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Episode 14: Courage to Try New Things: Trusting God When Obedience Feels Risky

June 24, 2025 • Tony & Kristy • Episode 14

🎙️ Episode 14: Courage to Try New Things: Trusting God When Obedience Feels Risky

Trusting God sounds simple, until obedience asks you to let go of something you love.

Faith doesn’t erase fear, it teaches you to walk through it.

In this episode, Kristy shares a powerful story from her sociology classroom about farmers who refused life-changing improvements, not because they didn’t want better, but because the risk felt too great. That story becomes the foundation for a conversation about doubt, control, and the quiet ways fear keeps us from moving when God calls.

From the story of Doubting Thomas to the hesitations of Gideon, Kristy and Tony unpack what it means to trust when obedience feels costly. Whether you’re wrestling with a decision, a calling, or a change you didn’t choose, this episode will remind you that risk can be holy when God is the one leading.

🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

Why we often choose survival over growth
The surprising root of Thomas’s doubt
What Gideon teaches us about asking for confirmation
Why control is so hard to release and what trust really means
How to pray when you’re not sure you can take the next step

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