Name: When God Redirects Your Calling
Uploaded: 2025-07-23T13:00:00+00:00
Duration: 54 min 4 s
Description: When a long-time pastor/counselor senses a call to plant a church, everything should click… right? In this conversation, Cory Potter (host of Mind & Faith Matters, trained Christian counselor and orda

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When a long-time pastor/counselor senses a call to plant a church, everything should click… right? In this conversation, Cory Potter (host of Mind & Faith Matters, trained Christian counselor and ordained minister) shares the unexpected wilderness that followed—how he wrestled with calling, waited for direction, and found a different kind of ministry in a season of physical limits.

We talk about practicing discernment (including a “40-day” decision window), leading without a platform, authentic community beyond Sunday performance, contentment vs. striving, and what to do when your plans stall but God hasn’t gone silent.

If you’ve felt delayed, overlooked, or redirected, this one’s for you.

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Timestamps / Chapters

00:00 Welcome & who Cory is
02:10 A childhood moment that changed everything
05:20 “I think you’re calling the wrong guy”—wrestling with calling
08:55 The 40-day discernment experiment (and what matched up)
12:40 Moving for ministry… and the unexpected setting
15:35 The fall, the headaches, and living in limbo
18:55 “Why me?” vs. “What now?”—a better wilderness question
22:10 When church looks different than Sunday production
26:20 Contentment, obedience, and serving with limits
31:30 What community looked like when he couldn’t “perform”
35:45 Spiritual gifts & authenticity without the spotlight
41:50 Practical hope for delayed callings
49:45 Prayer for listeners