097: Making Much of Christ with Chelsey Dematteis

Chelsey Dematteis is a wife, a mama, host of the Living with Less Podcast, and devotional writer for IBelieve.com. Her passion and mission are to equip women to "live with less of the things that are getting in the way of who Christ is calling them to be", and that is what she is sharing about on the show today. What We Chat about in Today's Episode: ~The reality that God works in the everyday little moments and that Jesus' teachings centered around day-to-day analogies ~What Chelsey means by "living with less of the things that are getting in the way of who Christ is calling you to be" and what led to this being her overarching message to women ~A bit of Chelsey's testimony of going from all-out rebellion to faith in the Lord and walking with Him ~How the lies of the self-help culture do not coincide with John's message in the Word or the hope of the gospel itself ~The crucial importance of knowing the Word for ourselves, rather than merely relying on what our pastors tell us ~Ways for busy mamas to make time to be in the Word ~Battling feelings of unworthiness with the truths and implications of the gospel ~The implications of the woman at the well's story in John 4 ~Areas in Chelsey's life where discontentment has reared its ugly head; how to find joy in the midst of it ~Discontentment as a foundation for so many other sins ~Discontentment in the online realm when it comes to platform and comparison and competition over follower size ~The reality that Romans 1 shows that all our sins are in the same list - the folly that thinking there is a hierarchy of sins and how realizing there isn't keeps us humble towards others and their sin ~Honoring God in the small moments, with the small followings, or the small ministry ~The serious reality of what we are missing out on when we are so busy wishing for larger platforms ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast