Encouragement for You
Encouragement for You
Encouragement for You is a weekly podcast designed to give you Christ-centered encouragement to help you face life’s most challenging problems. Each episode features Don Hawkins talking with individuals who can address the specific encouragement needed for relationship challenges, mental health issues like depression and anxiety, achieving financial stability, and much more.Social links:
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Surviving Parenthood and Forgiveness
Erin Smalley is a licensed Christian counselor and her husband, Greg is the vice president for families at Focus on the Family. In our first segment, Greg and Erin join host Don Hawkins to talk about parenting and marriage. In virtually every relationship, there comes a time when the need for for…
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What is The Church?
Joining us for this episode of Encouragement for You is Dr. Josh Wynn the Vice President for Communication and Community at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Wynn teaches a class on the nature of The Church. And with all that's been happening in Iran with the recent attacks from the United States an…
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Joy Through Adversity
Rodney Love and Shelley Komoszewski are gifted encouragers who have been through adversity themselves and know how to face it successfully. They join join Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to unpack three biblical strategies for facing and overcoming adversity.
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What is Biblical Manhood?
Dr. Michael Smalley is the founder and CEO of the Smalley Institute of Ft Worth Texas. Mike is a relationship authority, the son of world-renowned marriage guru the late Dr. Gary Smalley, and he joins Encouragement for You host Don Hawkins to discuss the difference between how modern culture views…
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What's Your Giftedness?
Bill Hendricks is the Executive Director of the Hendricks Center for Christian leadership at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also the co-founder and president of the Global Center for Giftedness. In today’s Encouragement for You Podcast, Bill and host Don Hawkins discuss Bill’s book, The Person …
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Are You too Busy?
For many couples, adoption may be the only way to grow their family, for others it represents another option. From their own experience adopting their daughter, Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley discuss adoption with host Don Hawkins Has anyone ever told you that you’re too busy? According to Host Don Haw…
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Simplifying your Life
Most of us are finding life to be complex these days with all the electronic gadgets and methods of communication. Dr. Greg Smalley is the vice president for families of Focus on the Family and his wife Erin is a christian therapist. You’ll find their recommendations for simplifying your life to be…
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The Remarkable 'Rest of the Story' in Iran
For almost two weeks, people across Iran have taken to the streets to express their profound anger about the continued daily suffering experienced by so many in the country. Becky Lucas of SAT-7, a ministry using Satellite television and interactive internet to reach the people of the Middle East a…
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Recovering from Exhaustion
John Coleman is a pastor, life coach, and psychologist. He joins host Don Hawkins to discuss dealing with depression. Have you found yourself exhausted recently? Todd Nevins is a christian life coach and pastor and he offers encouragement for those who feel exhausted.
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Keeping New Year's Resolutions
Most of us have overspent on Christmas gifts and entertaining at the holidays at times. For many years Bettye Banks served as vice president of consumer credit counseling service, and she and host Don Hawkins provide answers for those post-holiday financial stresses. Often times, it doesn’t take …
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