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Organized chaos
by Cindy Maness
This is a devotional podcast where everyday messes reveal God's messages. Join me as I share real-life stories that show how faith grows in the middle of laundry piles, laughter, and life's unexpected lessons. Together we will find where holy meets messy.
Episodes
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A Wrinkle in Life
Welcome to Organized Chaos. In this episode, we’re talking about how life can twist and fold in ways we don’t understand. When the big picture feels overwhelming, God doesn’t ask us to solve it all—He simply asks us to love well and take the next right step. Just like Meg in A Wrinkle in Time, we...
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Willing to Run
In this episode of Organized Chaos, we’re talking about what it means for the church to be willing to run—to meet the prodigal with love before condemnation turns them away. It’s about moving first, loving first, and showing the heart of the Father who runs toward His children, not away from…
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Peace in the unfinished
In this episode of Organized Chaos, we’re talking about finding peace right in the middle of the unknown. When life feels scattered and the ending isn’t clear, God still brings calm, clarity, and steady ground. If you’re navigating a season that feels unfinished, this conversation will help you...
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Debt Collector
The devil loves to act like a debt collector—sending reminders, notices, and emotional ‘past due’ slips for a life we no longer owe. In this episode, we talk about why old struggles still try to resurface and how to shut down every false claim with the truth of who you are in Christ.
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Core beliefs
In this episode, we dig into the core beliefs that quietly shape how we think, feel, and respond—especially the ones formed in childhood. Through honest storytelling and biblical truth, we explore how lies like “I’m not enough” or “I have to earn love” get triggered in conflict and relationships,...
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Layers of Healing
This episode explores why old wounds resurface and how God uses each moment, not to punish us, but to heal another hidden layer. If you’ve ever wondered, “Why am I facing this again?” this episode will breathe peace into your heart.
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Through the Valley to Wholeness
In this episode of Organized Chaos, we talk about wholeness — not as something we reach by avoiding hard seasons, but by trusting Jesus to walk us through the valley and into still waters and green pastures. Healing requires surrender. It means allowing Him to be the skilled Surgeon who gently...
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Manna
This episode of Organized Chaos explores the biblical story of manna and the challenge of trusting God for daily provision. A gentle devotional reminder that God gives exactly what we need—one day at a time.
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More on my journey with depression
Depression didn’t just knock me down—it taught me I can’t do life alone. This episode is raw, real, and about learning to reach out.
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The Shattered Illusion
Join me as I tell of the damage my watch received…it was only surface-deep. God does the same with our lives. He reveals the beauty beneath the brokenness.
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Tangled in Jesus
Is Jesus so engrained in your life that nothing can take Him away? Join me as we unpack this very concept by looking at the life of a man whose memory was erased.
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Making the Sabbath Yours
The Sabbath was made for man—not man for the Sabbath. In this episode, we explore how to make the Sabbath uniquely yours—a time of rest, renewal, and reflection that helps you become the best version of yourself. Discover practical ways to embrace rest with purpose and let the Sabbath restore…
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The craving you can’t ignore
We all have a craving deep inside us—a hunger for something real. But too often, we try to fill it with the junk this world offers and still end up empty. In this episode, we talk about why that craving won’t go away and how only Jesus can truly satisfy.
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Next step
In this episode, we will open the door to the quiet places where hesitation lives and invite God’s truth to speak louder than our doubts. so often, the step we’re afraid to take is the very one God has already gone ahead to prepare.
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Narrow Road
Straight and narrow is the way. Join me as we unpack this verse and answer the questions about why it is so narrow to begin with.
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Hard things
Sometimes people need tough love. The key word there is love. Love someone enough to say the hard things.
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Prayer Muscle
We’re diving into the idea that prayer, like a muscle, needs to be exercised to grow stronger. There are days when prayer feels like a struggle, but those moments build us. They stretch us. Let’s talk about the importance of stretching your prayer muscle, especially when it hurts to do so.
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Offenses will come
Offenses will come. How can we live as unoffended Christians? Let's look at the life of Jesus to learn how to make healthy boundaries, not walls and move past offenses.
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Connection
Is your identity wrapped up in being Ms/Mr Independent? Stay tuned to this episode to see why that is not living your best life.
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I didn’t earn it
Ever feel guilty for not deserving grace and mercy? Ever short change yourself even though you a child of God? Stay tuned…
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El Roi
We don’t always get to choose our circumstances, but we trust God is a God who sees us.
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A praying church
Do we truly want freewill, is it easier to blame God? God can bring purpose to the pain, even if He did not orchestrate it.
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Resistance
Resistance is not the measurement of productivity in the Kingdom of God. Do you determine your worth in the Kingdom by how much pain and struggle you are enduring?
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When the Word feels wrong
Has God ever given you a word, but then things started going backwards? Join me as I tell of how my word for 2024 just didn’t seem to fit…but God.
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Authority Mindset
The story of the Prodigal Son provides a rich framework for understanding how mindsets can hinder us from walking in the authority God has called us to. Let’s examine two crippling mindsets revealed in this parable that can stop us from fully stepping into our divine identity and purpose.
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The story continues
Depression is not the end. There is more to my story and more to yours. Listen as I tell more of my personal story.
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A Tainted Testimony
This episode is a little long. I am sharing my unfinished, dirty, messy parts of my testimony. Listen as I reveal the intimate areas of depression and suicidal thoughts that have hung over me for years and how I found hope in confession.
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Double vision
We can’t serve God and flesh. The effects are devastating when we try.
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Rock solid identity
Is your identity built on sinking sand or on the solid rock of the Word of God?
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Boundary in love
Love is an action. Sometimes that action means creating a boundary. Join me as we evaluate love and look to Jesus as our example.
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Temperance
Do you struggle with self-control? Dive in with me as we unpack this attribute of the fruit of the spirit.
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Meekness
Meekness is often seen as a sign of weakness, however the opposite is true. Join me as we take a look as this attribute of the fruit of the spirit. Listen to this song that can become our prayer to help us truly walk in meekness. “Give Me Your Eyes” by Brandon Heath...
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Faith
Faith requires an action. It goes beyond simply saying you believe.
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Goodness
Goodness is not just doing good when it’s easy. Sometimes it means choosing to do good when it’s hard.
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Gentleness
Join me as we take a closer look at this attribute of the fruit of the spirit.
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Long suffering
Patience is more than smiling through the circumstances. Let’s dig in deeper to this attribute of the fruit of the Spirit and be challenged to grow in God.
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Peace
Can you have peace that passes all understanding?
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Joy
Do you find joy slips away in certain circumstances? God wants us to have joy at all times. So how do we do that?
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Love
Let’s look at the fruit of the Spirit. Using God’s word as a measuring stick challenges us to grow. This week….love
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Measuring stick #3
Have you decided what God can handle or even what He wants to handle? Be challenged to bring it ALL to Jesus.
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Is it worth it?
Healing from our past is often a painful experience in itself. We delay, so we don’t have to re-feel. But what if we took the hard road towards healing?
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Measuring Stick 2
Have you used your failures as a measuring stick? Be challenged to put down that measuring stick!
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Measuring stick
Are you unfairly measuring yourself by someone else’s standard?
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I don’t like what I see
What lens are viewing the world through? Your surroundings matter.
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Obey
Because it might not be just about you…
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It can’t be done
Ever procrastinated on a job so long that now that task seems impossible? Let this post encourage you.
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Unrecognizable - a laughing matter
Do you desire for your old self to be so unrecognizable in you that those who knew you laugh because the change is so dramatic?
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Crunchy peanut butter
Ever taken a “bite” out of life and got something unexpected?
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Bumpy ride
Is your walk with God calm and relaxing, or do you feel like you are being bounced around and shaken up?
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The fear of the Lord
Do we fear God the right way?
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is a devotional podcast where everyday messes reveal God's messages. Join me as I share real-life stories that show how faith grows in the middle of laundry piles, laughter, and life's unexpected lessons. Together we will find where holy meets messy.
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Cindy Maness
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