Hope for Right Now: A Walking with Purpose Podcast Walking with Purpose

Join us for Lesson 3 in our six-week summer series based on our Living in the Father’s Love Bible study. Today, Lisa and Laura talk take a deep dive into God’s purpose for our lives: a personal relationship with Him. What does a personal relationship with Jesus look like? What is mental prayer? What are my gifts? And did Lisa and Laura pass or fail their high school science classes? Get the answers to these questions (and so much more) by clicking play. It’s another great conversation you don’t want to miss!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture. Philippians 3:7–11: But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith; that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode. John 6:44: No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.Psalm 145:18: The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.Psalm 139:13–161 Corinthians 12:1–11
Show mentions.Many Parts MinistriesCatherine of Siena InstituteLisa Brenninkmeyer, Walking with Purpose, Discovering My Purpose, Spiritual Gifts InventoryEdith Stein, Essays on Woman (The Collected Works of Edith Stein) Danielle Heckenkamp, Femininity Is a Gift from God, OnePeterFive blogFour components of the feminine genius: receptivity, sensitivity, generosity, and maternity (for in-depth descriptions, download our exclusive discussion guide).Feminine Genius MinistriesUsing code BOGOHOPE, purchase one Living in the Father’s Love and get a second one at 50% off.Limit one use per customer. This offer ends July 15, 2024.Sign up now to receive weekly reminder emails that include an exclusive discussion guide created just for this series.
Invite Him in with this episode’s question for reflection.Reflect on your life and think of a time when you practiced one of the following: receptivity (received a person exactly as he/she was and were a shelter for his/her soul), sensitivity (picked up on the needs of another person’s unspoken needs), generosity (went the extra mile for another person), and maternity (cherished, guarded, or protected another). In which area would I most like to grow? 
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Join us for Lesson 2 in our six-week summer series based on our Living in the Father’s Love Bible study. Today, Lisa and Laura talk about God’s boundless love for us, while acknowledging that for many, our experience of father has fallen way short. When our earthly fathers disappoint us, it can be hard to trust God. But there is good news—no matter what, we can all find our way back to Abba, Father! As we study this lesson together, we hold hearts gently and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us. So grab your study guide, grab a friend, and let’s discover the truth about our Father. This is an episode you do not want to miss.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture. 1 Corinthians 13:4–8: Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode. 1 John 4:16: God is love.John 3:16: God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son.Hebrews 1:3: He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being.John 14:3–7: “And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.”Romans 8:15: For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!”
Invite Him in with this episode’s reflection. Download the Praying from the Heart Guided Prayer Journal bookmark. Prayerfully read the list  of God’s qualities listed on the bookmark, then journal the ones that you want to believe in more wholeheartedly. Read this list each day, looking for ways that God is revealing Himself to you through these very characteristics. 
Work through Lesson 3: What is the Purpose of My Life in Living in the Father’s Love.
Show mentions.CCC 239John Bartunek, The Better PartCCC 27Julian of Norwich, quoteFather Dave Pivonka, TOR, Wild Goose TV, My father’s FatherLisa Brenninkmeyer, Walking with Purpose, Praying from the Heart: Guided Prayer JournalUsing code BOGOHOPE, purchase one Living in the Father’s Love and get a second one at 50% off. Limit one use per customer. This offer ends July 15, 2024.Sign up now to receive weekly reminder emails that include an exclusive discussion guide created just for this series.
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Join us for a brand new, six-week summer series, Living in the Father’s Love! Do you sometimes doubt if God really loves you? Are you searching for purpose? Do you struggle to measure up to our culture’s definition of beauty? Is there someone you need to forgive, but don’t know how? Join Lisa and Laura as they help us wrestle with these questions as they walk us through this brief, but powerful Bible study.
Today, Lisa and Laura unpack Lesson 1: The Beauty of a Childlike Faith. The video, which you can access from our website, is based on the teachings of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the patron saint of Walking with Purpose. Do you wonder what qualities God desires to see in you? Grab your study guide and iced coffee, and let’s find out together!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture. 1 John 4:19: We love, because He first loved us.
 
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode. Isaiah 64:6: We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Isaiah 53:5: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed.
 
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.In the talk, Lisa quotes Fr. Jean d'Elbée, who shares this great prayer: “Jesus, repair what I have done badly; supply for what I have left undone.” How does this thought resonate with you in your current state in life? In what area of your life do you most need God to fill in the gap?
Show mentions.Living in the Father’s Love, Talk 1, Lesson 1: The Beauty of a Childlike FaithSaint Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of The Little Flower Fr. Jean C. J. d'Elbée, I Believe in Love: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of LisieuxSaint Therese of Lisieux photos from Lisa BrenninkmeyerThomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristFr. Timothy Gallagher and Kris McGregor, St. Therese of Lisieux and the Martin Family podcastPrayer of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy FaceUsing code BOGOHOPE, purchase one Living in the Father’s Love and get a second one at 50% off. Limit one use per customer. This offer ends July 15, 2024.Sign up now to receive weekly reminder emails that include an exclusive discussion guide created just for this series.
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Join us for episode 22 in our eight-week series, Be Strong: The Armor of God. Lisa and Laura continue our deep dive into Ephesians 6:10–18, awakening us to the invisible battle that rages while encouraging us to reach for the weapons that keep us strong and steady. Today, Lisa and Laura introduce the sixth piece of armor, the sword of the spirit. This last piece of armor is the most powerful and the most important, because it is the Word of God! Grab your coffee, open your Bible, and meet us on the frontline!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture. Ephesians 6:17: And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode. Ephesians 6:13: Take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.Ephesians 2:14: For he is our peace.Matthew 4:4: But he answered, “It is written,‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”Sirach 19:10: Have you heard a word? Let it die with you. Be brave! It will not make you burst! Sirach 2:4–5: Accept whatever is brought upon you, and endure it in sorrow; in changes that humble you be patient. For gold and silver are tested in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.2 Timothy 1:7: God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.Isaiah 55:11: So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose.Psalm 19:7–8: The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.Have you ever experienced God shining a light on a particular Scripture to give you exactly what you need in that moment? Which verse and in which circumstances?
Show mentions.Summer Bible study on the podcast! Lisa and Laura will be working through a six-week series based on the Walking with Purpose Bible study, Living in the Father’s Love. Using code BOGOHOPE, purchase one Living in the Father’s Love and get a second one at 50% off. Limit one use per customer. This offer ends July 15, 2024.Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Living in the Father’s Love connect coffee talk, Talk 1, Lesson 1: The Beauty of a Childlike Faith.Sign up now to receive weekly reminder emails that include an exclusive discussion guide created just for this series.CCC 104: In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her strength, for she welcomes it not as a human word, "but as what it really is, the word of God." In the sacred books, the Father who is in heaven comes lovingly to meet his children, and talks with them.
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Join us for episode 21 in our eight-week series, Be Strong: The Armor of God. Lisa and Laura continue our deep dive into Ephesians 6:10–18, awakening us to the invisible battle that rages while encouraging us to reach for the weapons that keep us strong and steady. Today, Lisa and Laura introduce the fifth piece of armor, the helmet of salvation. This is the armor that protects our minds. Do you ever find that you get stuck in a pattern of thinking that you know is messed up, but you don’t know how to stop the thoughts? Yeah—us, too. It’s time we break this cycle. So what do you say we open our Bibles and get to work!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture. Ephesians 6:17: And take the helmet of salvation.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode. Genesis 3:24: He drove out the man; and at the East of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.Matthew 28:19–20: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you.Isaiah 26:3: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind stayed on you (ESV).2 Corinthians 10:4: The weapons of our warfare are not worldly but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
Invite Him in with this episode’s question for reflection.Download Our Inheritance in Christ, choose one benefit of being a daughter of God, and journal about why that particular aspect of being a daughter of God grabs your heart.
Show mentions.Summer Bible study on the podcast! Lisa and Laura will be working through a six-week series based on the Walking with Purpose Bible study, Living in the Father’s Love. Using code BOGOHOPE, purchase one Living in the Father’s Love and get a second one at 50% off. Limit one use per customer. This offer ends July 15, 2024. Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Walking with Purpose, Praying from the Heart: Guided Prayer JournalFrank Sheed, Theology for Beginners
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Join us for episode 20 in our eight-week series, Be Strong: The Armor of God. Lisa and Laura continue our deep dive into Ephesians 6:10–18, awakening us to the invisible battle that rages while encouraging us to reach for the weapons that keep us strong and steady. Today, Lisa and Laura introduce us to our fourth piece of armor, the shield of faith. We are all familiar with the word faith, but what exactly does it mean? Saint Paul is about to tell us, so grab your Bible and get ready to dive in; you do not want to leave home without this piece of armor!
Open your Heart to our key Scripture. Ephesians 6:16: Besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the Evil One.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode. Luke 1:39: Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste.2 Timothy 1:7: For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.
Invite Him in with this episode’s question for reflection.God, where are you asking me to take a step of faith right now?
Show mentions.Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobatSaint Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of MaryFather Peter John Cameron, Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living our Lady's Graces
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