What if you’ve lost your delight in God? Or you’ve never really experienced it in the first place? What if a season of suffering has snuffed out your joy, leaving you spiritually discouraged and emotionally numb?
Delighting in God changes everything: how you experience your faith, relationships, and circumstances—and even how you see yourself.
Stephanie Rousselle is a Bible teacher, speaker, host of the Gospel Spice podcast, and founder of Gospel Spice Ministries. She is the author of Awaken Delight: Satisfying Your Soul’s Longing for God, releasing with IVP in July 2026. Born and raised in France, Stephanie is a former atheist whose life motto is now “God’s glory, our delight.”
Stephanie Rousselle’s Website: Gospel Spice
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- Believers Struggle to Experience Joy in God
- Delighting in God is Foundational to Spiritual Growth
- Delighting in God During Painful Seasons
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ABOUT THE GUEST:
Stephanie Rousselle is a Bible teacher, speaker, host of the Gospel Spice podcast, and founder of Gospel Spice Ministries. She is the author of “Awaken Delight”, a book that will release with IVP in July 2026. Born and raised in France, Stephanie is a former atheist whose life motto is now “God’s glory, our delight.” Having lived in four different countries on three continents, she currently resides with her family in Pennsylvania.
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TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:
00:38 – Introducing Stephanie Rousselle
03:24 – Believers Struggle to Experience Joy in God
03:57 – …identity and longing
04:42 – …why their faith is not working when they are trying so hard to please God
04:55 – …need to cultivate delight in God
05:43 – Delight in God definition
06:52 – …combine the experience and the intellect
09:14 – Reading through the lens of delight and deliciousness
10:30 – Knowing About God vs Truly Knowing God
11:45 – …head knowledge
12:17 – …heart knowledge
13:13 – …OT: 95% “to know” is head knowledge
13:20 – …NT: 95% “to know” is heart knowledge
13:54 – Delighting in God is Foundational to Spiritual Growth
14:02 – …Psalm 37:4
15:20 – …God is implanting in our hearts the desire to want more of Him
16:26 – Delighting in the Lord Transformed Stephanie’s Life
19:26 – Delighting in God During Painful Seasons
20:47 – …know God more through afflictions
21:43 – …compassion for fellow sufferers
23:22 – …thorns and pruning
27:22 – God’s Delight in Us
28:17 – …God’s Favorite Hangout Spots
31:16 – Encouragement for the Spiritually Weary
35:53 – From Stephanie’s Heart (and Website: gospelspice.com/awakendelight )
39:05 – gospelspice.com | Awaken Delight book | podcast
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