Spending Your Life on Someone Else: Knowing God’s Voice, Daily Bible Study

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Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast

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🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Spending Your Life on Someone Else: Knowing God’s Voice, Daily Bible Study In this episode of the Hearing Jesus podcast, Rachael welcomes back Nikki Koziarz to discuss her recent trip to El Salvador with Compassion International. They explore the challenges and realities of poverty in the region, the impact of Compassion's programs, particularly the Mother's Survival Program, and the importance of community empowerment through local churches. Nikki shares personal stories of hope and transformation, emphasizing the need for compassion and action in addressing poverty both globally and locally. ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child Takeaways: Nikki shares her journey of adopting three boys and the challenges faced. The importance of community and local churches in addressing poverty. Compassion's Mother's Survival Program is crucial for maternal and infant health. Poverty should not be a reason for adoption; solutions exist. Small donations can lead to significant impacts in communities. The role of local churches in empowering communities is vital. Personal stories from the trip highlight the resilience of families. Wendy's playroom initiative shows the importance of play in child development. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own capacity to help. Prayer and action are both essential in addressing global poverty. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 02:59 Life Changes and Adoption Journey 05:47 El Salvador Trip Overview 08:58 Compassion's Impact in El Salvador 12:05 Mother's Survival Program 15:10 Community Empowerment through Compassion 17:55 Personal Reflections on Poverty and Compassion 20:56 Wendy's Story and Community Transformation 24:02 Closing Thoughts and Prayer This podcast devotional is a companion to Knowing God’s Voice, Grab Your Printed Copy Here! Show Information: ☆Have a question for Rachael? Ask it here: Ask Rachael a Question ☆Join Rachael for Bible Study Live in Rome this fall: BibleStudyLive.org ☆Get Ad-Free Episodes, Bonus Content, and more here: ⁠ patreon.com/HearingJesus⁠ ☆Join Rachael for Knowing Jesus Live this October: Knowing Jesus Live ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child ☆Schedule Spiritual Direction or Life Coaching with Rachael here: One on One Session ☆If you would like to give to Hearing Jesus and financially support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ Give Here ☆Connect further with Rachael ! ☆Facebook ➤https://www.facebook.com/SheHears.org/ ☆Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/rachael.d.groll/ ☆Website ➤ Hearing Jesus ☆Shop Christian Resources ➤ https://www.rachaelgroll.com/resources ☆Coaching/Spiritual Direction ➤ https://www.rachaelgroll.com/coaching Bible, Bible Study, Devotions, Devotional, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth, hearing God’s voice, Hearing God, Hearing Jesus, Praying, Pray, God’s Word, Scriptures Hearing Jesus, Knowing God's Voice, Female Prophets, Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Christian Podcast, Faith Journey, Obedience, God's Communication, Personal Reflections, prophecy, faith, surrender, spiritual gifts, women's ministry, Christian podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.1	Hey friends, I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus Podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.
1:17.3	Friends, welcome back to the Hearing Jesus Podcast. I'm so thankful to have you tuning in today.
1:22.7	I invited back on the show, my friend Nikki, which if you have been around here for a while,
1:26.9	you'll know that I interviewed her when her last book came out, or I think it was your last book,
1:27.6	but one of your last books. And we had such a heartfelt conversation. I knew instantly we had just a lot of things,
1:34.4	a lot of heart postures in a very similar space. And I found out that she recently visited one of
1:40.2	my favorite places, which is El Salvador. And so I wanted her to come on the show today to just kind of share a little bit about her experiences with her trip. So you can kind of compare notes a little bit. But before we get into that, I just wanted to give her an opportunity for any of you that don't know her to just get to know her a little bit. So Nikki, thank you so much for visiting today. And for any listeners that may not know you, can you
2:00.8	introduce yourself and just share a little bit about the work that you've been up to lately?
2:04.9	Yeah. Well, Rachel, thank you so much for having me back on. I love your podcast. And I hear
2:10.4	so many other people talk about it as well. One of my daughter's friends listens regularly
2:16.3	to your show. So you are reaching into the next generation
2:21.3	as well. So that's awesome that you have that platform here on your podcast. I'm honored to get to
2:26.6	share some time with you today. Life, I, you know, it's a little bit fuzzy the last time we were on here.
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