Beyond Believing: Helping Christian Women Heal Post Divorce

A few days ago I was on a walk, listening to Judges 16, and I couldn't believe how obviously foolish Samson was being — three times warned, three times he handed Delilah more of himself anyway. Then a second thought stopped me cold: how obvious is it to the people who love me, when I'm doing the exact same thing? This episode is the answer to that question. It's the story of a walk that turned into a confession, a chapter in Judges I'd read past a hundred times, and a framework tucked inside Psalm 37 that I'd never actually followed all the way through — trust, delight, commit, be still, wait patiently, surrender the anxiety, and only then, abundant peace. Samson skipped straight to the desire of his heart and left out everything that was supposed to come first. I did the same thing for seventeen years of marriage, dressed up in wisdom that looked biblical and wasn't. Wel'll walk through: Judges 16:4, 15–17, 20  — the one time Scripture says Samson loved anyone, and why it's the relationship that cost him everything Psalm 37:3–5, 7, 11 — the seven-step order Psalms gives for a heart to actually receive what it's aching for Why "delight yourself in the Lord" isn't the whole promise — it's step two of seven, and the psalm proves it by ending exactly where it began My own 66 days, and the six words I heard in the quietest, emptiest room of my life This episode is for you if… You've ever judged someone else's obviously bad choice and then had to sit with how blind you were to your own You did "everything a woman is supposed to do" and still ended up on ground that gave way You want to be loved so badly you've stopped asking whether it's safe to hand your heart over You've closed the door on wanting anything at all, because wanting got you hurt last time You're tired of stopping at "delight in the Lord" without knowing how to receive what it promises Scripture References Judges 16:4,15–17, 20  Psalm 37:3 -11  Additional Resources for this episode: Daniel I. Block — New American Commentary, Judges, Ruth  Derek Kidner — Tyndale OT Commentary, Psalms  Connect + Continue Come as you are. But do not expect to stay as you are. 🕊️ Start with the free 7-day devotional, Roots → roots.coachkatieanne.com 🍷 Get your free Thirsty Thursday Insider Pass — live Bible study every other Thursday, 7pm MT, no account needed  🌿 Join the Selah Community → coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co 📞 Book a Rooted Clarity Call → www.coachkatieanne.com/call If this episode named something you've been carrying quietly — do me a favor and leave a review. It takes 30 seconds and matters more than you know.  Subscribe so you don't miss an episode.  #BeyondBelieving #GreatestLoveStory #KnownByGod #WhoSheIsToHim #ChristianDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #BiblicalIdentity #Psalm139 #Hannah #Ruth #Mary #kecharitomene #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #GodKnewYou #IdentityInChrist

I had the intact home. The husband. Five kids. On paper, nothing was wrong. Everyone on the outside thought we had the ideal home. This week, I'm telling you what was actually happening underneath it — and about a woman in Scripture whose story I read years before my own marriage and never understood until it was already too late to have it going in. In this episode, we go back to Genesis 24 — the marriage the Bible describes in more detail than almost any other — and I show you exactly who Rebekah was, what the servant was actually testing for at the well, and why her answer to her family's question ("will you go?") mattered as much as anything else in the story. Then I connect it to my own foundation: growing up in a home shaped by my parents' divorce, the vow I made to give my own kids something different, and how I ended up building the exact thing I swore I'd never repeat — not because I didn't love my family, but because I didn't yet have the character Rebekah already had, long before anyone was testing her for it. If you're a divorced Christian woman rebuilding a home, a faith, or an identity from the ground up — this episode is for you. 📖 Scriptures referenced: Genesis 24:2–9, 12–14, 57–58 | Genesis 18:19 | Genesis 12:1–9 | Proverbs 30:21–23 | James 1:27 📅 Apply for coaching (Rooted Clarity Call) 🌱 Start with the free 7-day devotional: ROOTS 💛 Join The Selah Community  Ready to build a foundation like Rebekah's? The Rooted Clarity Call is how you apply for Selah Healing coaching: www.coachkatieanne.com/call divorced Christian women, Genesis 24, Rebekah Bible study, Isaac and Rebekah, God's design for marriage, Proverbs 30, James 1:27, Christian marriage foundation, biblical marriage, faith after divorce, Christian women over 40, bride of Christ, character before marriage, divorce recovery coaching, unloved woman Proverbs #ChristianDivorceRecovery #Genesis24 #Rebekah #BiblicalMarriage #FaithAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelievingPodcast #ProverbsWisdom #ChristianHealing #BrideOfChrist

God once commanded a prophet to marry a woman known for infidelity — not after she cleaned up her life, but in the middle of it. This episode is about what that means for you. Book a Rooted Clarity Call at coachkatieanne.com/call God told the prophet Hosea to marry a woman who kept running back to other men. Not once — repeatedly. For centuries, that story has been read as being about her sin. It isn't. It's about how far God will go to buy back what He already calls His own. This episode opens a new thread on Beyond Believing: women in Scripture who carried a reputation nobody expected God to redeem. Outcast. Adulteress. Foreigner. The unloved wife. We're starting with Gomer — and with the question so many divorced women carry quietly into church every week: does remarriage after divorce make me an adulteress? Katie Anne walks through Hosea 1–3 in full, alongside Mark 10, Malachi 2, and Romans 7 — not as a debate, but as a chance to actually hear these passages in the context they were written from. You'll discover: What it actually meant, legally and culturally, for a woman in Hosea's day to be marked as "a wife of whoredom" — and why God commanded Hosea to marry her while she was still living that reputation, not after • What Hosea's payment in Hosea 3:1–2 — thirty shekels, the exact legal price of a slave — reveals about the price God pays for people who have nothing to offer in return • What Malachi 2:16 actually says when you read past verse 16 to see who it was written to rebuke • Why Jesus's words in Mark 10 were a correction aimed at the men loosening their own standards — not a tightening of the noose on divorced women • How Pastor Matt Emadi's teaching on Romans 7:1–6 reframes what "called an adulteress" actually means for a woman who has remarried This is not an episode about whether you're allowed back in. This is an episode about a God who paid full price for you before you had anything to prove. This episode is for you if… A verse has been quoted at you like a verdict — about your divorce, your remarriage, or both — and you've quietly started to believe Scripture doesn't have room for your specific story • You've sat in a pew feeling like "divorced" is the label that gets read before anything else about you does • You've remarried, or you're considering it, and a passage like Romans 7 has left you privately unsettled about where you stand • You've watched a pastor go visibly uncomfortable teaching on marriage and divorce and walked away with more questions than you came in with • You believe God forgives — but some quiet part of you still wonders if you're the exception this time • You've decided you have to prove your worth, your safety, or your standing before anyone — including God — can be trusted with it Scripture References: Hosea 1:2 — read aloud in full · God's command to Hosea • Hosea 3:1–2 — read aloud in full · the price paid to buy Gomer back • Malachi 2:16 — quoted in part, with surrounding context (vv. 11–16) discussed • Mark 10:1–12 — discussed, not read verbatim · Jesus and the Pharisees on divorce • Romans 7:1–3 — paraphrased on air · full teaching in Pastor Emadi's linked sermon • Exodus 21:32 — referenced · the legal price of a slave • Deuteronomy 22 — referenced · the bride-price and token of purity • Revelation 3:20 — referenced · God's ongoing pursuit Referenced Teachers & Theologians: Douglas Stuart — Word Biblical Commentary, Hosea • Raymond Ortlund Jr. — God's Unfaithful Wife • R.C. Sproul — Ligonier Ministries, "Marriage and Divorce" (on Mark 10:1–12) • David Instone-Brewer — Tyndale House, Cambridge (biblical grounds for divorce) • Pastor Matt Emadi — Crossroads Church, Utah / Salt Lake School of Theology · "Dead to the Law: Alive in the Spirit: Romans 7:1-6" — https://youtu.be/VICkyBbug7I Connect + Continue 📅 Book a Rooted Clarity Call: coachkatieanne.com/call 🌱 Start with the free 7-day devotional: roots.coachkatieanne.com 💛 Join the Selah Community: coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co If this episode stirred something you don't want to carry alone — the next step is a conversation, not a comment section. Book a private, forty-five-minute Rooted Clarity Call at coachkatieanne.com/call. No performance required to book it, and no story too far along to bring. And if Beyond Believing has been part of your story, would you take sixty seconds and leave a review on Apple Podcasts? Every review helps another woman find this. She is out there looking. Share this episode with one woman who needs to hear it. You don't have to explain it. Just send it. About Beyond Believing Beyond Believing is a podcast for divorced Christian women who are done surviving and ready to rebuild. Hosted by Certified LifeCoach Katie Anne Greene, each episode combines biblical depth, personal story, and practical coaching to help you discover who God says you are — and begin living like it. New episodes every week. 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Grief has been close this month — the sudden loss of a beloved young friend, and the grief so many women carry for a marriage that ended. In this episode, Katie shares two kinds of grief she sees in the women she works with, a truth from a pastor who buried his own son, and the promise in Scripture that lets you grieve and trust God at the same time — without letting grief become who you are. Scripture referenced: Romans 8:17, Isaiah 61:1–3, Isaiah 53:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 If this gave you language you didn't have before, I'd love to sit with you in it. You can book a Rooted Clarity Call or start with the free 7-day devotional, ROOTS. And if you're looking for a place where you're seen and not alone in this season, The Selah Community is exactly that place.  📅 Book a Rooted Clarity Call: coachkatieanne.com/call 🌱 Start with the free 7-day devotional: roots.coachkatieanne.com 💛 Join the Selah Community: coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co KEY SCRIPTURE REFERENCES - Romans 8:17 (ESV) - Isaiah 61:1–3 (ESV) - 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 (ESV) - Job 2:11–13  SOURCE CITATION: Luke Harding, "Pastoring through Personal Tragedy," in 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and Suffering — Relying on God's Power in Weakness (9Marks / Church Matters). Link: https://www.9marks.org/journal/the-pastor-and-suffering/Luke Harding is the Lead Pastor of Godspeed Church in East Providence, Rhode Island. grief after divorce, Christian grief, grieving your marriage, numb after divorce, blindsided by divorce, healing after loss, faith and grief, grief and faith, trusting God through grief, divorced Christian woman, post-divorce healing, grieving with hope, sudden loss and faith, Isaiah 61 healing, coping with grief as a Christian, identity in Christ after loss, Christian life coach, single mom grief, Selah Community healing, faith after tragedy #GriefAndFaith #DivorceRecovery #ChristianWomen #FaithAfterDivorce #GriefJourney #ChristianGrief #HealingAfterLoss #TrustGodThroughGrief #BeyondBelieving #CoachKatieAnne #DivorcedChristianWoman #GriefSupport #FaithOverFear #HealingJourney #ChristianPodcast

Have you ever thought, "I just don't let people in anymore"? There's a verse people misuse to make women like you feel guilty for being guarded — but the truth is far kinder than the guilt. In this episode, I'm unpacking Matthew 23:37 — the moment Jesus grieves over Jerusalem's willful rejection of Him — and why that passage has nothing to do with a woman who's simply never been shown true, godly covering. Through Ruth's reach for Boaz's covering and the woman who touched the hem of Jesus's robe after twelve years of exclusion, we'll uncover what it actually means to receive protection you didn't earn — and what God has been teaching me, personally, about finally letting that covering in. Scripture referenced: Matthew 23:37, Exodus 19:4, Ruth 3:9, Matthew 9:20-22 Ready to go deeper? Book a Rooted Clarity Call — a private 45-minute conversation about what's keeping you stuck, and what it could look like to become rooted in the identity God has already spoken over you.  📅 Book a Rooted Clarity Call: www.coachkatieanne.com/call 🌱 Start with the free 7-day devotional: roots.coachkatieanne.com 💛 Join the Selah Community: www.coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co Learn more about James and Jolene, and the work they are doing at their church plant at Red Rock Redemption Church  divorced Christian women, God's covering, biblical protection, Matthew 23:37 explained, healing after divorce, faith after divorce, Ruth 3:9 meaning, Christian coaching for divorced women, identity in Christ after divorce, receiving God's love #ChristianDivorce #GodsCovering #BeyondBelievingPodcast #DivorceRecovery #ChristianWomen #FaithAfterDivorce #BiblicalProtection

I always believed asking for help made me weak. This week, waiting on God finally showed me why that was a lie. I've always believed that being weak, being vulnerable, are dangerous positions to be in — especially after you've already been hurt by trusting the wrong person. So this week, in the middle of a season after my divorce that feels full of nothing but waiting, I did something I genuinely never do anymore. In this episode, we're going deep into what Scripture actually says about waiting — starting with a verse in Hebrews 11 that gets read past far too quickly, four Hebrew words for "wait" that prove it was never meant to be passive, and the uncomfortable truth that you are not the only one active while you wait. Someone else is waiting too, and he's not waiting for the same thing God is. By the end, I'll tell you exactly what I did this week that I always believed made me weak — and why it turned out to be the most faithful thing I did all week. If you're waiting on provision, waiting on your ex to become who he promised he'd be, waiting for your kids to heal, waiting to feel healed yourself — this episode is for you. Scriptures referenced: Hebrews 11:1, 11:13, 11:14–16; 1 Peter 5:8; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 27:14; Galatians 5:5; Lamentations 3:25-26 READY TO STOP WAITING ALONE? 🌱  Start here: I built something for you. It's called Roots — a 7-day devotional for the woman who doesn't quite know who to trust right now, and is ready to find out how God is hers to lean on. Download it at coachkatieanne.com/roots 🤍  Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are free, just $35/month.  📞  Private coaching: Ready to do the deep work, one-on-one? This is the work we do inside Selah Healing. Apply at coachkatieanne.com/call.

If you ever believed that God protects us by standing between us and whatever's coming — a wall, a barrier, something in front of us like I did, I found that's not the only posture Scripture describes. Deuteronomy 33:27 says underneath are the everlasting arms. Not just in front. Not just behind. Underneath. And once you understand why God would position Himself there, you'll never read that verse — or your own story — the same way again. In this episode, Katie Anne walks through the full canonical picture of God's protective identity: Exodus 19:4 and the eagle's wings that carried Israel to God Himself, not just away from danger. Deuteronomy 32:10–12 and the verb-by-verb picture of how God found, encircled, and carried His people. Psalm 91 and the protection rooted in His faithfulness, not your vigilance. And Deuteronomy 33:26–27 — the everlasting arms that were underneath you before you ever knew you needed them. She also takes on one of the most quoted passages in Scripture about divorce — Jesus' teaching in Matthew 19. What if it was never a verdict against divorced women, but Jesus stepping into a specific first-century legal dispute to protect her? This is episode 100 — and every identity this series has shown you (Warrior, Shepherd, Pursuer, Cherished, Seen, Known) was pointing here. READY TO GO DEEPER? 🌱  Start here: I built something for you. It's called Roots — a 7-day devotional for the woman who doesn't quite know who to trust right now, and is ready to find out how God is hers to lean on. Download it at coachkatieanne.com/roots 🤍  Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are free, just $35/month.  📞  Private coaching: Ready to do the deep work, one-on-one? This is the work we do inside Selah Healing. Apply at coachkatieanne.com/call.   divorced christian women, God's protection bible, Deuteronomy 33:27, everlasting arms meaning, faith after divorce, christian divorce recovery, bible study for divorced women, Matthew 19 divorce explained, biblical protection of women, God as protector, single christian woman over 40, healing after divorce christian, Psalm 91 protection, Exodus 19:4 eagles wings, christian podcast for women, identity in Christ after divorce #BeyondBelievingPodcast #ChristianDivorceRecovery #DivorcedChristianWoman #FaithAfterDivorce #GodsProtection #DeuteronomyStudy #EverlastingArms #ChristianWomenOver40 #BiblicalHealing #ChristianPodcast  

There is something I want you to know before you press play. At the end of this episode, there is an invitation. Not an assignment. Not a challenge. An invitation — to sit with a question that I believe has the potential to change everything about the way you see yourself, the way you receive love, and the way you relate to God. You don't have to be ready for it. You just have to stay until the end. Here is what this episode is about: Most women who have been through divorce believe God loves them. What most of us have never fully received — not in the quiet, not where it counts — is that God delights in us. That there is a difference between being loved out of obligation and being cherished out of desire. In this episode, I am going to take you from the very first page of Scripture to the very last — and show you that God has been moving toward you across every single page. Not away. Toward. We are going to look at two parables in Matthew 13 that most of us have heard our whole lives — and what I found when I read them again stopped me completely. Because what Jesus is describing in those parables is not just a transaction. It is a declaration. About your worth. About what God was willing to pay. About why nothing and no one has any legal claim to your value anymore. We are also going to look at a Hebrew word in Isaiah 65 — hineni (hee-neh-NEE) — that God says twice, to people who weren't even looking for Him. And what that word means in the original language is not just 'I am here.' It is: you have my full attention. I am completely available to you. I am all in. God said that. To people who weren't looking. God is saying it to you right now. By the end of this episode, I want you to have something you may have never fully had before — not the idea that you are loved, but the settled, specific, unshakeable knowing that you are cherished. That the God of the universe looked at your field — the broken, buried, complicated, messy field of your life — and said: I want her. All of her. And I am buying the whole thing. That is what this episode is about. Stay until the end. The invitation is waiting for you there. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Matthew 13:44  |  Matthew 13:45-46  |  Proverbs 31:10  |  Isaiah 65:1  |  Zephaniah 3:17  |  Revelation 21:3-4  |  James 1:17  |  Hebrews 12:2  |  Matthew 27:51 RESOURCES MENTIONED: ESV Women's Study Bible Roots Devotional — free download. Seven days deepening what God has already planted Selah Community — 7-day free trial, just $35/month after: coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co The Bible in One Year — Nicky Gumble (Day 49) Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. 8, Matthew — D.A. Carson (Zondervan, 1984)   WAYS TO WORK WITH KATIE ANNE 📖 Start here — Roots Devotional (free): coachkatieanne.com/roots 🌿 Go deeper — Selah Community (Your first 7 days are free, just $35/month after that): coachkatieanne.storehousewellness.co 💛 Private coaching — coachkatieanne.com/call NEXT EPISODE: Episode 100 is coming. And I want to tell you about a mother owl I watched fly underneath her baby to keep her from falling — and what it taught me about Deuteronomy 33. Subscribe so you don't miss it. God's love for divorced women | being cherished by God | what God says about love after divorce | healing after divorce Christian | divorced Christian women podcast | hidden treasure parable meaning | God delights in you scripture | Zephaniah 3:17 meaning | hineni meaning Hebrew | how to feel God's love | God's love is unconditional | Christian healing after heartbreak | identity in Christ after divorce | what does God think of me | divorced woman worth | beyond believing podcast #DivorceHealing #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #GodLovesYou #DivorcedChristianWomen #HeIdentityInChrist #Zephaniah317 #HiddenTreasureParable #Hineni #PostDivorceHealing #FaithAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #GodDelightsInYou #YouAreCherished #CoachKatieAnne

Beyond Believing Podcast How God Carries Divorced Women in Scripture The Greatest Love Story Ever Written | Who He Is to Her: THE SHEPHERD For the woman who has been carrying this season alone and is ready to find out what God says about that, grab your free 7-day devotional, Roots.   After my divorce, I didn't go looking for a new church. I went looking for God. And what I found in the wilderness — in Luke 15, Ezekiel 34, and Psalm 23 — is that the Shepherd does not wait for you to find your way back. He comes in. He finds you. He puts you on His shoulders. And He carries you home.   Nobody talks about this part of divorce. You don't just lose a husband. In many cases, you lose your community. Your seat in the pew. The version of yourself that fit neatly inside a congregation built around couples, around families — around a story that no longer looks like yours. Some of you are still going. Carrying something in your chest the people around you don't know how to hold. Some of you stopped going. Not because your faith is gone — because you stopped belonging. And some of you — like me — walked out of a religion entirely. Not out of rebellion. Out of hunger. Because the God being described in that building and the God you were desperately searching for were not the same Person. This episode is for every part of your journey. In this episode of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written series, we go deep into Ezekiel 34, Luke 15, and Psalm 23 to trace one of the most personal declarations God makes about Himself in all of Scripture: He does not wait at the door. He goes into the wilderness. He finds you. He lifts you. And He carries you — rejoicing. What we cover: — Ezekiel 34:11–16: God's personal declaration — "I, I myself will search for my sheep." Every gap the community left, He fills personally. The woman who was not sought will be sought. The woman who was not carried will be carried. — Luke 15:4–7: The parable of the lost sheep — and the detail most people read past. He doesn't ask her to walk home. He puts her on his shoulders. And he comes home rejoicing. Scholar Joel B. Green writes that this parable is fundamentally about God — its entire aim is to reveal the nature of the divine response to the recovery of the lost. — Psalm 23:  The Shepherd does not promise to remove the valley. He promises to be present in it. And the table He prepares in verse five connects directly back to last week's episode on the Bridegroom — pointing to John 14:2–3 and the home He is going to prepare. — The grammar shift in Psalm 23:4: In the valley, theology becomes prayer. David stops talking about God and starts talking to Him. Explanation gives way to presence. — Psalm 23:6: The Hebrew word for "follow" carries the sense of pursuit — goodness and mercy are not waiting for you at the end of the valley. They are coming after you in the middle of it. You are not being abandoned in this wilderness. You are being carried through it. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES — Ezekiel 34:4, 11, 16 — Luke 15:4–7 — Psalm 23 (full) — John 14:2–3 THEOLOGICAL SOURCES — Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke, New International Commentary on the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1997) — on Luke 15 as a revelation of the divine nature of God's response to the lost — Kenneth Bailey, The Good Shepherd: A Thousand-Year Journey from Psalm 23 to the New Testament (IVP Academic, 2014) — on the cultural significance of leaving the ninety-nine and the carrying of the lost sheep — Kenneth Bailey, Finding the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15 (Concordia, 1992) — on the Middle Eastern shepherd context and the cost of pursuit Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots , a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community  inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing  KEYWORDS divorced Christian women, God carries you scripture, Luke 15 lost sheep meaning, Ezekiel 34 meaning, Psalm 23 meaning, God as shepherd, faith after divorce, Christian healing after divorce, biblical identity women, God in the wilderness, valley of the shadow of death, beyond believing podcast, Katie Anne, identity after divorce, the greatest love story ever written, church after divorce, God finds you HASHTAGS #BeyondBelieving #GreatestLoveStory #GodCarriesYou #WhoHeIsToHer #ChristianDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #Luke15 #Ezekiel34 #Psalm23 #BiblicalIdentity #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #TheShepherd #IdentityInChrist #YouAreBeingCarried

For the woman ready to find out what God says about who she is to Him. Grab your free 7-day devotional, Roots Here is the question underneath everything you have done since your divorce — the chasing, the closing off, the staying busy, the staying numb: Am I truly desired? This episode answers that question. From Scripture. With no conditions attached. Most women navigating life after divorce are carrying a version of the same wound: the fear that they were not truly wanted. That if he had really desired them, he would have stayed. That desire — real, pursuing, unconditional desire — is something that belongs to other women. Not her. This episode is not a comfort. It is a correction. In this episode of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written series, we go deep into one of the most overlooked theological truths in all of Scripture: God does not wait for you to come back to Him. He pursues you. Actively. Personally. Relentlessly. And in Hosea 2, He does something that should stop every divorced woman in her tracks — He writes the full covenant over an unfaithful bride and pays both sides of it Himself. What we cover: — Hosea 2:14–20: God leads His people back into the wilderness — not as punishment, but as the place where He can speak tenderly to her again. The wilderness is not abandonment. It is the destination of pursuit. — Song of Solomon 2:10–13: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away." This is not poetry about a human relationship. This is the language God uses to call her out of the season she has been hiding in. — The Hebrew ketubah and mohar: In ancient Hebrew marriage covenant, the groom paid the bride price and the bride's family confirmed the covenant. At the cross, God paid both sides — fulfilling both the Bridegroom and the Bride obligations. He wrote the full covenant over an impure bride and honored it completely. — The golden calf parallel (Exodus 32:4–5): The danger of sincere but misaligned worship — using the same name for God but not talking to the same Person. The single question this episode answers: Am I truly desired? The answer is yes. And Scripture says He has been proving it since before you knew to ask. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES — Hosea 2:14–20 — Song of Solomon 2:10–13 — Exodus 32:4–5 — Isaiah 54:5 — Isaiah 62:5 — Revelation 3:20 THEOLOGICAL SOURCES — Raymond Ortlund Jr., God's Unfaithful Wife: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery (IVP Academic) — on God as the pursuing Bridegroom and covenant faithfulness over an unfaithful bride — Douglas Stuart, Word Biblical Commentary on Hosea — on Hosea 2:14 and the wilderness as the place of tender pursuit — Kenneth Bailey, The Good Shepherd (IVP Academic, 2014) — on the pursuing nature of God across Old and New Testament Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots, a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing.  Next episode: E:98 — Am I worth coming after? God answers through a role He claimed for Himself that most women have never connected to their own story.  Subscribe so you don't miss it.. ivorced Christian women | healing after divorce | faith after divorce | Christian podcast for women | God's love after divorce | Hosea 2 | biblical identity | divorce and faith | Christian women podcast | Beyond Believing podcast #BeyondBelieving #DivorceAndFaith #ChristianPodcast #HealingAfterDivorce #DivorceRecovery #ChristianWomen #FaithAfterDivorce #BiblicalIdentity #Hosea2 #GreatestLoveStory #GodsPursuit #ChristianDivorce #ScriptureForWomen #PodcastForChristianWomen #IdentityInChrist #DivorceHealing #WomenOfFaith #BibleStudyForWomen #GodsLove #NewBeginnings

Free Devotional: For the woman who doesn't know who to trust right now — and is ready to find out how God is hers to lean on. Grab it here   Here is what divorce does that no one prepares you for. It doesn't just end a marriage. It leaves a woman asking the one question she has never been able to answer: was I ever truly known by anyone at all?   This episode answers that question. From Scripture. Before you were born.   Most women who have walked through divorce carry a version of the same wound underneath everything else: the fear that they were never truly known. That if he had really seen them — all of them — he would have stayed.   This episode is not a comfort. It is a correction.   In this episode of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written series, we go deep into three women in Scripture — Hannah, Ruth, and Mary — and trace a single pattern God repeats across every one of their stories: He knew them before they understood what was happening. He covered them before they asked. He named their identity before they had done a single thing to earn it.   And He has been doing the same thing with you.   What we cover: — Hannah (1 Samuel 1): She prayed so desperately she couldn't speak out loud. The priest thought she was drunk. But God already knew her prayer before she formed it — and what Hannah received before she conceived anything was not the child. It was the peace of God. Before the answer. Before the evidence. Before anything changed.   — Ruth (Ruth 1–3): A Moabite widow who chose a God she was still learning to know. She leaned into her guide and walked faithfully toward a redeemer she didn't know was waiting. When Boaz covered her with his garment, it was a picture directly from Ezekiel 16:8 — "I spread the corner of my garment over you... and you became mine." The covering came before the formal redemption was complete.   — Mary (Luke 1:28): The angel's first word to her was kecharitomene — a Greek perfect passive participle meaning she had already been, and continued to be, completely transformed by grace. Before she agreed. Before she understood. Before she said yes. "The Lord is with you" — present tense. Already there.   And then we go to the theological anchor: Psalm 139, Jeremiah 1:5, and what the mother-child relationship reveals about how intimately God knows the women He created.   The question I want to leave you with: not whether you are known — you are, and you always have been — but whether you have truly met the One who has always known you. Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots, a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing.  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: — 1 Samuel 1:10–11, 1:18 — Proverbs 16:9 — Philippians 4:7 — Ruth 1:16, 2:11–12 — Ezekiel 16:8 — Luke 1:28–38 — Zephaniah 3:17 — Psalm 139:13–16 — Jeremiah 1:5 — Isaiah 44:2 — Matthew 7:11   THEOLOGICAL SOURCES for this episode:  — D.A. Carson, The Gospel According to John, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Eerdmans, 1991) — on kecharitomene and the Greek perfect passive participle in Luke 1:28 — Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., God's Unfaithful Wife: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery (IVP, 2003) — on covenant covering language in Ezekiel 16 — Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of David — on Psalm 139 — Voddie Baucham — on identity in Christ and the sufficiency of Scripture — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book 1 — "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you." — Blaise Pascal, Pensées — on the God-shaped vacuum in every human heart Work With Me: — Free Roots Devotional: coachkatieanne.com/roots — Apply for Coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call   divorced Christian women, God knows you completely, known by God scripture, Hannah in the Bible, Ruth and Boaz meaning, Mary favored one Greek meaning, kecharitomene meaning, Psalm 139 meaning, Jeremiah 1 5, faith after divorce, identity after divorce, Christian healing after divorce, biblical identity women, God knew me before I was born, Beyond Believing podcast, Katie Anne   #BeyondBelieving #GreatestLoveStory #KnownByGod #WhoSheIsToHim #ChristianDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #BiblicalIdentity #Psalm139 #Hannah #Ruth #Mary #kecharitomene #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #GodKnewYou #IdentityInChrist

You didn't decide to stop believing you were worth fighting for. You were taught to stop. And this episode is the beginning of that unlearning. E:95 of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written  ·  Who God Is to You  ·  WARRIOR Most of us grew up with the image. A knight in shining armor. The one who comes riding to your rescue, sweeps in, makes everything right. And somewhere along the way, you did one of two things: you spent years chasing that image — or you decided you weren't worth it arriving.   But what if the image wasn't wrong? What if it was just pointed at the wrong subject?   In this episode, Katie Anne walks through Deuteronomy 33:26–27 — the final blessing Moses speaks over God's people before his death — and unpacks what centuries of biblical scholars have called one of the richest theological portraits of God in all of scripture. Spurgeon called it 'a short passage found in the midst of a mass of gold.' You'll discover: What the Hebrew word ezer actually means — and why God chose it to describe Himself Why the word ezer appears for the very first time in Deuteronomy 33:26 — the passage you're about to study What the three-part portrait (Above, Around, Beneath) reveals about how God positions Himself toward you What Revelation 3:20 tells you about the difference between God's warrior and the world's counterfeit version What a man with God written on his heart looks like in real life — and how you'll recognize him What Spurgeon, Ortlund, and Tozer each say about the posture God has always held toward you This is not an episode about being rescued. This is an episode about realizing you already are. This episode is for you if… You've spent more of your life giving than receiving — and you've started to wonder if that was really strength or just protection When someone offers to help you, cover you, or protect you, it makes you uncomfortable — and you don't fully understand why You believe in God's love in theory but have a hard time believing it applies to you specifically You grew up with the image of a knight in shining armor and somewhere along the way either chased it or gave up on it entirely The idea of surrender feels like weakness — and Tozer's 'yield and trust' has never quite landed the way you needed it to You want to know what a Godly man actually looks like so you'll recognize him when he shows up — and so you stop accepting the counterfeit Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots, a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing.    Scripture References Deuteronomy 33:26–27  —  primary anchor  ·  Moses' final blessing over Israel Psalm 18:10  ·  Psalm 68:4  ·  Psalm 68:17  ·  Psalm 104:3  —  God riding through the heavens Genesis 2:18  —  ezer used for Eve; the same word God uses for Himself Ephesians 5:25  —  a husband washes his wife with the water of the Word Revelation 3:20  —  He stands at the door and knocks     Referenced Teachers & Theologians Charles Spurgeon  —  Sermon on Deuteronomy 33:27 (1887) Dane Ortlund  —  Gentle and Lowly A.W. Tozer  —  The Pursuit of God Ezer  —  Hebrew word study: to rescue / to be strong     Connect + Continue If this episode stirred something in you — if you're ready to stop blocking what God has already promised — the next step is a conversation. Apply at coachkatieanne.com/call.   And if Beyond Believing has been part of your story, would you take sixty seconds and leave a review on Apple Podcasts? Every review helps another woman find this. She is out there looking.   Share this episode with one woman who needs to hear it. You don't have to explain it. Just send it.     About Beyond Believing Beyond Believing is a podcast for divorced Christian women who are done surviving and ready to rebuild. Hosted by certified life coach Katie Anne Greene, each episode combines biblical depth, personal story, and practical coaching to help you discover who God says you are — and begin living like it. New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss what's coming next. CHAPTER MARKERS  ·  Podbean + Apple [ Add these to Podbean episode settings. They appear as a visual timeline inside the Apple player, allowing her to navigate and return to specific sections. Adjust timestamps to your final edited audio. ]   0:00  —  The lie we were handed — cold open 0:38  —  Welcome to Beyond Believing, episode 95 1:00  —  The survival response — when he went cold, you learned to go cold 3:00  —  The lie carried in — choosing steady over strong 5:30  —  The image we were given — and where it actually points 7:00  —  The question that surfaced it — the coaching moment 8:30  —  How I came to Deuteronomy 33 — proclamation 9:00  —  Deuteronomy 33:26–27 — read in full 10:00  —  Three pictures — Above, Around, Beneath 11:30  —  Ezer — the word hidden in plain sight 13:00  —  Spurgeon — the everlasting arms 14:30  —  Ortlund — the posture most natural to Him 16:00  —  But here's what I most want you to hear — re-hook 16:30  —  Tozer — yield and trust 17:30  —  Revelation 3:20 — what God's warrior actually looks like 20:00  —  What a Godly man looks like in real life 21:30  —  The night the door opened — testimony 23:00  —  Who you are — identity declaration 24:30  —  The work — coaching CTA 25:00  —  Next week: Seen — who you are to Him   faith after divorce Christian women healing God's protection and covering Deuteronomy 33 everlasting arms ezer Hebrew meaning Godly man what to look for surrender and trust God divorced Christian women podcast identity after divorce Spurgeon everlasting arms Tozer yield and trust Revelation 3:20 He stands at the door Beyond Believing podcast Katie Anne Greene coach greatest love story God Hashtags #BeyondBelieving #ChristianDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #GodlyWoman #Deuteronomy33 #EverlastingArms #Ezer #HebrewWordStudy #GodWarrior #SurrenderToGod #TozerDevotional #ChristianHealing #DivorceRecovery #IdentityInChrist #GreatestLoveStory #ChristianPodcast #WomenOfFaith #BiblicalCounseling #CoachKatieAnne  

Learn to hear God’s voice over every other voice that has tried to define you. Get your Free 7-Day Devotional to help you: roots.coachkatieanne.com   She came to the well at noon because she had learned to avoid the eyes of her community. She had been left five times. She was surviving, not living. And God arranged to be there, waiting, when she arrived.   This episode is about what Jesus actually said to the woman at the well — and why it belongs to you. Most people have heard the story of the woman at the well. Very few have been shown what is actually happening in it.   In this episode of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written series, we go deep into one of the most theologically significant scenes in the New Testament — and I want to show you why conservative biblical scholars identify this passage not just as a moment of healing or evangelism, but as a betrothal. A covenant offer. Extended by the Bridegroom himself. To a woman the world had already written off.   We trace the full arc: John 1: Before anything else, John establishes who Jesus is — not a teacher, not a prophet. God himself, in the flesh. John 2: The first scene of Jesus’s ministry is a wedding. This is not incidental. The Bridegroom has arrived. John 3:29: John the Baptist names Jesus explicitly as the Bridegroom — one chapter before the well. Hagar in Genesis 16 & 21: The first person in Scripture to name God was a slave woman in the wilderness, met by God at a spring of water. Twice. The pattern begins here. John 4: Jacob’s Well at Sychar. Divine necessity (dei) brings Jesus there at noon. She has had five husbands — five men who left. The man she is with now is the sixth. Jesus is the seventh. In Hebrew numerology, seven is the number of divine completion. He is not her next disappointment. He is the completion she has been counting toward. Isaiah 54:5 & 62:5: Your Maker is your husband. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you. Ortlund on the wedding: “Not a remote eschatological event — a vividly personal experience beckoning those who have been invited.” She left her jar at the well. She walked back into the community she had been hiding from and told them everything. She became the first evangelist of the New Testament — sent not to strangers, but to the people who knew her history better than anyone. That is what happens when the Bridegroom meets you at your well. The invitation is the same for you. Today. Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots, a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing.  SCRIPTURE REFERENCES John 1:1, 1:14 John 2:1–11 John 3:29 Genesis 16:7–14 (Hagar / El Roi / Beer Lahai Roi) Genesis 21:14–19 John 4:1–42 Isaiah 54:5 Isaiah 62:5 Exodus 3:14 (I AM WHO I AM) THEOLOGICAL SOURCES D.A. Carson, The Gospel According to John, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Eerdmans, 1991) Raymond C. Ortlund Jr., God’s Unfaithful Wife: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery (IVP, 2003) Caryn Reeder, The Samaritan Woman’s Story: Reconsidering John 4 after #ChurchToo (IVP Academic, 2022) Sandra Schneiders, Written That You May Believe (Crossroad, 1999) Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (Basic Books, 1981)   divorced Christian women, God loves divorced women, woman at the well meaning, John 4 Samaritan woman, God is my husband scripture, Isaiah 54 5, biblical identity after divorce, faith after divorce, Christian healing after divorce, Hagar in the Bible, beer lahai roi, greatest love story Bible, Beyond Believing podcast, Katie Anne   #BeyondBelieving #GreatestLoveStory #WomanAtTheWell #ChristianDivorce #GodIsMyHusband #Isaiah54 #John4 #FaithAfterDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #BiblicalIdentity #ChristianPodcast #HealingAfterDivorce #SeenByGod #Hagar #ElRoi

The love you have been waiting for isn’t missing — it has been written over you on every page of your Bible. In the series launch of The Greatest Love Story Ever Written, Katie Anne reads a letter written specifically for you, then takes you back to the coffee shop moment that cracked the entire Bible open and changed everything for her. Featuring Psalm 141:10, Psalm 23:5, Romans 8:38–39, John 10:28–29, and Isaiah 61:1–3. Ready to go deeper? 🌱 Start here — free: Download Roots, a devotional guide for the woman being rebuilt.  🤍 Join the community: The Selah Community inside Storehouse Wellness — your place to be seen, known, and not alone. Your first 7-days are completely free.  📞 Private coaching: If you're ready to do the deep work one-on-one, apply for Selah Healing.    IF THIS EPISODE FOUND YOU AT THE RIGHT TIME: The Roots Devotional is a free guide that helps you identify where you’ve been building your identity, worth, and belief — and begin rooting them in God instead. It’s the natural next step from what you heard today. Download it at coachkatieanne.com/roots   ABOUT BEYOND BELIEVING: Beyond Believing is a podcast for divorced Christian women who are done surviving and ready to rebuild. Hosted by Certified Life Coach and faith-based coach Katie Anne Greene, each episode combines biblical depth, personal confession, and practical coaching to help you discover who God says you are — and begin living like it.   SUBSCRIBE + LEAVE A REVIEW: If this episode spoke to you, the most meaningful thing you can do is share it with one woman who needs to hear it. And if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, a review helps more women find this show. divorced Christian women, Christian podcast for women, faith after divorce, healing after divorce, God’s love after divorce, Christian life coach, divorce recovery, biblical identity, Romans 8 38 39, Isaiah 61, greatest love story, beyond believing podcast, Katie Anne Greene, Christian women podcast, loneliness after divorce, God sees me, love letter from God, divorced mom faith, rebuilding after divorce, Christian coaching #BeyondBelieving #GreatestLoveStory #DivorceRecovery #ChristianWomen #FaithAfterDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #HealingAfterDivorce #GodsLove #BiblicalIdentity #ChristianPodcast #FaithBasedCoaching #KatieAnneGreene #IslandOf61 #Romans8 #Isaiah61 #ChristianMom #DivorcedMom #GodSeesYou #LoveLetter #RootsDevotional  

Ready to stop repeating the pattern? I built something for you. It's called Roots, and it's free. It's a devotional for the woman who doesn't quite know who to trust right now — and is ready to find out how God is hers to lean on. Download it HERE.   After my divorce, I made a decision. I was going to choose differently. I was going to see the red flags, name the patterns, and walk away. And for a while — I did. And then I didn't. Same dynamic. Different man. In this episode I walk through why the pattern keeps repeating — and it has nothing to do with your taste in men or your failure to try hard enough. It has everything to do with what you believe you are allowed to receive. I share a conversation with one of my closest friends that led to a realization I was not expecting: I am not worried at all about how or when I will meet the right person. Not because I gave up. Because I finally understood something I had never known before — God does not need my help making that happen. He needs my willingness. And that is a completely different posture.   Scripture Anchor: 2 Corinthians 6:14 Grab Your Free Devotional to help you break the cycle and build something that can never be shaken.  If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. Chapter Markers 0:00 — After my divorce I made a decision. And then I didn't. 0:38 — Welcome 1:15 — The Chaser and the Cutoff: two roads to the same place 2:30 — I changed the checklist. I did not change the foundation. 4:30 — 2 Corinthians 6:14 — not a dating rule. A diagnostic truth. 6:00 — The gap between who God says you are and who you believe you are allowed to be 8:30 — The friend conversation: 'I'm not worried about it at all' 10:00 — God does not need my interference. He needs my willingness. 11:30 — What preparation actually looks like 13:00 — Identity declaration: you are a woman being prepared 14:30 — Apply for coaching why do I keep attracting the same man | toxic relationship patterns after divorce | breaking relationship patterns Christian | 2 Corinthians 6:14 unequally yoked | divorced Christian women dating | how to prepare for love after divorce | God's timing relationships | Christian dating after divorce | pattern breaking faith | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | coach Katie Anne | post divorce healing | faith after divorce | healthy relationship after divorce | attracting wrong men #StopRepeatingThePattern #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #DatingAfterDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #2Corinthians6 #UnequallyYoked #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #RelationshipPatterns #CoachKatieAnne #GodsControl

Ready to break the cycle — for you and for them? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call I spent years believing I was protecting my children by staying in my marriage. I knew what divorce had cost me as a child, so staying felt like love. What I didn't understand is that a high-conflict intact home creates the same wounds in children as a high-conflict divorce. The structure doesn't protect them. What lives inside the people running it does. In this episode, I share the moment my daughter said seven words that collapsed everything I believed about why I had stayed. And I walk through what God showed me in Deuteronomy and Hebrews about what we actually pass to our children — and what it takes to break the cycle. This is not an episode about whether you should have left. It is about what you do now. This is not to promote or encourage divorce, but to remind those who have already walked through it that their circumstance is not the only factor to determine the emotional well-being of their children.    God can redeem anything, and if you are struggling to heal post divorce, or concerned about the impact it is having on your children, this episode is for you   Scripture Anchor: Deuteronomy 6:5-7 · Hebrews 12:10-11 Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. Chapter Markers 0:00 — You can be the most intentional mother and still pass the wound forward 0:38 — Welcome 1:15 — Growing up in a home full of love and unhealed pain 3:00 — What the research shows about high-conflict intact homes 4:30 — The pictures of my babies — and what I saw in their faces 6:00 — Seven words my daughter said that changed everything 7:30 — What 1 Peter 3 says and what it cannot account for 9:00 — Deuteronomy 6: you impress what lives inside you 11:00 — Hebrews 12: God is training you, not just through you 12:30 — What breaking the cycle actually looks like 14:00 — Identity declaration: the woman they will thank 15:00 — Apply for coaching how divorce affects children | children and divorce Christian | breaking generational cycles | high conflict home effects on children | divorced Christian women healing | Deuteronomy 6 parenting | Hebrews 12 God disciplines | what children absorb from parents | generational trauma Christian | cycle breaking divorce | single mom healing children | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | coach Katie Anne | post divorce healing | faith after divorce | divorce and children faith #DivorceAndChildren #BreakingTheCycle #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #GenerationalHealing #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #Deuteronomy6 #SingleMom #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #ChildrenAndDivorce #CoachKatieAnne

Ready to stop chasing false love? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call After my divorce, I kept reaching for love. In relationships. In achievement. In how hard I worked and how much I gave. What God showed me is that what I was reaching for was not love — it was a version of love that looked and felt like the real thing but could never actually do what love is supposed to do. In this episode I walk through what love actually is, where it actually comes from, and why the source changes every single thing downstream. Not as theology. As the lived experience of a divorced woman who finally stopped looking in the wrong places. This episode is for every woman who has loved hard, given everything, and still woken up feeling empty. Scripture Anchor: Ephesians 5 · 1 John 4 · John 16:32 Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work.   Chapter Markers 0:00 — Loneliness is not a lack of love in your life 0:38 — Welcome 1:15 — The coffee shop. The matcha. The couple on a first date. 3:00 — The Chaser · The Cutoff · I have been both of those women 5:00 — What was different about this particular Friday evening 6:30 — Ephesians 5 — the model, then the counterfeit 8:30 — Do not be deceived by empty words 9:30 — 1 John 4 — God is love · No fear in love 11:30 — The unspoken rulebook — asking people to deliver what only God can give 12:30 — John 16:32 — I am not alone, for the Father is with me 14:00 — 1 John 4:19 — We love because He first loved us 15:00 — Stop chasing the counterfeit · Apply for coaching   how to be loved after divorce | false love after divorce | Christian podcast divorced women | faith after divorce | 1 John 4 love | Ephesians 5 | what is real love Christian | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | loneliness and love after divorce | divorced Christian women | post divorce healing Christian | coach Katie Anne | John 16:32 | receiving love from God after divorce | chasing counterfeit love | where does love come from Christian | healing after divorce | God's love divorced woman | Romans 8:35-39 #DivorceHealing #HowToBeLoved #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #ChasingFalseLove #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #1John4 #Ephesians5 #GodsLove #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #CoachKatieAnne

Ready to stop building on an identity that can't hold? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call   You can do everything right after your divorce — make better choices, grow in your faith, work on yourself, become genuinely different from who you were — and still find that the foundation underneath you is the same unstable ground it has always been.   That is not a healing problem. That is a root problem.   In this episode, I'm sharing a speech I gave to a room full of high-achieving women — and knew immediately that I had to bring it here. Because the woman I was speaking to in that room was you.   We go through three roots — identity, worth, and belief — and what it looks like when each one is planted in the wrong ground. Not in theory. In the specific, felt experience of a woman who is capable, driven, and still somehow feels like she is chasing a version of herself she cannot quite catch.   If you are tired of rebuilding and still not arriving — this is the episode that names why. And what changes when you finally plant yourself in the right ground.   Scripture anchor : Matthew 13 · Matthew 16:15 · Romans 8:31 · Psalm 139 Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call   If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. Chapter Markers 0:00 — The problem was never what you were building 0:38 — Welcome 1:15 — The speech: a room full of high-achieving women who are still chasing themselves 3:00 — Who do you actually believe you are? 4:30 — Personal story: growing up shaped by divorce · the identity she inherited 7:00 — Matthew 16:15 — identity must be spoken, declared, settled 8:30 — Matthew 13 — the Parable of the Sower · the ground determines everything 10:00 — Root One: Identity — shakeable vs. unshakeable 11:30 — Root Two: Worth — a wound driving a calendar 13:00 — Root Three: Belief — don't look at your prayers, look at your behavior 14:30 — Romans 8:31 · Psalm 139 — He spoke first 15:30 — That version of yourself was never ahead of you · Apply for coaching   identity after divorce | living a lie after divorce | Christian podcast divorced women | wrong foundation after divorce | Matthew 13 parable of the sower | identity worth belief roots | healing after divorce | divorced Christian women | faith after divorce | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | who am I after divorce | identity in Christ divorced woman | post divorce healing Christian | false identity Christian | coach Katie Anne | Romans 8:31 | Psalm 139 identity | Matthew 16:15 | building your life on faith   #DivorceHealing #IdentityAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #LivingALie #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #Matthew13 #IdentityInChrist #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #CoachKatieAnne #Romans831

Ready to put it down? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call After my divorce I held everything together. And for a long time I thought that was God working through me. What He showed me is that some of it was — and some of it was me quietly refusing to need Him. I was self-sufficient in my own sufficiency. Not His. In this episode I walk through the Amplified Classic translation of Philippians 4:13 that Derek Prince taught from, why most of us have been quoting this verse wrong, and what it looks like to finally stop generating a strength that was never meant to come from you. If you are a divorced Christian woman who is tired of holding it all together alone — this episode gives you permission to exhale. Scripture: Philippians 4:13 AMPC  ·  Proverbs 14:1  ·  Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — Some of my strength was His. Some of it was me refusing to need Him. 0:38 — Welcome 1:15 — What the strength that looks like faith actually looks like 3:00 — The woman who is exhausted and the woman who is collapsing — same pattern 4:30 — Proverbs 14:1: her own hands 5:30 — The verse she has been quoting wrong 7:00 — Philippians 4:13 AMPC — Derek Prince translation 9:30 — Self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency, not my own 10:00 — What it looks like to put it down 13:30 — You are not weak because you are tired 15:00 — Apply for coaching   KEYWORDS exhausted after divorce | strength after divorce Christian | Philippians 4:13 | Derek Prince Philippians | self-sufficient in Christ | divorced Christian women healing | Christian podcast women | putting it down faith | Proverbs 14:1 | performance and faith | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | identity after divorce | tired single mom faith | God’s strength not mine | post divorce healing Christian | letting God carry it | coach Katie Anne HASHTAGS #DivorceHealing #ChristianStrength #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #Philippians413 #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #DerekPrince #SelfSufficientInChrist #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #TiredButFaithful #CoachKatieAnne

Ready to take your power back? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call   After my divorce, I thought I was trusting God. What I didn’t see is that I was also handing my power to my ex every single day — delaying decisions, waiting on his cooperation, organizing my life around his next move. I didn’t choose that consciously. It was just running in the background.   In this episode I walk through the seven-word question God asked me that shut the autopilot off. And why 1 John 4:4 is not a motivational poster — it is a Tuesday-afternoon instruction for every decision you are making right now.   If you are a divorced Christian woman who is exhausted by a life still organized around someone who already left it — this episode is for you.   Scripture Anchor: 1 John 4:4  ·  Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work.   CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — The autopilot I didn’t know was running 0:38 — Welcome 1:15 — What giving power away looks like for the Chaser 2:30 — What it looks like for the Cutoff 3:30 — The woman in eight years of litigation 6:00 — What she could not see — and what I recognized 6:30 — The seven-word question 9:00 — 1 John 4:4 — not motivation, instruction 11:30 — What taking your power back actually looks like 13:30 — You are not powerless 15:00 — Apply for coaching   giving power away after divorce | waiting on your ex | co-parenting power dynamics | divorced Christian women healing | 1 John 4:4 | power and control after divorce | God gives strength after divorce | Christian podcast divorced women | taking your life back after divorce | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | decision making after divorce | healing after divorce Christian | co-parenting difficult ex | identity after divorce | stop waiting on your ex | post divorce healing Christian | coach Katie Anne #DivorceHealing #TakingYourPowerBack #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #CoParenting #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #1John4 #GodIsGreater #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #StopWaiting #CoachKatieAnne

Ready to stop asking where he is? Or pretending you don’t “need” him? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call After my divorce, I was convinced I was ready for a godly relationship. I had done the work. The case for my own readiness was strong. What I did not see is that I was building a case — not asking a question. And underneath all of that real, sincere preparation was a question I had never stopped to ask: God, is this the season You are calling me into? Or is this the season I have decided it is? In this episode I walk through the story of Ruth with the cultural context most of us never learned — not to show you how to find your Boaz, but to show you what Ruth built before he ever looked up. If you are a divorced Christian woman who is tired of watching the horizon — this episode is for you. Scripture: Ruth 1–4  ·  Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — You might not be ready for the relationship you are praying for 0:38 — Welcome 1:20 — What I called ready 3:00 — I was building a case 4:30 — The woman who stopped wanting Boaz 6:00 — Surrendering vs. suppressing 6:30 — Ruth: who she was before the field 8:00 — What gleaning actually was 9:30 — Boaz arrived — and she didn’t know he existed 11:00 — Posture 1: full presence in the field she was in 12:00 — Posture 2: eyes on her assignment, not who might notice 13:00 — Posture 3: character that speaks before she does 14:00 — God brought Ruth to Boaz — not because she found him 14:30 — She was found 15:00 — Apply for coaching   Boaz after divorce | waiting for Boaz | Ruth and Boaz | ready for love after divorce | am I ready for a relationship Christian | dating after divorce Christian | God's timing relationships | Ruth Bible story | readiness after divorce | divorced Christian women | Christian podcast women | healing after divorce | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | identity after divorce | becoming Ruth | love after divorce Christian | post divorce dating Christian | coach Katie Anne #RuthAndBoaz #WaitingForBoaz #DatingAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #GodsTiming #ReadinessNotWaiting #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #BecomingRuth #CoachKatieAnne

If you are exhausted by a pain that never seems to end — this episode is for you. Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call After my divorce, I kept arriving at the same pain. Different person. Different hope. Same destination. I used to tell myself loneliness was the hardest part. What God showed me is that nothing is more painful than giving yourself to someone who cannot recognize your worth. And more than that — I was the common denominator. That is the best news I ever received about my own life. In this episode I walk through two women: the one who keeps reaching for relationships, and the one who has shut that door and turned toward her children instead. Both are running the same pattern. And both are asking people to carry what only God can hold. Scripture: Psalm 143:6  ·  1 Corinthians 3:1-2  · Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — Same pain, different people 0:38 — Welcome 1:20 — The pattern: what it looks like for the chaser 3:00 — The cutoff: what she is asking her children to carry 5:30 — The best news I ever received 6:30 — Psalm 143:6 — the parched land 8:00 — Augustine: our heart is restless 9:30 — 1 Corinthians: milk vs. meat 11:30 — Knowing vs. experiencing His presence 12:00 — Three questions to carry out today 13:30 — C.S. Lewis: the cottage and the palace 14:30 — You are not broken 16:00 — Apply for coaching   loneliness after divorce | loneliness after divorce Christian | God meets me in loneliness | healing after divorce | Christian podcast divorced women | Psalm 143 | Augustine restless heart | C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity | divorce recovery Christian | single mom faith | identity after divorce | beyond believing podcast | Christian life coach | peace after divorce | filling the quiet | God's presence after divorce | post divorce healing Christian | coach Katie Anne #DivorceHealing #LonelinessAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #GodsPresence #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #Psalm143 #AugustineQuote #CSLewis #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #CoachKatieAnne

Ready to tell a different story? Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call After my divorce, I told my story the same way every time. What I lost. What was taken. What it cost me. I thought that was honesty. What God showed me is that a story centered on what was done to you has no room for what He has done through it. In this episode I walk through the Christus Victor theology, the etymology of the word victim, and Proverbs 23:7 to show you why the way you tell your story is producing who you are becoming — and how to tell the whole truth. God doesn't need you to be the heroine. He needs you to be the witness. Scripture: Proverbs 23:7  ·  Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work. Chapter Markers  0:00  —  I was leaving God out of my story 0:38  —  Welcome 1:15  —  The story I kept telling 3:00  —  Who is at the center? 5:30  —  The word victim — what it actually means 7:30  —  Christus Victor — He went as victor, not victim 9:00  —  Proverbs 23:7 — as she thinks, so she becomes 10:30  —  The whole truth 12:00  —  Three questions to carry 13:30  —  Oswald Chambers — who is the Source? 14:30  —  Not the heroine — the witness 15:00  —  Apply for coaching   victim mentality after divorce  |  telling your story after divorce  |  Christus Victor  |  Christian podcast divorced women  |  healing your narrative  |  Proverbs 23:7  |  identity after divorce  |  beyond believing podcast  |  Christian life coach  |  divorce recovery faith  |  God in your story  |  post divorce identity  |  Oswald Chambers  |  divorced Christian women healing  |  coach Katie Anne   #DivorceHealing #VictimMentality #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #ChristusVictor #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #IdentityInChrist #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #Proverbs23 #OswaldChambers #CoachKatieAnne

If you're ready to embrace the identity God spoke over you, Apply for coaching → coachkatieanne.com/call I thought the conflict in my life was coming from my ex. My church. The people who judged my divorce. I was wrong. In this episode I walk through what Jesus was actually teaching in Matthew 7 — the beam and the speck — and show you why it is not just a humility lesson. It is a mechanism. And once you see it, you cannot unsee it in your own daily life. If you are exhausted by a conflict that never seems to end — this episode is for you. Scripture: Matthew 7:3-5 · Proverbs 23:7  ·  Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com/call If this helped you, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more women find this work.   0:00  —  I thought my ex was the problem 0:38  —  Welcome 1:15  —  The list I kept making 3:00  —  You have a list too 5:30  —  What Matthew 7 is actually teaching 7:30  —  The beam you cannot see 9:00  —  When you become what you are focused on 10:30  —  Your ex isn't the problem 12:00  —  What I learned fighting for my marriage 13:30  —  Mirror vs. window — John Piper 15:00  —  Apply for coaching   conflict after divorce  |  co-parenting conflict Christian  |  Matthew 7 beam speck  |  creating conflict without knowing  |  Christian podcast divorced women  |  healing after divorce  |  co-parenting with difficult ex  |  beyond believing podcast  |  Christian life coach  |  divorce recovery  |  thought patterns divorce  |  judgment after divorce  |  John Piper mirror window  |  post divorce healing Christian  |  coach Katie Anne #DivorceHealing #CoParenting #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #ConflictAfterDivorce #Matthew7 #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #ThoughtPatterns #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #CoachKatieAnne #JohnPiper

Ready to do this work? Apply for coaching  Most women after divorce are fighting hard for love. Or fighting hard to avoid it. They're just fighting the wrong battle. In this episode I walk through two biblical stories — the Benjaminites in Judges 20 and Sarai in Genesis 16 — that show two different versions of the same mistake. Then I share a relationship I believed was God's promise fulfilled, what I was asking throughout it, and what the ending finally taught me about the one question that changes everything. Whether you are the woman pursuing love or the woman who has closed that door — this episode is for you. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. If you found any value today, please take just 30 seconds to leave a quick review. It helps women find me.  Have a prayer request? Email me at: [email protected]   Chapter Markers  0:00  —  Sarai: faith, promise, 25 years — and still got it wrong 0:38  —  Welcome — this episode is for both of you 1:20  —  The Benjaminites: how vs if 3:30  —  40,000 men lost — and why 5:00  —  The question that changed everything on day three 6:00  —  Sarai and the word 'perhaps' 7:30  —  'Is anything too hard for the Lord?' 9:00  —  Your version of 'perhaps' 9:30  —  The part I need you to hear 10:00  —  The relationship I thought was my Boaz 12:00  —  What I was asking the whole time 13:30  —  The wound that stays fresh 14:30  —  The questions that changed everything 15:00  —  You are not broken 16:00  —  Apply for coaching dating after divorce Christian  |  love after divorce  |  Christian podcast divorced women  |  ready for love after divorce  |  Sarai Bible story  |  Judges 20 Benjaminites  |  waiting on God for love  |  wrong relationships after divorce  |  divorce recovery Christian  |  beyond believing podcast  |  Christian life coach  |  am I ready to date after divorce  |  perhaps Bible  |  God's timing relationships  |  post divorce dating Christian #DatingAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #LoveAfterDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #ReadyForLove #GodsTiming #SaraiAndHagar #WrongBattle #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #CoachKatieAnne

Ready to do this work? Apply for coaching  The loneliness after divorce is not the absence of the right people. It is the presence of God — and you don't recognize it yet because you have never been still enough to hear Him. In this episode I walk through the complete story of Elijah in 1 Kings 19 — from the juniper tree to the cave to the still small voice — and show you why every beat of that story was written for the season you are in right now. And I share the six words God said to me in my living room the night I finally stopped filling the quiet. God is not in the storm. He is in the whisper. And the whisper is carrying a map. If this episode resonated, subscribe and leave a review — it helps more women find this work. Share this with a woman who is exhausted by conflict she cannot seem to escape. Scripture: 1 Kings 19  ·  Apply for coaching: coachkatieanne.com Chapter Markers  0:38  —  Welcome 1:15  —  What I filled the quiet with 3:30  —  The loneliness is not what you think 5:30  —  Elijah: after his greatest victory 7:00  —  The angel came twice — the preparation 8:30  —  Forty days in the strength of that food 9:30  —  The cave — where you are right now 11:00  —  'What are you doing here?' 12:00  —  The storms — and why God wasn't in them 13:00  —  The six words 15:00  —  The map God has for you 15:30  —  You are at the cave entrance loneliness after divorce  |  Christian podcast divorced women  |  healing after divorce  |  Elijah Bible story  |  1 Kings 19  |  God in the loneliness  |  divorce recovery Christian  |  single mom faith  |  peace after divorce  |  beyond believing podcast  |  Christian life coach  |  identity after divorce  |  God meets you in the valley  |  still small voice  |  divorce healing faith #DivorceHealing #ChristianWomen #BeyondBelieving #LonelinessAfterDivorce #FaithAfterDivorce #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianPodcast #DivorceRecovery #GodMeetsYouHere #1Kings19 #SingleMomFaith #IdentityInChrist #PostDivorce #DivorcedChristianWomen #CoachKatieAnne

If you've spent years holding everything together, this episode is for you. Today I'm unpacking two lies the strong woman carries that feel like facts — and what happens when you finally see them for what they are. We go to Luke 10, where Martha brings her exhaustion to Jesus not to complain, but to ask Him to solve a problem she assigned herself. And I share what changed in my own life when I stopped managing and started receiving. Same facts. Different thought. Completely different life. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9 · Proverbs 31:26 · Luke 10:41–42 · Isaiah 40:31 Apply For Coaching → The 30-Day Identity Reset is where you start Subscribe for weekly episodes → Beyond Believing Leave a Review → Every review puts this in front of one more woman who is searching for exactly this. Share this with a woman you know needs to hear this as well.  divorced Christian women  |  healing after divorce  |  Christian podcast for women  |  surrender to God  |  strong women faith  |  single mom faith  |  Martha and Mary Bible  |  controlling everything  |  Christian life coaching  |  peace after divorce  |  anxiety and faith  |  women and control  |  2 Corinthians 12:9  |  Isaiah 40:31  |  beyond believing podcast

If you're ready to look inward instead of repeating patterns, This is what we work through inside the 30-Day Post Divorce Reset Remarriage won't heal what divorce broke. Not as a warning. As the most freeing thing I know how to say to you. You have a list. Maybe you haven't written it down. But it's there. When this settles. When he stops. When I find someone. When the kids are okay. When life looks like what it was supposed to look like. Then I'll have peace. In this episode I'm sharing something personal — a belief I carried into my own marriage that I had to see before I could unlearn it. Not because it was a bad belief. Because it was producing results I didn't want. And when I finally saw it, I couldn't unsee it. And I can't let you stay in that list without showing you what I found. I'm also showing you that the Bible has been teaching this principle — that our thoughts shape our feelings, which drive our actions, which produce our results — long before any coach or therapist gave it a name. Paul understood it. David understood it. Hannah lived it. We spend real time in Philippians 4:11 today. Paul uses a Greek word — autarkes, pronounced ow-TAHR-kace — that means contented, sufficient, not dependent on external conditions. And he says he LEARNED it. In prison. Which means it is a skill. Which means it is available to you right now, in this season, before a single thing on your list changes. And we close with Hannah. A woman who wept bitterly, poured everything out, surrendered the outcome — and in verse 18, before her prayer was answered, her face was no longer downcast. That is the invitation for you today. IF THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU: You are doing everything right and still waiting to feel okay. You believe the next season will finally give you peace — and part of you suspects that might not be true. You want the next relationship to be different but you're not sure how to make that happen. You want to stop waiting and start living. In this season. As this woman. SHARE THIS EPISODE Know a woman whose peace is on pause, waiting for life to look different? This is the episode to send her. The Hannah section alone is worth it. peace after divorce  •  healing after divorce  •  divorced Christian women  •  remarriage after divorce  •  Philippians 4:11  •  Hannah Bible  •  autarkes  •  thought life Bible  •  beyond believing podcast  •  Katie Anne coach  •  contentment after divorce

Ready to start peeling back what’s been covering who God created you to be? The 30-Day Identity Reset is where you start. I learned a seven-word prayer after my divorce that changed everything. The first thing God showed me had nothing to do with my ex — and everything to do with me. Ephesians 5:6 says let no one deceive you with empty words. No one. Not your ex. Not the culture. Not the voices around you. But here is what that verse means that most of us have never sat with: that “no one” includes you. Your own mind. The stories you have been telling yourself so long they stopped feeling like stories and started feeling like facts. In this episode I’m sharing the prayer that cracked all of that open for me. Seven words I first heard from Francis Chan — and what happened the first time I prayed them and actually meant them. The first thing God revealed was not about my ex. It was about love. What I believed love was. What I had been taught it required of me. How I had spent years trying to earn something God had already given me freely. That revelation became my “Lessons from the Father” series. It started as one layer coming off. I also share a framework in this episode that I use with every client: the difference between deception and God’s voice. Deception consumes — you spin, you spiral, you research, you rehearse, and you end up exactly where you started. God creates — His word produces something. Movement. Clarity. Fruit. The burning bush in Exodus 3 is the image: it burns without being consumed. That is what His presence does. And I share a moment — a conversation with my child — where the prayer produced something I did not expect: a story I had been holding about my ex, dismantled. Not because he was right. Because I had incomplete information. And the prayer made me willing to see that. The close includes three reflection questions I want you to sit with this week. The last one is the hardest. And the most important. Ready to do this work with real support? Apply for the 30-Day Identity Reset to begin your journey to peace, clarity and closure post divorce. THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You are circling the same thoughts about your ex and nothing is shifting. You think your discernment is clear — but you are not sure anymore. You have been consumed by the story of what happened and you are exhausted by it. You want to hear God’s voice more clearly but you cannot separate it from everything else. You are willing to ask the hard question: Am I willing to be wrong? SCRIPTURE REFERENCED Ephesians 5:6  ·  Exodus 3:2  ·  Matthew 7:3-5  ·  2 Corinthians 10:5 REFERENCED RESOURCE Neuroscientist podcast    RELATED EPISODES EP 75: How Do You Know What’s True? — The counterfeit framework that started this series EP 76: The Hidden Wisdom of God — How the Spirit reveals what the world cannot see EP 77: God Stopped Me From Saving My Kids — The co-parenting surrender episode   CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — The seven-word prayer 1:30 — The deceiver you haven’t considered 3:30 — Deception consumes. God creates. 5:30 — The prayer and the first layer 7:30 — What God showed me first 9:30 — The moment the story dismantled 12:30 — The prayer as daily posture 14:30 — He is restoring you, not exposing you   Apply For Coaching → The 30-Day Identity Reset is where you start Subscribe for weekly episodes → Beyond Believing Leave a Reviewt → Every review puts this in front of one more woman who is searching for exactly this. healing after divorce • Christian divorce recovery • divorced Christian women • prayer for healing • identity after divorce • deception and healing • beyond believing podcast • Katie Anne coach • Selah Healing • Francis Chan • discernment prayer

I was on a walk telling God what my kids needed. He stopped me mid-sentence and said five words that changed everything. For years after my divorce I was terrified I was going to give my children the same experience I had growing up. I watched my own parents spend forty years unable to be in the same room. I knew what that cost. I did not want to give that to my kids. So I held on in my marriage longer than I should have. And when I finally found myself on the other side of it — I gripped harder. I prayed harder. I managed harder. And God, on a walk, stopped me. “They are mine before they are yours.” Five words. And in an instant — humbled and at peace at the same time. In this episode I’m sharing three things: The rebuke that changed my job description as a parent. What it looked like to stay surrendered through years of waiting when the circumstances didn’t change. And the moment — in a hospital room — when God kept the word He gave me on that walk. There is also something about 2 Timothy 1:5 in the close that I have not shared anywhere before. Paul credits one of the greatest ministries in the New Testament to two women. No father mentioned. No intact family structure. Just a grandmother and a mother who were faithful. Your faithfulness is enough. Not your perfection. Not your control. Your faithfulness. If you are carrying the weight of your children’s spiritual outcomes, if you are the only one showing up consistently and you are exhausted by it — this episode is for you. Ready to put down what was never yours to carry? Book a free call to learn how Selah Healing works: coachkatieanne.com/call THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You feel like you are the only one fighting for your children spiritually. You are terrified of repeating the co-parenting patterns you watched growing up. You are trying to stay surrendered but the circumstances are not changing and the waiting is exhausting. You have been confusing stewardship with ownership — and the weight of it is crushing you. SCRIPTURE REFERENCED Psalm 139:13-16  ·  Deuteronomy 6:6-7  ·  Lamentations 3:22-23  ·  Isaiah 49:15-16  ·  Psalm 46:10  ·  Joshua 24:15  ·  2 Timothy 1:5 CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — God stopped me mid-sentence 1:30 — The rebuke that changed my job description 5:00 — What the waiting actually looked like 9:30 — The moment He proved it was true 12:30 — What your actual job is 14:30 — You are not failing them SHARE THIS EPISODE Know a single mom who is holding on too tight? Who is doing everything right and still terrified she is not enough for her kids? Send her this. The 2 Timothy close alone might change how she sees her role entirely. LEAVE A REVIEW If Beyond Believing has been part of your healing, a review on Apple Podcasts is the single best way to help another woman find it. She is out there searching right now. Sixty seconds of your time could be the thing that helps her find this. TAGS / KEYWORDS co-parenting after divorce • Christian single mom • divorced Christian women • healing after divorce • surrendering your children to God • co-parenting peace • single mom faith • beyond believing podcast • Katie Anne coach • Selah Healing

1 Corinthians 2 says there is a wisdom God decreed for your glory before time began. It has never been on the shelf at your therapist’s office. Today I’m showing you how you receive it. Head to HERE  to create peace, clarity, and closure in just 30 days post divorce. What if the reason you keep circling the same pain — choosing the same kinds of people, staying in the same kinds of situations, asking the same questions you cannot seem to answer — isn’t a willpower problem? What if it’s not even a healing problem? What if the real issue is that you have been trying to navigate your life with information the world gave you — when God has a wisdom available to you that the world literally cannot access? Last week we laid the foundation of truth: God is the original source of all truth, and you study Him — not the counterfeits. Today we go deeper into how that truth actually gets from God to you. Here’s what we’re covering this week: What Paul means by “the secret and hidden wisdom of God” — and why it was decreed for your glory before time began. How the Spirit searches everything — even the depths of God — and what that means for your discernment right now. And what it actually looks like to receive that wisdom. The posture. The practice. And Job’s promise from the ash heap that holds it all together. I also share what this looks like for two very different women — the one who keeps chasing and the one who has completely shut down. And a story about a client, a box from her wedding, and what God showed her when she finally sat still long enough to receive it. This wisdom is not contingent on your marital status. It is not forfeited because of your past. It was decreed for you before any of this happened. And it is available to you right now. Done circling the same pain? Ready to access the wisdom God already decreed for your story? Find all the details to learn how here.  SCRIPTURE REFERENCED 1 Corinthians 2:2, 2:7, 2:10  ·  Proverbs 2:1-5  ·  Ezekiel 36:26  ·  2 Corinthians 4:18  ·  Psalm 86:11  ·  Matthew 13 (wheat and tares)  ·  Job 19:25 CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — What if it’s an information problem? 1:30 — Hidden wisdom decreed before time began 5:30 — The Spirit searches everything 9:30 — What this looks like for you right now 13:00 — Job’s promise from the ash heap 16:00 — The posture, the practice, the promise IF THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU You have done the work — the therapy, the journaling, the church — and something is still not shifting. You keep choosing the same kinds of people and you cannot figure out why. You want to hear God’s voice more clearly but you are not sure how to tell it from everything else. You have been trying to figure your life out with your own understanding and you are exhausted by it. 🎧 LISTEN NEXT: Part 1: How Do You Know What's True? — Start here if you haven't already E65: Guard Your Access — Why participation gives spiritual access E64: Make Yourself at Home — Why abiding with God feels lonely E66: Fed by His Will — Why this season is preparation, not punishment SHARE THIS EPISODE Know a woman who is tired of circling the same pain and ready for something to actually shift? Send her this one. The hidden wisdom passage in 1 Corinthians 2 hits differently when someone walks you through it. 💙 HELP THIS REACH MORE WOMEN: Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts — 30 seconds, and it helps other women find this message. She is looking.  Share this episode with a woman who is searching for the real Him Email me [email protected] — tell me what the Spirit revealed to you Keywords: hidden wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 2, Holy Spirit discernment, divorced Christian women, post-divorce healing, spiritual discernment, beyond believing podcast, Katie Anne coach, Job 19 25, Psalm 86, healing after divorce, undivided heart, God changes hearts, identity in Christ

You’ve been told to trust God’s word your whole life. But if your marriage was built on something false — you already know that trusting the wrong thing is exactly how you got here. Ready to stop rebuilding your life on what someone else told you was true and start building it on Him? Join me for 30 Days to peace. Clarity and Closure post divorce here.  How do you actually know what’s true? Not theoretically. Not theologically. After your marriage, after your faith was shaken, after the people and systems you trusted turned out to be something different than what they claimed — how do you know the real thing from the counterfeit? That is not a small question. That is the question your healing depends on. In this episode I’m sharing the framework that changed everything for me. It comes from the U.S. Treasury — and once you hear it, you will never approach your Bible, your relationships, or your self-understanding the same way again. Here’s what we’re getting into: Why your beliefs — not your behavior — are the root of every pattern you can’t seem to break. Why studying counterfeits will never protect you from deception — and what actually does. And why Proverbs and Psalms keep pointing to the same posture: not certainty, not strength, but humility before the original. I also share something personal in this one — about the faith tradition I was raised in, my grandmother, and what it looked like to genuinely seek God and have His Word begin to illuminate things I hadn’t seen before. Not a crisis. A clarification. And the weight of carrying that alongside grief. This is Part 1 of 2. Everything in next week’s episode builds on what we lay down today. If your faith has been shaken and you are ready to rebuild it on something real — this is where that starts. Ready to stop rebuilding your life on what someone else told you was true and start building it on Him? Join me for 30 Days to peace. Clarity and Closure post divorce here.  SCRIPTURE REFERENCED Romans 12:2  ·  Luke 6:45  ·  2 Timothy 3:7, 3:14, 4:3-4  ·  Matthew 7:15-16  ·  1 John 4:1  ·  1 Timothy 6:3-5  ·  Galatians 1:8-9  ·  2 Corinthians 11:14  ·  Revelation 19:10  ·  Proverbs 1:7  ·  Psalm 25:4-5  ·  Proverbs 3:5-7  ·  Proverbs 22:21 CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 — How do you actually know what’s true? 1:30 — Belief is the root, not behavior 5:30 — Stop studying the counterfeit 10:00 — Recognizing a counterfeit gospel 14:00 — Personal testimony 17:00 — God is the source — full stop IF THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU You grew up in church but something about your faith feels shaky now. You trusted someone who turned out to be teaching something that wasn’t fully true. You want more of God — not more religion — and you are not sure how to tell the difference. You are tired of being told to “trust God’s word” without anyone showing you how to actually know what it says. SHARE THIS EPISODE Know a woman who is rebuilding her faith after her marriage fell apart? Send her this episode. The framework in this one has a way of cracking things open that needed to be cracked open. If Beyond Believing has meant something to you, a review on Apple Podcasts is the single best way to help other women who need this message find it. It takes less than sixty seconds and it matters more than you know.

The first single mom in Scripture wasn't an accident. She became the first person in the entire Bible to give God a personal name. And what God gave her changes everything you think you know about building a biblical home. 🎯 READY TO STEP INTO YOUR CALLING? The next 30 days is where it starts. All the details here. Limited spots in Selah Healing. Let's talk about stepping into confidence that you're exactly where God wants you. YOU'LL LEARN: • Why Hagar was God's "original design" (not Plan B) • How God's promises extend beyond traditional family structures • The difference between biblical surrender and cultural expectations • Why your circumstances create unique opportunities to depend on God • 3 action steps to stop apologizing and start embracing your calling THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You feel "less than" because your family doesn't look traditional | You've been told divorce disqualified you from building a biblical home | You're ready to stop carrying shame about your family structure | You want to step into God's calling for you as a single mom SCRIPTURES FEATURED: Genesis 16:13 • Genesis 16:10 • Genesis 21:18 • 2 Corinthians 1:4 • Isaiah 61:3 • Jeremiah 29:11 • 2 Corinthians 4:7 Like, Share and Leave a Review to help other women hear this message RELATED EPISODES: EP 71: The Angriest Prayer I Ever Prayed EP 72: I Thought He Was Everything I Was Missing. God Showed Me He Was My Mirror EP 73: Nothing Has Gone Wrong: Why Your Divorce Didn't Surprise God CONNECT: TikTok: @coachkatieanne  Email: [email protected] KEYWORDS FOR APPLE PODCASTS: Single mom Christian, biblical single mother, Hagar El Roi, God's plan for single moms, divorced Christian woman, biblical homes, single parent calling, God's sovereignty after divorce, raising godly children alone    

What if nothing has gone wrong? What if your divorce didn't surprise God? What if this was always part of His sovereign plan for you? This episode is about releasing the lie that you messed up God's plan and trusting His sovereignty over every detail of your story. READY TO SURRENDER CONTROL? It starts here. 30 Days. Just 10 seats open.  Let's talk about rebuilding your identity with God at the center. YOU'LL LEARN: • Why God was not surprised by your divorce • The difference between Plan B thinking and trusting God's sovereignty • How to stop asking "Why?" and start asking "What now?" • The Surrender vs. Control Test • Why Jeremiah 29:11 was written to people in exile • 3 practical steps to trust where you are right now THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're convinced your divorce derailed God's plan | You're stuck asking why this happened | You're ready to trust God's sovereignty | You want to stop fighting where you are and start trusting what He's doing now SCRIPTURE FEATURED: Psalm 139:16 • Isaiah 46:10 • Malachi 2:16 • Jeremiah 29:11 • Romans 8:28 • Genesis 50:20 • Proverbs 3:5-6 • Isaiah 43:18-19 RELATED EPISODES: EP 71: The Angriest Prayer I Ever Prayed EP 72: I Thought He Was Everything I Was Missing. God Showed Me He Was My Mirror EP 74: Why Broken Homes Can Build Biblical Foundations (Next Week) CONNECT: TikTok: @coachkatieanne Email: [email protected] 💬 LEAVE A COMMENT: What is God showing you about Himself right now that you couldn't have learned any other way? Share below—your insight might encourage another woman. 👇 🔔 DON'T MISS THE NEXT EPISODE: Subscribe and turn on notifications for Episode 74: "Why Broken Homes Can Build Biblical Foundations"—discovering that your family structure doesn't disqualify your calling. God's sovereignty after divorce, trusting God's plan, nothing has gone wrong, Jeremiah 29:11, divorced Christian women, God's will and divorce, surrendering to God, post-divorce faith, Christian divorce recovery, trusting God's timing

I Thought He Was Everything I Was Missing. God Showed Me He Was My Mirror. I was newly separated when I met him. He called himself "godly." He invited me to read the Bible. He seemed like everything my 17-year marriage had lacked. I didn't know I was being groomed by a narcissist. This is my story of falling for counterfeit love—and what God taught me through the mirror of that toxic relationship. YOU'LL LEARN: • The 5 narcissistic red flags I missed (and how to recognize them) • How manipulators use spiritual language to control • Why childhood wounds make you vulnerable to toxic love • The difference between God's love and counterfeit love • John Piper's powerful mirror-to-window insight • 3 action steps to heal so you don't repeat this pattern THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You've fallen for a man who seemed godly but turned out to be toxic | You're post-divorce and confused about healthy love | You keep attracting emotionally unavailable men | You're ready to heal the wounds keeping you stuck SCRIPTURE FEATURED: 1 John 4:18 • Psalm 139:16 • 2 Timothy 1:7 • Genesis 2:18 • Ephesians 5:28-29 • 1 Peter 3:7 MENTIONED: Selah Healing (12-week coaching) → coachkatieanne.com/call RELATED EPISODES: EP 71: The Angriest Prayer I Ever Prayed (And How God Responded) EP 73: Nothing Has Gone Wrong: Why Your Divorce Didn't Surprise God (Next Week) EP 74: Why Broken Homes Can Build Biblical Foundations (Coming Soon) CONNECT: TikTok: @coachkatieanne  Email: [email protected] ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: References to childhood abuse and toxic relationships. NEXT WEEK: Nothing has gone wrong. Your divorce didn't surprise God. We're diving into sovereignty, identity, and trusting you're exactly where you're supposed to be. Don't miss it. KEYWORDS FOR APPLE PODCASTS: Christian narcissist, narcissist red flags, toxic relationship recovery, post-divorce healing, Christian dating advice, spiritual abuse, emotional manipulation, love bombing, godly relationships, divorced Christian women, healing from narcissism, biblical love standards, counterfeit love, Christian coaching, faith-based healing 🎯 TAKE THE NEXT STEP: Ready to heal the wounds that keep attracting toxic love? Book your free call: coachkatieanne.com/call Limited spots available in Selah Healing. Let's talk. CONNECT: Instagram & TikTok: @coachkatieanne Website: coachkatieanne.com Email: [email protected] BINGE THE GODLY WOMANHOOD SERIES: EP 71: The Angriest Prayer I Ever Prayed (And How God Responded) EP 73: Nothing Has Gone Wrong: Why Your Divorce Didn't Surprise God (Next Week) EP 74: Why Broken Homes Can Build Biblical Foundations (Coming Soon) 🔔 DON'T MISS THE NEXT EPISODE: Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss Episode 73: "Nothing Has Gone Wrong: Why Your Divorce Didn't Surprise God"—discovering that you're exactly where God intended you to be, even when it feels like everything fell apart. Subscribe so you don't miss it. KEYWORDS FOR SEO: Christian narcissist, narcissist in church, spiritual abuse, toxic Christian relationships, divorced Christian woman, post-divorce healing, narcissistic love-bombing, godly man red flags, counterfeit love, biblical womanhood, single mom healing, Christian life coach, identity in Christ, God's love vs toxic love, healing childhood wounds, setting boundaries, discernment in dating, faith after divorce, Christian podcast for women

The Angriest Prayer I Ever Prayed (And How God Responded) I screamed at God in my car. Not a whisper—a full-throated scream. I had done everything 'right.' And when I thought He was finally giving me redemption, He let it fall apart. What happened next changed how I understand intimacy with Him forever. YOU'LL LEARN: • Why anger isn't the enemy of intimacy with God • The difference between fighting God (creates distance) and wrestling with God (creates intimacy) • What happens when God gently shows you your own heart in your fury • How to bring your whole heart to God—rage and all • Why God's correction feels like relief, not condemnation • The Jacob wrestling principle: "I will not let you go unless you bless me" THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: You're carrying fury you're afraid to admit | You've been performing spiritual disciplines while burying rage | You're afraid your anger disqualified you from God's presence | You're ready to stop pretending and start being honest with Him SCRIPTURES FEATURED: Psalm 139 • Psalm 13:1 • Psalm 22:1 • Genesis 32 (Jacob wrestling) • Hebrews 12:11 • Matthew 11:28-30 MENTIONED: Selah Healing (12-week coaching) → coachkatieanne.com/call RELATED EPISODES: EP 72: I Thought He Was Everything I Was Missing. God Showed Me He Was My Mirror EP 73: Nothing Has Gone Wrong: Why Your Divorce Didn't Surprise God EP 74: Single Mom? You're Not Plan B—You're God's Original Design CONNECT: TikTok: @coachkatieanne Email: [email protected] Angry at God, wrestling with God, honest prayer, anger after divorce, Christian anger, intimacy with God, post-divorce faith, bringing whole heart to God, fighting vs wrestling God, authentic Christianity

You can’t build a new life with an old identity. In this episode of Beyond Believing, Katie Anne explores why true transformation after divorce requires more than better habits or stronger boundaries — it requires becoming someone new. Grounded in Isaiah 43:19 and Jesus’ teaching on new wine and old wineskins, this conversation explains why letting go of familiar identity patterns can feel like grief, even when God is leading you forward. If you’ve felt tension between where you are and where you believe God is calling you, this episode will help you understand why. You’ll hear about: Why identity death precedes resurrection How false definitions of love and happiness keep women stuck What it means to agree with what God is building Why discomfort doesn’t mean failure 🔗 Learn more about Selah Healing: ▶️ Follow the podcast on YouTube 📱 Follow me on Social Media   TikTok LinkedIn Facebook If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, or share it with someone who needs this message.  Have a topic suggestion or a question you’d like me to answer on the show? Send it my way at: [email protected] If you'd like to collaborate or hire Katie Anne for an event, email her at: [email protected] #IdentityInChrist #ChristianGrowth #DivorceHealing #FaithBasedHealing #PersonalTransformation #ChristianWomen #NewBeginnings #BiblicalTruth #BeyondBelievingPodcast #postdivorce #divorcedchristianwomen #singlemomlife #divorcesupport #Christiandivorce

Why does grief resurface when you thought you were moving forward? In this episode of Beyond Believing, Katie Anne speaks directly to divorced Christian women who feel confused when healing feels tender again. Instead of signaling failure, unexpected grief often marks identity transformation — the shedding of an old self as God forms something new. Through biblical grounding in Matthew 13 and Isaiah 43:19, this episode reframes grief as stewardship rather than regression. You’ll gain clarity on why growth and pain sometimes coexist, how to remain aligned with God during emotional waves, and why healing is rarely linear. You’ll hear about: Why grief often accompanies becoming someone new The difference between emotional regression and refinement How to steward your heart when God is doing a new thing Why peace and tenderness can exist together 🔗 Learn more about Selah Healing: 🎧 You may also enjoy: • E67 – Why Peace Feels Wrong After Divorce • E35 – Lessons From the Father: Peace • E56 – Becoming a Godly Woman, Part 4: Discernment Like what you hear? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a 5-star review — it helps more women find this work. Have a topic suggestion or a question you’d like me to answer on the show? Send it my way. Email me at: [email protected] ▶️ Watch the podcast on YouTube: 📱 Follow me:   TikTok LinkedIn #ChristianGrief #DivorceHealing #FaithBasedHealing #IdentityInChrist #HealingAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #EmotionalStewardship #BiblicalTruth #BeyondBelievingPodcast

Why do boundaries feel uncomfortable — even when you know they’re necessary? In this episode of Beyond Believing, Katie Anne reframes boundaries as stewardship rather than rejection or punishment. Drawing from Scripture and the example of Jesus, she explains why boundaries protect love instead of harming it, and how discernment allows us to stay aligned with God rather than guilt, pressure, or fear. This episode is especially helpful for divorced Christian women who feel torn between being loving and protecting their peace. You’ll gain clarity on why over-explaining often signals insecurity, how love and truth work together, and why boundaries are essential for spiritual and emotional health. You’ll hear about: Why boundaries feel hard after survival How Jesus modeled discernment and restraint The difference between obedience and self-erasure Why truth spoken in love creates peace, not distance 🔗 Learn more about Selah Healing 🎧 You may also enjoy: • E35 – Lessons From the Father: Peace • E4 – What Boundaries Really Are • E43 – Boundaries for the Godly Woman • E56 – Becoming a Godly Woman, Part 4: Discernment • E58 – Applying Truth in Your Life & Heart If this episode encouraged you, please like, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who also needs this message.  #ChristianBoundaries #BiblicalStewardship #DivorceHealing #ChristianWomen #FaithBasedHealing #BoundariesWithPeace #IdentityInChrist #BeyondBelievingPodcast

Why does peace feel wrong after divorce? In this episode of Beyond Believing, Katie Anne addresses a confusing but common experience: when emotional calm doesn’t bring relief — it brings discomfort. Instead of signaling failure, this response often points to identity-level shifts happening beneath the surface. Drawing on biblical truth and gentle coaching insight, this conversation helps you understand why peace can feel unfamiliar after survival, how guilt shows up when old rules fall away, and why grief may accompany healing. You’ll hear about: Why calm can feel unsafe after emotional endurance How identity beliefs shape emotional patterns The difference between guilt and Spirit-led conviction Why awakening feels unsettling before it feels liberating 🔗 Learn more about Selah Healing Related episodes: • E:35 Lessons From the Father – Peace • E:4 What Boundaries Really Are • E:43 Boundaries for the Godly Woman • E:56 Becoming a Godly Woman, Part 4: Discernment • E:44 Getting What You Want Like what you hear? Please subscribe and leave a 5-star review — it truly helps support the show. Have a topic suggestion or a question you’d like me to answer? I’d love to hear from you! Email me at [email protected] You can also watch the podcast on YouTube and connect with me on social: ▶️ Watch on YouTube 🎵 Follow me on TikTok 💼 Follow me on LinkedIn   #ChristianPodcast #DivorceHealing #PeaceInChrist #BiblicalHealing #IdentityInChrist #SelahHealing #ChristianWomen

Many divorced Christian women believe this season of life is something to endure, escape, or outgrow — but Scripture tells a different story. In Part 3 of the Abiding in God’s Love series, Katie Anne explores why obedience, humility, and spiritual intimacy are the very tools God uses to prepare you for what’s next. Drawing from John 4, Romans 5, Proverbs 31, and Isaiah 54, this episode reframes singleness not as lack, but as provision — and invites you to receive God as your husband, provider, and sustainer now. This episode also completes the spiritual arc begun in the previous series, Preparing to Become the Bride of Christ, offering listeners a clear, grounded path from preparation into abiding and provision. 🎧 Tune in to more like this here: Preparing to Become the Bride of Christ (Parts 1–3) Abiding in God’s Love (Parts 1–3) ✨ Learn more about private coaching through Selah Healing here.  🙏 If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with someone you know can also be encouraged by it— your support helps other women find hope and healing.    God is your husband post divorce preparation Christian singleness purpose Isaiah 54:5 fed by God's will Romans 5 waiting on God Proverbs 31 unmarried Christian women healing after divorce alert expectancy faith abiding in God’s love series   #GodIsMyHusband #AbidingInGod #FaithAfterDivorce #ChristianWomen #PreparingNotPunished #BeyondBelievingPodcast #SelahHealing #GodlyWomanhood

In the post-divorce season, it's easy to think spiritual danger only comes from toxic people or bad relationships. But Scripture tells us something deeper: Every participation gives access. Scrolling his social media at midnight. Replaying old arguments in your head. Entertaining men who lack spiritual maturity. Refusing help because accepting it feels like weakness. These aren't just bad habits. They're unlocked doors the enemy walks right through. In this episode, I'm breaking down: ✅ Why participation = access to your spirit ✅ How The Chaser gives access through compromise, over-functioning, and desperation ✅ How The Cutoff gives access through pride, bitterness, and self-sufficiency ✅ What Ephesians 4 teaches about not giving the devil a foothold ✅ The difference between conviction (clarity from God) and confliction (confusion from the enemy) ✅ Practical examples for discerning what to engage with — and what to walk away from If you're exhausted from being triggered, spiraling every time he texts, or feeling emotionally exposed — OR if you've built walls so high that even God can't get through — this episode gives you a framework for wisdom that protects without hardening your heart. 🎧 LISTEN TO THESE NEXT: 📌 Episode 64: Make Yourself at Home — Why abiding with God feels lonely (and what that actually reveals) 📌 Episode 63: Preparing Your Heart as The Bride of Christ 💡 Pro tip: These three episodes build on each other — binge them for the full transformation! ✨ READY TO APPLY THIS WITH SUPPORT? I have limited spots in Selah Healing — my 12-week private coaching experience for divorced Christian women ready to rebuild their identity, guard their spirit, and walk in godly wisdom. 👉 Apply here: coachkatieanne.com/call 📖 SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Proverbs 4:23 | Ephesians 4:1-3, 27, 31 | Ephesians 5:1-2, 17 | Proverbs 14:1, 5 | James 1:5 | 1 Corinthians 14:33 💙 PLEASE HELP THIS MESSAGE REACH MORE WOMEN: ⭐ Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts — It takes 30 seconds and helps other divorced Christian women find hope and healing. Every review matters! 💬 DM me on Instagram [@coachkatieanne] and tell me: What's one thing you're going to stop participating in this week? 📲 Share this episode with a friend who needs to hear this message. 👉 Your engagement (reviews, shares, likes) is how more women discover this podcast. Thank you for being part of this movement. Keywords: spiritual boundaries, post-divorce healing, conviction vs confliction, participation equals access, Ephesians 4, Christian coaching, divorced women, biblical wisdom, spiritual warfare, guarding your heart

When invited to “be still with God,” to deepen their relationship with Him, divorced Christian women respond with the same response: "That feels lonely." In Part 1 of this new 3-part series on Abiding in God’s Love, Katie Anne explores why intimacy with God feels uncomfortable after divorce — and how Scripture reframes loneliness as invitation, not abandonment. Drawing from Jeremiah 29, John 15, and 1 John 4, this episode reveals how both over-seeking connection (The Chaser) and emotional shutdown (The Cutoff) stem from the same wound: fear around love and vulnerability. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why post-divorce stillness feels like exile What it means to “make yourself at home” in God’s love How perfect love drives out fear — not people Why exile with God produces more fullness than comfort without Him 🎧 Subscribe to hear the full series: Episode 65: Guard Your Access Episode 66: Fed by His Will Missed the previous series to prepare you for this invitation? Tune into the 3-part series: Becoming the Bride of Christ: Episode 61: Why The Bride Suffers WITH God Episode 62: How The Bride Prepares by Guarding Her Heart  Episode 63: Preparing Your Heart as The Bride of Christ   ✨ Learn more about private coaching through Selah Healing HERE 🙏 If this episode spoke to you, please like, comment, and subscribe. If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review is one of the best ways to support this work.  

Preparing Your Heart as the Bride of Christ You don’t become the Bride of Christ by accident — you prepare. In the final episode of the Becoming the Bride of Christ series, Katie Anne teaches what Biblical preparation actually looks like for a woman rebuilding her life after divorce. Drawing from Isaiah 61, this episode walks you through how the Bride washes off old identities, anoints her decisions with truth, and dresses herself in praise as she steps into the year of the Lord’s favor. This episode is an invitation to stop surviving and start living from identity, peace, and partnership with God. 👉 Join the Year of the Lord’s Favor waitlist HERE (Last week to join!) 👉 Apply for Selah Healing (12-week private coaching) HERE Related episodes: Ep. 61 — Why a Godly Woman Suffers With God — Not Alone Ep. 62 — How the Bride Prepares by Guarding Her Heart

How the Bride Prepares by Guarding Her Heart Most women know they should guard their hearts — but no one ever taught them how to do that without hardening themselves in the process. In Part 2 of the Becoming the Bride of Christ series, Katie Anne explains the difference between guarding your heart and closing it off, why both over-functioning and emotional shutdown come from the same wound, and how a godly woman prepares her heart with wisdom instead of fear. This episode will help you stop reacting from past pain and start living from identity, discernment, and spiritual maturity. 👉 Join the Year of the Lord’s Favor waitlist HERE  👉 Apply for Selah Healing (12-week private coaching) Why a Godly Woman Suffers With God — Not Alone Ep. 59 — Unseen Battles: The War in Her Mind Post-Divorce

Why a Godly Woman Suffers With God — Not Alone If you’re a divorced Christian woman who loves God but feels exhausted, overwhelmed, or confused about why healing still hurts, this episode is for you. In Part 1 of the Becoming the Bride of Christ series, Katie Anne unpacks Isaiah 61 in a way most women have never heard — not as a comforting quote, but as God’s process for healing. You’ll learn why suffering isn’t something you’re meant to carry alone, and how learning to suffer with God becomes the first step in restoration. This episode lays the foundation for deep, identity-rooted healing — not self-protection, not performance, but partnership with God. 👉 Join the Year of the Lord’s Favor waitlist HERE 👉 Apply for Selah Healing (12-week private coaching) HERE  Related episodes you may want to listen to next: Ep. 59 — Unseen Battles: The War in Her Mind Post-Divorce Ep. 57 — Wielding the Sword of the Spirit

How to Heal After Divorce Biblically: Ruth, Alignment, Godly Love & Guarding Your Heart Today you’ll learn why Ruth is the blueprint for the healed, God-aligned woman — and how YOU can stop living as “The Chaser” or “The Cutoff,” and finally step into the identity God created you to walk in. Most divorced Christian women haven’t struggled to trust men… They’ve struggled to believe in godly love — because they’ve never actually experienced it. In this episode, we break down: 🕊️ How to guard your heart biblically (Proverbs 4:23) 💔 Why fear-based protection keeps you from love (1 John 4:18) 🔥 How to discern worldly vs. godly love (1 John 4:4–6) 🌾 The three “Ruth Alignment Lessons” every woman needs 💡 How to stop chasing, stop shutting down, and start aligning 🌙 Why godly men are attracted to aligned, confident, soft femininity ✨ How God prepares you for love AFTER divorce This is for divorced Christian women ready to heal, rise, and rebuild their identity with Christ at the center. 👉 Ready to become the Ruth-aligned woman God created you to be? Apply for Selah Healing, my 12-week coaching program designed to help you build a life so redeemed post divorce, it can only have been the work of the Spirit! 📖 SCRIPTURES IN THIS EPISODE: Ruth 1–4 Proverbs 4:23 1 John 4:18 1 John 4:4–6 Psalm 139 Ephesians 5 Related Episodes:  Ep. 58: Godly Womanhood: Applying God’s Truth in Your Heart & Life Ep. 57: Wielding the Sword of the Spirit: How a Godly Woman Fights Her Battles Ep. 59: Unseen Battles: The War in Her Mind Post-Divorce Ep. 56: Godly Womanhood Part 4: Get Out of God’s Way CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast: Beyond Believing Email: [email protected] YouTube/TikTok: @coachkatieanne If you're local to Utah, finding yourself alone on Christmas, and wishing you had "Another Home for the Holidays", I would love to invite you to mine. Find all the details HERE.  Join the waitlist for The Year of God's Favor HERE.  Subscribe so you don't miss the next episode in our Godly Womanhood series!  Found value here today? Leave me a comment or, even better, a quick review so the platform knows! SHARE THIS EPISODE: Know a divorced Christian woman who needs to hear this? Share this episode with her. ### ABOUT THE GODLY WOMANHOOD SERIES: This series explores what it truly means to be a godly woman post-divorce—not the cultural version or religious performance, but the woman God created you to be: rooted in identity, walking in peace, and operating from His strength, not yours. ABOUT BEYOND BELIEVING: Beyond Believing is a faith-based podcast helping divorced Christian women transform their lives through Biblical truth and practical coaching. Host Katie Anne is a Certified Life Coach, woman of God, and single mother of five who specializes in helping high-achieving Christian women create a life so redeemed post divorce that it can only be the work of the Spirit in her.  Christian divorce recovery, godly womanhood, post-divorce healing, spiritual warfare, faith after divorce, Biblical womanhood, Christian women, identity in Christ, emotional healing, Christian coaching, divorced Christian women, single mom faith, faith-based healing, spiritual growth, Christian podcast, divorce recovery, healing from divorce, Christian mentorship, Biblical counseling, faith and healing --- *Disclaimer: This podcast provides faith-based coaching and is not a substitute for professional therapy, legal advice, or medical care. Always consult with appropriate professionals for your specific situation.* © Beyond Believing Podcast. All rights reserved.   Christian divorce healing Ruth and Boaz teaching Godly femininity Christian How to guard your heart biblically Christian dating after divorce Chaser vs cutoff attachment styles Godly womanhood series Christian life coach divorce Christian dating advice women How to find a godly man Christian Ruth Bible study women Christian identity healing after divorce Selah Healing program Biblical womanhood teaching

I declared 2025: “God’s Year.” And as I sit here in my morning devotional, reflecting on everything He’s done… I’m overwhelmed by how wrong I was about so many things — and how right He was about everything. This short episode is deeply personal. I’m sharing: how God revealed His goodness to me in the least expected places, why His correction became comfort instead of punishment, how He used closed doors to protect me, and the moment I realized 2026 is the Year of the Lord’s Favor over my life. And friend… I believe it’s YOUR year of favor too. Isaiah 61:2 says God has anointed us “to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” I am proclaiming it over my life — and I’m inviting you to step into it with me. The Year of the Lord’s Favor — 2026 Devotional Journey Get weekly Scripture, coaching tools, reflection prompts, and prayer as we walk through Isaiah together all year. FREE for the month of December. Join the waitlist: email me: here. Let's talk.    CONNECT WITH KATIE: 📱 TikTok: @coachkatieanne ✉️ Email: [email protected] --- SUBSCRIBE TO BEYOND BELIEVING: Don't miss the next episode in the Godly Womanhood series! - PRAYER REQUEST: 🙏 Please keep my podcast manager Maria and her husband Gunner in your prayers as they walk through his cancer diagnosis and treatment. Support Link --- If you're local to Utah and want to join our single mom community for the holidays, email me at [email protected]. SHARE THIS EPISODE: Know a divorced Christian woman who needs to hear this? Share this episode with her. RELATED EPISODES: - Episode 57: Wielding the Swords of the Spirit - Episode 58: From Knowing to Living - Applying God's Word Post-Divorce Episode 43: Boundaries for the Godly Woman  Episode 4: What Boundaries Really Are  ABOUT THE GODLY WOMANHOOD SERIES: This series explores what it truly means to be a godly woman post-divorce—not the cultural version or religious performance, but the woman God created you to be: rooted in identity, walking in peace, and operating from His strength, not yours. ABOUT BEYOND BELIEVING: Beyond Believing is a faith-based podcast helping divorced Christian women transform their lives through Biblical truth and practical coaching. Host Katie Anne is a Certified Life Coach, woman of God, and single mother of five who specializes in helping high-achieving Christian women heal from divorce, rebuild their identity in Christ, and walk in godly womanhood. --- ### KEYWORDS: Christian divorce recovery, godly womanhood, post-divorce healing, spiritual warfare, faith after divorce, Biblical womanhood, Christian women, identity in Christ, emotional healing, Christian coaching, divorced Christian women, single mom faith, faith-based healing, spiritual growth, Christian podcast, divorce recovery, healing from divorce, Christian mentorship, Biblical counseling, faith and healing --- *Disclaimer: This podcast provides faith-based coaching and is not a substitute for professional therapy, legal advice, or medical care. Always consult with appropriate professionals for your specific situation.* © Beyond Believing Podcast. All rights reserved. Christian woman healing faith after divorce God’s favor 2026 year of the Lord’s favor Christian encouragement 2026 Isaiah 61 devotional Christian identity healing God’s goodness testimony Christian women rebuilding new beginnings with God Christian podcast for women

This is one of the most personal conversations I've ever had on a podcast. I sat down with the team at Ikonical wear to share my journey—the parts I don't always talk about publicly. How my divorce led me out of Mormonism and into a relationship with the Jesus of the Bible. What it was really like to rebuild my identity as a woman of God when everything I thought I knew came crashing down. And how I used my season of stillness to coaching other divorced Christian women through their own identity transformations. If you've ever felt like your faith was built on performance, striving, and "doing it right"—only to end up exhausted and empty—you'll understand why this conversation matters. In this episode, we cover: ✅ The key theological differences between Mormon and Biblical Christianity that changed everything for me ✅ The moment I realized I'd been worshipping a different Jesus ✅ What post-divorce healing actually looks like (not Instagram quotes—real life)... ✅ How I adjusted to co-parenting after being the primary caregiver of a very busy family of 7...  ✅ Why I specifically coach divorced Christian women (and what makes this work different from dating advice or therapy) ✅ The difference between worldly healing and godly transformation ✅ How God used my hardest season to bring me to my deepest intimacy with Him This isn't a perfectly packaged testimony. It's honest, it's messy, and it's real. If you're in the middle of rebuilding—whether from divorce, spiritual transition, or identity loss—I pray this encourages you that you're not alone, you're not behind, and God is doing something beautiful in the refining fire. If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who needs to hear this message today. 💕 If you're done with the chaos in your mind and ready to walk in the peace God has for you, I invite you to book a free discovery call for my **Selah Healing program**. **Selah is a 12-week transformation journey** where we take Biblical truth and apply it to YOUR specific life: - Your ex and co-parenting triggers - Your patterns with men (chasing or avoiding) - Your identity wounds and false beliefs - Your emotional regulation and nervous system healing - Your spiritual alignment and intimacy with God This isn't about trying harder. It's about surrendering to God's strength and becoming the woman He created you to be—rooted in identity, walking in peace, operating from His power. I only work with women who are serious about transformation—women ready to stop fighting in their own strength and start walking in the Spirit's power. ** 👉 Book your free discovery call: HERE Limited spots available! Let's talk about whether Selah is right for you. --- SUBSCRIBE TO BEYOND BELIEVING: Don't miss the next episode in the Godly Womanhood series! - PRAYER REQUEST 🙏 Please keep my podcast manager Maria and her husband Gunner in your prayers as they walk through his cancer diagnosis and treatment. Support Link --- SHARE THIS EPISODE: Know a divorced Christian woman who needs to hear this? Share this episode with her. RELATED EPISODES: - Episode 57: Wielding the Swords of the Spirit - Episode 58: From Knowing to Living - Applying God's Word Post-Divorce Episode 43: Boundaries for the Godly Woman  Episode 4: What Boundaries Really Are  ABOUT THE GODLY WOMANHOOD SERIES: This series explores what it truly means to be a godly woman post-divorce—not the cultural version or religious performance, but the woman God created you to be: rooted in identity, walking in peace, and operating from His strength, not yours. ABOUT BEYOND BELIEVING: Beyond Believing is a faith-based podcast helping divorced Christian women transform their lives through Biblical truth and practical coaching. Host Katie Anne is a Certified Life Coach, woman of God, and single mother of five who specializes in helping high-achieving Christian women heal from divorce, rebuild their identity in Christ, and walk in godly womanhood. --- Christian divorce recovery, godly womanhood, post-divorce healing, spiritual warfare, faith after divorce, Biblical womanhood, Christian women, identity in Christ, emotional healing, Christian coaching, divorced Christian women, single mom faith, faith-based healing, spiritual growth, Christian podcast, divorce recovery, healing from divorce, Christian mentorship, Biblical counseling, faith and healing --- *Disclaimer: This podcast provides faith-based coaching and is not a substitute for professional therapy, legal advice, or medical care. Always consult with appropriate professionals for your specific situation.* © Beyond Believing Podcast. All rights reserved. #FaithJourney #DivorceHealing #ChristianPodcast #MormonToChristian #PostDivorce #IdentityInChrist #BiblicalTruth #CoParenting #SelahHealing #GodlyWomanhood #ChristianWomen  #FaithAndDivorce #ChristianCoach

Discover why your greatest battle post-divorce is spiritual, not circumstantial. Learn to recognize when you're acting in the flesh vs. walking in the Spirit.   # UNSEEN BATTLES: WRESTLING AGAINST OUR OWN MIND ## Godly Womanhood Series - Episode 59 --- ### YOUR GREATEST BATTLE ISN'T WITH YOUR EX—IT'S SPIRITUAL Are you exhausted from fighting battles you can't seem to win? Do you find yourself spiraling every time your ex sends a text, panicking about finances, or questioning every decision you make? Maybe you're the woman who moves too fast in relationships—compromising boundaries, accepting breadcrumbs, operating in urgency and scarcity. Or maybe you've shut down completely—telling yourself you're "focused on God" when really, you're terrified of being hurt again. **Here's what both women have in common:** You're exhausted. You're carrying everything alone. And you feel disconnected from who God says you are. But here's what I need you to hear: ** The battle you're fighting? It's not the real one.** --- ### IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL DISCOVER: **FIRST:** How to recognize when you're acting in the flesh instead of walking in the Spirit—because a godly woman knows the difference, and that awareness transforms her. **SECOND:** Why all your battles are actually spiritual battles—and what that means for how you fight them. Your ex isn't your enemy. Your circumstances aren't your enemy. The real battle is in your mind. **THIRD:** What God promises when you stop fighting Him for control and start surrendering to His strength. --- ### KEY SCRIPTURES EXPLORED: 📖 **1 Corinthians 3:3** - "You are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not behaving only in a human way?" 📖 **Ephesians 6:12** - "We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." 📖 **Psalm 37:3-7** - God's blueprint for the godly woman: Trust. Delight. Commit. Be still. --- ### THE 7 FALSE BELIEFS KEEPING YOU STUCK: In this episode, I reveal the false agreements most divorced Christian women have made with the enemy: ❌ "I'm too broken to be loved" ❌ "My past disqualifies me from God's best" ❌ "I have to earn love" ❌ "Safety isn't for me" ❌ "I'm behind in life" ❌ "God is disappointed in me" ❌ "I'll never be whole again" These are lies. And recognizing them is your first step to freedom. --- ### POWERFUL TRUTHS FROM THIS EPISODE: 💭 **"God meets you in your mess, not after you've cleaned it up."** -  💭 **"Your pain does not define you. What you DO with your pain does."** 💭 **"A godly woman recognizes when she's operating in the flesh—not to shame herself, but as the first step toward walking in the Spirit."** 💭 **"When you don't know your identity in Christ, you chase validation from men, shut down emotionally, and make every decision from fear." ** ### THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: ✓ You're tired of repeating the same relational patterns ✓ You feel emotionally unstable and reactive ✓ You're either chasing validation or completely shut down ✓ You know Biblical truth but struggle to actually live it ✓ You want deep, identity-level transformation ✓ You're ready to become the godly woman God created you to be --- ### WHAT ONE CLIENT SAID: * "Working with Katie has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. She helped me open my heart and mind to new ways of thinking, feeling, and healing post divorce. Through her guidance, I've learned how to process my hurt, embrace change, and begin rebuilding my life with a foundation rooted in God's truth. Her wisdom, compassion, and spiritual insight have empowered me to grow emotionally, spiritually, and personally. I'm deeply grateful for the safe space she's created and the tools she's given me to walk in healing and wholeness."* --- ### READY TO STOP FIGHTING IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH? If you're done with the chaos in your mind and ready to walk in the peace God has for you, I invite you to book a free discovery call for my **Selah Healing program**. **Selah is a 12-week transformation journey** where we take Biblical truth and apply it to YOUR specific life: - Your ex and co-parenting triggers - Your patterns with men (chasing or avoiding) - Your identity wounds and false beliefs - Your emotional regulation and nervous system healing - Your spiritual alignment and intimacy with God This isn't about trying harder. It's about surrendering to God's strength and becoming the woman He created you to be—rooted in identity, walking in peace, operating from His power. I only work with women who are serious about transformation—women ready to stop fighting in their own strength and start walking in the Spirit's power. ** 👉 Book your free discovery call: HERE Limited spots available! Let's talk about whether Selah is right for you. --- ### LISTEN NOW: 🎧 **Runtime:** 23 minutes **Series:** Godly Womanhood **Category:** Christian Divorce Recovery, Biblical Womanhood, Faith-Based Coaching --- ### CONNECT WITH KATIE: 📱 TikTok: @coachkatieanne ✉️ Email: [email protected] --- ### SUBSCRIBE TO BEYOND BELIEVING: Don't miss the next episode in the Godly Womanhood series! - --- ### PRAYER REQUEST: 🙏 Please keep my podcast manager Maria and her husband Gunner in your prayers as they walk through his cancer diagnosis and treatment. Support Link --- ### SHARE THIS EPISODE: Know a divorced Christian woman who needs to hear this? Share this episode with her. ### RELATED EPISODES: - Episode 57: Wielding the Swords of the Spirit - Episode 58: From Knowing to Living - Applying God's Word Post-Divorce Episode 43: Boundaries for the Godly Woman  Episode 4: What Boundaries Really Are  ### ABOUT THE GODLY WOMANHOOD SERIES: This series explores what it truly means to be a godly woman post-divorce—not the cultural version or religious performance, but the woman God created you to be: rooted in identity, walking in peace, and operating from His strength, not yours. ### ABOUT BEYOND BELIEVING: Beyond Believing is a faith-based podcast helping divorced Christian women transform their lives through Biblical truth and practical coaching. Host Katie Anne is a Certified Life Coach, woman of God, and single mother of five who specializes in helping high-achieving Christian women heal from divorce, rebuild their identity in Christ, and walk in godly womanhood. --- ### KEYWORDS: Christian divorce recovery, godly womanhood, post-divorce healing, spiritual warfare, faith after divorce, Biblical womanhood, Christian women, identity in Christ, emotional healing, Christian coaching, divorced Christian women, single mom faith, faith-based healing, spiritual growth, Christian podcast, divorce recovery, healing from divorce, Christian mentorship, Biblical counseling, faith and healing --- *Disclaimer: This podcast provides faith-based coaching and is not a substitute for professional therapy, legal advice, or medical care. Always consult with appropriate professionals for your specific situation.* © Beyond Believing Podcast. All rights reserved.