Hear Him Louder Podcast

Marnie Hammar
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Hear Him Louder Podcast

Where we delight in listening for Jesus in our everyday.

  1. APR 15

    S1 E16 | How to Take Our Fears, Doubts, and Desires to Jesus, with Abby McDonald

    In this episode, Marnie and Abby McDonald continue with part two of their conversation with a discussion of fear, doubt, and our desires. We talk about how each of these aren’t bad – but that the enemy can use our fears, doubts, and desires to keep us from meeting with Jesus and hearing Him. What if we view our fears, doubts, and desires as invitations to seek deeper understanding of each WITH Jesus? Marnie and Abby chat about how:  Fear has value, and we can take our fear to God to learn more about what’s happening behind the fear.To recognize when fear is holding us back.Doubt begins and why we doubt.We can move past doubt, including when we doubt we’ll hear God and when we doubt what we hear.To test whether our desires are God-given.To find peace and to know what we can hold as certain.Abby McDonald is the author of Surrendering Certainty and Shift. She is also a writing coach and speaker whose passion is to help women become unstuck in their calling and respond to God’s voice in faith. She is a regular contributor for Proverbs 31 Ministries, and her work has been featured in numerous publications. You can find her at her Website, on Instagram, and you can preorder Surrendering Certainty here. Marnie would LOVE to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a FREE resource to help you listen for Jesus. Get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    32 min

  2. APR 15

    S1 E15 | Why Do We Need Certainty and How Do We Surrender It? With Abby McDonald

    In this episode, Marnie and Abby McDonald discuss our longing for certainty. It’s something we all want, right? We want to know when we choose a certain path, it’s going to end up a certain way. What we may not realize is that our desire for certainty can actually get in the way of being with and hearing Jesus. What if surrendering the need for certainty helps us find and hear Jesus better? Marnie and Abby chat about how:  When Abby discovered that she could hear God’s voice, it changed everything about her walk with Jesus.Only one thing is needed to hear Him — and it isn’t knowledge. Knowledge does not determine our ability to hear God.We don’t have to have it all figured out to hear Him.Wanting certainty is a “yoke” or burden that’s too heavy for us.To lay down the need for certainty.Abby McDonald is the author of Surrendering Certainty and Shift. She is also a writing coach and speaker whose passion is to help women become unstuck in their calling and respond to God’s voice in faith. She is a regular contributor for Proverbs 31 Ministries, and her work has been featured in numerous publications. You can find her at her website, on Instagram, and you can preorder Surrendering Certainty here. Marnie would LOVE to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a FREE resource to help you listen for Jesus. Get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    35 min

  3. APR 2

    S1 E14 | How to Take the Pressure Off When Listening for Jesus, with Monika Kirkland

    In this episode, Marnie and Monika Kirkland continue with part two of their conversation with a discussion of how to open our hearts to hearing Jesus when He seems quiet. It’s all about taking the pressure off ourselves. Marnie and Monika chat about how:  It’s normal that we experience quieter times with God. We can draw near Him in several simple, practical ways that help open our hearts to hearing Him.We want to seek Him in the “low stakes” moments so we can hear Him more clearly in the “high stakes” moments.We’re probably already hearing Him more than we think.If we’re bored or stale or dry in our walk with Jesus, we can tell Him that.Monika Kirkland is a Christian writer, podcaster, wife, and mother of four that knows what it’s like to walk in the trenches of motherhood, marriage, and over a decade of ministry. She is passionate about encouraging and equipping women to cultivate intimacy with Christ and experience the transformative power of the gospel from the inside out. You can follow along on Instagram, tune into her podcast Inner Revival, or visit her website. Marnie would LOVE to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a FREE resource to help you listen for Jesus – get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    29 min

  4. APR 2

    S1 E13 | How the Practice of Listening Looks Different in Different Seasons, with Monika Kirkland

    In this episode, Marnie and Monika Kirkland discuss what the experience of hearing Jesus can be like and how it can look different in different seasons. She shares two powerful stories, separated by decades, of hearing His whispers in two very different seasons. Marnie and Monika chat about how:  Jesus whispered a specific, timely promise she needed in her teen years and then, decades later, whispered a fresh, unexpected promise that only He could orchestrate. Our practice of listening can look different in different seasons.Having knowledge does not equal having intimacy with Jesus. Delighting in Him and spending time with Him can quiet our striving.Our expectations of God can get in the way of hearing Him.Monika Kirkland is a Christian writer, podcaster, wife, and mother of four that knows what it’s like to walk in the trenches of motherhood, marriage, and over a decade of ministry. She is passionate about encouraging and equipping women to cultivate intimacy with Christ and experience the transformative power of the gospel from the inside out. You can follow along on Instagram, tune into her podcast Inner Revival, or visit her website. Marnie would LOVE to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a FREE resource to help you listen for Jesus – get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    32 min

  5. MAR 19

    S1 E12 | How Inviting God Into Our Decisions Invites Us Into a Bigger Story, with Shawna Sullivan

    In this episode, Marnie and Shawna Sullivan continue their conversation about trusting God with “crossroads” decisions and then shift to discussing how understanding “stewardship” fits into both the big and small decisions. Marnie and Shawna chat about:  How to wait on God for clarity and unity with “crossroads” decisions.How scripture will root us as we wait and how God will offer confirmations. How seeking first the kingdom of God means stepping into a bigger story.What stewardship looks like (hint: it’s not only finances).How we teach our children to know God as their provider.Shawna Sullivan is a mother and home educator to four children. After 13 years, she traded the hustle and bustle of New York City for the suburbs of north Texas. She will never take a backyard, time with family, air conditioning, or her own laundry room for granted. Shawna writes regularly for Family Christian online. Her passion for living faithfully, not perfectly, informs her words and ministry. Shawna and David, her husband of 20 years, are writing a book and launching a podcast encouraging and equipping others toward a life of faithful stewardship with their time, money, and talents. Shawna connects with her readers through a bi-weekly newsletter, First Things First, where she shares practical resources and real-life applications. You can find Shawna at her Website, on Instagram, and Facebook. She also has a free ebook, 30 Prayers for Provision, designed to help you anchor your heart so you can trust the heart of God and lean on His faithful promises. Included in this ebook are:  -  30 prayers for provision, such as: a Prayer for Protection, Prayer for Finances, Prayer for Joy, etc. -  30 Bible verses to guide your prayer time and anchor your heart -  A prayer journal page to record your prayers, thoughts, and requests along with a space to record God's faithful provision Marnie would LOVE to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a FREE resource to help you listen for Jesus – get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    24 min

  6. MAR 19

    S1 E11 | For When You Face “Stay” or “Go” Decisions, with Shawna Sullivan

    In this episode, Marnie and Shawna Sullivan discuss those important “stay” or “go” decisions. Shawna shares how over a span of 13 years, as her family prayed and waited, God made both “stay” and then “go” not just clear, but even filled with peace and joy.   Marnie and Shawna chat about:  How in the waiting season, the question, “What if God brought us here for more than just ourselves?” became an anchor. How God answered Shawna’s family’s prayers by confirming, “Stay,” and then in His timing, led them to “Go.”How in God’s kindness, He will answer and even re-confirm His answer.How in our waiting seasons, God’s Word is sufficient.Shawna Sullivan is a mother and home educator to four children. After 13 years, she traded the hustle and bustle of New York City for the suburbs of north Texas. She will never take a backyard, time with family, air conditioning, or her own laundry room for granted. Shawna writes regularly for Family Christian online. Her passion for living faithfully, not perfectly, informs her words and ministry. Shawna and David, her husband of 20 years, are writing a book and launching a podcast encouraging and equipping others toward a life of faithful stewardship with their time, money, and talents. Shawna connects with her readers through a bi-weekly newsletter, First Things First, where she shares practical resources and real-life applications. You can find Shawna at her Website, on Instagram, and Facebook. She also has a free ebook, 30 Prayers for Provision, designed to help you anchor your heart so you can trust the heart of God and lean on His faithful promises. Included in this ebook are:  -  30 prayers for provision, such as: a Prayer for Protection, Prayer for Finances, Prayer for Joy, etc. -  30 Bible verses to guide your prayer time and anchor your heart -  A prayer journal page to record your prayers, thoughts, and requests along with a space to record God's faithful provision Marnie would LOVE to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a FREE resource to help you listen for Jesus. Get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    30 min

  7. MAR 5

    S1 E10 | Simple and Unexpected Ways God Speaks in our Everyday with Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young

    In this episode, Marnie and Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young discuss how God can speak to our hearts in a variety of simple and unexpected ways. Marnie and Dorina chat about:  The practice of choosing a word for the year (it’s never too late, by the way) and how Jesus meets us in those words.How Jesus gave Dorina an unexpected, last-minute assignment and how He confirmed what she heard – and then surprised her multiple times as she took steps of faith and obedience.How God cares about every little detail and shows us His care through even the smallest evidences of His perfection. Simple, practical steps we can follow in our actual, everyday lives to regularly listen for Him.Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young is an award-winning author, speaker, mentor, and Bible teacher who loves to help people discover God’s glory on life’s unexpected trails. Dorina has published more than 20 books, including children’s picture books, Bible studies, devotionals, poetry and non-fiction. She lives in Central California with her hubby Shawn and three courageous daughters. Sign up here to be entered to receive a free copy of Redeemer: God’s Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth. You can find Dorina at her Website, on Instagram, and Facebook. Her new Bible study, Redeemer: God’s Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth, is available everywhere. Marnie would love to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a free resource to help you listen for Jesus – get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    29 min

  8. MAR 5

    S1 E9 | How to Find Hope in Seasons of Grief with Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young

    In this episode, Marnie and Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young discuss how God meets us in our grief. Dorina shares her own story of becoming a widow with three young daughters, and how Jesus led her through that grief journey with the hope of redemption. Marnie and Dorina chat about:  The promise that every grief journey holds the hope of redemption. What Dorina would say to those grieving right now.How Jesus met her heart in those early days of grieving.How He led her to write this study, Redeemer, to offer hope to others for how God will redeem our stories.How this study of Ruth also serves as an encouragement to care for those who need our help.Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young is an award-winning author, speaker, mentor, and Bible teacher who loves to help people discover God’s glory on life’s unexpected trails. Dorina has published more than 20 books, including children’s picture books, Bible studies, devotionals, poetry and non-fiction. She lives in Central California with her hubby Shawn and three courageous daughters. Sign up here to be entered to receive a free copy of Redeemer: God’s Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth. You can find Dorina at her Website, on Instagram, and Facebook. Her new Bible study, Redeemer: God’s Lovingkindness in the Book of Ruth, is available everywhere. Marnie would love to hear from you! You can connect with Marnie through her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and reach out by email. Marnie also offers a free resource to help you listen for Jesus – get your copy: Your Guide to Listening for Jesus.

    31 min
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    Marnie Hammar
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