{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/649328a55e39930011e08f9c/68e53698f513ad2b8186fd7c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" Designed for the Deep End","description":"<h3>🔥 Episode Summary:</h3><p><br></p><p>Many of us have learned how to survive. But few of us have been taught how to <em>thrive</em>. In this episode, Todd Tononi walks you through the signs that God is calling you deeper — out of survival mode and into sustainable strength, clarity, and overflow.</p><p>From practical rhythms to powerful scripture, you’ll be challenged to release your grip on the shallow waters of familiarity… and move in faith into the depth of your true design.</p><p>This is your spiritual permission slip to stop treading water… and start <em>living on purpose.</em></p><p><br></p><h3>📖 Featured Scriptures:</h3><ul><li><strong>Psalm 18:19 (NIV)</strong></li><li><em>“He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.”</em></li><li>→ God didn’t rescue you to make you small. He delights in you. He makes room for your expansion.</li><li><strong>Proverbs 3:5–6 (NIV)</strong></li><li><em>“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”</em></li><li>→ Deep living requires letting go of needing all the answers. Trust is the path-maker.</li><li><strong>2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)</strong></li><li><em>“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”</em></li><li>→ Your spiritual wiring is for courage, compassion, and clarity — not confusion and timidity.</li><li><strong>Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)</strong></li><li><em>“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”</em></li><li>→ God is not recycling the past. He is creating something new, even where you thought life was barren.</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>🧠 What You’ll Learn:</h3><ul><li>How survival mode still hides in your daily rhythms</li><li>The five signs that you’re ready to thrive</li><li>Why pruning is essential to expansion</li><li>What “deep-end living” looks like practically</li><li>Daily and weekly rhythms that hold the <em>new you</em></li></ul><p><br></p><h3>✍️ Reflection Prompts:</h3><ol><li>What “survival tendencies” am I still operating from — even subconsciously?</li><li>Where do I feel God calling me deeper — and what’s the resistance?</li><li>Which of today’s scriptures stirred something in me? What might God be saying through it?</li><li>What area of my life needs re-alignment to match the new version of me?</li><li>What step of obedience have I been putting off — and what’s the cost of delay?</li></ol><p><br></p><h3>🛠️ Call to Action:</h3><p>This week, choose one of the following and commit:</p><p>✅ Spend 10 minutes each morning asking God:</p><p><em>“What am I meant to carry today… and what am I not?”</em></p><p>✅ Meditate on <strong>Isaiah 43:19</strong> for seven days. Write it, pray it, speak it aloud. Let it become your lens.</p><p>✅ Take one faith-stretching action step you’ve been putting off — no matter how small.</p><p>✅ Share this episode with someone who’s outgrown the shallow and needs permission to go deep.</p>","author_name":"Todd Tononi"}