The Braveheart Podcast Dying to Self - Life in the Spirit Ft Lindsay and Jordan
Feb 5, 2025
In this enlightening conversation, Lindsay Allen, a disciple from the Upper Room community, and Jordan Madden, an experienced Bible-study leader, delve deep into the transformative journey of dying to self. They share powerful testimonies of surrendering idols and choosing divine wisdom. The duo emphasizes the importance of placing Jesus at the center of daily decisions, taking practical steps toward holiness, and embracing sacrificial love. Listeners are encouraged to adopt an eternal perspective, valuing Christ as the ultimate treasure that inspires true discipleship.
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Choose God's Wisdom Over Your Plans
- Giving your will to God begins with believing His ways are higher than yours and choosing His path over yours by faith.
- That choice opens you to God's wisdom which leads to life, not the fleeting satisfaction of worldly idols.
Breakup Led To Radical Surrender
- Lindsay describes breaking up with her college boyfriend, obeying a prompting she later recognized as God, and getting saved the same day.
- That radical surrender marked a turning point from inner decay to a life fully given to Jesus.
Conviction Over Drinking Marked Growth
- Lindsay describes conviction about alcohol after conversion and how continued drinking undermined her devotion to Jesus.
- She reached a breaking point where she saw drinking as death and chose to stop for life in Christ.
