Welcome to episode 084 of Mud Stories!
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Today I’m talking with Lauren Chandler, wife to Matt, mom, speaker, singer, songwriter, and leader of worship, who resides in the Dallas area with her family. Lauren is also the author of her very first book entitled Steadfast Love
AND!! This week we are giving away FOUR copies of Lauren’s book!!
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Lauren and I had a wonderful PRESHOW chat which you can listen to if you missed it, and in today’s episode we discuss:
- Both having 13-year old girls
- IF Gathering
- The issue of comparison and measuring ourselves against others
- And what is at the root of the thought, “I will know I am good enough when ________”
Lauren talks about:
- Our mutual appreciation for Christy Nockels
- The issue of weak pride
- Celebrate Recovery
- The hardships we face in marriage
- The importance of having no secrets and giving words to our thought life
- Establishing healthy parameters in marriage
- And Mingling of Souls, a dating and marriage ministry she does with her husband
Lauren shares about:
- Her new book and what we can learn from Psalm 107
- God’s hessed, loyal love
- How God’s steadfast love meets us no matter if we are walking through a desert, feel bound by chains, are experiencing the aftermath of our folly, or find ourselves in the middle of a storm
- Her own storm of walking through her husband’s brain cancer diagnosis and treatment
- And how she has learned to say, no matter the circumstances, that Jesus IS enough
No matter what you’re facing today, I think you’ll find encouragement in Lauren’s story and I’d be SO grateful if you’d take the time to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast over in iTunes on your computer, or on the purple podcast app on your Apple device.
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SCRIPTURE:
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble. Psalm 107:1-2 (ESV)
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LINKS:
- IF Gathering
- Celebrate Recovery
- Christy Nockels
- Mingling of Souls
- The Narrow Place-EP, by Lauren Chandler
- Steadfast Love, a single, by Lauren Chandler
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Thank you for this podcast. I think I would like to sit down and meditate on Psalm 107 now! I linked to the podcast on Facebook too, I would love her book. 🙂 Also, I was struck by Lauren’s description of how she began to “fantasize” about who may take care of her if something were to happen to her husband…with our financial struggles I realize that this has been a tendency of mine that I have viewed as harmless. I appreciate the perspective that this too can be the mustard seed beginning to a bigger problem.
Thank you so much for this podcast! I love listening each week, but this week struck my heart as my husband and I feel as if we are going through a storm right now. I am so often tempted to worry and prone to anxiety in this long season of struggle (job loss, pregnant with our 3rd child and had some preterm labor that caused us a scare, parents with health problems, and we lost our family dog last week) but Lauren’s words about resting in his steadfast love convicted and encouraged my heavy heart! Thank you! I am sharing this over on Instagram and Facebook for my friends to listen to!
Thank you for this podcast! I have felt God’s (hesed) steadfast love through our journey to Haiti to live for over to years and now our journey back. We have a desire to be in ministry, but God has not shown us where He wants us yet so we are waiting on Him. There are challenges in the waiting, but He is always faithful!
Thank you for this podcast. I have been so encouraged by each episode and specifically today by the reminder of Gods steadfast love no matter what. Thank you!
I am currently experiencing Gods steadfast love in the midst of raising three young boys, 2 of which were very premature twins. We witnessed Gids steadfast love as He carried us through the difficulty of the twins being in the NICU as well as the daily struggles of being a mom of young children and the loneliness and overwhelming feelings that sometimes accompany this phase of life.
I have felt God’s Steadfast Love for me in the daily struggles of Life. Praying for our son as he continues to seek God’s love and will in his life as he looks for employment. My husband and I are in a season in life where we may soon be emptynesters.
Loved this episode! I needed that reminder of God’s steadfast love. Thanks so much!