Fear of the future doesn’t protect men—it restrains them.
In this episode of Built Different, we confront the silent fear that keeps Christian men standing still while God is calling them forward.
Shakur Smith breaks down how fear disguises itself as wisdom, how panic destroys discernment, and why distraction and fear together are so effective at keeping men spiritually stagnant.
This is a raw, honest conversation about trusting Christ when you don’t control what’s coming next and learning to walk in obedience anyway.
If you’ve been feeling anxious, hesitant, or stuck about the future, this episode will challenge you to examine what’s really driving your decisions.
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Listen closely. Reflect honestly. Move forward.
Most men chase knowledge and call it wisdom. God calls it pride.
In this episode of Built Different, Shakur Smith exposes why so many men struggle to walk in peace and obedience—not because God is unclear, but because men refuse to trust God’s wisdom over their own understanding.
This conversation confronts the lie that more information leads to growth and reveals the truth Scripture makes plain: wisdom begins when men stop trusting themselves and start trusting God.
This episode is for the man who:
• Knows a lot about God but struggles to obey
• Feels restless despite being “spiritually informed”
• Keeps leaning on his own understanding
If you’re ready to stop replacing God’s wisdom with your own logic and finally become the man God is calling you to be, this episode will challenge you.
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Not having God’s joy as a man doesn’t happen overnight.
It fades quietly under pressure, disappointment, and self-reliance.
In this episode of Built Different, we talk about why so many Christian men still feel empty—even while doing the “right” things. This isn’t about emotions or hype. It’s about where your joy is actually rooted.
If you’ve been functioning but not alive… faithful but numb… this episode will expose what replaced God’s joy in your life and why nothing else can sustain you.
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Pride doesn’t shout. It whispers.
It convinces men they’re strong while quietly killing the fruit God planted in them.
In this episode, Shakur Smith breaks down how pride floods a man’s soul—destroying patience, humility, self-control, and love—while disguising itself as confidence and leadership.
This isn’t about loud arrogance. It’s about the subtle pride that refuses correction, resists surrender, and crowns itself king.
If you’ve felt dry, distant, or hardened—even while following God—this episode will hit home.
Only Christ can speak to the flood.
And only the humble man survives it.
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Hard seasons don’t usually break men—easy ones do.
In this episode of Built Different, Shakur Smith exposes the spiritual danger of comfort and blessing. When life gets easier, men stop watching. Gratitude fades. Pride creeps in. And faith slowly drifts without a conscious decision to walk away from God.
This is a raw, direct message for Christian men who are blessed but spiritually dull, successful but less disciplined, peaceful but less prayerful.
If life feels good but your fire for God feels low, this episode is your wake-up call.
Most men don’t walk away from God in rebellion. They drift slowly by trying to fit in.
In this episode of Built Different, we confront a hard truth: you can’t serve God and live for approval at the same time. When the crowd lowers its standards, many men quietly lower theirs too. What once felt wrong starts to feel normal. Obedience begins to feel extreme.
But you were not called to blend in.
If you belong to Christ, you are a son of God — and sons don’t follow crowds. A day is coming when every man will stand before God alone. No applause. No excuses. No one else to answer for your choices.
The world’s approval fades. Its comfort doesn’t last. But God remains. His kingdom stands forever.
This episode is a call to remember who you serve — and to live like it.
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Most men imagine the enemy as obvious, loud, and terrifying.
But Scripture says something far more dangerous.
Satan does not usually come as darkness. He comes as light.
He sounds reasonable. He speaks gently. He borrows the language of truth. He presents temptation as relief, disobedience as comfort, and sin as something understandable — even necessary.
That’s why so many men fall without ever feeling like they were rebelling.
In this episode, we expose the ancient strategy of deception that has remained unchanged since the garden. The same approach used on Eve. The same twisting of Scripture used against Christ. The same quiet persuasion used against men today.
You’ll learn how to distinguish true light from counterfeit light, why discernment cannot be developed from a distance, and why prayer and the Word are not optional if you intend to remain standing.
This is not about fear.
It’s about wakefulness.
Because the greatest deception of this age is not that the enemy is feared — it’s that he is dismissed, ignored, or mistaken for an ally.
If you’re tired of falling into the same cycles…
If sin keeps arriving disguised as reason or comfort…
If you want to become the man God has called you to be through obedience, self-control, and discipline…
This episode is for you.
Remain awake.
Abide in Him.
Walk in the true Light — not the imitation.
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Many people say they love God. Few are willing to obey Him.
In this episode of Built Different, we confront one of the most avoided truths in modern faith — obedience. Not as religion or control, but as proof of love.
Through a simple childhood story and the words of Moses and Christ, we examine how men often ignore clear instruction when it conflicts with desire. Grace comes first. Love is given freely. But obedience reveals whether that love is real.
God’s commands are not chains — they are guardrails. Disobedience rarely feels dangerous at first, but it always leads to harm, weakening the soul and dulling the spirit. Pride convinces us we know better, and wisdom often comes only after suffering.
This episode is a call to honest self-examination.
Choose obedience and you will find life.
Peace be with you.
Most men don’t walk away from God in a single, loud decision.
They drift.
This episode exposes the quiet danger that destroys more men than open sin ever will — Distraction.
Distraction doesn’t arrive as rebellion. It arrives as permission. A lingering thought. A tired mind. A moment of mental compromise that seems harmless at first. Over time, those small allowances grow roots, and one day a man looks up and asks how he ended up so far from the path he once walked.
Using the story of Israel and the words of Christ — “The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” — this episode reveals how unbelief begins in the mind long before it shows up in action. Before idols are formed with the hands, they are accepted in the heart.
This is not a conversation about discipline, productivity, or self-control through willpower. It is a call to spiritual alertness. A reminder that the flesh cannot defeat the flesh, and that true strength is found in surrender to God and reliance on the Holy Spirit.
If you’ve felt distant, distracted, or slowly pulled off course — this episode is for you.
In this episode of Built Different, we talk honestly about lust — not as a small struggle, but as a quiet enemy that can break even the strongest men from the inside out. Lust doesn’t come in loud or violent. It slips through the cracks, whispers to the heart, and convinces a man that it means him no harm. But every time a man gives in, something inside him begins to die: his clarity, his discipline, and the man God intended him to be.
This episode breaks down how lust really works, why willpower alone will never defeat it, and why the only real path to victory is surrendering it to Christ. You’ll learn how to catch the temptation early, how to bring it straight to God, and how to stand strong by kneeling first.
If you’re a man who wants to win the war in your mind and walk in real strength, this is your episode.
In today’s episode of Built Different, we dive into one of the most important battles every man faces...the battle between the flesh and the spirit.
I share a real moment from this morning when I turned off my 6 AM alarm and went back to sleep. It seems small, but it revealed something much bigger: whichever one you feed, the flesh or the spirit, is the part that dominates your day.
Jesus said, “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
And today, we break down why that truth matters for discipline, leadership, spiritual growth, and the kind of man you are becoming.
In this episode, we talk about:
• How small decisions shape spiritual momentum.
• Why the flesh always whispers and the Spirit always calls you higher.
• The internal war every man faces but few recognize.
• How discipline becomes a spiritual weapon.
• The connection between Christian Stoicism and overcoming the flesh.
• Why feeding the Spirit leads to clarity, strength, and alignment with God.
If you’re ready to build discipline, strengthen your walk with Christ, and become a man who is led by purpose instead of comfort… this episode is for you.
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Agape isn’t a feeling. It isn’t romance. It isn’t “be nice and smile more.”
Agape is the Spirit-formed love that God grows inside you — the kind of love that chooses sacrifice over comfort, consistency over emotion, and truth over passive niceness. It’s the love Christ showed us while we were still sinners, and the love the Holy Spirit shapes in every believer who surrenders to Him.
In this episode of Built Different, I break down what Agape really means, how it’s different from every other kind of love, how God uses your everyday life to form it in you, and how you can practice this Christlike virtue daily.
If you want to love with strength, clarity, and spiritual maturity — not just emotion — this episode will give you the foundation to grow.
In this episode of Built Different, Shakur Smith breaks down one of the most overlooked forces shaping your destiny: the relationships you allow into your life.
Because every breakthrough… every setback… every direction your life takes is connected to who you’re walking with.
You’ll discover:
Why the right relationships sharpen your discipline and deepen your purpose
How the wrong people quietly sabotage your growth
Why your relationship with God is the foundation that holds everything else together
The 4 relationships every man must build to become who God called him to be
How to audit your circle and rebuild a life aligned with purpose, strength, and faith
If you’ve ever felt stuck, isolated, or spiritually drained, this episode will show you why and more importantly, how to surround yourself with relationships that make you Built Different.
Most men wait for motivation. But the ones God shapes into leaders don’t.
In this episode of Built Different, we talk about the discipline, obedience, and spiritual grit it takes to move even when your feelings try to hold you back. You’ll learn why emotions make terrible leaders, how God develops your character through consistency rather than comfort, and why delayed obedience is still disobedience.
This is a call for every man who knows he’s capable of more — but keeps getting stuck in the battle between desire and discipline.
If you're ready to become the kind of man who shows up, follows through, and honors God with his actions (not just intentions), this episode will punch you in the chest in the best way possible.
You don’t rise when you feel strong. You rise when you choose strength.
Tune in and learn how to get it done — especially when you don’t feel like it.
In this episode of Built Different, Shakur Smith breaks down one of the most misunderstood but spiritually powerful traits in the life of a believer: humility. Not weakness. Not self-doubt. But the posture God honors, strengthens, and elevates.
Through scripture, practical examples, and real-life application, we explore why humility is the foundation of spiritual growth, leadership, and purpose. You’ll learn how humility keeps you grounded in God, opens the door for wisdom, reshapes how you treat others, and positions you for the kind of elevation only God can give.
If you’ve been struggling with pride, comparison, frustration, or trying to carry everything on your own strength — this episode will reset your perspective and bring you back to the truth:
God lifts the humble. God fills the surrendered. God directs the teachable.
In this episode of Built Different Shakur breaks down the kind of self control that only comes from God. Not forcing discipline. Not relying on willpower.
Real spiritual strength that grows as you walk with Him. You will learn why self control starts in your mind why it is actually freedom and how surrendering to God is the key to breaking old patterns.
This episode shows how God builds the discipline needed for your calling your character and your future. If you want to grow and stay consistent this episode will help you do it through the power of God not your own effort.
In this episode of Built Different, Shakur exposes one of the biggest lies we believe: that escaping pain will protect us. The truth?
Avoiding pain doesn’t make life easier — it makes life heavier.
The fear you run from starts running your life. The wounds you refuse to face begin to shape your decisions. And the pain you bury grows in the dark.
But God didn’t design you to live in avoidance.
He designed you to live with strength, clarity, and purpose — and that only comes when you face what you’ve been trying to outrun.
In today’s conversation, we break down:
• Why escaping pain always creates more pain.
• How avoidance turns into anxiety, regret, and spiritual numbness.
• Why confronting hardship is a mark of spiritual maturity.
• How God transforms pain into power when you bring it to Him.
• The practical steps to face what’s hurting you without being crushed by it.
If you’ve been running, numbing, hiding, or distracting yourself… this episode will call you out and call you UP. Because you weren’t created to be pain-free — you were created to be powerful.
In this episode of Built Different, Shakur Smith breaks down the mentality of taking full responsibility for your life—especially when you have “good reasons” to slow down, quit, or delay.
Excuses don’t build momentum, they kill it. Excuses don’t move destiny, they block it. And God never accepted excuses from the men He called… so why should you?
Learn how to build a zero-excuse mindset, take ownership, and grow into the person God designed you to be.
In this episode of Built Different, we break down how to stay disciplined during the holidays without losing the joy God gives through family and rest.
You don’t have to choose between your calling and your relationships , you just have to be intentional. Learn how to protect your habits, guard your identity, and honor God in both your grind and your gatherings.
99% of the game is mental and most people lose before they ever start.
In this episode, Shakur breaks down how your thoughts shape your discipline, your habits, your direction, and your destiny. Backed with Scripture and simple mindset shifts you can apply today. If you win the battle in the mind, you win everywhere else.