Good God Talks: Short Bible Devotional, Hear God, Relationship with God, Contemplative Prayer, Christian Podcast, Faith, Spir

Jen Weaver
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Connect with God through uncommon conversations in everyday moments. Our good God talks with us... and He invites you to stay constantly connected with him in powerful and practical ways as you go about your day today. Every episode shares a thought, scripture passage, and a question to ask God—all in 8 minutes or less!

  1. 4h ago

    EP#398: The Adventure Doesn’t End with Amen - The Lord's Prayer for Real Life

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about making prayer a way of life. Prayer doesn't have to stop when you say "amen." In this episode, Jen wraps up our series on the Lord's Prayer with a look at how asking God to deliver us from temptation and evil can lead to real faith-based reflection and a deeper sense of His care for us. If you're looking for Christian encouragement on how to hear from God throughout your ordinary, busy day—not just during set-aside prayer time—this one's for you.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Matthew 6:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; John 10:27 Question God, I want to pay attention to you. What else do you want to share with me today? Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  2. 5d ago

    EP#397: Forgiveness Doesn't Mean What You Think - The Lord's Prayer for Real Life

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about what forgiveness isn't. Forgiveness feels simple until you're actually facing the person who hurt you. In this episode, we walk through what Jesus really meant when He taught us to pray about forgiveness, and why you can forgive someone without rushing back into trust or pretending the hurt didn't happen. If you're ready for some faith-based reflection on what it looks like to release someone into God's hands, this conversation offers real, grounded Christian encouragement for the one who is tired of carrying what was never theirs to hold.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Matthew 6:12 Hebrews 12:1-3 Question God, who or what are you inviting me to release into your hands? Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  3. Aug 11

    EP#396: Why Won't God Give Me Tomorrow's Strength Today? - The Lord's Prayer for Real Life

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about daily dependence on God to provide. Ever wish God would just give you next week's strength today, so you could stop worrying and get ahead of it? In this episode, Jen unpacks the phrase "give us today our daily bread" from the Lord's Prayer and what it teaches us about trusting God one day at a time. It's faith-based encouragement for the overwhelmed women who wants to hear from God in the middle of her ordinary, everyday needs.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Matthew 6:11  "Give us today our daily bread." Question God, what daily bread are you offering me today that I may be overlooking? Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  4. Aug 6

    EP#395: The Kingdom of Me vs. The Kingdom of God - The Lord's Prayer for Real Life

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about surrendering the kingdom of comfort.  Do you catch yourself defending your reputation, your comfort, or your image like your life depends on it? In this faith-based reflection, Jen walks through the Lord's Prayer and asks a question that gets right to the heart of things: whose kingdom am I actually building today, mine or God's? If you're craving Christian encouragement that helps you release control and hear from God in the middle of your ordinary, busy day, this one's for you.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Matthew 6:9–10 9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done,     on earth as it is in heaven. Question God, what’s one way you want your Kingdom in me and my life today? Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  5. Aug 4

    EP#394: Why Bother Telling God What He Already Knows? - The Lord's Prayer for Real Life

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about the point of praying. Ever feel like your prayers are just a list of requests God already knows about anyway? In this episode, we dig into the Lord's Prayer and uncover why Jesus taught us to pray—and it has nothing to do with information and everything to do with relationship. If you're tired, worn out, and craving real connection with God, this faith-based reflection will help you feel safe bringing your whole heart to Him, exactly as you are.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Matthew 6:7–8 "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him." Question God, what would you love to hear me talk with you about today? Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  6. Jul 31 ·  Bonus

    BONUS: How Your Body Can Become Part of Your Prayer Life with Jennifer Tucker

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about what if prayer didn't have to be all words?  If your prayer life feels like one more thing on the to-do list, this conversation with Jennifer Tucker is for you. She opens up about the anxiety and overwhelm that led her to discover breath prayer and other embodied prayer practices, and how she learned that connecting with God can happen in the smallest moments — washing dishes, walking a hospital hallway, or simply noticing your own breath. It's a warm, honest look at what it means to hear from God without the checklist, the performance, or the pressure to get it "right."  Jennifer Tucker is an artist and bestselling author. Jennifer is a wife, mother, and grandmother, as well as a devoted follower of Jesus and an advocate for mental health. Her latest book is "Prayer in Motion: An Invitation to Be Present, Connect with God, and Pray with Your Whole Self." Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Connect with Jennifer Books on Amazon |  Website   Verse  Acts 17:28 "In Him we live and move and have our being."   Psalm 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd... he is all that I need."  Question God, what it could look like to apply something I heard in this podcast in our next conversation? Quick Links Jen Weaver's upcoming kid's fiction release: The Mystery of The Missing Falls, Book 1 in her coauthored Kingswell Kid Detectives series  Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  7. Jul 30

    EP#393: Self-Control Isn't a Willpower Problem - Fruit That Grows in Freedom

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about self-control without the self-pressure. Do you feel like self-control depends entirely on how hard you try? In this faith-based reflection, we look at why willpower alone leaves us worn out, and how God's Spirit actually empowers the self-control we've been striving for on our own. If you're tired of white-knuckling your way through spiritual growth, this Christian encouragement will help you learn how to hear from God about the one area where you need Him to step in today.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Titus 2:11-12 "For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age." Question God, where's an area of my life where I lack self-control, and what do you want to empower me to walk in instead by your Spirit?  Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

  8. Jul 28

    EP#392: Faithfulness Without The Pressure to Perform - Fruit That Grows in Freedom

    Send us Fan Mail From Today’s Episode In today’s episode, we talk about the end of performance-based faithfulness  If faithfulness feels like a pressure you're constantly falling short of, this episode is for you. Jen unpacks why faithfulness is actually a fruit of the Holy Spirit—something God grows in you, not something you have to force through sheer willpower. It's a moment of Christian encouragement for the tired woman who wants to walk in obedience to God without carrying the weight of getting it perfect.  Our Good God talks with us and we're created for life with Him, so let's experience more of it! Verse Lamentations 3:22–24 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” Question God, what does faithfulness look like in this season—not my ideal season, but this one? Quick Links Did God Really Say? Quick FREE tool that helps you discern if you're hearing God  📘 The Captivated Playbook: How to Experience and Enjoy Reading the Bible 📱 Send Jen a text – Questions or prayer requests? Reach out! 📖 A Beckoning to Wonder: Christian Poetry Exploring God’s Story Check our Christian clothing from Elevated Faith 📄 Access the Episode Transcript Support the Ministry This podcast is an offering of Life with God Ministries, a nonprofit helping people experience the awe-filled reality of life with God. We’re able to make these conversations freely available because of generous listeners like you. 👉 Give a gift to support this work Rate, Review & Share If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your simple act helps more people discover life with God. Connect Life with God Ministry Website  |  Jen’s Website  |  Instagram

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Connect with God through uncommon conversations in everyday moments. Our good God talks with us... and He invites you to stay constantly connected with him in powerful and practical ways as you go about your day today. Every episode shares a thought, scripture passage, and a question to ask God—all in 8 minutes or less!

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