As we step into a new year, many of us are thinking through how it should be different or better from the last. Today, Dot and Cara discuss a simple but significant question; what does it mean to be faithful with what God has given us? Using Jesus’ parable of the talents, they explore what it means to live from a place of trust, surrender, and stewardship. This conversation invites you to stop measuring your life by output and ask instead if you are walking faithfully in the circumstances you’ve been given. Grab your Bible, a pencil, and a cup of coffee, and pull up a chair with us.

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Episode recap:

• Intro (00:00)
• Start by writing down Matthew 25:22-23 (0:08)
• This story is not about money - it’s about using what you’ve been given (3:30)
• Each year the Bowens choose words for the year & share them together (4:25)
• This story is about faith and trusting God (5:31)
• Parable applies not just to gifts and abilities, but to hardship, singleness, family struggles, even unmet expectations (9:45)
• Daily, Dot reflects on how she stewarded the day given to her (13:05)
• We get caught up in what we don’t have rather than what we have (16:00)
• There’s nothing facing us that God has not already equipped us for (18:30)

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Scripture Verse: Matthew 25:22-23 (ESV) “And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’