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The Book of 1 Samuel 2 : A Heart That Honors God

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Edge God In Podcast 331: The Book of 1 Samuel 2 : A Heart That Honors God Choosing Humility Over Pride

EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Estella Chavous

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this Bible study, participants will be able to:

  1. Examine Hannah’s prayer of praise to understand God’s character and His sovereignty over every circumstance.
  2. Compare the lives of Eli’s sons and young Samuel to identify the difference between outward religious activity and inward devotion.
  3. Recognize how pride, selfishness, and spiritual complacency can influence our relationships and decisions.
  4. Apply the Emotional Intelligence in Christ (EIC) Framework to evaluate personal attitudes, behaviors, and motives.
  5. Develop practical habits that cultivate humility, obedience, integrity, and faithful stewardship before God.
  6. Commit to honoring God in everyday choices by allowing Christ to shape both character and behavior.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 2:30 | Luke 16:10 | James 4:10

The book helped them understand five key areas:

  1. God Honors Those Who Honor Him
  2. Character Is Built Long Before Leadership
  3. Humility Positions Us For God’s Purpose

Prayer:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for inviting us into Your presence today.
As we study 1 Samuel 2, help us understand what it truly means to honor You with our hearts, our attitudes, and our actions.
Teach us to recognize pride before it grows, to embrace humility before You, and to choose obedience over convenience.
Reveal any behaviors within us that are not pleasing to You, and through the Holy Spirit, transform us into people whose lives reflect the character of Christ. May this study not simply increase our knowledge but deepen our relationship with You.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Support Resources: Books & Resources:

Understanding and Acting on Behaviors that lead to Christ-Filled Relationships: Designed to uncover the key behaviors that influence how you relate to Christ-Awareness, Discernment, Emotion, and Renewal.

Situational Meditation Theory and Practice: Finding this space and learning to engage in meditation, contemplation and reflection.

Situational Meditation Journal: A companion to the book, cultivating a lifestyle of presence and full engagement in the moment.

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course

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How to Triumph in Trials

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Edge God In Podcast 330: How to Triumph on Trials

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Learning Objective: Learn why God never wastes our pain and how to navigate a trial with faith over fear.

Scriptures:

  • James 1:2-4
  • 1 Peter 2:19
  • Romans 8:18-23

Prayer: Dear Lord, help me to interrupt false beliefs and fear that often slither in when I’m facing an undesirable situation with faith and the power of your presence and word.

Previous Podcast in this series by Lauren: Hijacked by the Hustle

Support Resources: Award Winning Books:

Hearing His Whisper, with Every Storm Jesus Comes Too  https://amzn.to/3nNxdya

99 Things You Want to Know Before Stressing Out! 

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course Now Launched

Stress Relief Video Techniques: Click Here https://laurenemiller.com/stress-relief-coaching-expert/

Bible Study, EIC

The Book of 1 Samuel: Beyond the Surface – Seeing Through God’s Eyes Instead of Man’s

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Edge God In Podcast 329: The Book of 1 Samuel:
Beyond the Surface – Seeing Through God’s Eyes Instead of Man’s

EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Estella Chavous

Championing Human Potential in Christ

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this study, participants will be able to:

  1. Examine the leadership of Samuel, Saul, and David to identify the qualities of a God-honoring leader.
  2. Analyze how 1 Samuel contrasts outward appearance with inward character.
  3. Evaluate the dangers of comparison, pride, and seeking human approval.
  4. Differentiate between Saul’s superficial obedience and David’s repentant heart.
  5. Apply the principles of 1 Samuel 16:7 to cultivate humility, integrity, and obedience.
  6. Reflect on your own heart using the EIC (Encounter–Identified Behavior–Course Correct) Framework.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 16:7 | Proverbs 4:23 | 1 Samuel 15:22 | Jeremiah 29:11 | Samuel Chap. 1-7/ 8-15/16-31

The book helped them understand five key areas:

  1. God Values Character More Than Appearance
  2. Obedience Always Matters More Than Performance
  3. God’s Calling Is Based on His Purpose, Not Human Expectations

Prayer: 

Heavenly Father,

As we begin our study of 1 Samuel, open our hearts, minds, and spirits to receive what You desire to teach us. Help us move beyond outward appearances and develop hearts that seek Your wisdom above human understanding.

Teach us to value humility over pride, obedience over performance, and faithfulness over popularity. As Israel transitioned from divided tribes into one nation, unite our hearts in love, purpose, and devotion to You.

Lord, help us see ourselves and others as You see us—not through outward appearance, but through the condition of our hearts.

May Your Holy Spirit guide our discussion, deepen our understanding, and transform our lives through the truth of Your Word.

Thank You for Your grace, Your mercy, and the countless blessings You provide—both seen and unseen.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.

Support Resources: Books & Resources:

Understanding and Acting on Behaviors that lead to Christ-Filled Relationships: Designed to uncover the key behaviors that influence how you relate to Christ-Awareness, Discernment, Emotion, and Renewal.

Situational Meditation Theory and Practice: Finding this space and learning to engage in meditation, contemplation and reflection.

Situational Meditation Journal: A companion to the book, cultivating a lifestyle of presence and full engagement in the moment.

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course

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Hijacked by the Hustle: Practice the Pause

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Edge God In Podcast 328: Hijacked by the Hustle: Practice the Pause

EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Lauren E Miller

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Learning Objective: Hijacked by the Hustle? Discover how cravings, the pursuit of power, and pride create stress and pull you off God’s path—and how anchoring your identity in Christ leads to lasting peace.

Scriptures: Genesis 3:2-7 | Luke 4:1-13 | 1 John 2;15-18

Prayer: Dear Lord, too often I am hijacked by the hustle as I hook into cravings fueled by pride that knock me off the path you have created for me to walk on. Help me to unhook and hook back into you.

Previous Podcast in this series by Lauren: What are you asking fire from?

Support Resources: Award Winning Books:

Hearing His Whisper, with Every Storm Jesus Comes Too  https://amzn.to/3nNxdya

99 Things You Want to Know Before Stressing Out! 

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course Now Launched

Stress Relief Video Techniques: Click Here https://laurenemiller.com/stress-relief-coaching-expert/

Bible Study, Christian, EIC

Healing Takes Time: Trusting God’s Process

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Edge God In Podcast 327 Healing Takes Time: Trusting God’s Process
EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Estella Chavous

Championing Human Potential in Christ

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Learning Objective:
By the end of this episode, participants will be able to recognize that healing is a God-guided process requiring time, identify emotional and spiritual behaviors that may hinder healing, and apply the Emotional Intelligence in Christ (EIC) framework—Encounter, Identify the Behavior, and Course Correct—to respond with faith, patience, and trust in God’s promises.

Scriptures: Philippians 1:6 | Deuteronomy 31:8 | Romans 12:2 | James 1:4 | Psalm 147:3
Ecclesiastes 3:1 | Psalm 147:3

The book helped them understand five key areas:

  1. Trusting and understanding the timing of healing
  2. Remembering God is on your side
  3. Developing Patience within Yourself

Prayer:
Heavenly Father,

Thank You for being our Healer, our Comforter, and our constant source of hope. When healing feels slow, help us to trust Your perfect timing. Renew our minds, strengthen our bodies, restore our hearts, and deepen our faith. Help us by giving us patience to embrace the process and confidence to know that You are always working for our good. Let the message in the teaching help all those who need healing, by reminding us all that in each day we never walk alone because You are with us every step of the journey.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Support Resources: Books & Resources:

Understanding and Acting on Behaviors that lead to Christ-Filled Relationships: Designed to uncover the key behaviors that influence how you relate to Christ-Awareness, Discernment, Emotion, and Renewal.

Situational Meditation Theory and Practice: Finding this space and learning to engage in meditation, contemplation and reflection.

Situational Meditation Journal: A companion to the book, cultivating a lifestyle of presence and full engagement in the moment.

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course

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The Book of Ruth: A Story of Restoration

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Edge God In Podcast 326 : The Book of Ruth: A Story of Restoration

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Championing Human Potential in Christ

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Learning Objective: By the end of this lesson, you will explore how the Book of Ruth reveals God’s providence, restoration, and faithfulness in everyday life—even when circumstances feel uncertain or delayed.

Scriptures: Ruth 4:14-15 | Romans 8:28 | Proverbs 3:5-6 | Galatians 6:9 | Luke 16:10 |Joel 2:25 | Psalm 71:20

Key Learning areas:
The book helped them understand five key areas:

  1. God Works Behind the Scenes
  2. Faithfulness Creates Pathways
  3. God Restores What Seems Lost
  4. Obedience in Small Steps Leads to Divine Alignment
  5. Your Story Can Become a Legacy of Hope

Prayer
Heavenly Father,

Thank You for another day to praise and honor You. Even when our attention drifts and our focus becomes distracted, You remain faithful and never forget us.

As we begin our study of the Book of Ruth, open our hearts to recognize Your restoring power at work in our lives. Help us see that even during seasons of loss, disappointment, uncertainty, and waiting, you are still working behind the scenes for our good.

Give us discernment when bitterness, discouragement, fear, or hopelessness try to take root in our hearts. Teach us to replace those thoughts with trust in Your promises and confidence in Your faithfulness.

Strengthen us to choose obedience over compromise, faith over fear, and hope over despair. Help us trust that You are the God who restores what has been lost and renews what has been broken.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.

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What Are You Asking Fire From? How False Gods Create Stress and How God Brings Peace

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Edge God In Podcast 325: What Are You Asking Fire From? How False Gods Create Stress and How God Brings Peace

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Learning Objective: Increase self-awareness by identifying modern-day idols that compete for their attention and affection and practice aligning their thoughts, emotions, and decisions with God’s truth.

Scriptures: 1 Kings 18 ? Colossians 1:9-14

Prayer: Lord, too often I seek answers, security and fulfillment from the world. Grant me the grace to reorder my disordered focus so that I am undivided in my desire to pursue what YOU want me to pursue.

Previous Podcast in this series by Lauren: Plug into Your Greatest Resource

Support Resources: Award Winning Books:

Hearing His Whisper, with Every Storm Jesus Comes Too  https://amzn.to/3nNxdya

99 Things You Want to Know Before Stressing Out! 

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course Now Launched

Stress Relief Video Techniques: Click Here https://laurenemiller.com/stress-relief-coaching-expert/

Bible Study, EIC, Leadership

The Book of Judges: Self-Rule vs God’s Leadership

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Edge God In Podcast 324 The Book of Judges: Self-Rule vs God’s Leadership
EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Estella Chavous

Championing Human Potential in Christ

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Learning Objective: By the end of this lesson, You will explore how the Book of Judges reveals the cycle of compromise, self-rule, and spiritual drift, and how believers can use self-examination through an EIC lens to return to God’s guidance and truth.

Scriptures: Judges 17:6 | Judges 2:11-12 | Proverbs 3:5-6 | 1 John 1:9

The book helped them understand five key areas:

  1. Honest self-examination
  2. Recognition of compromise
  3. Repentance
  4. Realignment with God’s truth
  5. Submission to God’s leadership

Prayer:

Heavenly Father,

We come before You with humble hearts, acknowledging that without Your guidance, we are prone to wander and rely on our own understanding.

As we enter this reflection on the Book of Judges, we ask that You open our eyes to see the subtle ways compromise can enter our thoughts, choices, and desires. Search our hearts and reveal anything that has drawn us away from Your truth.

Teach us to recognize where we have been doing what is right in our own eyes rather than seeking Your wisdom and leadership. Give us the courage to face ourselves honestly, without shame, and the grace to respond with repentance and willingness to change.

Through this time, form in us a deeper awareness of Your presence. Strengthen our emotional and spiritual discernment so that we may respond with wisdom rather than impulse, and with obedience rather than resistance.

Help us to walk in alignment with You, surrendering self-rule and embracing Your righteous leadership over every area of our lives.

May this reflection bring clarity, conviction, and transformation—not through condemnation, but through Your loving correction and truth.

We dedicate this time to You.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.

Support Resources: Books & Resources:

Understanding and Acting on Behaviors that lead to Christ-Filled Relationships: Designed to uncover the key behaviors that influence how you relate to Christ-Awareness, Discernment, Emotion, and Renewal.

Situational Meditation Theory and Practice: Finding this space and learning to engage in meditation, contemplation and reflection.

Situational Meditation Journal: A companion to the book, cultivating a lifestyle of presence and full engagement in the moment.

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course

 

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Lighten the Load: Release Attachment

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Edge God In Podcast 323: Lighten the Load: Release Attachment

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Learning Objective: Explore attachment in your life and learn how to release it so that you become a lighter version of yourself.

Scriptures: Matthew 11:29, 19:27-30 | Colossians 1:9-14

Prayer: Lord, grant me the ability to remove from my life those things that do not have any lasting value. Those things that block my ability to tune into what you have planned for me. I want your will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding to be done.

Previous Podcast in this series by Lauren: The Lord Provides. Do You Believe It?

Support Resources: Award Winning Books:

Hearing His Whisper, with Every Storm Jesus Comes Too  https://amzn.to/3nNxdya

99 Things You Want to Know Before Stressing Out! 

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course Now Launched

Stress Relief Video Techniques: Click Here https://laurenemiller.com/stress-relief-coaching-expert/

Bible Study, courage, EIC

The Book of Joshua – Courage to Possess the Promise

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Edge God In Podcast 322 The Book of Joshua: “Courage to Possess the Promise.” EdgeGodIn.com | Host: Estella Chavous

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Learning Objective: By the end of this lesson and series participants will be able to understand how wholehearted love for God and intentional obedience to His Word shape emotional, spiritual, and daily decision-making, and apply these principles through the EIC (Emotional Intelligence in Christ) lens to cultivate trust, faithfulness, and consistent spiritual growth.

Scriptures: Joshua 1:8-9 | Philippians 4:13 | James 1:22 | Isaiah 41:10|

The book helped them understand five key areas:

  1. Courage in times of transition
  2. Faith and obedience to God
  3. Victory through God’s guidance
  4. Possessing God’s promises

Prayer:

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for being faithful to every promise You make. As we begin this study of Joshua, teach us how to walk in courage, obedience, and trust. Help us move beyond fear, doubt, and hesitation so that we may fully possess the purpose and inheritance You have prepared for us.

Strengthen our faith when obstacles seem overwhelming. Remind us that Your presence goes before us and that victory comes through dependence on You. Give us hearts that are committed, obedient, and willing to follow wherever You lead.

Teach us to lead with wisdom, live with integrity, and stand firm in seasons of transition. May this study deepen our confidence in Your faithfulness and inspire us to choose You daily in every area of our lives.

As for us and our households, we will serve the Lord.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Support Resources: Books & Resources:

Understanding and Acting on Behaviors that lead to Christ-Filled Relationships: Designed to uncover the key behaviors that influence how you relate to Christ-Awareness, Discernment, Emotion, and Renewal.

Situational Meditation Theory and Practice: Finding this space and learning to engage in meditation, contemplation and reflection.

Situational Meditation Journal: A companion to the book, cultivating a lifestyle of presence and full engagement in the moment.

Emotional Intelligence in Christ Project: Book, 6-Week Study Guide & Course