Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Season 3: Episode 23: Hope and Help for the Holidays (encore episode: original air date 11/15/22)

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
Welcome to Season Three!
Season Three Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the third season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will continue to cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience, and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The focus of this new season will be how to lean into God's grace as we grow older. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole, and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode 23: Hope and Help for the Holidays (encore episode: original air date 11/15/22)
An excerpt from today’s episode: "Thanksgiving is one day and one meal. Enjoying every bit of your dinner doesn't "set back" anything. A wellness journey isn't a diet - it's a new way of living life with lots of space for celebrations that include good food...and remember, you are still becoming and that is something to truly be thankful for."
Key Scriptures:
Psalm 139: 13-14 ESV
 
Links
Learn more about Still Becoming Small Group Coaching (beginning in January 2024) https://laura-acuna.com/coaching/
Life Coaching with Laura Acuna: Guiding Later Bloomers on the Journey to What's Next. Learn more here.
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
I am booking for 2024! Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my NEWSLETTER and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
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Season 3: Episode 22: After Trauma Hope: A Conversation with Jenn Hand

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
Welcome to Season Three!
Season Three Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the third season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will continue to cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience, and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The focus of this new season will be how to lean into God's grace as we grow older. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole, and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode 22: After Trauma Hope: A Conversation with Jenn Hand
Key Scriptures:
Joshua 1:8-9
Nehemiah 2:18
Nehemiah 6:3
Psalm 139
Zephaniah 3:18
Quote:
Jenn's definition of trauma: "Trauma is any time you have felt unsafe spiritually, physically, emotionally or relationally."
Jenn Hand’s Links:
Register for the free After Trauma Hope Webinar Replay: here
Check out the After Trauma Hope Guide here
Buy Jenn’s book, My Yes is on the Table: Moving From Fear to Faith here.
Listen to the My Yes is On the Table Podcast here
Follow Jenn  here.
All the Links!
Life Coaching with Laura Acuna: Guiding Later Bloomers on the Journey to What's Next. Learn more here.
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
I am booking for 2024! Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my NEWSLETTER and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
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Season 3: Episode 21: Blooming Later: Reminders of God’s Faithfulness and Your Fruitfulness in Midlife and Beyond

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
Welcome to Season Three!
Season Three Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the third season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will continue to cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience, and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The focus of this new season will be how to lean into God's grace as we grow older. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole, and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode 21: Blooming Later: Reminders of God's Faithfulness and Your Fruitfulness in Midlife and Beyond. 
Key Scripture:
So, we're not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without His unfolding grace. 2 Corinthians 4:16 MSG
Quote:
"If He was faithful before – and He was – He will be faithful now. If He produced good fruit in our lives in years gone by - and He did – He will continue to grow good fruit until He brings us home. The question is, will we stay engaged, accept the reality of our timeline, and follow? Or will we keep looking back and miss it all?"
All the Links!
Life Coaching with Laura Acuna: Guiding Later Bloomers on the Journey to What's Next. Learn more here.
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
I am booking for 2024! Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my NEWSLETTER and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
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Season Two: Episode 20: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Six

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Twenty: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Six: Live it Out
Key Scriptures:
Ephesians 6:12
Ephesians 6:13-17
Matthew 26:57-58
Jeremiah 6:16a
Isaiah 30:21
Psalm 75:3
 
Quote:
 
Excerpt from an address to the Knights of Columbus:
 "To believe in traditional Christianity is something else. For the son of God to be born of a virgin? I mean, really. To believe that he rose from the dead and bodily ascended into heaven? How utterly ridiculous. To believe in miracles? Or that those who obey God will rise from the dead and those who do not will burn in hell? God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools… And he has not been disappointed… If I have brought any message today it is this: have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity… Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world." Antonin Scalia
All the Links!
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my NEWSLETTER and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
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Season Two: Episode 19: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Five

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Nineteen: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Five: Listen to the Women Who Have Come Before Us
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves (S2 E6)
Love people (S2 E7)
Stay loyal to the Word (S2 E8)
Listen to the women who have come before us ( May 30 -- S2 E9)
Live it out (June 13 -- S2 E10)
Key Scriptures:
Genesis 2:18
Proverbs 31:10
Judges 5:7 (Deborah)
Joshua 2:1-14 (Rahab)
Luke 1 (Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Luke 1 (Elizabeth, the cousin of Mary and mother of John the Baptist)
Luke 2:36-38
The Book of Ruth (Ruth)
The Book of Esther (Esther)
Romans 16:1-16 (Phoebe)
Hebrews 13:7
Colossians 1:9-12
 
All the Links!
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my NEWSLETTER and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
 
Follow Me on Social Media
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Season Two: Episode 18: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Four

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Eighteen: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Four: Stay Loyal to the Word
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves (S2 E6)
Love people (S2 E7)
Stay loyal to the Word (S2 E8)
Upcoming Episodes:
Listen to the women who have come before us ( May 30 -- S2 E9)
Live it out (June 13 -- S2 E10)
Key Scriptures:
Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
Luke 12:48 (NLT)
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV)
Romans 10:17 (NIV)
Matthew 22:29 (NLT)
Psalm 19:7-11 (NIV)
Quotes from Episode Eight:
If you are not confident in the authority of the scriptures, you will be a slave to whatever sounds right. -- Matt Chandler
If you and I want to be able to detect counterfeit truth, we need to immerse ourselves in the real thing. We need to saturate ourselves in the truth of the Word of God. -- Ann Graham Lotz
All the Links!
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode 17: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Three

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Seventeen: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Three
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square, as they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves (S2 E6)
Love people (S2 E7)
Upcoming Episodes:
Stay loyal to the Word (S2 E8)
Listen to the women who have come before us (S2 E9)
Live it out (S2 E10)
Key Scriptures:
Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)
Romans 5:8 (NIV)
Epheseans 5:1-2 (NIV)
Matthew 5:46 (ESV)
Colossians 3:2 (NLT)
Quotes from Episode Seven:
"God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us. It takes no character to love people who are lovely and loving to you."  Rick Warren
A video of the song, For the One
All the Links!
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode 16: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Two

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Sixteen: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Two
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square, as they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves
Love people
Stay loyal to the Word
Listen to the women who have come before us
Live it out
Key Scriptures:
Ephesians 5:8 (ESV)
John 1:5 (NIV)
John 17:15-18 (NIV)
Luke 18:11 (NIV)
1 Peter 2:9-10 (MSG)
Quotes from Episode Six:
"We overcome, not because we’re a moral majority or a righteous remnant, but because we’re blood-covered sinners who know that if the gospel can change us, it can change anyone.”  - Russell Moore
“Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.” - Henri Nouwen
All the Links!
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode 15: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part One

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Fifteen: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way Part One
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square, as they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 
Key Scriptures
1 Corinthians 14:33 (NLT)\
Psalm 103:19 (NASB)
Psalm 75:3 (MSG)
Matthew 5:14-15 (ESV)
Luke 10:2 (NIV)
Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT)
Ephesians 5:8 (ESV)
John 1:5 (NIV)
 
Quotes:
"I’ve read the last page of the Bible – It’s all going to turn out alright!”  Billy Graham
“Shalom, the familiar Hebrew word for peace which permeates the Old Testament, does not refer to the absence of chaos, but rather to an overall deeply entrenched sense of harmony, health, and wholeness in the midst of chaos. In fact, true peace is best detected and measured against the backdrop of commotion and confusion – when instability abounds, yet you remain steadfast; when disappointment and confusion are near, yet you’re still capable of walking with spirit-infused confidence, stability and steadiness.”  Priscilla Shirer, The Armor of God
"The Church’s mightiest influence is felt when she is different from the world in which she lives."  A.W. Tozer
"Here's what's at stake: when Christans lose their minds, people lose their faith."  Carey Nieuwhof
 
Helpful Links:
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode 14: What Every Woman Needs to Know: A Word for My Older Sisters

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Fourteen: What Every Woman Needs to Know: A Word for My Older Sisters
Key Scriptures:
Titus 2:3-5 NET
Proverbs 31:26 ESV
 
Liz Curtis Higgs Quote:
 
“When we’re young, we imagine life will be like a bell curve. We’ll climb upward, enjoy being on top of our game for a few years, then steadily decline until we quietly slip out of sight. That’s not at all what God has in mind. Our life in Christ and our service to Him is ever ascending, moving forward and upward, gaining strength and momentum.” [i]
 
Eight Characteristics of a Titus 2 Woman
Non-Judgmental: She needs our empathy, flexibility, and help – not our judgment.
Humility: There is no place for entitlement, control, or pride (see Jesus’ example for this).
Transparency/Authenticity: She wants to be let in on our own struggles both past and present – this gives her hope. She isn’t looking for perfect role-models. She wants us to be our true selves.
A Biblical Foundation: She wants to see us actively seeking the Word of God and applying it to our lives.
Honesty: We need to accurately remember that it was hard for us, too. No need to tell her that life was different (better, worse, harder, etc.) when we were young women – that isn’t helpful to her today.
Grace-Filled: She will do things differently, but she gets the space and grace to try them out, succeed, and even make mistakes!
Accountability: We can be honest and hold a sister accountable – warn and admonish in extreme grace. She should feel loved after encountering us, not judged (again, see Jesus’ example).
Generosity: There are times when we need to move aside and let her have her time, her moment. We have had ours.
 
Helpful Links:
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Let's serve together! Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
[i] http://www.incourage.me/2015/03/still-life.html