The Hope Pandemic

The Hope Pandemic is a faith-based podcast hosted by Jessica Gilliam that shares intimate, honest conversations with women who are navigating life and business challenges—highlighting stories of resilience, healing, and personal growth grounded in faith . Through these raw, candid episodes, the podcast seeks to remind listeners that hope remains alive, encouraging them to trust God in the waiting and walk boldly into their futures

The Hope Pandemic is a religion podcast hosted by Jessica Gilliam, with 23 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jessica Gilliam hosts The Hope Pandemic, a religion show with 23 episodes published.

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  Episode #9

  How to Get Your Hope Back (4 Steps That Worked for Me)

  Oct 3, 202643 minS2

  How do you get your hope back after it's been gone a long time? Not with a feeling — with a sequence. Four moves. I know them because I just lived them. After the season I've shared all year — the grief, the broken glass, the silence, the unanswered questions — my hope got back up. And here's the part I have to give away: it didn't come back while I was working on my hope. It came back while I was giving it away. In this episode: why "hope deferred makes the heart sick" (Proverbs 13:12) is a real condition with a real cure, what it means to be a "prisoner of hope" — and the promise God attaches to that name in Zechariah 9:12: not restoration, DOUBLE. Plus Joseph's pit and the brother whose name means praise, the monarch that dissolves before it flies, Peter's second charcoal fire, and my husband's 48-state bike ride that taught our family what persistence is really for. This week's Hopework: the four-move restart sequence — crack the stone, remember out loud, praise before the evidence, and give hope away before yours is full. Follow the show and leave me a review. I want to hear your hope testimony! And send this to one person whose loop is broken. You won't just be sharing a podcast; you'll be spreading hope too. Free Download — The Hope Declarations: The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19

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  Episode #8

  When God Is Silent...

  Sep 26, 202643 minS2

  ⚠️ Content note: This episode discusses praying for children who passed away. If that's a wound you're carrying right now, it's okay to skip this one or save it for a stronger day. When God is silent, the hardest part isn't the silence itself — it's what it does to everything you thought you knew about Him. Jessica shares the two hardest prayers of her life: prayers prayed believing, for outcomes that broke her heart anyway. This isn't a teaching episode. There are no tactics, no five tips, no tidy resolution — just the honest ground of what happens when you did everything right, and heaven moved differently than you begged it to. Walking through John the Baptist's own doubt in prison and the ancient question, "Did God really say?" Jessica offers something gentler than answers: permission to bring God your questions instead of running the audit alone. If you're standing in unexplained silence today, this episode won't fix it. But it might help you feel less alone inside it. Follow The Hope Pandemic for new episodes every week. Resources: Free Download: 12 Hope-filled Declarations to speak over your season: https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/axkru The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19 https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/otdyx

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  Episode #7

  Comparison Is Stealing Your Joy — Here's How to Stop

  Sep 19, 202630 minS2

  Comparison is stealing your joy, but it's not attacking your faith; it's attacking your timeline. If you've ever watched someone else's road move while yours stood still, this episode is for you. Jessica opens with a confession most Christians never say out loud: she's muted people she loves. Not out of bitterness but out of self-protection, because a tender heart watching what wounds it never heals. From there, she unpacks what happens when good things get mistaken for God's best, and why the wait that feels like punishment might actually be protection. Walking through Psalm 73 (the psalmist who nearly lost his footing over someone else's prosperity) and Jesus's answer to Peter's sideways glance in John 21 — "What is that to you? You follow me" — this episode hands you permission to guard your eyes without guilt, and language to answer comparison instead of just suppressing it. If you're waiting while someone else's life keeps moving, send this to them. Person to person — that's how hope spreads. Follow The Hope Pandemic for new episodes every week. Resources: Free Download: 12 Hope-filled Declarations to speak over your season: https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/axkru The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19 https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/otdyx

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  Episode #6

  Cynicism Feels Safe, But It's Really Lying to You

  Sep 12, 202618 minS2

  Why does God bless others and not you? If you've ever asked that quietly — full faith in His power, quiet suspicion about your portion — this episode puts that lie on trial. There's a cynic on my left shoulder, and he's got receipts: ghosted at my own job, and being told I'm the problem about eighty percent of the time. His pitch: "Sign here, and you'll never be disappointed again." And his smoothest version, custom-blended for believers, isn't "God isn't good." It's "not for you." In this episode: why cynicism is numbness that learned to talk, how it wears realism's jacket (and how to tell them apart), the courtroom of 2 Corinthians 10 — where you're the judge, not the defendant — Jesus's stunning tenderness with a cynic named Nathanael, and the two practices that have kept me from signing: holding court, and sowing with open hands. This week's Hopework: hold court daily, sow one seed with no return address, and put "not for you" on trial with a signed verdict. Follow the show, and send this to the sharpest cynic you love. No lecture. Just two words: come and see. Resources: Free Download: 12 Hope-filled Declarations to speak over your season: https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/axkru The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19 https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/otdyx

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  Episode #5

  How to Stop Doomscrolling: You're Not Addicted. You're Numb

  Sep 5, 202624 minS2

  Why can't you stop doomscrolling — even when you're completely maxed out? Here's the answer nobody's giving you: doomscrolling isn't an information habit. It's anesthesia. You don't scroll because you're curious. You scroll because you're numb, and numbness is where hope goes to die quietly. I'm going to say something in this episode I probably shouldn't, given that I build social media strategy for a living: I hate what the unguarded feed does to people's souls. I know exactly how these machines work — the ratings logic that got an algorithm, the outrage that holds attention longer than hope. I'm the casino dealer who doesn't gamble, and in this episode, I'll show you how I actually live with it. You'll learn why you can't selectively numb (deaden the grief, and you deaden hope with it), the two chairs every overwhelmed person chooses between, God's tender treatment plan for a burned-out prophet (1 Kings 19 — it starts with a nap), and Ezekiel 36:26 — the God who doesn't offer thicker skin, but a softer heart. Plus this week's Hopework: the other chair, the first fifteen, and guarding your gates. Follow the show — and send this to the person in your life who's gone quiet lately.

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