#129: God, grace + emotions: Radical grace for your distracted, swirling brain with Jeanne Stevens

I know that you are a woman who wants to live with intentionality and presence. You want to show up for your people, and you don’t want to miss the good that God offers you right this very minute.

And yet… we can’t focus on where we are now because we’re thinking about that hard conversation we need to have next week OR we are thinking about how unkind and mean to our mother we were our senior year of high school.

So how can we stay present? How do we leave distracted living behind?

Jeanne and I talk through

How to know you’re living a distracted life
Whether you can trust your emotions
And what it means to be present in your real life.

Key Quotes

“God is like, ‘I made you the air traffic controller of your mind. You do not need to clear every thought for landing.’” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“A thought is harmless until we believe it.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“I’m learning to work from love instead of for love.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“‘No’ is a complete sentence.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“Resentment in a relationship is a fast destroyer.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“It is delightful to be in integrity in the ‘yes’s’ we give to one another because we can really live out of that radical grace.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“It’s impossible to actually love people well if you haven’t learned how to love yourself.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“Learning how to pay attention to ourselves is what’s going to give us the ability to know how to pay attention well to others.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“You deny an emotion, you stuff an emotion, it’s going to come out, and it usually comes out sideways.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“Denial is the worst kind of lie; it’s the lie you tell yourself.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“Your body is actually a really faithful vessel to communicate what emotions are really going on inside you.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“Worry is just living in a not-yet that’s worse than your now.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“The ZIP code of God is the present.” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens
“What are you sensing in your body? What are you feeling in your heart? What are you thinking in your mind?” – Pastor and author Jeanne Stevens

As Mentioned in the Podcast

The FCC requires that I tell you that I’m an Amazon Affiliate, which means I earn a bit of commission on each sale. But don’t worry, there’s no added cost to you!

Jeanne Stevens’s What’s Here Now?
Mind Jogger app

About Jeanne Stevens

To help us in today’s conversation, pastor, speaker, and author Jeanne Stevens joins the show.

Jeanne is the founding and co-lead pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago, one of America’s fastest-growing urban churches. Before starting Soul City Church, she was on the pastoral staff at Willow Creek Community Church and North Point Community Church.

Jeanne’s passion is to help people wake up to their purpose as they pursue a life of wholehearted freedom. Jeanne is the author of the newly-released best-selling book, What’s Here Now? She lives in Chicago with her husband, Jarrett, and their two children.