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Helping you grow into a fully devoted follower of Christ — through clear Scripture teaching, honest conversation, and practical tools for real life.
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
Yesterday we named the wound — that gap between knowing God is real and being unable to feel Him. Today we do something about it. Not with clever techniques or complicated programs, but with three doors any Christian can walk through starting tomorrow morning, no matter how flat they feel.
The first door is Scripture. Not a devotional book about Scripture. Not somebody's tweet quoting a verse. The actual Word of God — read out loud if you have to, one paragraph at a time. The second door is prayer, but not the polished performance most Christians think prayer is supposed to be. Honest talking. Out loud, in your kitchen, if it helps. The third door is remembering — not sentimental nostalgia, but the biblical discipline God kept commanding Israel to practice when they were tempted to panic.
We close with a concrete ten-minute plan for tomorrow morning — small enough to actually do, honest enough to work whether you feel anything the first day or not.
Free resource — The Doors: ten real ways back toward hope when you can't feel it. This episode covered three of them. Grab all ten here: https://discipleblueprint.com/form/sah-door-overview
Read the companion blog:https://discipleblueprint.com/when-you-cant-feel-gods-hope-start-here/
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Written from scar tissue, not a textbook — each book is designed to meet you where you are and walk you somewhere deeper.
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The Greater the Love, The Deeper the Grief
A devotional journey through grief, written from a heart that knows the pain of loss and the hope of Christ.
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Confessions of a Pray-er to be Named Later
A humorous, heartfelt guide to developing a deeper prayer life — for Christians who feel like they're still warming the bench.
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Unstoppable
A 13-session Bible study for anyone ready to overcome fear, fatigue, and failure with bold, unshakable faith.
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