January stretched me in ways I didn’t expect. Sickness in our home. Hospital visits. Spiritual warfare. And a question I couldn’t ignore: Why does it sometimes feel harder when you get closer to God?

In this episode of Eat Don’t Compete, I share how one of the greatest lessons from this season wasn’t strength — it was spiritual stamina.

Spiritual stamina is the endurance to stay faithful when storms don’t stop. It’s the sobriety, consecration, and discernment required to withstand weight you once prayed for.

We talk about:

• The cost of anointing
• Accepting what the Lord allows
• Why spiritual preparation matters
• How knowing God builds discernment
• Why comfort can weaken spiritual endurance
• What it means to stand firm because you know whose you are If you’ve been feeling stretched, opposed, or spiritually fatigued… this conversation is for you. You’re not being broken. You’re being built. 🤎

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Today we slow down and sit with Romans 12:1 together.

For years, I thought “present your body as a living sacrifice” meant simply giving something up for God. But through fasting, prayer, and consecration, the Lord revealed something deeper:

Transformation doesn’t happen without surrender. Holiness doesn’t happen without offering ourselves fully.

In this devotional episode, we walk through Romans 12:1 in multiple translations and talk honestly about:

• what a living sacrifice really means
• how fasting becomes an act of worship
• why consecration precedes transformation
• and how God uses obedience to shape us from the inside out

This isn’t about performance. It’s about posture.

This episode is an invitation for you to slow down, sit with Scripture, and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal what God wants to correct, heal, and sanctify—not just through you, but in you.

If you’ve been praying for change, renewal, or growth with God… this conversation is for you.

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At the start of the year, I went into a 21-day fast looking for clarity from God. What I didn’t expect was that fasting wouldn’t just give me answers—it would give me more of Him.

In this episode of Eat Don’t Compete, I share honestly about why I fasted, what was revealed during that season, and how surrender, consecration, and sober-mindedness opened the door to deeper intimacy with God. From family illness and exhaustion to hidden ambition and the call to slow down, this fast exposed more than I planned—but it also transformed me.

We explore what Scripture really says about fasting, why obedience often comes before understanding, and how yielding to God is not weakness—it’s freedom. This conversation is for anyone who feels stretched, called deeper, or aware that God is inviting them to let go of control and trust Him more fully.

Scriptures referenced:

• Acts 13:2
• Matthew 6:16–18
• Psalm 139:23–24
• Romans 12:1–2
• 2 Corinthians 3:17–18

This episode is an invitation to reflect, surrender, and ask an honest question: What are you laying down before the Lord right now?

🎧 Listen, reflect, and sit with God—without rushing the process.

What happens when you invite God to search places in your heart you’ve learned to manage, ignore, or hide?

In this devotional episode of Eat Don’t Compete, I want to invite you to sit with Psalm 139:23–24—a prayer that became weighty yet grace-filled for me as I allowed God to thoroughly search my heart and lead me in His everlasting way.

As we read this passage across multiple Bible translations, I share why asking God to search us can be both powerful and uncomfortable. Through personal reflection, I talk about spiritual growth, the danger of becoming casual with God, and how hidden heart issues—like offense, anxiety, and misplaced comfort—can quietly shape our walk with Him.

This episode is an invitation for you to slow down, sit with Scripture, and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal what God wants to correct, heal, and sanctify—not just through you, but in you.

If you’re longing for deeper spiritual maturity, heart transformation, and honest prayer, my prayer is that this episode encourages you to let God do the internal work that leads to lasting change.

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I Didn’t Realize How Much I Was Rushing Until I Was Forced to Slow Down is an honest reflection on pace, pressure, and what God reveals when everything finally gets quiet.

In this episode of Eat Don’t Compete, Jazmine shares vulnerably about a season of slowing down, listening more closely to God, and realizing that stillness isn’t inactivity—it’s cooperation. Through personal reflection and biblical truth, she explores how God often exposes our hearts privately before anything ever surfaces publicly—and how that kind of exposure is not punishment, but grace.

This episode unpacks:

• Why God slows us down when ambition gets loud
• How stillness reveals what striving tries to hide
• The difference between godly ambition and selfish ambition
• Why hidden seasons are often preparation, not punishment
• How refinement precedes true spiritual transformation
• What it means to trust God’s timing over our own pace

If you’ve felt frustrated by waiting, uncomfortable with rest, or confused by a season of slowing down, this conversation is an invitation to see stillness as grace—and refinement as proof that God is investing in you.

Stillness doesn’t mean you’re behind.

Hidden doesn’t mean you’re forgotten.

And refinement is often where transformation begins.

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And take a moment today to sit in stillness—God may be revealing something to you, privately, in love.

A devotion to God’s Word rooted in Ecclesiastes 12:13.

In this Anchored In God’s Word devotional, we reflect on what it truly means to fear God, keep His commandments, and live with eternal perspective. Ecclesiastes 12:13 reminds us that after all striving, searching, and questioning, God’s Word brings us back to what matters most. This devotional is an invitation not just to listen — but to sit with Scripture, study it, and allow it to shape how you live.

For further Bible study: Read Ecclesiastes chapter 12 in full and ask:

– What does “fear God” mean in my daily life?

– Where have I been striving apart from obedience?

– How does this verse anchor my purpose?

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What happens when God tells you to pause… right when you’re ready to move?

In this first episode of 2026, Jazmine opens the year with Selah — a holy pause rooted in obedience, reflection, and trust. After a season of momentum, plans, and ambition, God gives a “no for right now” — and instead of pushing forward, Jazmine chooses to stop, listen, and yield.

This episode explores:

Why God’s “no” is just as sacred as His “yes”

What it means to slow down without losing purpose

The tension between ambition and obedience

Why rest, stillness, and consecration are acts of faith

And how Selah becomes a spiritual reset, not a setback

The episode closes with a spoken-word poem titled Selah — a raw, reflective offering about stillness, rest, obedience, and God’s nearness in the pause.

- This is not about resolutions.

- This is about intentions with God at the center.

If you’re entering a season where God is asking you to wait, breathe, or stop — this episode is for you.

What are you being intentional about in 2026, concerning your relationship with God?

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As we close out the year, I’m inviting you into a real, honest, vulnerable reflection of what 2025 held for me — the wins, the losses, the pivots, the lessons, and the spiritual stretching that shaped my faith walk. This episode is personal, transparent, and full of the very heart behind Eat Don’t Compete.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing:

🌿 My biggest wins + lessons from 2025

🌿 Why stepping on camera this year was obedience

🌿 How hesitation and perfectionism almost held me back

🌿 The behind-the-scenes pivots with The Study Room & the 10-Day Blueprint devotional

🌿 What my elevation to minister taught me about consecration, timing, and obedience

🌿 The importance of reflection before stepping into a new year 🌿 Why “Go For It” became the loudest theme God spoke to me in 2025

Whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple Podcasts, iHeart, or Spotify — make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss what God is doing in 2026. We’re going deeper, building stronger community, and showing up with intention.

Download Your Free Devotional The Blueprint of Becoming: God’s Process of Spiritual Architecture (10-Day Devotional) Journey through identity, intimacy, repentance, discipleship and truth — and walk through the series with me, day by day. Link here: www.jazminedewees.com/freedevotional

Scriptures Mentioned in This Episode

• James 2:17 — “Faith without works is dead.”
• Philippians 3:13-14 — Pressing toward the mark
• Joshua 1:9 — Be strong and courageous
• Hebrews 11:6 — Faith and obedience
• Jeremiah 29:11 — God’s plans
• Proverbs 3:5-6 — Trust in the Lord

Eat Don’t Compete

Eat Don’t Compete is a faith-based empowerment podcast for women who want to grow spiritually, heal holistically, and walk boldly in their God-given identity — without comparison, competition, or compromise. Hosted by Jazmine DeWees creator and founder of Hey God, I Have Questions. Here, we talk faith, womanhood, discipline, identity, spiritual growth, obedience, and the real-life process of becoming who God has called you to be. Let’s Connect, today!