Defined by His Grace: Rachel Temple's Story :: [Episode 345]

StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today's podcast places us in the middle of our three-week series "Religion to Relationship", and it's a story many of us can fall victim to - "if I'm just good enough for God, I'll earn His favor and His blessing over my life."

Rachel Temple, from our Pinehurst, North Carolina community, shares her story of growing up under the pressures of having a mother who was an alcoholic and a father who was an enabler, and subsequently succumbing to the role of caretaker in her family while believing the lie that if she could do all the right things for God life would be easier. This theological misunderstanding led Rachel down a path of comparison, depression, insecurity, and despair until the Lord met her and asked, "Will you be defined by your victimhood or by My grace?" - a question that, as you'll hear, changed the trajectory of Rachel's life.

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VERSE OF THE WEEK:

"Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees." Psalm 119:66-68

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:

Where are you comparing the goodness of God in your life to the goodness of God in the lives of others? This week shift your thoughts to gratitude and the gift of God's unmerited grace.

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Links:

Breaking Free by Beth Moore

Listen to this song by Lauren Daigle- Losing My Religion

Listen to a similar story: Ep. 30- Amy Williams: Faith Above Works

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Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Lord brought to mind the thought, would I be defined by my victimhood, like being a kid of an alcoholic, mom, and enabling dad? Or would I be defined by his grace, like I had in theory learned in scripture? Was God really a refuge? Was God even really good? Did my faith make a difference or not? So in that moment,
0:23.3	I did business with the Lord, and I stepped into belief that he could heal me and change me.
0:28.6	Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast, where everyday women are gathering in homes across the
0:33.4	country to share stories of the hope found in Jesus. I'm Katie Dyn. I'm Robin Cowan.
0:39.0	And I'm Lindy Walker and we are your podcast host. Happy Wednesday, everybody. Before we get to
0:45.8	today's story, I wanted to tell you about a special opportunity for our Birmingham community,
0:50.8	as well as areas that are nearby. Singer Ellie Holcomb is coming to Birmingham.
0:56.4	She's going to be performing at the Wright Center at Sanford University on Thursday,
1:00.6	November 6th at 7 p.m. The concert is actually presented by Portraits of Hope, and we've spoken
1:06.6	about Portraits of Hope on the podcast before. But for those of you who don't know who they are,
1:11.2	they are a ministry that provides financial support and encouragement to women and their
1:15.8	children who are facing life challenges after recovering from addiction and incarceration
1:20.6	and graduating from the Loveleti Center. Some of our storytellers' life team is going to be at
1:26.2	the concert. And so we would love for you to join us for a night of worship and fellowship.
1:31.2	And there is a bonus.
1:33.5	You can get 10% off your tickets at any level just by using our special promo code at checkout.
1:40.2	And you can find that code just by scrolling down on our show notes, and it is listed right there.
1:45.6	So come on.
1:46.3	Come on Thursday, November 6th.
1:48.8	We would love to see you there.
1:50.5	Today, we're continuing our Religion to Relationship series.
1:54.0	We have a great story coming from Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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