Episode 107: Bible Babes - Part Nine

The Jess Connolly Podcast

Jess Connolly

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today, Jess is joined by her daughter, Glory, to walk through James 4 & 5 and talk about studying Scripture in real life. They share simple ways to stay rooted in the Word, surrender our plans to God, and trust Him with what’s ahead, even in busy or changing seasons.

In This Episode:

• Simple Bible study tools

• Holding plans with open hands

• Money, desire, and trust in James 4-5

Let’s go.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader,
0:07.1	and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.
0:14.4	This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply
0:23.4	spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming, working,
0:30.4	or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy,
0:38.8	I am praying for you and I'm so glad you're here from, if it's quiet, mundane, or busy, I am praying for you,
0:49.1	and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go. Welcome back to Bible Babes. Today's episode is a little bit different. We've spent this entire year studying the book of James together, but today I have my daughter,
0:56.3	Glory, and we are going to walk through this month's passage from James together while I
1:02.5	share with her some of my favorite ways to study scripture. If you're a teen or a college student
1:08.6	or even just a woman trying to figure out some better
1:11.6	Bible study principles, I pray you'll be served by this episode. Or if you're just trying to
1:17.9	keep your Bible open during a busy season, this episode is for you. Today we're in James
1:24.0	Chapter 4 and a little bit of Chapter five and James is going to warn about
1:28.6	boasting and tomorrow and loving money more than God. Let's go.
1:35.9	Gloria Eloise Connolly. Hi. Welcome back to the podcast. Feels good to be back. Is this episode
1:43.1	number what for you? Three. Three. I was just thinking about it. Okay, so episode number one was, I can't remember if it was the Mother's Day episode. It wasn't because Mother's Day was episode number two. Okay. What was the first? I don't remember. I don't know. What was it, Katie? It was the let them theory. Oh, yes. Because I didn't read the book. Because we did the let them theory. That was such a funny episode to do with you. Because I really wanted you to read it. And I got really mad in the beginning of the book and didn't read it. Yeah, that's true. I also just not great at reading anymore.
2:18.9	I used to be really on top of it and really into reading.
2:23.2	And then I don't think I finished a book in forever.
2:26.3	So it's not personal.
2:28.6	It's not personal as wild.
2:30.8	Okay, I didn't prep you at 10 for this episode,
2:33.3	but how much of a life update would you
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