The Practical Missions Podcast
Pod # 14 Kowing God Personally
God doesn’t care about your productivity levels
In this Pod, I have a great conversation with a man who knows God well and knows Him personally. He talked with me about dealing with anxiety on the field, the feeling of lack of identity after reentry, his dramatic conversation to Christ, his desire for the lost to be saved, and so much more.
Timeline
- 1:00 How did you come to faith and end up in the Middle East?
- 14:43 The gap between expectations and reality on the field.
- 17:32 What are some characteristics of a healthy cross-cultural worker?
- 22:00 How do the values of the West differ from the Middle East?
- 27:01 Anxiety on the field
- 33:00 How did you measure success and deal with comparison?
- 36:25 Were you able to find a healthy rest/work rhythm on the field?
- 41:23 What did reentry look like for you?
- 47:35 Was your faith shaken during reentry?
- 52:57 Did you struggle as you moved back into a secular context?
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
My biggest problem was that my objective was to do things for the people around me. But I realized that God is not requiring you to do things. He’s requiring you as a person, not what you are doing.
Pod # 14 Kowing God Personally
God doesn’t care about your productivity levels
In this Pod, I have a great conversation with a man who knows God well and knows Him personally. He talked with me about dealing with anxiety on the field, the feeling of lack of identity after reentry, his dramatic conversation to Christ, his desire for the lost to be saved, and so much more.
My biggest problem was that my objective was to do things for the people around me. But I realized that God is not requiring you to do things. He’s requiring you as a person, not what you are doing.
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
Timeline
- 1:00 How did you come to faith and end up in the Middle East?
- 14:43 The gap between expectations and reality on the field.
- 17:32 What are some characteristics of a healthy cross-cultural worker?
- 22:00 How do the values of the West differ from the Middle East?
- 27:01 Anxiety on the field
- 33:00 How did you measure success and deal with comparison?
- 36:25 Were you able to find a healthy rest/work rhythm on the field?
- 41:23 What did reentry look like for you?
- 47:35 Was your faith shaken during reentry?
- 52:57 Did you struggle as you moved back into a secular context?
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