants to lead you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can I hear from God? There’s so many reasons we’d want to hear - just to communicate with Him, maybe we’re looking for answers to questions to doubts, maybe we need guidance for next steps. Whatever the reason, a beautiful truth we can know is that God WANTS to communicate with us. In Jeremiah 33:3 God says, “call to me and I will answer you.” Listen as Megan has a purposeful chat about 3 ways to hear from God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The topic blew up my Instagram reel the other day, so let's have a PURPOSE-FILLED chat about prosperity gospel. You'll hear about why I am NOT for prosperity gospel and why I think it actually can be dangerous. We'll discover verses commonly taken out of context. We'll talk about common arguments FOR prosperity gospel and go straight to in-context scripture to why those arguments don't pan out. Then we'll dive straight into the Bible to see what God says about blessings, money and prosperity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chat with She Lives Purposefully podcast host, Megan, and Christian author, speaker and blogger, Heather Creekmore, as they chat about Comparison, Body Image and Self Love. The REAL definition of comparison (envy, jealousy, covetousness) Comparison is a purpose prohibitor on God’s plan for YOU because we want to be HER. Idolizing self love is DANGEROUS because it brings make ourselves an idol and it takes us from the first two commands: love God and love your neighbor How to be content with your body Why Self Love is NOT the answer Heather is offering a free 25 day body image freedom course on her podcast starting Monday, April 12 she’ll air 25 mini segments to walk you on a journey away from body image obsession to body image freedom. Listen on her “Compared to Who?” podcast! Books: The Burden of Better: https://amzn.to/3csoSgf Compared to Who?: https://amzn.to/2QyLB1F HEATHER CREEKMORE writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her new release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she's best recognized from her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas. Connect with Heather at Comparedtowho.me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan chats with guest 𝗕 • 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 Co. co-founder and LiveOriginal ambassador, Emma Brownawell (@e_brownawell)! We dive INTO the heart of 𝗕 • 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 Co founded in Ecclesiastes 11:1: be well, do good, live fully. Everyone has a different story, everyone is unique and has a different plan on their life for a reason. You have a gift only you can give the world. Don't hold back. If you hold back, the world is missing something. Use your gifts and talents for the glory of God - pursue it and bring it to God and give Him glory. Start walking in that. You’ll always have to report back to God. Live FULLY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan chats with Daughter of Delight's Elle Cardel about following Jesus, feeling unqualified, the myth that we ARE enough. Tune in to hear about Elle's journey from studying theology in college to growing a ministry with over 180K followers How God uses every season for His purposes for us Following Jesus, following His plan for your life: what do you have to lose? If the Lord wants to do it, He’s going to do it. The Lord calls and qualifies the unqualified We are not enough. God doesn’t call us because we are enough. His purpose is not to make us great but to use us as a vessel to glorify Him Daughter Dilemma’s most popular question: How do I know if this person is my soulmate or the one for me? Fill your feed with not just Christian accounts with cute sayings but Christian accounts that are WHOLE and SOUND and GOOD. Go check out Daughter of Delight: https://daughterofdelight.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever found yourself STUCK in a waiting season? Megan chats with her good friend Corinne about WAITING seasons! Because, whether you're waiting for a relationship, a job, marriage, a family, a big life move, or anything else ... waiting can be a HARD part of life, but it's FULL of God-given purpose. Tune in and be encouraged by our chat on waiting seasons, what God might have for you in it and how to find purpose in this time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan sits down with her old-college roommate, Kaela, and they chat about the PURPOSE of work – whether it’s in a job your passionate about or one that makes your life feel mundane. Work can feeling DRAINING, but God has purpose for work. Recognizing His purpose for it really transforms our work life. Take a listen and have your work life transformed too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan chats with Lauren from the Let's Meet For Coffee podcast about the hardest time in her life, how God healed her, suffering in general and how God is the BEST Comforter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan and Daisy, from @bible.and.faith, chat about all the things singleness and how relationships can be an idol - did God ever PROMISE them to us? the desire (and lack thereof) of Bible reading & a GOOD chat on prosperity gospel, the documentary The American Gospel, and the importance of staying Biblical in everything that is taught, preached and said. LINKS: Daisy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bible.and.faith/ The American Gospel: http://www.americangospelfilm.com Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode features Allison and Lisa, founders of The Giving Manger. The Giving Manger helps families shift the focus of Christmas back to giving which is a message I LOVE. In this episode we talk about the importance of giving - and no this isn't only about monetary giving and ways we can give back all year 'round, not just at Christmas. Here's a link to start The Giving Manger tradition: https://www.thegivingmanger.com/products/reserve-your-giving-manger-kit Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the Psalm 23 study: https://www.shelivespurposefully.com/products/shop/Psalm-23-Study-p254246016 Ever find yourself anxious when things are all out of control? when you don’t know what will happen next? when it feels like your entire world just fell apart? or when it seems like there’s no answers for how to move forward? ⁠⁠⁠ I realized recently that I struggle with trust & releasing control to Jesus .⁠ & honestly, psalm 23 is THE chapter of the Bible that is helping me conquer that. ⁠ I think we can really believe that we can trust and accept the idea that we can release control and that it’s OK to and even BETTER to, when we know the One we are trusting and giving control to. ⁠ ⁠He shows us that He is good, He is loving, He cares and He is capable.⁠ In Psalm 23, we begin to see our role as the sheep and Him as the Shepherd and realize we CAN give Him control. ⁠⁠ It also is a relief because I think at least for me in all my attempt to control, I’ve realized I have no control. But when I give Him control I can trust that whatever happens, He's in control. ⁠ & He’s proven himself more than trustworthy to take it – life, struggles, control – off of our hands. ⁠ Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

College is known to be the time to spread your wings and expand your horizons. It's also a time that infamously worries the church and often parents and friends for its off-to-college members. But why? Because it also rushes in a way of new experiences and choices and acts and ideas - many of which are not pleasing to the Lord. Megan and her friend Julia chat about college, why it's not an excuse to do what you want, why following Jesus with your whole heart and with your actions in college is not restraining but freeing, how to stand firm in your faith in this time and the MAJOR gift of grace that God bestows on us if (and when) we disobey. Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join me as I sit down with Ashley, founder of @thehoneyscoop, and get REAL deep. We chat about healing, family brokenness and how to work through the healing process - from a Biblical perspective. Listen in as we talk about social Media REAL talk on healing our hearts family brokenness identity in Christ Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This post was planned and recorded BEFORE any 2020 election results, because regardless of results, the truth here STILL applies. PEACE. Someone once told me, whoever wins this election, it will be a MESS. But all opinions aside, I just want to say, rest be assured, Jesus IS in control. Jesus is NOT defeated or caught off guard. I am His and in His will, so whatever happens… friends, we are going to be okay. listen to today's episode for peace: Jesus is in control - election edition Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I asked our Instagram community what they struggled with and one response we got was Bible reading... and trust me, I know many of us can relate. Has Bible reading ever felt empty? or like just something to check off the checklist for today? Maybe it's been a struggle to get more out of it or even have the desire to read and spend time with Jesus. I (Megan) dive into my daily Bible reading set up that was a game changer for my walk with the Lord AND share 3 extra helpful guides to make sure we're allowing Jesus to speak to us even more in our time with Him. Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making friends is one thing but how do we keep GOOD friends? How do we make sure our friendships are building us up? Long-time BFFs Megan and Corinne sit down and get REAL about their friendship, lessons they've learned over the years, how they work to keep the friendship and how they build each other up. They even dive into their friendship as Christians. Listen to learn about being intentional in a friendship, or as Corinne says, "You have to be a friend to have a friend." mastering love languages being encouraging and uplifting in friendship getting friends to encourage and uplift you the importance of being real with your friends getting the scoop on boundaries with friends Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ideas of purpose and living purposefully can shape the way we live. That's exactly what it did for Megan, founder of She Lives Purposefully. Megan dives into 3 (+ 1) core truths about purpose as it relates to God and us. From the way we were created to the ultimate goal of our lives and everything in between, listen in to the basics of purpose in this opening episode to the She Lives Purposefully podcast. Support She Lives Purposefully: https://anchor.fm/shelivespurposefully/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices