Is adulthood a curse? Both young adults and slightly older ones are still trying to figure this out! Is the life that we’re living today all there really is?

Join host, Barb Roose, and special guest Kristin Weber as she talks about how all adults, especially millennials, can learn to see God and His faithfulness even though things feel heavy right now.

Four Struggles that Millennials Face (and can overcome!):

1. Comfort Addiction

For those who were born into safe and comfortable homes, the desire for safety and predictability can become addicting. While comfort is not a bad thing, the addiction to it can cause us to become entitled, self-centered, or keep us in a bubble. It is when we are forced to overcome challenges or choose to step outside of our comfort zones that we can gain an appreciation for moments of comfort in our lives.

2. Instant Gratification

In a world of instant everything, it can be easy to believe that all of our desires should be fulfilled immediately. However, sometimes it is necessary for us to wait patiently for the things in life that matter most.

3. Distractions

The introduction of the smartphone and other modern technolgy has opened the door for endless distraction. In order to counter this, it is important to establish boundaries for yourself and your family.

4. Endless Options

Fear of missing out can cause us to avoid committment because we fear choosing the wrong option. Because we have so many options availale from who we date to which house we buy, sometimes we can feel paralyzed. We will never know all of the answers or possiblle outcomes, but we can choose wisely and entrust those choices to the God who knows all things.

Next Steps:

1. Join a local church

Being in community with other Christ followers can help millennials to take their eyes off of themselves and see that there is so much more to life than their own little world. The local church also provides a place where people from different generations can come together and provide support and encouragement.

2. Do something small to start if you're stuck

Map out one small step that you can take if you feel stuck in order to begin the process of changing your circumstances.

About Our Guest Kristin Weber

Kristin Weber is a comedian, author and speaker. Her clean, sharp, and occasionally alternative approach to comedy has brought her all across the United States and Canada, where she has performed at conferences, churches, in popular clubs, on cruise ships and more.

Kristin has written two books for teen girls, The Smart Girl’s Guide to God, Guys, and the Galaxy and The Smart Girl’s Guide to Mean Girls, Manicures, and God’s Amazing Plan for Me, published by Barbour Books in 2014 and 2016. She has written for Sisterhood Magazine (formerly Brio Mag from Focus on the Family), as well as contributed to popular blogs like The Gospel Coalition and Stuff Christians Like. Kristin is also the author of Amazon bestseller and brand new release, Adulting for Jesus. 

Links from today's episode:

Kristin's Website

kristinweberonline.com

Adulting for Jesus book

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Better Together host Barb Roose is a popular speaker and author with a passion to help women live beautifully strong and courageous in Jesus' name. She's the author of multiple books and Bible studies, including Surrendered: Letting Go and Living Like Jesus and Joshua: Winning the Worry Battle. Visit Barb's online home at barbroose.com.

You can make it through anything you go through! The first step is shifting your focus from “me” to “He”. God is all you need!

Join host, Barb Roose, and special guest Micah Maddox as she tells us the 3 essential elements that allow God to heal any hurting heart.

3 Key Elements to Experience the Healing of Your Heart

1. Experiencing (Psalm 27:1,4)

Through reading the Word, praying, and taking the time to seek, dwell, and inquire, we can experience the presence and comfort that only God can bring.

2. Listening (Psalm 27:10)

Micah reminds us that even when we don't have family or friends to lean on in our times of heartache, the Lord will care for us. We just need to open ourselves up to Him and resist the urge to stay distant from the only one who can bring true, lasting healing.

3. Surrender (Psalm 27:14)

The key to surrender is letting go of control and giving our circumstance, hurt and heartache over to God. Sometimes surrender just looks like waiting and being still.

About Our Guest Micah Maddox

Micah Maddox is a women’s event speaker, Bible teacher, and author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World. She is passionate about helping women find purpose, peace, and calm in our chaotic world. Micah is on the Proverbs31 Ministries First5 Writing Team. As a pastor’s wife and mother of four, she contributes her time to her family and local church serving as a women’s ministry leader. Micah loves to give a voice to hurting hearts and writes and speaks to the one who needs encouragement.

Links from today's episode:

Micah's Website

micahmaddox.com

Anchored In

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Better Together host Barb Roose is a popular speaker and author with a passion to help women live beautifully strong and courageous in Jesus' name. She's the author of multiple books and Bible studies, including Surrendered: Letting Go and Living Like Jesus and Joshua: Winning the Worry Battle. Visit Barb's online home at barbroose.com.

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Let’s be honest, living a divorced Christian woman is a topic that Christian speakers and authors rarely talk about from the platform.

We talk about marriage, motherhood, career, but it’s crickets when the topic of divorce comes up. YET, we know that a significant percentage of our mailing list and audience have gone through a divorce AND the wake of that divorce has a tremendous wake on every single area of someone's life.

These Christian women are desperate to be seen, accepted and loved rather than feel the silence, stigma of Christian divorce or shame.

I see them, because I am one of them.

So, I developed The Confidence Course: Getting Your Groove Back After Divorce for Christian women who’ve gone through the soul-crushing loss of their marriage and identity as a married woman.

When I went through my divorce after 26 years of marriage, there was a season when I just wanted to die. No exaggeration. I didn't want to go on. The loss of my identity as a married woman and the daunting days of unwanted singlehood ahead were more than I could bear. Add in the silence from Christians who didn't know what to say and judgemental comments from other Christians. The result of all of that was shame. So much shame. So, it wasn't a surprise that my confidence crashed.

Without Christ-centered confidence, a divorced Christian woman is:

> at risk of rebounding into an unhealthy relationship;

> suspectible to Satan's fierce and destructive lies, leading to cripping spiritual shame, struggling mental health and poor physical self-care;

> less likely to live out God's great adventure of joy and purpose;

But it doesn't have to be this way!

God is faithful!

After a divinely timed phone call with a friend, I began journaling and praying.

While I never lost sight of my identity in Christ, I needed God’s help to forge a new identity as a divorced Christian woman.

Over a few weeks, God gave me a powerful three-sentance statement that was centered in His truth and equipped me to get my groove back – in Jesus’ name!

That Christ-Centered statement is the basis for The Confidence Course, which features four-modules teaching Christian women who to speak, walk, dress and live with confidence again!

Each module includes three videos: practical, spiritual and application as well as other special features that will uplift, inspire and re-build their battered confidence.

I’m writing to ask you to share this announcement with your audience because we both know that there are women who long to regain their Christ-Centered confidence so that they can experience God’s great adventure of joy and purpose for their lives.

Here are some simple ways you can spread the word:

1. Share the graphic below about The Confidence Course and the registration link. P.S. You can offer your mailing list and social media audience a special coupon code for $20 off the course until February 10. Coupon Code: Friend20
2. Share the following promo YouTube video.
3. Invite me to over for an IG Live or Facebook Live to talk about The Confidence Course. We can talk about the "Five Lies that Divorced Christian Women MUST Stop Believing."

IMPORTANT: We know that women tend to take care of themselves before taking care of everyone else, so I’m only offering The Confidence Course ONCE this year. I don’t want women who need Christ-Centered Confidence to put this off!

Registration is open! This course is time intentionally to begin on Valentine’s Day weekend, which is one of the most painful days of the year for Christian divorced women, even if they are remarried.

Thank you for taking the time to read about The Confidence Course. If you have any questions, let me know.

Check out the registration page link to see what the course offers and since you know me, you can trust that I’m teaching 100% Christ-Center content with lots of stories, laughter and encouragement along the way!

With much gratitude,

Barb

She wakes up early. 

She makes her own clothing.

She is fearless in the face of uncertainty.

When we look at the life of the Proverbs 31 woman, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed or straight up discouraged.

Join host, Barb Roose, and special guest Christina Patterson as she teaches us that the Proverbs 31 woman isn’t a model to discourage us, but a source of deep inspiration for our lives. If you feel like you’ve been missing the mark as a woman of God, this episode is just for you!

Big Ideas From Today's Show

1. Proverbs 31 is not as much about the woman as it is about God.

Christina reminds us that all Scripture is God-breathed and written to build us up and help us do God's work, even Proverbs 31. The only reason the woman in this passage was able to be strong and laugh at the future was because of her genuine relationship with God. 

2. Surrender your expectations. 

Sometimes we place unrealistic expectations on ourselves to be the perfect woman, wife or mother. Christina shows us through her life that many times God will call us to walk a path of surrender, requiring us to give up our picture perfect plans and become who He has called us to be. In her words, "The surrendered journey is one step after another and trusting God for what is next."

3. Keep seeking God. 

Christina shared that she doesn't have a 5 or 20-year plan. Instead, she encourages us to start our days by seeking God and simply praying, "God, help me to do what you've called me to do, and help me to trust you with what you haven't."

About Our Guest Christina Patterson

Christina Patterson is a Bible teacher, author, and speaker passionate about empowering women in the love of Jesus Christ and the truth of God’s Word. Christina holds a Master’s degree in Theological Studies from Liberty University and is the founder of Beloved Women, a 501(c)3 non-profit providing resources and community for women to truly know who they are in Christ: His Beloved. She is also the author of several books, Bible Studies, and the creator of the LIFE Bible Journal that helps believers to intentionally study the Bible and apply God’s word to their everyday lives. She lives in North Carolina with her husband Donald and their two children.

Links from today's episode:

Beloved Women Website

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Better Together host Barb Roose is a popular speaker and author with a passion to help women live beautifully strong and courageous in Jesus' name. She's the author of multiple books and Bible studies, including Surrendered: Letting Go and Living Like Jesus and Joshua: Winning the Worry Battle. Visit Barb's online home at barbroose.com.