At the Coffee and Bible Time podcast, our goal is to help you delight in God's Word and thrive in Christian living.

Each week, we talk to subject matter experts who broaden your biblical understanding,

encourage you in hard times, and provide life-building tips to enhance your Christian walk.

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Welcome back to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast.

I'm Ellen, your host.

And today we are going to be talking about our culture and how it has fed women lies about empowerment,

pushing them to rely solely on themselves. But what happens when that self-reliance becomes

exhausting or even debilitating.

Well, in this episode, Becky Barrisford, author of the book, She Believed He Could,

So she did, Trading Culture's Lies for Christ-Centered Empowerment.

She is going to share her journey from embracing societal norms to finding true empowerment in Jesus.

We must shift our focus from self-dependence to God dependence.

And Becky is going to guide us through biblical truths that are going to dismantle these common misconceptions that have perpetuated by society.

So to achieve this, we are going to learn how to rely on the Holy Spirit. We are going to battle cultural lies and live boldly for Jesus.

And if we don't address this problem of self-dependence, we risk the cycle of constantly

striving but never finding true fulfillment.

We want to find strength and reassurance in Christ, lifting the burden of being our own saviors, which we know

we cannot be.

So today, Becky Beresford, our guest, she lives in North Carolina and is happily outnumbered

by her husband and three wonderful boys.

She is an author, speaker, and coach with a master's certificate in spiritual formation and discipleship from Moody Theological Seminary.

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