Christ With Coffee On Ice - what does God's voice sound like ft. ashley hetherington
Episode Date: March 8, 2024Hey y'all ! Welcome to another Friday with CWCOI ! In this week's episode our host, Ally Yost, is joined by special guest and friend, Ashley Hetherington. Ally and Ashley spur each other on in topics ...such as, trusting God's timing, discerning God's voice, the importance of Christian community - and SO much more. Their friendship is a true testament to the Lord's goodness and favor in their lives and we hope you feel so encouraged by it all ! PRE-ORDER "The Joy Of The In-Between" HERE ! ➤ https://thehoneyscoop.com/book ☆ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON ☆ : https://patreon.com/CWCOI ____________________________________________ Connect further with us ! If you would like to give to CWCOI and support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cwcoi/support TikTok ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@christwithcoffeeonice Instagram ➤ https://instagram.com/christwithcoffeeonice _____________________________________________ Connect further with Ally ! TikTok (1.9M) ➤ https://www.tiktok.com/@ally_yost Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/ally_yost/ LTK.IT ➤ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/ally_yost Amazon Storefront ➤ https://www.amazon.com/shop/allyyost Pinterest ➤ https://www.pinterest.com/ally_yost1/_created/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cwcoi/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hello everybody. Welcome to another episode of Christ with coffee on ice. I am your host,
Allie Yost. And this week's episode is so exciting because I have another friend with me.
We have another Ashley, y'all. We have Ashley Hetherington here.
I'm freaking out. I'm so excited to have you. I feel like half of my listeners have to know who Ashley is.
And if you don't, I've brought you up at least like a million times on the podcast already.
I talk about you all the time.
I'm just so grateful. This is one of my most incredible friends that I've made here in Nashville,
and she's, like, so unbelievably inspiring. If you guys don't follow her, you need to follow her.
But, Ash, do you want to just introduce yourself and tell everybody who you are and what you do?
Stop, like, I'm already crying. I love you.
That just, like, made me so emotional. That's what we do here, too. We get, we can get you over here.
I love you so much. It's just wild being here with Allie, because I,
I mean, we were just connecting like a couple months ago and then to be here and to have
experienced like so much life in the last couple months.
Like crazy.
God has just blown our minds and we're so excited to share like what God's been doing.
Like he has been going to another level with us.
Like he has been taking us deeper in friendship.
He has been like providing the sweetest community in Nashville.
Like the amount of times I just leave hanging out with us as a group, I'm like, every time
in the group chat.
That was the best night in my life.
And I'm like, we did nothing.
We did nothing.
We have this thing that we do.
We just have like movie nights.
And half the time we don't even really watch the movie.
We just talk through the whole thing.
It's so fun.
It's so much fun.
So I didn't even answer your question, but I just am so grateful to be here and to just
share what God's been doing in our lives.
But my name is Ashley.
I'm so grateful to be here with y'all.
I am a author.
I'm a content creator.
I'm on YouTube.
and I literally love this sister so much.
And I love Jesus.
We're so excited to talk about the Lord.
Yeah, we are.
We are so excited to talk about Jesus.
But it is actually crazy because I feel like all that we've done in the last couple
months, I'm like, wait, we've only actually been friends for a few months.
It feels like it's low-key been years.
Yeah.
Like it actually feels like just how much the Lord has done for us in our friendship and
just all the things that we've stayed busy with.
Like we're doing something like every day.
And it's just so much fun.
It's really fun.
Yeah.
So I think that the biggest thing, obviously Ashley led with that.
She said she's an author.
So Ash, will you tell us about something really exciting that's happening for you in the next
couple of months?
No, next month.
Literally next month.
Next month I am writing, well, this is my second book, my first published book.
I'm so excited to share with you guys.
It's all about waiting on God's timing.
So if you're in a waiting season, I'm going to raise my hand because I'm in a waiting
season.
I'm still in a waiting season.
But we're going to learn how.
to trust God in a waiting season.
We're not going to be just surviving waiting on God.
We're going to be thriving, okay?
I love that.
And the book is called The Joy of the In Between.
It'll be out March 26.
If it's already out right now, you better get it.
What are you doing?
And I'm so excited.
It's so exciting.
Okay, wait, I love that.
So I think that if a single person did not raise their hand when they said that
when Ashley had said who's in a waiting period,
I feel like you could be lying.
Because if you really think about it,
I feel like there's just, there cannot be one single person that's walking this planet that's not going through a waiting season.
Or isn't waiting on something.
Like, we're waiting on a phone call.
We're waiting on a relationship.
We're waiting on an opportunity.
We're waiting for finances.
We're waiting for, you know, those test results.
Like, whatever it is, like, we're all waiting for something.
And so I think that that's what makes your, what you're doing so awesome because I find it hard to believe that anyone could read that and not relate to that.
You know?
Like, we're all currently waiting on something or we've waited.
for something and the Lord has come through for us, like he always will. But waiting is like a true
testimony and test of our faith, you know? I think that waiting in anything is what strengthens our
faith. What do you think, Ash? Well, I agree. I think it's the biggest test of faith because what happens?
Like what is faith without it? Yes, exactly. You get this picture from God. Yeah. Vision from God,
maybe a word from God. Maybe you get a prophetic word that's just like continue.
repeated, right? And what your current circumstance looks like looks nothing like that.
Yeah. And you can just look at that and go, okay, Lord, I know you want me to believe you for
the impossible. I know your word says, if I have a tiny mustard seed of faith, you can make it
happen. Right. But this looks literally like it's never going to happen. Or maybe like that's the area that
the enemy has attacked you in the most is the area that God is actually challenging you to believe him
but you've just been knocked down and disappointed.
But if you believe in that space,
if you believe God there,
I am telling you mountains will move.
Like I have seen it in my own life.
Yeah.
Have you?
Yeah, absolutely.
I think that sometimes though it feels like,
I don't know,
it feels like you're like,
I don't even want to like face these mountains though.
I don't want to tell these mountains to move Lord,
like just do it for me.
Like sometimes it just gets really discouraging
because you feel like you have to find the faith in God
in those waiting seasons on your own.
Does that make sense?
Like sometimes when you're in a waiting season,
you're like, I just got to trust in my God
and I just got to muster up this trust
and this like this faith that I have in God.
Wait, this is a word.
But honestly, I think the biggest thing
that the Lord has taught me in waiting seasons
because I'm currently in one,
we're all in a waiting season of one font or another,
is asking him for that faith.
Yeah.
Like there is nothing that we can't like get on our own without him.
So if you're lacking having faith,
if you're lacking having patience in the Lord where you're like, you know what,
the Lord actually deserves a lot more faith from me right now and I can't give it to him.
Ask him for it.
And he will provide you that faith, you know?
Like I think too many times we're in this waiting season we're like,
you just got to like be the one to have the faith, right?
And it's like, of course, we need to be the ones to have the faith,
but we also have to ask our father for that faith,
which is then going to strengthen our faith even more to have that patience with him
and continue to be in that waiting period to the point where I don't want to say
that the waiting gets easier, but it does.
you know and then you're almost like you're not obsessing over it as much not thinking about it as much
because you have that faith and that comfort like that faith also comes hand in hand with peace
and you get this sense of peace where you're just like you know what I know that he's got it so I'm
just going to continue to wait I'm going to continue to enjoy all these other aspects of my life that are
so fruitful like can we also acknowledge that that we might be waiting in this one season and it's
really you know it's easy for us to kind of like just focus on that but then we forget about all the
fruit that we just talked about this like we're literally in a garden full of all these other fruits like
we're sitting here waiting for this pear tree to sprout but then you got your strawberries you got your
kiwis you got your watermelons you've got your lemons you've got your freaking or avocados fruit yeah
yes correct tomatoes whatever you got all of it over here and it's they're there for sure and it's
they're there okay but it's like it's so real you know it's just like finding that faith but if you
don't have it ask the lord for more like one of the coolest things
things that Ashley Jones did for me one time was like, I don't know what we were talking about,
but I was like talking about how I wish that I had something. Whatever. Maybe it was a gift.
Maybe it was a certain amount of faith, whatever. And she was like, you can pray for that.
And like, why is it so hard for us to remember that you can actually just pray for it? Like,
anything your heart desires, it says it in the Bible, the Lord will give you. If you just have faith,
then you ask him for it, he'll deliver. And that's a promise. It's in black and white and red sometimes,
in the Bible saying like ask for it and I will give it to you it may not always look like the way that
you want it that could go for timing that could even be the way it looks let's say we all have this like
image in our head of what we think our husband is even going to look like and sometimes the lord is
like plot to us he actually looks like this like you never know you know and so I don't think he's actually
cuter he's actually cuter yeah my god yeah that's my god he's better than you thought please
No, but it's so true. I think that sometimes, you know, obviously the Lord promised us,
but he didn't promise us that it would be on our terms. It has to be on his terms. And so I just love that.
Like if you feel like you're lacking in whatever it is, but especially a season of waiting,
whatever it is that you feel like you're lacking in, you can ask the Lord for that, you know?
If you're like in a feeling of, and this assent straight from the enemy is like eagerness,
like that like it needs to happen right now. When we feel that, that is straight.
from the pits of hell.
Like, that is the enemy wanting us to be in a rush about everything.
One, so that we never really truly get to experience, like, life where we're at, you know?
And I think that whenever we're in a rush for things, I mean, even when you're, like,
rushing your mornings, don't you kind of wish, like, okay, I really should have given myself
more time.
One, it would have saved me from the stress.
But two, I would have been able to actually enjoy my morning.
You know what I mean?
Like, anytime that you think that you were in a rush about something, were you loving it,
were you thriving in that?
I don't think we thrive in rushing, you know?
Yeah.
And the enemy knows that.
And he puts it in this cute little bow, promising us that, you know, if we rush or we get it right now, we'll be happier.
But what God knows is that there needs to be so much growth in us.
Like, we think we're also ready for these things.
And then you turn around and you're like, Lord, you were right.
Okay, maybe my heart needed to grow a little bit in that aspect or another, you know?
Yes.
And it's just like, he just knows best.
And I know that we all know that.
But sometimes we need that reminder of like he truly knows best.
And he doesn't like to see us hurting.
You know, like if we're in this season of waiting and we're hurting and we're like, Lord, I'm like, I'm in pain.
Like, I need this thing.
You know, why haven't you given it to me?
But he doesn't thrive in that.
Like, the Lord wants the best for us.
So if anything, we need to see all of it as love.
Like, it's love.
The waiting is love because it's for our best, you know?
Okay, Ash, I've been talking long enough.
How do you feel?
What do you think?
Well, one, I want to go back to when you said that we can ask God for faith.
Because that made me think about how, I think it's in when gyrus.
Jiris is, I forget which gospel it's in, but Jiris, this man's, he's a dad, and his daughter
dies.
I think it might actually be in, why am I thinking John?
Why am I thinking?
I think it's in both.
John, let's see.
Mark.
Okay, fam, and Matthew, yes.
So Matthew and Mark, Jiris has a daughter and his daughter dies.
Right.
And basically, he is.
very upset because his daughter is literally dead and he goes and he gets Jesus and he asked Jesus
to heal his daughter. And in the midst of all of that, I think he asked, does he ask? Well, so how it
happened was it was when, and I literally only know it like this because obviously I read it in the
Bible, but I also saw it in the chosen. Oh, bless the Lord. Yes. Okay. So she was dying and his only hope
was Jesus because he had heard that Jesus had performed all these other miracles, right? So he goes out of
his way he goes and finds Jesus. He says, Jesus, my daughter is dying. She's 12 years old. She's
literally going to die. I need you. Right. And on his way to Jiris's house was the woman who touched
his cloak in the crowd, right? So Jesus was like pushing through this. Like all his disciples were
helping him get through this crowd. He ends up healing this woman because this woman,
the woman that was bleeding for 12 years. So then he heals her, right? But in that time of that
happening, Jiris's daughter had died. So then when Jesus went back, sorry, I didn't mean to overpower you here.
No, no, no, no.
But when Jesus went back to Jairus' house, everyone was like, you might as well just turn around
Jesus.
Like, sorry, but you're too late.
Yes.
Like she already died.
If you had come here sooner, this wouldn't have happened, right?
Yes.
No, you're absolutely right.
Yes, that did happen.
And that can be such a testimony to us too when we're like, Jesus, you're too late.
Yes.
He's Jesus.
It ain't too late for him.
Well, and I kind of did mess this up.
So it wasn't Jirus and the daughter.
I'm really glad I looked this up.
praise God
that's just so real
you can always just look it up fam
so there was a
father of a boy
who was under a spirit
he was possessed yeah
he possessed by an impure spirit
and this is what happened this is mark
mark nine
fam and verse
20 it says so they brought him when the
spirit saw Jesus and immediately
threw the boy into a convulsion
he fell to the ground and rolled
around foaming at the mouth.
Jesus asked the boy's father,
how long has he been like this?
From childhood he answered,
it is often thrown him into fire or water to kill him.
But if you can do anything,
take pity on us and help us.
And verse 23 says,
if you can, said Jesus,
everything is possible for the one who believes.
Verse 24 says,
immediately the boy's father exclaimed,
I do believe, help me overcome my unbelief.
So when you were,
we're talking about like how we can pray.
It is so beautiful that we see that in scripture too.
Like yeah.
This dad has had his son be going through it.
He's probably lost complete faith that Jesus could,
that anything could be healed,
that this could be out of his son.
And he goes, Lord, I believe, but help my unbelieve.
So there can be so many things in our own life where it's like,
we're like, God, I believe.
Like God I believe, God I believe.
but can you help me believe?
Like send a word of encouragement.
Like you're allowed to pray and ask those things.
God encourage me through my time with you.
Give me a word of encouragement.
Give me a sign.
You get,
you're allowed to ask God for a sign.
Yeah.
Like,
you're allowed to do all this.
And he could, like,
operate through another person.
Like,
that could be a simple phone call
where somebody calls you and they're like,
hey,
I just like had you on my heart for a second.
You know what I mean?
And that's why I think it's so cool,
like have people that are in your community
who also love Jesus.
It's, it is wild.
Like some of the conversations will have are confirmations.
Like times where you've come to me and you're like, hey, I don't know why I'm feeling
this, but I feel like the Lord's told me to tell you this.
And I'm like, that's just crazy.
But like, those are signs, you know?
Those are signs.
Maybe we're not looking for angel numbers.
But like the Lord can speak to you through other people, other things.
Like, so I think that that's really important too is like you don't have to feel guilty
if you need a sign or if you need help in your faith from the Lord, you know?
Like obviously, does he deserve better from us?
For sure.
for sure he does and sometimes i feel like we get that guilt you know too where you're like i should
believe in him so much more than this but i'm having a really hard time but he knows that like he knows
that you're gonna like you're not always going to have the biggest faith and that's okay
that's what he's there for to like help provide that faith yeah yeah amen just being honest being
honest with the lord saying god i don't believe god i'm upset god i'm disappointed the amount of times i've
been on my bathroom floor.
Yeah.
Crying.
Yeah.
Because I'm like, Lord, I thought the waiting would be over.
I thought you would deliver on this promise that I know you said.
Yeah.
And you're just like unwell.
Yeah.
But why do so many of us feel like we cannot come to God like that?
What religious spirit are we under?
We don't believe that we can come to God as we are.
Yeah.
Like completely real.
Like he's our dad.
Like dad, I am upset.
Dad, I don't understand.
Like that's a relation.
That's a.
That's a real relationship. Yeah. Like there's that like actual intimacy when you've allowed him.
Well, he's going to see every part of you because he does anyway. And that's what kind of makes
it silly sometimes too when we feel like we got to come to God as like this version where I think
it really just comes from like wanting to respect him obviously. Like you don't want to like,
you don't want to go to God and be like, God, I'm peoed at you a little bit. Like I'm actually like
really frustrated with what you're doing. I know it's got to be for my good, but I'm frustrated
right now. You know, like that feels like it could be a form of disrespect. But if anything, I
think that that's that is a real intimate relationship though like anything that you're feeling
especially you know whether it's your earthly parents or your best friends or whatever if there's
anything that you feel frustrated about with anyone I think the healthiest thing to do is to
express that frustration you don't keep it bottled up and you don't show up to those relationships
as like this version that you think they need you to show up as because that's just not real you know
and also I think that eventually that would catch up to you you know where
maybe one day you just freaking explode and you don't know where it's coming from and then you realize
it's because you haven't been honest and real with the Lord or you haven't felt his presence in a long time
actually let's take it there maybe you haven't felt like you felt him in the room in a long time
and it's like well when was the last time that you were actually truly vulnerable with the Lord
when was the last time that you actually showed up and you said you know what god this is actually
how I'm feeling you know because the thing is like he sees it he knows it even if you come to him
and you're like I'm grateful God no it's fine I'm good
No, like, I'm good.
I love you.
And I know you're doing.
He's like, babe.
He's like, I love the effort.
But I'm literally.
He's like, so what's really going?
But it's kind of like, if you have that friend or like, maybe you're dating someone and they're like, you can see it.
You're like, hey, so how are you?
And they're like, fine.
I'm good.
And it's just like.
No, no, no.
God is good.
You just lie to me.
And you almost have to be like, okay, so tell me what's really happening.
Yeah.
And that's so real.
We do the same thing with the Lord.
We do.
like it's fine like I'm really okay and he's like bless her heart funny I think we forget
how well he knows how personable he is man and he's not afraid of our emotions he's not afraid of our
disappointment or our grief or our crying on the bathroom floor you invite invite god into that
because if you don't I think if we don't invite the Lord into those moments we actually get more distant
from him. Yep. If you do not bring God into those moments of disappointment, he's actually
pushed away more. Yeah. You are pushing him away in that. Yeah. Whether you realize it or not.
Whoa. You're pushing him away and also, I think that might even push away your promises a little
further. Not saying that the promises aren't there, but he might be like, she's not ready. I need her to be
in a place or he. I need them to be in a place where they feel like they finally had given over
every freaking emotion to me. And trusted him. And trusting him. And trusting him.
in it. There is no way the Lord is going to bless you with that thing or that one promise. It's still
a promise, y'all. He's not taking it back. He's not like revoking you from it. But he's definitely
not going to bless you with that promise while you're in the midst of not truly, fully,
fully having faith in him. Because what does that like subconsciously tell us that it's okay,
that we don't have to have full faith and he'll still deliver, you know? It's like the only
agreement that the Lord needs with us is I just need your faith and I will.
deliver, you know? So if you're not, if you're not giving him that, he's not going to, like,
reward that. Does that make sense? You know, like, I think that, yeah, it's just like, it doesn't,
it wouldn't make sense for him to, like, grant us that blessing while we're still kind of hanging
on to these emotions and these feelings or these moments or these things, you know?
Yeah. Bitterness. Yeah. Grief, like, which are all real. He can't fully heal you if you keep
those things to yourself. Yeah. No, it's true. It's like what we went to last night with, I don't remember
his name that freaking incredible pastor last night something Phillips what's his name?
It's a unique first name I think Lyle Lyle Philip the legacy pastor bro Lyle he's incredible
I hope he has a podcast does he have a podcast he should he's amazing he was on fire but literally like
I mean even what you were saying like all to move the mountain to move a mountain Jesus says I need a tiny mustard
seed of faith.
Right.
I don't need.
Even when it doesn't feel like that's enough.
Yeah, it's like, how big is a tiny mustard seed?
It's literally the size of a, no, dude, it's literally, yeah.
Yeah, smaller actually.
Get a magnifying glass.
Like, what?
What are they called?
On hot dog buns.
Not hot dog buns.
Burger buns.
Sesame seed.
Dude.
They're that big.
Do you also know how big?
I've talked about this on the podcast already.
Do you know how big tree can grow from the mustard seed?
Tell me.
Ash.
Give me the rundown.
So from a tiny little mustard seed, okay?
We're talking sesame seed, babe.
A 40 to 50 foot tree can grow from a mustard seed.
Is the Lord not strategic?
He said, give me the smallest seed ever and I'll make the biggest thing to come out of it.
Wow.
40 to 50 foot tree is what they can grow to be.
And their branches can come out to a span of 20 feet around.
From a freaking mustard seed on a burger.
That's the one thing I think about.
That's our God, bro.
And it's nice because it's like, all right, you might have like no faith.
You might be like, what do I do with this mustard seed?
I have no faith.
But even you having a little.
Yeah.
Just a little.
That's all he needs.
That's all he needs to move the mountain.
That's all he needs to grow the tree.
Yeah.
And so I think like we could talk also about like how to have even a little.
Yeah.
How do you do that?
Like how do you have even a little faith?
I like that.
Ash, how do you have a little bit of faith?
Because there could be people that are listening right now where they're like,
I actually don't have any more.
Like I have none.
I'm out. I'm out. Right. I want to say I totally get it. Like, we've all been there. It is hard.
Yeah. Like when God gives you a crazy big vision, can we just say that following the Lord is hard?
It's so hard. I like had that moment with him. Sorry, sidetracking for just a minute. I had that moment with the Lord like yesterday where I was like, you know what? I think I saw something online where somebody was like, people who follow God. What do they say? They were like, they were like, it's just an easy way out because it's like, oh, you just put everything on the Lord. And I'm like, excuse me. It is.
so hard.
I actually believe that if you can follow Jesus,
you are one of the few strong people of this world.
Like believing in Jesus and following him
and being patient with him and being obedient to him
and going against your flesh and going against what your heart wants.
You can't go for what your heart wants.
Because even what pastor had said last night,
he goes, yeah, people are following their hearts right to hell.
I said, but it's true.
It's literally true.
It is so hard to go against everything that you want,
like your flesh and your flesh
and your spirit, just literally being at war every day,
it is so hard to follow the Lord.
So also there is no guilt in feeling like,
why can't I have faith in God right now?
Like, I literally have none, you know?
Because it's hard.
It's not easy.
Well, and people have more faith in what they can do
in the work of their own hands.
Because what's crazy is you are trusting your future to a God.
You can see.
You haven't physically seen it.
You don't see him.
That's crazy.
You're trusting God to bring you a job.
You're trusting God to bring you a job.
You've never seen God and you are believing that he is going to do it because you've
been praying.
You have a vision from the Lord about this job that he's going to put you in and he's going
to do it.
You're going to apply for the application.
You're going to apply for the, you know, the jobs.
You're going to do what you can.
But you are ultimately literally trusting God with this.
And you're also saying no to things that aren't the vision.
Like it is, let's just talk about this for a second.
The fact that God, he gives us these visions, he gives us these random dreams.
Like, we all know it.
Everyone listening to me, you have a dream that's crazy random.
And it's different.
It is different than your friends.
It's different.
It's big.
Yeah.
And it's from the Lord.
And you done have to just wait and believe.
Yeah.
God is going to do it?
I actually don't blame people who like don't get it to look at that and be like,
geez, nuts.
Like crazy.
Like you are insane that you believe that God is going to do this thing.
He's going to fulfill his promise.
Like every character in the Bible was like that.
Where they got this dream from God and then they're set into a waiting season.
I don't know who I was talking about Moses with lately.
But like even Moses, bro, he literally was building.
What age was he?
Like 70?
He's like this old man.
I think he was old.
Wait.
I should Bible check that.
Was he old?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Don't call me.
Don't call me.
Yeah. But like, how long did it take him to build that arc? And it was huge. Oh, wait, Noah building.
Noah. Yes. Noah. Can you imagine? Yeah, Noah building an arc. Let's talk about it.
Let's talk about it. Noah built a gigundice arc. Imagine his neighbors walking their dog and going by and being like...
In the middle of like totally fine. Like everything's fine. No, like there's no water for miles. Like, what do you mean? There's going to be a flood. We haven't even seen water. Wild.
That's having faith in the Lord. But like sometimes.
it looks crazy. Actually, every single believer will just look crazy to the world. There is no avoiding that.
So if you've also been struggling with this feeling of like, I don't want people to think I'm crazy.
Or I don't want to like, I don't know. I don't want to be another one of those crazy Christians.
Well, newsflash, if you're a Christian, you're just going to look crazy.
It's just a part of the freaking job. Maybe we just look crazy. Okay.
Because if you've never felt the Holy Spirit, the thing is about the Lord is that.
It's so true. It's not a sight thing. It's a feeling thing, you know?
And Ashley Jones was even talking to me about how she was speaking to somebody about how the Lord, you know, works.
And she was like, do you have to see the wind to know that it exists?
No.
Well, then how can you say that the wind exists?
Because of the effect that it has on things, right?
You think about like tornadoes and stuff.
Can you physically see the wind?
No.
But you can see the effect that it has.
You can see the way that it moves things.
You can feel it on your skin, you know?
So that's like the best way.
to describe who God is is that we don't see him but we see the effects that he has in our life
oh we've seen the way he's moved in our life we've seen how he's gone and like that's who he
is you know but yeah i think to somebody who hasn't experienced that or felt it or allowed
jesus to show himself to them it sounds crazy be like yeah i'm just gonna have like the fact
that i moved out here to nashville and people like that's a face story why did you move out to nashville
And I'm like, yeah, I just felt it from the Lord.
Like, you literally sound crazy, Allie.
He sounded insane.
He sound nuts.
I'm just like, I don't know.
The Lord just told me to come here.
And sometimes when you hear a word from the Lord, you don't even really know all of it yet.
You don't even really know all of it yet.
He's just saying, I just need you to trust me with this.
Okay, and then that's what I want to, we need to talk about, how do you hear a word for the Lord?
Oh my gosh.
I get that on my social media all the time.
Same.
I bet you do too.
Save.
People say, or the biggest one is.
I love it.
I love it too.
Let's talk about it.
A mystery.
How do you hear a word from the Lord or how do you know that it's God or it's just yourself?
I get that all the time.
And honestly, y'all, like, I for real sometimes.
I love it.
Is that me?
Like, do you?
I have several ways that I discern.
Okay, tell.
One is through prayer.
I will pray and I'll ask God for confirmation.
And he will literally give it to me.
I'm not kidding you guys.
There's been so many times we're like, and God knows how to reach you.
God knows how to speak to you.
So it could be you seeing a billboard.
It could be you watching a movie
And there's that like same kind of theme coming up
You're watching a sermon
It doesn't even need to be you in your Bible
That God speaks to you
It can actually be through a conversation
With a friend
Like everything
He breathes through everything
Yeah
But also especially through his words
So but that's one thing
Like he just brings confirmation as I pray
And I say God like I put Gideh
It's like Gideon the fleece like he like puts the fleece out
He's like all right I pray that there's gonna be rain
Like I just said like God
if this is from you, please confirm it.
Fasting really expedites that process.
If you all have ever done prayer plus fasting,
you will know if something is from God
because he will, just by His Holy Spirit,
he will encourage you.
But I think also just praying, like being alone with the Lord
and just like honestly, like being in a state
of just like meditating on God,
asking him to just come and meet you there,
asking the Lord to clear any of your own thoughts,
any of the devil's thoughts like entering into his presence which is like nothing be like
god i pray that you would speak and then quieting your mind and listening and seeing what comes up
what's coming up what ideas are coming up what thoughts are coming up are there any scriptures
coming up like and then it's just you having faith yeah yeah okay what would you say is that is that
is that like that makes sense yeah it's good sister i think the biggest thing is just quiet
Like you said, like truly just quieting the noise.
And if you're having a hard time doing that, ask the Lord to do it.
What?
That's another thing.
Like, that's kind of like what I was saying before.
It's like, oh, I just can't give him the faith.
Ask him for it.
I can't turn off the noise.
Ask him to do it.
Like, he will turn off the noise.
If you're sitting in your quiet space and you're just like, I cannot keep my mind
from going this way and the next.
And ask him.
Ask him and he will stop it.
You know what I mean?
Like, so I think quieting the noise.
And if you can't do it, ask the Lord to quiet.
noise and he will do it like he wants you in that quiet space with him right so ask him to quiet the noise but
i think that's the biggest thing is being like lord confirm if this is from you or honestly like let's say
there's certain people are opportunities that have come into your life and you're like is this from you god
yeah i don't know circumstances that's so good like if you hear a word from god and then like a circumstance
comes up like was that you it's like wow maybe that literally was because something we also have to
remember is that the enemy loves to mimic the Lord. Everything he operates in is mimicking and off-branding
God. So if you're saying a prayer out loud, I actually just learned this also through Ashley Jones.
Is this another Ashley Jones episode? I swear she's awesome. She's awesome. But she had said on her TikTok
that obviously Satan can hear everything we say out loud, but he can't read your thoughts.
Like he can't hear your prayers in your head. He can send things into your mind, but he can't be in
your head, right? So I think that obviously it's important to pray to God out loud. I actually find it
the most powerful to pray to the Lord out loud. But if you want something to kind of be on the low between
you and the Lord, you can pray in your head and Satan can't reach it. But let's say that you do
pray something out loud to the Lord. I just prefer to talk to God out loud. So Satan's going to hear it.
I'm an external process. And also it's good for Satan to hear. Say here's all my thoughts, prayers,
struggles. As he should. Because it literally all I can see is like the,
wicked witch of the West where she gets water on her and she sizzles away.
That is how I think like prayer affects Satan.
So he needs to hear all our prayers.
But he needs to hear it.
Like honestly it needs to hear it.
He needs to hear it.
And especially when he hates when we use the word of God.
Yeah.
Out loud.
It's like a sword.
Say it out loud.
He hates it.
I love it.
I love it.
So you're praying and you're reading scripture and you're saying scripture
out loud over your situation.
He can't stand to be in the, I mean, by double.
No, he can't stand to be there.
He's literally like, I'm melting.
Like he's melted away.
No, it's literally like wicked, that's a, that's a vision from the Lord.
That's just what I always get in my head.
No, it's literally like, it burns his skin.
Yes.
Like it literally burns his skin to hear it.
So I also don't say that for people to be like, oh gosh, I should never pray out loud then.
What is he going to do about your prayers?
He's not going to do anything.
The only thing he can try to do is convince you by sending maybe something into your life, right?
So he hears your prayers.
Let's say you're like, Lord, I really want a really wonderful, faithful,
besty, right? And then all of a sudden you get this person in your life and it all looks great
and it feels like it's pretty good, but you aren't totally sure if it's sent from the Lord or
it could be a decoy sent into your life by the enemy because he also knows the desires of your
heart, especially if you're speaking out loud to the Lord. So the only thing that you can really do
and it's so cool and it's so easy is say, hey Lord, if this isn't from you, reveal it. How about
remove it from my life? God, if this was not sent into my life by you, take it out because
he has the power to do that. He has the power to do that. Any decoy that could be sent into your
life by the enemy, the Lord has more power to take it out. So don't be afraid. That if, you know,
because the enemy knows the enemies knows the desires of our hearts, because he knows these things,
he knows our relationship with the Lord because we speak it out loud and, you know, he has to hear it all
the time is not anything to be afraid of because God can remove anything from your life that's not.
You have to ask him, though. Yeah. You got to say God double portion. Please.
On this one, remove this man's if he's not the best for me. Or feeling.
I've even asked the Lord.
I've said...
I've lived with dating.
That's huge.
Like you're praying for your future spouse
and then this man comes in.
He looks very promising.
And you're like...
So does the enemy.
I was just praying about this.
And then it's not the real thing.
But the only way to discern that is praying for the discernment
and asking that he would...
Yeah.
That person would be removed.
I just think there is no hurt in bringing every single thing to God.
Literally every single thing.
What are you struggling with in this moment? Ask the Lord. Like literally bring every single thing to God.
Why not? Like it's not too much for him to handle. That's for sure. If you're struggling with like anything, y'all, I don't even know. Like anything. Motivation that day. You're feeling fatigued. Like ask the Lord to speak to you and reveal to you what you need in that moment. Maybe it's just him. Maybe it's just being in the presence of the Lord. But like ask like in everything. Everything. Everything. Because that's how much he can.
cares, you know? It's so real. It's so real. So how to have a little faith. Just ask God for it and be in the
presence of the Lord, you know? And I think that even goes for just strengthening your faith. And we
is down to another level. Hearing God's voice, did you feel like, is there anything I missed with that?
So the only other thing I would say, how do I hear God's voice? I feel like I hear his voice the most, though.
I don't always, I don't know, I hear him all the time, which is so fun. But like, again, I feel like that happens, the more
you just strengthen your relationship with him.
Like, the more time that you spend with him, the more you just hear him and everything.
Like, even while I was going on my run and my walk, I was like, more, I can't do it.
I'm really, right?
I haven't worked out like three months.
God.
I'm like, struggling so bad.
I literally felt Jesus say, don't push yourself too hard.
But also, if you want to, you can run more right now.
Like, I literally hear him in my head all the time where he's like, listen, I know you feel like you're going to collapse right now, but you're also.
young and you're more equipped than you think, you could run for a couple more minutes.
And then I'm like, are you sure?
Like it's literally, he's literally such a dad.
And I love it.
And so it's- Especially when you hear that fatherly voice, like fatherly wisdom, that's the Lord.
Yeah.
It is.
And I can't describe it like in any other way other than it's just peace.
Like when you hear from him.
And when he's in your head and you hear him talking to you and you're like, in your head,
having a conversation with the Lord.
It's like, it just is peace.
Like, you don't feel anxious about it, you know?
Yeah.
Like, how do you know if it's God's voice
or if it's just you talking to yourself?
Sometimes I'll ask God, I'll be like, God, is this just me?
And then immediately, immediately I'll hear a, no.
No, chill.
Literally, I'll be like, Jesus.
Is this just me talking to myself right now?
And he's like, that is so relatable, though.
Like the amount, because you can hear it's like, oh, get a word from God.
Like God will speak to you.
It's like, no, sometimes you literally just don't know though.
Sometimes you're, or sometimes you do know low key and you're just like, I don't know.
Sometimes if it's a crazy thought or a crazy word, it's like, oh, that requires insane faith.
You're like, okay, that has to be my thought.
I must be just losing my mind right now.
But then you keep praying it.
What I'll do is I'll pray into it more and I'll just like meditate on that more like with the Lord.
and it won't go away.
I'm like, oh, and then not only a night where I'm doing that,
it's like, no, the next week it didn't go away.
Oh, the next month it didn't go away.
I have something on my heart that I've told you about
that I won't reveal on here.
But there's been something that God planted a seed of faith for it
in September, my sisters who are listening and brothers,
in September.
And I said, Lord, that's crazy.
That's crazy.
It's been five months, but it's never gone away.
God has literally, like, he's just watered the seed.
He's like, no, you're getting, this is going to happen.
Yeah.
And I think it's really, I just learned how to pray for this too.
Like, let's say you have certain feelings about a dream or a thing or a person or whatever
and you're like, is this just me?
Like, am I just doing this right now?
Like, is this just a feel?
Like, I know that I'm supposed to have this dream, but like, are these feelings even real?
Like, I think also like being like, hey, God, remove this front.
Like, whatever desires that are not aligned with what you want in my life, like,
remove that from my heart in the name of Jesus.
Yeah.
And if it still doesn't go away, like you said, like that dream or whatever is on your heart,
this is probably from the Lord then, because it's that easy for him to remove it.
And I've asked him to remove certain desires of my heart, certain temptations, whatever.
And it is like, he said, okay, I just needed you to give me the okay.
I got you.
And I no longer desire it anymore.
Wow.
Like certain conversations, certain people from my past that I always was like, I just can't get rid of it.
I can't stop talking to this person.
And I know that it's no good, right?
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
because I prayed it to the Lord and I fully surrendered it and I said, you know what Lord,
I know that you don't want this for me.
I know that these feelings can't be good for me.
Lord, I give it to you, take it out.
Like I never actually fully asked the Lord to remove that desire from my heart to begin with.
Instead of being like, God, take this thing out.
It's also like, actually I need you to just remove everything that's attaching me to that thing.
Yes, yes.
And he'll do it.
Yeah.
But if he doesn't, then it's serving a purpose.
Then there's a reason it's there.
Yeah.
You know?
Amen.
But that's like such a good way.
Like that's what I mean when I say bring literally every single little thing that you can
think of, even if it's a feeling, even if it's a dream.
Come on.
Even if it's an inkling.
Like bring every single thing to him because we are unsure if sometimes it's sent from the Lord.
Because we realize that we have our own selfish desires or we have our own kind of
things that may not always align with what the Lord has for us.
And we also have the things that Satan tries to send into our hearts to or into our minds.
And so it's really important to bring every little thing to the Lord.
Lord because he will sort it out. And if it stays, then it's from him. If it leaves, it's not from the Lord.
Yeah. He's so good. Yeah. He's so good. And he'll do it. He cares that much. It's not too much. No, you're not
too needy. No, there's nothing too small for him. No, there's nothing too big for him. He'll do it.
Because he cares that much. Yeah. Yeah. And also, I feel like sometimes we're like, oh, he can't nearly
handle all. Don't put him in that box. Yeah, he can. He knew exactly what he was getting into when he made you.
Yes, he can.
He can deal with every little feeling and every little thing that you're going through in your day because he's God.
Because he's God.
Well, and if something stays, it reminds me of the scripture in John 15 where it talks about abiding.
Abiding.
Like if you abide in me, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.
It literally says that as you're abiding in Christ, he's going to put desires on your heart.
Yes.
That are aligned with his will and what you need to do is you need to start.
start asking God about those things.
You start praying into those things.
And he says that when we pray into these desires that he's given us,
like he actually gets glory because like it's he says,
my father in heaven is glorified.
Like I delight in giving you a good Christian friend group after you prayed because
when it happens,
I am glorified.
Like God is glorified when crazy things happen in our lives that we pray for.
Because it's like we have nothing to take credit for it.
It's like, that was the Lord.
That was God.
Okay, I cannot believe you don't know the Lord.
Yeah.
I can't believe you don't even want to because it's really fun and exciting and it's so cool.
This is real.
This happened in my life.
Like, we actually share Jesus through our testimonies.
And when you believe God for something, you pray into that thing.
It happens.
That's a testimony.
And that is literally how people get saved.
Yes.
That's literally how people, like the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimonies,
how the enemies actually defeat it.
So we once.
you to pray about that desire on your heart.
He wants to come through for that desire.
Then he wants to get glory.
He wants to get glory when you're sharing on it.
Because then that creates new believers or strengthens other people's faith.
Like that's what's so cool about our God is that he doesn't just like check off one little
box.
I said this too in a prior episode, but he really doesn't.
He doesn't just check off one box with a blessing.
He checks off like five boxes.
Probably a lot more than that, actually.
That was disrespectful.
Like, familialia.
A million.
He checks off a million.
It's like, it boxes with one blessing.
And it's true.
It's like, yes, this is to strengthen your faith.
And yes, I want to bless your life.
But also it brings glory to me, which then translates to people looking at your life and going
W.T. Heck.
Yeah.
And then it also translates to people being like, maybe I should try.
It strengthens faith.
It creates new believers.
It literally, it just serves so many purposes.
Way more than we probably can even comprehend.
And we think that it's selfish to want these things.
But in reality, like him blessing our lives also can bless other people.
It will.
No, that's a promise, actually.
It will bless other people's lives.
And it blesses him.
Yeah, amen.
It's a win, win, win.
Even when I didn't know Jesus, I remember looking at Christians and being like,
there's something different there.
Would you also kind of look at Christians like they just had it together from the beginning?
No, like they just carried a joy.
Their life was put together.
But they were just born that.
You're like, well, they just have that.
I don't.
At least that's the way I felt.
I was like, I don't know.
They're just on a different level.
I love that for them, but I don't think I could ever do that.
Yeah.
And then I literally feel like people have even looked at my social media.
this past year and you see the way the Lord can transform us so like we are completely like even
you were sharing your testimony the other night completely different our lifestyles are so different of what
they you know yeah but I look at you Ashley and I'm like there's just no way that that Ashley ever
existed yeah but I don't know I just feel like when you're in the world and you look at the
Christians you know you're like they've just had it together their whole life that is so not
true they were born perfect that is so not true yeah like that is the results that's how we have to
share our testimony even more and that's why we have to share our testimony even more
That's why it's so important.
The really rough spots that God got us out of more than we share the glory stories.
We have to share our testimony.
Right.
Because you're right.
People don't relate to perfect.
No.
They actually run away from perfect.
They actually, that makes them, that's not a magnet to bring people to the gospel.
No, it makes them feel like more shame.
Like it doesn't make anyone feel welcomed.
It doesn't make them feel like they could be a part of that, you know?
And I think that's really important to mention, too, is that there's nothing more perfect
about being a Christian than a non-Christian.
You know what I mean?
We're still flawed human beings.
It's just now we just have the Lord, like, helping us through it.
And the only, like, the places of my life that he swept clean is not of my own doings.
That's of the Lord.
Like, the things that I used to value in the world before and the things that I value now
and the way that I even carry myself and the way that I, like, take care of myself now,
that is all the Lord.
That is not who I was from the beginning.
No way, you know?
But I interrupted.
You were saying something.
No, that was facts.
Was that it?
That was so good.
That was Flames.
Flames.
One thing that Allie does is she teaches me what the current words are of the generation.
I didn't teach you that.
I don't know where you got that from.
Maybe William.
I don't know who saying flames.
Flames has been a recent addition to by vocabulary.
Yeah.
You said it.
You're like it's going to be flames.
I said, wait, you are so cool.
And I was like, wait, I'm cool.
Wait, I think that's cool.
I think that's a cool thing to say.
Deny-nigh is my other favorite.
Deny.
is not it's not a word i made that up literally but if you want to say you're in denial you can say
deny nigh it's just not smooth delulu's cute because it's like delulu but deny nai nine it's like
it's too many letters cheers ally cheers ash we just that was a flames conversation that was flames
i know we've already been talking for a while but i really want you and i don't know if you can make like a more
like summarized version but we're just talking about testimonies yes and I want to like I want my audience
to kind of know yours yeah absolutely are you able to touch on your testimony like in a deep brief way
I can touch on it super quick basically I was a psycho because I think it is really easy like if people
were to look at your social media I did I was like oh so she just been knowing Jesus perfect yeah
right so I was a psycho person I no you were not she's like I was out of
committing crimes.
I was a lukewarm of the lukewarm girl.
That was me.
And when my parents got a divorce and my boyfriend and I, we had been dating for four
years, when we broke up.
Was that your only serious relationship?
Is my only like, actually, no, I have, I had a few.
Okay.
That was like my longest one.
Yeah.
And so we broke up at the same time as my parents divorce and that sent me all the way
from lukewarm to cold.
I imagine that.
I was like, God.
why on earth would you allow these things to happen at this same time like do you hate me lord like i was so
confused so i just got really into the just party scene and like finding validation from then and i was
like actually was showing me videos of her there's videos fan she's literally drinking alcohol
and not only that but like a lot of it no she's like on her knee like chugging a corona i said who is
no what like that was me like that was not believe that was you that was me and that was like not even like bad
That was like not even a bat.
Like that was like on a tame night.
Like I would, you know, go to sleep just completely unwell with the lights on.
I'd wake up with like the lights on.
Like I wouldn't, I would be so drunk that I wouldn't even turn off the lights.
Yeah, I've been there.
Like, you know, it's just.
You're in the clothes from the night before.
You have all your jewelry still on.
It's just rough.
It's awful.
You know, I did that for actually like a year.
I was just in that, you know, I was so cold from the Lord and I was running away from the Lord for a year.
until I remember just being at rock bottom.
I was in this really low spot.
And I was like, I didn't even recognize myself anymore.
And like all the, like I was trying to find healing in all the wrong places of what had just happened in my life.
And then God was so kind.
He met me in my childhood bedroom.
I was literally home from winter break.
And I felt the Lord just be like, hey.
Was it like out of the blue or were you kind of already trying to talk to him?
No.
I was just looking at my life.
I was like so unwell.
I was just in my bed.
I couldn't even get out of bed this day.
I was home for winter break from college.
And I just was having a moment by myself in my room.
I couldn't get out of bed.
And I just like the,
I remember the curtains were drawn.
I remember it was dark in my room.
It was like the middle of the day.
And I just felt the Lord like extend his hand out to me and be like,
I want you to heal,
but I want you to heal with me.
Right.
And I was like, whoa.
And it was one of those moments where it marked me.
Like I was like, okay, so I get back to school, I cut it all out.
I literally didn't go to a single party.
I was like, I mean, I went to a few, but I just was, I hated it.
Like I was like, because I was part of a sorority.
So I would go, the guys wasn't talking to anybody more.
I just cut it out.
Yeah.
I like cut it all out.
Then 2020 happened with Corona.
We went home and that's when I dug into my Bible for like a year and a half.
Wow.
Became obsessed with Jesus.
So then I went from cold to hot.
like on fire for the Lord and I've been on fire since I haven't gone back and I don't want to like I think that's why I'm so passionate about getting people out of lukewarm but you honestly to be out of lukewarm you've got to like you've got to kind of hit a moment you've got to hit kind of rock bottom to be like this isn't working for me anymore like I have to decide I have to choose do I want to be cold or do I want to be hot yeah that's my testimony I love that and I honestly like I I don't want to say I hate but I do
sometimes I hate that it's like, I mean, it's the reason we're all here with these relationships that
we have with Jesus, but it does, it's pretty awful that we always got to get to our rock bottom,
you know?
It's always like we got to get to the worst part ever of our life.
Like I was rock bottom as well.
And then the Lord was like, yeah, you're done.
Like, you need to take me seriously now.
Like, you've been through enough, Allie.
You've been through enough pain.
You've been through enough hurt.
You've been through enough betrayal.
You've been through enough of just allowing the enemy to speak into my head, like every day.
It just sucks that it has to get to the point of rock bottom,
but sometimes it's like that.
I think actually more times than not, it's like that.
Where we're just like, we're just at the bottom and we're like, all right, Lord, fine.
Yeah.
We like, forfeit because we're like, all right, I'm done trying to like do everything on my own.
Obviously I can't.
It's not working.
And literally, I think in any change that you need to make in your life,
you're just talking about this is like you get sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Right.
You just reach a point where you're like, why do I keep doing this for myself?
It's not working.
sick of doing this every day and you just get you get mad there's like a fire in you and then
you're like yeah it's like anger too you're like I'm actually like really over this like whether
it's a relationship you go back to that's like completely toxic whether it's a a sin struggle an
unhealthy habit like or if it's just you being lukewarm to the lukewarm or you're just done like
you have to reach a point where you're you're fed up you're over it it's okay to get to that
point because I think that's actually what you need that's what the Lord to work with yeah
Yeah, because then there's like actual motivation where you're like, you know what, no, I want.
Like you're choosing him.
And that's what he needs.
He needs you to choose him because he's already chosen you.
He chose you before you were even born, you know.
But it's about also choosing him, like genuinely and being like, you know what?
I'm like, I want Jesus.
It's so cool.
I want, yeah, I want Jesus.
And then he will literally just change your life radically.
You'll never be the same.
You will never be the same.
It's so cool.
It's really fun.
I love you so much.
You too.
Thanks for asking my testimony.
Yeah, thanks for sharing it.
I was getting nervous because I know we've already been like filming for an hour.
But this was so sweet.
This was so sweet.
I love it.
I love it so much.
Thanks for coming, Ash.
Is there anything else that you would want to add?
I think we really covered all ground.
We covered a lot of ground today.
I'm going to have you on all the time.
We need to do more.
Because there's more things I want to talk about.
Like I even would love to talk about like if we could touch on one day.
finding community, right? Because I think the biggest thing that people have asked me, especially
with seeing, like us hanging out so much in our friend group that we have is like, how did you find
them? And I think that would be a really great episode is how to find community. But if I can sum it up
really quickly, at least I'll just testify for what the Lord has done for introducing you and everybody
into my life. But literally you. Like actually it started with you. It was only with you first.
Because like all my other friends have come through you. Like the fact that we even have this
community. It's because the Lord literally plopped Ashley into my life. I wasn't looking for it.
You know what I mean? Like it was as if this is how I believe the Lord brings anything into your life,
though. It is when we're least expecting it. It's when you're not looking for it. And obviously
it's good to put yourself in a position where he can give it to you. But what did I do? All I did was
I shared the Lord on the internet. You saw my content. I saw yours. We said, love what you're doing. And
like what were the odds that now I'm living in the same city as you which we did not know
when we first connected like I had no idea where Ashley lived by the way I was like I don't know she can
be living in Florida she doesn't have it in her bio or anything and so I had come to Nashville to tour
some homes and it was just two days after she had felt the Lord speak to her and say you need to reach out to
Ali you send me a voice mom on Instagram we connected two days later I'm in Nashville because I'm
touring homes to move here and you're like dude I live here like but that
was the Lord. Like there was, I'm not saying that you should be just like cooped up in your home and just
be like, okay, the Lord will just give me community. I think putting yourself out there and me talking
about Jesus online is that in a way where I did, I put myself out there. I said, hey, this is what I love.
This is who I love. Yeah. You know, and then he connected us. But I think the biggest thing is just
having that faithfulness in the Lord. And again, I know this could be a waiting season for someone
where, you know, you're like, I just haven't found a community yet, but the Lord will give it to you.
praying for good friends for so long, but I think the biggest thing that God had told, like,
truly has taught me through all of this is that I was not in a place where I would have been
able to provide a good friendship for you or anyone else. Like, I don't think that the version of
who I was, even a year ago, even eight months ago, would have been able to be in this friendship
and deliver what y'all also deserved, you know? So sometimes we pray for this thing and we want
this thing, but maybe you really aren't in a place when it comes to your heart or whatever
where you can actually deliver in the way that the Lord has the other person plan to, does
that make sense? And I'm like, the more, I'm like, I was not near the friendship that I'm
grateful that the Lord has molded me to be now, but the version that I was then would not have been
able, I probably wouldn't have even had that much in common with y'all, you know what I mean?
His timing is just so good. So, anyway, I kind of talked a lot about that, but I think we should
talk about community and friendships and stuff. Let's do it. Let us know in the comments if you'd
want to hear that. Actually, yeah, or if there's any other topics that you'd like to hear from me
and Ash because. Yes, we'll hit it. You're local. We're really local to each other.
I can just like drive over six minutes. It's literally six minute time. So maybe Ash will just be
on the podcast all the time. I would love that. But Ashley, will you tell everybody where they can
find you? Because I know that you said she does everything. But just what is that? Where are you?
So you can find me on Instagram at Ashley Heatherington, also on YouTube.
And if you want to get this book, you can go to the honeyscape.com slash book and you will get not only the book, but you'll get a free bonus Bible study on what to do while you wait on God because we're going to be digging into our Bibles as well as digging into this devotional together.
I love that.
Come March 26.
Where is the book available?
It's available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, just a bunch of booksellers, but you can get all the info on the book website.
That is so freaking exciting.
So exciting.
It is so exciting.
She's also on Instagram and TikTok and Snapchat.
She didn't mention that.
We're also on Snapchat.
Ali and I are in our Snapchat era.
Well, I think you're really in your Snapchat era.
I'm trying, but y'all, it's hard.
There's too many platforms.
There's too many things.
There's a lot of platforms.
Yeah, there's a lot of platforms.
But Ashley's on all of them pretty much.
And we're still not satisfied.
Isn't that just what humans do?
No, it's so true.
But guys,
Ali's incredible.
You guys are blessed to have this.
amazing woman speaking into your life every week and she's an amazing friend you're an amazing friend
i could literally sob stop that's what i feel about you like you are an amazing friend like when
something is going on the lord's like tell alie tell alie tell ali tell ali tell ali like ask out like for prayer
like you are there you are a consistent consistent friend thank you that's like all i ever want to be
i'm so grateful for you and toward life me too
Okay, guys, we love you so much.
Hey guys, why don't we do something?
Why don't we just show somebody why Jesus is so cool today?
Happy Friday.
Have a great weekend.
Show someone why Jesus is so cool today.
Show somebody some compassion, some love, some empathy, something that Jesus would give.
You know, you can't go wrong with that.
I love y'all so much.
I'll see you next week.
And thanks for tuning in.
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