How to Follow God’s Calling When You’re Afraid

What does it look like to follow God’s calling when fear, risk, and uncertainty are real? In Episode 72 of The Disciple Standard Podcast, the conversation moves from Sunlight’s mission partnership in Nigeria to the personal question every Christian eventually faces: How do I answer God’s call when I’m scared? Aaron, Seron, and Scott discuss African-led mission work, Public Reading of Scripture, risk, trust, obedience, discerning God’s calling, and what it means to live wholeheartedly for Christ. CHAPTERS 00:00 intro 00:23 Welcome 01:00 Nigeria trip update 05:27 What the team will do in Nigeria 07:08 How Nigerian churches grew beyond the sending denomination 10:22 From receiving missionaries to sending them 14:16 Fueling African-led mission work 16:17 Sent, sending, or disobedient 18:57 Public Scripture reading in Nigeria 20:50 Risk, mission, and leadership 23:58 Why missionary momentum faded 28:39 Faith beyond Christian trends 31:19 From global missions to personal calling 32:20 How do I answer God’s call when I’m scared? 33:37 Seeing God’s plan in retrospect 35:43 The missionary image that changed a life 38:47 How can you know God’s calling? 40:14 Living wholeheartedly for Christ 42:06 The ripple effect of missionary faithfulness https://disciplestandard.com/ Support the Podcast -   / disciplestandardpodcast   Visit our church - https://sunlightchurch.com/ Connect with us - https://multiply222.com