Fighting for Control:: Erica Deaton's Story :: [Episode 104]

StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Do you struggle with fighting for control over your life and those around you, only to be left exhausted, frustrated, and overwhelmed? Erica Deaton, from Statesboro, Georgia, shares her journey of learning how to trust God with her life, rely on His Word as her strength, and enjoy the peace of His presence.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Storytellers Lab podcast where everyday people share real and personal stories of
0:09.2	encounters with God. I'm your host Robin and I'm here with Katie and Lindy. And today we have a
0:14.8	story from one of our cities and we are thrilled. So we have Erica from Statesboro, Georgia, and we listened to her story and we were
0:23.8	thrilled. Yeah, it was so good. I mean, there were so many different layers to her story. As we
0:28.9	were listening to it, we were thinking, where's she going? Where is she headed this way? But what
0:32.2	it really came down to was struggling with control, struggling with perfection a little bit,
0:37.4	which are two things I think
0:38.9	all women have a tendency to struggle with. So I do think that our listeners are going to get a lot
0:43.3	from her story. And we actually were so curious when we listened. We had so many questions. We called
0:48.6	her when it was over and we did a Zoom call to ask her all of our questions. And they were so good,
0:53.5	we actually spliced them into her story. So you may notice a little difference in the sound throughout her story. But it's just because we had so many questions that we wanted you to hear the answers as well as us. So hang in there if you notice a little bit of back and forth. It's okay. It's all just part of her story. That's right. You're going to enjoy it. You are. And so we just pray that God speaks to you today, just like he does on
1:14.8	every other story. And here's Erica. Robin and Katie, we have some exciting news today from our partner
1:22.4	Never Thirst. Never Thirst has just expanded to serve more communities in a new country, Ethiopia.
1:29.3	There are over 32 million people in Ethiopia that lack access to clean water and 76 million
1:36.1	lack proper sanitation.
1:38.3	Never Thirst is committing for the next three years to serve a region of Ethiopia that experiences
1:43.3	regular tribal conflict. They'll be working
1:46.3	through the local church to build hand pump wells, which give time and health back to women
1:51.5	and children in those communities. Join us and learn more about how you can partner with their
1:57.0	three-year plans for this region at neverthirstwater.org slash Ethiopia.
2:06.4	My name is Erica Deaton, and my story begins on February 25, 1986, born to Roger and Harriet
2:13.9	and the only sister to my brother Todd, who is a whole nine years older than me.
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