Shifts and Ladders

Welcome to part four of our series about what it looks like to live a lean life! Our emotions can get the best of us and an unhealthy emotional mindset can greatly affect our growth and lead us astray. Our feelings are a huge part of our lived experiences and we have to learn how to manage those in order for us to have control of them and not be dragged down by the weight of unmanaged and untamed emotional reactions. In other words, we live a lean emotional life. Bless your morning with this podcast as we explore the importance of our emotional well being and how it affects our growth as individuals.

Part 3 of our "Living a Lean Life" Series, today we're talking about the mentality of living a lean life and how we're likely to revert back to filling our lives with the unnecessary baggage if we're not careful to not slip back into the mentality of an "Unlean" life. If we are not ready to internalize the concept of a lean life, it might not take and we'll be victims of our old ways again. Shownotes: Romans Chapter 12:1- 2

Welcome to Part II of Living a Lean life, in this small series we’re exploring how we as people weigh ourselves down and put ourselves at a disadvantage as we move towards Growth. Bless your morning with this pod and let’s think about the things we can let go in order to keep moving forward. Referenced Material: What’s in your backpack? – Up in the Air Scripture referenced: Matthews Chapter 19 Verse 16-26

The Story of the Young Rich man says that it is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter the gates of heaven. While that is a great lesson in humility and letting go of your riches for the betterment of the community around you, it can also provide great insight into the emotional riches or weight that we carry. Sometimes in order to live a lean life and grow, we need to learn that we're not only hoarding materialistic things, but also experiences and trauma. In order for us to experience all that God has to offer, we have to make ourselves lean and live a life that is not held back by the weight of our experiences, good or bad holding us back. Bless your morn with this podcast as we discuss what it means to live a lean life. Scripture referenced Matthews Chapter 19 Verse 16-26

Back again after a little break with the second part of Evolve of Repeat. In this pod we further discuss the idea of learning from the obstacles you face or repeating your victimhood and how it can bring comfort by manner of predictability in your life. Bless your morning with this pod. Shownotes: The Big Bang Theory (All of it) The Hero Within By Donald Miller The David and Goliath Story

In life, the more we are exposed to situations and obstacles. We have two real options. Evolve, which is to say adapt and change yourself or your point of view in some way to overcome said obstacle, or repeat your failures over and over again. This episode was supposed to be called "The Power of Exposure Pt. III" but the idea of evolving and repeating felt more relevant. Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss why we need to evolve or be forced to repeat things we may not want to repeat. Material Referenced. The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest The David and Goliath Story

Welcome back to another episode of Life Refreshed, today we're going to continue exploring the power of exposure. Often we have a piece of knowledge but we don't know how to make sense of it until we're exposed to something that demands we make use of that knowledge. Bless your morning with this pod as we conclude our two part series on how powerful exposure can be. Scripture Referenced: Hosea 4:6

Being exposed to something new marks the ending of the version of you that wasn’t exposed to that new thing. Exposure marks an ending so that there can be a new beginning and a new version of you. The power of exposure is one that gives you the ability to keep reinventing yourself and growing. Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss the power of exposure. Scripture referenced: Ecclesiastes 3

Would you rather live a stewarded life or life lived purposelessly? That's the pain that comes with knowledge. In ignorance one can absolve themselves from responsibility, but once something is learned it is our responsibility to act upon it. Knowing is hard, knowing means you have to take accountability. And like Neo, sometimes knowing means having to face something painful whether you want to or not. Bless your morning with this (bridge) pod as we talk about the pain of knowing. Scripture referenced: Romans Chapter 12

One of the best ways to shatter your ego is to surrender yourself to the person you're trying to serve is surrendering your will to theirs while you're serving them. This is especially important while we're serving God, if we're unwilling or unable to surrender our wills to his, like Saul did, our ego will disallow us from trusting him and reaping the greatness that he can impart into our lives. Bless your morning with this pod and let's find out how to shatter the ego by surrendering. Verses Referenced: Acts chapter 9 verses 1 - 19