FRIENDS!

We could not be more excited to celebrate this milestone of crossing a million podcast listens with you, our dear community! Thanks to each and every one of you who tune in to the (in)courage podcast daily on your morning walks, driving to the grocery store, waiting in the school pickup line, alone in your kitchen, or as you wind down for the evening.

We adore being able to share our weekday devotions and articles with you in this way! In 2021 when we launched the (in)courage podcast, it was with obedient, soft, and creative hearts.

It started as a weekly conversational series focused on our new-at-the-time Bible studies. For months, together with our staff and writers, we explored what it looked like to have Courageous Joy, Courageous Kindness, and Courageous Influence. Then in 2022, we transitioned to a weekday format, bringing the daily devotions you read here at incourage.me right into your speakers and earbuds! Since then we’ve published over 750 episodes and featured dozens and dozens of guests through special bonus Books We Love episodes. What an honor to spend that time with you!

We have listeners in over 40 countries, in thousands of cities, on all kinds of streaming platforms and phones/tablets/speakers. We have listeners faithfully tuning in on their favorite podcast app, and others who press play while reading the words published here on the site.

However you listen, we’re just grateful that you do.

Here are a few of our top streamed episodes of all time! (As these are from the archives, please disregard any ads or promotions.)

• Let God Define the Good by Jenny Erlinggsson – listen here.
  “Letting God define the good doesn’t disregard the tangible struggle or frustration we may feel. This mindset doesn’t justify hurtful moments or actions that are not right. It’s simply an invitation to submission and surrender. Just like God deemed what He made “good” at creation, we can let Him define what is good even now.”
• Three Words from Jesus to Give You Hope Today by Holley Gerth – listen here.
  “What’s causing you to lose heart today? Whatever you’re facing, it matters to Jesus. He has seen all you have endured. He knows how many nights you’ve stared at the ceiling, trying to sleep. He has heard every prayer that feels like it’s still unanswered. Jesus knows how hard it is sometimes to just keep trusting, keep pressing forward, keep believing that change is possible. He looks at you not with criticism but compassion, not pressure to hurry up your healing but infinite patience, not disapproval but deep love.”
• God’s Cure for Negative Thinking by Barb Roose – listen here.
  “It’s so easy to focus on what is missing, broken, or changed in our lives that we forget God’s blessings or minimize them in our minds.”
• When You Keep Praying But Nothing Is Changing by Aliza Latta – listen here.
  “I don’t know why some prayers seem to be answered clearly and quickly, while others seem to go unanswered. But I do know prayer always ‘works’ because prayer always brings us closer to Jesus — and the answer is always Jesus.”
• Jesus Never Asked Us to Count Calories by Kathi Lipp – listen here.
  “I’ve decided to stop making food the enemy. Food was important to Jesus. And what have I done? I’ve spent most of my life trying to pretend food wasn’t important at all. That I should be OK living on lettuce and 100-calorie packs. For some of us, one of the bravest acts we will partake in is untangling decades of lies about food and, instead of fearing food, actually finding the meaning in it.”

Find all past episodes here, or wherever you stream podcasts!

We’re so grateful that the (in)courage podcast is brought to you by DaySpring. Without their support and partnership, it would not be possible. Let’s also take a moment and thank the women who physically create the podcast behind the scenes — Anna Rendell for voicing each episode, Rachel Kang for producing all the episodes, Becky Keife for editing all the words and hosting bonus episode conversations, and Joy Groblebe for believing in the podcast in the first place. Teamwork makes this dream work!

We celebrate this amazing milestone of over a million downloads, and look forward to reaching the next million listens!

We want to hear from you! Where and when do you listen to our podcast?

Leave an answer in the comments and you’ll be entered to win an (in)courage care package of goodies!*

*Giveaway open to US addresses only and closes at 11:59 pm central on 3/3/25.

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