Reversal No. 3: From Our Best Ideas to Discerning God's Voice

About this episode

In this episode, Pete Scazzero discusses the importance of discerning God's voice over relying on personal ideas in ministry leadership.

Pre-Order Pete Scazzero's forthcoming book, Emotionally Healthy Success, at www.emotionallyhealthy.org/success and get a free chapter. For my first seventeen years in ministry, I led for Jesus without listening to him. My prayer life was mostly a list of requests. When a door opened, I walked through it and called it faithfulness, following my best ideas and telling myself it was discernment. In this episode, I walk through the third of four reversals from my new book: the move from ou...

People in this episode

Host: Pete Scazzero

Topics covered

• discerning God's voice
• prayer life
• faithfulness
• ministry leadership
• emotional health

Keywords

• discerning God's voice
• prayer
• faithfulness
• ministry
• emotional health
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: www.emotionallyhealthy.org

Products: Emotionally Healthy Success

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