{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Write this Down! with Dot Bowen","title":"Episode 272: When Someone Means Well But Tells You Wrong","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1916,"description":"How do you know if what you're hearing is actually from God? In this episode, Dot and Cara get honest about one of the most real questions a believer carries, and the answer keeps coming back to the same place: knowing His Word. Dot shares a story from her own marriage that makes the stakes of this unforgettable, and Cara opens up about a journaling practice that has been quietly changing the way she hears from God. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us.Episode RecapIntro — Dot opens by calling everyone to grab their Bible, a pencil, and a cup of coffee. This episode is as personal as it gets. (00:00)Write this down: Deuteronomy 6:6-9 — God's word belongs on your heart, your hands, and your doorpost (00:00)The whole idea behind \"Write This Down\": write it down so you can take it to God and ask Him directly whether it's true, not just hold onto someone else's good intentions (01:10)How do you know if what you're hearing is actually from God? The answer always comes back to knowing His Word and His heart, and Dot has a story from her marriage that makes the stakes of this impossible to forget (03:08)A well-meaning friend once told Dot that God would want her to leave Howard. Dot knew enough Scripture to know the difference between God's peace and her own unhappiness, and that knowledge changed everything (04:28)Write This Down from the Book of Job: his friends thought they were speaking for God, and at the end of the book God was angry at them for it. The responsibility of speaking for God is real, and it starts with knowing what He actually said (06:41)Cara opens up about what she's been walking through this year, and how journaling words she senses from God and then comparing them to Scripture has become a lifeline (09:03)Going back through journal entries from January, Cara finds God saying the same thing He said in April. Confirmation comes through consistency, and it's the kind of thing you can only catch when you write it down (13:01)Jesus...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/v7vPrmUAaneZHKpkwIcL8bNwkKtEMC7pjp-aMO_pzmk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5OTAwLzE3MDgz/NDE5OTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}