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You've left Egypt, but you're not in the Promised Land yet — and that in-between space is where the real war within happens. This week, we're talking about the two things that try to stop you in the middle: doubt about whether you're even qualified to obey God, and impatience when His timeline doesn't match yours. Rooted in Romans 7:18 and the story of Israel's wilderness murmuring in Numbers 21, this episode gives you one simple posture to carry through your own in-between: look up, and live. Mentioned in this episode:From Faith 2 Faith: A 45 Days Devotional (https://a.co/d/0elTIDQ3) and the novel The Fragmented Soul ( https://a.co/d/0d0g3RTh) — both available on Amazon Episode Sponsor: Living With More EnterprisesPublishing services for faith-filled authors ready to get their message out.Schedule a free consultation: https://livingwithmore.org/schedule-consultation/Use code LWME26 for 10% off their services. Stay polished 💎

This episode is sponsored by Living With More Enterprises. That's the question we're answering today. "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalm 147:3, AMP) This month's Refining Faith series continues with a teaching straight from Day 2 of my devotional, From Faith 2 Faith. We're unpacking the real difference between a wound and a scar — and why your faith can't be refined until you know which one you're carrying. 💎 What the Hebrew words behind "brokenhearted" and "bind up" really mean💎 Why unhealed wounds distort how you see God💎 What Jesus' resurrected scars teach us about ownership of our story Mentioned in this episode:💎 From Faith 2 Faith: A 45 Days Devotional → https://checkout.square.site/merchant/VBAT5B66A0SAP/checkout/UTWBOZIM3NQ6VPVQ2ZZQFXE6💎 The Fragmented Soul (novel) → https://checkout.square.site/merchant/VBAT5B66A0SAP/checkout/M3TGTX4DRXVV5BNOXPHW5NZK Thank you to our sponsor, Living With More Enterprises, for partnering with the Polished Jems Podcast this season! If God has called you to write your own book, they'd love to help — book a $25 consultation (credited toward your contract) and use code LWME26 for 10% off:💎 https://livingwithmore.org/schedule-consultation/ Stay polished 💎

Sponsored by Living With More Enterprises 💎 Book a $25 consultation (credited toward your contract if you move forward) and use code LWME26 for 10% off your publishing contract: https://livingwithmore.org/schedule-consultation/ This Faith series episode features Spencer Coffman, whose life reads like a modern Hebrews 11 testimony — an unconventional education, a financial faith-test, and a career built one obedient step at a time. Spencer shares what it means to trust God with a path nobody else can validate for you. 💎 Connect with Spencer: socialmediaministries.com💎 Join our Patreon community: patreon.com/fruitfuljems New episodes drop Saturdays at 7 AM. Stay polished 💎 #KingdomPublisher #BirthYourBookVision #ChristianAuthors

This episode is sponsored by Living With More Enterprises. A $25 consultation fee applies to book your session — credited toward your total contract balance if you move forward. Use code LWME26 when scheduling to receive 10% off your overall contract: https://livingwithmore.org/schedule-consultation/ What does faith look like when you're still in the dark? Latoya M. Alston, founder of Rising from the Shadows, LLC, joins us for a raw, unfiltered testimony about growing up as a Bishop's daughter, surviving abuse, wrestling with God, and finally learning to love herself. This is a real conversation about the woman behind the story: her pain, her healing, and the faith that carried her when nothing else could. 💎 New episodes every Saturday💎 Join the Gems community: patreon.com/fruitfuljems Stay polished !

Little white lies feel harmless — until you realize God may be watching the small things more closely than we think. In this solo training and equipping episode of the Goodness series, Jacinta explores why quiet goodness (the kind no one claps for) is foundational to real spiritual breakthrough. You'll learn the difference between goodness performed for people and goodness offered to God, why integrity takes courage rather than convenience, and how the Golden Rule reframes the "why" behind honesty and character. 💎 Part of the Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness series💎 Faith-based, honest, and free of shame or condemnation💎 Scripture references: Proverbs 10:9, Proverbs 11:3, Proverbs 12:22, Luke 6:31 (AMP) Join the Patreon community for deeper teaching at patreon.com/fruitfuljems. Stay polished 💎

"To grant beauty for ashes" (Isaiah 61:3 AMP). This week on Polished Jems, we're joined by Kim Becker — speaker, television co-host, award-winning author, and Founder of Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE, Inc. — for a conversation on faith, restoration, and what God's goodness looks like in action. Kim shares how she stepped into a calling that's now impacted countless women walking through the cancer journey, and what it means to trust God's timing even when the picture isn't clear. This episode is part of our Goodness series, digging into the Fruit of the Spirit one story at a time. 💎 Learn more about Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE: hellogorgeous.org💎 Join our Patreon community: patreon.com/fruitfuljems Stay polished 💎

Bestselling prayer author Janet McHenry joins Polished Jems to talk about trusting God's goodness even in life's hardest seasons. After 28 years of prayerwalking, Janet shares what she's learned about building a real relationship with God, why prayer is more about access than answers, and how to spot His goodness even when it's hard to see at first. 💎 Connect with Janet: Facebook @janet.mchenry | Instagram @janetmchenry💎 Support the show: patreon.com/fruitfuljems Stay polished 💎

She opened for nine Grammy winners, sang live on WWE Smackdown, and built a career most singers only dream of — then lost her voice completely. In this episode, Reneé Austin shares her story as a self-proclaimed "Undercover Prodigal": a season of hidden wandering beneath outward success, a paralyzed vocal nerve, and three years of waiting for three miracles that never stopped feeling like homecoming. This month's theme is Goodness — the fruit of the Spirit that meets us in the waiting and welcomes us home. 💎 Physical healing and spiritual restoration as one story💎 What Isaiah 53:3 reveals about a God acquainted with grief💎 A word for anyone still hiding, still wandering, still waiting New episodes every Saturday. Subscribe so you never miss a Gem 💎 Support the ministry: patreon.com/fruitfuljems Connect with Reneé: reneeaustin.com #PolishedJems #FruitOfTheSpirit #Goodness

Your first response to stress isn't random — it's a reveal of what's already in your heart. 💎 In this closing episode of our Kindness series, we're getting tactical. We break down the split-second gap between what triggers you and what comes out of you — and how to fill that gap with kindness instead of a blow-up. 💎 Why your "default reaction" isn't a character flaw 💎 The "yellow light" principle: the moment where kindness is actually chosen 💎 Why kindness under pressure is trained like a muscle 💎 Grace for the reps you'll miss along the way Scripture Foundation: Proverbs 4:23 (AMP) Proverbs 15:1 (AMP),1 Timothy 4:6-8 (AMP) Go deeper into studying kindness: patreon.com/fruitfuljems Stay polished 💎

The labels we carry — shame, failure, too far gone — were never meant to define us. But letting them go? That's where the real work begins. In Season 2 Episode 51 of the Polished Jems Podcast, host Jacinta Martin sits down with Jessica Chenoweth, a Christian speaker, Bible teacher, and devotional author with more than 16 years of ministry experience. Jessica's story starts in places most people would never expect — as a teenage runaway and teen mom navigating what she calls her "wilderness years." But God had something else entirely in mind. Through the midnight prayers of a faithful deacon and the open door of a women's Bible study, Jessica discovered that her worth was never in what she could do — it was in whose she was. In this conversation, Jacinta and Jessica explore: 💎 How God used the kindness of His people to draw Jessica back to Him💎 The real difference between being "nice" and bearing kindness as a Spirit-led fruit💎 A direct word for the woman who believes her past disqualifies her from God's purpose No season is wasted. No label is final. And no one is beyond the reach of God's kindness. 🔗 Connect with Jessica: jessicachenowethspeaks.com | Facebook: Jessica Chenoweth Speaks

Have you ever said yes when your whole body screamed no — and called it kindness? This week, we're breaking down one of the biggest lies in faith culture: that nice and kind are the same thing. They're not — and confusing them is costing you your peace and your boundaries. In this episode: why Jesus flipping tables proves kindness has a spine, how people-pleasing gets a spiritual makeover in church culture, and what a "kind no" actually sounds like. Episode 3 in our Fruit of the Spirit series on Kindness (Galatians 5:22-23). 💎 Reflection & Response worksheet on Patreon: patreon.com/fruitfuljems Stay polished 💎

What if God was speaking to you before you even knew who He was? In this episode of the Polished Jems Podcast, Jacinta sits down with Amani Ruhasha — a missionary from Tanzania, East Africa, who spent over 15 years bringing the Gospel to unreached people groups. But before any of that, God was already writing his story. From God training him to hear his voice in the little things, to resisting God's call, to finally surrendering to a mission bigger than himself — Amani's testimony is raw, real, and impossible to ignore. This conversation goes deep into: 💎 How to distinguish between your own thoughts, the Holy Spirit's voice, and the enemy's voice 💎 Why God's response to our resistance reveals the depth of His kindness 💎 How to discover your spiritual gifts and the purpose God created you for Whether you are new to faith, deep in ministry, or somewhere in between — this episode will remind you that God's kindness never stops pursuing you. Want to learn more about discerning the voice of God? Connect with Amani via email at [email protected]

Are you building your home — or slowly troubling it? In this solo episode of the Polished Jems Podcast, Jacinta Daniel is helping us dig into one of the most sobering warnings in all of Scripture: Proverbs 11:29 — "Whoever troubles his own house will inherit the wind."Kindness isn't just something we extend to strangers, coworkers, or our church community. It starts at home. And if unkindness has quietly become the culture behind your closed door, this episode is your invitation to turn it around — before it costs you everything you've built.In this episode we cover:✦ How to identify the patterns that trouble your own house✦ Why unkindness at home is never just a home problem✦ What it really means to inherit the wind✦ Practical, Spirit-led ways to start turning things around todayThis episode is anchored in Proverbs 11:29, Proverbs 11:17, Ephesians 4:29, and Colossians 3:19.🌿 Ready to go deeper? Join the Fruitful Jems community on Patreon for monthly biblical affirmations, Reflection & Response worksheets, and exclusive Backstage Gems videos rooted in the Fruit of the Spirit. Use code JEMS30 for 30% off your first month → patreon.com/fruitfuljems📖 This month's theme: KINDNESS 🌐 www.fruitfuljems.com

In season 1 episode 32, Jacinta Martin shares three tips for us to start growing in our Christian journey. First, learning gentleness from God and how to apply it to ourselves and others, Jacinta reveals biblical evidence to help us heal and rebuild.

In season 1 episode 31, Jacinta Martin looks at the power of sound and three ways the fruit of gentleness plays an important role. Looking through the biblical references regarding sound, Jacinta helps us see how we can be gentle with ourselves and others.