038: If You Only Knew with Jamie Ivey

Jamie Ivey joins me on the Home and Hearth podcast today to share about her book, If You Only Knew, and the importance of sharing the stories of our pasts and how God has redeemed them. You will come away from this chat inspired to be more real, vulnerable, and authentic in your everyday relationships that the glory of God might shine forth.  What we Chat about in This Episode ~Jamie's book, If You Only Knew, and the life story she shares therein of going from being a girl in church practically every time the doors were open to walking down a path that strayed from her Christian values ~Why Jamie chose to be so vulnerable in her book about both her past and present sin struggles  ~The authenticty of vulnerability  ~The problem with labeling ourselves in ways the Lord never has ~The problem with owning an identity not based in the gospel ~Inviting others into our sin struggles and enabling them to speak truth to us when we need it ~How to start being vulnerable and share your story; finding friends who love Jesus even more than us ~How our stories can lead to our ministries (think Paul) and how God can be glorified through our stories of sin and redemption  ~The difference between behavior modification, rules, and knowing about God and heart transformation and knowing God Himself; how this impacts our parenting ~The concept of sin shock ~And more!   For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast