This episode is unlike anything we’ve ever talked about before! Today we’re pulling back the curtain on our mother-daughter relationship. In this tender conversation we talk about the lies the enemy whispered to Cara during her high school years and how that set her up for the choices she made in college. Don’t miss next week when we share the second half of our story- it truly was written by God. We are sharing in the hope that you will be encouraged, so pour yourself a cup of coffee and join us.
Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show?
Let us know! - Start by writing down Genesis 3:1-6 (0:15)
- Dot and Cara have not always had this intimate relationship (3:10)
- Dot’s unlikely journey to her pregnancy with Cara (7:05)
- Cara shares some of her insecurities growing up (13:30)
- Dot was parenting older children alongside young Cara, as well as children with very different personalities (20:40)
- The enemy always wants to draw us away from God (22:55)
- During the high school years, Cara was focused on her outward “performance” as a good Christian girl- not her heart (25:30)
- Dot was aware of the hurt, but unaware what the hurt would produce a few years down the road (35:16)
- God gave Adam and Eve a rule, and then He walked away (38:20)
- Cara went off to college with an unhealthy view of who God is (39:10)
Scripture Verse: Genesis 3:1-6
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”
What is Write this Down! with Dot Bowen?
Bible teacher, author and founder of Cup of Joy Ministries, Dot Bowen, teaches listeners what it truly looks like to know, love and follow Jesus. Each week, Dot invites you to sit down with her and her daughter, Cara, to have an authentic conversation about Biblical Scripture and God’s Truth. Their honest and thought provoking conversations are full of wit and wisdom which will have you diving deeper into God’s Word.
Whether Dot is teaching, speaking or simply grabbing coffee with a dear friend, she can often be heard saying with excitement, “Write this Down!” Her heart for the listener is to take the things she asks you to write down before the Lord and ask Him to open your eyes to His Truth and love. John 8:32 says, “and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.”
By the end of each episode, you’ll find yourself grabbing a pencil so that you can Write this Down! with Dot Bowen.