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Mar 2024
1h 19m

EP.108 The Cost Of Following Jesus

In The Fire
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What if God told you to leave everything you're used to, to go into the unknown? As we continue to walk with Jesus, we run into hard decision moments where we are asked to sacrifice our comfort, desires, pleasures, and sometimes even our lives, however, the question is: WILL YOU OBEY? Will you surrender it in order to receive something greater?  In this episode we’ve brought our great friend Samuel to discuss everything from the cost of following Jesus to learning to obey through the hardest obedience,, tune in for an amazing conversation filled with honesty, transparency, new perspectives, encouragement, and so much more. This episode is a MUST WATCH!

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