Living Up to Your Potential

What is at stake if you don’t live up to your potential? Everything! God created you, and only you, to fulfill your purpose on this earth. If you choose to walk away from your purpose, someone or something will suffer. Join Chrys and Shellie in their discussion of God and your purpose in life. 

12 - Top Moments from Season One

For the final episode of the year, we do a high-level recap of the six conversations that comprised this first season of Life Upside Down with Abel Speaks, sharing audio clips and highlight moments. If you’re been listening along, we hope you’ll enjoy revisiting some of the content that has encouraged and challenged in the first 11 episodes (and invite you to rate the podcast if you haven’t taken a moment to do so!). If you’re just jumping in, we hope this episode can give you a taste of what this podcast is all about and lead you to go back and soak up these testimonial interviews in full! Life Upside Down with Abel Speaks is powered by Christian Parenting, learn more at www.christianparenting.org/LifeUpsideDown

Christmas Financial Survival Guide

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and also one of the most expensive! Purchasing gifts for family and friends, hosting parties and planning your end of year giving can feel overwhelming. Add in the comparison to what other families are buying or doing, and it can turn the most joyful person into a bit of a Scrooge! If your family longs to have a memorable Christmas, without feeling regret when the credit card bill arrives in January, Chuck and Ann have both stories and advice on how to plan a wonderful holiday season.

Friendship with Amy Weatherly & Jess Johnston

In this episode, Jonathan interviews the founders of Sister I Am With You, Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston, an online community of women, encouraging each other everywhere to stand hand in hand, heart to heart and arm in arm. Jonathan, Amy and Jess discuss parenting, friendship and tips for parenting your children through their friendships as well as creating boundaries in your own.

BONUS: Marked by our Strength

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” —1 Peter 4:10 As we wrap up the greatest commandment, we’re focused on how to love God with all of our strength. Contrary to how it sounds, loving God with all of our strength is not a reference to our physical strength. The Hebrew word used for strength in the context of the greatest commandment is me’od, which is translated as “much” or “very.”Loving God with all of our strength is loving God with our “much-ness.” It’s using our possessions, our time, our talents, our parenting, our volunteering—everything we’ve got—to love God and live for him. Said differently, wherever the Lord has planted you and with whatever resources he’s provided, use all your strength to love him smack-dab in the middle of it all.As we pray for our kids to love God with all of their strength, we’re praying that they use all of their party