S3 EP16: When You Feel Out of Control:Surrender, Identity & Praying for the People You Love with Jodie Berndt
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5.0 • 741 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when the outcome you want feels out of reach?
When the people you love are walking through things you can’t fix…
And when control feels like a survival tactic you just can’t shake?
In this episode, I sit down with Jodie Berndt—speaker, author, and the voice behind the Praying the Scriptures series—for a conversation that goes way beyond parenting.
Whether you’re single, married, parenting toddlers, teenagers, or simply trying to love the people in your life well… this episode is for you.
We talk about:
• Why surrender is at the heart of every healthy relationship (marriage, parenting, or otherwise)
• What it really means to trust God when your heart feels protective, anxious, or out of control
• How to pray Scripture over your marriage (and why praying for your spouse changes you, too)
• What to do when God feels silent
• Releasing the need for quick fixes and embracing the long game of faith
• Identity in seasons when prayers feel unanswered
This is not a conversation about perfect prayers or tidy outcomes. It’s about choosing trust over fear… surrender over striving… and remembering that God cares even more than we do.
Where to find Jodie:
- ​Website: jodieberndt.com
- ​Instagram: @jodie_berndt
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friend, welcome to the Let's Be Clear podcast. I'm your host, Clear Cherry Reeves. I'm a wife, mom, |
| 0:09.2 | creator of the clearly stated brand, author, speaker, and professional over user of exclamation marks. |
| 0:16.4 | But that's because, spoiler alert, talking about Jesus and the ways that he is moving |
| 0:22.6 | in our everyday lives makes me so excited. |
| 0:26.9 | Around here, we believe two things. |
| 0:29.4 | One, you are immeasurably loved and liked by Jesus just as you are. |
| 0:34.6 | And two, it's our absolute joy to call out where we see him radiating |
| 0:40.3 | in you, especially when you struggle to see it. |
| 0:44.6 | Life just hits differently when you see it from a heavenly perspective, doesn't it? |
| 0:48.7 | So, let's dig deep and chase after that abundant life God has for us. |
| 0:54.1 | I'm clear, and this is the |
| 0:56.5 | Let's Be Clear podcast. Let's get started. |
| 1:08.2 | Jody. Hello. We're finally here. It's happening. It's happening. Clear. So excited to chat with you. |
| 1:16.8 | Oh my gosh, quite a long time coming. And I just appreciate your grace. And you are such a kind soul. I wish that everybody could get the chance to, which now I'm thankful that my |
| 1:29.3 | audience will get the chance to sit under your wisdom and just hear your heart and |
| 1:35.1 | and all about you. But hi, I'm glad we made it and I'm excited for this conversation. |
| 1:42.2 | So glad. And I'm telling you, speaking of wisdom, your little Monday |
| 1:47.6 | motivations or whatever they're called, they just get me through the week. I look forward to |
| 1:52.1 | those all the time. Thank you for those. Oh, man. Thank you for saying that. I truly, you know, |
| 1:58.9 | had so many questions. And I was like, okay, selfishly, what do |
| 2:03.5 | I need Jody's wisdom on? And I was just thinking like, man, that was the time. I was just going to |
| 2:08.5 | dive in. But just so people can kind of get to know you if they're unfamiliar with you or your |
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