The Small Print – Spiritual Discernment in Everyday Life

Podcast Season 4 Episode 1 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IFD06VhfvxqCeMRljWR5H?si=lJDRnKqpSKWB85nHOJUc1A

Today we're diving into something that's been heavy on my heart—something I think we all need to be more aware of on our spiritual journeys: the small print in life. We're going to talk about how what we see on the surface often has deeper, spiritual implications that influence our decisions, our peace, and our purpose.

So let's get into it

Since stepping into this deeper relationship with God, I've started to notice the constant duality between the spiritual and physical worlds. And the more I reflect on it, the more I realize how similar it feels to the political world we see here on earth.

You know how political parties operate. They show you their best face, their loudest slogans, their shiny promises. But unless you do the research, unless you dig deep, you might never realize what's written in the small print until it's too late. And once they’re in office, they have power to make decisions that affect your life.

Sound familiar? Because spiritually, it works the same way.

It's so easy to just go with what's familiar, with what feels safe, with what everyone else is doing. But without discernment, without guarding your ear gates and your eye gates, you're unknowingly allowing things into your life that plant seeds.

Seeds that grow into thoughts, patterns, beliefs, behaviors, actions—and before you know it, there is either one of two things taking place in you.

Maybe you feel off, stuck, fear based, confused, or just other ways that you feel distant from God…. Separated from him.
Maybe you feel joy, inspired, full of faith, resilient, in ways that have you feeling closer to God.

Keep this in mind because here’s the thing: we’re all shaped by what we've been exposed to. Maybe your upbringing taught you this is just who you are. Maybe the people around you have always normalized certain habits, attitudes, beliefs, and environment. But deep down, you know there's more. You feel that pull toward something so we attempt to acquire it but in ways that are known and seen, and in ways we believe will fulfill that deep internal need. In the ways that you are empty, or the attempts to fill a void that cannot be filled no matter what you do, buy, or surround yourself with.

We look around searching…for this example I will utilize searching for belonging…. remember in high school how there were “cliques”. You have the destructive group, the shallow group, the seemingly wholesome group that feels a little boring because you're used to chaos. And then there's your own circle—the one that's comfortable but low-key toxic.

The cliques are just an external way to see how we are in our own minds, thoughts, and beliefs. Some of us embody these cliques in all areas of our life, and we embody them internally but also how we show up externally in our relationships, finances, family, and socially…that is the journey in all of the choices we are faced with as I provided in the example: patterns of destruction, shallowness (pride/vanity), the wholesome (righteous/pure), and comfortable yet toxic (stagnant/iniquity) aspect of us. So again, these outer mirrors help us see what we actually have within us, and we're choosing from those things each and every single day.

If you ask how being comfortable yet toxic can be equated to stagnation and iniquity, I’ll explain:

1. Comfortable Yet Toxic = Stagnation

When a person becomes comfortable in a toxic environment, relationship, or habit, they often resist change, even when they know it is harmful, because stagnation means lack of growth, movement, or progress, and toxicity often traps people in cycles that prevent transformation into what God had planned for you (Jeremiah 29:11)

Example: The Israelites in Egypt became so used to slavery that some wanted to return, despite God's promise of freedom (Numbers 14:4).

Comfort in toxicity leads to complacency, which keeps you from stepping into divine growth.

2. Comfortable Yet Toxic = Iniquity (Continuous Sin Without Repentance aka: change your ways)

Iniquity is more than just sin; it is habitual sin that one refuses to turn from.

Being comfortable in sin—even when toxic—creates strongholds in the mind created by wrong thoughts, error in the ways you think and perceive, a place where demonic forces can hide and operate influencing you negatively in a way that keeps a person enslaved. Keeping you in a prison. A mental prison.

The longer you remain in toxicity, the more desensitized you become to its effects, and what once convicted you no longer bothers you.

Homework: Search what conviction means biblically. I just kind of want you to kind of really go in yourself, do a little homework and get that definition for yourself because sometimes when you research these things yourself. It hits home a little differently, it hits your spirit a little bit differently, and then it makes you think in all the ways in the past that you've been convicted and didn't even realize it. Then because of desensitization, because you ignored it….resulting in conviction eventually going away and then the sin becomes normal. Conviction is that pause… that moment that's asking you to stop and to turn from the sin, turn from the darkness that is occurring right now, and head back to the light. OK, so please look up that definition of what conviction means spiritually; biblically.

Example: Lot’s wife was so attached to the toxic environment of Sodom that she looked back and turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26).

Toxic comfort becomes iniquity when you choose to remain in what God is calling you out of.
Comfort in Toxicity is a Spiritual Trap, Toxic comfort disguises itself as stability, in what you know, or believe that is what love is but in reality, it keeps you from transformation into knowing what love really is 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

God never calls us to stagnation—He calls us to growth, pruning, and refinement (John 15:2).

Staying in toxicity for too long can numb your spiritual sensitivity and make sin feel normal—this is how iniquity takes root.

Are there areas in your life where you are too comfortable with what is actually toxic? What do you need to do to let go of that toxicity in order to move forward?

Are you staying where you are out of comfort, or are you willing to step into something better, even if it feels unfamiliar? even if it feels uncomfortable?

Something that is stable vs toxic, something that will hold you accountable vs enabling your destructive patterns and behaviors. Something that will challenge you to be courageous and face your fears and break you free from self-imposed prisons known as limitations, rebellion, stubbornness, selfishness, wrongdoing, entitlement, and pride? Something that requires more of you. If not, the question is why?

God’s Word is our ultimate guide, as a light upon our path given to lead us in the way of a blessed life rather than a cursed one. Yet, for many, it has been neglected. Why? Partly because it has been misused—twisted by some to oppress, manipulate, and cause harm. Throughout history, people have distorted Scripture to justify wrongdoing, leading to church hurt, family hurt, and relational wounds. Much of this stems from broken people passing down brokenness, individuals who never truly knew God but only knew pain. Believing hurt was all they had, they inflicted the same on others. We live in a world filled with influences, and if we are not careful, even good things can become corrupted when shaped by the wrong voices.

In the ways we were hurt….that’s not God. That’s not His heart. God’s Word, when handled with love and truth, is alive. It's healing. It's peace and delivers you from evil. To be evil, is to do wickedly, to harm, to break, to be displeasing, bad, wicked, harmful, unpleasant. God’s word in the bible teaches us how to see beyond the surface, beyond the small print of the things that influence us and how we influence others, and shines a light upon our darkness, providing insights into what's really happening spiritually.

The bible also teaches us his love may also present itself as discipline

Hebrews 12:5-9 AMP

5 and you have forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord, And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him; 6 For the Lord disciplines and corrects those whom He loves, And He punishes every son whom He receives and welcomes [to His heart].”7 You must submit to [correction for the purpose of] discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 Now if you are exempt from correction and without discipline, in which all [of God’s children] share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons [at all]. 9 Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]?

Gods discipline along with conviction will occur whenever you are going astray, or as part of teaching you what is good vs evil, right or wrong in order to redirect you onto the narrow road. It's not like the discipline coming from a toxic father… it's coming from a loving father that knows what is needed… that rules are still going to be needed. There's still gonna be things that you're going to need to know in order to survive and what you step outside in this world.

So what's the takeaway today? I'm gonna go back over this a little bit.:

We're constantly surrounded by influences—music, movies, social media, conversations, food choices, relationships—and they all look good on the surface. They all have that initial hook that says, “This feels good”…something familiar…and identifiable, but what's the small print? What are you really letting into your heart, your soul (mind, will, and emotions), your body, and your spirit? What's written in the small print… you need to gain knowledge before it's too late, because once they’re in office, they have power to make decisions that affect your life. The war is over your soul (mind, will, and emotions).

Hosea 4:6 KJV - 6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

So again remember his discipline and if you keep pushing away that discipline? What else more can he do? So, I'm gonna ask that you do a couple of things, OK?

Be intentional. Don’t just consume content or make choices without asking God, “Is this from You?” does this bring life or death, does this build up constructively or lead to destruction? is this sinful or righteous?

With life or death. I want to explain there's a physical life or death that yes, sin can lead to death. Yes, righteousness can lead to life because you're making the right choices, right, and the wrong choices can lead to the opposite….and we never took seriously until recently in my life, recognizing truly the salvation you find for Jesus. You only know that if you choose to accept him as your savior and walking in the path. That means you have to experience it. If you're not even open to doing that; if your heart is hard…and you're not open to even pursuing it? Then you will never know and then it's easy to cast it down, it's easy to say whatever you want to say about it, because you've not yet fully invested in it.

Scenario: We went from a job that we really, really liked, but we needed to leave that job because we needed better pay. We go and we find a job that has better pay. We have all these great hopes and dreams about what this job and these finances are going to be able to do. Then once we get in that door, what we forget? We're now back entry level. We're a rookie. We have no idea what to expect. Everything is new. All these people are new. They're giving me all these new guidelines, all these rules; it's different than the other job. My other job was more relaxed. Here they want me to dress a certain way. Here they want me to act a certain way. Here, I've gotta watch my words and how I present myself and I have to learn all over again and it doesn't feel good; and I don't like it. I don't like feeling new. I don't fit in with everybody right now. I don't know anybody. The job, they're moving too fast and it seems too hard…. that you may not be able to catch on to it and then you wanna leave and go back to your old job.

You haven't even gave it a month, but if you just stick it out. Three months in, six months in you recognize, ohh, this isn't that bad. OK, I'm getting to know people. I'm actually getting through the systems better. I'm understanding their policies and procedures, and OK I can do this! It means you had a soft heart, a teachable heart, a heart that was willing to learn and a lot of times we were so quick to shut things down…out of fear, worries, doubts or just the enemy talking in your head. Because then once you find the truth honey, you're free.

I hope that example helped a little bit, but you do have to give it a chance and if you don't, that's OK that's not the purpose of this, you know. The biggest thing is to give some type of awareness.

Research what's behind the scenes. Spiritually and practically. What are you allowing into your life? This requires prayer, reading the bible, and repenting for things that were sinful and changing your life by making choices that return you back to God like the prodigal son, and all of those who were lost. (I refer you to read Luke 15, & Malachi 3)
Seek discernment. Pray for eyes to see and ears to hear. To understand, discern, perceive, consider what is good and evil, what is right and wrong. To know how God is directing you.
Choose wisely. Because every single day, you are “voting” with your time, your attention, your words, your actions, your environment, and whom you allow into your life.
1. Relationships are anything we partner with:
  1. inner battle within ourselves
    1. mind (thoughts, memories), will (to be lazy or productive, and to do what's right or wrong) , emotions, feelings, desires, fears, trauma, identity, belief, behaviors, the way we perceive & interpret things because again, we all have a light and a dark aspect of ourselves. So, you're always going to have an inner battle.
  2. external battle within our
    1. finances, family, friends, spouse, career, food, how we serve others and our community, the way we express ourselves, the choices we make in all things
There is a battle between light and dark; always going on and I ask that you audit all of those things and what you are putting before God, and how you have utilized your blessings of resources and people sent to support you along your journey, because they are here for you to utilize wisely as supportive structures but not to place them as a pedestal or the things you should seek. For it is written to seek the kingdom of heaven first and all else will be given to you. This way you love God with all your heart and mind and lean not in your own understanding, and not succumb to the traditions of man and place love of other things more than God because that's then idolatry:
- Idolatry - extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone, your past story, successes and failures, your burdens can also become idols. Anything that your attention and focus is on more than God is idolatry. (Guard your heart 1 John 5:21, Luke 21:34)

With idolatry also comes covetousness

Covetousness - a strong wish to have something, especially something that belongs to someone else. In this day of social media and endless scrolling as an example along with music videos, or ways to earn instant cash and riches can easily lead us on the slippery slop of idolatry and covetousness. (Exodus 20:17)

All of these things are the things that I am asking you to be aware of what is influencing us, what is separating us from God, and what is bringing us closer to God?

There is a quote by Mahatma Gandhi “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”

That means change begins with you.

Matthew 23:25-26 AMP

25 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and robbery and self-indulgence (unrestrained greed). 26 You [spiritually] blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate [examine and change your inner self to conform to God’s precepts], so that the outside [your public life and deeds] may be clean also.

Definition of “Precept” – a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought

In the Bible it tells us to take care of the things within us. Clean it all up. So that the outside may also be clean.

Scenario: So many of us are so worried about our outward appearance, our status, our cars, our clothes, our makeup, our hair, our cologne, our perfumes. However that's putting on a front. Just because the outside looks clean, the apartment looks clean, but on the inside, behind closed doors. That inner self is ugly…full of darkness that people don't see… and that's what I'm saying about the small print and you don't know until they're in office. So if you have a relationship with a person that seems on the outside clean, but on the inside un-clean. They're already in office and you didn't see the small print till it's too late, right? Or. If you entered into a job because it looked great on the outside appearance, the money was there, everything was there but on the inside you find they're corrupt and they're really taking advantage of people and all these other things.

You're always in a light or dark battle, but if you recognize this scripture wants you to take care of you first. First, clean the inside of you first. Then deal with the outside. You are the only one that can really control yourself.

You are the only one that you can really control. However, with repentance what is impossible with man, can become possible through God, because sometimes we may feel changing ourselves may be impossible.

Luke 18:27 But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”,

The Holy Spirit will aid you in those areas changes seem impossible to overcome. These areas will be transformative and will have a ripple effect on everything. The question is the integrity in that change to be positive vs negative and with integrity vs being hypocritical. Also keeping in mind, it takes time, patience, and compassion for yourself, in a way that will allow you to have compassion with others. Backsliding, doubt, fear, helplessness and more may come up against you while you are transforming your life and it is through God’s grace that you will overcome, and that's through prayer… that's the reading His Word….. that's through gratitude… that's through worship… that's through praise…that's through getting to know God…. that's getting to know Jesus….and it's getting to know the Holy Spirit and the three stages of which God has presented himself in order to help us on our journey so that we will be saved.

Matthew 7:5 AMP –

You hypocrite (play-actor, pretender), first get the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Other Translation - Matthew 7:5 MSG -

“Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults—unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It’s easy to see a smudge on your neighbor’s face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,’ when your own face is distorted by contempt? It’s this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.

So again, the only thing you can do is control yourself. Pull the log out of your own eye and don't judge others on this journey, because in life; we've made choices. In your spiritual journey, you're going to make choices and they're not going to be perfect. You're going to fall down at times. You're gonna make the wrong turns. You're going to make the wrong choices. You again might backslide. You might have some doubt, you might have fear, you might have helplessness, you might have things coming up against you that you never knew you might have to face. All of these things.

It won't be until you're dealing with yourself… that you realize:

How much you need God's assistance through this, because if it was easy, we would have already fixed ourselves a long time ago.
It really does take the judgment and the condemnation aspect out of it.
1. One against yourself, because if you listen to your thoughts… you've judged yourself and condemned yourself a lot through the choices you made, through the regrets that you had, and from the things people have said about you. From the things that you believed about that. Hurt people hurt people, so because you're hurt, you're gonna go out and hurt another person so... pause take care of the hurt. Take care of the demons in your closet. Have patience with yourself, have patience with others

2 Corinthians 6:14 MSG

Don’t become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That’s not partnership; that’s war. Is light best friends with dark? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil? Do trust and mistrust hold hands? Who would think of setting up pagan idols in God’s holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. God himself put it this way: “I’ll live in them, move into them; I’ll be their God and they’ll be my people. So leave the corruption and compromise; leave it for good,” says God. “Don’t link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself. I’ll be a Father to you; you’ll be sons and daughters to me.” The Word of the Master, God.

The Bible is clear: “Choose this day whom you will serve.” And whether we realize it or not, we're making that choice constantly. Not just in church, not just in worship, but in the quiet moments scrolling through our phones, in the conversations we entertain, in the thoughts we allow to settle. What are you allowing to influence you and rule over you?

I already kind of explained earlier right about what relationships are. Anything that we partner with, you have an inner battle of your light and darkness, right? …..And then I told you, you need to clean the inside first.……And then I told you, don't become partners with those who reject God.

You have an inner battle going on inside you. That light and dark within you, as it's written, as I just said, that's not partnership, that's war. Is light that's friends with dark? You will always have it inner conflict going on inside of you….and it's through God's words that cleanses you, that purifies you. That takes authority and dominion over the darkness that's within you so that your light can increase. …so that you can heal…..so that you can be freed.

That's where I talk about in my other podcasts about muddy water. Jesus is the living water. His word will come into your darkness, into your mud, and flush and keep on flushing that word in until your muddy water is clear water. It is very much so like lifting weights. You are coming in there out of shame, you have no knowledge of God, or maybe you did once and you got out of shape because you backslidden and you went back out and was living life and doing whatever you wanted to do; sinning and wrongdoing…and now you’re ready to come back, so you're hitting that gym. It's hard work. One, because the fact you're facing fears, worries, doubts, you're trying to decide is this legit? Is this real? Having to open your heart to it…but it requires you doing the reps every single day. It requires you showing up to the gym every day, requires you opening the Bible every day. It requires you praying every day until you start getting that living water into your Muddy Waters. OK. Then you start getting those aha moments. Those revelations. Those understandings and things are making more sense.

So today, I encourage you to pause. To ask God, “What small print have I missed? What have I allowed into my life that's steering me away from You?”, What thing did I think is good but is actually evil?” And then be willing to make the changes which is repentance.

So yes, you need to also recognize that your sins have already been forgiven the day Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross. (Colossians 2:13-14, 1 John 2:12). It is through the blood of Jesus, that you've been cleansed and purified (1 John 1:7). The thing is you still need to repent and change your ways and claim the inheritance you have through Jesus (Ephesians 1:13-14, Hebrews 9:15) which is your freedom, which is your authority. Which is to utilize that authority to cleanse that darkness and cast those demons out of you, right?

A few more verses….

Romans 12:21 ESV - Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Isaiah 5:20 ESV - Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Proverbs 3:7 AMP - Do not be wise in your own eyes;

Fear the Lord [with reverent awe and obedience] and turn [entirely] away from evil.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV - Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Psalm 34:14 ESV - Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Because God’s way leads to peace. To purpose. To clarity. And to the joy we’ve been searching for all along.

Ephesians 4:20-24 AMP

20 But you did not learn Christ in this way! 21 If in fact you have [really] heard Him and have been taught by Him, just as truth is in Jesus [revealed in His life and personified in Him], 22 that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires, 23 and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude], 24 and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God’s image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation].

Return to God through Jesus

Romans 10:9-10 AMP

9 because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.

Again, please read these to yourself. Read them in different translations. Pray on them. Seek guidance.

Personal Testimony on Idolatry, Healing, and God's Redemption

I wanted to pause and share a personal testimony to show you why I’m such a strong advocate for everything I’m speaking about right now. This isn’t just theory for me—this is my real life. I’ve actually shared parts of my story before on this podcast, but today I want to briefly revisit it because it connects so deeply to this conversation about idolatry and freedom.

There was a time in my life when I was using alcohol and weed as my way of coping. I turned to them to numb the pain of what I was going through and to function in social settings. But when I hit one of the lowest points in my life, instead of pulling back, I increased how much I was drinking and smoking. And yet, something interesting happened during that same season: I also increased my prayers. I increased my thinking and questioning. I started asking, “What can I do to finally break these cycles? How can my life change for the better?”

And that’s when the miracle began.

Little by little, I felt my desires shift. I started wanting to get up and exercise instead of just lying around drinking or smoking. I felt this internal motivation to move, to do something, to stop being idle. Ideas started flowing to me. I stumbled across videos that gave me wisdom and insight. I found myself wanting to read the Bible more; even though at times I felt fear based...at times I felt anger…at times I felt confusion…I still kept on reading it. Eventually the desire to smoke and drink? It started to loose its grip on me., I stopped desiring it, I was starting to break free from it.

I began craving stillness, peace, and quiet time with God—things that felt so much better than the chaos that used to take over my mind. Before, I used substances or even Netflix, streaming, social media to silence the noise. But now, I was finding healthier ways to heal—by getting active, reading…not just the bible but filling my mind with positive things not fiction, fantasy, or mystery but actual self-help development books, praying, and focusing on things that built me up instead of breaking me down.

And these small changes began to set me on a completely different path. A path that saved my life. Even in that path I still went the wrong way spiritually, but he redirected me then too, years later. Even up to now, you know I had support... I had unknown help.

Years later, I went to support a family member at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I was surprised by how much God is involved in those meetings. Hearing people openly talk about God’s role in their recovery moved me to tears. I realized I had walked through my own version of recovery on my own—but I hadn’t really been alone. God had been with me the entire time and he was answering my prayers and at that moment was just another confirmation of how real and faithful He is.

When you seek Him, He shows up. He guides you. He opens doors. He makes a way where there seems to be no way. Just like He parted the Red Sea, He creates paths forward when we feel trapped. And as Scripture says, He will never give you more than you can bear.

For me, it was at my lowest point that I became most open to hearing Him clearly. I began willingly to obey His guidance, the same way a child might finally listen to their parents after realizing they were right all along. And just like the prodigal son, sometimes we have to hit rock bottom to realize we’re safest and strongest in the arms of the One who loves us most.

And I want to be honest with you: I thought God was just going to snap His fingers and do all the work for me. I thought He was just going to magically fix everything. But that’s not how it works. We all have a cross to carry. We each have to deal with the consequences of our choices, the battles we face, and the healing that’s required from the things we’ve been through.

Here is the beautiful part: God never asked us to do it alone. He asks us to lay our burdens at the foot of the cross. To give Him our pain, our trauma, our regrets, and our shame. Because Jesus already paid the price. He already conquered it all but to receive that freedom, we have to accept Him as Lord and Savior.

Without Jesus, the cycles just repeat but with Jesus through the new covenant of His grace, when we seek Him with all our heart, when we lean on His understanding instead of our own, when we open ourselves to His leadership—that’s when true healing begins.

And the more you experience that healing, that restoration….the more you realize you never want to go back to who you used to be. And yes, sometimes we do slip back into old habits but the beauty of God's grace is that through Jesus, we can repent, get back up, and keep moving forward.

But the work will always be ours to do. And it might feel even harder the next time. But don't give up.

Like Jesus said, “Your sins are forgiven. But go and sin no more.”

Sin is heavy. The weight of it is exhausting but Jesus offers us a lighter yoke. A new way. And it all begins with being willing to listen. To repent. To forgive. To walk by faith.

And most of all, to trust in the unseen, knowing that God is always working, even when we can't see it.

I hope this helps you to understand a little bit of my passion again about why even I established this podcast. You have seen my journey from the very beginning of the podcast all the way to today. Not always perfect, but I'm here. I’m showing up.

Now the questions for you are:

What have you been turning to for comfort or coping?
Is it social media? A relationship? Food? Alcohol? Work? Success? Or maybe even your own emotions like anger, fear, or sadness?
What have you been holding onto that God has been asking you to release?
That pain, that trauma, that identity you built from survival—are you still carrying it when He's been asking you to lay it down?
Are you truly inviting God into your healing?
Or are you expecting Him to do all the work without your participation? Are you willing to take the first step?
What would it look like for you to give Him your full yes today?
Not halfway, not just on Sundays, but fully surrendering your heart, your mind, your habits, and your desires….
- to showing up to Him every single day, praying, reading his Bible.
- to say thank you for the blessings,
- to saying thank you even in the challenges, because those challenges could be the discipline that's teaching you.

Thank you for spending this time with me today and I hope this blesses you. And I just want to say God bless and take care. Thank you for joining me.

~ Rebecca McCants ~

"A faith-based coach dedicated to helping you grow spiritually, break free from limitations, and walk boldly in your God-given purpose."

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