Ep. 698 - Waiting on God Teaches Patience, Builds Character, and Draws Us to Him - Sharla Fritz

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Ep. 698 - Waiting on God Teaches Patience, Builds Character, and Draws Us to Him - Sharla Fritz

October 22, 2024 • Tina Griffin

When God puts His children in a waiting room, it can be the best place to stop and learn more about Him. Sharla Fritz said these waiting periods are where He teaches us about patience, where He molds our character, and where He draws us closer to Him. Sharla is the author of eight Bible studies and a public speaker. She describes waiting as a “tool to grow our faith and to transform our hearts.” In our modern culture, we are used to getting what we want instantly. But it’s hard to build character through instant gratification. Sharla discusses some of the lessons we can learn from waiting for God’s answer and how we can embrace true rest and reliance on Him during those sometimes very difficult seasons of patience and trust.

TAKEAWAYS

A delay can be a blessing because it forces us to depend on God and we can always pray while we are waiting

Just because God doesn’t answer our prayers or answer them quickly does not mean He doesn’t love us, but He knows the best for us

Sometimes God has different plans for us that are better than what we desire or can imagine

The children of Israel waited to be freed from slavery for 400 years

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Ep. 700 - Navigating Life’s Detours and Delays Without Losing Your Mind - Elizabeth Laing Thompson

October 24, 2024 • Tina Griffin

There’s always something we’re waiting on, and women are especially impacted by this feeling - there’s always something else we feel we may need to fulfill our lives! It is this very feeling and real wrestling that inspired Elizabeth Laing Thompson to write her book, When God Says Wait: Navigating Life’s Detours and Delays Without Losing Your Faith, Your Friends, or Your Mind. Waiting on dreams and waiting on the fulfillment of the deepest desires of our hearts can sometimes damage our relationship with God. Does He not love us enough to answer our prayers? These types of difficult questions are important to consider, and Elizabeth reminds us that, “Waiting can test our relationship with God.” How will it test you? Will you choose to trust Him? TAKEAWAYS Some things we cannot attain ourselves and must wait on God alone We’ve got to love and live the life we HAVE even as we wait and pray for the life we WANT If it matters to us, it matters to God We sometimes project our own insecurities onto God when we don’t get a response from Him 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Family Playland (get 10% off with code TINA): https://familyplayland.com/ When God Says Wait book: https://amzn.to/4h7p1jq 🔗 CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH LAING THOMPSON Website: https://lizzylife.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alizzylifehttp://www.facebook.com/alizzylife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethlaingthompson/http://www.instagram.com/elizabethlaingthompson X: https://x.com/lizzylit YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@elizabethlaingthompsonauthorhttp://www.youtube.com/@elizabethlaingthompsonauthor Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lizzylife0121/http://www.pinterest.com/lizzylife0121 📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Rapid Radios (get 10% off with code TINA): https://rapidradios.com/discount/tina GABB Wireless: http://gabb.com/tina PetClub 247 (use this link for discounts!): https://petclub247.com/tina LifeVac (get 10% off with code TINA): https://lifevac.net/ 🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/counterculturemom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/fpmccmshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageccm 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/ccm23impactreport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Ep. 699 - Why Christians Should Never Rush the Waiting Process in Life - Wendy Pope

October 23, 2024 • Tina Griffin

Don’t rush the wait, because God has something important to teach you during this season! This is the wise advice Wendy Pope shares while discussing standing in the gap moments of life where we want something so badly, but no answers are coming. Wendy is the the founder and executive director of Word Up Ministries and the author of Wait and See: Finding Peace in God’s Pauses and Plans. She discusses how Christians can wait for God’s plan to unfold in both peace and wisdom by prioritizing an intimate relationship with Him. “Be in His word every single day,” she says. Encourage those around you and exercise patience toward others because God is so graciously patient with us! TAKEAWAYS Everything in life is much easier if we would just obey God We are commanded to wait in the Bible Love God and love your neighbors with all of your heart, mind, soul and strength God is preparing work for us that is perfect for us at the perfect time 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE COL1972 (get 10% off with code CCM): https://bit.ly/colccm Wait and See video: https://bit.ly/3xkg387 Wait and See book: https://amzn.to/3bnlmyd 🔗 CONNECT WITH WENDY POPE Website: https://wendypope.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wendypopeofficialhttp://www.facebook.com/wendypopeofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendy_pope/http://www.instagram.com/wendy_pope X: https://x.com/wendybpope YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/wendypopehttp://www.youtube.com/wendypope 🔗 CONNECT WITH WORD UP MINISTRIES Website: https://www.wordupministries.org/http://www.wordupministries.org 📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Jacob’s Ladder: https://jacobsladder.us/give/ Covenant Eyes: https://bit.ly/thehealingchurchfreebook Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ Jase Medical (get a discount with code TINA): https://bit.ly/jaseccm 🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/counterculturemom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/fpmccmshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageccm 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/ccm23impactreport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/

Ep. 697 - Learning to Relinquish Control and Lean on Christ While We Wait on the Lord - Mark Vroegop

October 21, 2024 • Tina Griffin

It is often the gap periods of waiting in our lives that are the most difficult - anxiety and anger can set in, and we may find ourselves going down a negative and destructive path. This very issue is something that Mark Vroegop, the lead pastor of College Park Church, set out to tackle in his book, Waiting Isn’t a Waste: The Surprising Comfort of Trusting God in the Uncertainties of Life. Mark talks about waiting on God in those “gap moments,” and trusting His provision. Waiting is beautiful, promised, and a biblical command, he says. He also describes it as a “hopeful position that we can live in.” Waiting doesn’t have to be painful - it can be a major growing season for our faith in Jesus. TAKEAWAYS Every person has to discern about when it’s time to wait and when it’s time to move Waiting confronts our desire for control Waiting is part of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ Gaps are meant to remind us that we are NOT God and that we CAN trust Him 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Donate to Counter Culture Ministries: https://bit.ly/3rg5kgj Waiting Isn’t a Waste book: https://amzn.to/3ucqttg College Park Church: https://www.yourchurch.com/http://www.yourchurch.com 🔗 CONNECT WITH MARK VROEGOP Website: https://markvroegop.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markdvroegophttp://www.facebook.com/markdvroegop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vroegopmark/http://www.instagram.com/vroegopmark X: https://x.com/markvroegop 📢 THIS EPISODE SPONSORED BY Rescue 1 Global: https://rescue1global.org/counter-culture-mom-show/ Capstone Legacy Foundation: https://capstonelegacy.org/ TUVU (sign up for free 30-day trial): https://www.tuvu.com/tina GABB Wireless: http://gabb.com/tina 🔗 CONNECT WITH COUNTER CULTURE MOM https://linktr.ee/counterculturemom 📺 WATCH OUR PREVIOUS SHOWS https://bit.ly/fpmccmshow 📲 GET OUR APP & FREE PARENT MEDIA GUIDE http://bit.ly/landingpageccm 💵 SUPPORT THE MISSION 2023 Recap & 2024 Goals: https://bit.ly/ccm23impactreport Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: https://counterculturemom.com/partner/