Episode 10

EP 10 Integrating the Spiritual- Part 2: Relationships

Published on: 14th June, 2023
  • Connection Card Question!
  • What does this look like on a practical level?
  • When and how did this mindset shift in our relationships?
  • Singleness and Dating: Erika’s testimony
  • Change of perspective on singleness
  • Focused attention by force
  • Relationships through a spiritual lens
  • Singleness “advice”
  • Church Community is vital
  • Cultural norms and expectations in dating
  • It can and should be a joyful season
  • Integrated community in dating: Lauren testimony
  • Safety and protection in letting wise community 
  • Seek to build relationships with older and younger believers of wisdom
  • Trusted spiritual relationships will help speak truth into your blind spots
  • The weight and reality of loneliness in both singleness and relationships
  • Relationships are not the band aid to your loneliness, only Christ is
  • The cycle of treating your loneliness with relationships is never ending
  • Seek out single women in your community and build relationships with them
  • Value single’s highly for more than they’re babysitting abilities, they are not lesser, they have in many ways so much more freedom to further the kingdom
  • Use your gifts for the kingdom no matter your relationship status
  • “It’s better to be single than to wish you were”
  • Marriage: Deanna testimony
  • Pre VS Post legalism mindset in marriage
  • Difficult season in marriages
  • Vows: “You better” vs “ I do” expectations
  • Jealousy, anger and pressures in marriage
  • Develop your own spiritual life
  • “I am responsible for my spiritual walk, not his.”
  • Forcing your spiritual walk onto your husband 
  • “A woman can wear a man down really fast.”
  • Wedding illustration of how to view your bride/groom from a kingdom mindset
  • Your husband is your brother in Christ before your spouse!
  • The only person who can heal the expectations/mindset
  • God is your spouse’s Lord, not you.
  • Trusting God with your spouse.
  • Growing spurts/dry spells: do not compare yours to theirs.
  • 9 months, 12 years and 30+ years of marriage among us
  • “Spiritual Leader” concept of the husband's role in the Bible (or maybe not so much…..)
  • You stand before God alone. Not with your spouse. He gets his own “one on one” with God to answer for how He stewarded his family. 
  • Marriage: Lauren testimony
  • Matriarch heritage: women “wearing the pants”, ruling the home
  • Lauren’s “Come to Jesus” moment in her marriage
  • Humility in marriage
  • When the Lord brings something to your attention, He wants to fix it in you and will if you let Him.
  • Disclaimer: we are not giving marriage advice, we are not experts or licensed marriage counselors.
  • The individual must take the responsibility for the individual.
  • Fun Cup Question!

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The Iron Women
Three Generations
Welcome to the table, where three women of three generations are navigating together how to pursue God as Father, Jesus as Lord, and Spirit as Shepherd through every stage of life.
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Lauren Henriques

Lauren moved to to a small South Carolina town with her family three years ago to be closer to the mountains, so she thought. Unbeknownst to her, God had some bigger plans to deepen her passionate pursuit of Christ by propelling her forward in her understanding of the word of God through a local church. Lauren has always been a passionate, fun-loving, energetic encourager at her core! She has been zealously pursuing a relationship with Jesus Christ for just over 14 years after He saved her from a life rooted in recklessness and addiction. She now serves on the Women's Ministry team at her local church as the Media coordinator and continues to hone her skills and learn how to become a bible teacher in her local community. Lauren also owns and operates a small media company where she takes advantage of the opportunity to share Christ with people who may never ordinarily step foot through the doors of a church. She uses every opportunity she can to love God and love people passionately.