About this episode

This episode explores the concept of full obedience in faith and business, addressing the idols that hinder success.

Have you ever heard the saying that partial obedience is disobedience? In this episode, we're diving deep into what it means to be fully surrendered in your faith and your business — and confronting the "high places" we've left standing and how these are idols holding back our businesses. Drawing from 1 and 2 Kings, we explore the pattern of kings who followed God but stopped short of full obedience. Sound familiar? As ambitious, faith-driven women in business, we do the same thing — and it's costing us. In This Episode: What "high places" are and why they matter for your business today The biblical kings who got it right — and what set them apart How money, comparison, and chasing rooms can become modern-day idols Why partial obedience is still disobedience How God provides in ways we cannot see or comprehend Scripture References: 2 Kings 18 — King Hezekiah removes the high places 2 Kings 22 — King Josiah's full obedience 2 Kings 3 — King Joram's partial obedience 2 Kings 12 — King Joash does right, yet the high places remain 1 Samuel 8 — Israel demands a king, wanting to be like other nations 1 Kings 17 — Elijah, the ravens, and the widow; God's unexpected provision Genesis 3 —…

People in this episode

Host: Erin Harrigan

Topics covered

• faith and business
• obedience
• idols in business
• biblical principles
• Christian entrepreneurship
• women in business

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 and 2 Kings, 2 Kings 18, 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 3, 2 Kings 12, 1 Samuel 8, 1 Kings 17, Genesis 3

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