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Let go of people pleasing! Let go of perfection! Live a life you love, live what is true, and love Jesus while doing it. We can use our lives as worship by being authentic. We can let it be easy! Join host, Riley, in conversations about who God is and who we are because when we know the answers to those two questions, our identity is set and our future is whatever we decide we want it to be! This show is for the women who want MORE and are willing to seek truth in order to let God restore every broken regret and use it on mission. Connect with me! I love friends! Insta: www.instagram.com/theashandivyshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riley.s.powell/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ashandivy (it’s basically a party and I love it!)LoetL
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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Today we are writing ourselves a letter committing to knowing ourselves deep and true. Take an enneagram quiz, a spiritual giftings test, or find out your Disney princess..growing to know yourself allows you to step into authentic worship.
1. Make space in your life to know your own voice and to be in God's presence. Be in life-union with the vine. (John 15:4-5)
2. Take a test! Literally get to know yourself by exploring through gaining information. Use the enneagram or other personality assessments to learn core motivations and core fears.
3. Do what you enjoy. Fan into flame your gifts (2 Timothy 1:6) so you can love yourself (personal rendition). Love yourself so you can love others. (Mark 12:31)
Here is the letter:
Dear _ this is where you insert your name.
Gah, girl! I love you so much! You are like sooooo pretty!
And strong and smart and brave.
Don’t you wish you could have known 20 years ago how much you could go through and still be killing it at life. I know you don’t always feel like you're killing it but look around…
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It feels like these things could break you but they haven't.
So today I want to meet you again. I want to really really know you, understand you, forgive you, and love you. I want to dream again and be filled with hope for your future.
I commit to exploring and digging for what is true.
I commit to facing my story and giving it compassion and asking Jesus to meet me in any space that needs healing.
I commit to dreaming about the future.
I commit to never stop learning about who I am and what I need and what I want. I will think about how I want to feel in my life and I commit to doing whatever it takes to live a life that worships God, the one who has pursued me, rescued me, and covered me with His love. I will use my life to give life to others.
Love, me
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Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Hey hey sister! Today is so much fun! We are taking a deep dive into Psalm 1 and anything else I randomly through in the convo, like throwing plates and walking through Food Lion with a hood over my face. Ya never know!
Do you ever read the Bible and see the words jumping off the page? We're playing in some verses today to see how they jump and its super fun.
We can't adulterate the Bible. It can hold its own, I'm confident. We can, however, let it move us, speak life to us, and set us free. Hey! Freedom and bliss..sign me up!!!
https://www.bible.com/bible/1849/PSA.1.TPT
Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
What gives us identity? Our identity is defined by the love of Jesus and everything else flows from our communion with him.
What defines our worship to God? Is it in our gifts? Our actions worship God when done in authenticity, coming out of a place of knowing Him and knowing His voice.
We spend too much time not liking ourselves! We put so much effort into improving our flaws when we could be using our gifts effectively and even surrendering our weaknesses to the Lord and trusting Him to use our weaknesses. He is just so opposite of everything we naturally think.
We must LOVE OURSELVES in order to love others well. We do so many things because we think we should, or because it looks fun on someone else! And Some things just don’t fit! Like me, I don’t ever need to be using a sewing machine. It’s just bad news every time.
Knowing what is true, that God’s love is for you, is what will sustain you when things come and go.
Psalm 1 They will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of their lives.
2 Cor 10:12
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
Meet Jesus face to face to know His voice is for you. Challenge the things you hate about yourself to be useful to serve others.
BUST A MOVE: Alright girlies we gotta busta move? If we are going to grow life giving beliefs and in purpose then we have to take action. So what's your move this week? What's your take away? Let’s put something in motion in our lives.
Make a list of labels you have on your life. Wife, mom, therapist..
Who would you be if that label was removed? Would you still be serving God well? How would you be showing Him love? How would you be loving people?
Then confess those things..they are not your identity. You are on mission to love and obey God and offer your story as your worship.
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Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Today we are digging deep into how to see GOLD in others. Last week we hosted Jess, the creator of Salt & Gold Collection, artist of the insanely viral Footwashing Series. She introduced some really relevant conversations that we will talk about over the next couple of weeks including seeing God in others, speaking life into others, and using what He is doing in our lives to love others.
Today we are highlighting this concept of seeing Gold in others. Jess helps us understand the meaning behind her title, Salt & Gold.
SALT: truth and seeing the Lord doing miracles with water..parting the sea, walking on water
GOLD: presence of the Lord, wanting him to be there. Gold is the imagery around the gift of prophecy and Listening to the lord to see things through his eyes. Call out the gold in somebody. It’s so easy to see sin but with the mind of Christ I can see who God made them to be and help encourage them to be that person.
So if we believe that every person is a reflection of God and has GOLD in her then what is our role in calling it out and how do we do that?
Today we take a careful look at the story of the sinful woman who poured out oil at the feet of Jesus in worship. We notice that she is crying...why is she crying and how does that help us see the gold?
What happens when we spend time with God? As we learn that we can come to Jesus and be met with grace and gentleness, our hearts are opened to a space for others.
As we face so much division in our nation, it is more imperative than ever for christians to see with Godly perspective and offer love.
BUSTAMOVE:
Pray about someone who needs what you have to offer. Ask God to show you how to see that person and how to speak life, calling out their identity and purpose.
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
The art is overflow of a personal moment with God. Most, if not all, is chastisement from the Lord to me. We think we've seen every side of him or know him perfectly or know the perimeters are that he can be in..every time I think I've got him sorted he says hey we haven’t talked about this. Seasons of understanding where the Lord is kind and walks with me on this journey of faith..but I’m not going to get to this perfect until I’m in heaven so every single day I've got things to learn.
The message is put out to a large space to reach many but I'm so certain that Jesus is just as invested into humanity. It’s personal. Jesus is a part of my life every single moment of every single day.
Jess shares how she came to meet Jesus, how it changed her fears, and how she merges loving Jesus and being Catholic.
Your life grows when we give it to Jesus! I found so much freedom and joy and adventure.
A big milestone is learning my identity- who he has made me to be. Choices that hurt me and others was from me trying to grasp at if I was loved, whats my worth and purpose..first and foremost I am beloved of God. I am his kid.
Grasping came to an end. You have made me on purpose. I have dignity and am filled with the Holy Spirit.
We discuss how she decided who to draw sitting on the stool, having their feet washed by Jesus. It stirs the soul and sometimes makes people angry!
But we talk about how walking from a genuine place of intimacy with God allows boldness despite controversy, judgement, being misunderstood. Ultimately, Jess feels if she chose her comfort over obedience to God, someone would miss out on meeting Jesus for themselves.
It is haunting until we know who Christ is in us.
BUSTA MOVE!
How does God speak to you? How do you worship Him as you live out your life daily? Do you feel pressure to make pretty and shiny things or is your life authentic and flowing from time with God?
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
NEW PODCAST TITLE COMING!
Ash & Ivy has been such a beautiful image of grace and God pursuing and the message isn't changing, but we are shifting to a place of action! This is so we, as Christian women, can walk confidently in our identity as children of God, made in His image, reflecting Him with our gifts.
God is showing us how to be authentic! How to stop pretending. God doesn't expect us to shrink us into a small box, sacrificing what makes us unique and beautiful. Quite contrary, you worship him, you glorify Him when you are your true self!!!!
Well how do I do that?
In this episode, host, Riley, shares how fear cripples action and distracts from what is true. Her mom called her fake and it triggered some deep and real stuff that needed attention. God took that and allowed her to recognize that she wasn't living authentically. Now she knows herself and knows God in her so that she can live true. This allows her to serve others to the best of her ability.
We can be honest with God about who we are and how we are feeling and allow truth into our mindset.
Notice how you are feeling in your body and in your mind. Tell God all about it! For real. Talk about it...out loud.
Then ask Him for truth to cover that. Look for it in His Word. Listen to a podcast. Surround yourself with Godly friends. Take action!
Have fun! God is for you!
Call me! Let's chat about what resonates! xoxo
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Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Do you like how you are showing up in the world? aka your family, your friends, at work..
Are you bringing positive, life giving energy or are you showing up drained and exhausted?
Today I share 3 ways to grow your energy so that you can use your life to give life to others. The thrill of life comes when we live in alignment with our authentic self, reflecting our creator, and use it all to shine light into a hurting world.
BUST A MOVE: (this is your take action challenge)
Take time to notice what is draining you?
What kind of energy are you giving out?
What is one thing you can do this week in alignment with what YOU WANT?
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Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Certified NeuroCoach, Host of Her Restored Spirit Podcast, Certified Master Enneagram Coach, Tami Imlay, in true enneagram 1 fashion grieved the loss of her husband to the best of her ability. Reflecting deep and true healing from her loving Father, she is now able to use all the hard details of her past to offer hope and life to others through coaching.
Her late husband, USAF soldier, paid the ultimate sacrifice while on deployment when their kids were only 4 and 2 years old. We honor him and we honor their family today. We are so grateful for both Tami and her husband's service in the US Air Force.
In today's episode Tami shares her story of grieving this tragic loss but we also celebrate that loss is not the center of her story. She has discovered life after loss and joy amidst sadness. She shares how to fast track your healing and shares real tools for addressing the pain in your life. It is tangible. It is real and it is hope for your life.
Are you ready for a restored spirit and want to be coached by me? Send me an email at tami@tamimariecoaching.com or you can find me on Facebook at @tamimariecoaching or Instagram @tamimariecoaching. I can’t wait to hear your story and help you discover the hope and opportunity available to you.
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Sarah helps busy families connect deeply with God. She loves Jesus and her family, especially her husband and two boys.
Sarah has a background in counseling, loves teaching moms and kids how to pray the Psalms, and is passionate about helping people around the world know Jesus.
She is the author of Psalm Prayers for Kids and Psalm Prayers for the Nations, and she hosts a family-friendly prayer podcast called Hearts at Rest with Sarah Keeling.
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Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
The McCarleys were a “normal” family, with very successful jobs and busy kids! They had it all..except their marriage was a disaster and they were too busy to enjoy any of it.
After rebuilding their marriage God’s way and seeing full restoration, they realized they also needed to surrender their entire family plan to His way, which resulted in a brave move to Hawaii! They sold everything they owned, gave up all that seemed important, and made their family their top priority.
Now they are living a slower and simpler life putting each other first and learning to serve with their lives. Bailee says she is living in the overflow.
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