EP 50: Faith Through Affliction
In Totality with Megan Ashley
Megan Ashley
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Can faith transform your pain into a source of strength? Join me, Megan Ashley, as I share deeply personal stories and explore how trusting in God during life’s trials can lead to profound spiritual growth. In this episode of *In Totality*, I begin by expressing heartfelt gratitude to our listeners and sharing an honest account of my recent struggles, including the spiritual challenges I’ve faced while preparing for the Acts 242 conference, and a harrowing experience with a severe corneal abrasion.
As I navigate these trials, I invite you into a deeper conversation about the love and support from my community, I explore the physical pain and emotional weight that comes with suffering, reflecting on scripture, particularly 2 Corinthians 4:16, to reveal how momentary afflictions can shape us spiritually.
Together, we’ll uncover the power of scripture and the Holy Spirit in overcoming adversity, discovering how even in moments of deep suffering, we can find strength and hope. This episode is a reminder that, through unwavering trust in God and the intricate resilience of our bodies, there is a path to healing, endurance, and eternal glory."
Other Topics You will Hear:
-Gratitude,
-Acts 242 conference
-Mental and physical state
-Bible studies
-Spiritual warfare
-Tribulations
-Faith
-Resilience
-Human body
-Scripture
-God's grace
-Sufferings,
-2 Corinthians 4:16
-Afflictions
-Eternal glory
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| 0:00.0 | The way that God created this body, he created our bodies in a way where there are, it heals itself. So I said that to remind you that although you may be going |
| 0:16.2 | through something that seems very painful right if we would just trust in the Lord |
| 0:26.8 | know that you can be actively in pain and actively healing at the same time, that you can actively in pain, but God can be producing something great in you. |
| 0:33.4 | Hey you guys, welcome to in totality, a place where we celebrate authenticity and |
| 0:39.3 | openness. |
| 0:40.3 | We're here for those who are willing to explore, those who embrace imperfections, and for those with |
| 0:45.1 | open hearts and minds. |
| 0:46.1 | I'm excited to embark on this journey with you, and while I can't predict every twist and turn, |
| 0:50.9 | I'm certain that God will be by our side with every step of |
| 0:53.6 | obedience. Welcome to in totality with me your host Megan Ashley. |
| 0:59.4 | What's up you guys? Welcome back to in totality. I am your host Megan Ashley. I feel so out of source like I feel like I haven't done this in a while |
| 1:11.2 | I don't know why I podcast You guys see me every single week, but |
| 1:15.6 | sometimes I don't record every single week. So this feels like I haven't done this in a |
| 1:19.8 | long time. But I'm really honored to be here. I'm honored that you have come back and to join the |
| 1:28.2 | podcast, to listen and trust that I have something to say that might encourage you or help you. |
| 1:35.0 | And so I'm just really honored and I don't take it for granted. |
| 1:38.0 | I was kind of challenged with that. |
| 1:41.0 | This morning and yesterday as I was praying I was kind of challenged I was like you know I have complained |
| 1:49.0 | recently in the last couple of weeks just about all of the things that I have to do. As you guys |
| 1:55.4 | know, acts 242 is happening in just a week. By the time you see this podcast, yeah, it would be a week and Acts 242 is happening and I am I am |
| 2:10.5 | excited but it has been hard. |
| 2:14.9 | Spiritual warfare is a thing and so we'll get into all of that. |
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