His Dreams, Not Mine: A Story of Surrender for His Glory | Alys Seay | Ep. 008

For much of her life, basketball was at the center of Alys Seay’s world. But after years of striving, pressure, and fear of failure, Alys discovered that God wasn’t calling her to perfection, He was calling her to surrender. In this conversation, Alys traces her journey through basketball, the challenges of being a collegiate athlete, a radical season of overseas missions, and her work today as both a medical professional and an FCA volunteer disciple-maker.

Listen to Alys reflect on how God reshaped her story from striving for success to living surrendered for His glory.

In this episode:

1. The pressures of college athletics and performance anxiety
2. Discovering freedom through surrendering to God’s plan
3. How God redirected her through the World Race missions trip
4. The power of community, discipleship, and speaking life into others
5. Living out faith intentionally in medicine and mentoring college athletes

Verse of the Day:

"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." - 1 Thessalonians 5:11

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