LOVE.HONOR.OBEY: Let God Restore Your Soul
Our soul is our emotions, feelings, and memories. “He restores my soul”. These four Psalm 23:3 words have been resting in my spirit for days now.
Our soul is our emotions, feelings, and memories. “He restores my soul”. These four Psalm 23:3 words have been resting in my spirit for days now.
Yep. We were in a cult for about 8 months. We never knew we were joining one, but evil became obvious. My hope is that our story helps others.
Are you worrying about the troubles in your life, thinking about what tomorrow will look like?
It’s a common complaint from women. Kari’s answer may not find favor, yet she indicates it’s Bible-based on Titus 2:5.
Are you packing your day so full that your home is full of strife by evening?
For 15 years, we have followed these 5 principles for maintaining His order in our lives. Based on 1 Peter 5:8 (Amplified Bible), we keep the enemy from devouring us.
I was never given the explanation to who Jesus is nor given the invitation to ask Him into my life. Is that you too?
“It started with the spirit of offense, changed to a need for validation, and currently, the enemy is coming at me with being offended.”
Soft answers, not HARSH WORDS.
Have you ever ridden in a Jeep, roof top off and doors off?!! It’s the best! Mister picked me up in ours and had a blanket for me. I share this story on today’s episode and how it was a perfect example of Colossians 3:18-19 working in God’s design.
When BS conforms us to worldly responses, we need to do a heart seeking change and become teachable to the scriptures.
If you have repented from your BS but your husband is still his grumpy self…stick with it! I’ll offer you hope today!!
Listen in as we talk about how a foolish wife can be clamorous and not very intelligent. Ouch! Yet, those aren’t Kari’s words…but God’s words
A common marital stress I hear from wives is COMMUNICATION. On repeat, wives tell me that it’s heated, non-existent, or dull.
Do you feel like you are doing nothing for the Kingdom? Or that others do not see the value in what you are doing?
We can have an intimate relationship with Jesus and not have to share all the details with our husband. Listen today for solid examples to keep the JOY radiating from you. A JOY that will attract your husband more to Jesus than any word you are saying!
Your husband may be (and I bet he is!) praying for your family, yet he isn’t able to love you fully because you are not honoring and respecting him. Ouch! Put on your steel-toe boots and listen in!
Her husband gets so upset with the world’s stuff and is taking it out on her. Listen to my offered advice.
Today’s SALTY gives hope to you if you are living in a crazy (Corinthian) world. Listen along to find out what Chloe means and the potential for new growth in your world.
Today we talk about BS contaminating a marriage and how others’ BS can affect your good marriage.
I want to talk about our hunger for Jesus, how to create sustainability, and to understand He will fill us! This is so important during BS removal (Before Submission ways) when our marriage is hitting rock bottom.
David used smooth stones to take down his Giant. Goliath tried to intimidate him, but David knew the God who he fought for. God was equipping David in the pasture. God is equipping YOU too, Sister!
Part IV of the David and Goliath study. Listen in as we talk about the valley of rest and wearing the equipment that fits you!! God made you unique, Sister; don’t try to fit into someone else’s gear.
You may feel ill-equipped for the battle (Giant problem) you are facing. You may see yourself as David or possibly even Goliath did in my BS. Listen today as we walk through Part 3 (of 5) of the David and Goliath battle.
Looking further into David and Goliath, today we will study Eliab-David’s oldest brother. Listen in and gain perspective of how our Goliath will present in relationships sometimes and how you can SHIFT from them.
Today, we look at how the enemy will try to get us to look at our own battles as GOLIATH-size problems.
Today’s SALTY looks at Proverbs 21:9 and 21:19—the contentious wife. Do your past or present ways make you argumentative? Is it making your husband not be around you?
“Why isn’t he being the spiritual leader of our home??” This was my biggest BS complaint I had to my mentor Mrs B. She gave me the answer and I share it with you today along with a deeper dive.
Listen in to why John 4:14 is so special and refreshing to me. I pray it gives you hope in witnessing to others.
Are you looking at others on social media for validation? Are you disturbed that you can’t be like them? I hope this episode gives you some HOPE today in your own validation.
Are you internal storms creating a frenzy that want to take out those around you? Are the little boats in your life being casualties in your storm? Open up to Mark 4:36-40 with me today and let’s see how Jesus tells us to handle it.
The world makes it ugly; Christian women are rarely taught about it, and it’s all in the Bible! Listen today as we walk through the Word of God to see how we should submit as Jesus shows us first.
I have 4 words in the Bible that I love. You may be surprised at them, yet be sure to listen to this quick SALTY of my ‘why.’
Naomi joins me today to share her personal testimony on submitting. She gives several experiences with gems of wisdom!
Are you tenderhearted? Do you feel compassion for others as Jesus does?
Let’s identify what BS toggle switches on for you and how to turn it off before you create wrath. I encourage you to listen and change the next time you need to cease your flesh from reacting harshly.
When wrapping up an online class, a woman asked me that question. I’ll share my answer and reason in today’s episode.
Four points today to bring the “yes, please,” back to your marriage! Sadly, the world wants to talk about it, but Christians avoid it. Not here! We are going “there’!!”
Testimony of when the Lord admonished me 3x with those words. It was a great reminder to submit to my husband in ALL things, no matter how small they may seem.
Are you ‘ing’ing your husband to death? Proverbs 21:9,19 and Proverbs 27:15,24 give clear examples of the BS ‘ing.’ Let me help you with TWO new ‘ing’s that will change your marriage!
The Hall of Faith in Hebrews—Abraham, Moses, Rahab, to name a few—each provides a description of how faith works.
Did you know it is required of you to teach the younger women? Are you in your 30s…then it’s your responsibility, as a follower of Christ, to train up the 20-year-olds and teens.
Kari shares a personal story about a young waitress she met to encourage you.
We stood in the gap for each other, praying for God’s hand on our husbands, which helps our marriages.
The Bible is not a la carte. We cannot choose a little of this, add a side of that, or take away those things. The BS wife will try to do that. Let’s read what God says about adding or taking away from His Word.
Real-time testimony of how the enemy tried to use my sinus crud as a wedge between Mister and me. It’s all about CHOICES. I’ll give a play-by-play and how it ended.
Read through the armor of God with me today. Learn how to fight against the devil and not your husband.
Gina and Steph joined me today to interview about their time with me in taking the THAT’S BS Wives Workbook online class. Join us for their awesome take on this workbook and how it has changed their marriage!
We will talk about not being elevated by our husband’s mood and a passing ambulance has me concluding ‘what if today was our last day?’
It’s round 3 of a “thing” going on for us. My former Before Submission ways did not help matters. Today!! There’s a difference. Listen in till the end for a real-time update!
Sister, are you longing for answers to your marriage, health, finances, or relationships? Would you be bold enough to reach out to Jesus’ hem? I pray today’s SALTY gives you hope!
Open your Bible to Psalm 77, and let’s cry out to God! We will also talk about people who come into our lives for a REASON, a SEASON, or a LIFETIME.
Get out your Bible and flip through scripture with me. I’ll show you how the Holy Spirit gave me revelation to THORN.
I went on a walk in a backfield and stepped on a big thorn. The Lord immediately gave me 2 Corinthians and Paul’s thorn for experiential realization. Praying it helps you today, sister!
The LEGACY you leave and how you want to be remembered. Will people know you for Jesus in Your life or your BS?
Lesson one opens with the recipe for anointing oil, as found in Exodus. The first ingredient MYRRH is explained today and its representation to submission.
I dug deeper to learn more about the ingredients of ANOINTING OIL and how it relates to us as wives.
YOU Sister are a saint. Once you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, He sets you apart (which is what saint means.)
Apostle Paul’s home was a sanctuary and we can have the same. Our home doesn’t need to be the Pinterest perfect board to welcome people in. Oh no Sister! It should be a home where those who enter feel His presence.
When I share about submission, I have had wives say “ain’t no man gonna treat me that way.” They are loud about it and dismissive. I’ll share God’s Word and when they don’t receive, I dust off my boots and stay in the Holy Ghost JOY!
DM exchange shared (with permission) between a Sister and the struggle she is having with her hubby. I offer advice that I believe will help other women, too!
SALTY from Proverbs 23:24.
The Holy Spirit gives warning…are you listening to those spirit checks?
It’s always fun when your husband ‘sees’ the change in you when you repent of your BS ways! The peace will be in your home again!!
I was asked to share at VBS about praise and right after, the devil pounced on me. I prayed, and God delivered. Thank You, Lord!
Listen in as I walk a young wife through the beginning stages of becoming submissive. It’s not easy as our flesh wants what it wants, and old habits are hard to let go of—AND our husband is used to the BS wife!
Acts 2:37-38 – Ask the Lord to cut your heart and repent of the things that He reveals to you!
Teaching and encouraging to love your children with TIME.
We saw Unsung Hero and a scene in it gave me a childhood memory. The next day, our pastor preached on the very thought that scene left for me. That is how God connects the dots in our lives!
In BS we want to do as our flesh wills; burn that BS and leave it outside your home.
56 fun facts about me. Celebrate God’s blessings with me!
Just as a dog returns to his vomit, a BS wife can think her ways are right, and she will do them on repeat.
We got devastating news that a dear friend passed. He was a Godly man who mentored us in our early walk with the Lord. His wife is now a widow. A title none of us think about obtaining suddenly.
My flesh was telling me to control my world. God hates pride because it’s us saying ‘we don’t need Him.’ Forgive us Lord for those thoughts or words. I repented and I pray this SALTY encourages you to do the same.
Temptation is straight-up a scheme of the devil to get you to sin.
A right time…Ecclesiastes 3:1 starts each line with those words (MSG). There are different seasons of life. Embrace the season you are in!
Today, I saw 4715 plays for this podcast. That shows me that women are seeking HIS words and instructions for how to be Godly wives and ladies.
We always hear about the Proverbs 31 virtuous wife and it IS excellent teaching. Did you know, you can use it for training your son too?
“Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks”. What are you speaking out? What does your heart say about you? This goes for your husband, too…and you can help him!
I never could grasp why Jesus cursed the fig tree. I pray this SALTY makes you thirsty for more of Jesus’ red letter instructions. Faith is key!
Titus 2:3 gives instruction that we are to be HOMEMAKERS. I’ll expound on scriptures today to help you FORM your day and FILL it.
If you stand in the center of our living room, your feet will be firmly planted on the Word of God. The Bible laid in the stone, with cement poured over it, is open to Acts 4:31. Today, SALTY covers this and John 20:22
The enemy’s job is to kill, steal, and destroy. Kill your hopes, steal your joy, or destroy your marriage/ministry/call/desires. Don’t let him! I’m offering extra encouragement (and personal testimony) of how teachers need your help too.
There’s a particular and popular influencer that I run across at times. She is worldly and loudly telling women ‘Your husband is an idiot’. This breaks my heart. Don’t let your ears itch!
A Dear Kari episode for y’all today. Walk through a wife’s triumph as she caught her old BS and changed her words…and apologized! It’s all about repenting, trying, and seeing that it really works!
Phillippians 4:11 teaches no matter our circumstances, to be content. Are you happy?? No, wait! Are you living a JOY-filled life? Staying connected to Jesus is the only way we can find contentment no matter our circumstances.
Real-Time testimony! Listen in as I talk myself through a current situation. In real time listen as the Holy Spirit leads me to Red Letters that minister to me. I pray in Jesus’ name it does the same for you! (Matthew 12:25 + 12:29)
Do you know the voice of Jesus when He is calling You to do something?
SALTY with scripture to not burn with passion!
If you are a Christian woman and want to divorce your husband bc he is not the same man you married; you are not wanting a Biblical divorce. Listen in as today’s episode talks about BS, reconciliation, sexual immorality, and offered help.
Are you in the middle of your worst moments? A season so horrible, that you feel like you are sweating blood. Let’s look at scripture for what Jesus did and how we see God responded.
Speaking out in this episode from my own funk. Yet I will not remain in it! I am a child of God.
Everyone needs a non-yes friend. The sister-in-Christ who brings value to your situation through personal experiences and Biblical Truth. Let’s talk about her qualities and I’ll offer you caution if you are already a non-yes sister.
Jesus was grieved because the Pharisees tried to set him up. He was angry. I pray to share words with you that will help you too! In my BS I was grieving Jesus because my heart was hardened towards my husband. I heard from the Holy Spirit through scriptures and changed! Repented!!
Starting these episodes that I have been desiring to do for some time! I pray they build you up…and they may step on toes as I’m talking about what God’s Word tells us about living as Godly women.
I rested in the Lord, did research for the 3rd book, wrote rough draft lessons for our marriage class, and asked God, how can I serve Him today?
1 Peter 5:8 tells us to be [well balanced] or the devil can devour us.
There is a BIG difference between being BUSY and living a fully blessed life. B.U.S.Y is Being.Under.Satans.Yoke…B.L.E.S.S.E.D is Being.Led.Eternally.Seeking (our).Savior.Every.Day. Which do you choose?
Timothy 1:5 brings us to Lois and Eunice—two women remembered for their genuine faith. This encourages me to want to share a pure, real, truthful faith with others!!
I recently lost a dear friend who was a Godly woman example to me in my early walk with the Lord. My Mamaw was another virtuous woman, and I’ll walk through Proverbs 31 with how she displayed a LEGACY leaving an example for me.