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Faithformed: Honest Faith for People Who Don't Have it All Together
Most faith content is made by people already on the other side of the hard season. This isn't that.
FaithFormed is for the person stuck in the middle of a story that doesn't make sense. The one trusting God in the waiting and wondering if He's still listening. The one whose faith is being tested by silence, loss, or a season that just won't end. The one who keeps showing up anyway.
Host Justin Belt is a writer, minister, and author of The Purpose in the Pause, Slaying the Lion, and Rise Up. He doesn't have neat answers about why God feels silent sometimes. But he brings honesty, biblical truth, and the stubborn belief that God is still working even when you can't see it.
Each week Justin offers honest conversations about faith, doubt, spiritual warfare, waiting on God, and what it actually looks like to follow Christ when life falls apart.
If you're navigating a hard season, feeling forgotten by God, or just need someone to be honest about the struggle — this show is for you.
New episodes every Monday.
Faithformed: Honest Faith for People Who Don't Have it All Together
12. When Obedience Costs You: Following God When It Hurts, Stretches, and Changes Everything
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What happens when obedience doesn’t feel rewarding but wrecks your comfort instead?
In this episode of The Pursuit Podcast, Justin takes you into the raw, soul-stretching side of faith that most people avoid talking about: what to do when saying “yes” to God costs you something real. Maybe it’s a relationship. Maybe it’s your reputation. Maybe it’s your sense of control. True obedience isn’t glamorous. It’s gritty, misunderstood, and often lonely. But it’s also where the deepest transformation happens.
Through Scripture and honest insight, Justin unpacks what it looks like to follow God when it hurts, and how to keep trusting when obedience feels like loss. You’ll learn:
- Why obedience and comfort will never coexist
- How to discern when God is calling you out of alignment with the crowd
- What Scripture reveals about costly obedience (Matthew 16:24–25, Philippians 2:8, 1 Samuel 15:22)
- How to trust that every unseen “yes” still matters to God
If you’re in a season where obedience feels heavy or confusing, this message will remind you that you’re not being punished. You’re being perfected.
🎧 Listen now to “When Obedience Costs You” and rediscover the peace, power, and purpose that only come through surrender.
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Learn more about me at www.justindbelt.com