How would your life change if you truly believed that God is delighted in you right now?

In this episode of Living Influence, Bill, Scott, and Waldemar address the quiet frustration of the exhausted believer who wonders why faith doesn’t seem to “work.” They discuss why many feel their faith is failing when they rely on personal effort over the finished work of Jesus. The hosts explain that true rest and joy come from shifting focus from "becoming" to simply living out of one’s established identity in Christ. By embracing humility and being authentic with God and others, believers can finally step into a life defined by grace and mutual love.

Topics Bill Thrall, Scott Boyd, and Waldemar Kohl discuss in this episode:

(02:14) Challenging the phrase “my faith is not working” and questions whether faith has subtly become effort rather than trust.

(04:21) Exploring how turning spiritual growth into self-effort leads directly to exhaustion.

(06:28) The difference between striving to become godly and expressing who you already are.

(09:39) Can you trust that God is already delighted in you?

(10:54) God actually enjoys His people and offers them His joy.

(15:17) Grace is given to the humble and defines humility as trusting God “with me.”

(18:39) Scott describes the powerful experience of being fully known in a safe community and discovering love instead of rejection.

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