Welcome to Season 2, Episode One of the Living Real Podcast!

This season we will bring you two parts of each episode. Part one is opening the Scriptures together, and Part 2 is the interview portion with someone seeking to live real faith in real life.

Part One: A Look Into Psalm 3.

David is in a tug-o-war with his mind and emotions. He's being pursued by his enemies, and though everything looks bleak and full of despair, David's faith is strong. He knows and understands God's faithfulness and His hand on his life. David fights against the enemy of his soul by proclaiming who God is. He's reminding himself in a conversational prayer unto the Lord, that God is for him and never against him.

This is a powerful Psalm, guiding and instructing us how to cling to hope and truth whenever we find ourselves in a place of deep despair.

Click the link to hear this Psalm through music, performed by Prestonwood Choir and Orchestra. Powerful! One of my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZtDVYOb-fw

Part Two: An Interview with Dee Dee Simmons.

Bio: Dee Dee Simmons is a life and performance coach and Co-Founder of Live Your Design. She is also the Chief Marketing Officer at FITTS. Dee Dee is completely in love with Jesus, actively pursues Him, and is passionate about sharing what she learns through Him with others. She lives in Chapin, SC with her husband, Ken, their three daughters, McKenna, Kelsey, and Sally, and two pups. Check out her website below.

https://www.liveyourdesign.life/

I love Dee Dee's honesty. She is definitely "living real" with a heart that's been challenged, searched, and refined. Dee Dee woke up January 1, 2019 with a heavy sadness that she could not explain. God used her sadness to bring her to a place of peace, freedom, and real joy.

Something rooted inside her heart years ago that Dee Dee was unware of. She was definitely aware of the trauma that had taken place, but didn't realize her coping skills use to cover up the pain were planting seeds of an unforgiving spirit. It was hindering her faith walk and holding her back from more of what God had for her. A whole year dealing with and searching for an answer to her sadness proved to be a peeling back the layers of her hurting heart. Under the guidance of a Christian Counselor, she discovered that underneath it all was an unforgiving spirit - the culprit of her sadness. God needed her to come to the place where she was willing to allow Him to uproot that root of bitterness, anger, and hate so He could replace it with a joy-full root of forgiveness.

Dee Dee's story will help you examine your heart and to ask the Lord to do some real soil-stirring to empty it of the damaging rot and replace it with His redemption, freedom, and indescribable joy.