Perspectives Into Practice Podcast
December 30, 2025
Faith encouragement for the woman who feels spiritually stuck and tired of coasting. In this solo episode, I share what God has been stirring in my spirit as we wrap up the year: you do not have to wait for the calendar to change to experience a shift with the Lord. This is the final part of our year-end series on religion versus relationship, warrior women, and why faith is not passive.
We talk about what it really means to stand firm instead of sitting back. Real faith is not quiet compliance or box-checking. It is choosing to be spiritually engaged when everything around you is pulling toward comfort and numbness. Standing looks like being alert, knowing who you are and whose you are, praying with authority, and saying yes to God even when it is inconvenient.
I also get personal and share a season when I looked "fine" on the outside but felt empty on the inside. I showed up to church, served in women's ministry, led small groups, and still realized I was sitting in my faith. The wake-up call was simple and piercing: God wanted more. Not more performance, more of me. That shift changed everything, including my marriage, my parenting, my friendships, and the way God pruned what was never meant to stay.
If you are tempted to wait for January 1 or for a "perfect time," I want you to ask why. The time is now. Standing can look like opening your Bible daily, praying without ceasing, choosing not to align with the world's loud messages, and getting in a Christian community that sharpens you instead of keeping things surface-level.
I point you to the book of James as a practical starting place, and I share a challenge: choose one area where you have been passive and ask God what standing would look like there. You cannot outsource this choice. But you are not alone, and you do not have to do it in your own strength.
I close with a prayer for courage, strength, healing, and boldness as you step into the new year. Friend, you can stand today.
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Faith encouragement for the woman who feels spiritually stuck and tired of coasting. In this solo episode, I share what God has been stirring in my spirit as we wrap up the year: you do not have to wait for the calendar to change to experience a shift with the Lord. This is the final part of our year-end series on religion versus relationship, warrior women, and why faith is not passive.
We talk about what it really means to stand firm instead of sitting back. Real faith is not quiet compliance or box-checking. It is choosing to be spiritually engaged when everything around you is pulling toward comfort and numbness. Standing looks like being alert, knowing who you are and whose you are, praying with authority, and saying yes to God even when it is inconvenient.
I also get personal and share a season when I looked "fine" on the outside but felt empty on the inside. I showed up to church, served in women's ministry, led small groups, and still realized I was sitting in my faith. The wake-up call was simple and piercing: God wanted more. Not more performance, more of me. That shift changed everything, including my marriage, my parenting, my friendships, and the way God pruned what was never meant to stay.
If you are tempted to wait for January 1 or for a "perfect time," I want you to ask why. The time is now. Standing can look like opening your Bible daily, praying without ceasing, choosing not to align with the world's loud messages, and getting in a Christian community that sharpens you instead of keeping things surface-level.
I point you to the book of James as a practical starting place, and I share a challenge: choose one area where you have been passive and ask God what standing would look like there. You cannot outsource this choice. But you are not alone, and you do not have to do it in your own strength.
I close with a prayer for courage, strength, healing, and boldness as you step into the new year. Friend, you can stand today.
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