We're catching up with Elliott and Andrea Johnson as they share all about Andrea's endometriosis diagnosis, the importance of emergency funds, and how God sustained their marriage "in sickness and in health." At the beginning of their marriage, God led Elliott and Andrea to get out of debt and manage their money in a totally counter-cultural way. They had no way of knowing then that in following his lead, God would provide not only the resources they needed for her to receive a life-changing surgery years later, but a life-giving career for Elliott to help others out of financial stress.
Read MoreSeth and Danielle McAnally are celebrating two years of marriage this August yet have only been physically together for a total of one year as Seth is a Second Battalion 7th Marines Infantry Officer and has been deployed on and off throughout their marriage. Danielle is also a Marine and serves as a Supply Officer aka procuring items or equipment for the unit. They describe what life is like as a dual military couple and living for Christ in a very secular industry.
They are also expecting their first child - listen in as they discuss the trials and challenges of being a dual military couple.
Read MoreDallas and Alex have known each other since high school, and have been married for six years this July. They grew up in the same college-mountain town in Arizona, and they recently got two new additions to their family, two sweet golden retrievers, Faith and Texas. Dallas owns and operates a towing business, and Alex is designing a clothing line that will donate portions of profit to charity; to suicide victims and sex-trafficked women in Cambodia, two things she’s most passionate about. Dallas and Alex also have YouTube channels: Tow Trainer and Hope With Alex. Dallas offers towing advice on active calls, and Alex encourages people to hold onto hope during hardships.
Listen in for a summary of Alex’s powerful testimony - how God miraculously broke her free from addiction to heroin, crack and alcohol. She shares how during that time she became involved in the adult industry and how Jesus broke her free from all shame tied to that. She also shares more in-depth on this month’s spin-off episode.
Read MoreJarrett and Katrina McCain join the podcast this month and share parts of their marriage and own up to the imperfections in their own hearts, life and marriage. As Christians, we are not here to promote perfection. It’s quite the opposite, we are living vessels to promote Christ’s perfect love found mercifully through God using imperfect people to tell others about His perfect, astounding love. Katrina shares more from her newly released book titled Seven Years of Love: For The Woman Who Desires to Love Well with Jarrett adding what he’s learned of what it means to love well but honestly sharing, he doesn’t do that perfectly most days. Some of the chapter are titled: Building Better Love, The Design for Marriage, The Right One, Love Who He Loves.
Read MoreScrolling through Phylicia’s accomplishments, it’s so awesome how God is using her. Phylicia has a background in theology and is the founder of Every Woman a Theologian. She’s also a gifted writer and best-selling author, wife, homeschool mama, host of The Verity Podcast titled but importantly a disciple of Christ. Her latest book is entitled Stop Calling Me Beautiful: Finding Soul-Deep Strength in a Skin-Deep World. Josh is the COO/CFO of all things ministry related. They take turns homeschooling their young kids, running home business on small farm in Michigan.
We dive into some broad topics and you can dive deeper into these topics with Phylicia on her podcast and other platforms
Read MoreTim and Stephanie share the process they went through after Tim confessed to multiple affairs and to a 10-year pornography addiction which took them both on a journey to restoration as they determined to do the hard work and fight for their marriage because the prospect of the alternative was harder to bear than going through the uncomfortable middle.
On the other side, they have found beauty truly does rise from the ashes when we find our life and/or marriage has caught fire. Walk with them through the rubble as they share their testimony and the ministry God birthed in Stephanie as she coped with the pain, the devastation of grappling with marital betrayal.
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