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Moms: Managing Your Emotions (Linda Ruth Reeb)

How can moms manage their emotions? MomsMentoring founder and author of Wise Moms, Linda Ruth Reeb, encourages moms to handle them from a Christian perspective.

First, learn to identify your triggers, she suggests, like your kids disobeying, or perhaps emotions stemming from unresolved issues from your past.

Then, she gives hope and advice about healing from a Christian perspective, as she points moms to God’s Word. Not only this, she emphasizes the importance of setting healthy boundaries and healing. 

Reeb poses this to moms: Are you curious or critical when your emotions get the best of you? Get curious! How can we give negative emotions to God? Or should we just think differently? What’s the role of action to change our thinking? 

Linda learned something about how to handle her anger from how her own mother modeled it that she shares with listeners. 

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Moms: Think of Yourself as “Chief Life Officer” (Linda Ruth Reeb)

Moms play a significant role in the home, and author Linda Reeb equips moms to view themselves as Chief Life Officers in their roles as wife and mother. 

 

With questions about time and energy management, how you create a framework to shape family commitments, and what style of family you want to be, moms are encouraged to lean into who God made them to be as they build their family. 

 

Moms, we believe this episode will encourage you to enjoy your CLO responsibilities and privileges!  

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1 Peter 3: Strengthened for Suffering (Josh Patrick)

Josh Patrick delivered this message on suffering in 2018, just months before he died of a years-long battle with stage four colon cancer. He knew suffering well. This sermon for me, which we turned into chapter 7 of the book Living Hope, is Josh at his best. He shares a story in this message that to me stands the test of time. He is humble, ardent, and so filled with hope. 

In fact, I would say above all, Josh Patrick lived out the gospel of the hope of Jesus more than any one I’ve known personally. 

This message is a treasure. In it Josh gives us four pieces of advice on how to be strengthened for suffering. I can think of no one better to deliver this message on 1 Peter 3:15–22.

If you want to support us and the Patrick families desire to get Josh’s content out, grab a copy of Josh’s book we adapted from this sermon series into book format. It’s called Living Hope, and you can buy from our website here: https://himpublications.com/product/living-hope/

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Become Who You Are: A Sermon on 1 Peter 2 (Josh Patrick)

This is a sermon from Josh Patrick on 1 Peter 2:11–17, which we used and adapted to make chapter 4 of his posthumously published book Living Hope.

In this message, Josh tackles hard yet liberating topics like doing hard things, abstaining from sinful desires, submitting to human authority, silencing foolish talkers, and living as free slaves. He ends with a call to show respect to everyone and to fear God.

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This pairs with a HIM Publications blog on chapter 4, which you can access here: https://himpublications.com/blog/1-peter-2-11/

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Remember Who You Are: 1 Peter 2:4–10 (Josh Patrick)

This is the original sermon on 1 Peter 2:4–10 by Josh Patrick that goes with chapter 3 of his posthumously published book *Living Hope*. 

 

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Sermon on Hope from 1 Peter 1: Five Myths and One Truth of Hope (Josh Patrick)

What produces false hope? In this Easter sermon on 1 Peter 1:3–9, Josh Patrick Josh Patrick speaks into this question as he shares with us the five myths of hope for us to stop believing. Then he shares clearly and concisely the truth about genuine hope in Jesus Christ. 

“The hope of God is anchored in a specific moment of history,” Josh says.

Josh helps us recognize five myths surrounding hope in order to place true hope. “God offers living hope,” he concludes. 

Jesus’ dead heart started beating again, Josh says in the opening of this powerful message that was turned into book format: *Living Hope* (2024, posthumously published by HIM Publications).  

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Humble Your Heart: 2 Chronicles 7:14 (Dave Clayton)

A sermon on 2 Chronicles 7:14 by Dave Clayton reveals that if you want to experience God's blessings, you must humble your heart and repent.

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Navigating Disappointment: Matthew 11:1–11 (Dave Clayton)

Dave Clayton, lead minister at Ethos Church and author of Revival Starts Here, dives into Matthew 11, exploring how to navigate disappointment and unmet expectations when God's plans differ from our own. This episode encourages listeners to trust in God's timing and find peace amid life's uncertainties. 

Quick summary of his main points: Disappointment grows in difficult circumstances, unmet expectations, and limited perspective. 

Quotes: “Isn’t it amazing what a little disappointment will do to your theology?” “John took his disappointment straight to Jesus with brutal honesty.” “Faith is like film; it develops in the dark.” “To doubt is a pitstop on the journey of faith; it’s not a destination.” 

Questions to ask yourself in response: “Does God exist for my happiness, or do I exist for his glory?” “How have my circumstances distorted your character?”

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Finding Rest in Jesus: Matthew 11 w/ Jeremiah 6:16 (Dave Clayton)

Dave Clayton, lead minister at Ethos Church and author of Revival Starts Here, delivers a message on how to find rest in Jesus. We’re often burned out; is this okay for Christians? Dave answers with a resounding no! With an eye toward Matthew 11:28–30, where Jesus says, “All who are weary . . . come to me and find rest for your souls,” Dave unpacks three actions from Jeremiah 6:16. He tells us we need to stop, ask, walk. Jeremiah 6:16 says, “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it’” (NIV). Learn from Dave’s wisdom as he emphasizes the vital importance of rest.

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Remember the Wilderness: Deuteronomy 8 (Dave Clayton)

Dave Clayton speaks from Deuteronomy 8 about the importance of the wilderness for the people of God. What does God do in the wilderness? He works on our character. His purpose is clear, but will we press into it? Will we meet him there? The wilderness humbles, tests, and teaches us. Dave encourages listeners to create space, intentionally reflect on God, and sharing insights with trusted friends as you allow the wilderness to deepen your relationship with Jesus.

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