1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: Hey friend, do you know that God loves you, but 3 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: somehow you don't always feel. 4 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: That you're loved? 5 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: You know you're valuable to him, but maybe you don't 6 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: feel you're important enough to take time for yourself. You 7 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 2: know when it's time to say no to someone, time 8 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: to take care of yourself, to prioritize what brings you 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: joy or peace, when you really want to believe that 10 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: your needs matter and you need to take some practical steps. 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: Do you find that somehow inside you just feel hesitant 12 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: or even afraid to speak out or to do the 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: things that will bring you. 14 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: Or joy or wellness. Why is that you're not alone? 15 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 2: Today we're going to be talking about how to break 16 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: free from self doubt and to embrace who God created 17 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 2: you to be in a practical way, and the place 18 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: it starts may surprise you. Well, friend, Welcome to Breathe 19 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 2: the Stressless Podcast. 20 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm Bonnie Gray. 21 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: I'm your soul care guide for today's time, created just 22 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,199 Speaker 2: for you to help you rest and refresh your soul. 23 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 2: You're going to pick up a loving word of affirmation 24 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: from God in scripture, and you'll pick up a practical 25 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 2: soul care tip based on science. That I'll help you 26 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: return calm to your body and your emotions. One of 27 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: the most common questions that women ask me as the 28 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: sole care coach. I've been doing this ministry, this work 29 00:01:55,960 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: as soulcare coach for over a decade. They often ask me, Bonnie, 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: how can I feel more confident? How can I just 31 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 2: stop wrestling with self doubt? Women know the truth, but 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: they also say I know God loves me, I know 33 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 2: his word. But when it comes time to practically taking 34 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: care of themselves, enjoying life, resting, setting boundaries, or prioritizing 35 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,119 Speaker 2: something that brings you delight, pursuing it, exploring it, they 36 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: feel guilty. They feel selfish, unimportant. You're not alone. That's 37 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 2: because faith isn't just about what we know in our minds. 38 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: It's also about our soul. 39 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: Jesus tells us the greatest commandment is to love God 40 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. And your 41 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: soul is where you experience God's love and his peace. 42 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 2: Your soul is where your personality was formed by God, 43 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: how your identity was formed. It's where love is felt, 44 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 2: peace is felt. So even though we may know in 45 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 2: our minds what the truth is, that we're loved, we 46 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 2: have to take action to experience and practice our true 47 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: identity as God's beloved. So today we're going to be 48 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: exploring why self doubt keeps us stuck even if we 49 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 2: know God loves us. 50 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: We will also explore how. 51 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: Labels that we put on ourselves or other people have 52 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: put on us, shaped the way we see ourselves. And 53 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: we'll also learn one powerful way to embrace who God 54 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: created you to be with greater freedom, confidence, and joy. 55 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: If you've ever struggled to feel beautiful, worthy, confident, are enough, 56 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: this episode is for you, and I have a free 57 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: gift for you this week. It's my free devotional, Find 58 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: your Joy with Jesus. It's a four day devotional you 59 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: can enjoy that I wrote that shares scripture as well 60 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 2: as science with soul care so that you can reawaken 61 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 2: your joy with Jesus in a practical. 62 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: Way that works for you. 63 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,479 Speaker 2: Just click the link in today's show notes and you 64 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: can download that for free and we'll. 65 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: Be right back well. 66 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: Today's breath prayer comes to us from a beautiful passage 67 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 2: in scripture in Isaiah sixty two, verses four to five. 68 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: You will no longer be called forsaken, but you will 69 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: be named my delight for the law Lord delights in you. 70 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 2: Just relax your shoulders, loosen your hands, and just breathing 71 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: slowly as we inhale God's loving words to you. In hell, 72 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 2: you will no longer be called forsaken, ex heal, but 73 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 2: you will be named my delight again. In hale, you 74 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 2: will be named my delight. Exhale for the Lord delights 75 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 2: in you. Just continue to breathe in God's loving whispers 76 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 2: to you as we continue. Well, I'm curious, do you 77 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,239 Speaker 2: know the meaning of your name or why your parents 78 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 2: chose to name you the way they did. I once 79 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 2: asked my mother why she chose my name. My mom 80 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 2: was only seventeen years old when I was born in 81 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: San Francisco, Chinatown, newly arrived from Hong Kong. My mom 82 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 2: hadn't learned English yet, so a nurse read from a 83 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: book of baby names, and when my mother heard the 84 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 2: name Bonnie, she said she liked it because it was 85 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 2: easy to holler out into the house so that I 86 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: would come running to her whenever she called my name, 87 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 2: and that is how I got the name. It's really 88 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 2: funny how names really do matter, not only what your 89 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: name is, but who says your name and how they 90 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 2: say it. Sometimes I try to remember how my father 91 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 2: said my name the last time I saw him, I 92 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: was seven years old, as he was leaving and he 93 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: packed his bags in the car. And the last time 94 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 2: I had heard my father say my name, he was 95 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 2: saying goodbye, dear friend. It's so significant how we're named, 96 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: isn't it. It's in important who says our name. It 97 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: matters who we belong to. Maybe remember someone speaking your 98 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: name with love. Maybe it was your mother comforting you, 99 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 2: a father holding you close, or a spouse drawing you 100 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 2: near him. These moments leave a deep impression on our hearts, 101 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: but so to critical voices, labels, words spoken over us 102 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 2: that weren't loving or perhaps demanding, or messages we begin 103 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:38,440 Speaker 2: to believe about ourselves through the experiences we've had. Maybe 104 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 2: you've been called not enough or invisible. Maybe no loving 105 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 2: words were spoken, or perhaps disappointing or or words that 106 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: make you feel as if you were selfish. Sometimes a 107 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: lot of labels aren't from others, but they could be 108 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 2: ones we repeat to ourselves, and over time, those labels 109 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 2: begin to shape what we believe is possible. For us, 110 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 2: and so I want to ask you two very important 111 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 2: soul care questions. These are questions that I've asked myself 112 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 2: on my journey in soul care, as well as to 113 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: women who've come to me for soul care coaching. What 114 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 2: names or labels have others put on you pick a moment? 115 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 2: What would be some of those names are labels? Second, 116 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: what names are labels do you put on yourself? The 117 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 2: world labels us. But here's the greater truth. God knows 118 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: our true name. Throughout Scripture, we see that God renames people. 119 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 2: Jacob became Israel after a night of wrestling, and when 120 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: Jacob was wounded, Jacob's name change from to trip up 121 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 2: to God endures. God also changed Saul into Paul. Paul's 122 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 2: name had changed from demanded to small after his baptism, 123 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 2: and Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter. Peter was renamed 124 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: from being his father's son to how Jesus saw him 125 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 2: the Rock. The significance of your name lies in who 126 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 2: calls your name? Could God be renaming you in your 127 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 2: current season of life? What are the names or labels 128 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 2: God wants you to let go of? And how does 129 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 2: he want to rename. You listen to God's words, you 130 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: will no longer be called forsaken, but you will be 131 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 2: called my delight, for the Lord delights in you. Friend, 132 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 2: imagine God saying that to you, now, my delight. Does 133 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 2: that feel awkward or maybe even hard to believe? That's 134 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 2: because the world teaches us something very different. The world 135 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:20,959 Speaker 2: says you need to earn love, prove yourself, perform, achieve, 136 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 2: keep striving, then maybe you'll be enough. It's an exhausting treadmill, 137 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: isn't it. Many of us have spent years running on 138 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 2: this treadmill. But God announces a stunning truth. Your worth 139 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: is not tied to what you can do for God. 140 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: Your worth is not tied to what you can do 141 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 2: for God. Your worth is tied to what God already 142 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 2: says about you. He loves you, He chooses you, He 143 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 2: delights in you. Not when you're succeeding, not when you're 144 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 2: in pressive, not when you're productive. Now today, just as 145 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: you are so here, God whisper beloved. You belong to me. 146 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 2: You don't have to earn my love. You don't have 147 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 2: to become someone else. You are my delight. My love 148 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 2: is here to stay. I also love finding this beautiful 149 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 2: passage in Revelations to seventeen what says Jesus will place 150 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 2: a white stone into our hands with a new name 151 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 2: written on it. This is a name fully known by 152 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 2: Jesus about you. It's a name that reflects who you 153 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 2: truly are. You are God's beloved daughter. So friend, When 154 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 2: we begin to believe God's name for us, something starts changing. 155 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 2: We stop living from labels, and we stop striving to 156 00:11:55,559 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 2: prove ourselves. We begin living from our true identity. And 157 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 2: that's where confidence begins, not by becoming someone else, but 158 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 2: by embracing who God created us to be. And when 159 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: we come back, we're going to learn the science well. 160 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: Research shows that when people reflect on their strengths, values, 161 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: and what matters most to them, it helps buffer the 162 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 2: effects of stress. Self affirmation studies have found that when 163 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 2: people regularly reflect on their strengths and their experiences, they 164 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 2: have greater resilience, increase creativity, improve problem solving, more optimism, 165 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 2: less sadness, and less anger. In other words, when we 166 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: agree with the truth of who we are, something begins 167 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: to shift. Now simply saying I'm amazing or I'm perfect, 168 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 2: those kind of self affirmations don't help because God wants honesty. 169 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 2: But when we agree with how God sees us as 170 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 2: people of faith, our hearts begin catching up with the 171 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: truth that our minds already know. So we want to 172 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: practice self affirmation from God. That's why in our podcast 173 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 2: I always say, you're going to pick up a loving 174 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 2: word of affirmation from God. It is important that we 175 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 2: speak the truth that God holds in his heart about you. 176 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 2: So let me ask you gently, how would your life 177 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 2: change if you truly believed that God calls you my delight? 178 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: Would you rest differently? Would you change what you would 179 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 2: do during the day? Would you talk to yourself differently? 180 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 2: How often would you say yes to joy? And what 181 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: would you say no to if you truly believe that 182 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: God calls you my delight. Many times when women ask 183 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 2: me how can I truly have more confidence and stop 184 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 2: comparing myself to other people? I always tell them it's 185 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 2: not that you don't know. The truth is because you 186 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 2: need to practice the positive experiences. You need to create 187 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 2: more experiences where you do feel joy, and you start 188 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 2: making space in your schedule to do things that bring 189 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 2: you peace that are unique to your personality. Often it's 190 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 2: not what other people want, because everyone has a different personality, right, 191 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 2: So that's the kind of courage it takes, is that 192 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 2: you need to add new experiences where you are prioritizing 193 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 2: yourself and you do take better care of yourself and 194 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 2: you make choices that bring you joy and peace. Now, 195 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 2: that's not selfish. That's why we need God. That's why 196 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 2: we need to go row into becoming beloved children of God. 197 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 2: It's through the choices we make and the experiences, and 198 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 2: that is what rewires our brain. That's what rewires our 199 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 2: nervous system, is creating those experiences. And as you increase 200 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 2: those experiences that bring you peace and joy, then you 201 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 2: will naturally stop comparing. You'll naturally do it less. Doesn't 202 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 2: happen overnight, but you'll also have that self doubt begin 203 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 2: to fade. It just becomes less often and less intense. 204 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 2: As you walk daily weekly with more positive experiences where 205 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: you're walking as God's beloved child, then those other feelings 206 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 2: will naturally fade. And the reason why it's not selfish 207 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 2: is because this is what God is always saying. Jesus 208 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 2: always saying, come to me, those who are weary and 209 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 2: heavy laden. I will give you rest. Jesus is I've 210 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 2: come to give you joy. Jesus comes to free us 211 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 2: from all the different laws and rules and all the things. 212 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: In the Old Testament there were laws about what people 213 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 2: needed to do in order to feel good or feel right, 214 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 2: but Jesus gives us grace. Well, friend, I have a 215 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 2: practical soul care challenge for you, and it's writing God's 216 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: love letter to you. I want you to write a 217 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: letter that begins with dear so and so your name, 218 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 2: dear Jennifer, dear Zoe, dear Bonnie. Imagine Jesus saying to you, 219 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 2: what I love about you is fill in the blank. 220 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: Second thing I want you to fill in is I 221 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: love watching you filled with delight when you do this. 222 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: What are some of those things that Jesus would love 223 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 2: to see you doing that would bring you more delight, 224 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: more joy. Just keep your pen moving and let Jesus 225 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 2: speak as you fill out this letter from Jesus to you. 226 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 2: I believe the Holy Spirit will be working on your 227 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: heart to bring up and remind you of the things 228 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 2: that I give you peace and joy and delight. Now, 229 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 2: for this isn't just about having fun. It's about practicing 230 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 2: your identity. Delight is often where God reminds us who. 231 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,719 Speaker 1: We really are. So be bold. 232 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 2: Choose what matches your curiosities or personality that energizes you 233 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,919 Speaker 2: and explores what you might like. Maybe it's been so 234 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 2: long you don't even know what you like anymore. You 235 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: need to explore that, so let go of what doesn't okay? 236 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 2: Is it painting, gardening, baking, singing, playing music, learning something new, 237 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 2: creating something, or hosting friends. I don't know what that 238 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 2: is to you that brings delight, but you can do it, 239 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 2: not because you've earned it, but because delight reflects who 240 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 2: you are as God's love a child. 241 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: So I'm curious what you will do this week. Well, 242 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: let's pray. 243 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 2: Dear Jesus, thank you for knowing our true names. When 244 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 2: critical voices confuse us, help us to hear your voice 245 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 2: remind us that we're not defined by anything other than 246 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 2: your love. That we can rest that we can have 247 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 2: delight in your name. 248 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: We pray Amen. 249 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 2: Well, friends, remember to download that free devotional that I 250 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 2: have for you again, just click the link in the 251 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: show notes. And do you have a friend you can 252 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: encourage share today's episode with her. Most of all, remember 253 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: that you're loved, you are cherished. 254 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: Just rest and I'll see you next time. 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