Beyond the Boxes
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast
164: Keeping Our Eyes Fixed on Christ with Alexandra Hoover
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164: Keeping Our Eyes Fixed on Christ with Alexandra Hoover

Alexandra Hoover is a wife, mom, speaker, worker in church ministry, and author of the brand new book, "Eyes Up: How to Trust God's Heart by Tracing His Hand". She'll inspire you on the show today to look back at God's faithfulness in your past as a way to build your faith in the present and future.  

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Alexandra's new book, "Eyes Up: How to Trust God's Heart by Tracing His Hand", what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~The importance of looking back and tracing God's hand in our past

~Asking God "Why?" and "Where were you when.....?"

~The concept of ebenezer stones and why they're so important

~Seeing God for Who He is 

~Why it's so important to keep our eyes fixed on Christ

~The balance we need to strike between wallowing in our pain and ignoring and stuffing it 

~The core lie we carry that God is not Who He says He is; how to combat this lie

~Battling our natural bent towards unbelief

~The concept of the "starting stone"

~The reality that God is always on the move in our eyes

~The false assumptions we make of God 

~The grieving stone

~And more!

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Beyond the Boxes
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast (Formerly the Home and Hearth Podcast) is a weekly show hosted by Rebekah Hargraves and all about edifying, equipping, and encouraging women in their journey of living life in light of the gospel. If there is an issue that pertains to a woman's life, you will find it discussed here! We'll be covering everything from topics pertaining to marriage, motherhood, homemaking, and the Christian walk, to issues of health and fitness, infertility, adoption, chronic illness, and current event issues in the church and culture. It is our prayer that you will find an episode here which speaks directly to what you are going through right at this very moment and that you will receive the encouragement you need for your daily life.