When God Changes Our Direction: Paula Faris & Jason Brown
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Many of us have had a moment in our lives that define us as people and as servants of God—and sometimes that moment comes at a fork in the road. Which path will you take? The one you’ve worked hard for and the world tells you you should want? Or the one God wants you to take? It’s almost guaranteed that every time you decide to take the Lord’s path, you will encounter mountains of blessings that you’d never have expected. ABC News reporter Paula Faris was at the height of her career when she faced a devastating series of tragedies that forced her to slow down and recognize that God was calling her to go in another direction. Former NFL lineman Jason Brown had worked hard to make his way up the football ladder, eventually becoming the highest-paid center in the sport. It seemed he had everything he wanted, but the luxurious lifestyle he pursued took his focus off his family and marriage which began to suffer, causing him to reassess what he really wanted out of life.
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Interview Quotes:
“And at the end of the day, I think what's most important is that we don't get caught up in the differences, but that we can unite on some of the main tenets of the Bible...the most important thing at the end of the day is that if we are Christians, they'll know it by our love for one another.” - Paula Faris
“I think we owe it to not only ourselves, but we owe it to unbelievers to have a reason for the hope that is within us.” - Paula Faris
“Trying to keep a positive mindset when you're in that valley, when you're circling that city, that this is where the growth is happening and God is getting ready to start a new chapter and write a new chapter in your life.” - Paula Faris
“I don't want to just have five, ten minutes out of the day where I'm talking to God, I try to talk to God throughout my day, and I'm the type of person where I need encouragement throughout the day. So for me, it's a daily conversation. God is always by my side.” - Paula Faris
“Once you ask the spirit to come into your life and to allow you to see things in a new way, you will. And it'll transform your relationship with God. It will transform your belief in God, it’ll transform the way that you see God. And you'll start seeing Him in the sunsets across the sky. You'll start to hear Him in the voices of loved ones and in the faces of loved ones. And you'll feel Him in that gentle breeze and you'll hear Him speaking softly in the depths of your spirit.” - Paula Faris
“What do you want people to truly remember you by at the end of your life?” - Jason Brown
“Everybody on the outside thought that we were this picture perfect family, but on the inside, behind closed doors, we weren't. We were still going to church every single Sunday, and we knew the talk and the lingo of how to put on the fakeness and the front of being a good Christian. Right? But when we left church and came back home, you know, there was no true mission. There was no true obedience to Christ.” - Jason Brown
“Because of my success and my pride in sports and football, it developed an arrogance that I thought I was strong enough and smart enough to be in control and to fight hard enough in my flesh and figure this thing out. And Jesus simply told me that there's nothing that you can do in and of yourself that can bring about the faithfulness that He desires for me.” - Jason Brown
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| 0:00.0 | There are times I felt like I remember after we had moved to New York shortly after |
| 0:06.0 | I was like, God, I think I'm going to lose my religion if you don't show up soon. |
| 0:10.6 | It was just one thing after another and I think knowing in hindsight that God is using |
| 0:16.5 | those moments to really refine us and to test us, to test our trust in Him. |
| 0:25.8 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast! Many of us have had a moment in our lives that |
| 0:30.2 | define us as people and as servants of God and sometimes that moment comes at a fork |
| 0:35.4 | in the road. Which path will you take? The one you worked hard for and the world tells |
| 0:40.0 | you you should one or the one God wants you to take. It's almost guaranteed that every |
| 0:44.9 | time you decide to take the Lord's path, you will encounter mountains of blessings that |
| 0:49.4 | you'd never have expected. |
| 0:55.6 | ABC News reporter Paula Ferris was at the height of her career when she faced a devastating |
| 1:00.8 | series of tragedies that forced her to slow down and recognize that God was calling her |
| 1:05.4 | to go in another direction. Former NFL lineman Jason Brown had worked hard to make his way |
| 1:10.4 | up the football ladder, eventually becoming the highest paid center in the sport. It seemed |
| 1:15.0 | he had everything he wanted, but the luxurious lifestyle he pursued took his focus office |
| 1:19.5 | family and marriage, which began to suffer, causing him to reassess what he really wanted |
| 1:24.0 | out of life. Let's begin with Paula's story. |
| 1:28.2 | My name is Paula Ferris and I reference myself, I'm a journalist, a podcaster, an author |
| 1:36.6 | and speaker, but when it really comes down to it, I'm mom, I'm a wife, I'm a Jesus lover, |
| 1:43.9 | I'm curious, I ask a lot of questions and I like to champion and challenge people. That's |
| 1:48.0 | how I describe myself. |
| 1:52.5 | My nickname growing up was Paula 20 questions, so I've just had this natural innate curiosity |
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