Walking with Kelley and Kristy

95 | Do You Want To Be Well? Walking in Healing & Freedom!

In today's episode, we’re exploring what it means to truly walk in healing and freedom in Christ. Jesus said, in John 8:36… “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” and we want this promise to be the foundation of every episode this season.
Isaiah 53 says, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Walking in healing and Freedom in Christ is a choice we face every day—this constant contrast: Will I focus on myself, or will I fix my eyes on Jesus’ finished work? Let's choose to walk in the Freedom that Christ offers to us today because of HIS finished work on the cross.
Psalm 147:3 – “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”  -God is the ultimate healer—He wants to restore your heart, mind, and soul.
Isaiah 61:1 – “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” 
Jesus Heals the Paralyzed Man at the Pool – Do You Want to Be Healed #shorts
Proof | Official Music Video
We are praying for you in THIS season of your WALK with Christ! Let's keep walking with the Jesus, and keep our eyes fixed on The HEALER, let's keep showing up and praying for each other along the journey. We love you!  #keepwalking
 
 

94 | From Addict To "JOY"-Filled Fanatic - Our God HEALS!!

Today is a REPLAY of one of our favorite episodes with our friend Brandon Joy. Brandon's life is a testimony of God's calling, purpose, healing, and redemptive work of CHRIST in His life. It is a challenge for all to submit and surrender to the ONE who is MORE than able to heal and bring freedom to each and every one of our stories! We pray this episode encourages you to Let God take any of those messy areas of life you may be facing today, or that keeps trying to rob you from the JOY that awaits. Today you can invite HIM in and TRUST HIM to heal and restore it for your good and His glory! Keep Walking!!

93 | Navigating Disappointments in Friendships

In this episode our friend Annette Wethington joins us back at the table to discuss the difficult topic of when friendships "GO SOUTH". Is GOD Still in the midst of things?  Is HE still able to teach us something through disappointment and heartache in friendship? We believe the answer is YES...Of course HE is! We pray you are encouraged today by this conversation and are challenged to invite God into the friendships where discouragement and disappointment have creeped in.
We recognize that while it's easy to focus on the positive aspects of friendship and be grateful for friends who inspire us, there are also relationship challenges that can be hurtful or harmful. We all face disappointment and unmet expectations in our relationships. Today, we’ll discuss how to navigate these difficulties and how we can please God even when friendships don’t turn out as we hoped. When things go south - it is an opportunity.  With healthy communication and restoration - it’s an opportunity for a deeper friendship.  With pain and destruction - it’s an opportunity to accept reality, get healing and move forward in different directions.
Resources:
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes- Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are, Lysa Terkeurst.
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are
The Next Conversation  Argue Less, Talk More, Jefferson Fisher.
www.jeffersonfisher.com/podcast
Rick Warren has a 6 part sermon series on navigating difficult relationships, You Make Me Crazy- Search on You Tube
 
 
 
 
 
 

92 | Sisters - A Friendship For Life

In this episode two very special sisters join us at the table to share how the gift of a sister can also be an amazing gift of a friend. Adriana Melendez sits with us every week at the table, she produces this podcast, and we are so thankful for the friendship that we've been given in her. Today her older sister Mariel Melendez joins us to chat about Godly Healthy relationships and how important they are in life as we seek to walk with Christ and grow in our faith.
There is such a special bond between brothers and sisters and we know it takes prayer, patience, and sometimes a whole lot of forgiveness to get to a thriving place of friendship within our families. Today we are praying for you, your family,  and those friendships that God has given you that have stepped in like family is intended to do. Be encouraged today, and keep walking!!

91 | Hope In The Midst of Suffering: Comfort For the Hurting

In this episode, our friends Heather and Ryan Wright join us back at the table, and continue to share their personal journey of loss and suffering, but also encourage us by God's faithfulness, His comfort, and their amazing FCA family and friends, who have walked beside them through it all. They remind us of the loving kindness of God that is available to each of us as we face our own struggles in life.
The body of Christ has shown up to walk with them through their deepest valleys and God continues to use these relationships to help them on their healing journey today.
When faced with difficult seasons, the gift of friendship helps to ease the heartache of pain, loss, and suffering. When friends take time to check in on each other, pray for each other, and are willing to offer encouragement during difficult times - and choose to SIT in life struggles together, it is there we experience the LOVE and PEACE of CHRIST. 
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NIV - Two are better than one, because they - Bible Gateway
2 Corinthians 1:3-7 NIV - Praise to the God of All Comfort - Bible Gateway
To find out more about Ryan and Heather Wright and their ministry through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, please follow the link below...
Ryan Wright
 
 

90 | Setting A Plumbline: In Family, Ministry, & Friendships

In this episode, Jacob Shamblin sits down and teaches us the importance of setting a Plumbline for our lives. As Christians, our standard for living is found in the LIFE of CHRIST. Although we will never obtain or arrive at perfection, we can look to God's Word, and the life that Christ walked here on Earth, as a standard - to guide and direct us in everyday decisions. What a gift we have been given in God's Word. 
Jacob Shamblin is in full time ministry with The Fellowship of Christian Athletes. If you have been encouraged today, and want to be apart of what God is doing through FCA, we would love for you to join us in supporting Jacob and his team, please visit the link below.
https://my.fca.org/?form=jacobshamblin&keyword=jacob%20shamblin
Amos 7:7-8 KJV - Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the - Bible Gateway
Matthew 7:7 NIV - Ask, Seek, Knock - “Ask and it will - Bible Gateway
Matthew 5 NIV - Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount - Bible Gateway
 
 
 

89 | Cultivating Fruitful Friendships

In this episode, our friend Suzanne Thomas joins us at the table to talk about what it looks like to cultivate and grow friendships that reflect God's love and that bear lasting fruit. Galatians 5:22-23 reminds us that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
This episode draws from both biblical and real-life experiences. Suzanne brings a wealth of wisdom to our bible study table every week. We are honored to have her here today to encourage us about why Godly Healthy friendships are so important to spiritual growth. We pray you are encouraged today, and are challenged to evaluate your own friendships and relationships through a lens of God's word. Keep cultivating a space for fruitful friendships in your own life, and watch those relationships BLOOM. We love you! Keep Walking!
Galatians 5:22-23 NIV - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, - Bible Gateway

88 | Godly Friendships: Grounded in Truth & Love

In this episode Annette Weathington joins us at the table to challenge and encourage us to continue to cultivate healthy and Godly friendships!
Today, we’re talking about the beauty and depth of friendship — how it strengthens our spiritual growth, helps us weather the storms of life,  and how it brings joy to everyday life. When we introduced this season a few weeks ago, we told you about a friendship brunch that we had attended, and how special it was to us and how God used that time to lead us to this very season. We shared with you about our friend Annette, who shared a devotion that impacted us - and today we’re so excited to have her here with us - to share some of the truths God has shown her from His Word and from her life experiences.
 

87 | A Friendship Knit by God

On today's episode, our friend Marie Clayman joins us to talk about the gift of a Godly Friendship. Sometimes God brings friends into our lives that are divinely woven for a purpose much greater than we could ever imagine. It's a friendship - knit by God - to help withstand the ups and downs this life brings. We pray this conversation challenges you to seek God first as you go about your busy days, and we also hope it encourages you to surround yourself with like minded friends - who will point you toward Jesus and keep you accountable to His truth and His ways - as you walk out your faith!  A Godly sister- friend loves you deeply, challenges you gently, and walks with you faithfully.  When you experience these kinds of friendships, thank God for sending them into your life, they are a true gift from God! Marie thank you for your precious friendship in our lives. 👭#keepwalking

86 | Friendship & Mustard Seeds

In today’s episode, we sit down with our incredibly creative and faith-filled friend Brenna Keller. She has a gift for taking what others may find useless and worn out—furniture, collections, forgotten things—and repurposing them into something beautiful and useful again. She refers to her work as "Perfectly Imperfect", and reminds us that God's love and redemptive work in us makes us perfectly imperfect too. What makes her creativity truly special is the way it reflects her heart: full of hope, full of faith, and full of God’s love.
God has given each of us a unique calling on our lives, and has equipped us with the tools we need to walk out His perfect plan! Don't let fear keep you from ALL He wants to do in and through you! Let your FAITH be BIGGER! We pray you are encouraged today by Brenna's BIG FAITH, her creativity, and especially her Love for Jesus. 
Matthew 17:20 says, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.’”
 
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