#564 – Ruthann Cannings – How to Walk in Spiritual Authority
The Sister Circle Podcast
Chrystal Evans Hurst
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
What does it really mean to walk in spiritual authority? In this episode, I sit down with my Aunt Ruth — pastor, counselor, and teacher — to talk about identity, intimacy with God, and living with confidence rooted in Christ. We explore why authority isn’t about performance or perfect prayers, but about knowing who you are as a daughter of God. This conversation touches on unanswered prayers, singleness, disappointment, and learning to trust God even when life doesn’t unfold the way you expected. If you’re longing to walk boldly in your faith without striving, this episode will encourage and ground you.
Highlights from Today’s Episode
- Defining spiritual authority
- Navigating disappointment
- Choosing contentment
Related Resources
- Connect with Ruthann Cannings on her website.
- For more encouragement, listen to episode #324-How to Leave a Legacy.
- Grab my devotional, 100 Days to Discovering the Gift of You.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast. My name is Crystal Evans-Hurst, |
| 0:09.5 | and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you |
| 0:15.7 | live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. So I get to interview a lot of people |
| 0:33.7 | and some of them are on the show because maybe they've released a book or they have a |
| 0:40.6 | project that they're working on and they are excited about being on the podcast to talk about |
| 0:46.1 | what's important to them and then whatever the project is that they want to make sure you |
| 0:50.0 | know about. Sometimes I will have a guest on here because I want to get to know them. Like I've been |
| 0:55.7 | watching them, learning from them, listening, and I'm excited just to have them sit on the |
| 0:59.9 | couch and have a conversation. Sometimes I have a podcast guest because there is a topic that I |
| 1:05.8 | need for you to grow in. And I know just the person that will help you to grow. And then sometimes I get to have |
| 1:14.3 | someone on the podcast simply because it's an honor for me to do so. And my guest today, number one, |
| 1:21.2 | it's an honor. And really, it's kind of all the other things too mixed up because you're going to |
| 1:26.5 | learn some things. |
| 1:30.4 | Also, I like to watch her and learn from her. |
| 1:34.0 | And also, there's some things that she's doing that you'll want to know a little bit about. |
| 1:37.3 | Let me introduce you to my Aunt Ruth. |
| 1:38.6 | Hello. |
| 1:39.4 | Hi. |
| 1:44.4 | So officially Ruth Ann Cannings. |
| 1:47.9 | Ruth Ann is two words together. |
| 1:50.9 | On my passport, it's Ruth Anna. |
| 1:51.6 | I know. |
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