Are you afraid of what God might do with your dream?
If fear has been a driving force in your dream (or lack thereof), it’s time to go deeper in your faith. Jen Weaver shares in this episode about how to manage the fear of not feeling qualified for the dream God has given you. Rather than quit when you hit a fear roadblock, you can choose to walk through your fears with God—who is the antidote to fear—and He will re-energize your faith with the truth of His Word.
IF FEAR HAS YOU STUCK IN OVERTHINKING, THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU!
If you’ve felt fear rising up every time you begin to consider a God-shaped dream, you are not alone. You may not recognize it in others who are further along, but know this: we ALL feel fear when it comes to our dreams.
Nearly every podcast guest, student, or client I speak to mentions bouts with fear when engaging in activities that feel outside of her comfort zone. Whether it’s fear of failure, fear of rejection or even fear of success, fear is a very real roadblock standing in the way of our God-shaped dreams.
Why am I talking about fear in an episode on the practice of wonder? Because deepening our relationship with the Lord is the antidote to fear, and in this episode, I’m bringing you a conversation with Bible teacher, author, and podcast host Jen Weaver to tackle this issue by looking at bits of her dreamer story.
Jen is passionate about empowering believers to engage in every aspect of life WITH God. Her latest book A Beckoning to Wonder is a gorgeously illustrated poetry collection, helping you rest in God’s goodness as you re-energize your connection and experience the life-changing ease of wonder.
As you listen to this episode, pay close attention to what Jen’s story can teach you about:
💡Managing the fear of not feeling qualified for the dream God has given you,
❤️ The power of wonder to remove the burden of overthinking, and
✨ Partnering with God to take the pressure off and embrace your dreams like a child: with the freedom to be a learner, to try things, to mess up and keep moving forward.
This inspiring podcast episode is for any Christian woman in search of encouragement about how to use your skills, talents, and life experience for the big dreams God has planted in your heart.
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Jen Weaver is a Bible teacher, author, and host of Good God Talks, a podcast helping you connect with God through uncommon conversations in everyday moments. She’s passionate about empowering believers to engage in every aspect of life WITH God. Her latest book A Beckoning to Wonder is an illustrated poetry collection, helping every reader rest in God's goodness as you re-energize your connection and experience the life-changing ease of wonder. Married to her best friend Jared, she’s a happy boy mom of two growing sons and is most likely to be found with her hair full of dry shampoo and a coffee mug in hand.
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A Beckoning to Wonder poetry collection by Jen Weaver
Good God Talks Podcast; also on YouTube
Scripture:
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
~ 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
~ Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
~ John 14:23 (ESV)
His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him,
though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and exist.
As some of your own poets have said, we are his offspring. God is closer than we know.
~ Acts 17:27-28 (NLT)
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