Send a Text Message today! Finances and fear- where is God when He doesn't provide what you think you need? Join Riah for a discussion on walking out radical faith in the face of disappointments and letdowns. What do you do when God doesn't provide for you in the ways you expect? What does the bible say about provision? What does God promise? What …

Send a Text Message today! Hello Friends, This week on the Grace Raised Podcast join me as we discuss accountability and how our up-brinings, experiences, and traumas can affect how we receive discernment. How does Grace and Judgement co-exist? Does our intent or our actions matter more? I share more about how my late diagnosis of Autism Spectrum D…

Send a Text Message today! In this episode, we delve into the profound ways in which religion and a personal relationship with God can marry and together help us better understand and appreciate God’s character and experience deeper spiritual growth. Join us as we explore the transformative power of faith, the importance of spiritual practices, and…

Send a Text Message today! Welcome back, dear friends, to the space where vulnerability intersects with divine wisdom—The Grace Raised Podcast. I've been on a journey, a bit of a hiatus, where the stillness spoke volumes and the lessons learned were many. In a candid confession, I peel back the curtain to reveal the deep internal work God has been …

Send a Text Message today! As a recovering people pleaser learning to elevate God’s opinion and to seek His pleasure above people, I was thrown through the loop when I read 1 Corinthians 10:33 “just as I try to please everyone in everything I do…” Paul intentionally tried to please everyone in everything he did. What does that mean for someone who …

Send a Text Message today! Have you ever considered the weight of the words we use in our christian language? How would you define Glory? Joy?. Do we consider the power of our words before we speak? What about in our worship? Do we understand what we proclaim in song and praise? Do these words and their meanings stir our hearts as we meditate on th…

Send a Text Message today! A cult? A fad? What was the early church and how can we learn to model the radical love, and faith that was demonstrated in scripture? How does our mindset change when we have encountered Grace? Are we known by the presence of His Spirit or by our appearances? Join the conversation this week with Riah and Pastor Stevie. I…

Send a Text Message today! I'm back for another episode, but I'm not alone! Introducing Stevie Valentine our new co-host. Join us as she shares her experiences and we continue to discuss grace in the church. Grace is sort of a theme here. Support the Show.By graceraisedpodcast

Send a Text Message today! Did you grow up believing that you had to fit in the picture of righteousness; holding it all together, mascaraing around with all the piousness- a well-bred Christian? Did you feel like you had to hold it together and present a picture of perfection? Were you afraid of messing up, forgetting things, making mistakes? Me t…

Send a Text Message today! What is possibly more blasphemes in our culture then to claim our hearts and feelings are not the ultimate authority for our lives? Follow your heart? Whatever you feel is real or true? Is this mindset and theology a representation of our faith or is there something we are missing? Is there possibly more joy and security …

Send a Text Message today! This week join Alex and I as we talk through mental health, working through trauma, church, faith, and name changes. If you are walking through the trenches of healing and walking through darkness there is hope. Grace changes even the most damaged and broken parts of our lives. Support the Show.…

Send a Text Message today! This week we are joined by special guest Rebekah Willis as she shares her testimony on how God pulled her out of deep grief and mental health struggles and revealed His love for her. Join us and be encouraged and strengthened in your own faith. Support the Show.By graceraisedpodcast

Send a Text Message today! Pray for patience and God will give you opportunities to be patient. Pray for courage and expect opportunities to be courageous. Pray for humility and expect....what? Humiliation? Maybe not? Perhaps humility is born from undeserved Grace and an outpouring of love? Support the Show.…

Send a Text Message today! Did you know that the organized life does not always equate to a functional multi-tasker? I always thought they were one in the same....until recently. Sometimes the box people need to learn how to multitask and live in a loft...maybe not a mansion with many rooms. Faith often requires a little more multi-tasking and a li…

Send a Text Message today! Identity... it's a big topic. In a world where our identity or how we choose to identify is at the focal point of conversation it is especially important to understand our spiritual identity as believers for the sake of our children and our relationships. There are deep roots in our identities- it touches every area of ou…

Send a Text Message today! God's faithfulness provides and overflow in and out of us even in the hardest and darkest of times. Joy and peace from the spirit of God is often the evidence of our abiding in God's grace and His presence. It often has the opportunity to raise questions and defy logical responses to our situations. We find ourselves walk…

Send a Text Message today! After a car accident and injuries we explore how our past and future interact with our faith and how God uses the old and the new to grow us. Its raw, its real, and its not an easy moment. Join the conversation this week to listen as Leah shares her true stories and real life moments in real time as she walks into another…

Send a Text Message today! We receive good gifts all the time. Do we always see the gifts in our lives as we face hardships and heartbreaks? Do we feel so overwhelmed by the gift of grace that we strive to repay/earn our way to feel better about our entitlement to it? Big questions can come from the smallest encounters. This week join us as we disc…

Send a Text Message today! Prayer and Matcha? What could they possibly have in common? Honestly not much. However in the same way matcha may help increase focus so does prayer as we hyper focus on Kingdom living. When we invite the Spirit into our daily lives through prayer and meditation we are going to see some hyper focusing on God's will rather…

Send a Text Message today! You know that time of year when spring isn't quite here, and the winter storms have turned the ground to mud, and the whole world is waiting in restless anticipation for spring and the new life it will bring? How often do seasons of quiet rest turn into seasons of wrestling the restlessness- the mud soon to produce beauti…

Send a Text Message today! Life threw us a curveball this week in a big way. How do we face hard circumstances and medical unknowns with a Kingdom focus? Are we able to worship through the fear? Are we willing to lay down our dreams and desires to submit to the leading of the Spirit of God? Are we spiraling out of control or are we sitting in the p…

Send a Text Message today! Dive into our discussion on what it means to pray for the presence of God over the knowledge of Him. Is there a magic button to make our pain and suffering disappear or are we simply learning coping skills to help us do life better? Support the Show.By graceraisedpodcast

Send a Text Message today! Obedience does not always lead to immediate deliverance or reward-sometimes we are called to learn about who God is before we see the reward. Listen in this week to discuss the Israelites deliverance out of Egypt and how we can learn from their experience and make connections in our own lives. When we are called to trust …

Send a Text Message today! Community and relationship are essential to our spiritual growth. Meet Leah-an intro into her chaotic life and the lesson she learned about the necessity of allowing people into her life. From alone and isolated to living more fully as a member of a community with hope and direction when life had felt hopeless. Support th…

Send a Text Message today! Hello! Leah here, join me for a quick discussion on Grace as we prepare to launch our first episode. Support the Show.By graceraisedpodcast