Discipleship can be tough, and there can be some obstacles that make us a bit reluctant.

Today we are talking about Acts chapter 9, being a reluctant disciple maker, and then five reasons God gives us to be hopeful about our calling.

Here I am, God, send me! Go and make disciples.

Okay. Go and make disciples. Welcome to the Sheprews Faithful Podcast, Episode Number 60,

Truth and Encouragement to Live Gospel-Ccentered Lives every day.

I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hi, ladies, thank you so much for joining me on today's show. It is November, which means there's a new

she proofs faithful in the word reading plan out, and it's all about Thanksgiving, gratitude,

and actually what ingratitude looks like. I felt like we would do a little twist on the common thankfulness month.

You know, everybody's posting about what they're thankful for. Well, what happens when we're

not grateful? Well, scripture is very clear and it will surely be a great reading plan this

month. If you're not a part of it, you can sign up free at sheprooffaithful.com

slash Bible. Well, friends, today is the day. Today is the day it happened. My son got into my

mascara and I turned around. This happened at the kitchen table while I was in the kitchen.

He is so mischievous way more than my daughter ever was. I turn around

and I'm like, what is on his face? Did he paint his face? Is there paint somewhere? Then I'm

thinking we have these pumpkins that I spray painted with tape so it could put their name on it. It was

very messy and not pretty. But I'm thinking, did he rub his face all over the pumpkin and get

spray paint on it? No. It's my mascara. But I'm thinking, did he rub his face all over the pumpkin and get spray paint on it?

No. It's my mascara. But here's the silver lining in this is that when we were at King Supers the other

day, I needed a new mascara and I said, River, I like this one. It's my go-to. In case you're wondering,

it's the cheap cover girl, like lash, lash blast. It's an orange tube. It's awesome. I love it. It's my go-to. But there's a pink one that looks just like it. And River's like, do pink, mom, go pink. Do you listen to four-year-olds? They would say pink anything. They would eat pink asparagus. I can't get you to eat green asparagus, but you'll eat pink asparagus? That's

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