The Place Beyond Okay | Restriction | Judah Smith

Churchome with Judah Smith

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week’s message is all about something we usually avoid — saying no. But what if restriction isn’t about missing out, and is actually the key to living with more peace, focus, and freedom? Judah breaks down why boundaries are a gift, and how trust in God shapes the way we say no. If you're feeling stretched thin or stuck in overload, this message might be exactly what you didn’t know you needed. Discussion Questions: 1. Where in your life do you need to start saying “no,” and what do you think might change if you actually did? 2. Do you see boundaries as burdens or blessings—and how might God be using them to protect or guide you? SUBSCRIBE TODAY for Weekly Service messages, Daily Guided Prayers, & more! Download the FREE Churchome app in the Apple App store or Google Play store! https://www.churchome.org/appSUBSCRIBE TODAY for Weekly Service messages, Daily Guided Prayers, & more! Download the FREE Churchome app in the Apple App store or Google Play store! https://www.churchome.org/app

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, welcome to the church home podcast with Judah Smith. My amazing husband. My name is Chelsea,
0:05.3	and he is about to give you an incredible message. And I know we are going to hear about Jesus and his love for you.
0:11.8	And if there's anything we can do as a church home community, we would love to serve you.
0:16.5	You can come to churchhome.org slash pastor chat, and we would love to have a conversation with you and just meet
0:22.0	you exactly where you are. Enjoy the message. Welcome back to another weekly service. We have dedicated
0:28.5	the month of July 2025 to the place beyond okay. The place beyond okay. Like, have I asked you,
0:40.0	are you okay? What would you answer?
0:45.2	If you're like me, sometimes it's like, I don't know. Do you remember as a kid, someone asked you how she'd go, mm-hmm, if you ever do that? Mm-hmm. Which is like, I don't know.
0:50.6	Like, are you okay? I don't know. How do I know if I'm okay? By the way, I don't just want to be okay. How do I know how to be better than okay or beyond okay? Well, that takes us back to the beginning, the original environment for the human being to flourish.
1:12.7	It's the garden.
1:13.9	And in the garden, we see four elements that make up the most optimal environment for man.
1:21.4	Now, keep in mind, these four elements are introduced before there is sin.
1:26.9	So once the sin problem is solved through the
1:30.2	finished work of Jesus, we now can approach relationship, rest, restriction, and responsibility.
1:38.1	Redemption has solved the sin problem. Now, let's investigate and ask ourselves, like if I asked you, how are your
1:45.1	relationships, how are you resting, how is your restriction, and how is your responsibility?
1:50.7	What I have done over the process of the last several years as this construct has helped me
1:57.2	in formation and flourishing, I've just ranked them. Oftentimes, relationship can be a good
2:04.0	one for me, so I rank it number one. I'm really doing good leaning in on my four important
2:08.7	relationships and I investigate them, maybe rest I can be really good at. So that's number two. And then
2:15.1	maybe restriction is number four. So now know suddenly i got to ask
2:20.4	myself what am i saying no to and i want to start this week we're talking about restriction
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