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Discerning God is a podcast that seeks to recognize, perceive, and distinguish God through Scripture, Science, and our Stories. If you wonder who or what God is, or just need something to listen to while running around, this podcast is for you! We look at hard and light topics and discern God throughout it all.
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What does it look like to live aligned with your faith in a REAL way? No pollyanna stuff here. No cliches or platitudes. Just real talk and real faith. Megan Nilsen is a Kingdom life coach and author who deftly guides people into deep self-awareness in order to connect more deeply with God and others! Listen + learn how to: * Discern God's voice of wisdom and love. * Study Scripture and see how it informs an incredible blueprint for living. * Ask deep questions and dig for meaty answers. * I ...
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Ep 61 // One Thing You Need to Avoid for Successful Parenting {The SO THAT Series} Who doesn’t get frustrated or aggravated with their kids every once in a while? Or maybe…more often than we care to admit! It’s totally natural. And…God has something to say about not exasperating our kids. Even when they refuse to listen and drive us 🦇 Ask God for a…
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Ep 60 // Two Important Keys for Kingdom Success {The SO THAT Series} Welcome to the “SO THAT” series! This journey will lead you into the WHY behind the WHAT of the Christian faith. We’re told to know and believe so many things - but why? Together we are studying the connector phrase “so that” as it relates to Scripture. This tiny little phrase wil…
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Ep 59 // The Reason You are Called to Live a Transparent Life and Why it Matters {The SO THAT Series} Welcome to the“SO THAT” series! This journey will lead you into the WHY behind the WHAT of the Christian faith. We’re told to know and believe so many things - but why? Together we are studying the connector phrase “so that” as it relates to Script…
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Ep 58 // The Reason Jesus’ Prayed for Unity and Against Division in John 17 {The SO THAT Series} Welcome to the“SO THAT” series! This journey will lead you into the WHY behind the WHAT of the Christian faith. We’re told to know and believe so many things - but why? Together we are studying the connector phrase “so that” as it relates to Scripture. …
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Ep 57 // The Reason You Are Called to Be Salt and Light {The SO THAT Series} This is the first episode in the“SO THAT” series that will lead you into the WHY behind the WHAT of the Christian faith. Let’s see what all this is really about! We will explore the connector phrase “so that” as it relates to Scripture. This tiny little phrase will lead yo…
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Ep 56 // What is the Point of the Christian Faith? Exploring the WHY Behind the WHAT Why are you living the Christian life? Why do you subscribe to this worldview? What is the point of this whole “faith journey” thing? Do you find yourself “checking all the boxes” and wondering what all this is for? This is the introduction episode for a new series…
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Ep 55 // Understanding What Motivates You and Why it Matters {Celebrate ONE YEAR of the podcast in this special episode!} This episode is for those who are dissatisfied with living on the surface and want to travel deeper into the heart of God! The journey of faith is about more than just “lip service.” Join Megan as she shares: Thoughts after one …
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Ep 54 // Two Perspectives on Discerning the Signs of Time Do you ever wonder HOW you should spend your TIME? How do you know when it’s time to make a big move? Walk away? Dig in…? Discernment is KEY! Join Megan as she shares: The two types of time that exist: CHRONOS and KAIROS. Chronos = chronological time. The linear timeline of our lives. The st…
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Ep 53 // One Foundational Question to Ask As You Navigate Life What kind of lifestyle do you want to build right now? What are your highest values? How do your highest values and desired lifestyle inform your current choices regarding how you spend your time and your money? How do you decide what to say yes to and what to say no to? Let’s explore o…
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Ep 52 // There Are Two Kinds of Wisdom. Which Do You Choose? How are we Christians different from the world? This does NOT mean better. Different means different! Different means connected to God with high trust and supernatural power, joy, and peace. Those outside the Christian faith often see us stressed, anxious, confused and might wonder how ou…
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Ep 51 // 4 Signs of Spiritual Disconnection and Understanding What God Wants to Give You Instead God has a word for his people, a word for his church! Jesus is saying, “Stop running away from me…” Dive in to hear how Lent can be a meaningful season for you to believe there is a new way to live and God wants to connect with you! Join Megan as she sh…
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Ep 50 // Untangle Your Thoughts and Hear from God: 30 Minutes of Guided Journaling That Will Revolutionize Your Quiet Time SPECIAL EPISODE: In this special episode, you will be guided through a beautiful exchange journaling session that will reimagine and energize your "quiet time" experience! Beautiful Exchange Journaling is a strategic, in-depth,…
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Ep 49 // Learn by Doing - Kinetic Spiritual Formation How do you know which way to go in this world? With so many options and opinions it can be CONFUSING!! Sometimes you just have to learn by doing. To walk it out and see what happens. Join Megan as she shares: The struggle with figuring out how to hear God’s voice and figure out what to do next. …
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Ep 48 // 7 Questions to Consider in a Season of Discernment Are you working something out right now? A specific decision? How to approach an upcoming transition? Learn seven key questions you can ask yourself to gather wisdom to move forward with confidence! Join Megan as she shares: How to search out God’s wisdom for life. The nuances of spiritual…
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Ep 47 // What’s a Better Question Than “Why Shouldn’t I Do This?” Seeking a Clear Conscience. A blueprint for Kingdom living from Acts 24. What does it look like to live with a clear conscience before God and people? Join Megan as she shares: Holy Spirit insights from Paul’s defense before Felix in Acts chapter 24. What is “conscience"? And what ca…
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Ep 46 // How to Know When Something is No Longer Yours to Do Last week we talked about following God’s call into greater Kingdom impact even (and especially) when it’s not desirable! This week, we’re talking about the other side of the equation. What to do and how to know something is actually no longer yours to carry Join Megan as she shares: From…
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Ep 45 // How Are You Positioned for Powerful Kingdom Impact? Your Kingdom impact is all about giving God WHAT you have in your hand so He can bless and multiply your efforts! Join Megan as she shares: Kingdom truth and discovery from Exodus Chapter 4 that shows us God’s Kingdom strategy to free His people (and advance His Kingdom). How God uses eve…
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Ep 44 // How to Purposefully Look to the Future in Faith It’s a new year! And you have ideas, goals, visions, dreams of things you’d like to do. AND YET, something is holding you back. Last week we discussed FEAR. This week, we’re discussing the PAST. Join Megan as she shares: The truth we learn from Paul about living for the future in Philippians …
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Ep 43 // Maybe You Have a “Good” Reason, but is it a Real Reason? Exploring Counterfeit Justification. Is God stirring something in your soul that feels big, bold, and scary? What propels you forward even when things feel confusing and the outcome unknown? Join Megan as she shares: The most recent “crazy” thing that her family decided to do over th…
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Ep 42 // 6 Reflection Questions to Start the New Year with Intentional Faith This episode will help you reflect on the past year and move ahead in faith in the new one! Grab the free reflection journal with SIX questions to help you start the new year in faith → newyearreflections.com Join Megan as she explores: The reflective nature of turning to …
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Ep 41 // O Weary World Rejoice // The Rejoicing (Advent Part 5) This is the fifth of five episodes designed to take you through the season of advent in deep study, reflection, and expectant faith! Dive into the “O Weary World Rejoice” advent study today! If you want a deeper experience for your own growth and transformation - purchase the supplemen…
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Ep 40 // O Weary World Rejoice // The Blessing (Advent Part 4) This is the fourth of five episodes designed to take you through the season of advent in deep study, reflection, and expectant faith! Dive into the “O Weary World Rejoice” advent study today! If you want a deeper experience for your own growth and transformation - purchase the supplemen…
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Ep 39 // O Weary World Rejoice // The Believing (Advent Part 3) This is the third of five episodes designed to take you through the season of advent in deep study, reflection, and expectant faith! Dive into the “O Weary World Rejoice” advent study today! If you want a deeper experience for your own growth and transformation - purchase the supplemen…
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Ep 38 // O Weary World Rejoice // The Becoming (Advent Part 2) This is the second of five episodes designed to take you through the season of advent in deep study, reflection, and expectant faith! Dive into the “O Weary World Rejoice” advent study today! If you want a deeper experience for your own growth and transformation - purchase the supplemen…
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Ep 37 // O Weary World Rejoice / The Beginning (Advent Part 1) This is the first of five episodes designed to take you through the season of advent in deep study, reflection, and expectant faith! Dive into the “O Weary World Rejoice” advent study today! If you want a deeper experience for your own growth and transformation - purchase the supplement…
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Ep 36 // Your "With God" Holiday Time // An Interview with Lissa Figgins Busy is not a disordered schedule or to-do list, it’s a disordered heart. As a midlife woman, Lissa Figgins has a lot on her plate- she's a wife, empty-nest mom, life coach, podcaster, women’s ministry leader, mentor and friend. At one point life was too busy and she found her…
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Ep 35 // Avoidance, Distraction, and Meltdowns - Signs and Solutions for Holiday Stress Holiday stress is a thing, y’all. (Ask me how I know!) Big days can elicit big emotions! If you wonder what stress looks like in your life without you even realizing it and what you can do to live with more peace and joy - this episode is for you. Join Megan as …
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Ep 34 // 5 Questions to Determine A God-Sized Dream and What to Do Next How do you know if you have a God-sized dream? What will propel you forward in your dream? How do you know what it is - and what the next steps are? Join Megan as she discusses: When you pursue your dream, you teach your kids more than so many other things in life! The specific…
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Ep 33 // 4 Things Holding You Back from Pursuing a God-Sized Dream How do you know if you have a God-sized dream? Dive in to explore what God has planted in you that is unique to the world. This episode is all about the reasons that hold us back from walking in bold faith toward pursuing this dream. Join Megan as she discusses: The main problems we…
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Ep 32 // For the Weary Among Us: Jesus' Invitation for Different Results How can you shift from concentrating on the corporate, universal message from Jesus into an individual, personal message just for you? Join Megan as she discusses: The lessons we learn from Luke 5:1-11, The Voice Translation Jesus shares a corporate word and then He turns it i…
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Ep 31 // Are You Open to ‘Come and See’ a Greater Vision for Your Life? How can we study Jesus calling some disciples as a model for Kingdom living?! Dive into John chapter 1 for some clues. Join Megan as she discusses: Kingdom blueprint lesson from John Chapter 1 What it looks like to follow Jesus, testify of His goodness and invite others in How …
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Ep 30 // How to Partner with God for Supernatural Solutions Are you an ordinary person? ;) Me too!! If you’re wondering how to take “ordinary” and turn it into “extraordinary” - this episode is for you. Listen in for a model of bringing about Kingdom solutions to natural problems. Join Megan as she discusses: What it looks like for an ordinary huma…
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Ep 29 // Do You Actually Want to Get Well? This question is pivotal to your health journey. How would you answer if Jesus asked YOU that question? Join Megan as she discusses: What we learn in John Chapter 5 from Jesus’ interaction with the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda The possibilities of broken records that breed toxic narratives in our m…
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Ep 28 // It's About Who He Is, Not What You Do We are landing the plane on the transformational “beautiful exchange journaling blueprint”! How do you close out your journaling time with God? This is your chance to reflect and craft your response to this encounter with God. Join Megan as she discusses: What is your commitment to God, yourself, and o…
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Ep 27 // How to Find Godly Counsel and Test All Things When you hear God’s voice in your life, it’s important to seek Godly confirmation and counsel. We don’t live this life of faith in a vacuum! In fact, isolation is dangerous. We are to test all things… Join Megan as she discusses: An amazing testimony of a listener’s radical act of faith! How im…
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Ep 26 // Four Reasons We Resist Walking in Active Faith Do you ever feel like you’re taking one step forward and two steps back? This episode addresses the reality that following God isn’t always easy! Your spirit might want to say yes to God, but your flesh resists. Why is that? Join Megan as she discusses: How we each have a moment of choice thro…
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Ep 25 // Responding in Active Faith This is the “so what, now what” episode. If we believe what we say we believe - how does that inform our actual life?! What invitation has God put in front of you that requires you to make a faith over fear choice in order to experience more of God’s Kingdom? Join Megan as she discusses: What it means to have a r…
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Ep 24 // The Beautiful Exchange - Replacing Flesh with Spirit Moving from death to life is a revolutionary (age-old) concept! If you are ever tempted to script out your life and keep things within your control - this is for you. :) Join Megan as she discusses: Her own propensity to want to control her life and the invitation God gave her to learn a…
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Ep 23 // Renewing Your Mind - Flesh vs. Spirit Renewing your mind is absolutely CRUCIAL to life most fully in the Christian experience. If you don’t actually let God’s voice of truth and love rewire some things in our brains - what is all of this for? Join Megan as she discusses: Romans 12:1-2, Zeroing in on the important aspect of mind renewal! Un…
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Ep 22 // Mining for God’s Wisdom Let’s explore the next step in the Beautiful Exchange journaling practice! This episode unpacks the next step in the process. After you hear impressions from the Lord and you write them down - what do you do with them? How do you move forward? Join Megan as she discusses: Step 6 in the beautiful exchange journaling …
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Ep 21 // Hearing God’s Voice - PART 2 This is exactly what it says! Part 2 of a two part series. If you haven’t listened to part one (Ep 20) - head back and do that now. :) Then, jump in for part 2! If you wonder how to hear God’s voice, how to discern if what you’re “hearing” as you pray is God’s voice or yours. This episode will help you evaluate…
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Ep 20 // Hearing God’s Voice - PART 1 What does it feel like to hear God’s voice? How do you know if your thoughts are yours or His? Isn’t that the million dollar question! Join Megan as she discusses: What it looks like to bring your concerns to the Lord in order to hear from Him! The nuanced process of hearing from God… The challenges of trying t…
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Ep 19 // Releasing Your Concerns to God What if you could tell God ANYTHING you are thinking! What if He not only can handle what you have to say but WANTS to hear what you have to say. If you are ready to release your emotions to God to experience greater awareness, connections, and peace - this episode is for you! Join Megan as she discusses: The…
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Ep 18 // How to Start Journaling with God Megan builds on the theme of how writing out your conversations with God is a form of worship that leads to connections, clarity, and supernatural peace. Does journaling often feel daunting - either because you don’t know what to say or you have TOO many things to say! In this episode, Megan discusses how t…
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Ep 17 // Positioning Yourself to Hear from God Megan builds on the theme of how writing out your conversations with God is a form of worship. This episode unpacks the transformative experience called, “Beautiful Exchange Journaling.” Join Megan as she discusses: How the book of Habakkuk (and the prophet himself) helps us understand this concept. Th…
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Ep 16 // 3 Things to Do When God Seems Silent No matter how long you’ve walked with God, there will likely be times when God seems silent. When you pray, and seek, and knock and hear nothing, sense nothing...What are you to do in those moments? Join Megan as she discusses: What to do when it feels like you are talking to a wall and can’t seem to he…
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Ep 15 // POV - Writing as Worship Megan builds on the theme of how writing out your conversations with God is a form of worship. If you care to connect with God and explore what’s going on in your internal world - this episode is for you! Join Megan as she discusses: How writing with God will bring renewed truth into your life. Whether you like “wr…
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Ep 14 // Addressing Journal-Phobia Tackling the Fear of Writing Does the word “journaling” scare you? Are you a “journaler” by nature or do you run from the hills at the thought of spending time with your thoughts?! Join Megan in this episode as she unpacks the powerful spiritual practice of journaling with God. Join Megan as she discusses: How jou…
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Ep. 13 // Did God Really Say…? The journey of following Jesus is not for the faint of heart! It’s for the hearty, spiritual pilgrim. If you believe there’s more to this life than what you can see with the naked eye - this is for you! Join Megan as she discusses: Why settling for “good and fine” in life is getting in the way of true life in Jesus. G…
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Ep. 12 // Awareness of Who or What is Influencing You and Why it Matters You are the sum total of everything you’ve experienced in your life. Do you pay attention to what you absorb into your heart and mind on a daily basis? Whatever you look at, whatever you’re listening to has influence over you to one degree or another. In this episode, Megan un…
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