Peace Episodes

God says: Don't worry; look at the birds. How can this simple act chase away anxiety that harasses the mind, fires emotions, and troubles the body? When we look at the birds, we learn: The same God who cares for the birds will care for me. Val and her guest co-host, Jackie Greene, share how coming to God and lingering in His presence brings peace and provision into our lives.

Good enough for God. Would you say that about yourself? My guest, Natalie Glaser, lived the "not good enough" struggle. Performance and perfectionism fueled her insatiable quest for worth but left her falling short...until God transformed her life from the inside out. In Him, she loves the Natalie God created her to be, and she's living life to the full.

"Prayer and Jesus," is the way for us to find hope, healing, and happiness in our struggles, suffering, and sorrow, says Pastor Jackie Greene. In this episode, Jackie shares how anyone can call out to God in their brokenness, and God will come close and walk through these dark periods with us. God has abundant Life waiting for us! John 10:10

In this episode, Val Brown interviews author Barbara Isaac Croce about her book 'A Journey into Hope: An Interactive Journal for Women.' They discuss the importance of processing thoughts and emotions and training the heart to look at life from a "Hope in God" perspective. Barbara shares the Biblical pattern for training the soul found in Psalm 42:11. The Psalmist acknowledges the current state of his soul--despairing and disturbed--then he directs his heart to God, to trust in Him, and to worship Him as his Help, his God to whom he can run. “What you focus on, grows. That’s the truth. If you focus on all the darkness in your life, that’s all your eyes will see—because we’re trained. This is how God made us: He made us to become what we look at. If you look at God the whole time and His goodness and His character, that’s what will grow in your life. And that’s a matter of perspective. And so we train ourselves; we train our hearts to look a certain way. There’s no magic…Hope is …

In this world, we have mental, emotional, and physical suffering; grief, disappointments, trauma, lack, relational difficulties, and more. Trouble and tribulation are common happenings to all. Is it possible to find Peace in a world of chaos with circumstances like these? Cindy Lou Rummel, the author of her new devotional, "Sereni-Tea, Finding God's Peace in a World of Chaos," shares how to find Peace in the most difficult circumstances. She says, "We can only have true peace on this side of heaven through Jesus Christ."