Autumn Miles Podcast

What if God makes it hard, in order to make you strong? We want things done easily, we want God to move fast, we want to “breeze” into a job, get a promotion, be the top earner, get pregnant fast. But you know what? That's not always good for us. What if God makes it hard to make us strong? 

Take a look at social media- people are losing their minds! We are letting emotions take over and we forget what wisdom is. Proverbs will challenge you. Proverbs will offend you. Proverbs will offer wisdom and stability! Join Autumn in a several part series as we look into Proverbs, and gaining wisdom. In this week's episode, we will look at Proverbs 3-5. 

Take a look at social media- people are losing their minds! We are letting emotions take over and we forget what wisdom is. Proverbs will challenge you. Proverbs will offend you. Proverbs will offer wisdom and stability! Join Autumn in a several part series as we look into Proverbs, and gaining wisdom. In this week's episode, we will look at Proverbs 1-2. 

Are you going through a trial, and it started a while ago and God just doesn’t seem to be done in that situation? You are ready for it to end but God has not brought an end to it yet. Maybe you are praying, asking, seeking… doing all that you can but this trial hasn’t ended and you seem to be right in the middle. Join Autumn today as we look at Rahab.  Rahab stood in faith, but there was a process to receiving the promise they had given her. 

This is for you who is struggling with your mind, with anxiety, with depression, you feel overwhelmed constantly. We serve a God that is in control 100% of the time. He never steps backs. He has never forgotten us. Yet we allow ourselves to get into these places like Elijah, where we cannot deal with what we are facing. I think Jesus is asking us the same question that he asked Elijah, “what has gotten you here?” 

Join us as Autumn digs into John 4 to discuss the Samaritan women and underlying spiritual conditions. Jesus gives the Samaritan women an opportunity to find freedom in the living water He was offering. God has given us a gift during this time to step back and evaluate our lives. When we do not deal with underlying conditions, something new will trigger them. We NEED the healing water of JESUS! The healing that is only found in the Son of God.

Are you looking or have you looked for Jesus and you’re not finding him where you think he should be? He is hidden. You can't seem to find an answer or direction and you have looked for him in all the obvious and usual places. Have you searched and he is not where YOU thought he would be? In today's episode, Autumn explains how God doesn’t work in the obvious. His ways are higher and greater than ours! When he isn’t where you think he should be, KEEP searching!

Sometimes when we cry out to God for help, the means of our deliverance or breakthrough is already in motion.  Learn about God’s process through many Biblical stories and Autumn’s own personal testimony in today’s podcast.

We are so excited to welcome our guest, Phylicia Masonheimer to discuss her book, "Stop Calling Me Beautiful:Finding a Deeper Spirituality in a Shallow World." Stop Calling Me Beautiful teaches readers how to study Scripture, how to live boldly as women of the Word, how to keep perspective in painful circumstances, and how to overcome bitterness by learning to rejoice.

Today we are thrilled to welcome our guest, Jay Payleitner to discuss his new book, "THE PRAYER OF AGUR: Ancient Wisdom for Discovering Your Sweet Spot in Life," Payleitner introducers readers to a little-known biblical author named Agur whose powerful prayer in Proverbs 30 solves this exact conundrum, uncovering the key to contentment.

Today, we are so honored to have our guest Ira Wagler to discuss his new book, "Broken Roads: Returning to My Amish Father." In this insightful memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of Growing Up Amish tries to reconcile with his father, family, and heritage after leaving his faith behind. With his singular voice, Ira reveals his experience in BROKEN ROADS. Through difficult reunions, struggles confronted, and betrayals revisited, Ira explores burning questions of faith and identity shared by millions, whether Amish or not.

We are so excited to welcome our guest, Jennie Lusko to discuss her new book, "The Fight to Flourish: Engaging in the Struggle to Cultivate the Life You Were Born to Live." What if your struggles aren’t a barrier to thriving but an invitation into your most vibrant days? Discover how to live a life of joy and fullness, even in the midst of disappointment and broken dreams. It is in the sacred space of pain and promise that we can begin to flourish. 

Expect God to come in and do something that will blow your mind…to switch your situation, to perform a miracle in your situation, where sight and sound and circumstances might not make sense but God comes in and changes it to allow you to overwhelmingly conquer.

Many of you are thinking what do we do?!  The news is out of control and social media is out of control. What we need to do right now is to try to control what we think. Feed your mind on God's word, on positive things.  Set a guard over your mind.  Don’t let anything in that will mentally affect you in any negative way. Today we will discuss four steps to help control our thinking.

Today we are thrilled to welcome our guests, father and daughter duo, Alois Huf and Cristie Jo Huf Johnson, to celebrate the release of their new book, "Escape to Freedom: The Real-Life Events of One Man’s Relentless Pursuit for Freedom." Written as a novel, Escape to Freedom, is the story of Alois’ courageous escape from Czechoslovakia in 1949 as an eighteen-year-old during WWII, being put in refugee camps, his miraculous meeting & marriage with Poldie, and eventual move to the US, when they moved their family to Grandville, MI in 1956, and built a successful Michigan business.  For eighteen years Alois has volunteered in the Ottawa County Jail three days a week and has personally led 2,100 men to faith in Jesus Christ.    

Today, we are so excited to have Jo Saxton as our guest to discuss her new book, "Ready to Rise: Own Your Voice, Gather Your Community, Step into Your Influence". Saxton tackles the real-life issues—from harassment and sexism to self-doubt and loneliness—that can discourage and derail women from leading in the areas God has called them to. Jo Saxton invites women to own their voice and boldly advance God’s goodness in the world!

We are so focused on the immediate threat and the fear of what could be, that we are not surrendering our minds and shifting our eyes to a God who has the power to handle every single need that we face. Listen today and be reminded that the mountain that stands in front of you is but a "slight thing" in the sight of the Lord.

Our world is in the midst of a global pandemic and many of us are wondering how we are going to move forward from social distancing and quarantining.  Jesus’ followers wondered how they were going to move forward after He ascended into heaven; His response to their question was to send them out into the world to be ambassadors for His cause.  Autumn discusses how Jesus’ response will be the same to us in today’s podcast. 

Today we are thrilled to welcome our guest, Banning Liebshire, to talk about his new book “The Three-Mile Walk”. Many of us are called to be change-makers in the world, but we don’t know how to answer the call. Banning talks with us today about how we are gain the courage we need to live the life God wants for us.  

Today we are so thrilled to have Bronwyn Lea to the show today to discuss her new book “Beyond Awkward Side Hugs”. This book lays out the biblical vision for relationships between men and women in the church, and is specifically designed for brothers and sisters in a sex-crazed world.