Set Apart Podcast

Leslie continues the Overcoming series with a powerful reminder that this world is not our home. When we study the lives of historical Christians, one of the most important lessons we can learn is what it means to endure, to stay the course, and to not grow weary in well doing. In this episode, Leslie offers stories, Scriptures, and principles that illustrate the fact that we are not home yet. No...

Leslie begins a new series about overcoming by walking us through the struggles and victories of Christians from history past, and showing us what we can learn from them today. In this episode she outlines what defines a true Christian hero and reminds us that there are no "special" Christians, only faithful Christians. If you have ever felt unqualified to make a difference in the world for God's...

Leslie continues The Steadfast Heart series with a look at spiritual warfare and how the enemy's hinderance can impact our emotions. In this episode, Leslie encourages us to look at the areas of your life where we feel defeated, discouraged, or hopeless and consider whether Satan may be attacking us in those areas. She presents a Biblical strategy for being aware of enemy hinderance and attack, an...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series by unpacking the Biblical principle of letting God shape our heart's desires. We often believe we will find satisfaction in making our own decisions and simply asking God to bless them. But all throughout Scripture it is clear that God wants to guide us, direct our paths, give us wisdom, and show us the way we should go. Scripture is also clear that as w...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series by diving into Proverbs 31. As modern women we can often feel unhealthy pressure when we encounter this portion of Scripture. But when we understand what Proverbs 31 is really about, it can completely change our mindset. In this episode, Leslie unpacks Biblical keys to understanding Proverbs 31 not as a standard to rise up to, but as a promise to stand u...

As part of the Steadfast Heart series, Leslie unpacks a little-known secret to emotional health - living for God's glory instead of for ourselves. While it seems counter-intuitive, when we choose to get out of the way so that Jesus can be seen through our lives, we experience lasting joy and peace. There is tremendous emotional freedom that comes from choosing to step out of the way, so that Jesus...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a conversation about self-pity and the impact that it can have on our emotional health. While the culture often treats self-pity as harmless or even healthy, in reality nothing can plummet us into despair or depression quicker. In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical keys to living free from the trap of self-pity while also allowing God to bring hea...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with an inspiring episode about the joy of turning outward. While we often believe that focusing on ourselves is the best solution for emotional struggles, in God's kingdom the opposite is actually true. Through historical stories and practical encouragement, this episode reminds us of the soul-level satisfcation that comes from working in cooperation wi...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a powerful look at what it means to seek the right comfort - God's comfort - when we are hurting or struggling. There are many forms of counterfeit comfort in our culture that may provide temporary distraction, but won't truly heal us at the soul-level. In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical keys to experiencing the lasting healing that comes from...

Leslie continues the Emotional Health series with an exploration of true Biblical rest. While the culture promotes a version of rest that is temporal and self-focused, God's pattern for rest is Christ-centered, eternally focused, and restorative at the soul-level. In this episode Leslie offers several practical, Biblical keys to experiencing true rest in any circumstance or season of life. For mor...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a Biblical look at how to honor others and choose God's higher road of victorious love in our most difficult relationships. It is impossible to be an emotionally healthy person if we are constantly at odds with other people. In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical keys to develop healthy relationships and mindsets towards others and how to deal with...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a powerful look on overcoming a critical spirit towards others. When we are hosting a critical spirit, we cannot be emotionally healthy. A critical spirit is like a poison that slowly spreads, making us more and more emotionally toxic in our inner life. A critical spirit cannot co-exist with true joy, peace, gentleness, patience, and kindn...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series by sharing three Biblical keys for choosing peace over drama. When we build our lives around specific principles from God's Word, we can avoid the emotional turmoil that comes from getting involved in unhealthy human drama and experience a peace-filled existence. In this episode, Leslie unpacks these principles and offers specific ways to apply them to o...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a powerful look at how being in a right relationship with God can impact our emotional health in a positive way. Allowing sinful habit patterns and unconfessed sin to remain in our lives will place a barrier between us and our God, which causes us to miss out on the joy, peace, confidence and security that comes from having a heart cleansed by the b...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with an important look at honesty from a Biblical perspective. Over the past decade or so, there has been a renewed focus on honesty in modern Christianity. But in many cases, it’s not the same kind of God-honoring honesty that we see in Scripture - it's merely a venting of negative emotions. Being “raw and real” is touted as a spiritual virtue these day...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a powerful message about faith and how it impacts our emotions. In the modern Church, doubt is widely accepted - and even embraced, which can lead to a sense of despair, discouragement and even hopelessness. It can feel like an uphill battle to trust God and stand boldly on His promises when it comes to our own daily needs. Yet, the Bible makes...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with an important look at what role emotions should play in our lives. Many of us are led by emotion in our every daily actions and decisions, in our thought life, in relationships, and even in our life direction. As Leslie shares in this episode, emotions in themselves are not wrong, but they must be governed by the Spirit of God. In this message, Lesli...

Leslie continues her Steadfast Heart series with this powerful reminder of the importance of keeping our thoughts centered upon Truth. In this episode, Leslie unpacks practical ways to help our minds dwell on things that are lovely, true, excellent and praiseworthy. She shares four key ways that have personally helped her replace lies with Truth and keep her mind focused on God's reality. For more...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a Biblical look at how our thoughts impact our emotional health. The enemy is continually baiting us to think about things that are not true. If we dwell on thoughts, mindsets and ideas that do not align with God’s Truth, then our emotions will quickly go in the wrong direction. We will be ruled by things like fear, pride, rebellion, and rejection,...

Leslie continues her Steadfast Heart series with Part Four of what makes an emotionally healthy friend. Fair-weather friends are very common - those who will support us as things are easy and going well, but pull away when we are struggling or when a more exciting friend comes along. In this episode, Leslie unpacks the qualities of a truly faithful friend who will "love at all times" as it says in...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with Part Three of Emotionally Healthy Friendships . In this episode, Leslie focuses on the importance of finding friends who will build us up in our faith and speak words that edify rather than corrupt. Proverbs tells us that “life and death are in the power of the tongue.” Leslie unpacks the difference between honorable conversation and corru...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with Part Two of Emotionally Healthy Friendships . An emotionally healthy friend will desire to point us toward Jesus first and foremost, rather than make us emotionally dependent upon themselves. In this episode, Leslie unpacks the difference between true godly exhortation and unhealthy emotional dependence. She identifies the contrast between coun...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with this episode on Christ-centered, emotionally-healthy friendships. Why is it important to surround ourselves with emotionally healthy friends who are truly Christ-centered? Because those we allow to influence us can have a powerful impact on the direction of our lives. Our friends and influencers can either pull us away from Christ or help anchor our...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with Part Two of her message called Becoming Truly Happy .  In our culture, we have been trained to do only what makes us happy and brings us personal fulfillment, rather than to serve and pour out our lives for the glory of God. In this episode, Leslie unpacks Biblical principles that show us why choosing selflessness over selfishness brings t...

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a powerful look at true happiness. While the culture leads us to believe that happiness is conditional upon our circumstances, and comes from self-fulfillment, God's Word tells us differently. According to God's pattern, happiness is a decision of the will; a purposeful act of fixing our gaze upon Jesus Christ and anchoring our soul to Him...