Confusion often sets in when life takes an unexpected turn—when hurt, disappointment, opposition, or spiritual attack clouds our perspective. From Psalm 71, this episode explains that the answer is not figuring everything out but choosing to trust the Lord. Focusing on confusion only deepens it, but fixing our eyes on Christ steadies the heart because God remains sovereign over every secondary cause. True deliverance comes not through self-effort but “in thy righteousness,” as Christ’s enablement is expressed through dependent obedience and moment-by-moment reliance on Him.

• Psalm 71 and the problem of spiritual confusion
• How focusing on hurt, frustration, or disappointment multiplies it
• Trust as the biblical cure for confusion
• God’s sovereignty over secondary causes and difficult circumstances
• Deliverance “in thy righteousness”
• Dependent obedience and Christ’s supernatural enablement
• Passive deliverance from sin’s power
• Peter walking on the water as an illustration of misplaced focus
• Living by continual divine intervention

• What you focus on will shape your spiritual experience.
• Trust displaces confusion because it rests in God’s character, not circumstances.
• God is at work even when events seem contradictory or painful.
• Self-dependent righteousness cannot deliver; Christ’s righteousness can.
• The Christian life is lived through total surrender and total dependence.

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This GoMission episode explores what happens when God shares His heart for a people and invites someone to join Him in His work. Erik recounts how God burdened him for France through prayer, compassion, and tears, long before any plans were made or steps were taken. The conversation highlights God’s active work in a spiritually dark nation and shows how shared compassion often becomes the pathway to disciple-making and lasting fruit.

• What it looks like when God shares His heart for lost people
• Compassion as an invitation into God’s mission
• Early preparation God uses later in life
• The spiritual condition of France and its searching culture
• Intercession, prayer, and burden for a nation
• Discovery-style Bible studies and disciple-making
• Moving ministry beyond pastor-centered models
• Lay missions and nontraditional paths to the field
• Trusting God’s leading regardless of life stage

• When God shares His heart, He often begins with compassion before direction
• A burden for the lost is not emotionalism but spiritual alignment
• France is spiritually dark yet deeply thoughtful and searching
• Disciple-making flourishes when believers engage Scripture personally
• Obedience does not require a traditional missionary pathway
• It is never too late to respond to God’s invitation

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GoMission, hosted by Mark Gillmore, is a monthly missions-focused program that introduces young people to the people, stories, and opportunities God is using around the world to build His church.

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In this episode, Bobby Bosler warns young people about a subtle but deadly danger to a fruitful Christian life. Drawing from Jesus’ parable of the sower in Luke 8, he explains how believers can genuinely hear God’s Word, step forward in obedience, and yet still fail to bring fruit to maturity. The problem is not lack of desire, but the slow choking effect of everyday pressures, money, and pleasure-driven living.

• The parable of the sower and its application to believers
• What it means to “go forth” without bearing lasting fruit
• How the cares of life quietly suffocate God’s calling
• Riches, debt, and financial pressure as spiritual choke points
• Pleasure and comfort as false motivators, even in ministry
• Learning to cast care on the Lord instead of carrying it alone
• Why fruitfulness requires endurance, not excitement

• Obedience can be sincere and still become unfruitful if unchecked pressures dominate
• Cares are unavoidable, but carrying them instead of casting them is deadly
• Money can choke God’s work whether it is pursued or poorly managed
• Pleasure is a terrible compass for life decisions, even spiritual ones
• God’s calling flourishes in surrender and dependence, not comfort

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