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Helping you grow into a fully devoted follower of Christ
Disciple Blueprint provides clear biblical teaching, practical resources, and tools to help believers grow in faith and understanding of Scripture.
I’m Raymond Smith — Bible teacher, author, and disciple-maker. I built Disciple Blueprint for believers who want more than Sunday morning.
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Helping everyday believers grow in faith and live like Jesus. Join Raymond—Bible teacher, author, and disciple-maker—for short, powerful episodes on spiritual growth, prayer, leadership, grief, and bold faith. Whether you’re new to the journey or growing deeper, this podcast equips you to become a fully devoted follower of Christ. Learn more at DiscipleBlueprint.com
Surrender sounds good until God allows something you never planned.
It's easy to say, “God, Your will be done,” when His will seems to line up with ours.
But what happens when the job disappears? The opportunity doesn't happen? The door closes? The future suddenly looks nothing like the one you had planned?
That's when surrender stops being theoretical.
In this episode, Raymond shares from his own experience of being fired from his position as a CTO and sitting in his Honda HR-V afterward wondering, “What now, Lord?”
Sometimes God changes our direction in ways we don't understand. The question is whether we trust Him only when we understand the plan—or whether we trust the One who sees what we cannot.
In this episode:
- What surrender looks like when life changes unexpectedly
- Why God's plan may not look like ours
- Raymond's experience of unexpectedly losing his job
- The difference between trusting God's plan and understanding it
- Why surrender has to survive disappointment
- How to respond when you're asking God, “What now?”
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