What's the Word? | Biblical Wisdom for Everyday Living
"What’s the Word?" is a Christian podcast where we take a single word from the Bible and explore it for the entire year. The word for 2026 is IDENTITY—a word we hear often from many different perspectives, but what about God’s perspective? If God’s Word is not defining you, who or what is?
Let’s find out together.
What's the Word? | Biblical Wisdom for Everyday Living
15 | Hope – Trusting in the Character of God (Guest: Ushirika Johnson)
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Have you ever struggled with feelings of hopelessness? Most, if not all, of us have at some point in our lives. With personal stories and a Biblical foundation, Licensed Professional Counselor Ushirika Johnson helps us understand what hope is and the keys for restoring it when it seems lost.
Highlights:
- Understanding the difference between Biblical and worldly hope
- Learning to see hope in the details of life
- Overcoming hopelessness
- Perfectionism: Moving past childhood setbacks
- Marriage: Learning to do conflict well
- The posture of hope: Romans 4:18-25 and Jeremiah 29:11
- Hope and the character of God
“To overcome hopelessness you have to know Christ. And the only way to know Christ is to get to know Him through the Word of God.” –Ushirika Johnson
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Meet Ushirika Johnson:
Ushirika is a certified facilitator, conference speaker, and Licensed Professional Counselor. She is passionate about helping engaged and married women become healed and whole so they can be well-balanced and available for themselves as well as for their husbands and children. To learn more about Ushirika, visit ushirikajohnson.me.
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Host Alicia Terry is the founder of Above the Fray Publishing and author of I Am Who God Says I Am: Getting the Heart of Your Identity (for women) and I Am Who God Says I Am And This is What I Know (for children).
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