Followed By Mercy
The Followed By Mercy Podcast
Real Grace, Honest Hope
You might notice a new name and a fresh look, but the heart behind this podcast is the same. After years as the World Evangelism Podcast, I sensed God leading me to a deeper, more personal path centered on His relentless mercy and the kind of honest hope that can reach into every hurting place. That’s why this show is now called Followed By Mercy Podcast. The format may shift, and the tone may be a bit more personal, but my mission hasn’t changed: I still believe the world desperately needs to hear the good news of God’s love in Jesus Christ. You are welcome here if you’ve been with me from the beginning or just found us now.
What if God’s love is more personal, stubborn, and relentless than you ever imagined?
Welcome to The Followed By Mercy Podcast, where we get honest about pain, hope, and the kind of grace that finds you right where you are, five days a week. This isn’t about religious performance or church routines. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt worn out, unseen, or unsure if they belong in the story of God’s love. Every conversation is rooted in this reality: God loves you right now, just as you are, and He isn’t giving up on you.
Here’s what you’ll find in every episode:
Experience God’s Relentless Love
Every show starts by reminding you that the Shepherd knows your name, cares about your story, and isn’t offended by your failures or questions. This is personal—it’s about God’s unwavering affection for you.
Find Your Place in His Heart
Once you grasp how fiercely you’re loved, sharing that love with others doesn’t feel forced. It becomes the most natural thing in the world. Real grace overflows.
Prayer That Changes You
We pray together—not just for the world “out there,” but for the battles and hopes you’re carrying right now. These prayers are honest, rooted in Scripture, and meant for hearts that need a gentle touch from the Shepherd.
Discover Your Unique Role
Whether you’re called to go, give, serve, or show kindness in your corner of the world, God’s mercy meets you where you are. You’re not just a bystander. You are His beloved, invited into the story He’s writing.
When life knocks the wind out of you, this is a place to catch your breath. You’ll hear the encouragement that meets you on your hardest days, and your honest questions will be welcomed. No pretending, no heavy-handed advice—just the reminder that your Shepherd is right there with you, walking every step with you, even when you feel like giving up.
Why does this matter? Because some days, it feels like nobody sees you or cares what you’re going through. But the truth is, you have a Shepherd who never takes His eyes off you, lets you slip through the cracks, and never gives up on you. That kind of love can put you back on your feet, and it might be the hope someone else is waiting to see in you, too.
If you’re longing for more than just religious talk—if you want to know you’re not alone and that God’s mercy is following you all the way home, you’re in the right place. Whether you listen in the car, on a walk, or in a quiet moment, let every episode remind you: God’s mercy is after you right now, ready to bring real grace and honest hope.
Subscribe today and join a community to discover what happens when loved people become loving people. The journey’s just beginning, and there’s a place for you here.
Followed By Mercy
From Scorecards To Sonship: Why Grace Restores Joy
What if the Father's house felt like a home again, where judgment quiets, honesty breathes, and joy returns?
In this episode, we explore the tender power of grace through the often-overlooked figure of the elder brother: the dutiful son who stood outside abundance because he couldn't believe "all I have is yours." That single line becomes our turning point, revealing how grace doesn't negotiate with our performance but invites us to trust the Father's heart.
Together, we trace the transformation of a grace-shaped community—from stage to table, from performance to presence. We examine how the room softens when worship finds air, and people can finally tell the truth about their lives without fear of condemnation. We talk honestly about the exhaustion of living two selves, the Sunday self and the secret self, and how grace silences comparison by tearing up the scorecard. Instead of rewarding appearances, grace welcomes honesty and restores the broken. That's how a church becomes a hospital again: prodigals come home and elder brothers come inside.
In This Episode:
- How grace ends the cycle of performance and comparison
- The elder brother's unbelief and the joy he missed standing outside
- Why the church must be a hospital, not a stage
- Choosing honesty over image and appearance
- Finding the Father's presence instead of chasing perfection
- Practical steps to find a grace-shaped community
- The invitation to stop pretending and come home
If you've been tired of pretending, hear the invitation: come in from fear, from trying to earn what is already yours. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal where religion has replaced relationship and where comparison has choked gratitude. Find a church that loves people in their real struggles, refuses the games, and helps you breathe again.
The table is set, the mercy music still plays, and the Father waits not to inspect you, but to embrace you.
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Welcome back to Followed by Mercy. Surely, goodness and mercy do pursue us, follow us, chase us every day of our life. God loves you, He cares about you, and you are important to Him. He loves you like He loves Jesus. You are His child, His favorite. And I want you to know that today. And I want to take you again to the elder brother and things I've been meditating about. And I want you to consider with this with me when grace heals the religious heart. When the father came out to the elder brother, he did not scold him. He did not shame him for his bitterness. He said, Son, thou art ever with me, and all I have is thine. The father was not holding back blessings. The elder brother had already had access to anything and everything he wanted. He just couldn't enjoy it because he couldn't believe it. He didn't believe it. That's what grace does. It tears up the scorecard. It ends the exhausting need to perform. It silences comparison. It restores the joy that religion stole. Grace turns religion back into relationship. It takes the church off the stage and brings it back to the table. When grace returns to the pulpit, joy returns to the people. The room softens. Worship breathes again. People start telling the truth about their lives because they know they'll not be condemned for it. Grace gives people permission to be honest. It tells the struggling believer, you do not have to fake it anymore. It tells the weary worker, you do not have to prove yourself to God. It tells the sinner you still belong here. A church that understands grace becomes a hospital again, a place for sinners to find healing, for believers to find rest, and for the weary to breathe again. When grace leads, fear loses its voice. People stop hiding behind their Sunday selves. They stop pretending to be perfect. They bring their whole selves into the light and find the Father never stopped loving them. Maybe you have lived both lives, one for church and another for everywhere else. Maybe you've said all the right things, but deep down you're tired of pretending. Maybe you shouted loud against sin, you secretly battle, hoping that your passion might cover your pain. Our Father is not angry with you. He is not disappointed that you could not keep up the act. He's stepping outside the party like he did for the elder brother and saying, All that I have is thine. It's all yours. He's not looking for perfection. He's offering you his presence. He's not asking for your performance. He's giving you his peace. Grace does not reward appearances, it welcomes honesty. It does not celebrate the polished, it embraces the broken. It does not condemn, it restores. When grace fills a heart, judgment loses its grip. When grace fills a church, hypocrites become honest and prodigals come home. If you have lost your joy, if you've been living two lives, you've been afraid of being found imperfect, grace is calling your name. Come in. Come in from comparison. Come in from fear. Come in from the exhausting life of pretending. The Father's house was never meant to be a courtroom. It was meant to be a home, and the door is still open. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you where religion has replaced relationship in your heart, where fear has replaced freedom, where compassion or comparison has replaced gratitude. Let him remind you, you do not have to perform to belong. You do not have to take strength or to fake it to be loved. The church Jesus died for is not built on judgment. It's built on grace. The Father's house is still the safest place for sinners and saints alike. The music of mercy still plays. The table is set. The Father is waiting, not to inspect, but to embrace. Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Come home. I want you to know He loves you. And maybe church turned into something it shouldn't be, but that's not how the Father feels. Get in a church that was going to love people and help them in their problems, stop the games, stop playing, find a place that'll love you and love others, and you will love others. And let's live that out. You see, we're followed by mercy. We're not who we were, and we don't want to be that religious crowd. And unless you're careful, you're going to end up being the elder brother in the story. So much of my life. You know, we're glad to have that guy come home, but he better get it in line. Once we hug him and give him a little bit of grace, he better get it in line and we start putting rules on him. That's not who God's called us to be. So I hope this has blessed you. He loves you, and I am excited about the chance to share with you that his goodness and mercy do follow you all the days of your life.
