God Never Asked for That: Empty Sacrifice, Gentle Correction, and Learning to Obey with Joy

Episode 17 - God Never Asked for That: Empty Sacrifice, Gentle Correction, and Learning to Obey with Joy

After a couple months away from the mic, we’re back—and this conversation is exactly what brought us here.

We took a pause because something wasn’t sitting right. The joy we once felt doing this podcast started to fade, replaced by pressure, performance, and questions about whether we were doing what God actually asked of us… or just what we thought we were supposed to do.

This episode is us unpacking all of that. It’s a real-time conversation about obedience, burnout, and the quiet ways God gently redirects our hearts when we start to drift from His purpose. We talk about the temptation to turn faith into effort, the false belief that it only “counts” if it’s hard, and what it looks like to return—not just to the podcast, but to joy-filled, surrendered obedience.
If you’ve ever wondered, “Did God even ask me to do this?”—you are not alone. And maybe, like us, you’re being invited to do it differently this time.

1 Samuel 15:22 — “To obey is better than sacrifice…”

Ephesians 2:8-9 — “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith…”

Timestamps:
00:00 – Why We Took a Break (And Why We're Back)
04:25 – When Obedience Becomes Performance
10:15 – The Family Command Center & the Grace to Invest
16:40 – Faith Without the Frenzy: Returning to Joy
24:50 – Obedience, Sacrifice & Misaligned Hustle
33:10 – What This Podcast Is (and Isn’t) Going Forward

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