Hey Beautiful,

In today’s 3rd and final faith installment, we’re talking about one of the most overlooked parts of spiritual growth: “obedience testing”.

Not the fear-based kind we grew up hearing about — but the biblical, heart-shaping kind that reveals your readiness for the next level. Using Isaiah 55, Mark 4, Deuteronomy 8, and my own journey of becoming “good soil,” we dig into how God tests your motives, your surrender, your timing, and your trust — not to punish you, but to prepare you.

This episode is for the believer sensing transition, stretching, or divine pressure.

✨ Key Takeaways:

• God doesn’t test to expose you — He tests to establish you.
• Isaiah 55 reveals that the Word exposes the heart, not the surface.
• Obedience is the evidence of faith, not perfection.
• Every instruction from God is a faith-builder.
• Testing reveals what needs healing and what is ready for promotion.
• Fear delays obedience; trust accelerates obedience.
• Time-blocking with God is one of the most overlooked forms of obedience.
• Becoming good soil requires repentance, surrender, and consistency.

✨ Scriptures Mentioned

1. Isaiah 55:8–11 — The Word tests and accomplishes.
2. Deuteronomy 8:2 — God tests the heart before the assignment.
3. Hebrews 11:6 — Faith pleases God.
4. James 1:3–4 — Testing produces spiritual maturity.
5. John 14:15 — Obedience flows from love.
6. Psalm 37:23 — God orders the steps of the righteous.

✨Activation for the Week

>>Ask God: “What are You forming in me through this test?”

>>Write down one area where you’ve delayed obedience.

>>Take one faith step within 24 hours.

>>Pray: “Make my heart good soil.”

>>Confess: “I obey quickly. I trust deeply.”

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Hey Sis, in this 2nd installment of the Faith series, we get honest about something many believers feel but rarely talk about:

It’s how the Word of God confronts you before it blesses you. Before the breakthrough, the Word searches you. Before the blessing, the Word exposes what needs healing. Before the increase, the Word reveals what must be uprooted. Using Isaiah 55, Mark 4, Hebrews 4:12, and my personal journey of becoming “good soil,” this episode walks you through why God confronts the heart before He releases the promise — and why that confrontation is actually evidence of His love, not His anger. If you feel stretched, corrected, challenged, or uncomfortable in your faith right now…God isn’t punishing you. He’s preparing you.

✨ What You’ll Learn

• Why God’s Word confronts hidden beliefs, wounds, and fears
• The spiritual difference between conviction and condemnation
• Why blessing requires preparation
• How God softens the soil of your heart
• The connection between testing and transformation
• Why spiritual discomfort = spiritual growth
• How the Word uproots what would sabotage your breakthrough
• Why God confronts identity before releasing assignment

✨ Episode Takeaways

• God confronts what will block your blessing.
• The Word exposes patterns before it releases promise.
• You cannot receive what you won’t make room for.
• Good soil is formed through surrender, not striving.
• Testing is not rejection — it is alignment.
• Spiritual maturity begins when you stop resisting correction.
• God always cleans the place where He intends to dwell.

✨ Key Scriptures

• Isaiah 55:10–11 — The Word is sent on assignment
• Mark 4:13–20 — The four soils and the heart conditions
• Hebrews 4:12 — The Word discerns the heart
• James 1:2–4 — Testing produces endurance
• Jeremiah 1:10 — God uproots before He builds
• John 15:2–3 — Pruning precedes fruitfulness

✨ Activation

• Ask God: “Lord, what are You confronting in me because You’re preparing me for more?”
• Journal: Where has the Word challenged you recently?
• Declare: “I welcome Your Word. Confront me, cleanse me, and make me good soil.”

>>🎯 Before you try another strategy… check your identity. Take the Kingdom Identity Assessment and discover what’s shaping your perspective.

📩 You’ll get a personalized identity profile + your next steps.

👉 Take the Assessment → [Here]

➡️Read the Blog

When God Tests Your Faith: Why the Word Confronts You Before It Blesses You

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