Just Talkin' About Jesus

Jan Johnson
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A place with real people sharing their real faith. What was the moment when you first realized how real Jesus is? Tell me about your But God moment. Have you had moments when you were so low you could only rely on your faith? What makes you joyful when the rest of the world isn't? These are a few of the questions that lead my interviews. Once a month we have a roundtable chat with a few people about a topic.

  1. 2d ago

    Lie Makers and Light: Cheryl Bostrom on Breaking Generational Chains Through Story

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Award-winning Pacific Northwest novelist Cheryl Bostrom joins Jan and Marti to talk about the trauma that shaped her early years, the grandmother who introduced her to God through nature, and the faith that transformed generational dysfunction into a life devoted to storytelling.  Cheryl opens up about her mother's mental illness, the neurodivergent characters she writes with such care, and the concept of "lie makers" — the false beliefs that keep us stuck until we find and release them.  She also previews her upcoming historical novel set on a 1919 Alaskan fox farm. A conversation about forgiveness, healing, and the quiet, redemptive work of a God who "means everything" when He says He works all things together for good. https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/the-summit License code: YEMOID7DEYZIE4N3 Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-easton/warming-light License code: EUXRWYWTFRNQMRXO 00:00 Welcome & Introducing Cheryl Bostrom  02:30 "Give Us a Little Testimony": Cheryl's Story Begins  03:09 An Okie Father, Migrant Camps, and a Tumultuous Marriage  05:01 Rescued to the Pacific Northwest by Her Grandparents  05:41 Meeting God Through Nature Before Knowing His Name  06:43 Salvation at Nineteen and the Long Road of Sanctification  08:02 A Prophetic Word: Isaiah 30:21  09:57 "He Means Everything": Breaking Generational Strongholds  10:28 Writing as Therapy: Sugar Birds and Becoming a Scribe  12:04 What the River Keeps: Forgiveness Beyond What's Humanly Possible  13:48 Writing Neurodivergent Characters With Care  15:16 The Editor Who Kept Burnaby's Story Accurate  17:23 Inside What the River Keeps: Hildy, the Elwha, and "Lie Makers"  20:50 Finding the Lies Planted by Dark Spirits  21:41 Drawing From Her Mother's Story With Gentleness and Care  22:21 On Writing Happy Endings  23:14 "We Become Scribes": Creativity as Worship  24:15 Heaven, Ever-Expanding Joy, and C.S. Lewis  25:09 A New Historical Novel: 1919, Alaska, and a Fox Farm  27:55 Sacrificial Love, a Sister's Sacrifice, and Finding Her Voice  29:23 Holding the New Story With an Open Hand  29:47 Closing Words: "There's Nothing That Can't Heal" Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    Lie Makers and Light: Cheryl Bostrom on Breaking Generational Chains Through Story

  2. Jul 18

    Servants of the Lord Maria Fix: Siberia Survivor's Story Told by Sister Mercy

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Host Jan sits down with her own daughter, Sidney — now Sister Mercy of the Servants of the Lord — to talk about a woman who changed both their lives:  Maria Fix, a Russian Catholic who survived Soviet arrest, a 55-day cattle-car journey, the death of her toddler sister along the way, and nearly two decades in forced labor camps, before spending the rest of her life running an underground church and finally, in her eighties, professing final vows as a religious sister.  Along the way, Sister Mercy talks about staging a four-and-a-half-hour play with 25 nuns, what four years of religious formation actually involves, and a summer of mission trips before she's sent to her next posting — wherever God sends her.  A story about tenacity, trust, and saying yes with a blank check. Colossians 1:9–10 (NLT) — "So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit." 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 (NIV) — "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV) — "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." https://mariafix.org https://uppbeat.io/t/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/his-destiny License code: 7FMBR1NMETVC8EAZ https://youtu.be/jcfwpj1vMvk 00:00 — Welcome & Introducing Sister Mercy  01:04 — The Play About Maria Fix  02:02 — A Confessor of the Faith: Maria's Childhood Desire  02:20 — Arrested in the Night: Family Taken to Siberia  02:47 — The 55-Day Cattle Car Journey  03:13 — The Death of Two-Year-Old Ekaterina  03:29 — Forced Labor: Nine Years Cutting Timber  03:39 — Escape, and a Second Arrest  04:20 — Nearly Two Decades in the Gulag  04:46 — "I Don't Know How I Lived"  04:56 — Release, Loss, and Life as a Laundress  05:32 — The Underground Church: Communion, the Sick, and the Imprisoned  05:47 — Translating Scripture by Night  06:40 — Constant Harassment by the KGB  07:08 — Priests Arrive in Russia in the Early '90s  08:04 — "Why Can't It Be Me?"  09:16 — Final Vows in Her Eighties, With Advanced Parkinson's  09:44 — The Loss of Ekaterina, Revisited  10:51 — Twenty-Five Sisters and a Four-and-a-Half-Hour Play  ‘11:40 — Behind the Scenes: Props, Costumes, and Chaos  12:37 — The Curtain Incident  13:36 — A Generous Donor and the Fog Machine That Never Fired  14:38 — How Maria's Story Changed Sister Mercy  16:07 — "A Blank Check to God" 16:52 — Marti on Comfort, Scripture, and Maria's Legacy  17:26 — Marti's Trip to Russia: What the Oppression Felt Like  20:38 — Praying Colossians 1:9 Over Sister Mercy  21:46 — Four Years of Formation: Philosophy, Theology, and Bioethics  23:14 — A Summer of Mission Trips: New York, Texas, California, Suriname, Argentina  25:51 — Waiting for the Next Assignment: "The Great Unknown"  26:59 — Closing Words: "An Invitation to Trust" Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    Servants of the Lord Maria Fix: Siberia Survivor's Story Told by Sister Mercy

  3. Jul 11

    Trading the Wonder Woman Cape: Trisha Nix on Rest, Community, and Trusting God's Timing

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Recorded live on a retreat on the Oregon coast, host Jan Johnson talks with new friend Trisha Nix about wilderness seasons — the ones we sometimes walk into ourselves.  Trisha shares the quiet, undramatic moment she gave her life to Jesus as a child because of a teacher who cared enough to bring her to church, the season she calls her own wilderness after an impulsive move to Costa Rica left her with nothing, and what she's learning now about community, rest, and letting go of the pressure to be everything to everyone.  Honest, warm, and full of practical wisdom for anyone waiting on God in an in-between season. Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) — "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."  Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV) — "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."  Matthew 11:29-30 (NIV) — "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me... For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."    https://uppbeat.io/t/braden-deal/a-movement License code: JF75OPN6HGFTNGNG 00:00 — Welcome from the Oregon Coast Retreat  00:37 — This Retreat's Theme: The Wilderness  00:59 — "My Testimony Isn't a Dramatic Story"  01:22 — The Third-Grade Teacher Who Changed Everything  02:15 — Growing Up Without Faith at Home  03:07 — Saved at a Small Baptist Church in Louisiana  04:22 — A Real Relationship With God From the Start  04:57 — Writing Poems to God as a Creative Child  05:23 — "Any But God Moments?" — A Loaded Question  05:54 — The Decision to Move to Costa Rica  06:23 — Selling Everything and Leaving Bend, Oregon  07:39 — Coming Back With Nothing But a Suitcase  07:48 — Sitting in the Wilderness at Her Mom's House  08:26 — "I'm Doing a New Thing": How God Kept Speaking  09:05 — Redemption: A Car, a Home, and Meeting Her Husband  09:54 — The Desire Underneath the Desire 11:36 — Where God Has Her Now: Southern California  12:26 — Blended Family and Losing Herself in Caretaking  13:35 — Why Every Woman Needs a Circle  14:41 — "Nobody Has Your Voice"  15:53 — The Book That Spoke to Her: I'm Not Wonder Woman, But God Made Me Wonderful 16:51 — Striving vs. Rest: "His Yoke Is Easy"  17:09 — The I Love Lucy Chocolate Factory Illustration  18:53 — Waiting on God's Timing Instead of Rushing Ahead  20:22 — The Enemy's Lies in the Wilderness  20:54 — Trading the Cape, Boots, and Headband  22:01 — "Feelings Are Not Facts"  24:18 — Embracing the Wilderness Instead of Rushing Through It  24:49 — The Power of Journaling  25:08 — The Prayer Written One Month Before Meeting Her Husband  26:06 — Three Closing Words: Community, Slow Down, Ask Him to Use You Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    Trading the Wonder Woman Cape: Trisha Nix on Rest, Community, and Trusting God's Timing

  4. Jul 4

    Hope After Suicide Loss: Jackie Baker’s Grief Journey

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! What happens when grief changes everything? In this heartfelt episode, Jackie Baker joins Jan Johnson to talk about losing her son Sebastian to suicide and the long road of learning how to live again. Jackie shares the realities of traumatic grief, the stigma surrounding suicide loss, the pressure grieving parents often feel, and how her faith carried her through years of sorrow. Together they discuss lament, identity, marriage, unanswered prayers, and why healing is not about forgetting. Jackie’s new book, Messy Mourning, offers hope and practical support for grieving mothers and those who love them. This conversation is compassionate, honest, and deeply healing. Jackie Baker and Angie Clayton: Walking Beside the Broken-Hearted https://www.buzzsprout.com/2356821/episodes/15946737 Adoption: Real-Life Stories Navigating Love, Loss and Reunion https://www.buzzsprout.com/2356821/episodes/15904450 The Complexity of Grief: I Thought God had Abandoned Me https://www.buzzsprout.com/2356821/episodes/17271183 Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”Psalm 40:1–2 “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you… when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.”00:00 – Introducing Jackie Baker and Messy Mourning 02:20 – Sebastian’s story and the beginning of grief 03:30 – Why suicide loss feels different 05:20 – The “if only” spiral and guilt 06:00 – What grieving people actually need 08:00 – Faith, suffering, and unanswered questions 09:30 – Walking through grief with God 10:45 – How each family member grieved differently 13:45 – Trusting God after devastating loss 15:20 – Scripture, lament, and surviving day by day 17:50 – What Jackie hopes grieving mothers will know 20:50 – Holidays, anniversaries, and grief triggers 22:00 – The tsunami metaphor for grief 23:20 – When grief becomes identity 25:50 – Resources and companion tools for the book 27:00 – Surviving the “firsts” after loss 28:45 – Creating meaningful anniversary traditions 30:40 – Jackie’s Substack and writing about grief 32:00 – Finding laughter and sweetness again Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    Hope After Suicide Loss: Jackie Baker’s Grief Journey

  5. Jun 27

    "FINE: Falling Apart on the Inside, Nice Exterior" — Nicole Roth's Guide to Breaking Free

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Joy coach, author, and dietitian Nicole Roth spent decades chasing achievement, applause, and the approval of everyone around her — and didn't realize it was breaking her until a brave woman pulled her aside and said the truth out loud.  In this conversation with host Jan Johnson, Nicole unpacks the four patterns she calls the 4 P's — performance, perfectionism, people pleasing, and pretending — and what happens when shame quietly drives all of them.  She shares the difference between learning about God and actually talking to Him, why she calls the alternative the "light and easy life," and the one simple mirror exercise that has helped women start moving out of condemnation and into confidence.  If you've been serving, achieving, and doing all the things while quietly crumbling on the inside — this one is for you. Jeremiah 17:7-8 (ESV) — "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream."  Psalm 46:10 (ESV) — "Be still, and know that I am God."  1 John 4:19 (ESV) — "We love because he first loved us."  https://uppbeat.io/t/monument-music/the-beyond License code: PLMOP0FDXHN2NOJG Nicole Roth is a joy coach, author, and dietitian whose company, Restoring Belovedness, walks women through a five-course journey from condemnation to confidence, from striving to overflow.  Her book The Joy Quotient is available now, and her new book Light and Easy is in progress. Find her community and resources through her Substack and website. 00:00 — Welcome & Introducing Nicole Roth, Joy Coach  01:01 — What Is a Joy Coach? And How Did Nicole Get There?  01:41 — Raised to Achieve: The Bootstrap Home and the Wound Underneath  02:38 — Achievement vs. Addiction: Why High Functioning Brokenness Gets Applauded  04:11 — Leading the Homeschool Group — and the Field Trip That Changed Everything  05:06 — "Who Have I Become?" Stepping Down and Learning a New Way  06:29 — "Cease Striving": The Warning She Didn't Listen to the First Time 07:33 — One Step at a Time: Jan and Nicole on Learning to Let Go  08:46 — Jeremiah 17: The Shrub and the Tree — Which Way Is Your Heart Turned?  09:50 — The 4 P's: Performance, Perfectionism, People Pleasing, and Pretending 11:12 — People Pleasing, Love Languages, and Where the Line Gets Blurry  11:42 — Cake and Icing: Why God Has to Be Your Primary Source  12:21 — Where Shame Enters: The Cocktail of Fear and Shame Driving Everything 13:41 — Shameville vs. Gracetown: The New Book Light and Easy  15:03 — The Three Characters: Shining Star, Busy Bee, and Stay Safe  16:01 — The Overflower: Living from Abundance Rather Than Scarcity  18:19 — The Sequoia Story: Getting a Vision and Awaiting Further Instructions 19:55 — Living the Light and Easy Life: Not My Thing, His Timing  21:23 — How Jan's Podcast Started — and Why That Story Mirrors Nicole's  22:23 — The Women's Retreat, the Thunderstorm Forecast, and a Sunny Week 24:46 — Who Nicole Serves: Entrepreneurs, Autoimmunity, and Spiritual Roots of Disease  27:26 — Restoring Belovedness: The Five-Course Journey Explained  31:19 — The Mirror Moment: The Most Powerful Tool for Breaking Shame  33:53 — "Let God Love You": The Invitation Behind Everything Nicole Does  35:27 — Encountering Abba: Breaking Out of Performative Christianity  37:57 — Closing Thoughts and Thanks Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    "FINE: Falling Apart on the Inside, Nice Exterior" — Nicole Roth's Guide to Breaking Free

  6. Jun 20

    Strong Roots, Stormy Skies: Juliet Dawn's 35-Year Journey from Trauma to Testimony

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Recording artist and former X Factor contestant Juliet Dawn joins host Jan Johnson for an unflinching conversation about thirty-five years of trauma — abuse, miscarriages, the loss of her twin sons, two nervous breakdowns, and chronic illness — and the faith that carried her through every layer of it.  Juliet shares how a prayer she prayed at twenty-one shaped the rest of her life, how a long-lost song became prophetic, and how a single handwritten note from a stranger became a divine commission to write through her pain for the sake of others.  Honest, raw, and ultimately hopeful — this is a story for anyone who needs to know the storm doesn't get the final word. https://uppbeat.io/t/aylex/lost-in-time License code: ZQZGIRGJS5AWK6QG https://uppbeat.io/t/tobias-voigt/hope-and-wonder License code: XXAPHVLRL1JYTHLD 00:00 — Welcome & Introducing Juliet Dawn  01:26 — Growing Up in a Home of Faith  02:55 — Strong Roots: Why the Storms Didn't Blow Her Over  05:19 — God as the Gardener: Trials, Pruning, and Purpose  09:51 — "I Feel Most Aligned to Job"  10:54 — The Prayer at 21: "No Matter the Cost"  13:42 — Writing "There's a Time" With Her Mum  15:01 — Losing the Song for 30 Years — and Finding It Before Nashville  16:33 — The Pilgrim Road Begins: An Abusive Relationship  17:08 — Stolen Van, Stolen Passport: Chaos in the Entertainment Industry  18:18 — Remarriage, Miscarriages, and the Birth of Sam  19:31 — Twin-to-Twin Transfusion: The Loss of the Twins  20:29 — Nervous Breakdown and the Garage Door Incident  21:06 — Max's Miracle Pregnancy: Restoration "Day for Day"  21:58 — Leo's Diagnosis: Gastroschisis and a Medically Unprecedented Healing  24:31 — PTSD, Fibromyalgia, and a Body Breaking Down  26:28 — Poisonous Spider Bites and a COVID Health Crisis  27:23 — "I'm Not Accepting That Label": Choosing a New Identity  30:54 — The Weight of the Story Behind the Story  33:00 — Writing Poetry as a Lifeline  36:27 — The Stranger's Note: "Who Will Write My Lament?"  39:08 — New Album Born to Be, Poetry Books, and the Pilgrim's Progress Film  42:50 — Closing Words: "There Is Always Hope in Hopelessness"   Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    Strong Roots, Stormy Skies: Juliet Dawn's 35-Year Journey from Trauma to Testimony

  7. Jun 13

    When God Goes Quiet: Surviving (and Growing Through) Your Wilderness Season with Marti Darcangelo and Jessica Deyoung

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Wilderness seasons are real, and they are rarely fun — but they are never wasted. In this episode, Jan, Marti, and guest Jessica DeYoung pull back the curtain on what it actually looks like to walk through a spiritual wilderness: the silence, the confusion, the doubt, and yes, the breathtaking encounter with God on the other side. Jessica shares vulnerably about a recent “teaching wilderness” where she did everything right — read her Bible, prayed, kept showing up — and still felt completely alone. Marti brings grounded wisdom about leaning into God’s attributes and choosing obedience over emotion. Jan anchors it all in the truth that Psalm 23 gives us: we walk *through* the valley, not *into* it forever. If you’re in a dry season, a waiting season, or a season where God just feels far away — this one’s for you. And if you’re on the mountain right now? Listen anyway. Because Marti says it plainly: it might be coming. Grab your journal, a cup of something warm, and settle in. Provision & Dependence — God strips away comfortable resources so we learn to trust Him alone, one day at a time (Deuteronomy 8, Exodus 16, Philippians 4). Transformation & Purpose — The wilderness is where character, patience, and maturity are formed. God is always doing a new thing in it (Isaiah 43, Hosea 2, Romans 5, James 1). Guidance & Presence — From the pillar of fire to the valley of the shadow, God's presence leads and comforts in the darkest wilderness moments (Exodus 13, Psalm 23, Isaiah 41). Testing & Overcoming — Even Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Spirit. It is a place of preparation, not punishment (Matthew 4, Isaiah 40, 1 Kings 19). Eternal Perspective — Wilderness seasons are temporary and never wasted. They produce eternal fruit and teach us to cry out to God (2 Corinthians 4, Psalm 107). https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-easton/warming-light License code: EUXRWYWTFRNQMRXO 00:00 Intro — Welcome & Introducing Jessica DeYoung 02:30 What IS a Wilderness Season? (Jessica sets the foundation) 07:15 How God Meets Us in the Wilderness — Moses, the Israelites, and Us 11:00 Marti’s Definition: A Temporary Space of Active Transformation 15:45 The Things That Happen In the Wilderness — Death of Self-Reliance, Testing, Preparation 19:00 Jesus in the Wilderness — Why If He Went Through It, We Will Too 22:30 How the Enemy Works in the Wilderness — Scripture as Our Defense 27:00 When You Don’t Even Know You’re In One — Recognizing the Season 30:15 Marti’s Honest Confession: Doing It the Wrong Way vs. the Lord’s Way 34:00 Practical Tools: Leaning into Quiet, God’s Attributes, Philippians 4:8 37:30 Building Habits NOW So You’re Ready for the Next Wilderness 40:00 Jessica’s Recent Teaching Wilderness — A Vulnerable Personal Story 46:00 Community, Journaling & Memorial Stones 49:30 The Book of Habakkuk — A Wilderness Masterclass 53:00 Paul in Prison — 2 Timothy 4:16-18 (Marti reads aloud) 57:00 God Is Unteaching You to Reteach You — Paul’s Three Years in Galatians 60:00 Psalm 73:23-26 — He Holds You by Your Right Hand 63:30 Final Encouragements — Marti, Jessica & Jan 67:00 Outro — “Be Prepared. It Might Be Coming.” Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    When God Goes Quiet: Surviving (and Growing Through) Your Wilderness Season with Marti Darcangelo and Jessica Deyoung

  8. Jun 6

    Stand in Prayer: Learning to Pray with Purpose, Power, and Intentional Strategy with Liz Holtzman

    Send me a text and let me know your thoughts! Forty years in prayer ministry will teach you a few things. But what Liz Holtzman has learned goes far beyond what to say — she's learned WHY it works, and that knowledge changes everything. Liz is a retired special education teacher, intercessor, Bible study author, and longtime leader in Moms in Prayer International. Her new Bible study, Stand in Prayer: Purposeful Prayer with Powerful Outcomes, grew out of decades of teaching sixth graders, mentoring women, and showing up to pray when she didn't always have the words. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on the prayer model she's used and taught for years — walking us through the power of praise, confession, thanksgiving, and requests, and why the sequence matters more than we realize. She also shares how to mine Scripture for prayers that align with God's will, a stunning answered-prayer story from the villages of Cameroon, and what she discovered about intercession in the aftermath of her husband's sudden death. If you've ever felt like your prayer life was flat, scattered, or powerless — this episode is for you. Pull up a chair. This one goes deep. 📖 Liz's books: Stand in Prayer: Purposeful Prayer with Powerful Outcomes (Bible Study) Proven: Praying for Your Children (Scripture Prayers for 31 Character Traits) Romans 8:26 (NIV) ❝  In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.  ❞ James 1:5 (NIV) ❝  If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  ❞ Psalm 100:4 ❝  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  ❞ 00:00  —  Introduction & Welcome 01:45  —  Meet Liz Holtzman: Educator, Author, and 40-Year Intercessor 03:30  —  The Sunday Night Dinner That Started Everything 06:00  —  From 6th Grade Prayer Committee to Bible Study Author 08:15  —  Defining Prayer: Why It's Harder Than It Sounds 11:00  —  Prayer as Relationship: The Communication Framework 13:30  —  The Four-Part Prayer Model: Praise, Confession, Thanksgiving, Requests 16:00  —  Why Praise Comes First — And What It Actually Does 19:30  —  Praise Silences the Enemy: Psalm 8:2 Explained 22:00  —  Confession Without Condemnation: The Role of the Holy Spirit 24:30  —  Thanksgiving Builds Faith — And Fights Doubt 27:00  —  Praying with Pure Motives: How the Model Helps You Self-Check 30:00  —  Using Scripture to Pray: Practical Tools and Strategies 33:30  —  Live Prayer Example: Praying for Emma (Brain Tumor Diagnosis) 38:00  —  James 1:5 in Action: Praying for Wisdom over Medical Teams 41:30  —  Proven: Scripture Prayers for Your Children's Character 45:00  —  Sample Prayer for Courage (1 Chronicles 28:20 + Ephesians 2:10) 48:30  —  Using a Concordance and Online Bible for Prayer Research 51:00  —  Context Matters: How to Use Scripture Without Cherry-Picking 54:30  —  The Power and Purpose of Praise Revisited 57:00  —  When My Husband Died: Groans Too Deep for Words (Romans 8:26) 01:01:00  —  Praying in Agreement with the Holy Spirit 01:04:00  —  The Cameroon Story: 31 Villages, One Old Man 01:09:30  —  The Maka People: A 30-Year Thread God Was Weaving 01:14:00  —  Solar Bibles and God's Continuing Story 01:17:30  —  When God Doesn't Answer the Way We Hoped 01:20:00  —  The Presence of God Through the Hard Things 01:22:30  —  All Kinds of Prayers Count: From Groans to Liturgy 01:24:30  —  Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Liz's Books https://uppbeat.io/t/ian-aisling/lake-marie-i  License code: SD5UK9UFKT8P5DRH Welcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus. I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus. Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace. Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus! https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus https://jan-johnson.com/ https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/ https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesus Thanks for listening! If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com. I'd love to connect with you! No, really.... hit me up!

    Stand in Prayer: Learning to Pray with Purpose, Power, and Intentional Strategy with Liz Holtzman
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