Everyday Conversations | Bayou City Fellowship

Playing hide and seek as a toddler or coming up with the best hiding places is one thing, but applying the game to our lives as adults will cause us to miss out on the freedom that Christ wants to offer to us. In this week’s episode Natalie Mott shares on how Jesus has pursuit and found her in her hiding places. It has propelled her to a place abiding in and being honest with God. This is constantly trading her fear for His freedom.

Have you ever found yourself being afraid? Afraid of failure, opinions or just taking the next step that is right in front of you to take? Fear has a way of creeping in and it will either cripple us or it will move us into action: either towards the feet of Jesus or propels us into our own "brilliant strategy". And living within this strategy will leave us just fine. What if being fearful, but fine in our own strategy is just not good enough anymore, what if God has fire for us? Corlischa teaches on this very topic and allow us to bring our fears and strategies to God so He can exchange it for fire.

What do you do when you receive an unexpected phone call that knocks the wind from your sails and leave you facing your greatest fears? Tiffany shares from her experience as she was faced with the impossible, but instead of being paralyzed by fear, she was propelled to praise. And through this, she discovered the power of her secret weapon: Praise. You will be encouraged and moved to praise through her story.

Having a conversation with Cara and Lindsee has been the perfect way to end 2018. As women who are rooted in the Lord, they talk about their favorite Christmas traditions, what has been challenging to keep their relationship with God fresh, but also how they have learned that taking their eyes off of themselves allow them to see what God is doing around them. They share about the importance of slowing down and admitting disappointment and hurt to the Lord so that He can trade it out for His truth and His perspective. You will be encouraged and challenged by listening to their conversation.

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck and not knowing how to find Jesus for yourself, this week’s episode with Kallie Bahorich will be a helpful tool as she shares her favorite sweet potato recipe, her love for shopping, but she also talks about how she came to know Jesus for herself. Her own journey with God includes finding different tools that helped her to draw near to him and in return she has come to know the gift of living in His presence. Even in the seasons that seem still and quiet, His eyes remain fixed on her. When He seems quiet, it often is an invitation for our perspectives to change.

As we are ending the series where we explored what healthy parenting alongside technology looks like, Elliott Donnelly shares from his expertise by equipping parents to be more confident in safeguarding their home and keeping their own engagement with technology healthy and in check. This episode will help you navigate through (often) tricky topics and give you helpful insight as you set up boundaries within your home.

The early years of Motherhood can often be described as surviving or juggling all the different components of family life, but Jessica Gobble shares how she has learned that this season, as well as every other season in our lives, is exactly where God has planted you to influence those who God has entrusted to you in Jesus’ name.

In a generation that is constantly connected and bombarded with virtual relationships, Robyn Whipple shares how she continuously nurture her relationship with her kids and teach them to know that God's boundaries are not restrictive, but it's beautiful and holy. She shares on how intentionality is necessary as she sets the atmosphere in her home.

Robbie & Liz Seay serve the church of Jesus Christ in many different roles. They love, lead and shepherd God’s people, but in this week’s episode they share on how they have discovered the gift of God’s grace in their home and on their journey as parents. Knowing the direction of where they want to steer and direct their family has created holy rhythms that has protected and allowed freedom while parenting and nurturing the hearts of their children.

Melissa and Corlischa are introducing the next series that you can follow on Everyday Conversations and the Everyday Sacred Blog. Join us to learn about the importance of having healthy conversations about using technology as an effective tool to flourish as parents in the 21st century.

Lauren Brod shares how she has learned to walk honestly with God and find her safe place with and in Him. She talks about how she has experienced these "middle places" cultivating a tenacious faith in her that can complain to God without letting go because she knows where her anchor is and she knows the One that anchors her.

​In this week's episode Ann Caballero talks about her favorite holiday and the type of candy that goes with that. She also shares about how middle places are often found in the transition from one thing to the next, but it is so much more than only a place we need to pass through. The journey through these "in-between" places cultivates perseverance and faithfulness so that God can equip us for what He has for us. It is part of the process and how God is writing our stories. Remaining faithful allows us to see God at work.

In this week's podcast Vicky Duck shares how the Lord has led them to Bayou City Fellowship and what it is about the church family that struck her most. She also talks about how she has encountered Jesus in the "middle-seasons" and how that has equipped her for the next seasons. By the grace of the Lord she has outlived different medical diagnoses, she has discovered how the joy found in her Savior is her strength in the everyday moments and how He is truly writing trustworthy stories from these "middle-seasons".

In this week's podcast Rebekah McKinney talks about her favorite meal to share with people, her love for swimming pools during the Houston Summer and she opens up about what God has taught her about the significance of "middle places". Most of life happens in these "in-between places." Life is not wasted in the waiting, it's an opportunity to find Jesus and follow him. Realizing and embracing this truth frees you up to trust a trustworthy God and to enjoy the everyday moments of the journey.

In this week's episode, Cassi Odom shares about her favorite summer hobby, where her love for Jesus and expanding his kingdom come from, and how abiding is not a place to strive for, but a dwelling place in Jesus. As a wife, mom, and full-time pastor she has learned that guarding this place in Jesus is not only important, but it is the very essence of being healthy in Christ.

In this week's episode Amy Murrell shares about a recent season where she had to realize that knowing God's character is not a position to work towards, but a starting point in finding eternal hope in any trial or triumph. The foundation of God's character became the very place where her hope sprung from. She also shares how knowing Him as the Resurrection and Life truly has changed everything.

In this week's podcast we have the privilege of talking to Mrs. Loretta Bolden. She shares from a lifetime of wisdom on how she has gone from a "preacher's kid" to cultivating her very own relationship with Jesus and how that continuously impact her daily life.

Wherever Natalie finds herself she leaves those around her inspired and influenced by her faith and humility. After Natalie unexpectedly lost her husband she was left with two young boys and a choice: Will she trust the One who introduced himself as the Good Shepherd that leads and speaks in a way his people will know him? In this week’s episode Natalie shares about her personal journey of growing in knowing the Good Shepherd in a very personal way.

In this week's episode J Wakeham shares how she came to know the Light of the World in a personal way and how that has transformed and continues to transform her life. She talks about her middle school rebellion and how Christ has pulled her from darkness to Light that keeps lighting her path.

In this episode, Melissa Money shares how she has come to know Jesus as the Bread of Life and how that has traded her shame for a confidence founded in Christ alone. He has become the one that sustains and satisfies her eternally.