What Changes When You See Yourself Through God’s Eyes? | Monday Devotion

What Changes When Fear Stops Leading | Tuesday Devotion

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Fear can feel responsible, even protective, but it quietly steals trust and drains peace. Pastor Robert Young leads a short, focused spiritual reset that starts with two simple truths: releasing fear makes room for faith, and surrendering control is often the doorway to real peace. If you’ve been stuck in anxious thinking, bracing for the next problem, or trying to manage outcomes you can’t control, this guided moment helps you breathe again and return to what is steady. We pause for a three-minute reflection built around one direct question: “What fear am I holding that keeps me from trusting God fully?” That prompt is small but searching. It helps you name what’s underneath the pressure, whether it’s fear of failure, loss, rejection, or uncertainty, and it creates space to choose trust instead of reflexive control. Along the way, we talk about what surrender actually looks like in everyday life: not giving up, but letting God carry what you were never meant to carry alone. You’ll also get a simple daily affirmation you can repeat whenever fear spikes: “I release fear and choose love.” We close with a prayer that hands God our spoken and unspoken fears, asks for peace, and practices resting in God’s love and timing. If you’re looking for a short Christian meditation, a calming prayer for anxiety, or practical encouragement for spiritual growth, press play and take these words with you today. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs peace, and leave a review with the line that hit you most. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

What Changes When You See Yourself Through God’s Eyes? | Monday Devotion

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Freedom doesn’t always start with a dramatic breakthrough. Sometimes it starts with a quiet moment of awareness, when we finally notice the thought patterns we’ve been calling “normal.” Pastor Robert Young leads us through a short but piercing reflection on the beliefs we’ve carried for years without questioning and how those beliefs can become invisible ceilings in our faith, our decisions, and our expectations of God. We sit with a simple diagnostic that cuts through noise: when we pause long enough to ask whether a belief is true or just familiar, we begin to uncover the lies shaping our choices. We also confront a sneaky spiritual problem many of us know too well, fear disguised as wisdom. It can sound responsible and measured, but it often keeps us from trusting God, stepping forward, or receiving what He’s been offering all along. To move from insight to action, we repeat a powerful Christian affirmation for daily life: “I see myself through His eyes and not my fears.” We stay open to the God of truth, then close with a prayer asking to see ourselves as God sees us, free, loved, and capable. If you’re searching for a Christian podcast on spiritual growth, limiting beliefs, faith and mindset, and identity in Christ, this episode gives you a practice you can carry into the rest of your day. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who needs courage today, and leave a review telling us what belief you’re ready to challenge. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

Breaking Limiting Mindsets | Deep Dive with Dan & Sheila

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] You can have a full tank, a powerful engine, and a clear highway and still feel stuck at 40 mph. That’s what limiting beliefs do: they behave like an invisible governor, quietly deciding what you expect, what you attempt, and what you’re willing to receive. We walk through Pastor Robert Young’s “Breaking Limiting Mindsets” lens and name the subtle ways a “harmless thought” can become an aggressive spiritual barrier that turns open hands into clenched fists. We dig into three painfully relatable patterns from the disciples: scarcity thinking (five loaves and two fish), the weight of past failure (empty nets all night), and rigid timelines (if you had been here). Then we tackle the big one most of us call “responsible” but often isn’t: financial self-dependence. When your bank balance becomes the final word, you end up living inside a closed system and projecting your limits onto God. We also unpack the shift that changes everything: provision is often relational, flowing through people, doors you didn’t see, unexpected conversations, creativity, and timing. From there we get personal with five inner blockers that lock us down: unworthiness, relentless striving, protective apathy, a past that feels permanent, and staying small to feel safe. We end with a simple four-part daily practice you can actually do: a morning check-in, a midday fear audit, an afternoon scripture anchor, and an evening micro step of trust that builds faith like a muscle. If you’re ready to loosen the governor and live with open hands, listen now, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it. What “open window” might be the answer you’ve been waiting for? Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

A Father’s Day Blessing!

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Father’s Day can hit nerves you didn’t expect. Maybe you feel thankful for a dad who showed up, or maybe you’re carrying the ache of absence, distance, harsh words, or grief. We slow down and make room for all of it, because your story matters and you don’t have to pretend it’s simple. We also wrestle with a big spiritual question: how do we see God when our experience of fatherhood is complicated? Jesus gives us a clearer lens. In John 14:9, he says, “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father,” so we look at Christ’s compassion, patience, strength, and tenderness as the truest picture of God’s heart. We talk about how many of us unconsciously project our earthly father onto God and how that can make God feel distant, harsh, or absent, even when he isn’t. Then we lean into healing and hope through Scripture: God is a father to the fatherless (Psalm 68:5), close to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18), and rich in compassion (Psalm 103:13). We offer a word to dads who are trying, reminding you that your kids don’t need perfection, they need presence. We end with a calming breath, honest reflection questions, and a spoken blessing over you and the fathers in your life. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find it. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

Rest: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Friday

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Running on 1% battery with twenty apps open feels normal now, and that’s the problem. We talk about the quiet contradiction many of us live with: we treat exhaustion like a badge of honor, then wonder why our faith feels brittle, our emotions feel loud, and our relationships get the leftovers. Drawing from Pastor Robert Young’s rest.pdf notes, we make the case that rest is not laziness, not a luxury, and not a break from discipleship. It’s the engine that makes discipleship sustainable. We dig into the surprising realism of Jesus honoring physical limits, including the moment he sleeps during a violent storm in Mark 4. From the outside it can look like avoidance, but we connect it to nervous system regulation and how the brain’s threat detection mode hijacks perspective when we’re depleted. Sometimes what we label a spiritual crisis is simply a worn-out body. Rest lowers the internal alarm so we can see clearly, feel more steadily, and respond with peace instead of panic. Then we get practical: daily stillness as active surrender, sitting in silence, naming feelings, and letting Jesus hold what you’re carrying, plus a weekly Sabbath that forces the hardest lesson of all, the world can run without you. We leave you with a direct reflection question about where overwork substitutes for trust in God. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s running hot, and leave a review if it helped. What would change tomorrow if you closed the apps and finally plugged in? Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com