Living By the Grace You’ve Been Given: Alyssa Bethke & Chelsea Damon
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This week, we’ll hear from Alyssa Bethke, who’s a mom of three, a blogger, YouTuber, and co-host of the Real Life Podcast with her husband, Jeff. Alyssa reflects on the overwhelming pressures women face to excel in every area of life, and the need for honesty and grace toward ourselves, others, and God about our struggles.
Later in the episode, we’ll hear from author and content creator Chelsea Damon, who takes a closer look at the inner workings of marriage. She offers valuable insights into communication, conflict resolution, and seeking the power of grace for couples, with practical advice to keep their relationships thriving.
Links, Products, and Resources Mentioned:
Past interview: Christa Hardin
Upcoming interview: Davey Blackburn
Jesus Calling commemorative edition
When Doing It All Is Undoing You
Jesus Calling blog post about prayer in marriage
I Thought This Would Make Me Happy
Interview Quotes:
“I came to this place of feeling completely undone. It wasn't that I needed to find the solution or that the outcome was the answer, but it really was meeting God in those moments. How do I bring my real life to Him? How do I really work through those disappointments with God? How do I still have hope in my life that doesn't look the way I want?” - Alyssa Bethke
“I think that as a church, we need to know how to lament, because this is such a part of being human.” - Alyssa Bethke
“First and foremost, we are not what we do. We are children of God, and we have to learn to rest and to be and to know that our value is not based on our performance, but our value is based on that we're image bearers of God.” - Alyssa Bethke
“He has this way of increasing our capacity, increasing time, helping us get the things done that we need to get done. But learning to do it out of a place of rest and peace instead of this anxious, stressful spirit. And we can do that when we invite Him into it.” - Alyssa Bethke
“Eventually, we found ways to manage our disagreements in loving and respectful ways that gave each other the benefit of the doubt. And we couldn't have done that without looking at how much grace we've been given by Jesus Christ and then learning how to mirror that same grace in our lives with each other.” - Chelsea Damon
“I wholeheartedly believe that if you really want to see change in your marriage, you need to be willing to be the first one to step up and make a change.” - Chelsea Damon
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio. |
| 0:05.1 | Take a few minutes during the holidays to savor the peace of the season with the beautiful Christmas edition of Jesus Calling. |
| 0:12.5 | With 50 seasonally themed selections in Jesus Calling for Christmas, you'll find devotions that include the Christmas story, Old Testament prophecies about Jesus' birth, |
| 0:23.0 | peace for the busy season, joyous reasons to celebrate, and exquisite imagery. |
| 0:28.8 | Find Jesus calling for Christmas wherever you buy books. |
| 0:33.3 | Our undoing is not something to be afraid of, but it actually is an invitation from God |
| 0:39.1 | that that's when he can mend us back together and untangle us. |
| 0:43.9 | And so it's really a beautiful thing. |
| 0:46.9 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:49.4 | This week we'll hear from Alyssa Bethke, who's a mom of three, a blogger, a YouTuber, and co-host of the |
| 0:55.4 | Real Life podcast with her husband, Jeff. |
| 0:58.1 | Alyssa reflects on the overwhelming pressures women face to excel in every area of life |
| 1:02.4 | and the need for honesty and grace toward ourselves, others, and God about our struggles. |
| 1:08.4 | Later in the episode, we'll hear from author and content creator Chelsea |
| 1:12.3 | Damon who takes a closer look at the inner workings of marriage. She offers valuable insights |
| 1:17.1 | into communication, conflict resolution, and seeking the power of grace for couples and practical |
| 1:22.6 | advice to keep their relationships thriving. Let's begin with Alyssa. My name is Alyssa Becky, and I am 36. I'm a mom of |
| 1:33.2 | three, and we just moved from Maui. We lived there for 10 years, and we just moved there to Tennessee. |
| 1:40.1 | My husband and I were authors. We do a podcast. We lead retreats for men and women. So we're |
| 1:46.5 | really passionate about building teams and forming men and women to be healthy and whole. |
| 1:53.9 | And I'm really grateful that we get to be in this space. |
| 2:08.2 | I feel like women today, we have so much pressure to be it all, do it all, and all at once. |
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