Hear God Every Day with Sara Whitten
by Sara Whitten
What is God saying to you right now? Join Sara Whitten as she shares practical life tools for honing your ability to hear God in everyday life. Through candidly exploring her own experiences and diving deep into the Word, you will gain tools and truths to improve the consistency and accuracy with which you hear the Lord.
Episodes
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149. Listen for Marching in Your Place of Weeping
What does 2 Samuel 5 teach us about seeking God in times of low hope? How can recurring hard seasons be an indicator of anointing? What are the new instructions God has for us in our own battles?
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148. Three Encounters to Grow Your Faith
We explore rarely discussed Biblical insights into faith. What does Jesus teach about growing our faith? Get a pen and paper and write down these three encounters to take to your prayer time!
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147. Restoring Old Wells
What does the story of Beersheeba in Genesis teach us about reviving our own prophetic promises over our lives, our churches, our cities, and our nations?
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146. New Time, New Tools Part 2
The second half of the Isaiah 2:4 deep dive. What role does flexibility play in our times of transition?
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145. New Time, New Tools
What does Isaiah 2:4 teach us about transition? Are you in a battle season or a building season? How is God repurposing tools in your life?
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144. Grace Precedes Growth
What grace has God "rained" into your season, and how can it unlock growth for the seeds He has planted in your heart?
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143. Don't Get Used To Old Enemies
When we get stuck in a "siege mentality", we lose our lens for hope. Encounter the Lord in places of long-standing battles, and hear the truth and new hope He has for you.
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142. Giving Our Work Back to God
What does the Bible teach us about our work and ministry? Follow this guided encounter to do a "check up" on where God has called you and how to let Him lead you in the assignment.
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141. The Test in Transition
In Exodus 32, the people were hit with a "pause" during transition. Instead of waiting on the Lord, their need for understanding led them to shape something of their own design. In our own times of transition, we can be tempted - in our desire to know "what it looks like"- to rush back to the...
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140. Strengthen Your Stakes
The final part of the Isaiah 54:2 series which focuses on what it mean (Biblically) to strengthen. Encounter Questions: Lord, would You show us what our gates need to be opened to and closed to in this season? What are the things we need to let in that we're not, or things we have been letting in...
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139. If You Don't Quit You Win
Part 4 of 5 in the deep dive into Isaiah 54:2. What does it mean to lengthen our cords? Encounter Questions: Holy Spirit, what does it look like for me to persevere in this season? Jesus, what increase are you preparing me for through this lengthening?
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138. Do Not Hold Back
What does it look to not hold back? As we dig into the Biblical history of this phrase, we uncover deeper implications for its use in Isaiah 54:2. Encounter Questions Jesus, remind me of a promise You have spoken over my life. Lord, what is a way that I can not hold back from You? What are you...
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137. Stretch Your Curtains Wide
Part two of a deep dive into Isaiah 54:2 looks at what it means to stretch- Biblically speaking. Encounter Questions: Holy Spirit, what are You creating in me in this time of stretching? God, where are You making a way where I don't see a way yet? Lord, what are ways that I can soak in You in…
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136. What is Tent Time?
Isaiah 54:2 speaks to a "tent time" of upcoming growth for Israel. What do these tent seasons look like for us? What are the unlikely markers when God is enlarging your tent space? Encounter Questions: Lord, would You show me what gifts you're growing my capacity in this season? Father, what…
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135. New Life on Old Battlegrounds
When we find ourselves in an old place of defeat or in a place that feels dry, it could be the foundation for a miracle. What does Ezekiel tell us about encountering the Lord in these valleys? Lord, what do YOU say to these dry bones (the natural)? Holy Spirit, what do I declare to the breath…
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134. Run to the Tower of Testimony
What does it really mean to have the Lord as our strong tower? In this episode, we explore the 4 Biblical meanings of the Lord being our fortress as well as ask the Holy Spirit for important reminders and clarity about our season. Father, help expand my vision to see in all directions. What hope…
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133. Time to Emerge
What prophetic invitations does the story of Noah have for our own seasons of waiting? Lord, remind me of or reveal to me a promise you have spoken over my life. Jesus, what ways are you teaching me stewardship of more in this season? Reveal to me your guidelines or instructions for the things…
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131. Shake off the Dust
What are we covered in the dust of? How can we allow the Lord to renew and simplify our mindset to be Kingdom-focused in this season. Lord, what dust do I need to shake off of my life, and what does that look like? Holy Spirit, how can I be a part of proclaiming your Kingdom with my life in this...
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130. Growing Down
No matter where we are on our walk, we need these three reminders of how to posture ourselves in the position of a child. We "grow down" in order to "grow up" in the Kingdom! Lord, what is one way you're inviting me to lean on your like a child in this season?
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129. Slipping Out of Old Yokes
During this season, we are invited to re-evaluate our "yokes" with the Holy Spirit and let the Lord restructure what we are "pulled" by. Encounter Questions Holy Spirit, what have I joined with this season to help me with the hard? Father, what have I joined with in this season to plant? Jesus,...
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128. Comparison is the Thief of the New
It is in the exciting times of new beginnings that the enemy loves to plant the seed of comparison and bring everything to a standstill. How do we resist comparison and finish what the Lord has started? Encounter Questions Lord, in what ways has comparison crept in to what you're doing in this...
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127. Fuel For the Fire
The very places the enemy wants to bring fear are the places the Lord is fueling the fire of His deliverance, His anointing, and His guidance. - Holy Spirit, where are areas of low hope, low confidence, or low courage? What words of Yours do you want to remind me of to "fill up" these areas? -...
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126. Moved by the Whisper, Not by the Wind
Part of building in our Promised land starts with tearing down. What does it look like to tear down what the enemy is wanting to "catch" us with and to "catch the vision" instead of where the Lord is leading us in His strength and promise. Encounter Questions: - Lord, what "blustering" lies of…
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125. Worshipping the Way Instead of the WayMaker
Shaking us free from idols prepares us to move into what God has next for us. But we can't do much moving at all if we're too busy looking at the way God moved in the past that we forget to look to our WAYMAKER. Encounter Questions: - What way (looking for God to do a specific thing) have I been...
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124. Idols by Association
"We've always done it this way!" What happens when our traditions, cultures, or relationships carry us away from God's best. How do we weed out the idols to get back to a unhindered intimacy with the Lord? Encounter Questions: 1. Holy Spirit, where have idols been introduced to me through...
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123. Idols in the Waiting
Seasons of waiting seem like nothing is happening, but what if God was using them to shake loose all the things we were leaning on that would not serve us in the place He is taking us? Declarations: - I Stand in the waiting, trusting You have told me all I need to know. - I Surrender my power and...
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122. When God Inserts Hope
What places of leadership or stewardship has the Lord spoken over you? What have you been persistently wrestling with? What stagnant pools of blessing are still to be released both for you and from you? God is giving you His grace in that place and telling you "behold!" Encounters: - God, what...
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121. Disciples of the Kingdom
How are we invited to find treasure even in our season right now? Find new hope in our invitation to walking in the ways of Heaven here on earth. Encounters: - God, how can I further step into bringing your Kingdom through my life now? - What would you have me trade? - What would you call me to...
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120. Don't Be Afraid of What You Hear
What is God's protocol in the face of bad news? As we look at Hezekiah's encounter with the Lord, let it encourage you in the face of whatever threats the enemy may be making. Encounters: -Lord, what is Your report? -Holy Spirit, to what situation in my life are you saying "don't be afraid of…
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119. Invitation to be a Child Again
Living in a knowledge-rich world, it's easy to put all kinds of self-improvement protocols or wise teachers in our lives in the seat of "judge" of what's good and bad. In our effort to earn it or keep the latest cleanse, we sometimes miss God's invitation to be childlike and lean on His Word…
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118. Have Your Peace Ready
Instead of just having peace for a time, what would it look like to never take our peace off? Encounters: -How can I keep my shoes on today? -Lord, what safety do you want to reveal to me that invites discovery?
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117. Persistence in Prayer
Part 3 of our prayer series! What Jesus taught about prayer reveal both the truth of our identity as well as the greatest stumbling blocks to our persistence in prayer. Encounters: -How can I know you better as my Father or my protector/provider? -Lord, give me eyes for your timing and your justice.
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116. Exchanging Good for Better
Part 2 of our prayer series! Take a deep dive into the root of prayer in Scripture. How can we utilize prayer time to exchange our "good" for God's "best"? Encounters: -God, what divine exchanges are you wanting to make in my ideas or wishes?
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115. What is God Building Through Your Prayers?
Take a deep dive into the root of prayer in Scripture. How does God use our prayers to build things in the Spirit that impact the world? Encounters: - God, what are you building through my prayers?
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114. Growing What You Don't Yet See
Some seasons feel like staring at a garden bed waiting for sprouts. The truth behind that, however, is even in these seasons there is much to do and much to hope for. Encounters: -God, what does watering look like for me? - What is something You are growing, Lord, that I don't yet see?
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113. Believe the Message
A life of faith isn't about praying the right prayers, doing the right declarations, or prescriptive behaviors. So what does it mean to live a life of faith? What good messages from God are hard for you to really believe? Join me as we invite the Lord into these places. Encounters: - God, what...
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112. The 8 Day Difference
In the time between our prayers and the fulfillment of God's answers for them, how do we encounter joy in the journey and lean into the transformation of the wait. Encounters: - Ask God to remind you of His promises or review old written down prophetic words - What fruit are You producing in the...
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111. Don't Get Horses From Egypt
God is always providing, but sometimes we're missing the new resources He's opening up because we're busy seeking fulfillment from the same place it came last season. Let's seek the Holy Spirit about what thinking patterns or habitual behaviors may need to change with our new season. Encounters:...
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110. Turning Our Battles Into Bread
When the Bible says the Lord FIGHTS for us, that fighting doesn't mean the hand-to-hand combat we imagine. Learn how God designed us to fight, and find delight in the place of your pressure today. Encounters: -What battle do I need to stop fighting and realize that you already won? - What does it...
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109. Trading Distraction for Joy
Encounters: We are plowing where our focus is fixed. How can we step into a greater joy even in the midst of hard seasons?
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108. How Do We Respond If They Don't Listen
Encounters: Relationships are complicated enough...especially when we encounter people who don't agree with us. What does Jesus say about the people who don't listen to us? The answers in scripture may surprise you.
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107. Breaking Off Hopelessness
Hopelessness doesn't always feel hopeless. Let me share a new infusion of hope from God's Word that will break through the lies of expecting bad things, expecting nothing, or fearing the future.
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106. Trading Perfectionism for the Perfect One
We tend to look for perfection in our circumstances, our responses, and our timelines. But what if the places of IMPERFECTION were the places we could be most poised for a move of God? Encounters: 1.) Where are areas of perfectionism in my own thinking? 2.) Circumstances- How could this imperfect...
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105. The Two Types of Growth
When we get a word about growth, often the first place we look for God's increase is in the place of last season's fruitfulness. But what if God is doing a different kind of growth? Be encouraged-- something is happening even when you haven't seen the growth! Encounters: 1.) What does Your growth...
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104. Ten Minute Turn Around #3- Forget the Forecast
Sometimes our own expectations or gaps in understanding can lead to delays in our follow-through. How can we forget the forecast and trust God's lead? Encounters: 1.) What are the "seeds" you want me to sow this season? 2.) What is the "harvest" you want me to gather in this season? 3.) What...
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103. Ten Minute Turn Around #2- Multiplying the Good
Multiplication is good and essential to stewardship...but are we called to multiply everything? Let's look at Genesis 30 for a fresh encounter on strategic multiplication. Encounters: 1.) What are the strong sheep (things You want to multiply) in my life that you're calling me to multiply? 2.)…
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102. Ten Minute Turn Around #1- The Challenge of Offense vs. Love
We take a look in our own lives at the Biblical recurring theme of choosing believing God's love for us versus blaming God. Encounters: 1.) In the challenging places, what transformation are you doing? 2.) How can I view this through the lens of your love instead of the lens of offense or blame?
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101. You're Not In Control...And That's a Good Thing
Comfort and encouragement to remind you that when you're in control of nothing, God's up to something. Encounters: 1.) What area or areas am I feeling out of control? 2.) How can I lean into Your growth in those areas? What words would You "water me" with?
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100. Getting Out of Survival Mode
Survival mode can happen during busy seasons, seasons of trial, or even really slow seasons. When we focus our prayers, thoughts, time, and energy on just "getting through this" we miss the "more" that God is wanting to do in our season. Encounters: 1. What area or areas am I currently in…
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99. God is Hatching Something in Your Life!
Breakdown this encouraging word for now. There's something for you and your season! Encounters: 1.) What does it look like right now for me to "sit on" all you're preparing me for? 2.) Remind me of the promises that this is preparing the way for.
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What is God saying to you right now? Join Sara Whitten as she shares practical life tools for honing your ability to hear God in everyday life. Through candidly exploring her own experiences and diving deep into the Word, you will gain tools and truths to improve the consistency and accuracy with which you hear the Lord.
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