HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you so much for coming back to the Purpose Through Pain Podcast this year! I'm so excited about what this year has in store!! From here on out, new episodes will be airing every Friday instead of every Wednesday for no reason other than it just felt like the right thing to do!

Today we're talking about acceptance and accepting things as God has laid them out in your life instead of living in denial. We want to break those shackles and live in the truly free life He has called us to live!

So join me on this week's episode and please share this with a friend so we can get the message out there!

Scripture:

• Romans 8:28
• John 16:33
• John 9:3

And, remember that your pain isn't pointless and God's got a beautiful purpose all planned out just for YOU.

Audio by Woodward, Josh. "Josie Has The Upper Hand." Only Whispering, Josh Woodward, 2015-02-21, Free Music Archive, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Only_Whispering/JoshWoodward-NQC-10-JosieHasTheUpperHand_1237

For the final episode of 2022, I wanted to share my testimony and let you know how Jesus radically changed my life.

This episode is also a timely release because the day after this is published marks 7 years since Jesus came into my life! Hallelujah!

Thank you so much for supporting my podcast this year and I hope you continue to as we take it into a new year!

Mentioned Scripture:

• James 2:19
• Ephesians 2:10

And, remember that your pain isn't pointless and God's got a beautiful purpose all planned out just for YOU.

Audio by Woodward, Josh. "Josie Has The Upper Hand." Only Whispering, Josh Woodward, 2015-02-21, Free Music Archive, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Only_Whispering/JoshWoodward-NQC-10-JosieHasTheUpperHand_1237

Today I want to talk about some common things that both Christians and non-Christians alike believe are biblical.. but aren't.

We're gonna talk about the lies that:

1. God will never give you more than you can handle

• 1 Corinthians 10:13
• Psalm 18:2

2. Nothing bad will happen to you if you're a Christian

• John 15:18-19
• 1 Peter 5:8-10
• Luke 9:23-24
• Isaiah 41:10
• Isaiah 43:2

3. Drinking is a sin

• Ephesians 5:18
• Proverbs 20:1
• Galatians 5:19-21
• https://www.openbible.info/topics/alcohol
• Romans 14
• I Corinthians 8

4. If you're a good person, you'll go to Heaven

• Matthew 7:22-23
• James 2:24
• John 3:18

And, remember that your pain isn't pointless and God's got a beautiful purpose all planned out just for YOU.

Audio by Woodward, Josh. "Josie Has The Upper Hand." Only Whispering, Josh Woodward, 2015-02-21, Free Music Archive, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Only_Whispering/JoshWoodward-NQC-10-JosieHasTheUpperHand_1237

This week I want to explore the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis and how God used his story of abandonment for His will and how it had an important part to play in so many things that were to come.

Mentioned Scripture:

• Genesis 37:12-36
• Deuteronomy 4:31
• Deuteronomy 31:6
• Joshua 1:5
• Psalm 16:8
• Genesis 39:2
• Genesis 39:20-22
• Genesis 41:39-40
• Genesis 50:19-20
• John 9:3

And, remember that your pain isn't pointless and God's got a beautiful purpose all planned out just for YOU.

Audio by Woodward, Josh. "Josie Has The Upper Hand." Only Whispering, Josh Woodward, 2015-02-21, Free Music Archive, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Only_Whispering/JoshWoodward-NQC-10-JosieHasTheUpperHand_1237

This week for National Adoption Month I'm talking with Jill Hickerson about her journey through infertility and how she and her husband came to adoption.

All Jill wanted was a baby : it was all she thought about, talked about and prayed about but God's plan for her becoming a mom was not through pregnancy and once she learned to fully trust God and see that her plan was not the end all be all, she found both motherhood and peace.

Scripture References:

• Philippians 4:6-7
• James 1:2-4

Book Reference: Dear God, Why Can't I Have A Baby? by Janet Thompson

Quotes: When you pray the right way and you pray His will, His blessings for you are so much more than you can possibly imagine.

Audio by Woodward, Josh. "Josie Has The Upper Hand." Only Whispering, Josh Woodward, 2015-02-21, Free Music Archive, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Only_Whispering/JoshWoodward-NQC-10-JosieHasTheUpperHand_1237 Episode segments Edit audio

This week for National Adoption Month I'm talking with Joni McCann.

8 1/2 years ago her and her husband became foster parents and just 7 months into that journey they had twin boys, straight out of the NICU, placed in their home who, 1 year later would become their adopted children. Today, their family serves as missionaries in South America and are able to use their story of adoption and the fact that their family looks different as a testimony to the Father's love for us.

Scripture References:

• Luke 12:25
• 2 Corinthians 10:5
• Ephesians 1:5

Book Reference: Radical by David Platt

Audio by Woodward, Josh. "Josie Has The Upper Hand." Only Whispering, Josh Woodward, 2015-02-21, Free Music Archive, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/Only_Whispering/JoshWoodward-NQC-10-JosieHasTheUpperHand_1237 Episode segments Edit audio