The Love Offering Podcast Show Notes
Hope After Sexual Betrayal with Ellen Mary Dykas

Hope After Sexual Betrayal with Ellen Mary Dykas

Sexual betrayal can leave a wife feeling disoriented, ashamed, and unsure where to turn. In this compassionate conversation, Ellen Mary Dykas of Harvest USA explains why pornography, an affair, or another form of sexual unfaithfulness can feel so traumatic—and reminds hurting women that they are not responsible for their husband’s choices. Ellen shares how to recognize genuine repentance, understand the differences between forgiveness, reconciliation, and restored trust, establish wise boundaries, and find safe support. Most importantly, she offers the assurance that Jesus has not abandoned us in our heartbreak. He sees, draws near, and provides the hope and help needed to take one faithful step at a time. Please listen with care, especially if the subject of sexual betrayal is tender or personal for you.

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A Peaceful, Soulful Home: Making Room for What Matters

A Peaceful, Soulful Home: Making Room for What Matters

Making a house feel like home isn’t about achieving perfect décor or filling every empty space. It’s about thoughtfully creating a place where the people you love can rest, gather, and belong. In this episode of The Love Offering Podcast, Myquillyn Smith shares practical ways to quiet visual noise, release what no longer serves your family, and create a peaceful, soulful home that tells your story. Her encouragement reminds us that faithfully tending what God has entrusted to us can become a beautiful act of stewardship, hospitality, and love.

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Finding Your Identity in Christ in Every Season with Elizabeth Laing Thompson

Finding Your Identity in Christ in Every Season with Elizabeth Laing Thompson

What happens when a disappointment, changing season, or unmet goal makes you question your worth? This week on The Love Offering Podcast, I’m talking with Elizabeth Laing Thompson about her new 90-day devotional, In Season. Although the book was written for young female athletes, its message is one every woman needs: what we do is not who we are. Elizabeth shares how we can develop biblical resilience, find growth within disappointment, resist the pressure to perform, make room for God in busy seasons, and receive rest as an act of trust. Whatever season you are walking through, your identity remains secure: you are a beloved daughter of God.

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When You Can’t See What God Is Growing

When You Can’t See What God Is Growing

In this episode of The Love Offering Podcast, Rachael Adams talks with her dear friend Nicole Jacobsmeyer, author of Something Good Will Grow, about trusting God when life feels dark and painful. Drawing from her experiences with cancer, miscarriage, clinical depression, rejection, and abuse, Nicole shares how God cultivates deep roots and hidden faithfulness in seasons when we cannot see what He is doing. Together, they discuss redefining blessing, bringing our doubts honestly before God, waiting on unanswered prayers, taking small steps toward healing, and loving others without offering easy answers. This hope-filled conversation reminds us that suffering does not mean God has abandoned us—and that something good may already be growing beneath the surface.

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You’re Not Just Hanging On—You’re Being Held

You’re Not Just Hanging On—You’re Being Held

After the unexpected loss of her daughter Annie in 2023, Cheri Fletcher discovered that grief may rewrite our stories, but it does not change our identity or eternal purpose. In this tender conversation, Cheri shares how she has recognized God’s presence and intentional care throughout her grief, learned to hold joy and sorrow at the same time, and found comfort in knowing that she is not simply hanging on—she is being held. She also offers compassionate, practical guidance for supporting someone who is grieving, reminding us that we do not need perfect words to show love; sometimes a simple acknowledgment, a listening ear, or a heartfelt “I’m so sorry” is enough.

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