Defeating Our Doubt and Disbelief with Angie Smith

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Alli Worthington

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🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today I’m with the hilarious, vibrant Angie Smith. She is the author of Woven: Understanding the Bible as One Seamless Story and I couldn’t be more honored to have her by my side as we talk doubt and disbelief. We all have moments where we doubt God’s plan for us and, maybe, even wonder if He’s really even there. Certainly, a loving God wouldn’t allow us to suffer or withhold the things we most desire, right? Friends, I’m here to tell you that doubt and disbelief happen to all of us, even the most public Christian figures, writers, and speakers. But doubt doesn’t surface because we don’t want to believe. Instead, it helps us gain clarity on what we believe in and reveals the true nature of our faith. That’s why I’m so glad Angie is here with me today. She shares her own experience of trying to run from God during a traumatic season, how doubt affected her faith journey, and what we can do to process the guilt that sometimes comes along with disbelief. Join us for the conversation as we talk about: How God continues to call us, even during the most traumatic time of our lives. How our doubt is proof that we want to be reminded that God is real. And about that time that Angie broke into an American Airlines lounge. Favorite quotes: 1. I feel like through the process of this I lost my dad and I found my Father again. 2. For a lot of us, the doubting doesn’t come because we don't want to believe, it comes because we so desperately want to. 3. People don’t feel smart enough to study the bible. They feel like it's all been figured out. But here's this and it's super empowering that we have access to all of these things and we can look it up. 4. I always say go into scripture with curiosity. I think that starts to uncover all of these “wait, I didn’t know” moments. Then you kind of chase that rabbit for a little bit. Links to great things we discussed: 1. Angie Smith and on Instagram @officialangiesmith2. Woven 3.Summer of 69 4. Africa 5. Married At First Sight 6. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality 7. EyeVac Home 8. Dunkirk 9. Promises 10. Standing Strong Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli www.alliworthington.com/angiesmith/

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, this is Allie and welcome to the Allie Worthington show.
0:06.7	It's where we gather, learn, share our stories, and have a great time.
0:10.8	Every week I'll be chatting with a friend who I know, who I like and I respect,
0:15.4	and I want to learn something from.
0:17.2	And after we have that discussion, we are going to have coaching time.
0:20.2	So I'm going to be
0:20.8	answering your questions about life, about faith, and about business. Welcome to the show today.
0:26.6	I'm with the hilarious Angie Smith. You probably know her and love her as an author. You may even
0:33.4	have done her amazing Bible study seamless. She's wise, she's witty, and she's absolutely hilarious.
0:40.1	This is a fun one today. Angie and I talk for a while, so no coaching this week, but you're
0:45.8	going to get lots of me and Angie and some great recommendations. Now, the most important
0:50.6	recommendation is for Standing Strong. See how I transitioned you right in there?
0:54.9	Wasn't that smooth? If you don't already have standing strong, we need to fix this situation.
1:00.0	Here's why. We're coming out of a hard season, right? Some of us are still in a super hard season.
1:05.3	Some of us are like, okay, I've been done with that for a while. I'm ready to get on with my life.
1:10.0	We're looking to the rest of
1:11.1	2021 with this feeling inside of us that it's time to stand strong. It's time to get stronger,
1:16.8	but it's also time to get going and sometimes that can feel a little overwhelming. For many of us,
1:21.5	we feel like we've lost a year. There are dreams inside of you. There's a calling inside of you.
1:25.9	There's something that God has planted inside of you that's new and fresh and is bubbling up inside of you. Maybe you've put it on
1:33.0	the shelf for a year. Standing strong is for you. It's going to show you how to move forward, how to
1:39.0	align yourself with what God has for you, and how to do it with strength and confidence.
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