The Power of One Small Yes: Hearing God’s Voice and Walking in Step with the Spirit with Phillip Israelson
What if the smallest step of obedience you take today could open the biggest door God has for your life?
In this deeply inspiring episode of At This Table, host Shelly Brown sits down with Phillip Israelson, author of The Smallest Step of Obedience Opens the Biggest Door— a powerful memoir chronicling more than sixty years of walking closely with the Lord.
Phillip shares how a single “yes” to God at sixteen years old transformed his life forever and led to a lifetime of learning to hear, trust, and obey the voice of the Holy Spirit. With stories that span from his early encounters with God to ministry across fifty-four countries, Phillip’s testimony reminds us that obedience doesn’t begin with a big leap — it begins with one surrendered step.
This conversation is rich with wisdom for every believer longing to live a Spirit-led life.
Together, Shelly and Phillip Israelson explore:
- How to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit in a world full of noise and distraction.
- Why dependence on God, not striving, brings true fruitfulness and peace.
- The difference between religion and relationship — and how intimacy with Jesus transforms everything.
- How failure, when surrendered, becomes a classroom for deeper faith.
- What it means to finish well and live a life of lifelong surrender.
You’ll also hear Phillip share a vivid vision God gave him — one that reshaped his entire understanding of fruitfulness and obedience — and a practical invitation to pray, “Lord, show me my heart as You see it.”
Whether you’re just beginning your walk of faith or decades into it, this episode will stir your heart to trust God more deeply, listen more closely, and keep saying “yes” — one small step at a time.
Get Phil’s book here: The Smallest Step of Obedience Opens the Biggest Door
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