Real Faith Stories

If you're praying for God to show you your purpose, stop. This episode explains why and unpacks the real difference between knowing your purpose and calling.

Calling is what God has already placed in you. Purpose is what unfolds as you walk it out. Most of us get this backwards by trying to define our purpose first and then asking God to bless it. This episode reveals a different way: stop chasing purpose as a destination and start recognizing the calling that's already there.

You'll learn:

• Why calling is the root and purpose is the fruit — not the other way around
• Why purpose isn't a finish line but something that keeps unfolding across seasons
• How to recognize your calling
• Why Romans 11:29 — "the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable" — is the anchor for the whole episode

If you're ready to name what God has already placed in you,take the Discover My Purpose Calling Assessment at www.DiscoverMyPurpose.com.

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Psalm 68:20: "God is to us a God of deliverances, and to God the Lord belong escapes from death."

In this episode, Brian traces two Hebrew words hidden in that verse — yeshu'ot, the plural of deliverance, and totsaot, the exits from death that belong to God alone — and tells the story of an ordinary morning that became one of those exits. Then he follows the root word yasha to a discovery that overwhelmed him: the plural pattern of rescue scattered across thousands of years of Scripture eventually arrives in history not as a concept, but as a person.

Deliverance became flesh. The noun became a name. And his name is Yeshua.

Before this episode ends, Brian asks you to do one thing: trace your own deliverances. Not in theory — in your actual life. Because a faith that can point to a specific act of rescue has something to hold onto when the next dark moment comes. And the exits from death still belong to him.

If this episode makes you ask what God saved you for, that's the question the calling assessment at discovermypurpose.com is built to help you answer.

🎵 Recommended listening after this episode: I Speak Jesus – Charity Gayle

Most people hear "narrow way" and think restriction. But the Greek word Jesus uses in Matthew 7:13-14 tells a different story. Thlibō — to press, squeeze, compress — describes not just a small gate but a path that actively shapes the traveler who walks it. A focused way. A refining way.

After a two-year break, Real Faith Stories returns with a passage worth coming back for.

In this episode we take a close look at what Jesus was actually saying when He described the narrow gate — and why the wide road, for all its spaciousness, leads nowhere worth going. True freedom, it turns out, has never been the absence of constraint. It has always been a life aimed at what it was made for.

We close with ten practical ways to actually walk the narrow way in your everyday life. Not as a checklist — but as an invitation to a more focused, more free, and more intentional life.

The narrow road doesn't restrict your freedom. It is your freedom, finally found.

Kim's father appeared as a successful businessman to the world, but behind closed doors, he was an alcoholic who inflicted verbal and emotional abuse upon his family. Silence shrouded their suffering, allowing the abuse to persist year after agonizing year. However, amidst the darkness, Kim found solace in the presence of a horse her father gifted her. Those moments became her only refuge, where she felt safe and comforted, pouring out her heart as her horse grazed in the pasture.

Twenty years later, Kim stumbled upon a book detailing an organization that rescued horses, pairing them with abused children for mutual healing. The impact was profound, stirring the depths of her soul. Tears streamed down her face as she recalled the transformative effect it had on her own life. In that moment, she felt a divine calling. God was inviting her to embark on a journey of faith to establish her own healing ministry with horses for abused children. The stories that have followed are nothing short of miraculous, each one a testament to the power of God’s healing and redemption.

Special Guest: Kim Tschirret.

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Shane Enete has been passionate about money and investing since he was 15 years old. From the theology of financial planning to faith-driven investing to behavioral finance, all his experiences have been informed by a singular event that happened at 13 years old. An event that should have ended his life, but God had other plans.

Special Guest: Shane Enete.

Links:

• About Shane
• Shane's Website
• Shane's Book: Whole Heart Finances
• Dr. Shane Enete | LinkedIn
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Gerald was working non-stop trying to gain traction for his entrepreneurial startup when he took hold of God’s promise of peace found in Philippians 4:7. He prayed for that peace and immediately received it, in overwhelming measure. Then he thought, “If God can give me peace like this, I wonder if He can give me wisdom too?” So, he prayed for wisdom according to James 1:5 and within 30 days, God showed him what he needed for his entrepreneurial venture to take off. That was just the beginning of Gerald’s journey into the incredible power of believing God’s promises in His word.

Special Guest: Gerald Duran.

Links:

• About Gerald
• CanaGlobal | Faith-Driven Venture Studio
• Gerald Duran | LinkedIn
• Gerald Duran | Facebook
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After Beth had an amazing encounter with the Lord which brought immediate healing from multiple physical and emotional afflictions, she wanted to do whatever it would take to continue living in that freedom. This set her on a journey to fully understand how to walk in the power and authority that God promises in His word. Now she teaches others how to unlock that same power and authority for themselves with life-changing results.

Special Guest: Beth Williams.

Links:

• About Beth
• Beth's Website
• Buy Beth's Book: Kingdom Authority
• Beth and Nicole Show - YouTube
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As a real estate investor in over 2,500 deals the past 30 years, Dan has experienced his fair share of intense, stressful, and anxious moments. However, in 2018 he made a commitment, in writing, to give his life and business completely to the Lord as Master Owner of everything. Since then, he’s experienced “a peace that surpasses human understanding.”

Special Guest: Dan Rudat.

Links:

• About Dan
• Dan's Website | Christ Real Estate Investments
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Maggie's favorite quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer is, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” This quote became her guiding principle during an intensely challenging time in her master's program when she was ostracized by her professors and fellow students due to her Christian beliefs and conservative values. However, she remained steadfast in her convictions, leading to an event that garnered national attention. Ultimately, through continual surrender to God's direction, she experienced incredible triumph.

Special Guest: Maggie DeJong.

Links:

• About Maggie
• Maggie's Story | Alliance Defending Freedom
• Alliance Defending Freedom Website
• Instagram | Maggie DeJong
• More about the Real Faith Stories Podcast
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On her 40th birthday, Amy had no idea that a knock on her door would eventually lead to the most powerful faith transformation she could have imagined. Ultimately, her desperation for more of God radically shifted not only her life but also the lives and eternal destiny of her entire family.

Special Guest: Amy Roberts.

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• About Amy
• Facebook | Amy Roberts
• Instagram | Amy Roberts
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