
Made For This with Jennie Allen
Jennie Allen is the 2x New York Times bestselling author of 'Find Your People' and 'Get Out Of Your Head'. She is also the founder and visionary of IF:Gathering. She is a passionate leader following God's call on her life to catalyze a generation to live what they believe. Jennie has a Masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and lives in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, Zac, and their four children. ________ SHORT. FUN. TRUTH. REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STRUGGLES WE ARE FACING AND THE GOD THAT SETS US FREE. Two episodes release each week - one episode of Jennie teaching and one interview.
Latest episodes

Jun 6, 2023 • 8min
S14: Made For This: The Summer Edition – Season 14 Starts June 13th!
This season on the podcast, we are tackling your most frequently asked questions and Jennie is sitting down for some of our favorite interviews to date! Take a listen to a special sneak peek of Made For This: The Summer Edition.
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May 16, 2023 • 21min
S13 Ep25: What Does God Want You to Do?—The Best of Season 13
Listen to some of our favorite moments from season 13 of Made For This as we revisited the book Restless 10 years later. Hear from Jennie and a few of the many guests from this season about how God can use all of your gifts, passions, pains, and suffering to further His kingdom doing the thing He uniquely equipped you to do. Be sure to check out the full episodes of anything you might have missed this season.
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May 11, 2023 • 40min
S13 Ep24: Do You Know Jesus? {A Moment with David Platt from IF:2023}
Read along in Restless - Chapters 19-23
We’re sharing one of our favorite moments from IF:Gathering 2023. Before going out on stage, David Platt decided to shift his message from the one he has prepared and instead share from the overflow of what was happening in his own life and church. Listen as Jennie and David revisit this moment from IF:2023.
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May 9, 2023 • 13min
S13 Ep23: It All Matters
Read along in Restless - Chapters 19-23
There is no mundane thing when it comes to living on purpose. Every place we are, every person we come in contact with, every gift we uncover, God can use it all. Listen as Jennie teaches how the small things matter and challenges you to trust God with the simple tasks in your everyday life.
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May 4, 2023 • 43min
S13 Ep22: How to Fight Apathy with David Platt
Read along in Restless - Chapters 17&18
Our friend David Platt is on the podcast today. David is a pastor in metro Washington, D.C., the founder of Radical Inc.-an organization that equips Christians to be on mission from where they live to the ends of the earth, and is a NYT bestselling author who just released his newest book, Don’t Hold Back. Listen as Jennie and David discuss some of the things the American church is facing today, what can happen when we hold other things in our lives above God, and how to use the true gospel to share Jesus with those around us.
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May 2, 2023 • 17min
S13 Ep21: Putting Your Threads Together
Read along in Restless - Chapters 17&18
Our lives are made up of a lot of different callings and a lot of different purposes that change with the time and place we find ourselves. Don’t ignore those little sparks from God. Listen as Jennie shares how to lay out your different threads and explore the ideas and thoughts the Holy Spirit will give you. We hope you will spend some time in prayer and ask God what He wants you to know and what He wants you to do.
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Apr 27, 2023 • 18min
S13 Ep20: Shifting Your View of Pressure
Read along in Restless - Chapter 16
We are all living under a large amount of pressure, and just because you are walking in the purposes God has for you doesn’t mean that pressure goes away. Here is an episode from the Made For This archives about how you can walk through seasons of stress well. Listen as Jennie shares 5 ways you can look differently at pressure in life and see it as a good friend rather than something to run away from.
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Apr 25, 2023 • 19min
S13 Ep19: Threads of Passions
Read along in Restless - Chapters 16
God has given you passions that are completely unique to you. What is that thing that you love so much that you overflow about it? Listen as Jennie shares how you can look beyond the secular vs sacred divide, to not ignore the things you think aren’t important, and how you can use these things to reach people with the Gospel.
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Apr 20, 2023 • 35min
S13 Ep18: How to Be a Safe Place for People with Bob Goff
Read along in Restless - Chapters 15
Today Jennie is talking with Bob Goff about the beauty and delight of living life with God. Bob Goff is a New York Times bestselling author, and the founder of Love Does—a nonprofit human rights organization. In this episode, Jennie and Bob talk about how passions and callings can change with the seasons of life and how to pursue the people in your life and be a safe place for them to encounter God.
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Apr 18, 2023 • 24min
S13 Ep17: Threads of People
Read along in Restless - Chapters 15
Everyone has people in their life that they need and that need them. You have been put in the lives of specific people in a unique way so you can point them to God. Listen as Jennie shares practical ways to take notice of the people around you, pray over them, and how to share with them about the love of God.
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