Heart Lessons Podcast

On today's episode, I chat with Tracey Murtha, wife of the late Greg Murtha. We chat about what Greg's cancer journey was like from her perspective and some of the challenges of living without her beloved husband, but mostly we talk about how Greg's cancer diagnosis opened the Murtha's eyes to the needs of the people around them, and how Tracey continues to live with this same love and compassion for reaching others. Connect with Tracey: website // Out of the Blue book Heart Lesson: There are only two things that will last into eternity - the word of God and the souls of men. We Mention: Out of the Blue: The Unexpected Adventure of Life Interrupted Kanakuk Christian Camp The Broken Way (book) The Heart Lessons Podcast Episode 23 with Becky McCoy The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey #166 with Kathie Lee Gifford The Glorious in the Mundane Podcast Episode #19 with Ann Voskamp Scriptures Mentioned: James 4:6 1 Corinthians 12:27 Isaiah 61:3 Takeaway Truths: More is caught than taught. Our greatest area of service o

This episode of the Heart Lessons Podcast features actor, producer, and author Candace Cameron Bure. We chat about her newest book, Kind is the New Classy, and why kindness is so important. We also talk strategies for how to be kind when you don't feel like it, and why Christians sometimes have a hard time displaying kindness to those who hold viewpoints that are different from their own. More information on pursuing a personal relationship with Christ Connect with Candace: instagram // facebook // twitter // books // website Purchase Kind is the New Classy Heart Lesson: Push into the Lord even more. We Mention: Full House Fuller House Dancing with the Stars Season 18 Candace's Hallmark Movies Kind is the New Classy The Heart Lessons Podcast: Heavenly Minded Motherhood with Katie Bennett Kirk Cameron Scriptures Mentioned: Galatians 5:22-23 (fruits of the Spirit) Philippians 4:13 Takeaway Truths: I believe we can bring kindness back and change the culture. But it all starts with you and it starts with me

On this final part of the Father's Day series here on the Heart Lessons Podcast, Nigel Anderson shares his perspective on fatherhood, approaching racial issues with grace, and how we can all be unified under the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is a very sensitive but very important topic, and I am so thankful for Nigel's willingness to share his heart and his wisdom and speak into these issues with such a spirit of grace. May you receive it with just as much love and grace. Connect with Nigel: website // youtube // Expect Renaissance (nonprofit) // instagram // facebook // SoundCloud Purchase the Safe House Album Heart Lesson: Never stop trusting. Find complete show notes at sarahrieke.com/podcast We Mention: Safe House Music video Better Days video Philando Castile and Tamir Rice shootings Come Thou Fount hymn (Prone to Wander) Imago Dei Ravi Zacharius Grace Bible Church The Mother's Day Series Part II: Mothering a Transracial Family with Lauren Casper Scriptures Mentioned: Romans 12:2 Matthe

In this second part of the Father's Day series here on the Heart Lessons podcast, Chris Tate shares his heart and his journey with infant loss. He shares the story of his two beautiful baby girls, Ellie and Elsie, and speaks openly about what it is like to be a loss father, to support your wife in grief, and how to trust the Lord even in the midst of such tragedy. Connect with Chris: instagram // blog Heart Lesson: Love God with all your heart and love people. Find complete show notes at sarahrieke.com/podcast We Mention: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Myers Briggs Type Index (personality test) Enneagram (personality test) Choose Joy Conference Scriptures Mentioned: The story of Eli and Samuel (Did you call me ...?) Story of Mary and Martha Related Material: The Heart Lessons Podcast Episode 11: It Is Well with Josh Rieke The Heart Lessons Podcast Episode 7: If You Let It with Jordan Tate Jordan's Blog Dear Loss Mama . . . It's Okay If You And Your Husband Are Processing Things Differently (blo

In Part I of the Father's Day Series here on the Heart Lessons Podcast, Jerrad Lopes from Dad Tired shares what it means for a husband and father to lead his family well, and to look to the perfect Father as the prime example of leadership and service to his family. Connect with Jerrad: blog // podcast // book // facebook // twitter // instagram Heart Lesson: Recognizing that God is a person with his own personality, thoughts, patterns, and preferences. Click here for complete show notes We Mention: Dad Tired Podcast 3 Ways to Improve Your Marriage and Parenting (podcast episode) Stop Behaving Devotional Jesus Storybook Bible Love and Respect (book) Dad Tired Conference Scriptures Mentioned: Proverbs 4:23 1 Corinthians 13:1 Luke 11:39 1 John 1:9 Related Material: The Heart Lessons Podcast Episode 14 (on foster care) Ginger Hubbard Shepherding A Child's Heart The Power of a Praying Wife Marriage is a Mirror, Parenting is a Magnifying Glass (blog post) Takeaway Truths: Three steps to leading your family

Christine Caine, author, speaker, and founder of Propel Women and the A21 Campaign, talks about what it means to live a faith-filled life in the midst of unexpected and often unwelcome circumstances. Connect with Christine: website // instagram // facebook // twitter Purchase Unexpected (Christine's latest book) Click here for complete show notes Heart Lesson: He who promised is faithful. His mercies and grace are new every morning. Scriptures Mentioned: Psalm 119:68 Luke 17:7-19 Romans 11:36 Isaiah 55:9 Psalm 23:4 John 10:10 John 16:33 Psalm 56:8 Luke 22:42 Hebrews 11:3 We Mention: Beth Moore Let It Go Shake It Off Takeaway Truths: Jesus shamed shame on the cross. To have been broken for so long and then to find healing in Christ, that is the message of the gospel. We want to be delivered from our trouble but most often Jesus will take us through it. What is abundant life in the midst of heartache and sorrow?  That is the faith-filled life. If I can have hope then maybe what I went through can help give some

In this episode, I share the part of my story where I was most angry at God. You might be surprised to hear that it was not when my unborn babies were diagnosed or in the grieving months that followed my losses but rather, a time when I felt like God owed something to me. Subscribe to The Heart Lessons Podcast Mentions: The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey #189 Tova Sido find complete show notes at sarahrieke.com/podcast Scriptures Referenced: Romans 3:11-18 Romans 3:23 Acts 17:25 Romans 11:36 Ephesians 2:8 Romans 12:1-2 Takeaway Truths: Through Jesus, I, a sinner, am made righteous before the Father. He traded the death and eternal punishment I deserved for eternal life. God owed me nothing but gave me everything. I had forgotten that God owed nothing to me and that even the breath in my lungs belonged to Him. I am to live my life in sacrificial surrender to the Lord because of what He has done for me. As soon as I forget that, I begin to feel entitled to certain things in life. I had been clinging to the desi

Sophie Hudson, aka Boo Mama, shares what it is like to mother a teenager. From what she tells me, it's actually pretty fantastic. Connect with Sophie: blog // facebook // instagram // twitter // books Heart Lesson: My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus's blood and righteousness. We Mention:  Big Boo Cast Melanie Shankle Sophie's Books Takeaway Truths: The Lord is sweet in that just as He grows them up, He grows us too. I want to enjoy the stage I'm in and not dread when it's going to end. Where am I parenting out of fear? Because in the end, it's not healthy for either one of us. Kids freak out about what we freak out about. The sweetness of life is that it is a gift at every stage and these kids are a gift at every age and golly, it's so fun to get to be a part of it. Conversations on sex and conversations on friendship need to be ongoing, not just one time. Survival Kit for Parenting Teens: Bible Cash A healthy community

Visit sarahrieke.com/podcast for complete show notes Find the Dear Loss Mama, It's Okay If ... series here Caitlin Mathieu of Due to Joy talks about what it means to be an invisible mother, a mother with no living children. She is a wealth of wisdom for leaning on the Lord during dark times and how to navigate the road of invisible motherhood with grace. Connect with Caitlin: blog // facebook // instagram // twitter Heart Lesson: The Lord wants to turn my mourning into dancing and return my joy even in the middle of my pain. Scriptures Mentioned: Matthew 5:4 Isaiah 53:3 Job 8:21 Matthew 7:6 Story of Lazarus We Mention: I Will Carry You Still Standing Magazine Facets of Grief workbook by Francesca Cox Takeaway Truths: Jesus wants to bring purpose to our pain. He does not want to waste it. The devil wants me to believe that God has left me or that my body has failed me. But those are all lies. We need to extend grace to people who say things and don't know your story and people who say things and do know your

Katie Bennett, author of Heavenly-Minded Mom, shares what it means to mother in light of eternity and how that truth can transform our everyday lives. Connect with Katie: website // book // facebook // instagram// podcast Heart Lesson: God is holy and it is not ok for me to be unholy. He is holy so I must be holy. Scriptures Mentioned: John 6:68 Colossians 3:23 Hebrews 12:1-2 Galatians 1:10 2 Corinthians 12:9 Romans 12:1 Proverbs 9:10 We Mention: Shepherding A Child’s Heart Takeaway Truths: I felt God leading me to make my faith my choice. He called me to live the truth of an eternal reality and pursue the simple task of living for Him and obeying Him moment by moment. All of our meaningless tasks are given lasting meaning because when we work hard and heartily as unto the Lord, we will receive an eternal inheritance as a reward. It’s all passing away. Everything except how we loved, how we persevered, and how we faithfully accomplished the tasks that God laid out for us. Determine what is best for the king

My dear friend, Lauren Casper, joins us for this episode of the Mother's Day series and shares what it means to mother a transracial family and embrace the diversity of skin colors and cultures within her own home. Connect with Lauren: website // book // instagram // facebook // shop visit sarahrieke.com/podcast for show notes Heart Lesson: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. We Mention: It's Okay About It All God's Children International Ethiopian calendar Timkat The Little Boy Whose Name Means Peace How We Do Our Daughter's Hair Jessica Turner When God Made You Michael Twitty Matthew 22:36-40 (The Greatest Commandment) Choose Joy Takeaway Truths: I want to be intentional to put in the time so I can raise my children as children of color, because they are, and not try to make them fit into my white world. I need to learn about cultural differences because I don't want to erase the heritage they came from, as much as I possibly can. So much of adoption is about loss. As beautiful as the process of a

Hayley Morgan, co-author of Wild & Free and the just-released Always Enough, Never Too Much, comes to the podcast today to talk about walking big and wild in who God made us to be, walking free in what Jesus Christ bought for us on the cross, and then the truth that staying tethered to the Lord will allow us to live in being always enough and never, ever too much. We also talk fearing ourselves, the enneagram, and how to discern the voice of the Lord over the voice of the enemy. Connect with Hayley: book // blog // facebook // instagram // twitter // Nellie Taft // WildlyCo. Heart Lesson: Be needy of the Lord. Scriptures Mentioned: John 15:5 Ephesians 4:22 Mark 6:34 We Mention: Enneagram Wild and Free book The Path Between Us Ian Crohn Typology Podcast Episode 22 Takeaway Truths: There is a difference between knowledge of something and understanding of something. Knowledge comes when you learn something for the first time, but the understanding comes when you work it out in the day to day and apply it

Ginger Hubbard shares her insights, wisdom, and all-around awesome tips for reaching our children with heart-oriented training. She aims not to only change their behavior, but reach their hearts. Connect with Ginger: book // website // facebook // instagram // youtube Visit sarahrieke.com/podcast for show notes Heart Lesson: Trust that God is in control of my adult children and working in their lives. Scriptures Mentioned: Ephesians 6:3 Ephesians 4:22 1 Corinthians 10:13 Ephesians 6:4 Galatians 5:23 Hebrews 4:12 Proverbs 22:6 Galatians 6:7 Deuteronomy 11:19 Matthew 5:37 Proverbs 15:28 Galatians 6:9 James 1:5 We Mention: Shepherding A Child's Heart Child Training Tips Family Life Today Wise Words for Moms Chart CD Series: Reaching the Heart of Your Child Ginger's 3-Step Plan: Getting to the heart of behavior Reproving your child Biblically Training your child in righteousness Takeaway Truths There is so much more to getting our children to act right; we need to get them to think right and be motivated o

Cori Salchert shares her heart behind fostering terminally ill babies and children. Her transparency as to the level of faith it takes to stay committed to this beautiful and yet heavy work God has called her to is such a perfect picture of God's strength working in our weakness.  Connect with Cori: book // facebook // SafeHaven4Babies // facebook Heart Lesson: I say I trust God and He gives me many opportunities to do so, many opportunities for me to look at God and judge my circumstances, and not judge God through my circumstances. Scriptures Referenced:  Hebrews 12:3 Hebrews 4:15 Galatians 1:10 2 Timothy 1:7 2 Corinthians 12:10 James 4:8 Philippians 4:13 Philippians 4:11 Judges 7 (Story of Gideon and his army) Revelation 21:4 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Psalm 116:15 Psalm 56:8 2 Corinthians 4:17 James 1:5 1 Samuel 16:7 John 9:3 1 Peter 3:15 Job 1:9-11 Deuteronomy 31:6 Mentions: Mark Schultz Treasures, by Martha Snell Nicholson Safe Haven Laws 99 Balloons Video I Will Carry You Look at the Book, John Piper E

song credit: Nichole Nordeman, You Are Good When our life circumstances are so hard and leave us brokenhearted, can we still say that God is good? George Mueller  Psalm 119:68 Ravi Zacharias  Ann Voskamp's Brutally Honest Psalms #3 Why God Doesn't Heal People We Love Romans 8:28 Through The Lens Podcast, Ep. 06, Why Did God Let My Baby Die? When God Doesn't Fix It, by Laura Story You Are Good, Nichole Nordeman You Are Good, Evie's Memorial Journal and Reflection Page - EBCBB III

Marshawn Evans Daniels, reinvention strategist and faith and business coach, talks about her newly released book, Believe Bigger, and encourages women to walk confidently in the purpose God has placed in their lives. We talk about the coexistence of both humility and confidence, what it means to find purpose in painful circumstances, and what it was like for her to be on Miss America. You are going to come away from this episode with a soul on fire for being ok to own whatever it is that God has called you to do. Connect with Marshawn: website // book // twitter // instagram // facebook Heart Lesson: Having permission to go at a slower pace and find the door opening in a time of pause rather than a time of pursuit. Scriptures Mentioned: Philippians 4:7 Matthew 25:14-30 Proverbs 31 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ephesians 6:10-18 Matthew 5:13-16 1 John 4:4 Psalm 139:13-14 Proverbs 18:21 Romans 12:2 Matthew 11:30 Zechariah 4:6 5 Steps to Finding Your Purpose (Purpose Map): Discovery Talents The Gap Gifts Influence T

**This conversation is recommended for mature audiences only** Mo Isom speaks openly and candidly about her sexual testimony and what her life looked like when she neglected to ask the question of why God calls His children to live a life of purity.  "It's about so much more than doing what's right and avoiding what's wrong. It's a reflection of preserving our bodies and our hearts for a God who gave His life for us first. " - Mo Isom Connect with Mo: website // book // instagram // facebook // twitter Heart Lesson: The realization and awe of the power of the Holy Spirit's operation within us. Scriptures Mentioned:  John 8:36 2 Corinthians 12:9 Luke 10:27 Matthew 16:24-26 Jeremiah 33:3 Ephesians 3:20 2 Peter 2:21 1 Corinthians 7:9 Galatians 6:9 John 17:16 Helpful Resources: Lisa Bevere Covenant Eyes Celebrate Recovery If You Only Knew, by Jamie Ivey Clean, Natalie Grant Heart Lessons Episode 32 with Shelley Hitz Steps to overcoming addiction to porn: Pray for a shift in your heart to want what

Best-selling author, speaker, and all-around hilarious human shares her thoughts on living intentionally in the small moments, for it is in these small moments that life is built. Purchase Church of the Small Things Visit sarahrieke.com for show notes

Today on the podcast Erin Odom, aka the Humbled Homemaker, chats with us about being intentional with our finances. Today Erin shares with us the basic concepts for creating more space and margin in your budget as outlined in her newest book, You Can Stay Home with Your Kids, releasing on April 10th. We also talk about the importance of working within a budget and some really practical tips for setting up your own personal budget. If you have goals to maximize your cash dollars in 2018, this episode will be such a great resource. Pre-order Erin's book at: youcanstayhomewithyourkids.com View show notes at sarahrieke.com

My guest today is Julie Rougeux, wife, mother, and executive director of the Pharoah's Daughters Marketplace. Julie also has a passion for fighting against injustice and standing in the gap for orphans and families who lack the resources to stand up for themselves. Our conversation today centers on her heart for adoption, her personal adoption stories, her involvement in the Pharoah's Daughter's Marketplace, and her passion for empowering women living in poverty to create a sustainable income. We also talk about the part you can play for standing in the gap for these people God loves. Shop at Pharoah's Daughters Marketplace Visit sarahrieke.com for show notes