Come join this conversation between Myra and her friend Rachel Welcher! Rachel is a gifted author and poet, an editor at Lexham Press, a pastor's wife, and momma.

They chat about many things, including Rachel's book "Talking Back to Purity Culture," God's faithfulness in the midst of suffering, and His good design for relationships.

You will be blessed by Rachel's honesty and genuine love for Jesus! Find her "Dear Hildegaard" poems and more on her Substack.

In this episode Myra takes a brief look back at how Dying to Heal got its start, and she gives an introduction to the upcoming series on the Ripple Effects of emotional healing and freedom from shame. Think about all of the areas of life that could be changed by living more freely and more whole, in Christ! How would our friendships change? Our interactions at church? Our marriages? Our parenting? Let's envision the far-reaching impact and the beautiful work that God can, and wants to, do in each of our lives!

She also invites listeners to share their own story of journeying away from shame and toward greater emotional health! What has God been teaching you? Take a brave step and share more of your story- it will bless you and others who hear it!

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Happy 10th episode! On the heels of Easter, Myra discusses the impact that Christ’s resurrection has on our day-to-day lives- especially our battle against cyclical sin and shame.

The beautiful reality of Jesus’s resurrected life includes new life available to us–not just when we die, but right now! Myra discusses an article written by Ellen Dykas for Harvest USA’s blog (also linked below) that draws parallels between Lazarus’s bodily (albeit temporary) resurrection by Jesus and our own call out of the tombs of sin & shame and into the light of new life in Him. If you feel stuck in sin and shame, listen in to the hope of Jesus and find freedom in Him!

Scripture Referenced:

• Hebrews 12:1-2
• Colossians 2:13-14 [3:1-7]
• 1 Corinthians 10:13

Article Referenced:

"Lazarus, What WERE You Thinking? Resurrection Life for Shuffling, Brokenhearted Believers" -Written by Ellen Mary Dykas

Songs Referenced:

Cross City Church, Easter Sunday Worship Songs

In this special episode, Myra interviews Ellen Dykas, Director of Equipping for Ministry to Women, at Harvest USA. Ellen has written numerous articles, books, and curricula that all clearly point to Jesus and his beautiful design for relationships and sexuality! She chats with Myra about her latest work, “Jesus and Your Unwanted Journey,” written for wives who are navigating the fallout of their husband’s sexual sin. They also discuss how we as Christians can help hurting sisters (and brothers) in our churches, how the gospel addresses our sexual shame, and more. You don’t want to miss this!

You can see more about Harvest's amazing ministry and their resources at harvestusa.org.

In this off-the-cuff episode, Myra shares some spiritual lessons that God has been teaching her, including the necessity and beauty of repentance. She invites listeners into the process of noticing feelings like anxiety and frustration, asking Jesus to help us understand what's at the root of them, and then repenting of any sin he illuminates through his Spirit.

She shares two specific areas requiring repentance in her own life: worshiping control and comfort. She testifies to God's goodness to draw us to repentance and lead us into the freedom that's on the other side, often using people in our lives to help us in this process!

In this episode Myra explores the important truth of our identity as children of God, when we are in Christ. Believing and living in the reality of God's tender love toward us is always difficult, but especially so when we are living with shame.

Recommended Resources:

• Identity Theft: Reclaiming the Truth of Who We Are in Christ
• Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
• Knowing God
• The Bible Project Podcast: Ecclesiastes

Scripture Referenced:

• Ephesians 1:3-6
• John 1:12-13
• Zephaniah 3:17
• Matthew 27:51

In this episode Myra explores a fourth, unhelpful belief that is a common barrier to emotional healing and freedom: "If I forgive them, it means what they did was okay."

She shares her own experience and identifies 3 root causes for operating in this belief:

1. A good desire for justice
2. Fear
3. Sin

Passages of Scripture referenced:

• Isaiah 30:18
• Romans 12:19
• Romans 8:1
• Psalm 71:1-3

Additional Resource:

Jeff Vanderstelt- Fruit to Root Application (start at 13:43)

In this episode Myra shares 3 common, yet unhelpful, beliefs that can act as barriers to our emotional healing and freedom from shame:

• "I should be over this by now."
• "Talking about emotional healing is too self-focused."
• "My emotional healing is just between me and God."

For each of the three beliefs she offers a gospel re-frame, to help combat these beliefs and point listeners to the only true Way to healing and freedom- Jesus Christ.