Daily Connection with God: How Real Relationship Grows Beyond Sunday
A daily connection with God grows through real relationship, not just Sunday services. Discover how to nurture faith in everyday moments and experience lasting renewal.
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Christian community can either strengthen your relationship with God or slowly turn faith into a checklist. In this episode, my sister Brianna and I talk honestly about religion versus relationship, and what it feels like when church becomes more about seat-filling and appearances than the Holy Spirit.
Brianna shares a heartbreaking wake-up call from a church she has been part of for 12 years, where she and her husband have served in young adult ministry and children's ministry. Over time, situations revealed that some people were not who they seemed. She describes it as realizing you thought you were surrounded by lambs, but they were wolves. And once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
We talk about the weight that can build up when you keep showing up, but your heart feels empty. When worship feels thin. When sermons feel more like motivational lectures than biblical truth. And when you find yourself putting on a mask just to get through Sunday.
Brianna also shares a moment that shifted everything: a three-day women's conference where she felt the Holy Spirit again in a room full of women who wanted to be there for more than tradition. Coming home to a stagnant space after that felt like a breakup. And it raised a hard question: why keep fighting battles inside the place that is supposed to help you heal and grow?
We also touch on the pressure of titles, how having a role in church does not make anyone closer to God, and why Jesus did not rely on buildings to build His church. Real life faith shows up in daily devotion, prayer, worship in your kitchen, and a relationship with God that is alive.
If you feel stuck in performative faith, our encouragement is simple: take a step back and reevaluate. If stepping back brings relief, that may be your answer. And if you are not experiencing the Holy Spirit, Brianna's challenge is to seek Him and ask God to show you what needs to shift.
You are not alone, friend. And you do not have to stay in a place that keeps you spiritually numb.
