Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast. I'm Gwen Smith, and I am so glad you've joined me today.

Around here we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all to help you know and trust God more.

Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical.

And they're going to encourage you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus

in the midst of cluttered, messy days. You got any of those? I know I do, and I can't wait to get

to today's show, which is part two of our Summer

Rewind series.

I feel like we should be throwing confetti.

I'm so excited.

So we recently wrapped up season three of the Graceology podcast, and before we move forward

to season four, we're taking a pause to look back.

In the first two years of the show,

we had so many incredible guests and tons of powerful conversations. The Summer Rewind series is an opportunity for us to celebrate some of the ways that the Lord has used his people

to encourage and challenge us towards his hope and his heart. Today's Summer Rewind features excerpts

from conversations with my friends Barb Bruce and Liz Curtis Higgs. Barb talks about worry and

anxiety and if there's ever a time when we needed to talk about those two things, the time is now.

While Liz gives some really great insight on a few slightly bad girls of the

Bible, and she talks about the power of redemption. Let me just say it to you this way. The show is

jam-packed with vibrant biblical discussions, moving stories, and practical suggestions that are

going to deepen your understanding of God's peace

and his grace. I think ultimately the message God wants to send us is that he jam-packed the Bible full of verses on fear and worry because he knew that it would be a problem for us.

And he wanted reminders every chance we to literally turn around and look in scripture. Well, and it is a problem for us. And he wanted reminders every chance we to literally turn around and look in

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