The Thrill of Hope :: Christy Nockels [Ep 144]
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🗓️ 27 November 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Seasons change. Hard choices have to be made. God moves us in and out of opportunities. But how do we know when it’s time to give something up and when it’s time to press through?
Today’s guest is Christy Nockels, Dove award winning musician and mom to three children. In 2006 she made the God-led choice to step away from the music industry, for a time, to pour into her family.
In this episode we talk about transitions. She shares advice on staying connected with community when moving to new cities, leaning into God during tough decisions and connecting intimately with God even in the busyness of motherhood.
Christy trusted God’s leading and He moved her back into record production. Her latest creative work is the solo Christmas album, “The Thrill of Hope”. With a blend of classic Christmas carols and original pieces, she has crafted a beautiful addition to our Christmas music collections.
In this episode you’ll hear the inspiration behind the songs, “Amaryllis” and “Wrap This One Up”. . .both stories gave me goosebumps. I won’t think of the Bethlehem shepherds the same way again. And the winter blooming amaryllis reminds us the hope Jesus brought . . .
What we chat about:
- How to find connection and keep from “drifting” when starting somewhere new
- What Christy learned when God called her to “take everything off of the table”
- Surrendering our plans to God is the only way He can do GOD-SIZED things with them
- How big, scary steps allow us to hide in Jesus instead of hiding in the familiar
- Each season prepares us for the next (even if you would really love to skip ahead)
- How motherhood takes you from peaceful quiet times to sock-and-underwear prayers
- The secret of simple scripture and open dialogue with God
- Christy’s new album “The Thrill of Hope”- her first Christmas album!
- The message of the amaryllis for those with heavy hearts in the Christmas season
- How “wrapped in swaddling clothes” may have meant much more to the shepherds
- Christy’s song on the new album that makes her listeners “ugly cry”
Links Mentioned:
- The Passion Conference
- Psalm 37:4-7 “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
- The Glorious in the Mundane podcast
- “The Thrill of Hope” available on Christy’s site or Amazon**
- Ellie Holcomb
- PDF of “Amaryllis” lyrics I made. . .Merry Christmas!
Our King has come, He’s with us now & He’s making all things new again. That’s the thrill of hope.
Jesus, this is such an opportunity for me to hide in you – to take you by the hand and for you to lead me, and for me to trust in you in a way that I haven’t in a really long time. -Christy, Episode 144
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to episode 144 of the God Center Mom Podcast with me, Heather McFadden |
| 0:10.1 | and today I'm chatting with Doug award-winning artist, Kristi Knuckles. |
| 0:16.1 | He has desires for us and he's going to set those desires in us in every season and |
| 0:23.2 | sometimes in different seasons it's going to change and so he was showing me I didn't |
| 0:29.0 | know at the time it it felt like forever it felt like all or nothing and now |
| 0:34.1 | what's neat is to look back on it and hindsight and to know that this was for a |
| 0:38.4 | time it was for a season and I hope that encourages so many young moms but |
| 0:43.5 | this it's not forever but if the Lord is asking you to lay something down trust |
| 0:48.5 | him with that because you have no idea how in surrendering that he does God-size |
| 0:56.9 | things. Kristi is bringing the wisdom I don't know if you've heard her lead |
| 1:02.2 | worship I know the first time I think it was an if gathering at our church was |
| 1:07.4 | an if local and I was like oh my goodness there's Kristi Knuckles I remember |
| 1:12.1 | Kristi Knuckles and I didn't know the whole story I didn't know her story of |
| 1:16.5 | how she chose to step away from the music industry for a season to be home |
| 1:21.2 | with her kids and then to step back into it I didn't know all the background on |
| 1:25.7 | her and being involved with the passion church and the passion conferences and |
| 1:30.1 | so so excited to get to chat with her today about that and to let her give you |
| 1:35.0 | wisdom on how do you know when it's time to step away how do you know when it's |
| 1:40.1 | time to step back in and how do you as a busy mom stay connected with God so that |
| 1:45.2 | you are led by him and his spirit and the moment to moment decisions that |
| 1:49.7 | you're making with your kids she has got some great advice for you today then we |
| 1:54.4 | spend some time chatting about her new CD the Christmas album thrill of hope she |
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