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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 383 - Why So Many Christians Feel Spiritually Numb Today

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Apathy rarely shows itself openly, but it silently dulls conviction, softens courage, and weakens testimony over time. Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar challenge believers to consider whether their once burning zeal for God has gradually faded into comfort and indifference. They explain that apathy is a slow drift—a growing complacency about sin, the lost, and God's glory. They warn that spiritual indifference is dangerous because it often cloaks itself in routine, distraction, and even outward act...

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0:00.0

Apathy is a numbness. What's the question? It's a numbness about what? It's a numbness about the fate of the lost. This is what I think. It's a bedfell of discouragement. When you get discouraged, you tend to become numb and apathetic about the Great Commission. What does it look like? It wakes up in the morning and thinks about itself. How can I make myself most happy today?

0:21.7

It's self-sendom, self-absorbed, and self-indulgent.

0:24.5

But a life that's fueled by zeal for God's will is a life of self-denial.

0:29.2

It wakes up in the morning and says, how can I serve God today?

0:32.2

And from my understanding in Scripture, to do that means to joyfully follow in the footsteps of Jesus,

0:39.3

who said he was here to seek and save that, which is lost.

0:41.6

So nothing in this world matters for me.

0:44.6

It's transient.

0:45.7

It's chasing the wind, but most importantly, it's evil.

0:49.0

You know, we said, oh, life is vented.

0:50.6

This world's vain.

0:51.6

But no, it's evil in God's eyes.

0:53.8

Everything about it is like Lazarus after four days.

0:56.9

It should stink in our nostrils because we want to do God's will.

1:01.7

And so the Christian says with Jesus, let the dead bury the dead, we have something

1:05.8

infinitely more important to do.

1:08.0

And that's to seek and say that which is lost.

1:18.3

It's one thing to talk to yourself.

1:21.9

It's one thing to laugh to yourself.

1:25.0

It's one thing to snort to yourself.

1:31.3

But, Franz, when you do all three of those things at the same time, you know you've got something special going on. That happened with me this morning. Did it?

1:37.3

Yeah. I was in...

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