Is It God Speaking?: Episode 806
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Knowing God’s voice, plus part two of a conversation on self-control, and how to stop imagining worst-case scenarios.
Featured musical artist: Stu Garrard
Roundtable: Distinguishing God’s Voice From Mine
As Christians, we want to hear God’s voice, but how do we know it’s actually Him speaking? We second-guess a decision or direction, or we put out another proverbial fleece, or we wait for a bright light or booming voice — that never comes. Our guests break down their own challenges in hearing from God, including overcoming the paralysis of not knowing who or what to believe.
Culture: Learning Self-Control (Part 2)
You started the year with good intentions, but they were short-lived. Now more than halfway through 2023, all of your goals, resolutions, and “I’ll do betters” have fallen by the wayside. Fortunately, author Drew Dyck is here to help. He’s consulted both the Bible and brain science to find out why self-control is so hard, but also how we can strategically build the muscle to help us form good habits that will go the distance. In part two of our conversation, Drew talks about The Habit Loop, relying on God’s strength, and how to beat technology addiction.
Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science
Inbox: Help for Overthinkers
Our listener is struggling with overthinking things to the point where he imagines scenarios that don’t happen. Our producer, John Peardon, is no stranger to this — so he’ll encourage us with strategies that have helped him find peace of mind.
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| 1:01.8 | Well, folks, here we are for this week's episode of The Boundless Show and a little preview of what is coming up later on for our inbox. How do you stop overthinking little things and kind of projecting out worst case scenarios, everything that goes in tandem with that. Well, one of our listeners is struggling with this very thing. |
| 1:29.4 | And so these are sometimes things that don't even happen. So our producer, John Pyrden, |
| 1:34.4 | who also has kind of had issues in this area, is going to weigh in on that. And then for our |
| 1:39.5 | culture segment, author Drew Dick is back with us to talk more about his book, Your Future Self Will Thank You, |
| 1:46.3 | which is all about self-control, which who doesn't need that? So he's going to continue the |
| 1:50.8 | conversation on implementing better habits in your life, and so you don't want to miss it. Okay, |
| 1:55.9 | here we are for our roundtable, and we're going to have a fun discussion around hearing the voice of God. And we have |
| 2:03.1 | John Pearden. We have Katie Marr and introducing our own boundless summer intern Valley Weiss. Hey, |
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