How Hesitating Robs Us Of Our Blessing: Knowing God’s Voice, Daily Bible Study, Daily Devotional

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Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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How Hesitating Robs Us Of Our Blessing: Knowing God’s Voice, Daily Bible Study, Daily Devotional In this episode, Rachael explores the story of Deborah and Barak from the Book of Judges, focusing on themes of hesitation, obedience, and leadership. She highlights how Deborah's unwavering faith and clarity in hearing God's voice contrasts with Barak's hesitation and reliance on her presence for courage. The discussion emphasizes the importance of trusting God's direction, even in uncertainty, and the consequences of hesitation in fulfilling one's calling. This podcast devotional is a companion to Knowing God’s Voice, Grab Your Printed Copy Here! Show Information: ☆Have a question for Rachael? Ask it here: Ask Rachael a Question ☆Join Rachael for Bible Study Live in Rome this fall: BibleStudyLive.org ☆Join Rachael for Knowing Jesus Live this October: Knowing Jesus Live ☆Get Ad-Free Episodes, Bonus Content, and more here: ⁠ patreon.com/HearingJesus⁠ ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child ☆Schedule Spiritual Direction or Life Coaching with Rachael here: One on One Session ☆If you would like to give to Hearing Jesus and financially support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ Give Here ☆Connect further with Rachael ! ☆Facebook ➤https://www.facebook.com/SheHears.org/ ☆Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/rachael.d.groll/ ☆Website ➤ Hearing Jesus ☆Shop Christian Resources ➤ https://www.rachaelgroll.com/resources ☆Coaching/Spiritual Direction ➤ https://www.rachaelgroll.com/coaching Takeaways: Hesitation can reveal much about leadership and trust in God. Deborah's confidence came from knowing God's voice. Barak's hesitation illustrates the struggle with obedience. God's call often comes with a promise of victory. Leadership is about partnership, not competition. Obedience doesn't require having all the answers. Courage can mean saying yes despite fear. God can still use us even when we hesitate. Deborah's leadership was focused on fruitfulness. Trusting God's voice is essential for effective leadership. Chapters: 00:00 The Call to Courage: Deborah and Barak's Story 09:55 Hesitation and Obedience: Lessons from Barak 17:08 Trusting God's Voice: The Path to Leadership Bible, Bible Study, Devotions, Devotional, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth, hearing God’s voice, Hearing God, Hearing Jesus, Praying, Pray, God’s Word, Scriptures Hearing Jesus, Knowing God's Voice, Female Prophets, Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Christian Podcast, Faith Journey, Obedience, God's Communication, Personal Reflections, prophecy, faith, surrender, spiritual gifts, women's ministry, Christian podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.8	Hey friends. I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus Podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.
1:16.4	Have you ever since God calling you to do something, but you hesitated?
1:23.2	Maybe it felt too risky or it felt too big or you didn't feel qualified or ready.
1:31.4	Well, in today's episode, we're looking at one of the most relatable moments in Deborah's story when the military leader, Barack, hesitated.
1:34.9	And Deborah had to lead with courage.
1:39.6	We talked a little bit about this yesterday, but we're going to dive deeper into that story today.
1:46.5	We're talking about the hesitation, because in that hesitation, we learn a lot, not just about leadership, but about what it means to trust the voice of God, even when others don't.
1:54.4	This episode picks up where we left off in judges, and we're going to walk slowly through
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