Encouragement for You

Don Hawkins
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Encouragement for You is a weekly podcast designed to give you Christ-centered encouragement to help you face life’s most challenging problems. Each episode features Don Hawkins talking with individuals who can address the specific encouragement needed for relationship challenges, mental health issues like depression and anxiety, achieving financial stability, and much more.

  1. 5D AGO

    Surviving Parenthood and Forgiveness

    Erin Smalley is a licensed Christian counselor and her husband, Greg is the vice president for families at Focus on the Family. In our first segment, Greg and Erin join host Don Hawkins to talk about parenting and marriage.  In virtually every relationship, there comes a time when the need for forgiveness is present. Sometimes forgiveness can be difficult, though.  From his years of experience in Christian counseling, therapist Brad Fairchild joins host Don Hawkins to talk about the importance of choosing forgiveness.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    24 min

  2. MAR 5

    What is The Church?

    Joining us for this episode of Encouragement for You is Dr. Josh Wynn the Vice President for Communication and Community at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Wynn teaches a class on the nature of The Church. And with all that's been happening in Iran with the recent attacks from the United States and Israel, it may be surprising to learn that there are close to one million underground Christians in the church in Iran. That will be part of the discussion on today's Encouragement for You Episode. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    25 min

  3. FEB 25

    Joy Through Adversity 

    Rodney Love and Shelley Komoszewski are gifted encouragers who have been through adversity themselves and know how to face it successfully. They join join Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to unpack three biblical strategies for facing and overcoming adversity.   Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    23 min

  4. FEB 18

    What is Biblical Manhood?

    Dr. Michael Smalley is the founder and CEO of the Smalley Institute of Ft Worth Texas.  Mike is a relationship authority, the son of world-renowned marriage guru the late Dr. Gary Smalley, and he joins Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to discuss the difference between how modern culture views men and the Biblical perspective on manhood. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    22 min

  5. FEB 11

    What's Your Giftedness?

    Bill Hendricks is the Executive Director of the Hendricks Center for Christian leadership at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also the co-founder and president of the Global Center for Giftedness. In today’s Encouragement for You Podcast, Bill and host Don Hawkins discuss Bill’s book, The Person Called YOU: Why You're Here, Why You Matter & What You Should Do with Your Life..  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    24 min

  6. JAN 29

    Are You too Busy?

    For many couples, adoption may be the only way to grow their family, for others it represents another option. From their own experience adopting their daughter, Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley discuss adoption with host Don Hawkins Has anyone ever told you that you’re too busy? According to Host Don Hawkins, he hears that criticism from time to time, and that’s the topic he discusses with Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    23 min

  7. JAN 21

    Simplifying your Life

    Most of us are finding life to be complex these days with all the electronic gadgets and methods of communication. Dr. Greg Smalley is the vice president for families of Focus on the Family and his wife Erin is a christian therapist. You’ll find their recommendations for simplifying your life to be helpful. Without question all of us are growing older and many of us have questions about aging. In this segment the late christian psychiatrist Dr. Frank Minirth answers listener questions on this important subject.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    23 min

  8. JAN 14

    The Remarkable 'Rest of the Story' in Iran

    For almost two weeks, people across Iran have taken to the streets to express their profound anger about the continued daily suffering experienced by so many in the country.Becky Lucas of SAT-7, a ministry using Satellite television and interactive internet to reach the people of the Middle East and North Africa with the Gospel’s message, joins Don Hawkins with the remarkable ‘rest of the story’—involving people coming to Christ!  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

    21 min
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Encouragement for You is a weekly podcast designed to give you Christ-centered encouragement to help you face life’s most challenging problems. Each episode features Don Hawkins talking with individuals who can address the specific encouragement needed for relationship challenges, mental health issues like depression and anxiety, achieving financial stability, and much more.

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