Autumn Miles Podcast

Our response to our sin is not God’s response.  When we know we have sinned, we often turn from God because of our guilt when He is actively looking for us, just like He showed up for His walk with Adam and Eve right after they sinned against Him in the Garden of Eden.  Nothing you can do can stop God from desiring community and a relationship with you. Even in our sins He is saying “Where are you?”. Grab the word of God, pray, listen to worship and say “Here I am, Lord. Put me back together.”

Many of you are wearing your worry today; you are weighed down with cares that you haven’t surrendered. YOU are carrying them even though God says He wants to take them from you.  Learn a lesson in surrendering worry from Martha’s encounter with Jesus in Luke because how often you surrender the “small” occurrences in life will dictate how well you surrender the “big” ones.

Talking about her latest book, "Fake or Follower", Andi Andrew joins us on the show today as we discuss how we live in a culture where many identify as "Christian" without fully embracing what it looks like to follow Jesus day-in and day-out. After gathering on a Sunday, do we simply go about our business, void of true transformation? Is the gospel simply a self-help tool, the church just a place where our needs can be met? It's time to ask ourselves, "Am I really following Jesus? Or am I just faking it?" "With eye-opening personal stories, Scripture, and thought-provoking questions, Andi Andrew lovingly invites readers to examine their hearts to discover whether their faith is a genuine, life-giving marriage of belief and practice in response to Christ's life and sacrifice, or if it is just a lifestyle choice on par with any other. She encourages readers to surrender their whole lives to Jesus daily, grapple with hard questions they may have been avoiding, and discover a life fully alive, following in the wa

In a world full of options, God is looking for people who are going obey what he says no matter the cost.  Don’t leave your options open when God has given you a clear command. Elisha was summoned by Elijah to be his prophetic successor, so Elisha left his oxen and plow in the field to immediately obey God’s call.  What do you need to completely abandon to do the same? Burn that plow, cut up the safety net, resign from that job, or quit that habit out of obedience to the call of God and watch what He does with your life.

"When someone is grieving, what should we say? How can we help? How do we comfort without offering shallow platitudes? Grief, loss, and pain are significant and unavoidable parts of the human experience, but they’re often overlooked or minimized." One author of "The Book of Comforts: Genuine Encouragement For Hard Times", our guest Kaitlin Wernet talks about her experience with grief and the process of healing. She joins us on the show today as we dig deep into what the process of grief looks like and how we can find hope in Jesus Christ. Kaitlin Wernet is a highly motivated content creator who loves capturing ideas in writing, building excitement with purpose, and celebrating life through relationships.

Our comfort is killing us.  God asks us to do or say the awkward and we balk.  But, He is producing a result while you are standing there shaking like Moses did before Pharaoh. Faith is not comfortable. But don’t let the awkward make you quit; let it propel you to dig into your situation with stubborn faith. God is active when its awkward. Push past the awkwardness to the reward on the other side.

Satan is crushing our heads, minds, future and potential with junk because he sees more potential in us than we do!!  We tiptoe around evil and Satan because he intimidates some of us- we aren’t crushing him on the head. The power of God resides inside of us through Jesus; we are MORE than conquerors. Wake up and take your life back; it is time to crush the enemy in the name of Jesus.

"Sharing the secrets to a happy marriage!" Dave and Ann Wilson join us on our show today and we talk about the nitty-gritty of marriage! We're going to go THERE. Let's have a real conversation about how we fight for a godly marriage, the way God intended it to be! Dave and Ann Wilson are co-founders of Kensington Church, a national, multi-campus church that hosts more than 14,000 attendees every weekend, and authors of Vertical Marriage. For the past twenty-five years, they have been featured speakers at Family Life’s Weekend to Remember®, and have also hosted their own marriage conferences across the country.

God sometimes removes relationships, expectations, jobs, etc. from our lives in His pruning process to make us rely totally on Him.  The pruning may hurt, but it is always for our spiritual and personal health. Don’t superglue or duct tape the dead branch of a relationship back onto your healthy, vibrant life.  The children of Israel actually foolishly tried to return to their slavery in Egypt after God had pruned the slavery from them because they were tempted with Egypt’s supposed “luxury”, but Satan was really attempting to trick them back into bondage.  Keep what God has pruned dead!

"People stay defeated because victory takes work." Are you staying in your defeat? There is a process to the victory! Get up, and let's do the work!

We often think that waiting strips joy from our soul and steals our energy and drive.  However, God says the opposite is true; He says that those who wait on Him will gain new strength and will not tire.  Learn how to accept in faith to that this contradictory concept is true and learn how to operate your life in accordance WITH the wait so you will gain all that God has for you through it.

What happens when not only our hearts are being strangled by fear, but our physical bodies are responding to our bondage? Our special guest, Susie Larson, speaks to the truth that we can no longer treat the symptoms in our lives: it's time for our breakthrough! She discusses her latest book, "Fully Alive", we talk about we are to FLOURISH in every aspect of our life! Susie Larson is a talk show host, national speaker, and author of fifteen books and many articles. Susie’s passion is to see women everywhere awakened to the value of their soul, the depth of God’s love, and the height of their calling in Christ Jesus.

Our human expectation of life events will enslave our hearts and could potentially destroy our faith.  God very seldom, if ever, operates according to our expectation or guidelines, but He is actively working even when we can’t understand.  Don’t be like the men on the road to Emmaus, who were walking WITH Jesus, yet communicating their disappointment at His death and resurrection TO HIM.  Hope in Jesus and Jesus alone to fulfill your vision of life in His way.

We have some REAL TALK today here with Kristy Cambron! Our conversation has us talking about what it means to truly study the Word of God, digging into the stories of God! Let's move past the GUILT of not being in the Word "enough", and let's just have quality time with our God!  Kristy Cambron is an award-winning author of historical fiction, including her bestselling debut The Butterfly and the Violin, and an author of Bible studies, including the Verse Mapping series. Kristy is a Women's Ministry Leader at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY, and a passionate storyteller who travels to speak at events across the country, encouraging women to experience a deeper life in the Word through verse mapping.

What past hurts or failures direct your present?  Don’t allow your past influences to be the boss of your present experience.  Make decisions based on the Word and Spirit of God to live an abundant life free from guilt and shame.

We often let failure define our life’s narrative or keep us frozen in the moment of failure, but Jesus does not.  How Jesus addressed Peter’s failure is a principle that we should use to guide us through our own failings and shortcomings.

We have special guest, Hannah Brencher, on our show today! Let's have a candid discussion on what our lives, and our world, would look like if we started living like we meant it. In her latest book, "Come Matter Here", Hannah shares the truth that we can stop looking towards the "next big thing" and start living a life that matters now! "When faced with the challenges of building a life of your own, it’s all too easy to stake your hope and happiness in “someday.” But what if the dotted lines on the map at your feet today mattered just as much as the destination you dream of?" Hannah Brencher is a writer, TED speaker, and online educator with a heart for building leaders. She is the author of "Come Matter Here" and "If You Find This Letter." Named as one of the White House’s “Women Working to Do Good” and a spokesperson for the United States Postal Service, Hannah founded "The World Needs More Love Letters" in 2011. The global community has grown to over 20,000 individuals across six continents, fifty-three co

"What do you want me to do for you?" God is asking us "what do you want me to do for you?", yet we aren't BOLDLY praying and telling him what we want! Our Father is loving, gracious, and giving, and yet we aren't surrendering desires of our heart!

Feeling stuck? Frustrated with your life? Frustrated with where you are? Feel like you’re not making progress? This episode is for you. 

We are so honored to have the legendary women behind "The Voice", Sandi Patty! She join us today on the show to discuss her latest book and how the Lord has used her testimony to help others find their voice. ...  As one of the most highly acclaimed performers of our time with five Grammy® awards, four Billboard Music Awards, three platinum records, five gold records, and eleven million units sold, Sandi Patty is simply known as The Voice. Sandi is the most awarded female vocalist in contemporary Christian music history, with 40 Dove Awards. She was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2004 and as an Indiana Living Legend in 2007.