What if getting lost in the wilderness is sometimes part of finding your way back to God?

In this episode of Friends With God, Joe Longo explores the wild, mysterious side of faith and shares his own journey from fear-based Christianity, through yoga, meditation, Kundalini, manifestation, and spiritual exploration, and ultimately into a renewed relationship with God and Jesus.

Inspired by an Instagram video from James Anthony Burke, Joe reflects on John the Baptist, Jesus entering the wilderness, and a powerful idea that stopped him in his tracks: sometimes we aren't brought back to God because someone convinces us, preaches to us, or tells us what we're supposed to believe.

Sometimes God meets us in the wild. Watch the Instagram video - https://www.instagram.com/p/Daiff4mBCBy/

Joe shares why being pushed toward Christianity actually pushed him further away, how his years of spiritual exploration never felt like separation from God, and how he eventually began recognizing God and Jesus appearing throughout the path he was already walking.

This is a conversation for anyone who has questioned religion, explored different spiritual traditions, felt judged for their path, or wondered whether there is still room for them with God.

The episode closes with a prayer and meditation for abundance, provision, trust, courage, and becoming a faithful steward of what God has already placed in your hands.

Maybe your wilderness isn't evidence that you've lost your way.

Maybe something is happening there.

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Friends With God is a conversation about faith, awareness, life, and what it means to develop a personal relationship with God, without pretending we have all the answers.

What if you didn’t need to know what comes next?

In this episode of Friends With God, Joe Longo explores what it means to trust God when life feels uncertain, the answers aren’t clear, and you can’t see the whole path ahead.

Using Proverbs 3:5–6 and Jesus’ teaching about our “daily bread,” Joe shares a simple shift: instead of constantly asking, “God, what am I supposed to do with my life?” maybe the prayer becomes, “God, show me my next step.”

We’ll talk about trusting God instead of leaning entirely on our own understanding, staying present when life feels uncomfortable, renewing our minds through prayer and meditation, and learning to receive what we need for today instead of demanding a five-year plan.

You don’t need the whole staircase. You don’t need five years’ worth of bread.

You need today.

And maybe faith is trusting that God will meet you there.

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Are you in a season where something is changing, ending, or falling away, but you’re not sure what comes next?

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What is shaping your reality right now?

Before we can renew our minds, we first have to become aware of what has been shaping them.

In this episode of Friends With God, Joe Longo explores the thoughts, stories, content, fears, and beliefs we repeatedly consume and how they influence the way we experience our lives.

Inspired by Matthew 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also,” Joe asks four simple questions:

What am I consuming?

What am I thinking repeatedly?

What am I believing simply because I’ve thought it for so long?

And ultimately, does this bring me closer to God or further into fear?

Joe also shares a personal realization about gratitude. Instead of constantly waiting for life to get better, what happens when we recognize how much goodness is already here?

Gratitude doesn’t mean pretending life isn’t difficult. It means becoming aware of what is still good, taking the next step in front of us, and allowing God to begin renewing us from within.

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Beginning October 5, our Monday Night Mastermind community will move through three movements together: RENEW. TRUST. RECEIVE.

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We’ll meet every other Monday at 7 PM ET on Zoom through the end of the year. Everyone receives the same experience, and you can join for FREE or choose a monthly contribution to help support the community.

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EXPLORE THE SPACE BETWEEN

If you’re personally navigating a season where something is changing, ending, or falling away and you’re not sure what comes next, explore The Space Between, Joe’s six-week private faith-based coaching experience.

This is a one-on-one space to slow down, quiet the noise, renew your mind, deepen your trust in God, and begin discerning what this season may be asking of you.

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