Encouragement Episodes

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Remember God's faithfulness in the past to bring victory so you can press through now when you are in a dry and weary season. Feel like giving up? Stop! Listen! Find hope in Sheryl's message. Learn more about iRefresh and Prayer Opportunities here: www.irefresh.net Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe toda...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! What happens when you disagree with someone but you know you're called to love? On this episode, Julie and Veronica talk about keeping the Gospel first and foremost above our own opinions and ideas. They encourage us to keep grounded in the Word so that God's Voice remains the loudest above all other noise. Learn more about iRefresh and Prayer Opportunities here: www.irefresh.net Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! In this episode, Julie shares her story of walking with her mother through Alzheimers. How can we let God into these difficult seasons of our life? She encourages us to trust in The Lord and let the Holy Spirit work in the situation. We pray you are pushed to lean into Christ when you face tough circumstances and let Him show you how He is still working in your life. Learn more about iRefresh and Prayer Opportunities here: www.irefresh.net Lis...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! On this Episode, we talk about the ways we have dealt with anxiety in our lives. We address ways in which we have learned to live out the truth of Philippians 4:6, "to be anxious about nothing" and instead choose to bring our requests to the Lord. We are so excited for you to hear this conversation! Learn more about iRefresh and Prayer Opportunities here: www.irefresh.net Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we s...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! We each are faced with the possibility of anxiety from life's unplanned circumstances, but what can we do to change the storyline and decelerate the affects of anxiety and find ideas to help bring peace in the midst of circumstances. Listen to iRefresh' prayer team panel including experts who offer suggestions to bring victory. Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspi...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! On this episode, Sheryl, Laura and Veronica talk about the misconceptions and problems we face surrounding prayer, especially in community. But they also encourage us to see the positives of praying with others and how much strength and peace comes from it! Learn more about iRefresh and Prayer Opportunities here: www.irefresh.net Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and ins...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Over the past few years, we have interviewed incredible women of God who have been gracious to be authentic to tell their stories to help each of us be encouraged to never quit, keep pressing forward, pursue your dreams, stand strong in the power of the Lord and watch the hand of God come through to answer your prayers! We highlight 10 of those women here - you can hear their segments on time frames shown below: 1 - Episode 37 Isabell Bowling ...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Do you find it easy or a challenge to recognize and receive the love from God? Debbie shows us in Scriptures of the revelation of knowing God personally in a way where you can understand and take in the blessing of God's love to you. Once you receive His love, you can learn to love yourself and then love others as God designed us to do. How can we live out a life of love? What about the people who make it difficult to love? Debbie Barker and ...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Sheryl and Kasey talk about how they personally walk out their own prayer lives. Be encouraged by their stories and how they sought to keep God at the center even in the busy seasons of life. Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode, and join our community of women seeking to ...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Lisa and Bridgette talk about healing that comes through Christian community. Be encouraged and challenged to pray and stand strong with those in your own circle! Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode, and join our community of women seeking to live prayer-filled, purposefu...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Anjanette and Brenda address one of the most common topics in today's culture, Identity. While the world says to look INWARD, they instead contend that we are called to look UPWARD. Listen in and see how you can apply this principle into your own life! Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! What do you do when your heart is broken by injustice in the world? Have you ever wondered if it was too much to carry? Hear how Brittany responded when God called her to go and make a change in the foster care system both here and abroad. For more information on the Tulsa Girls' Home, click here: https://www.tulsagirlshome.org For more information on Project Orphans, click here: https://www.projectorphans.org Listen to more encouraging conver...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! There's a struggle in the times of surrender and brokenness, wondering where is God, what is He doing? And yet those have been powerful times of beautiful encounters with the Lord where He just shows up in a way that you won’t forget. Listen to Sam Mow testify of the benefits of surrendering and sacrificing as she trusts God. Connect with Sam Mow as a Worship Leader, Song Writer, Home Design and Renovation Expert at: http://www.danielandsammow...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! "Feelings are manifestations or attributes of what you've been thinking on, so your feelings are in direct relationship to what your previous thoughts have been." So do begin to change those thoughts to produce positive, healthy feelings? Debbie Barker leads us in depth to find hope and a well-balanced life of living in our God-given purpose over fear and anxiety! Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share re...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! How do we change the course of our lives where fear and anxiety try to take hold of our thoughts and actions?! Debbie Barker takes us through God's Word with truths to bring hope and peace! Hear more from Debbie Barker at: www.barkerministries.org Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never miss...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! How to take the pain of trauma and let hope arise, turning them around as a purpose to help others who experienced similar traumas leading to abuse and addictions. The "Light of Hope" non-profit was birthed out of a desire to help support others rebuild their lives and teach new habits and skills to thrive in Christ. Learn more at: www.lightofhopeinc.org and connect them to your local school to provide knowledge-based education on the effects ...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Jody Davis runs a multi-generational business with great success today, however, it wasn't easy. Facing divorce with two toddlers, taking over Accent Moving Storage & Logistics and asked to expand the business at a young age, discover how she gets through the hard times and makes a positive impact. Laura Watson hosts this episode! Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and in...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Julie Wilson describes how God took her through long term, difficult circumstances, teaching her how to walk with God daily for everything she needed when faced with bad doctor reports for her baby and mother. Discover how to trust God and find His comfort as well as help reach others. Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! How do you feel about yourself? We can have great moments, but then we can struggle in seasons or events tend to wipe us out. In the midst of your journey, remember that YOU MATTER. Deana Spyres talks with Trisha Glover. Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode, and join our ...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Daleen had an experience as a young girl where she visited heaven. She shares her journey to both heaven and hell and how it has affected her life to this day. Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode, and join our community of women seeking to live prayer-filled, purposeful l...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Most of us have faced identity challenges, young or old, yet it can be the greatest hindrance in doing and being all God intended for us to be. "I believe there's a God-shaped hole in our hearts that only He can fulfill." Kelli identifies some of those thoughts we have and how to overcome them so we can thrive in our purpose! Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiri...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! How can we find contentment when the noise and voices are screaming so loud!? Carrie Kittinger takes us through tips she has used to rediscover the value of silence to re-center and re-settle herself in order to gain contentment. www.carriekittinger.com Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you neve...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! As women, we all may struggle with our self-image and believe the lies and self doubt about ourselves... that's what the enemy wants us to believe. The Lord, however, declares over our lives that we are righteous and complete in Him! Brenda talks about God's truth that sets us free from those lies and how we need to walk in the identity of Who We Are in Christ! Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real s...

Send your text message - we'd love to hear from you! Life is hard... but do you blame God or lean into Him during those difficult seasons? Laura speaks of her faith in following God's plan, as she navigates being a widow to two children. Listen to more encouraging conversations on the iRefresh Podcast as we share real stories, practical faith, and inspiring testimonies to help you grow closer to God. Subscribe today so you never miss an episode, and join our community of women seeking to live pr...