When the Word of God is really truly living on the inside of you and breathing on the inside of you

and you're using it to renew your mind every day, it's like my heart used to race.

I would always be anxious and nervous about stuff, but it calms me.

I remember just practicing feeling the stillness of the room, but feeling the

peace in the room. Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women are gathering in

homes across the country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dunn. I'm Robin Cowan,

and I'm Lindy Walker, and we are your podcast host.

Happy Wednesday. We are so happy to be with you again. And before we get to today's story,

we want to remind you that all of our stories, once they are recorded, go straight to Patreon.

If you're not a member of our Patreon insider community, you can actually be in the room as if you were listening

at a live gathering for as little as $5 a month, you get access to every single story that is

recorded at every live gathering across the country. And it supports the ministry, as we always say,

keeps the lights on. So join us over on Patreon today. And then today,

we have Joanne Bell from our Jackson, Mississippi community. And this is such a unique story.

It's really sweet. But first of all, we all said we could, her voice. We could have listened to her

talk and talk and talk because it's so sweet. But she talks about a season of time when she and her four children were homeless. And how during that season she really had to seek the Lord in a quiet place and learn to hear his voice. Yeah, there's a lot of things I learned from Joanne's story, especially towards the end. And she gives us a sweet little gift at the end. Yes. You want to be sure to stay tuned for that. And she references this verse when the Lord starts kind of rebuilding her life. And she gives us a sweet little gift at the end. Yes. You want to be sure to stay tuned for that. And she references this verse when the Lord starts kind of rebuilding her life.

And she talks about, we don't have a role in our salvation, but we do have a role in our relationship.

With God, this verse comes from Second Chronicles 714.

And it says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek

my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their

sin and will heal their land. Humbling ourselves, praying, seeking his face, and turning from our

ways. That is what Joanne's story is all about. Here she is. First of all, thank you

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