Deepening Our Connection with God and Each Other with Jodi Benson and Deb Liu
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 15 September 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Connection is one of the most important components to having a satisfying and full life. Connection to our family, our friends, through our work, and what we bring to others in the world has the effect of making us feel like we are a part of something bigger than ourselves. Since God created us for connection, it is His desire that we connect with Him too. In Jeremiah 29:12, God beckons us to connect with Him simply because when we do, we can know that He hears us—and knowing that God’s ears are always open to us is the bedrock from which we can move forward confidently in life.
Our guests this week have made it their life’s purpose to connect with others in important ways—and recognize their desire for connection comes from their own connection to God. Jodi Benson is best known as the voice actor of Ariel in The Little Mermaid. She has had the honor and privilege of creating a character that has been known by several generations of parents and children, building connection to millions through her artistry. Deb Liu is a second generation Chinese immigrant. Connection with a community that was somewhat foreign to her when she was growing up was something Deb always longed for, which eventually she found when her family was embraced by their first real church home. She’s stayed mindful of how to build those connections all throughout her career at places like Facebook and eBay and at her current position as the CEO of Ancestry.com.
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Past interview: Tim Atwood
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Interview Quotes:
“Just to be able to feel like God had given me these gifts, and I just wanted to use them to the best ability that I could and be able to support myself and try to make a living doing this crazy business. So definitely God just really created the path very, very clearly for me.” - Jodi Benson
“Divine orchestration is truly the key because we can have this plan in my mind, you know? I can have this, I'm seventeen years old and I'll have this plan. And my plan was just blown up because God's plan was a thousand times better.” - Jodi Benson
“That's very hard for a planner like me to not be able to have this big, huge picture. But honestly, if He did, He knew I couldn't handle it. I mean, if He showed me at seventeen or at twenty-one or at twenty-five things that were five years in advance, He knew I wouldn't be able to handle it. That's how gracious and loving and kind He is. So He gives me just enough that I can handle.” - Jodi Benson
“He can handle me in any way that I present myself to Him.” - Jodi Benson
“If I get myself all wrapped up in the past or I get myself all wrapped up in tomorrow, I kind of lose what it is that He wants me to do today. So I try to keep it simple.” - Jodi Benson
“The work I do at Ancestry; it's really about connecting people with their own history. The work that we do is to really help people discover their own past, to discover new family members, discover something about themselves that they never knew. We're one human family and we're way more interconnected than you could ever imagine.” - Deb Liu
“I think each moment you have in life is a choice. It's a choice to lift others up or to tear others down, to create value in the world or to consume value in the world.” - Deb Liu
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| 0:05.5 | This free email highlights select excerpts from Jesus Calling and other titles from Sarah Young |
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| 0:24.4 | I love it. I love to get to meet people from all over the world |
| 0:27.8 | and get to hear everyone's stories about Ariel. |
| 0:30.8 | So I'm singing part of your world all the time, which I love. |
| 0:34.1 | I love getting to sing that song. Never ever get tired of it. |
| 0:38.9 | Life is good. Life is full. We are very blessed. Very thankful. |
| 0:44.8 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. |
| 0:47.3 | Connection is one of the most important components to having a satisfying and full life. |
| 0:51.8 | Connection to our family, our friends, through our work, and what we bring to others in the world |
| 0:56.7 | has the effect of making us feel like we are part of something bigger than ourselves. |
| 1:01.2 | Since God created us for connection, it is His desire that we connect with Him too. |
| 1:06.4 | In Jeremiah 2912, God that consents us to connect with Him simply because when we do, |
| 1:11.3 | we can know that He hears us and knowing that God's ears are always open to us |
| 1:15.8 | is the bedrock from which we can move forward confidently in life. |
| 1:22.6 | Our guests this week have made it their life's purpose to connect with others in |
| 1:26.0 | important ways and recognize their desire for connection comes from their own connection to God. |
| 1:31.2 | Jody Benson is best known as the voice actor of Ariel in the Little Mermaid. |
| 1:36.0 | She's had the honor and the privilege of creating a character that has been known by |
| 1:39.8 | several generations of parents and children, building connection to millions through her artistry. |
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