S02 Episode 06: Breakthrough vs Breakdown
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🗓️ 23 October 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we talk about how breakdown can lead to breakthrough if we allow God to enter into our pain. Join us as we discuss how to grow in deeper intimacy with God and experience healing and restoration.
One Thing We Love This Week:
- Heather's one thing - "No Longer Slaves"
- Michelle's one thing - fall weather and green and white pumpkins
- Sr. Miriam's One Thing - St. Hildegard poem
Holy Life-Giver Doctor of the desperate. Healer of everyone broken past hope, Medicine for all wounds, Fire of love, Joy of Hearts, fragrant Strength sparking Fountain, Protector, Penetrator, in You we contemplate how God goes looking for those who are lost and reconciles those who are at odds with Him Break our chains!
You bring people together. You curl clouds, whirl winds, send rain on rocks, sing in creeks, and turn the lush earth green. You teach those who listen, breathing joy and wisdom into them.
We praise You for these gifts, Light-giver, Sound of joy, Wonder of being alive, Hope of every person, and our strongest Good.
Group Questions
- What does freedom look like?
- What comes to mind when you read this scripture, "Let the weak say, "I am a warrior!"
- Have you ever approached God as if He was more like as if He was more like a fairy godmother than a loving Father?
Journal Questions
- Where might God "putting His finger" into a wound in your life so that he can bring breakthrough?
- What is one practical way I can begin the journey from breakdown to breakthrough?
Quote to Ponder
"In my deepest wound I saw Your glory, and it dazzled me" - St. Augustine
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Pasco Media Production. Please visit PascoMedia.com. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast where we desire to provide a place of connection |
| 0:21.2 | rest and an encouragement for all of you on the journey of living out your passion and |
| 0:24.7 | purpose in Jesus Christ just like us. My name is Sister Miriam James and on this crisp fall |
| 0:30.2 | morning I do have to say in the state of Texas the great nation of Texas. Here I am and |
| 0:35.2 | I'm joined as usual by my lovely friends Heather Kim and Michelle Benzinger and I do have to |
| 0:39.7 | say Michelle you have a long sleeve shirt on this morning for a Florida girl that's something |
| 0:44.6 | that's something can I just say that? Oh my goodness it became fall here yesterday and I was like |
| 0:49.9 | what is that crispness in the air? Let me go hunt down a jacket. Oh my goodness what are |
| 0:54.6 | these things on my sleeves? They are jackets. It was amazing. I am loving it so it's cool and crisp |
| 1:00.6 | and it finally feels like fall and I'm going to love it for about two weeks and then I'm |
| 1:05.0 | going to want sunshine back and 80 degrees. You can win the fall leaves. But the best part is it |
| 1:09.9 | opens up a whole new half of your wardrobe. That's what I always love about the fall. I like |
| 1:13.8 | okay puffy vests and hoodies and you know the whole thing. Sister you can wear clothes till |
| 1:20.4 | shoes with your habit. I know I'm getting crazy and wearing like running shoes. I know I'm trying |
| 1:25.1 | to get too buck wild. It's only October people but you know like kick it down a few notches but we do |
| 1:30.4 | what we can. Well we have been like the three of us have been chatting and laughing already for a |
| 1:37.2 | long time. I wish the listeners I wish we could just do like a three hour show and then they could |
| 1:41.2 | just listen in because we laugh a lot. But today we're going to talk about breakthrough versus break |
| 1:46.8 | down and how many times one facilitates the other especially in a breakdown what God is calling |
| 1:51.1 | us to breakthrough. So I'm going to let Michelle kind of guide us through this session but I want to |
| 1:56.0 | just talk about two definitions. So when we talk about the word I mean it's just interesting the |
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