Faithfulness vs. Performance

Leading The Way Radio Podcast

Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

4.9 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The longing of every Christ-follower is to hear God say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." But what are the qualities of a faithful servant of God? Teaching from the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, Dr. Michael Youssef shares how we can overcome a performance mentality and serve God out of the overflow of a grateful heart. If today’s teaching stirred a question, burden, or need for prayer, you don’t have to walk through it alone. 🙏 Pastoral Care & Prayer Teams Our trained prayer partners and pastoral care team are available to pray with you and offer Biblical support. https://ltw.org/care 💬 Receive personal answers to your faith questions—anytime, day or night—at: https://myfaithassistant.com If you’ve been blessed by this podcast, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help extend this ministry—so another person can be encouraged, prayed for, and pointed to Christ. ❤️ Support Leading The Way: https://www.ltw.org/donate

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0:00.0	Dr. Michael Youssef with a few pointed questions to begin this episode of leading the way.
0:09.0	Every one of us have been entrusted with the management of the spiritual and material assets.
0:17.0	None of us can say, well, I really don't have anything to manage.
0:22.5	I don't have anything to invest.
0:25.2	And so the question is, how faithful are you?
0:29.2	How faithful am I in our stewardship of the resources and gifts that God placed in our hearts,
0:35.4	including the very breath that we take. That's a gift
0:38.6	from God. Thank you for making time for leading the way with pastor and author Dr. Michael
0:45.4	Yousaf. Get ready for a pointed challenge that will change the direction of your life as you
0:52.2	evaluate if you're merely fulfilling a duty or being
0:56.1	totally faithful in your relationship with Christ. I hope that you're able to listen to this
1:01.7	entire leading the way audio message appropriately called faithfulness versus performance.
1:09.9	And if you're not able to stay through to the end,
1:12.3	remember that you can check out multiple ways to consume Dr. Yousaf's content at
1:17.9	LTW.org.
1:20.8	Since you're here, listen now as Dr. Yousef begins.
1:26.5	Jesus taught many times about the importance of faithfulness, of diligence, of hard work,
1:36.8	faithfulness without resources, prudent with our investments of life, all of life, not just money, a faithful worship, faithful stewardship
1:48.0	with all of our spiritual and material assets about moral and ethical lessons regarding
1:55.3	hard work and diligence and faithfulness.
1:58.3	So you can begin preparing by turning to Matthew 25, verses 14 to 30.
2:05.1	In this parable, Jesus teaches us that there are two kinds of people. There are those who are
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