Episode 362 - Spiritual Practices in Wilderness Seasons with Tyler Staton

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

How can spiritual practices help us in the valley of our heartache and suffering? Why is prayer so pivotal in our pain? For years, pastor of Bridgetown Church and author Tyler Staton taught others how to slow down and engage in the spiritual practices that can help people connect to God and hear His voice more clearly. He had no idea how much the very lessons he shared would be so important in his own journey through cancer. Reading Scripture, prayer and conversing with God took on a whole new level of meaning and intimacy as he walked through a difficult diagnosis and an aggressive treatment plan that physically and emotionally depleted him. But through it, he found a deeper connection with the shepherd of his soul. In this tender conversation, Davey sits with Tyler to discuss why we need to engage in spiritual practices especially in hard times, what the mystery of the spiritual wilderness can reveal, and how God will use the interruptions of our suffering to show us what we cannot see in the ordinary moments of our life. If you are walking through the wilderness and wondering how to find the direction you need, this episode will help you understand that while spiritual practices may not give us all the answers we long for, they will guide us into a deeper connection with the one who knows them. Website: https://www.tylerstaton.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylercstaton/ Book: The Familiar Stranger: (Re)Introducing the Holy Spirit to Those in Search of an Experiential Spirituality https://a.co/d/8nkJY83 Are you looking for the perfect study for your small group? Check out the Nothing is Wasted Video Series: https://www.nothingiswasted.com/bookstudy Are you ready to take the next step in your healing journey? Connect with a Certified Nothing is Wasted Coach today: nothingiswasted.com/coaching Learn more about The Healing Leader Roundtable on March 6th in Indianapolis here: nothingiswasted.com/roundtable

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Davey here. Just want to take a moment to, first of all, tell every single one of you guys who have purchased and read, nothing is wasted the book.
0:07.8	Thank you so much. Thank you for your support. I pray that it has really ministered to your heart.
0:12.7	And thank you for those of you guys who have purchased it for others who are going through a difficult time.
0:15.7	We've heard so much incredible feedback about how the book is impacting people across the world. And it's just such a
0:22.7	meaningful thing for me to know that the most vulnerable part of my story in my life is really
0:29.3	impacting you and the most vulnerable parts of your story in your life. And so thank you so much.
0:34.3	In fact, a couple weeks ago, I had an opportunity to be on a Zoom call during a lunch hour with a book club that was going through nothing as wasted the book.
0:41.4	And we got to talk about how going through the book together in a community of people, how much more it enhanced and amplified the impact of the book.
0:50.4	And they were able to have some handholds and some conversations around some really big topics
0:55.0	in their own life and begin to unravel some of the trauma that they were going through in their
1:00.4	own life. And that is exactly why I wanted to write nothing as waste of the book so that you
1:06.0	could see yourself in the story and you can begin to see how God was working in your story,
1:10.7	which is why we're so
1:11.7	incredibly excited to share with you a new resource that we have available now called
1:17.4	the Nothing Is Wasted video series and study guide. Okay, this is a six-session video-based study,
1:25.2	essentially a Bible study that includes everything you need to have deep and
1:29.8	meaningful conversations around the book, Nothing is Wasted, and all of its themes, grief, loss,
1:35.4	forgiveness, hope, and so much more. Now, when you order the Nothing is Wasted video series and
1:40.7	study guide, you're going to get access to the six short videos that you can use
1:44.9	with your small group, with your book club, with your church, with your group of friends,
1:50.1	whoever you're gathering around to go through this book together, maybe coworkers, whoever it may be.
1:55.9	So you'll get those videos and you'll get the study guide that is full of not just helpful tips for organizing your
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