🎙️ Faith Fail Fridays: Lost in Tokyo 📖 Scripture

Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV) "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

📌 Episode Summary

In this Faith Fail Fridays episode, Rob Skinner shares a memorable (and slightly terrifying) moment from his time in Japan—when a simple sunrise run before preaching turned into getting completely lost in rural Tokyo just minutes before his sermon.

What started as a confident shortcut became a humbling reminder of how easily we can lose our way when we rely on our own understanding instead of God's direction. Through humor, honesty, and Scripture, Rob draws a powerful spiritual lesson about trust, humility, and slowing down long enough to ask God for guidance.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Faith fails often happen when confidence replaces dependence on God

• Being lost spiritually usually starts with assuming we "know the way"

• God hasn't abandoned us—we've just stopped asking for direction

• God is always ready to straighten paths when we turn back to Him

• Even detours can become lessons that strengthen faith and humility

🔥 Faith Fail Story Highlights

• A sunrise run before preaching in Japan goes wrong

• A "shortcut" through a golf course leads to being lost for hours

• Asking for directions at a 7-Eleven—and hearing the word "far"

• Sprinting back just in time to preach while the church worried

• A powerful reminder that preparation includes spiritual direction

🎯 10X Takeaway

A short detour becomes a long disaster when we stop trusting God's direction.

🙌 Call to Action

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