Hard Thing #1: You Can Risk Being Disliked

We all want to be liked. We want to fit in, avoid awkward conversations, and know that the people around us approve of us. But if we’re honest, that desire can keep us from following Jesus fully.

In this second episode of our series, You Can Do Hard Things, Keith and Patrick explore what the Bible calls the “fear of man” and why you can’t be both a people pleaser and a God pleaser. They talk about the everyday places we feel pressure to conform, from friendships and work to parenting, possessions, politics, sexuality, and even church.

They point out biblical examples to explore what it looks like to stand firm when everyone else is bending the knee, and why our courage ultimately comes not from grit, but from the grace of knowing we are eternally secure in Jesus.

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