164: Keeping Our Eyes Fixed on Christ with Alexandra Hoover

Alexandra Hoover is a wife, mom, speaker, worker in church ministry, and author of the brand new book, “Eyes Up: How to Trust God’s Heart by Tracing His Hand“. She’ll inspire you on the show today to look back at God’s faithfulness in your past as a way to build your faith in the present and future.

What We Chat about in Today’s Episode:

~Alexandra’s new book, “Eyes Up: How to Trust God’s Heart by Tracing His Hand”, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~The importance of looking back and tracing God’s hand in our past

~Asking God “Why?” and “Where were you when…..?”

~The concept of ebenezer stones and why they’re so important

~Seeing God for Who He is

~Why it’s so important to keep our eyes fixed on Christ

~The balance we need to strike between wallowing in our pain and ignoring and stuffing it

~The core lie we carry that God is not Who He says He is; how to combat this lie

~Battling our natural bent towards unbelief

~The concept of the “starting stone”

~The reality that God is always on the move in our eyes

~The false assumptions we make of God

~The grieving stone

~And more!

Resources Mentioned

Offer for a free audiobook and 30 day trial membership from Audible: www.audibletrial.com/HomeandHearth

“Eyes Up: How to Trust God’s Heart by Tracing His Hand“

Dusk Night Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott

Inspiring Quotes to Remember:

“Many of us have doubts about God’s goodness to us personally. That’s why we have to know and believe His character.”

“Looking back and tracing God’s hand in the past impacts our lives in the present and in the future as we have our faith built.”

“We all have a story. We tend to oftentimes allow our circumstances to inform our faith and the way we see God. But what we must do is allow our faith and the way we see God to inform our circumstances.”

“God is not on trial. We can trust Him. If anything, we were on trial before He sent His Song Jesus to save and comfort us.”

“As soon as we put our eyes on our circumstances or on what we want, we begin to worship those things. That is when we see a landslide in our faith.”

“If I take my eyes of God, I cannot reconcile hard and terrible things with the existence of a good God. But if I keep my eyes on Him and on the resurrection, I can.”

“It’s never about God’s inability – all things are possible with Him. It’s about our inability to see Him move, to see Him at work. God is always working things out for our good, and we need to keep our eyes looking for that.”

“So many of us are on this pendulum swing with grief where we either wallow in it or stuff and ignore it. But Jesus has a better way where He says to bring it to Him and He will take care of it.”

“The presence of pain has never meant the absence of God.”

Where You Can Find Alexandra Online:

Website – Alexandra V Hoover

Instagram – @alexandravhoover

Facebook – Alexandra V Hoover

Twitter – @alexvhoover

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