134. Dwelling with the Lord (with Sandra Byrd)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Society & Culture, Bible, Womensministry, Womensbiblestudy, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Female

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: The author of more than fifty books, Sandra Byrd’s work has received many awards, nominations, and accolades, including a starred review, PW Pick from Publisher’s Weekly and multiple starred reviews and Best Book selections from Library Journal. Sandra is an experienced devotionalist. Her newest devotional, Dwell, will publish in Spring 2023. A dedicated foodie, Sandra cooks through the topic and location of every book she writes. In addition, she collects vintage glass and serveware in her free time, loves long walks with her husband, and Sunday Suppers with her growing family.

Show Summary: What do you think of when you think of home? A place of comfort, or a bad environment? A nice warm bed, or couch hopping? The idea of home brings up all types of images, thoughts, and memories. Today’s guest, Sandra Byrd, wants to share with us how God is our home. We can dwell in Him as our comfort and safety no matter where we are physically. Join hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Adkins, as they talk with Sandra about the longings for home on this episode of God Hears Her.

Notes and Quotes:

“We don’t live in mountain top experiences, we live in moments of vacuuming and driving to work.” –Sandra Byrd
“When God gives me an idea and it continues to flourish, that’s how I know it’s meant to be shared with someone else.” –Sandra Byrd
“If I say I’m at home with someone, that means I feel very comfortable around them.” –Sandra Byrd
“Self-control is really not signing up for too much. . . it’s when we feel like we’re the savior of the world and we need to take care of everyone else in the world that we go on autopilot, and time with God gets neglected.” –Sandra Byrd

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0:00.0	He just opened my spirit and my eyes to see the many ways that he was working around me.
0:10.6	I mean, we don't live in mountaintop experiences. We live in vacuuming and driving to work.
0:15.8	And so he showed me himself in those things. And then sometimes they were just for me in our intimate
0:22.9	relationship. And sometimes they were devotionals to be shared with others because the
0:29.0	point of a spiritual gift is to, you know, affirm and uplift the body.
0:44.6	You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you,
0:51.4	he sees you, and he loves you because you are his. Find out how these realities free you today on God Hears Her. Welcome to God He's Her. I'm Elisa Morgan. And I'm Aaron Atkins. What do you think of when you
1:00.5	think of home? A person? Your house? Your apartment? A cozy blanket on the couch? Maybe you feel
1:07.8	without a home after selling your house or homeless in a season of couch hopping.
1:14.2	Today's guest wants us all to understand how we can feel at home in the Lord's presence, no matter where we are physically.
1:21.7	Sandra Bird recently wrote a devotional titled Dwell, 90 Days at Home with God, where she teaches us how the Lord can be
1:30.3	our safe place.
1:31.9	Join us for this conversation where Sandra tells us why she deeply desired a home on this
1:37.5	episode of God hears her.
1:40.8	My family moved a lot, sometimes every year, sometimes within the cities, a state further away.
1:48.1	And so my heart was really craving what I felt like was home stability.
1:52.4	In fact, when I met my husband, he was in the infantry.
1:56.3	And we kind of fell in love right away.
1:58.3	But I told him, I cannot marry you if you're going to have a career where you move all the time because my heart craves a home.
2:05.5	He switched. He's a chaplain now.
2:07.3	And we thought at first he would be a military chaplain.
2:09.4	He's a medical chaplain now.
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