The Mentor’s Table podcast | S1E2: Surrendering Even When You KNOW Better
In today’s episode, we’re going to step on some of my fellow recovering-control-freak’s toes. When we’re talking about God’s invitation to surrender, there is no caveat that says we can wait until it starts to make sense to us.
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In today’s episode, we’re going to step on some of my fellow recovering-control-freak’s toes. We’ll start with Jesus asking Simon (Peter) to lower his nets in the sea after he’s been fishing all night and caught nothing. As a fisherman by trade, Peter KNOWS BETTER, yet he answers, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets” (Luke 5:5 esv).
When we’re talking about God’s invitation to surrender, there is no caveat that says we can wait until it starts to make sense to us.
How About You?
Which of your past experiences does Peter’s example trigger in your memory?
Do you still find yourself hung up on waiting for the understanding to come before the surrender?
Are there any practices/habits you have implemented that have helped you be able to surrender before you understood the why?
Places where we can continue this conversation:
In the comments right here ⬇️
Email at hello@joyabad.com
On Instagram @joyabaddotcom
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The Mentor’s Table podcast | S1E1: The S-Word
Let’s begin the conversation about everyone’s favorite s-word (please note the sarcasm dripping off that statement). Here’s where we dive into the nitty gritty truths about surrender.
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In this episode, we begin to tackle the s-word—surrender. We’ll begin with a moment of silence so we can focus and come back into our bodies while we listen to what God is saying to us.
Surrender is a whole-body; whole-life action verb that too often gets glossed over with sweeping generalizations. In this episode we’ll begin to talk about some of the nuances to the word and why I’m choosing to focus on it for this season.
Conversation starters:
* Which subtitle resonated with you and why?
The Nitty Gritty Parts of Surrender—Invitations to develop callouses on your soul and muscle memory in your body to let go
God’s invitations to live from a posture of open hands, open heart, eyes fixed
* Do you believe that the ability to surrender requires building spiritual muscle memory, or do you believe it primarily is dependent on something else? Please explain.
Places where we can continue this conversation:
In the comments right here ⬇️
Email at hello@joyabad.com
On Instagram @joyabaddotcom
Our next episode will drop on Wednesday, November 20th. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts so you don’t miss it.
The Mentor’s Table Podcast Trailer
At this virtual table, we are gathering a community of followers of Jesus longing for rich, nutrient-dense spiritual meals for our souls. Join the conversation as an act of resistance to the feelings of loneliness plaguing so many of us. You’re not alone anymore. Pull up a chair.
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Welcome! I’m Joy your host here at this virtual table.
I’m a teacher, writer, spiritual director, girl mom, married for 19 years, recovering control freak.
In this episode we’ll talk about the power of a table, who is invited to this table, the focus of our conversations in season one, and I’ll extend to you a bit of an unorthodox invitation as well as a HUGE disclaimer.
The first episode of this season will drop November 6th, 2024. Please subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts so it will automatically pop up in your feed whenever an episode drops.
Places where we can continue this conversation:
In the comments right here ⬇️
Email at hello@joyabad.com
On Instagram @joyabaddotcom