Circle Time for The Soul Daily Devotional | Bible Study, Journal Prompts, Morning Prayer, Biblical Encouragement

Diana Marie | Bible Teacher & Faith Mentor

Your Go-To Podcast for Christian Women Seeking Spiritual Growth, Encouragement, and a Stronger Faith Walk. ***TOP 1% PODCAST IN CHRISTIANITY*** Are you struggling to hear from God? Do you want to spend time in His Word every day but your faith ends up on the back burner? Do you wish you were a part of a community of faith-filled women growing in their relationship with Jesus? If so, you’re in the right place! 💕 Hey ya’ll! I’m Diana Marie, a teacher, and woman of God. I have been on a faith journey for nearly 30 years, and have often struggled with consistency in the Word, wondering if I’m praying ”right”, and wondering if I’m hearing from God or if it’s just my own thoughts. It wasn’t until I faced a couple valleys of my own that I was able to realize that in order to develop the spiritual disciplines and habits that kept me on the path to seeking God - and hearing from Him - it would require seeking Him on a daily basis so I can continue to grow in my relationship with Him. In this podcast, you will boost your faith with weekly memory verses, feel refreshed by daily devotionals, and start your day with prayer so you can feel comfortable in your faith journey. I’ve learned that to grow in faith, you need a few key ingredients: regular time in God’s Word, a community of fellow believers who’ve been around the block, and the knowledge that you’re right where you’re supposed to be. So, if you’re ready to: ✨ Finally find some friends who’ve got your back on your journey with God ✨  Connect with a community of believers who’ve been down this road before, and  ✨ Gain some rock-solid confidence in the amazing plan that God’s got for your life, Guess what? This podcast is for your friend. 🫂 Now, no need to dress up – grab your coffee, tea, or whatever you fancy ☕️ , get comfy, and let’s kick off our shoes for a bit of soul-nourishing conversation. Ephesians 3:20-21 ”Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!” You Are So Loved, Diana Marie — YOUR NEXT STEPS! — *Accept Jesus Into Your Heart* — https://lp.billygraham.org/find-peace-with-god/ Visit Our Website: https://circletimeforthesoul.com/ Join The Private Facebook Group! — www.facebook.com/groups/circletimeforthesoul “Christian Women Growing in Faith” Order a “For The Soul” Prayer Journal - circletimeforthesoul.com/journal Email — hello@circletimeforthesoul.com

  1. 8H AGO

    Do You Care More About People’s Approval Or God’s? | John 12:37-50 Bible Study [S4 E45]

    Hey Sis 💛  Have you ever caught yourself caring more about what people think than what God thinks? In a world filled with likes, comments, reviews, and constant opinions, it can be easy to start measuring our worth by human praise instead of God’s approval. In today’s Bible Study with Me, we finish John 12 by exploring a sobering moment in Jesus’ ministry. Despite the miracles, the signs, and the undeniable evidence of who He was, many people still chose not to believe. Why? Scripture tells us something incredibly honest about the human heart. They loved the praise of people more than the praise of God. This passage invites us to pause and examine our own hearts. Are our decisions shaped by fear of people or faith in God? Sis, God never called us to chase approval. He called us to walk in obedience. Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ Episode Highlights • A Circle Time style biblical affirmation rooted in John 12:37–50 • Why many people still refused to believe in Jesus despite the miracles • What Scripture means when it says God hardened their hearts • Why context matters when we study the Bible • The danger of seeking human praise over God’s approval • How fear can quietly shape our spiritual decisions • What it looks like to realign our hearts toward obedience to God Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 HELPFUL LINKS 🙏 Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ 💛 Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective 📓 For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal 🤍 Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XEP4CUT65R2H6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 RESOURCES FOR DEEPER STUDY Blue Letter Bible https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 MUSIC Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 NOTE Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue reaching women who are searching for Bible studies and devotionals. 💛

    20 min
  2. 1D AGO

    What Does It Really Mean to Surrender to Jesus? | John 12:20-36 [S4 E44]

    Hey Sis 💛 Have you ever felt the tension between wanting to follow Jesus… and wanting to hold on to control of your life? In today’s Bible Study with Me, we continue through John 12:20–36, where Jesus begins preparing His followers for what is about to happen. For the first time, He declares that His hour has come. The cross is approaching, and Jesus reveals a powerful truth about the kingdom of God. A seed must fall to the ground and die before it produces life. This moment was not just about Jesus’ sacrifice. It is also an invitation. An invitation for us to consider what it means to truly surrender our lives to Him. Because the path to real life in Christ often begins with letting go of the life we are trying to control. ✨ In this episode, we explore: • A Circle Time style biblical affirmation rooted in John 12:20–36 • Why Jesus compares His death to a seed producing life • What it means when Jesus says His hour has come • Why some people heard God’s voice while others missed it • How the cross defeated Satan’s power over believers • What Jesus means when He calls us to lose our life to find it • Why surrender does not make life smaller but fuller in Christ • A devotional reflection titled “We’ve Got a Part to Play” • A journal prompt to help you reflect on surrender and trust Sis, following Jesus was never meant to be a comfortable life built on control. It is a surrendered life built on trust. And the beautiful truth is this. When we place our lives in His hands, what feels like loss often becomes the very thing that produces life. Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 HELPFUL LINKS 🙏 Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ 💛 Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective 📓 For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal 🤍 Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XEP4CUT65R2H6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 RESOURCES FOR DEEPER STUDY Blue Letter Bible https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 MUSIC Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 NOTE Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue reaching women who are searching for Bible studies and devotionals. 💛

    19 min
  3. 2D AGO

    You Can’t Make Everyone Happy | John 12:1–19 Bible Study [S4 E43]

    Hey Sis 💛 Have you ever realized that some people simply won’t like you… even when you’ve done nothing wrong? In today’s Bible Study with Me, we open John 12 and witness two powerful moments: Mary pouring out costly worship at Jesus’ feet and the triumphant entry into Jerusalem. But alongside worship and celebration, we also see something sobering — opposition rising from both outside and within. Lazarus becomes a target simply because his life reflects the power of Jesus. And that truth still speaks today. ✨ In this episode, we explore: • A Circle Time style biblical affirmation rooted in John 12:1–19 • Why Mary’s worship was criticized • What Judas’ reaction reveals about the heart • Why obedience often triggers opposition • The dangerous desire to make everyone happy • Palm Sunday prophecy fulfillment • What it means to live for God’s approval instead of people’s Sis, you were not created to manage everyone’s emotions. You were created to obey God. Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 HELPFUL LINKS 🙏 Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ 💛 Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective 📓 For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal 🤍 Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 MUSIC Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 NOTE Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue reaching women who are searching for Bible studies and devotionals 💛

    22 min
  4. 3D AGO

    When It Feels Like the End, God Is Still Writing | John 11:45-57 Bible Study [S4 E42]

    Hey Sis 💛  Have you ever noticed how God can use anyone to accomplish His will… even those who oppose Him? In today’s Bible Study with Me, we close out John 11:45–57 and step into the moment where the official plot to kill Jesus begins. What looked like the beginning of the end was actually the setup for the greatest victory in history. Opposition rises. Religious leaders panic. A secret meeting unfolds. And yet… God is still sovereign. Sis, what looks like the end may actually be the turning point. Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ In This Episode, We Explore: • A Circle Time style biblical affirmation rooted in John 11:45–57 • Why opposition often follows breakthrough • How Caiaphas unknowingly prophesied the gospel • What the Sanhedrin feared and why • How God uses even evil intentions to accomplish redemption • A devotional reflection titled “There’s More to Your Story” • A journal prompt to help you trust God in hard chapters ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Helpful Links 🙏 Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ 💛 Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective 📓 For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal 🤍 Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XEP4CUT65R2H6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Resources for Deeper Study Blue Letter Bible https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 Music Credit Buenos Dias by Matt Large Source: Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Note Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue to reach women who are hungry for truth. 💛

    19 min
  5. 4D AGO

    Does God Even Care? | Why Jesus Wept Before Raising Lazarus | John 11:30-44 Bible Study [S4 E41]

    Hey Sis 💛 Have you ever asked the quiet question in your grief… Does God even care? In today’s Bible Study with Me, we walk through John 11:30–43 — the moment Jesus weeps before raising Lazarus from the dead. This powerful passage reveals both His compassion and His authority. We see a Savior who is not distant from sorrow, yet fully sovereign over death. Sometimes what feels like delay is actually a setup for deeper belief. ✨ In this episode, we explore: • A Circle Time style biblical affirmation rooted in John 11:30–57 • Why Jesus wept even knowing the miracle was coming • The meaning behind His righteous anger • How grief and glory can exist in the same moment • Why God’s delays are often divine setups • The deeper purpose behind Lazarus’ resurrection • A devotional reflection titled “Does God Even Care?” • A journal prompt for processing grief and trust Sis, He does care. And sometimes His glory unfolds right in the middle of our pain. Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Helpful Links 🙏 Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ 💛 Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective 📓 For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal 🤍 Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XEP4CUT65R2H6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Resources for Deeper Study Blue Letter Bible https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 Music Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Note Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue to reach women who are hungry for truth. 💛 #biblestudy #dailydevotional #christianpodcast

    24 min
  6. FEB 27

    Waiting on God?! Just When We Think Jesus Is Late (PART 1) (John 11:1-29 Bible Study) [S4 E40]

    Hey Sis 💛 Have you ever felt like God’s timing just does not match yours? In today’s Bible Study with Me, we begin one of the most well-known miracles in Scripture — the raising of Lazarus in John 11. But before the resurrection… there was waiting. And that waiting was not accidental. Jesus loved Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. And yet… He stayed two more days. This passage invites us to wrestle with something deeply personal: What if God’s delay is not denial, but design? ✨ In this episode, we explore: • A Circle Time style biblical affirmation rooted in John 11:1–29 • Why Jesus delayed even though He loved them • The difference between urgency and intention • What it means that obedience is the safest course of action • Martha’s honest faith in the middle of grief • How God uses waiting to deepen revelation • A devotional reflection titled “He Waited So That…” • A journal prompt to process where God feels delayed in your life Sis, sometimes the miracle we are asking for is smaller than the revelation He is preparing to give. Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Helpful Links Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XEP4CUT65R2H6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Resources for Deeper Study Blue Letter Bible https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 Music Music: Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Note Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue to reach women who are hungry for truth. 💛

    22 min
  7. FEB 26

    Trusting God’s Timing When Faith Feels Slow: Delayed Reaction | John 10:22-42 Bible Study with Me [S4 E39]

    Hey Sis 💛 In today’s Bible Study with Me, we step into John 10:22 to 42 during Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication, where Jesus is confronted again and pressed to say plainly if He is the Messiah. But Jesus makes something clear. The issue is not a lack of information. It is a heart committed to disbelief. We talk about what it means to truly belong to Him as His sheep, to recognize His voice, and to rest in the promise that no one can snatch you from His hand. We also look at how Jesus stays anchored in the Father’s timing, even when people try to force an outcome. Today’s devotional is called Delayed Reaction, and it is for the one who has been praying, planting seeds, and wondering why nothing seems to be changing yet. Sis, God is still working. Faith often blooms later than we expect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ In this episode, we explore • What Jesus meant when He said, “My sheep listen to My voice” • The comfort and security of being held in the Father’s hand • What it means that the Father and the Son are one • How unbelief can be an issue of posture, not proof • Why Jesus points them back to Scripture and His works • A Circle Time devotional on trusting God’s timing for those you love • A journal prompt to help you release control and rest Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Helpful Links Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XEP4CUT65R2H6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 Resources for Deeper Study Blue Letter Bible https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 Music Music: Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Note Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue to reach women who are hungry for truth. 💛

    20 min
  8. FEB 25

    You Are Fully Known and Fully Loved — John 10:1-21 Bible Study [S4 E38]

    Hey Sis 💛 In today’s Bible Study with Me, we step into John 10:1–21 where Jesus responds to the Pharisees after healing the blind man… and what He reveals is so rich. He calls Himself the Gate and the Good Shepherd — the One who knows us, leads us, protects us, and calls us by name. We talk about what it means to truly recognize His voice and how Jesus offers not just safety but abundant life. Today’s devotional reminds us that being fully known and truly loved isn’t something to fear. It is the gift of belonging to Him. ✨ In this episode, we explore: • What Jesus means by “My sheep know My voice” • How shepherding reveals the strength and sacrifice of Christ • Why the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy • What abundant life really looks like for a believer • How to run from the stranger’s voice • What it means to be fully known and truly loved by God • A Circle Time devotional on identity and spiritual freedom • A journal prompt to reflect and respond Grab your Bible. Grab your journal. Let’s lean in together. 💛 Xo, Diana Marie ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 Helpful Links Accept Jesus Into Your Heart https://peacewithgod.net/steps/ Circle Time Collective https://circletimeforthesoul.com/collective For the Soul Prayer Journal https://circletimeforthesoul.com/journal Donate to Support the Podcast https://www.blueletterbible.org/ BibleRef https://www.bibleref.com/ Bible Study Fellowship https://www.bsfinternational.org/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎶 Music Music: Buenos Dias by Matt Large Epidemic Sound ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📌 Note Some links may be affiliate links. Thank you for supporting this ministry and helping Circle Time for the Soul continue reaching women who are hungry for truth. 💛

    17 min
5
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Your Go-To Podcast for Christian Women Seeking Spiritual Growth, Encouragement, and a Stronger Faith Walk. ***TOP 1% PODCAST IN CHRISTIANITY*** Are you struggling to hear from God? Do you want to spend time in His Word every day but your faith ends up on the back burner? Do you wish you were a part of a community of faith-filled women growing in their relationship with Jesus? If so, you’re in the right place! 💕 Hey ya’ll! I’m Diana Marie, a teacher, and woman of God. I have been on a faith journey for nearly 30 years, and have often struggled with consistency in the Word, wondering if I’m praying ”right”, and wondering if I’m hearing from God or if it’s just my own thoughts. It wasn’t until I faced a couple valleys of my own that I was able to realize that in order to develop the spiritual disciplines and habits that kept me on the path to seeking God - and hearing from Him - it would require seeking Him on a daily basis so I can continue to grow in my relationship with Him. In this podcast, you will boost your faith with weekly memory verses, feel refreshed by daily devotionals, and start your day with prayer so you can feel comfortable in your faith journey. I’ve learned that to grow in faith, you need a few key ingredients: regular time in God’s Word, a community of fellow believers who’ve been around the block, and the knowledge that you’re right where you’re supposed to be. So, if you’re ready to: ✨ Finally find some friends who’ve got your back on your journey with God ✨  Connect with a community of believers who’ve been down this road before, and  ✨ Gain some rock-solid confidence in the amazing plan that God’s got for your life, Guess what? This podcast is for your friend. 🫂 Now, no need to dress up – grab your coffee, tea, or whatever you fancy ☕️ , get comfy, and let’s kick off our shoes for a bit of soul-nourishing conversation. Ephesians 3:20-21 ”Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!” You Are So Loved, Diana Marie — YOUR NEXT STEPS! — *Accept Jesus Into Your Heart* — https://lp.billygraham.org/find-peace-with-god/ Visit Our Website: https://circletimeforthesoul.com/ Join The Private Facebook Group! — www.facebook.com/groups/circletimeforthesoul “Christian Women Growing in Faith” Order a “For The Soul” Prayer Journal - circletimeforthesoul.com/journal Email — hello@circletimeforthesoul.com

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