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How to Turn Your Ordinary Life Into Your Mission Field (The Wild Invitation Study Ep. 7)

For The Girl

Mac Bridges & Kenz Durham

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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We’ve made it to the final week of our Bible study through The Wild Invitation, and wow — what a ride through the book of Acts! This week, we’re reflecting on how the early church’s boldness and reliance on the Holy Spirit weren’t just for then — they’re for us today, too. We talk about living as modern-day witnesses of Jesus, navigating seasons of quiet obedience, and how to follow the Spirit’s lead in our everyday lives (even if that means striking up a convo at a pizza shop). We also open up about feeling inspired and overwhelmed — how sometimes the mission feels big when we’re weary or in a harder season. But Acts reminds us: God uses the ordinary. The story’s not over. We’re invited in. It’s not just their story — it’s ours too. Let’s say yes to this wild, bold, Spirit-led life. In This Episode 00:00 – Welcome Back: Wrapping Up Acts04:00 – Icebreaker: Miracles and Mega-Church Pastors06:30 – So What Now? The Acts Invitation to Us09:30 – Living Boldly Even When Life Feels Hard13:00 – What Does It Mean to Be a Witness?15:00 – The Boldness to Follow the Spirit (Even at Pizza Night)18:00 – Letting the Spirit Highlight the People Around You21:00 – Little Acts of Boldness Go a Long Way23:00 – Practical Ways to Live It Out28:00 – One Last Surprise: The Next Study is Coming!29:45 – Final Encouragement & Farewell ⁠ORDER OUR NEW STUDY!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ This seven-week, verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts invites you to embrace the unpredictable, sometimes challenging adventure of Spirit-led living that characterized the early church. Thanks to Our Sponsors Operation Christmas Child: Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, partners with churches to collect and distribute gift-filled shoeboxes to millions of children around the world, telling them the Good News of Jesus Christ, God’s Greatest Gift. NIV Application Study Bible - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grab your copy today!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Winshape: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more or submit your application today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Mercy Ships: Please donate today at ⁠⁠⁠MercyShips.org/podcast⁠⁠⁠ Omaha Steaks: Visit ⁠⁠⁠OmahaSteaks.com ⁠⁠⁠for 50% off sitewide during their Sizzle All the Way Sale. And for an extra $35 off, use promo code FUN at checkout. If you’d like to partner with For The Girl as a sponsor, fill out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise With Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form! Follow us! 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthegirl___ https://www.instagram.com/macleighbridges/ https://www.instagram.com/kenzraedurham/ Subscribe! 🍏⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎧⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📹⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, welcome back to our final week of Bible study through the wild invitation.

0:16.0

It's wild.

0:16.6

Your studies are well loved.

0:19.5

Your Bible has a few more highlights and underlines. And you are just pumped about the Book of Acts. And everybody you're talking to, your mom, your sister, your friends, your boyfriend, your husband, your two-year-olds, you're telling them about the Holy Spirit at work in your life, all these amazing things that

0:39.3

happen in the early church, and you're just, you're ready to go. And that's kind of the

0:42.6

conversation we're going to have today to wrap this thing up. But it's been so awesome and

0:48.6

incredible. Do you have a favorite moment in Acts? Probably.

0:54.8

We didn't talk about it much in this series, but you can just read it and it's straight

0:59.6

up hilarious.

1:00.2

It's when Paul gets stuck on Malta.

1:06.8

And gets fit by a snake and just like, it's crazy.

1:10.8

And it's also really, I got a good laugh writing it in the study. So if you didn't make it all the way to that part in the Bible study, you should read. You're really missing out. You're really missing out. That was her time to shine. A little humor. Yeah. You were loving it. I remember that. A more like, like, yeah, it's something you could work with for humor. You know, there wasn't a lot in acts that you could like do spinoffs with. So that was pretty fun. That's funny. You know, as you held up that book, I was thinking about the fact that you are, I'm really impressed by the way you fill out Bible studies. What do you mean? You are the girl who, like, answers every single one of those reflection questions and fills in every blank. How do you know this? You know, what's weird? Have you been snooping on my Bible studies? I have a Bible study of yours. I think it's in my feels that, that like you did. And it's like at my house.

2:02.3

Really? Does that make you really uncomfortable? Yeah. Wow. That's a vulnerable one.

2:07.4

It's kind of like reading your journal. No, it's only like halfway filled out.

2:12.1

That's hilarious. But yeah. Well, it's like only because I think you have stopped at a certain point, but you filled out every...

2:18.2

You think that people doing our studies are filling in every blank, you know? I'm sure there are some girls who fill in every single blank religiously. And then I'm... It's probably some girls like you who are like one-word answers. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can picture my head, even though I don't know if I've ever specifically seen it, but like your chicken scratch writing and like two words answering like the blank that's like this big. Yeah. That's probably true for you, right? No, 100%. Yeah. And every time we're writing Bible studies, I'm like, I'm always the one to like try to nick stuff like that. I'm like, Mack, that's too much. Well, and Ken's always wants to ask the question that's like, are you ready?

2:55.5

And then you get two options. Heck yeah. Or let's go. Yes or now. And I'm always like, that is so silly.

3:05.5

But we leave in a couple just for her guys.

3:07.7

You're like, I really got to let them.

3:09.3

Yeah.

3:09.7

Yeah.

3:10.3

It's so true. Are you ready? Heck yeah. That's always what they say. Oh, yeah. It's good that we have each other. It's good that we have each other to write these studies with. We balance it out. Yeah. That's hilarious. Anyways, okay, today I wanted to open up with a question, a little icebreaker moment, our last one. Perfect. I'm ready. Do you want like a spicy one? No. Or do you want like a modest one? I just want you to pick one and go with it. Okay, so you have two options once again. Sorry, you just do. And I know which option. In this episode, She was like, okay, my problem is I never ready.

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