EP 74: The Discipline of Discomfort

In Totality with Megan Ashley

Megan Ashley

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

My friend, Hayley Mulenda & I sit down to unpack what God’s been teaching both of us-- discomfort is a discipline, and avoiding it might be the very thing holding us back from intimacy with him.

Today, we live in a world where everything is designed for speed and convenience. Amazon delivers in hours, food shows up at our door, and even spirituality seems available at the click of a button, but when it comes to following Jesus there are no shortcuts.

In this episode, Hayley shares how a health scare forced her into a season of total dependence on God, and I talk about how the Lord is looking for even more intimacy with us in this time, and what it’s like to feel stretched by the weight of the calling. If you feel like God is requiring an increase in intimacy and dependence on Him, this one's for you!

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0:49.7	What's up, you guys? Listen, this week on In Totality, we are having an amazing conversation with my friend. I don't want to spoil who it is yet, but she's my good friend. And we are talking about convenience. Is your life of convenience hindering your spiritual life of discipline? We're going to get into all the things.
1:11.0	But listen, you're going, this one might sting a little bit, but it's good.
1:14.9	It's going to be good for you.
1:16.5	And yeah, the conversation is great.
1:18.0	And you're about to tune in to another great conversation with my special guest.
1:22.8	You'll have to wait to see who it is.
1:24.2	But I really think you enjoy it.
1:25.4	Make sure you send this to a friend, send it to a family member, somebody that you
1:29.2	think after you watch it, somebody you think it would be, it would benefit them to listen
1:33.0	to this episode.
1:33.8	So send it to them, but just put your seatbelt on.
1:37.0	Okay?
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