Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast · Heidi Mortenson, MA, LMFT

231. Discerning God's Voice With Pamela Mertz

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Pam says the enemy speaks from the past and from names like "accuser" and "father of lies."

Heidi Mortenson opens Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast with testimony and conviction. She speaks plainly about loss, including the death of her son. From there, she turns that grief toward an eternal perspective. She says God is more real than the pain itself. The show frames mental health freedom through the simplicity of the gospel. It invites listeners to live from who they are in Christ rather than who they are not. Heidi describes the podcast as a place for inner healing, deliverance, counseling, coaching, trauma, healthy relationships, neuroscience, healing, and more. She also reminds listeners that she is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Still, she roots the work in being curious at Jesus’ feet. The episode moves into the difference between accusation and reality. Heidi names the voice that says, it’s your fault. She says the enemy can take something factual and twist it into shame. That distinction becomes central to the conversation. A painful fact may be real, but the accusation layered onto it is not truth. She uses trauma as the clearest example. A person can name what happened without accepting the lie that it defines them. From there, the discussion turns to what God’s voice sounds like. Heidi contrasts divine speech with the noise of the self. She describes our own voice as lists, shoulds, have-tos, and forgotten tasks. God, by contrast, speaks from his character and moves people forward. The Holy Spirit is introduced as the one who comforts, advocates, teaches, heals, and helps. Heidi points back to John, where Jesus spends time preparing the disciples for that gift. The episode keeps folding testimony into teaching until the listener is left with a simple invitation: listen for the voice that agrees with truth and leads toward wholeness.

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A pastoral guide to sorting facts, accusation, and the voice of God.

On Strong Tower Mental Health Podcast, Heidi Mortenson draws a careful boundary between accusation, fact, and truth, especially when trauma is real but not the final word.

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If your mind is noisy, this gives you a steadier way to listen.

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