Due to its popularity, we're re-airing this tender conversation pulling back the curtain on Dot and Cara’s mother-daughter relationship. They openly discuss the lies Satan whispered to Cara as she grew up and how they shaped the choices she made in college. Next week, we’ll share the second half of the story. Grab your coffee and settle in as we revisit this conversation and be encouraged that your story, no matter how imperfect, is never beyond God's grace!
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’s intimate relationship wasn’t always this way (3:30)
- Dot’s unlikely journey to having Cara, 11 years after her last pregnancy (5:15)
- Cara shares some of her insecurities growing up (11:14)
- Growing up, Cara focused on outward performance as a ‘good’ Christian girl (18:33)
- Looking back maybe there were breadcrumbs Dot could have seen, hinting at what the Enemy was up to in Cara’s heart (21:06)
- Under pressure in college, Cara’s hurt, anger and bitterness started to spill out (34:45)
- Dot knew Cara was hurting, but she didn’t know what was coming (36:18)
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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.