Episode 124 :: Andi Andrew :: Stories of Navigating Relationships and Broken Belief Systems
Listen, I hope y’all are ready because Andi Andrew is on today and she brings a WHOLE WORD about relationships, broken belief systems and living lives that pursue the way, truth and life in Jesus! Andi is passionate about God, His word and His people and doing the work of being a human in this broken world so you can connect more deeply with God and with people. She’ll share in this conversation about what it was like for her family living and leading a church in NYC during the pandemic, and what was revealed to her about the hearts and relationships within the body of Christ locally and globally that ultimately deeply informed the book on her heart called: Friendship–It's Complicated Avoid the Drama, Create Authentic Connection, and Fulfill Your Purpose Together.
This book is more than just examining relationships, it cuts to the heart of the matter and calls us to look at the broken belief systems that inhibit our relationships from growing, and keep us from growing more into the image of Christ and who we were made to be. Andi asks big questions in her book and in this conversation such as: are we living the way and the truth and the life of Jesus or our own way? What’s the difference between healthy boundaries and building walls of isolation? A deep, healing, and restorative work is needed in each and every one of us so that we can love who we are created to be, and love others as they are created to be as image bearers of God.
Be sure and check out Andi’s free resources, her books, that are all linked in our show notes and blog! AND if you’re interested we’ll be reading her book for this month’s Simply Stories Book Club! Head to the link in bio to connect with Andi, the book club, and to hear the episode. Wherever you are friends, just remember that this is not how the story ends. That you matter, your story matters. “He will complete the work He began in You until the day of completion” Thanks for hanging out with me and I’ll see you next time.
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References:
-Liberty Church in New York
-Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life: Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend
-codependency
-Free downloadable pdf about rebuilding relationships
-The enneagram
-Join the Simply Stories Podcast Book Club while we read Friendship– It's Complicated
Scripture References:
-1 Corinthians 12:12-37-The body of Christ
-John 15- Pruning and bearing fruit
-Matthew 7:24-27-Are we standing on the rock or the sand?
-Matthew 5-7-The sermon on the mount
-John 14:6-The way, the truth and the life
-The book of Nehemiah, Nehemiah 3- the list of names of those who rebuilt the wall
-Psalm 16:5-6-The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places
-Joshua 18-19, Numbers 18:21-32-When God gives out inheritances to the tribes around the Tabernacle
-Romans 12:18-Inasmuch as it depends on you, live peaceably with everyone
-Malachi 3:2-The Refiner’s fire
-Acts 6:1-7, Acts 15-The New Testament church struggles
-Ecclesiastes 1:9-There’s nothing new under the sun
Acts 8:26-40-The eunuch and Phillip
Acts 16:16-40 Acts 27:27-28:5--Fellowships on ships, in prisons
-Hebrews 10:25-Do not neglect gathering
-Ephesians 2:19-22, Mark 12:1-11, Psalm 118:22-23-The cornerstone of our faith
-Matthew 18:15-The model of conflict in the Gospel
-Mark 3-The Lord experienced conflict (just as one example!)
-Unity in our diversity
-Galatians 2:20-Walking crucified with Christ
-Ephesians 4:11-16– the apostle, the teacher, the evangelist using their unique gifts bring maturity and unity to the body of Christ
-Exodus 1:1-21-The midwives,Shifra and Puah, who delivered Moses (and other Hebrew babes)
-Acts 13-Barnabas saw Saul, and brought forth Paul
Acts 15:36-16:10-Barnabas and Paul experienced conflict, but they reconciled (and I misspoke, it was about Mark, not Timothy
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