In today’s deeply personal episode, Dot opens up about a morning when she desperately needed to hear from God—but felt nothing. As she wrestled through doubt, silence, and her own expectations, the words of John 10 came alive in a new way. This conversation isn’t about having answers—it’s about being honest, staying in the room, and trusting the voice of the Shepherd. Grab your Bible and a cup of coffee, and settle in with us.

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• Start by writing down John 10:1-6 (0:13)
• Dot shares an ‘aha’ moment that led her back to the Shepherd (2:41)
• Dot was longing for the spiritual intimacy she felt in her former home (6:45)
• Years of studying John 10 collided with a real-life need for God’s nearness (10:25)
• Dot began talking to Jesus about the first 6 verses of John 10 (11:25)
• Dot questioned if she really could recognize God’s voice (13:45)
• When you’re desperate, your ears, eyes and heart are more tuned to His voice (22:20)
• God wants to reconcile what we know in our head to what we feel in our heart (25:50)
• We all hit a wall at times and need a more intimate experience of His presence (28:49)
• This was a moment for God to stretch Dot’s faith (31:00)
• Even seasoned Christians move through seasons of differing intimacy (32:30)
• No matter what we do, the Good Shepherd stays in the room because we are His. (35:14)

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Scripture Verse:

John 10:1-6 (ESV) “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.”