Epic Every Day

God cares more about you than I do. He cares more about your friends than you do, so why do you keep thinking you need to rescue them? Our culture tries so hard to avoid offense and hurt feelings tha…

God will not be intimidated by our temper tantrums. His love is big enough to listen. It’s so big that sometimes we shy away from it because it’s too bright. C.S. Lewis said that sometimes we want to…

Doesn't God’s demand for our obedience make Him a tyrant? This is an emotional response, which is where we live. It takes developing new neural pathways to process God’s love. We don’t have to love G…

It’s impossible to surrender to someone you don’t trust because you’re admitting their way is better than yours. Trusting someone is seldom about a big event, it’s a million little instances. God tho…

What do you think about when you think about God? What are your assumptions about Him? Do you think about Love first? Growing deeper in love with God takes work—like any relationship. Feeling or thin…

The wall around your heart’s garden can get damaged over time. Fortunately, there are ways to maintain the wall. But unfortunately, it’s all to common for the cracks and holes in the wall to go unten…

What does it look like to keep the gate of your heart open to God? To really trust Him? Are you projecting something someone did on to God? Today on Epic Every Day Evan & Liz Frerichs talk about ways…

What’s the best criteria for what to let in through the gate of your heart? Is that something you can determine on your own without consulting a wiser party? When we truly know ourselves in light of …

It’s been said that love means never saying ‘no.’ But never saying ‘no’ is like not having a good wall around your heart—anyone can come in and plunder your time and energy. Having good boundaries an…

Your heart is a garden full of everything you have to offer the world—your time, your talents, your energy. It is wise to have a wall around this garden with a working gate. This week, Evan & Liz Fre…

God has not just rescued your soul—He’s rescued your mind and your body as well. It’s all getting redeemed! So why do we neglect developing our bodies and our minds? It’s too easy to get distracted b…

When we start to think all the knowable stuff is known, we get ourselves into trouble. We also get into trouble when we don’t expect our relationships to grow and change. Unfortunately, we tend to tu…

It’s too easy to feel stuck, to develop a fixed mindset when it comes spiritual growth. And unfortunately, the people around us can reinforce that idea with negative and shame inducing talk. If you l…

We used to think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But, neural scientists have discovered that our brains can change, we can learn at any age! Evan and Liz Frerichs think this ties in well to Go…

If God wanted us to be perfect, he would have made us pop into the world precocial (born fully functional). But we’re designed to be growing and changing as people and as Christians. This must honor …

When we don’t realize God is paying attention to us in a loving way, providing all the approval we could ever need, we tend to manipulate ourselves and others into weird knots. We strive to either co…

Who knows your situation better than God? So then why do we compare ourselves to others to grade our performance? Comparing ranks and values is a quick and easy way to scarcityville. You want to have…

Scarcity mindset thrives in a shame environment. So how do you know if you’re operating from a position of shame? Do you see your value wrapped up in your performance? Do you tend to talk negative to…

It’s a trap thinking God’s not taking care of us and therefore we’ve got to take care of ourselves. This is a huge hang up and we’ve got to decide: do we work through our hangups or do we hang out wi…

This week we’re going to discuss Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly—specifically the parts about scarcity. This can be a tricky topic. It can be one we don’t realize we’re even dealing with until we t…