Choosing God, Cultivating Joy, and Creating Lasting Impact with Annie F. Downs

About this episode

Louie Giglio and Annie F. Downs discuss the transformative power of prioritizing God over worldly pursuits.

What happens when you stop chasing the things of this world and start chasing God above everything else? Joy gets deeper. Hope gets stronger. And your life becomes a witness to the world that you never expected. In this conversation, Louie Giglio and Annie F. Downs get honest about what it looks like to stop performing, start planting, and let a life of surrender point everyone around you to Jesus.

People in this episode

Host: Louie Giglio

Guest: Annie F. Downs

Topics covered

• faith
• joy
• surrender
• impact
• Christian living

Keywords

• joy
• hope
• surrender
• Christianity
• faith

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