Pure Life Ministries Podcast

#575 - Seeing a Husband's Sin with New Eyes | Hope for Hurting Wives

Like any wife, Kathy Gallagher felt utterly shattered by her husband's affairs and pornography addiction. But God also helped her to see that her husband Steve was in the fight of his life. He was fighting tooth and nail against his own flesh, the world and the devil. In today’s episode, Kathy Gallagher offers a new perspective about a husband’s struggle with sexual sin.
 
Resources we mentioned:
 
When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart (Book) By Kathy Gallagher

#574 - God is Working Through Our Pain | Hope for Hurting Wives

When life gets really hard, we often cry out “God, why did you allow this to happen to me?” But the real question we should be asking is, "Am I still trusting that God is good and merciful, despite what I'm going through?" In the fourth episode of our series, Hope for Hurting Wives, Kathy Gallagher exhorts wives to make sure that their trials are not destroying their faith.
 
Resources we mentioned:
 
When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart (Book) By Kathy Gallagher

#573 - God is the Center of a Perfect Marriage | Hope for Hurting Wives

There is nothing wrong with wanting a good marriage, or even a "perfect" one. But what is a perfect marriage from God's perspective, and what does it require to have one? Kathy Gallagher is back for the third episode of our series, Hope for Hurting Wives.
 
Resources we mentioned:
When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart (Book) By Kathy Gallagher

#572 - When God is Your Only Hope | Hope for Hurting Wives

For over 35 years, we have been ministering to hurting wives. And the essence of our message is that when everything is crumbling all around us, and when everything feels hopeless, Jesus is solid, trustworthy and the source of real hope. This is the second episode in our new series, Hope for Hurting Wives. Thanks for listening!
 
Resources we mentioned:
When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart (Book) By Kathy Gallagher

#571 - What Devastated Wives Need Most | Hope for Hurting Wives

When a wife finds out that her husband has been unfaithful, her world is shattered by gut-wrenching pain, tormenting fears and haunting questions. But there is HOPE. In our latest series, Kathy Gallagher uses personal testimony and decades of counseling experience to show the hurting wife how to find the God of hope in the midst of the pain. 
 
Resources we mentioned:
When His Secret Sin Breaks Your Heart (Book) By Kathy Gallagher

#570 - Saved Through Real Repentance | Ryan's Story of Hope

Ryan's childhood home was full of arguing, tension and chaos. In order to escape from his painful reality, he turned to porn, drugs and alcohol. But he found out soon enough that these only made him far more miserable. Then, something terrifying happened to him at a party one night, and that was it. He was determined to get real help.
 
Resources we mentioned:
Purity for Life Episode #407: An Adulterous Christian Woman No More (Part 1) | Lyndell's Story of Hope
Purity for Life Episode #514: Saved from the Prison of Self | Chris and Marissa's Story of Hope

#569 - Seek Fulfillment in God, Not Things | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom

Human beings have a deep need for fulfillment. It's how God made us. But things go horribly wrong when we seek satisfaction in earthly things. We end up becoming dependent on, maybe even addicted to, things that cannot satisfy us. But if we will seek our fulfillment in God Himself, we'll find that He can do what nothing else can. That’s why seeking fulfillment in God is one of the key lessons on the road to freedom.

#568 - Keep Your Guard Up | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom

As long as we are living in this world, we are going to be engaged in a spiritual war. As A.W. Tozer said, this world is not a playground, it is a battleground. But if we will stay close to the captain of our faith, the victorious Jesus, He will give us the strength to win our battles.

#567 - Fight for Contentment | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom

It's not easy to be content in America, where everything is screaming at us that we need MORE. But contentment is just one more key lesson on the road to freedom, because contentment creates a barrier of protection around our hearts and minds.

#566 - Keep Making Godly Choices! | Key Lessons on the Road to Freedom

Spoiler alert: There are things inside of you AND outside of you that are TRYING to get you to stray off the narrow path and into sin. That's what makes the road to freedom so hard sometimes. In this episode, we'll talk about how to effectively deal with everyday temptations so that you can stay on the road to freedom.