Habits of Hope: Cultivating a Deeper Life with God

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  85. Cultivating a Life You Love: Nurturing What Brings Life 14.09.2026 16min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever caught yourself saying, “I used to…”? I used to paint. I used to love brownies. I used to read just because I enjoyed it. Sometimes the things that once brought life to us don’t disappear because we stopped caring. Life simply became full. As we faithfully care for family, work, ministry, relationships, and the responsibilities God has given us, parts of the person he created us to be can slip into the background. And sometimes we begin to assume that because so...
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  84. Cultivating a Life You Love: Stop Waiting for Someday 31.08.2026 9min

  Send us Fan Mail Cultivating a Life You Love: Stop Waiting for Someday Someday we’ll take the trip. Someday we’ll invite people over. Someday we’ll finish the project or finally have time for the things we enjoy. There’s wisdom in recognizing that not every dream belongs in every season. But sometimes we become so focused on tomorrow’s dreams that we overlook today’s gifts. In Episode 84 of Habits of Hope, we’re continuing the Cultivating a Life You Love series with our fourth practice: EMBRA...
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  83. Cultivating A Life You Love: Being More Present With People In Your Life 24.08.2026 13min

  Send us Fan Mail How well do you really know the people you love most—not just their schedules, responsibilities, and routines, but what’s happening beneath the surface? It’s easy for our closest relationships to settle into the rhythms of everyday life. We talk about what needs to get done, where everyone needs to be, what’s for dinner, and what happened during the day. Those conversations are necessary—but sometimes we can spend a lot of time together without really seeing one another. In E...
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  82. Cultivating a Life You Love: Receiving the Care of Your Shepherd (Psalm 23) 17.08.2026 12min

  Send us Fan Mail What happens when running on empty starts to feel normal? Many of us are good at giving, helping, carrying, and getting things done. Receiving can be harder. Yet Psalm 23 reminds us that we have a Shepherd who leads, provides, and restores. We were never meant to carry life alone. In Episode 2 of the Cultivating a Life You Love summer series, Larissa Traquair explores what it means to receive God’s care instead of continually trying to restore yourself through more effort. Yo...
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  81. Cultivating a Life You Love: Paying Attention to What Matters 11.08.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail What if cultivating a life you love begins by paying attention to the life you’re already living? It’s easy to move through our days focused on what needs to get done while missing the people, moments, and gifts God has placed right in front of us. In this first episode of our Cultivating a Life You Love series, we’re exploring the first rhythm: Notice. Drawing from Ephesians 5:15–16, we’ll talk about what it means to live wisely and intentionally—not by doing more, but by be...
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  80.Trusting God Through Doubt and Grief: The Story Behind Kelsey Chadwick's Where Else Could I Go? 09.06.2026 32min

  Send us Fan Mail Today's guest, Lesa Watson, is the mother of Kelsey Chadwick — a woman who spent the last year of her life wrestling honestly with doubt, going back to the word of God, and writing everything she found there into a book called Where Else Could I Go? Kelsey passed away unexpectedly before the book released. The manuscript was already at the publisher when she died. In this conversation, Lesa shares Kelsey's story with extraordinary grace: the cancer diagnosis Kelsey quietly hi...
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  79.Finding Strength in God When You Feel Weak (Isaiah 40:29-31) 25.05.2026 34min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever reached a point where you simply don’t have the strength you need? Read the full article at GingerHarrington.com Not the kind you can push through or plan your way out of—but the kind where your soul feels tired, your heart feels heavy, and the next step feels harder than it should. In this episode, Ginger and Larissa walk through one of the most comforting promises in Scripture—Isaiah 40:29–31—and explore what it really means to find strength in God in the midd...
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  78.How to Find Hope After Trauma | Jennifer Hand on Faith, Healing & Survival Mode 18.05.2026 47min

  Send us Fan Mail What if the hope you've been searching for isn't gone — just buried? After trauma, loss, or a season that's left you feeling undone, it can be hard to believe that anything is still steady beneath the rubble. The ground has shifted. Hope feels fragile, or distant, or simply out of reach. Read the full article version at GingerHarrington.com Trauma counselor and author Jennifer Hand has spent years in the hardest places — from earthquake zones in Nepal and Turkey to exha...
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  77.Starting Over and Feeling Alone? How God Meets You Where You Are 11.05.2026 16min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever walked into a room and felt completely overwhelmed—like you just didn’t have it in you to try again? In this episode, Ginger shares a deeply personal story from a season of starting over, when anxiety, exhaustion, and the longing for connection all collided. It’s a story about what happens when you don’t feel brave, don’t feel ready, and don’t have the energy to take one more step forward. But it’s also a story about how God meets you right there—in the middle o...
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  76.How to Find Friendship When You Feel Lonely (Biblical Hope for Hard Seasons) 27.04.2026 32min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever walked into a room full of people—and still felt completely alone? Loneliness is one of the deepest aches we carry, yet it’s something so many of us quietly experience. In this episode, Ginger sits down with author Kristen Strong to talk honestly about friendship, rejection, and what God is doing in seasons when connection feels out of reach. Together, they explore why friendship can feel so hard, how our expectations can hold us back, and how God meets us right...
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  75.Why Small Habits Matter More Than You Think (Faithfulness in Everyday Life) 20.04.2026 37min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered if the small things you do each day really matter? In this episode, we’re talking about the power of consistency—not as pressure to do more, but as an invitation to be faithful in the small things God has placed in front of you. Because over time, those small, consistent choices don’t stay small—they shape your life. If you’ve ever struggled with follow-through, felt overwhelmed by big changes, or wondered how real transformation happens, this conversat...
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  74.What Is Holy Leisure? Finding Joy with God Instead of Quiet Time Pressure 13.04.2026 34min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever sat down for your quiet time… and instead of feeling refreshed, you felt pressure? Maybe it started as something meaningful—a space to meet with God, to be nourished in His Word. But somewhere along the way, it began to feel like one more thing to do. One more box to check. And instead of delight, you felt disappointment… wondering if you were doing it “right.” If that resonates with you, this conversation is a deep breath for your soul. In this episode of the H...
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  73.How the Holy Spirit Comforts You in Hard Times (What the Bible Says) 31.03.2026 34min

  Send us Fan Mail When life feels heavy and the hard thing doesn’t quickly change, it can be difficult to hold onto hope. In this episode, Ginger and Larissa are joined by Dr. Brenda Pace for a meaningful conversation about the Holy Spirit as our Comforter. Together, they explore how God meets us in suffering—not always by changing our circumstances right away, but by drawing near with His presence, truth, and peace. You’ll hear how the Holy Spirit comforts us through remembered Scriptur...
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  72.How the Holy Spirit Helps You in Your Weakness 23.03.2026 32min

  Send us Fan Mail What do you do when you feel tired, uncertain, or too overwhelmed to even know how to pray? In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, we’re continuing our Holy Spirit series by looking closely at what Scripture says about the Holy Spirit as our helper—not in theory, but in the real, everyday moments when we feel weak, unsure, or stretched beyond our strength. This conversation centers on a powerful truth from Romans 8:26–27: that the Spirit helps us in our weakness, even...
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  71.How the Holy Spirit Guides You Into Truth (What the Bible Says) 16.03.2026 36min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wanted God’s guidance but felt unsure what that actually looks like? Many conversations about spiritual guidance focus on experiences, methods, or expectations. But what does the Bible actually say about how the Holy Spirit guides us? In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger Harrington and Larissa Traquair begin a three-part series on the Holy Spirit by focusing on one foundational truth: the Holy Spirit guides believers into truth. Together they ex...
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  70. How to Stop Letting Your Work Define Your Worth (A Biblical Perspective) 09.03.2026 24min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed how easily your work can start defining your worth? At some point many of us begin asking our work to answer identity questions it was never meant to answer. In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger Harrington shares a message about the difference between working for your worth and working from your worth. Originally prepared for the Texas Christian Writers Conference, this conversation explores how Scripture invites us to live in a differen...
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  69.How to Scripture Journal: A Simple Rhythm for Everyday Quiet Time 16.02.2026 32min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever opened your Bible, read a few verses, and wondered what to do next? In this episode of the we are sharing a simple, approachable way to scripture journal—without pressure, formulas, or perfection. This gentle rhythm helps turn Bible reading into a real conversation with God by slowing down long enough to listen. Instead of mastering a method, you’ll learn a repeatable three-step rhythm you can return to anytime: • Write Scripture • Meditate on it • Respond to Go...
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  68.Praying for a Prodigal Child: How to Hold Onto Hope When You’re Weary 09.02.2026 42min

  Send us Fan Mail What do you do when someone you love walks away from faith—or from you? In this tender, hope-building conversation, Ginger sits down with Monica Schmelter to talk honestly about the ache of unanswered prayers, the temptation to second-guess yourself, and what it looks like to keep praying when you feel worn down. Monica shares her own prodigal journey, practical ways to pray Scripture, and a powerful reminder for every parent, grandparent, spouse, or loved one in the waiting...
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  67.Seek God First: How to Order Your Life Around What Matters Most 26.01.2026 27min

  Send us Fan Mail Seek First: Trusting God With What Follows (Matthew 6:33) Have you ever noticed how easily good intentions can quietly turn into pressure? You want to live faithfully. You want to be wise with your time. You want to make thoughtful choices and trust God with what’s ahead. But before long, that desire can slip into anxiety—feeling like you need a plan for provision, a plan for the future, and a plan for what comes next. In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, we slow do...
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  66.How to Number Our Days for a Heart of Wisdom (Psalm 90:12) 19.01.2026 31min

  Send us Fan Mail Have you ever started a new year with good intentions—goals, plans, and lists—yet still felt unsure how God fits into all of it? In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger Harrington and Larissa Traquair slow down with a prayer from Scripture that reorients how we think about time. Psalm 90:12 doesn’t invite us to manage our days better—it invites us to seek God’s wisdom before deciding how to live the days we’ve been given. Together, we explore what it means to nu...