My story: finding God and myself
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Welcome to the very first episode of Stay True podcast! In this episode our host, Madison Prewett Troutt, shares her story of finding God and herself. This is the most vulnerable Madison has ever been as she gets honest about her past struggles in singleness and loneliness and how she overcame people pleasing, shame, and the “prove yourself” mindset. She shares about her experience of finding God and how that led to true freedom, joy, and peace. We believe here at Stay True that you were made on purpose and for a purpose. Everyone has a story and we hope you are encouraged by Madi’s and that you feel inspired to share yours. Enjoy this week’s episode and be sure to stay you, stay true 😊
"Dont neglect where you currently are because its not where you want to be" momma Prewett with the God-given wisdom 🙌
Beyond excited that you started a podcast
I’d been meaning to watch this episode since you released it but for some reason something kept coming up. Today I felt like God was wanting me to finally take the time and watch it 🥺 I’d been struggling on trusting God’s timing and this was exactly what my heart needed ❤️ Thank you!
so excited for this! 💛
SOOOO grateful for you Madi!!! Your wisdom and guidance are both so inspiring and even more so that it's all from the Lord!! I'm so excited to follow your new podcast and to learn more from you!! Thank you for all you do and for sharing your story!! 🤍
First off, so happy for you and so happy that you can finally start this podcast because I h AVE been waiting, like WAITING, Ahhhhh, thank you so much Madison
I am so excited girl !! God is about to help so much with your platform 🥲
woah! thank you so much Madi for this podcast, it's so good and when I saw it i just had this urge from The Holy Spirit to watch it and man HE TALKED THROUGH YOU! Thank you so much Madi, really i'm gonna forward this to my sister because I feel we both need to hear this. God is doing imaginable things through you and this podcast, and I just thank you for letting God use you. Remember Jeremiah 29:11 💞, thank you so much Madi for everything, and most importantly Praise God!! do you think you might consider an episode in how to shift our mentality and letting God renew our mind, letting go of the negative thoughts and focusing on the goodness of God? Blessings, 💙
Love this so much💖💗🕊️
Hi, I'm Stephanie. I wanted to ask if you could give me a strong prayer? All of my life I've never knew God, I believed I was a good person and do right things, and never kill or anything horrible. And I came from a family that says their catholic but doesn't practice and for the past 14yrs I was dating a person and started having premarital sex and a few years later started living together and I thought it was a normal thing to do because everyone does it. And I thought and we thought we were living right. Even if we both say we believed in God. And then down to the last two or three years of our relationship I heard the Gospel for the first time in a podcast and shared the 10 commandments to show our sin. It convinced me, because it talked about sexual immortality. And reading scripture about it. But I really really struggled to embrace this for myself because I felt too good to be true for me until this day. I believe God died for our sins and he's the one who truly satisfies and gives us worth and value. But I felt what if he wasn't for me. And I struggled to believe that for me. And I struggled to let go of the relationship because I really loved the person I was with at the same time. But was afraid be separated from God and end up in hell. I prayed if it's his will to let separates even if it hurts it'll be fine. Although I wanted God and him to draw me, but still wanted my relationship with the person I was with because I still loved him. During the last two or three yrs I slowly stopped having sex but would give in out of because he wanted to and he would get sexually frustrated and he I didn't want him. I would always fall in. And I didn't read the word or follow him. Basically I didn't feel a grasp of the Gospel like I wanted. I found myself fixing him in some way so I would be a potential wife to him and wanted him to know Jesus. He knew I was curious and getting into Jesus and definitely wanted to get married but he didn't seem interested and I was out of work for 8 yrs at the time and he wanted me to better myself, not for his benefit. But for me. A little someway to help him with bills. But mostly to see the best for me. And at the same time didn't want to be stuck with me the way we were at without me becoming successful and the sex being cut off. And because I felt what he thought if me and approaching married would disinterest him it made me close off and my communication with him really lacked. I felt that I was a selfish in because I was trying to make him do the first move and make him see my worth and get these from him. Even if he didn't know it, but complained to me and my family that I wouldn't make the first move and I stopped having sex with him and not working or going to school and that I took the whole God thing to far. Although he did at one time see him open his Bible the one and only time. And the only time I opened up about faith and God was in front of his friends because they professed faith and belief in Christ but although they were nice people but never shared the Gospel and what God says about sex. But encouraged us and says We were basically married in his eyes because we've been together and unmarried for almost 14 yrs. And my ex at the time seemed a little upset with me because I wouldn't communicate with him alone, only in front of his friends because it was where I had confidence and courage because they say their Christians. And he confessed to me that night at his friend's that he struggled to believe and have faith but never told me. And walked inside. And 6 months later he separated from me. It's left me heartbreak for over two yrs now. And I used to pray for God to make us believers and bring us back together and had believers online pray for him and myself. But then I got so discouraged. Because all the heartbreak has been weighing me down. I've been depressed, emotional, closed away in my room everyday and have some sleepless nights and get worried and feel pain and don't really have any Christian friends to take me to church. Because I don't and can't drive. And my ex has been all I've been thinking about and heartbroken because we were together for 14yrs and have so much history. And now I've been praying to myself for God to take this desire for my ex away from me and the feelings of being in love with him still. If God separated us I've been praying for him to take away these feelings I still have. And move forward trying to seek him. But I still find myself still struggling and having these feelings. And also find myself checking to see how he's doing on his social media often. And at one point it got me in trouble but I still find myself still doing it. And I find myself sad and discouraged because I've been praying and confessing to God about this and to take away my desire and my deepest and most wrenched confessions to God about my sins and to draw me and take all this away but I'm still in this dark place and feel abandoned and unchosen by God. And still sinning. And in cowardness. My heart is so tired of being heartbroken. I'm tired of being in this dark place. I want God so much and to take this idol from me to focus on him and for him to give me motivation to lean on him. And to break the chains of idols, lust, pain, greedyness, heartbreak, every sin exc. Please pray a strong prayer for me? If what I still desire is not from God please pray for God to heal my heart and truly lean on him and go forward. And pray for my ex too. Keep me in your prayers everyday. Tears, my thoughts, prayers to God hadn't been better for me. Or helped. Pray for God to draw me and to have him truly satisfy me and my worth be found only in him. I can't do this alone. Thank you for all you do. Take for for serving and being a women if God. Please pray strong for me. God bless, Stephanie
So good!! ❤️
It’s Madi from the The Bachelor love her
Yayyyy🎉
52:22
Elaborate on prophesy
You should bring your parents on as guest . 🤍 Congrats on your podcast
The season I just recently walked out of where I would cry on my knees and say "Jesus you are all I have." was probably the toughest to experience but the most transformative. My faith has never been the same since.
"when you stop thinking about yourself you get free" 🔥
Can we get a part 2, where you talk about what your daily routine with Jesus looks like, and what a healthy marriage dynamic looks like. If you may! ❤
Love that you’re making a video version!!
Girl you got me FIRED UP! Amen ❤
Thank you God for bringing me and Madison prewett together soon can you have her pick me up the weekend amen amen amen 🙏
God so clearly speaks through you girl. This convicted me so hard today, this podcast is going to be AMAZING! I can just feel it, I’m so excited and truly happy that you decided to start this. Thank you so much Madi 💕you are amazingggg girlfriend
only God truly can fulfill! don't be scared, God wants us to trust Him!
I trust you god Madi I love you beautiful amen amen amen 🙏
Wow, Madi this episode is such a blessing!! Thank you for your heart and being vulnerable as you share your story. It's so beautiful and inspiring! I went through a season myself where I felt like I had to "prove myself" for 3 years because I was rejected twice before being accepted into nursing school. The first time I was rejected I doubted my worth because I had to start my junior year in a different direction than all my friends in my nursing prerequisite classes my first two years of college and I felt lonely. However, from 2019-2022 I learned how to focus on my relationship/identity with Christ rather than in the grades in my nursing prereq classes similar to how you were sharing your singleness season. I ended up going to a different college after graduating with my first degree in 2020 and finally ended up starting nursing school May 2022. The Lord met me the most in nursing school and I never expected I could encounter the Lord so strongly. May of 2023 was my final semester of nursing school and I couldn't pay my tuition because I had been in college for 7 years at this point. A few weeks later I told one of my friends who I met in a Christian sorority we were both part of in 2020-2022 and she offered to make a Gofund me page for my tuition. In July just a month before graduating, the Lord provided me $5,000 through that page which covered the rest of my tuition and I had a few hundred left over. Praise God! I have now been working as a nurse for almost 6 months and it's such a blessing! Every shift I work now is a gift to me and my relationship and trust with Jesus continues to grow! Thank you again for sharing your story and I can't wait to hear more!
Can you please make your videos available for download offline
The country i live doesn't doesn't have a good and constant network service and i absolutely love your videos ❤❤❤
the part of this pod where you spoke about shifting the focus away from yourself and to God really spoke to me. It's been the exact prayer that I've been praying the past few days as I've recognized it's a big downfall of mine. This pod felt like God's way of affirming me that others have been through it and that I will get to where He wants me to be too.
Excited for the next episode ❤️
45:40 - 45:49 - "God cares so much more about who you're becoming than what you're waiting for."
Madison Prewett Troutt
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so happy for you🤩🫶
Thank you Madi. Your weekly emails always give me so much encouragement. Much love from Uganda
I love you Madison is my wife amen amen amen
God doesn't make mistakes don't compare, be who GOD CREATED YOU TO BE, NOT THEM! You are all together beautiful! songs of Solomon
4:7
This was so good! I know I may never get married, but are you truly pursuing a life filled with purpose or are we waiting for marriage to prepare for that? Being plugged into a life group and dedicated to confession and doing life through reading scripture and finding joy. I think if you are lonely definitely get plugged into a godly community. And that singleness draws us closer to the Father.
Happy birthday !!! So excited to listen to literally whatever goes up on this podcast 😢
The part where the Lord revealed to you how loved you are is the best best testimony!!!! love it thank you for Sharing
I’ll be honest. Lately I have just been feeling super burnt out on walking with God. It’s been around 4 years now. And it’s like he just keeps dragging me around. Left my job left my city. It’s like he crushed me to the ground. Really feeling faint like I can’t do it anymore. Haven’t seen a glimpse of anything he’s promised. If anything my life right now since I got saved is wrecked. I by no means am trying to complain but I’m just wondering when he’s ever going to deliver. Because I feel like fainting lol the anointing is costly
Keep your eyes on Him, and you will see Him come through cause He is faithful.don't let the circumstances make you view of God different.. He is faithful to His promises. God bless You 🙏
I’ve always thought to myself how I’d love to hear a podcast from you!!! So amazing this is going to touch so many people
Madi calling me out but making me feel God’s love at the same time. Thank you for telling me I’ve got spinach in my teeth… imma go floss now.
Thank you so much for sharing your story so openly and honestly Madi. You have no idea how much strength it's given me
I have been in a constant struggle/ battle for quite some time with lots of ups but mostly downs. My life has changed dramatically in a way not honoring God as I’d hope. This video was just what I needed. It gave me a new perspective & mindset shift to stop thinking about me/my problems or my insecurities & serve others! I know that God loves me. Thank you, Maddie!
You’re like the friend I’d have (want to) in real life, your episodes are so good! 😊
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this was amazing. just watched your episode with girls gone bible and got a notification that you released a pod! i would love to hear more on godly relationships, how to call your friends higher, and how to get out of a place you feel stuck in!!
"Dont let his inability to see your worth, make you question your worth". Needed this. God is speaking through you!
Love you Madison prewett i love you your beautiful we blessed god thank you for having us married amen amen amen 🙏 🙌 ❤❤
Thank you Madi for sharing your journey and being so transparent with us, it helps a lot and i really appreciate it 💙
You can do this sister as long as you put CHRIST in the drivers seat. You go sister we are all behind you.
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So excited and happy for you and this new journey!! We need more podcast like this❤ glad that God is guiding you to spread his word ❤
Madi you are force to be reckoned with! Don’t stop hearing the lord and following his leading! By you listening to the lord, your blessing others! God has so much for YOUUUU! I’ve been following you since the bachelor!!! You’ve encouraged me so much! I’ve learned to be different and not follow the crowd, and your decisions on that show influenced me to do so! I found Jeanine’s podcast after following you, and I watch it every week, and I’m SOOOO THANKFUL YOU CREATED ONE! Your a wise women, and you continue to blossom while you do Gods work, and bring souls to Jesus! Love you girl, keep running the race strong, and don’t stop for anything or anyone!!
Its crazy that the things that God was saying through you freed so many people in many different situations
i’ve been waiting for this ever since you did a pole on your instagram channel for a podcast name ! i’m so excited to grow and learn from you. you have been one of my greatest “mentors”, although i have literally never met you in person, you have inspired me along the way; ever since the beginning of my walk with Jesus. (i mean i would still call myself a “toddler” now in reference to the “baby christian” term) lol. you have done such an amazing job being a inspiration that stands firm and holds strong to the commitment you’ve made to follow and lead others to Christ! you’ve inspired me and encouraged me so much! it’s such a gift to have people like you online, this can be such a lonely journey, so i’m incredibly grateful for the times i have been able to look to you and hear from you (like i would from a friend or someone in community). Thank you Madison, im so excited for you, for us and for what God will do through Stay True! 🤍
Love the vibes meet value part and you shared huge gems in this video especially when it comes to delay and how God can use it to reveal the treasures of our heart. Also the whole idea of staying true is such a pertinent concept to this era we are living in and especially as believers in Christ the freedom and peace we get when we stay true to who God has made us to be!! looking forward to future episodes!
Please have your mom on the podcast 🩷
I came here from 'Girls Gone Bible' 😊❤ God bless you sis
Just found out abt ur podcast and starting from the beginning!!!
Just found out abt ur podcast and starting from the beginning!!!
Amazing podcast episode Maddie, it touched my heart🤍🙏🏻
WOW!!! I already am Loving this show! Can't wait for the ULTIMATE collab with Girls gone Bible!
This episode was 🔥! Thank you for your faithfulness to share your story and be vulnerable all while pointing to Christ! So excited for this podcast!
No way, I always thought that you should have a podcast, yeeyyyyyy 🙌I know this will be a blessing ✝️
I have been praying for you start a podcast and when you announced it, I was beyond excited. I thank the Lord for using you and I thank the Holy Spirit for guiding you continuously. God is so good. I can’t wait for the next episode 🫂🤍
So excited! I’ve been wanting to hear more about you because I feel like your so wise in Christ & so I’m just excited to learn more🤍
So, I started a prayer closet about a month ago. My husband and I are in a storm so I have been dropping to my knees and praying. So much has been on my mind and in my heart and to stumble upon your channel and hearing you have the same is wild. God needs me to listen, clearly. Congratulations on this and I’m here to see what I’m supposed to hear. I should probably have waited to comment but I’m 22 min in and I have heard the first thing I was supposed to hear. I have been cheated on in every relationship I’ve ever had, except 1, not including God and honestly not including my husband(I’ll add the storm we are in has nothing to do with that though). And I have ALWAYS been constantly trying to prove my worth because with every time I have been cheated on, it has made me feel more and more unworthy. I have always gone above and beyond to prove to people of my worth before ever truly appreciating my own worth. Your words of essentially taking that power back from the person that did that to you,resonate with me so much. I’m in tears because I have never really sat down and looked at it that way.
would love your take on returning to faith after childhood trauma
I’m 24 years old live in miami FL and I recently found God like many others through heartbrake and literally being at my lowest point in life. He gifted me peace since I started my walk with him I’ve seen so many of your videos on different channels and Instagram. I wanted to share with you that I struggle the most with breaking unholy attachments that don’t serve my relationship with God if you’ve ever been in a similar situation I’d love to hear how to navigate this. I do pray on it constantly but even when I try to break this soultie it is a deep rooted pain that I feel each day without them.
God bless you my sister in Christ
would love to see your mom and/or dad on the podcast!
Maddie this was amazing , God has gifted you with so much wisdom and anointing , keep em coming ❤
Yes!! So excited to keep listening to your podcast!!!! Thank you!! so needed!
Am so happy for you
Ahhhhh omgggg yayyyy! I've genuinely been anticipating for you to drop a pod and I'm beyond ecstatic about it! Per usual the first episode was fire! Madi you have ministered to me in such an authentic and special way! I love you and am so grateful for your influence in my life!
Hi, where is your Messiah pillow from??
Loved this! Can’t wait to hear more!
Great first episode! So excited for this podcast!
this about to be yet another podcast that I get excited for every week !
Brilliant 🙌 Praise God for your story
Mama Prew with the best words of wisdom 👏😂
Girl we need to talk!
Ahhh!! So excited!!!! 🎉🎉
I am so excited for this podcast!
Girl I been waiting this for so long 🥺
Thank you madi 🙏
that bible pillow got me!!!! i love it!
Hi Madi, What are your thoughts regarding De-Dollarization, World Reserve Currency Shift, and the significance of the 2017/2024 Solar eclipses?
Reading through these comments have me laughing because up until this point, I have only vaguely heard/seen Madison Prewett on the internet. So, when this video was recommended to me, my interest was sparked. I was not disappointed. This was very refreshing to hear because I, too, have let the words of others dictate my thought patterns, which inadvertently affected the way I acted; in addition, I am glad to know I am not alone. Moreover, the point Madison made about focusing on others rather than her own self is so essenitial to the Christian face as perspective is so important; without it, you will always feel down. If we are all being honest, we have so often been "me" focused, which is not the way God intended it. So, all in all, this was a good episode. Thanks for posting it, Madi 😄.
Yay so excited!!!
Oh my gosh! This video was SO encouraging! Thank you so much for being so open and vulnerable. I praise God for your testimony, and for how He is using you to serve His people! 🙌👐🤲🙏🥳🥳🥳
This is such a good podcast it feels so genuine and real. I would like you to dive into your sins and expand upon what exactly you struggled with because I remember hearing you mention in a interview before briefly about how you struggled with looking at stuff online and tbh you don’t really hear much women speak about those struggles it’s mainly men that you hear about which I have to say I just got free recently from that addiction, and I would like to know how you got free from that. Thank you again for your honesty and genuineness. God bless you Madi
Wow one episode in and I love this podcast already ❤ I hope you can cover some topics about love, friendship, hardwork pay-off, women career,... anything 😊
Can you talk on waiting till marriage, lust, temptation and knowing if he is the one
Wow. Finding your podcast was like an answer to prayer. I am getting married in 2 months and am currently struggling so much with my inner peace because of all this pressure and decisions and opinions from all sorts of people that I have been constantly asking myself who I am, if this is all right and why it is so painful if it is supposed to be his will. Your words have given me so much encouragement and peace to take my heart and mind qoff the worldly stuff and shift my perspective to HIM again. Thank you!
Madi!!! I thank God for You and I’m so glad you stayed true to His calling for you!! I needed ALLLL of this more than you’ll ever know!❤🙌🏼
Madi, your testimony is so amazing, how you met God and were confronted by him to let you know where your heart was and to start living alone and for him. I identify myself a lot because right now I find myself going through that process of confrontation in which, through you, God spoke to me and made me understand that everything is about him, my heart has to be in him and he will take care of the rest. Thank you for this. I won't miss your episodes and I translated it because I'm learning this language. God bless you, thank you Madi.
I love this so much! I’m looking forward to this podcast! I have needed this so much! Hopefully Grant joins occasionally!
I don’t know you but I love you and I’m proud of you!! You’re gonna help so many ❤️ I just recently gave my life to God so I’m still learning. I don’t have a group of friends that know the Lord well so been feeling a little alone, although I know I have God with me(; Anyways really curious about self pleasure and if the Bible talks about it anywhere?
This was sooooo good and so relatable. I'm a little late to the party but so happy I tuned in. 1 episode down, 2 more to go. Thank you for sharing Madi!❣
This was amazing Madi! I'd love for you to do an episode on fear or how to get bold faith. A management opportunity opened up at my job, but I'm scared to apply because I'm the youngest employee. (I majored in management at Auburn WDE) I'm praying and fasting, but I'd love to hear any advice or experiences you have.
Hi, Maddie!
My daughter sent this to me. I listened. I'm glad that you started a podcast. It's very inspiring. I hope that you continue doing it. Our GOD chose you to speak on his behalf and you're doing an excellent job. We'll be waiting for the next podcast.
God bless always.
Id have to say you are very very strong to put down that relationship even know you wanted to be married so bad. That takes so much strength!
I’m SO excited you started a podcast! God is truly speaking through you and I could listen for hours! Thank you for sharing your story and I’m excited for more content!
Just as i finished watching the podcast you sent Jeremiah 29:11 to DBE,I needed to hear that💖(and that is also currently my favourite Biblie verse).I love the episode and I'm excited for more. God is using you in wonderful ways💖