Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Yielded Mind Podcast.

Every journey has a beginning. This episode is ours.

Recorded in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Eric Hayes sits down with one of his closest friends, Robbie Frye, for a deeply personal conversation about surrender, discipleship, addiction recovery, marriage restoration, spiritual formation, and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

Eric and Robbie first met at Bethel Colony of Mercy, a Christ-centered recovery ministry in North Carolina. What began as a chance meeting between two broken men became a lifelong friendship forged through prayer, accountability, repentance, and the relentless grace of God.

Together, they walk through the first major movements found in The Yielded Mind:

• Revelation — What God reveals about our identity, sonship, and need for Him.
• Conflict — The internal battle between self-will and surrender.
• Discipline — The daily practices that cultivate intimacy with Christ and renew the mind.
• Surrender — Learning to trust God's process even when circumstances seem impossible.
• Transformation — Witnessing God's faithfulness through restored lives, restored marriages, and renewed purpose.

Robbie openly shares his journey through addiction, recovery, relapse, restoration, and eventual calling into ministry. Eric reflects on his own struggles with pride, self-sufficiency, and the lessons God taught him through surrender.

This episode is not simply a conversation about recovery. It is a testimony of what happens when two men choose to yield themselves fully to Christ and allow the Holy Spirit to do what human effort never could.

If you've ever struggled with addiction, depression, anxiety, broken relationships, disappointment, shame, or the feeling that God could never redeem your story, this episode is for you.

Transformation does not begin when we try harder.

Transformation begins when we yield.

Key Topics:

• Bethel Colony of Mercy
• Addiction recovery and discipleship
• Marriage restoration
• Daily spiritual disciplines
• Biblical submission and obedience
• Renewing the mind
• The work of the Holy Spirit
• Christian brotherhood
• Fruitland Bible College
• Finding freedom through surrender

Scripture Themes:
Ephesians 5
Jeremiah 17
Amos 5:24
Galatians 1:10
Romans 12:2

Connect with Eric Hayes:

• eric@theyieldedmind.com
• TheYieldedMind.com
• HisMen.org
• 336-500-1920

Connect with Robbie Frye:

• pastorfrye@bethelcolony.org
• bethelcolony.org
• HisMen.org
• 828-754-3781

If this episode encourages you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and join us as we explore what it means to live with a truly yielded mind.