Living Loved & Free with Carol G.

The “Fruits of Obedience” episode highlights the fruits of a friendship that was borne and grew because of obedience.

As you listen to Carol G. and her Destiny Sister, Annie-Laurie Munroe, you will hear an amazing testimony of God’s faithfulness and intentionality. We hope you are encouraged to be and seek authentic friends. And more importantly, obey what God tells you to do in your friendships.

There are some priceless nuggets for healers and intercessors in this episode. Annie and Carol touch on ways to preserve your peace when you're privy to the inner hurts of so many people.

If you’ve listened to the other Community episodes, you already know Carol G. and her friends go deep and cover a lot of topics. This episode is no different.

Besides, Annie-Laurie spilling some of Carol’s tea, they also talked about: obedience, affirmation, healing, purpose, destiny, God-ordained relationships, leadership, authenticity, and the importance of community.

The Community series is sponsored by HARMONY, our 7-session group coaching experience. In HARMONY, we teach women how to hear God clearly and confidently follow His unique plan for their lives.

As we continue our Community Series, in this episode, Carol G. chats with Vanessa Gibson, one of her Destiny Sisters. They have a very candid conversation about God, community, and navigating shifts in their friendship.

Tune in for some timely nuggets that will help you assess your friendships and know how to allow God’s will to prevail in them.

Highlights from Carol and Vanessa’s conversation:

The Community series is sponsored by HARMONY, our 7-session group coaching experience. In HARMONY, we teach women how to hear God clearly and confidently follow His unique plan for their lives.

This is our first episode in our Community series. During this series, Carol G. will be joined by some of the women in her Destiny Circle, aka community, for some candid conversations on friendship, accountability and whatever else comes up. In the "Safe Spaces" episode, Carol G. chats with Eunike Jonathan.

Eunike is a child of God, wife, mother of two, published author, and a Distributor of Love. This conversation goes deep and covers a range of topics. Some of the topics are:

The Community series is sponsored by HARMONY, our 7-session group coaching experience. In HARMONY we teach women how to maximize their capacity, achieve true inner peace, and live a purposefully productive life.

For more about Eunike Jonathan, visit her website here.

God is love and He created people to love Him and each other. This is why everything we do should be motivated by love for God and others. Our work and our money should not just benefit self. When love is our motivation, we will cheerfully and willingly share out gifts, skills, and money with others who need what we have.

In this week’s message, Carol G. shares what true Christian fellowship, i.e. koinonia is, how it relates to work, and how we can express it in our daily lives. This episode will inspire you to release selfishness and instead have a Kingdom mindset in all that you do.

Scripture references in this episode:

Hebrews 10:19-25 NLT

Acts 2:42-47 NASB

Acts 4:32-35 NLT

1 Timothy 6:18-19 TLB

Matthew 6:19-21 TLB

This episode is sponsored by HARMONY, our 7-week personal enrichment course. In HARMONY we teach women how to maximize their capacity, achieve true inner peace, and live a purposefully productive life.

Sometimes there is such a thing as being too responsible. This is something Carol G. continues to learn. Just like you, she is navigating a new season and implementing the lessons she is sharing with you in the W.O.R.K. series.

Like Carol G., being responsible may be one of your strengths that you are proud of. But it may be contributing to you feeling overwhelmed and overburdened. If so, we encourage you to tune in to Part 4 of our 5-part W.O.R.K. series.

In this episode, Carol G. explains the good and bad sides of responsibility. She also shares some principles you can apply to your life right now to help you make sure that being responsible doesn’t cause more harm than good.

Scripture references in this episode:

Romans 12:6 TLB

1 Peter 4:10 TLB

Proverbs 10:4 CSB

This episode is sponsored by HARMONY, our 7-week personal enrichment course. In HARMONY we teach women how to maximize their capacity, achieve true inner peace, and live a purposefully productive life.

For every task you choose to do, there is something else you are not doing. This is what economists call “Opportunity Cost.” In part 3 of our 5-part W.O.R.K series, Carol G. contrasts the world’s approach to work with the Kingdom’s prescribed approach to work. She also gives some examples of what we give up when we choose one thing over another.

In a demanding world like the one we live in, it is so important to nurture your relationship with God and allow Him to guide you to work that glorifies Him. This episode will inspire you to take stock of your current commitments and weigh the cost of each one. The next time an opportunity presents itself, we hope that you will be more intentional to ask, “Am I willing to pay the cost attached to this opportunity?”

Scripture references in this episode:

Matthew 11:28-30

1 Timothy 6:10

This episode is sponsored by HARMONY, our 7-week personal enrichment course. In HARMONY, we teach women how to maximize their capacity, achieve true inner peace, and live a purposefully productive life.

In part 2 of our 5-part W.O.R.K series, Carol G expounds on why Kingdom work is not about providing for yourself but about worshipping God through obedience. She also touches on the benefits of viewing work as an act of worship. If you are stressed by work and overloaded with commitments this episode will set you free to enjoy more peace, rest, and have better relationships with your loved ones.

Mentioned in this episode is our 7-week HARMONY personal enrichment course. HARMONY helps women find their natural rhythm so they can master the multiple moving parts of their lives. 

This message is the first in a 5-part series called W.O.R.K in which Carol G shares the Kingdom's perspective on work, money, rest, and abundance. This week is an overview of the purpose of work and some common misconceptions about it. If you always feel like you have too much work to do, tune into this message to determine if you need to adjust your mindset towards work. 

Rest should be a regular part of your schedule. Not only because God commanded it, but also because it helps you to be healthier and more productive. This week Carol G. shares a short, simple, impactful message about consistently achieving Sabbath Rest. If you feel overwhelmed, irritable, burdened, or stressed, you want to tune into this message.

The priorities of the Woman Inspired For Excellence are aligned with God's Kingdom standards and guide her to excellent activities. In our final episode of the 4-part Woman Inspired For Excellence (W.I.F.E.) series, I elaborate on how God’s Kingdom order affects the Kingdom citizen’s priorities and actions. This message will inspire you to align with God’s best for you so that your life glorifies God. 

We continue our look at the Proverbs 31 woman, aka the Woman Inspired For Excellence (W.I.F.E.) by closely examining her character traits and the resulting blessings. Part 3 of our 4-part series explains how to focus on the principles in the text rather than trying to mimic the activities described. It also includes a Growth Assignment to help you be intentional about developing the excellent character that leads to excellent blessings for you and the people connected to you. This message will inspire you to live righteously as God requires. Let’s go into the deep together. 

We continue our look at the Proverbs 31 woman, aka the Woman Inspired For Excellence by closely examining Proverbs 31:30. This verse gives insight into where our inspiration for excellence comes from. Part 2 of our 4-part series provides strategies to help you develop a more intimate relationship with God – Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit. No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, there is always more awaiting you. Let’s dig deeper together.

Every woman is created in God’s image, but with a specific set of “features” that will help her fulfil her unique purpose. Often women use very stringent measuring sticks and inevitably beat themselves with these sticks. This week, Carol G. begins a 4-week examination of the famous Proverbs 31 Woman. She debunks some misconceptions about this woman to set you free from trying to be someone else’s vision of what your life should look like. If you are a perfectionist and your worst critic, tune in to learn how to let go of perfectionism and be a Woman Inspired For Excellence. 

Worry is a by-product of believing we know better than God how to take care of ourselves. God’s Word says we should trust Him to take care of our needs and allow Him to guide us to what is best for us. Carol G. looks at Matthew 6:33-34 and shares insight on how to truly seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness to achieve a worry-free life. This episode is great for independent, self-reliant Kingdom women who need to let go and let God be God. 

We have been programmed to believe that God is only interested in what we do for Him. Thus, we often feel extreme pressure to do the right thing and be the perfect Christian. Carol G. unpacks Psalm 23:1-3 to reveal that God wants to love us more than He wants to judge how right we are. She also shares some of her recent experiences with God's provision, rest, and healing that are helping her trust God better. If you feel exhausted or overwhelmed by the many demands for your time and energy, this episode will definitely be helpful for you. 

If you struggle with your self-worth, you want to tune into this episode. You are valuable, priceless, and created to have dominion in the earth alongside men. Carol G. unpacks Genesis 1:26-28 and Genesis 2:15,18,20-22 and shares three Truths about God’s original intent for women at creation. Embracing these truths will help you break free of insecurity. 

You are Free to be who God created You to Be! And your freedom extends to your choices regarding marriage – whether you will marry, who and when you marry, and the success of your marriage. In this week’s episode Carol G. talks about the connection between freedom and marriage and how understanding this connection can ultimately lead to marital success. 

Our lives are dynamic. They are constantly changing. It is important that we flow with God and move when He says move. In this week’s episode, Carol G. talks about The Shift God recently invited her to make in her business and in the podcast’s focus. She also shares 3 strategies you can implement today to lean into any shifts God is inviting you to make.

God created you with a specific purpose and gave you the attributes, gifts, strengths, and passion you have for a reason. Yet, you may find it hard to balance pursuing purpose and meeting your practical, real-life financial obligations. Carol G shares God’s reminder to her that purpose is more important than pay because she can trust God to provide for His purpose. This is not about quitting your job and refusing a paycheck, it is about trusting God to lead you to the right resources in each season of your life. 

A major component of living loved and free is WORSHIP. Yet, we often lose sight of WHO we worship and WHY we worship Him. Carol G. sheds light on WHAT worship is and shares what worship looks like in her loved and free life. If you find your peace disrupted, listen in to this episode and let worship set you free too. 

Perfectionism looks good on the outside but often feels weighty on the inside. Somewhere along the way, life told you that you must be perfect. That is not what God says though. In this episode, Carol G. shares her latest bout with perfectionism, how God’s love rescued her, and why you should let God’s love free you too.

You want to do more than just work hard to take care of your home and family, right? I sure hope so! God designed you to THRIVE, not just go through the motions of life. 

This week I share the tools you need to thrive. Living Loved and Free leads to enjoying all that God has given you and you need certain tools to do that. Tune in to find out more.

Even strong, independent, high-achieving women find themselves stuck at times. If you've ever experienced this, you will get some savoury tips about overcoming a common obstacle to progress - fear. In this first full episode, Carol G. shares transparently about what she had to overcome to begin this God-ordained assignment. She also gives the nitty-gritty on the JUNK she left behind to do so.

This is a quick introduction to our podcast to let you know a little bit about the host, Carol G. aka Carol Griffiths, and what you can expect from our weekly podcast episodes. 

Favourite line from Trailer episode: "This podcast is going to bring fire to dispel fear, insecurity, doubt, and religion....these all stand in the way of the relationships and resources God designed you to have."

The Living Loved & Free with Carol G. podcast is sponsored by PATH...WAY. Our mission is to guide women to God's love and the freedom to be who He created them to be. 

Our first full 30-minute episode airs on Saturday, October 2, 2021.