The Hope Podcast with Lina Abujamra

Why does God allow us to go through the desert? [DESERT SERIES #1]

In the next six weeks I invite you to a podcast series focused on various deserts we might be going through, aiming to understand why God allows them, how He uses them, and what He accomplishes through them.
Today I’m kicking off the series by sharing three reasons why I wrote my new Bible study Through the Desert, and four reasons why God leads un into the desert. Take a listen!
 
P.S. If you’re wrestling to understand the difficult season in your life, if you’re longing for revival in your heart and don’t see how it could happen, I urge you to buy my Bible study Through the Desert.
ABOUT:Lina AbuJamra founded Living with Power Ministries and is a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and conference speaker. She's also the host of a radio show and the author of several books, including Fractured Faith and the forthcoming Bible Study series, Mapping the Footsteps of God. Lina is a pediatric ER doctor who practices telemedicine and in her “spare” time, she provides medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas. Learn more about her at LivingWithPower.org.
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Guilt and Shame [NEGATIVE EMOTIONS #4]

We’ve all felt the difficult emotions of guilt and shame. The good news is that the Father’s love gives us the courage to let go of our guilt and shame for a new identity!
Friend, if you wrestle with negative emotions and wonder how to respond to them in a healthy and biblical way, this podcast is for you!
ABOUT:
Lina AbuJamra founded Living with Power Ministries and is a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and conference speaker. She's also the host of a radio show and the author of several books, including Fractured Faith and the forthcoming Bible Study series, Mapping the Footsteps of God. Lina is a pediatric ER doctor who practices telemedicine and in her “spare” time, she provides medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas. Learn more about her at LivingWithPower.org.Follow on Insta: linaabujamraFollow on facebook: Lina AbujamraFollow on Twitter: @LinaAbujamra

Grief, the Unwanted but Necessary Companion [NEGATIVE EMOTIONS #3]

We cannot live in a broken world and not feel grief. Grief is deep sorrow that is a response to loss and pain, and it’s an emotion we’d rather escape. But Jesus himself was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we can learn from Him that we can grieve and still hold on to hope.
If you’re facing painful circumstances in your life right now, if you struggle to express and deal with painful emotions, or if you wonder how to respond to suffering in a healthy and biblical way, please don’t miss this podcast episode!

Fear, the Greatest Enemy of All [NEGATIVE EMOTIONS #2]

Fear is one of the most common negative emotions common to humans and it shows up in a lot of different flavors: we feel worried, anxious, tense, scared, afraid, terrified, panicked, nervous, uneasy, uptight.
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat.
Don’t you wish you could shake it?
While we can’t eradicate fear until Christ returns, we can learn to handle it rightly respond to it biblically. Take a listen!
ABOUT:
Lina AbuJamra founded Living with Power Ministries and is a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and conference speaker. She's also the host of a radio show and the author of several books, including Fractured Faith and the forthcoming Bible Study series, Mapping the Footsteps of God. Lina is a pediatric ER doctor who practices telemedicine and in her “spare” time, she provides medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas. Learn more about her at LivingWithPower.org.Follow on Insta: linaabujamraFollow on facebook: Lina AbujamraFollow on Twitter: @LinaAbujamra

Why We Feel What We Feel [NEGATIVE EMOTIONS #1]

Have you ever longed for freedom from negative emotions? Do you feel weighed down by unwanted emotions?
We all feel them: fear, anger, grief, shame, loneliness, insecurity… and we long to be free of them. Our feelings are complicated and even when we don’t like them, we can’t escape them. But perhaps we’re not meant to.
What if God gave us our emotions, even our negative emotions to deepen our relationship with Him?
Today I’m launching a new podcast series called I Feel That: Embracing a Biblical Response to My Negative Emotions that I believe will help you engage your emotions in a healthy way and find the freedom you’re longing for.ABOUT:
Lina AbuJamra founded Living with Power Ministries and is a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and conference speaker. She's also the host of a radio show and the author of several books, including Fractured Faith and the forthcoming Bible Study series, Mapping the Footsteps of God. Lina is a pediatric ER doctor who practices telemedicine and in her “spare” time, she provides medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas. Learn more about her at LivingWithPower.org.Follow on Insta: linaabujamraFollow on facebook: Lina AbujamraFollow on Twitter: @LinaAbujamra

New Year Resolutions? [SOUL SISTERS #5]

Do you love or hate New Year resolutions? 
No matter how you respond to this question, the beginning of a new year is a special opportunity to reevaluate, reflect, pray, plan, and consider where you might need to be intentional about making some changes.  
In today’s podcast, Diana and I will share what we do to prepare for entering a new year and give you some practical suggestions of how to make the most of this season.
 
P.S. If you need some help with asking meaningful questions that will help you live more God-centered and on purpose this coming year, check out my brand-new resource 40 Days to a Fresh Start!ABOUT:
Lina AbuJamra founded Living with Power Ministries and is a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and conference speaker. She's also the host of a radio show and the author of several books, including Fractured Faith and the forthcoming Bible Study series, Mapping the Footsteps of God. Lina is a pediatric ER doctor who practices telemedicine and in her “spare” time, she provides medical care and humanitarian help to Syrian refugees and others in disaster areas. Learn more about her at LivingWithPower.org.
 
 

Mary: Unshaken faith when God’s will sounds kinda crazy [Christmas Episode]

In celebration of the Christmas holiday, I’m sharing a bonus episode about Mary and how her example of faith teaches us how to respond when God’s will sounds kinda crazy.
God may have asked you to do something that doesn’t fall in line with what the culture and everyone else is doing. Maybe His calling on your life does not seem like the most logical thing to do. That certainly was the case for Mary, but she believed “that there would bea fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
Does that describe you today? Are you believing what God has promised? Are you making decisions based on other’s approval, or on the word, character, and faithfulness of God?

How to be there for your kids when they’re hurting [SOUL SISTERS #4]

Today we’re so excited to share with you this bonus episode about how to be there for your kids when they’re hurting.
Diana and I are going to talk about how to ask heart/hard questions, how to create space for connecting with them, how to speak truth to them even when they might not want to hear it, how to plan for changes, how to try to understand them and their pain, how to help them learn to take wise decisions, and more.
We cannot protect our children from hurt, but we can teach them to trust Jesus when life is its hardest, listen to them, and guide them by example.