start small BELIEVE BIG with Billie Jauss
by Billie Jauss
start small Believe Big Podcast encourages listeners to value the significance of small beginnings finding confidence and peace in the big God who knows, sees, and loves us deeply. In each episode, Billie shares personal stories providing practical and useful biblical guidance. Tune in each week and learn to live life with meaning; one step, decision, and action at a time.
Episodes
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Ep 300 Step Five of Detoxing from the Emotional Toxins: Execute the Plan
It's the 200th episode of the start small BELIEVE BIG. What started as a suggestion because I had a book coming out has turned into a wonderful way to serve the Lord in a new way. Thank you for being here for this episode or if you've been around since the beginning. In today's episode of start...
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Ep 299 Step Four of Detoxing from the Emotional Toxins: Outline a Plan
Have you ever made a plan and God redirects it? Well let's just say God throws me curveballs a lot. Thinking we're staying with a team for a while and not. Buying a house we think is forever, and move. A friendship that I thought was life-giving takes a turn for the worse. I'm not usually one not...
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Ep 298 Terminate the Toxin of Unbelief and Guilt Shame
The longer we live with the toxins of unbelief, guilt and shame, the more we create anxiety, self-pity, self-doubt, and low self-esteem. It is hard to let go of these toxins, but if you do, God is ready to fill you with His peace. Terminating toxins takes time and focus. With our vertical gaze...
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Ep 297 Step Two of the DETOX: Evaluate the toxin of Unbelief and Shame/Guilt
God is moving. Come along for the ride. Join the detox. Acrostic for D E T O X Define Examine Terminate Outline a Plan eXecute the plan Never let the barriers keep you from accepting what God wants to do in and through you. E-evaluate the toxins of Unbelief and Guilt/Shame Satan loves it when we...
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Ep 296 5 Step Detox: Step One of Detoxing from Unbelief and Guilt/Shame
For the next 5 episodes, I will be digging into two of the most prevalent emotional toxins…Unbelief and Shame…we will walk through the 5 step process to freedom and peace of mind using the DETOX acrostic. In today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we define the toxin of Unbelief and…
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Ep 295 Step 5 eXecute the Plan to Find Peace and Fulfillment Without Fear
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we will learn about eXecuting the plan to find peace and fulfillment from Fear, Step 5 in the Detox from Emotional Toxins series. Never let the barriers keep you from accepting what God wants to do in and through you. Define the fear that's holding…
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Bonus Episode: Lakeside Retreat with Marci Seither
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG I'm talking with author Marci Seither about her new devotion Lakeside Retreat: Life-giving Devotions from a Restful Shore Marci's writing career began after her humor article was published in a small-town newspaper. Since then, she has authored two...
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Ep 294 Step 4 Outline A Plan for Spiritual Health
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we will learn How to Outline a Plan for Spiritual Health. Acrostic for D E T O X Define Examine Terminate Outline a Plan eXecute the plan Never let the barriers keep you from accepting what God wants to do in and through you. This week we are…
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Ep 293 Step 3 How to Terminate Fear
Recurring thoughts are a hard habit to break. But mind management helped me see I couldn't clear all the racing emotions on my own. These examples of self-limiting beliefs that lead to God- restricting actions need to be identified. What if we could remove the barriers that cause spiritual jet…
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Ep 292 5 Steps to DETOX from Fear: Step 2 Evaluate the Feeling of Fear
This week we evaluate the thoughts and feelings of fear. Where did it come from? Why do we hang onto it? How does it make us feel? What do you need to leave behind when you think of what fear you carry? How many times do we determine and evaluate a feeling in the wrong way? How many times do we...
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Bonus Episode with award-winning author Dr Michelle Bengtson
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG, I'm talking with award-winning author Dr. Michelle Bengtson about her new devotional Today Is Going to Be a Good Day: 90 Promises from God to Start Your Day Off Right Dr. Michelle is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, international…
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Ep 291 What Do We Need to Leave Behind to Experience Peace of Mind? Fear!
For the next 5 episodes I will be digging into one of the most prevalent emotional toxins…Fear…we will walk through the 5 step process to freedom and peace of mind using the DETOX acrostic. Acrostic for D E T O X Define Examine Terminate Outline a Plan eXecute the plan Never let the barriers keep...
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Ep 290 Answering Some Questions About Distraction Detox
In today's episode, Billie dishes about how her book Distraction Detox came to be. From a time of doubt and discouragement, Billie began to tackle the root causes. Over time she began to see a process of how to overcome the obstacles and experience peace and fulfillment. Listen to hear more about...
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Ep 289 Decoding the In-Law Code with author Hannarich Asiedu
Whether you are getting married or married for days or years, in-law drama does not have to be part of your life. Even if you have been spared the drama and have a great relationship, you can always find new ways to make it better. Relationships with in-laws can seem like a nightmare. If you've...
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Ep 288 The Master Craftsman with award winning author Kelli Stuart
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we will hear from award winning author Kelli Stuart. Kelli is a writer and a storyteller at heart. A graduate of Baylor University with a degree in English Professional Writing, and a minor in the Russian language, Kelli has honed her skills in the...
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Ep 287 My Yes is on the Table with author Jenn Hand
Today's episode features author Jennifer Hand and her new book My Yes Is on the Table. Jenn shares how to take those baby steps of faith and say YES! to God. JENN HAND is the Executive Director of Coming Alive Ministries, founded in 2012. She loves the honor of traveling nationally and...
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Ep 286 How to Actually Learn to Prioritize Freedom and Share Our Faith
What does freedom mean to you? So many times I felt stuck because of the situations I was in. I felt I couldn't make an impact because I was busy traveling with my hubby's job. Or he wasn't around to help out with the kids. Or I was in a new place and didn't know anyone. So many excuses. It took…
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Ep 285 Three Forgotten Statements to Increase The Ability to Fulfill Our Calling Right Now
Since the creation, God has given us work to do. Not to win our salvation. If we could regard our work as an act of worship or service to God, such an attitude would take some of the boredom and drudgery out of it. We could work without complaining or resentment if we would treat our job problems...
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Ep 284 Three Hope Filled Questions to Lay Out a Strategy to Make an Impact
Each time I would think about trying something new the litany of self-limiting thoughts stopped me. They stopped me from stepping into places God was clearly calling me. Calling me into new spaces with new faces would take lots of confidence and courage. I built very strong cases in my mind that...
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Ep 283 Looking for Leroy with award winning author Melody Carlson
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we will hear from author Melody Carlson about her new book Looking for Leroy. Melody is the award-winning author of over two hundred books with sales of more than seven million, including many bestselling Christmas novellas, young adult titles, and...
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Ep 282 Anxiety Elephants with author Caris Snider
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we get to hear how to have hope in overcoming the anxiety bombarding your life with author Caris Snider. Caris is a Christian Communicator who shares the hope of God through speaking, writing, coaching, and leading worship. She is the author of…
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Ep 281 What Could People Conquer If They Knew It Wouldn't Fail?
How many times have you wanted to start something but stopped because you think it may fail or you're not the one to do it. Maybe you think I can't do great things. What if we started things we feel a called to do even if it will fail. If we have our hearts in the right place it won't fail...
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Ep 280 How God Reveals Our Purpose in Such a Time as This
Each of us is on earth to make an imprint on life. I pray our lives leave a legacy, not of what we accomplish but of what Jesus has done in and through our lives. When you face challenges in life, seek to know what God wants you to do, and then do it. Do it with confidence that God will do His...
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Ep 279 How To Dream So Big Only God Can Fulfill It
Many times I've had great desires to do more. Be more. Make more of an impact. But with three young boys and a husband who was away from home eight months a year, I felt stuck. I often created a plan to do something I found valuable. Put in a splash of prayer and a pinch of trust in the Lord and...
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Ep 278 Until Leaves Fall in Paris with award winning author Sarah Sundin
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we get to hear from award-winning author Sarah Sundin. Sarah enjoys writing about the drama and romance of the World War II era. We are celebrating the release of Until Leaves Fall in Paris, releasing today, Her best-selling novel When Twilight Breaks...
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Ep 277 The Best Thing I Can Tell You To Conquer Discouragement This Year
There are many times in my life when I haven't felt like I belong. As I capture each negative thought, I tend to revisit many stages of my life and the beliefs that linger from each. A new wife. A new mom. I was in fast-forward fake it until you make it mode. I had no clue what I was doing…
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Ep 276 Proven Protection From Being My Number One Biggest Bully
Despite the real-world challenges, we all face, the biggest and most complex obstacle you will ever have to personally overcome is your own mind. You can't always control the chaos going on around you, but you ARE responsible for undoing the self-limiting thought patterns you create. I tend to...
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Ep 275 Revealing The Number One Root To Discouraging Spiritual Jet Lag
I tried to overcome a season of feeling unsettled and uncertain by simplifying my schedule and taking control of my life's chaos but it didn't solve all my issues. I realized it wasn't the external distractions but the emotional barriers that were producing feelings of discouragement and defeat....
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Ep 274 Devote One Word For An Exciting Year of Purpose
In today's episode we learn the 5 Step Process of choosing one word for a year of purpose. Many years ago Billie gave up on resolutions. If she couldn't start a change mid-year she didn't do it. A few years ago Billie started picking One Word for the upcoming year. No resolutions, no goals...…
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Ep 273 A Heart Adrift with award-winning author Laura Frantz
On today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG we hear from award-winning author Laura Frantz. Christy Award-winning author, Laura Frantz, is passionate about all things historical, particularly the 18th-century. According to Publishers Weekly, "Frantz has done her historical homework." Today we...
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Ep 272 Advice for a Stronger Marriage
What do you want? Is a question that comes up a lot in marriage. From food to dates to how to discipline the kids. We tend to hold back from being honest with one another about what we want. Psalm 145:18 Psalm 145 celebrates the greatness and goodness of God. David is singing the praises of the...
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Ep 271 5 Truths To Know For Spiritual Growth
Looking to the Lord for instruction and guidance will allow the Lord to guide and lead us. He will not MAKE you do anything. We have free Will and choice. Take the Lord's advice, do not let your stubbornness keep you from the blessings of God. Are you ready to leave what's holding you back behind...
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Ep 270 5 Things to Leave Behind To Strengthen Our Faith
After some life difficulties, I went to a dear friend for some girl time talking. I wasn't following Jesus the way she did, and I wanted to know how she did it. After a conversation about my faith, I realized what I had, wasn't as good as what Jesus offered. Many disciples turned away from...
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Ep 269 Lights Out with author Natalie Walters
In today's episode of start small BELIEVE BIG, we get to hear from author Natalie Walters. We hear about her new book and how God works in and through her life. Natalie is the author of Carol Award finalist Living Lies, Deadly Deceit, and Silent Shadows. As a military wife, she currently resides…
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Ep 268 Advice For How To Love
My heart broke when a friend called to tell me about her wonderful time with a mutual friend. I was crushed because I'd been calling and texting that friend, trying to coordinate a time to get together. When the friend who called told me about their last-minute rendezvous, it was hard to control…
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Ep 267 How To Be Bold In Prayer
Growing up many of my friends got married right out of high school. I remember my mother sharing with me that she was praying I would marry the boy I was dating. He was a nice enough guy but I had aspirations to go to college and become a nurse. At church the next Sunday the preacher taught about...
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Ep 266 Filled with Peace
It seems like we are in a world of division and debate, or shall I say argument. In the midst of cancel culture, even within the church. If we don't believe exactly as another does, an argument ensues. Churches are preaching politics and conspiracy theories. Using God's Word to solidify their...
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Ep 265 You Have Everything You Need
1 Thessalonians 2:13 Paul commended the Thessalonians for continuing the work learned in the Word of God. Paul knew that God's words were not mere sermons or documents but a real source of transforming power. The Bible is our resource of living power. The words are transforming lives every day.…
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Ep 264 Dive Headfirst
"But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil." Hebrews 5:14 To grow from infant Christians to mature Christians, we must learn discernment. We train our minds, bodies, and senses to distinguish food from evil. Another critical thing…
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Ep 263 Digging Deep
What do you need to focus on to live a mature Christian life? Hebrews 5:13 Part of the reason the people in this verse were so forgetful of what they had learned is they were not digging deep into God's word. The author talks about the people being unskilled. Their understanding of their faith…
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Ep 262 Elementary Truths
"In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!" Hebrews 5:12 When my kids were little, it seemed like they forgot two for every lesson I taught them. In this verse, the author...
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Ep 261 Pieces Falling with author Ann Van Hine
Today I want to introduce you to my friend, author Ann Van Hine. Ann lost her husband, a New York City firefighter, on September 11th, 2001. She shares her story of personal loss amid a national tragedy in her recently released memoir, Pieces Falling: navigating 9/11 with faith, family & the…
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Ep 260 Lazy Ears Make for a Sluggish Faith
As I completed my 55th year, God challenged me again. Read the Bible in one year. I read scripture every day but I felt the nudge for a fresh understanding. I use The One Year Bible to read each morning. Lazy ears make for a sluggish faith. I pray our ears are open to hearing what God wants to…
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Ep 259 Lasting Change
People-pleasing is my nemesis. I like to be liked. We post to get likes. We follow to get followed. We think we put boundaries on safety but then share personal accounts of our lives. Over time we conform to the algorithms, patterns, successful advice to get more likes follows, and contacts. We…
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Ep 258 Grow in Grace
I struggle at times with the purpose of my ministry. I didn't strive to start a ministry, to write, or to podcast. I have done most out of obedience to the Lord and some out of what people said I should do. Each day we must find some way to draw closer to Christ. And in doing so, we are prepared…
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Ep 257 How To Grow Up
My middle son's girlfriend took a picture of my husband and three sons after my husband was part of the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby. As any mother or father knows, the process of raising a child is rich with emotions, uncertainties, joys, and sorrows. Thank God there's an endless well of...
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Ep 256 Growing Pains
When God helps us grow spiritually, he doesn't just snap his fingers so that it happens instantly. He does it in small steps. When God made a mushroom, he created it to grow to maturity in six hours, but he had it take 60 years to grow up when he made an oak tree. Today's episode shares the first...
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Ep 255 Our Mind Is A Suggestion Box
Our minds are a suggestion box. Every thought you have is a suggestion, not an order. Sometimes our minds suggest that we are tired, give up, or take an easier path. But if we pause, we can discover new suggestions. For example, we will feel good once the work is done or that we have the ability…
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Ep 254 Conscious Effort
We do not make this mental and emotional effort to seek God because he is lost. That's why we would seek a coin or a sheep. But God is not lost. Setting our minds is the opposite of mental coasting. It is a conscious choice to direct our hearts toward God. It is a conscious effort. That effort to...
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Ep 253 Meditate to Overcome Fear During Loss
I'm not afraid of death, when I die I will be celebrating face to face with Jesus. I'm mostly concerned about leaving my family behind and their anger toward God if it happened. But after losing my sister, I became more and more worried about losing another family member. My husband. My kids.…
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start small Believe Big Podcast encourages listeners to value the significance of small beginnings finding confidence and peace in the big God who knows, sees, and loves us deeply. In each episode, Billie shares personal stories providing practical and useful biblical guidance. Tune in each week and learn to live life with meaning; one step, decision, and action at a time.
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