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Escaping the Performance Trap
15th February 2026 • Abide • Penny Joy
00:00:00 00:32:31

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Are you driven, responsible, high-achieving… and secretly exhausted?

This episode exposes the performance trap — the lie that your worth comes from what you produce. I share my own life crash, the hidden heart wounds behind overworking, and how even our faith can turn into striving instead of resting in God’s love.

If you feel like you’re always doing but never enough, this conversation will help you break free from burnout, release the pressure to prove yourself, and step into the rest Jesus already paid for.

You are not a machine. You are already loved. And you don’t have to perform for it.

You were called to share God’s grace with the world, not to be buried under frustrating admin or confusing tech problems.

That’s why we created The Gospel Collective. The Gospel Collective provides expert creative, operational, and digital support — allowing you to stay focused on your mission, not maintenance.

Our digital missionaries bring professional strategy, systems, and execution without the overhead of hiring a full internal team.

Every project directly funds global digital evangelism and discipleship efforts working to reach every nation with the gospel by 2030.

Multiply your impact. Visit getthegospel.org today!

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The Gospel Collective

You were called to share God’s grace with the world, not to be buried under frustrating admin or confusing tech problems. That’s why we created The Gospel Collective. The Gospel Collective provides expert creative, operational, and digital support — allowing you to stay focused on your mission, not maintenance. Our digital missionaries bring professional strategy, systems, and execution without the overhead of hiring a full internal team. Every project directly funds global digital evangelism and discipleship efforts working to reach every nation with the gospel by 2030. Multiply your impact. Visit getthegospel.org today for a free consultation!

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