In this Season 2 conversation of New & Everlasting, Amy Beck is joined by Jerald Simon to explore what it really means to get back up—after failure, fear, and life-altering setbacks.

Jerald is a composer, author, poet, and lifelong musician whose work centers on peace, positivity, and healing through faith. Together, Amy and Jerald discuss opposition, resilience, covenant identity, and how joy is often forged in the very experiences we wish we could avoid.

This episode reflects on the reality that covenant faith doesn’t eliminate hardship—but it does transform it. Through Christ, even our weakest moments can become places of growth, compassion, and deeper joy.

Intro music: “Cloud Nine” by Jerald Simon, used with permission.

🔗 Connect with Jerald Simon:

• Website: https://musicmotivation.com

• YouTube: https://youtube.com/JeraldSimon

• Podcast: Music, Motivation, and More: The Positivity Podcast

• Music & books available on Spotify, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other major platforms

If this conversation resonated with you, consider sharing it with someone who may need the reminder that getting back up is always possible through covenant faith.

Welcome to Season 2 of New & Everlasting: Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living.

In this season opener, Amy Beck shares how this year will unfold a little differently—and why. As the Church begins a year of Old Testament study through Come, Follow Me, this season will weave personal reflection, scripture study, and guest conversations into a shared covenant journey.

This episode introduces the three themes that will anchor Season 2: promises, patience, and preparedness—patterns that appear again and again in covenant living and throughout the Old Testament. Amy reflects on how covenants are not a checklist or a destination, but a relationship—one we walk with Christ over time.

If you’ve ever felt like covenant joy was something you were striving toward rather than living inside of, this season is an invitation to slow down, notice God’s hand, and trust the long work He is doing in you.

✨ New episodes throughout the season will alternate between Come, Follow Me reflections and guest conversations.

In this final episode of Season One of New & Everlasting: Finding Covenant Joy in Everyday Living, host Amy Beck is joined by Sharla Goettl, author of Covenant Power and Spiritual Resilience.

Together, they explore how temple covenants replace fear with spiritual confidence and why covenant power is essential for building spiritual resilience over time. Sharla shares insights on the laws taught in the temple, including obedience, sacrifice, the gospel, chastity, and consecration, and how these divine covenants help us become more capable, purposeful, and confident disciples of Jesus Christ.

This conversation also includes a powerful discussion on enmity and the role of the Savior in standing between us and the adversary, creating space for growth, repentance, and learning. Sharla reframes pride, fear, and agency through a covenant lens and offers a hopeful perspective on how God patiently teaches us according to our individual needs.

This episode closes out Season One by reflecting on covenant joy as a process of becoming—learning to trust the Savior and rely on His power in everyday life.

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