God's Plans for You Are Bigger Than Your Pain

August 05, 2025
00:00 32:35
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In this powerful and hope-filled episode, Nicole C. Mullen joins us to talk about choosing faith over fear—even when the path forward feels broken. With raw honesty, she shares her story of walking through an abusive marriage, the courage it took to say "enough," and how God met her with redemption, grace, and purpose.

  • We also explore:
    How fear must be addressed before faith can take root
  • What we can learn about suffering when doing all the “right things” from Job
  • What Rahab can teach us about courage
  • Why God still uses us—even after detours and mistakes
  • How to walk by faith when sight isn’t an option
  • Breaking free from shame, guilt, and fear

Whether you're in a season of struggle, change, or healing, this conversation will remind you: You haven’t missed your moment. God can still get you where you need to be.

Resource Referenced: It's Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing

Discussion/Reflective Questions:

  1. Where in your life might fear be holding you back from stepping into faith?
  2. What would it look like to move forward even if you can’t yet see the full path?
  3. Have you ever felt like you’ve missed your chance or messed up too much for God to use you?
  4. How might Nicole’s story challenge or encourage that belief?
  5. What does it mean to you that God can reroute your life and still get you “there on time”?
  6. Can you think of a past detour that led to unexpected blessing?
  7. Is there a situation in your life where you sense God prompting you to initiate change
  8. What fears are keeping you stuck—and what might courage look like today?
  9. When have you chosen obedience to God, even when it cost you something? What helped you stay faithful in that moment?
  10. What shame or guilt are you still carrying that God wants to set you free from?
  11. What truth from Scripture can you begin to speak over that area of your life?

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Meet Your Hosts
Jennifer Slattery, founder of Wholly Loved Ministries, is a multi-published author, national speaker, and speaking coach passionate about helping God's children reach their full potential and live fully surrendered to Christ. She is a host on Your Daily Bible Verse and Faith Over Fear. Find her online at https://www.JenniferSlatteryLivesOutLoud.com
Carol Ogle McCracken is a fun-loving wedding planner, speaker, Bible teacher, and author who brings to Scripture to inspire a personal, vibrant relationship with Him. Her authentic challenges faced while journeying through alcoholism, raising a child with special needs, and divorce, equip her to teach, entertain and encourage you. Carol currently serves as the Minister of Discipleship at her home church and is a Christian communicator in many different forums, large and small, and especially enjoys teaching at women’s retreats. Her book Wisdom, Where to Find It if You've Lost, Forgotten, or Never Had It was released in November 2020.
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