Set Apart Podcast

Leslie kicks off a new series this week called A Biblical Mindset and brings an eye-opening message about seeing beyond the distractions and errors in modern Christianity and returning to Biblical thinking, reasoning, and decision-making. Today's episode on "looking beyond the smoke and lights" freshly inspires us to reject cultural lies and proactively seek after the rock-solid Heavenly wisdom th...

This week Leslie wraps up her series on Christ-Centered Mentoring with Biblical encouragement for responding to sin and weakness in others' lives. In this practical episode, Leslie offers ways to discern when to confront sin and when to stay silent and wait for God's timing, as well as how to cultivate the right heart attitude toward others who don't share your standards. Confronting sin in others...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered Mentoring series with a message about reasoning from a Truth-based perspective. While it's easy to turn to popular books, blogs and songs for our guidance and encouragement, it's vital to remember that human thoughts and ideas are only beneficial if they are in harmony with the timeless Truth of Scripture. All ideas, notions, concepts, and suggestions...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered mentoring series with an important message about being 100% grounded in Truth in everything we share with others. In mentoring or ministry situations, it's all too easy to fall into the trap of sharing trends instead of Truth. In this episode, Leslie contrasts several trendy "Christian" messages with the Truth of God's Word, and helps us understand ho...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-Centered Mentoring series with a practical and encouraging episode on finding godly mentors. When we are in any kind of ministry, it’s important to glean from the wisdom of others who have gone before us and draw from the spiritual strength of others in the Body of Christ. But truly godly mentors can be very hard to find. In this episode Leslie offers helpful...

Leslie continues her Christ-Centered Mentoring series with this poignant episode on handling criticism and personal attack in a Biblical and Christ-honoring way. One we begin to influence others towards truth, personal attack from others often goes with the territory. Unless we have a Biblical perspective on these attacks, the enemy can often use them to distract us or discourage us from...

This week Leslie continues her series on Christ-Centered Mentoring with an encouraging message about never giving up even during times of discouragement. When you are wrestling for a soul or pouring truth into others and you don't see any fruit, it's easy to wonder if it's really worth it, and the temptation to give up can be very strong. In this episode, Leslie shares powerful true stories about...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-Centered Mentoring series, with this practical episode on spiritual warfare in ministry. Even if you don’t feel that your ministry is large or significant, if you are touching even one life with the light and love of Christ, it is a threat to the enemy, and he will do everything in his power to get you to stop.  In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical per...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered Mentoring series with an eye-opening episode about setting Biblical boundaries. In this episode, Leslie highlights the difference between healthy, truth-based, God-honoring boundaries and counterfeit, self-protective boundaries, and shares practical ways to set Christ-honoring boundaries in ministry while still living a poured-out life. For more resou...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered mentoring series with Part Two of her message on becoming a channel of blessing. In this episode, she offers four practical ways to get out of "park" and into "drive" in sharing the hope of the Gospel with others. If you desire to take steps toward becoming a conduit of God’s love to the souls around you, this episode will give you practical steps to...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered Mentoring series with a candid episode on what to do when we feel depleted and inadequate, drawing inspiration from the example of her great-grandmother Ida. It's easy to forget that what God calls us to, He equips us for. But no matter how inadequate we feel, He is ready and waiting to provide us with spiritual refreshment to offer others, if we...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-Centered Mentoring series with practical insights for leading a healthy and God-honoring small group. Whether you are mentoring a group of women or are a participant in a group Bible study, these principles will help you cultivate an atmosphere of spiritual strength and godly exhortation. In this episode, Leslie shares Biblical keys that hallmark a healthy Chr...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-Centered Mentoring series with a poignant message about avoiding common mentoring pitfalls. In this episode, Leslie tackles some of the incorrect mindsets and approaches we often take into mentoring relationships, and offers Biblical alternatives for each. Whether you are currently a mentor or have a burden to disciple others, these truths can prove invaluable...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered Mentoring series with this practical episode on pointing women to Christ's strength. While human sympathy often seems like the best response when someone shares their struggles, we can quickly become a tool in the enemy's hands if we encourage that person toward self-pity. What every struggling soul truly needs is a friend who will help them become st...

This week Leslie continues her Christ-centered Mentoring series with a practical look at what it means to communicate Truth in a relatable and relevant way. Contrary to popular belief, being "relevant" does not come from being trendy, experienced, or culturally sensitive, but from being grounded in the Word of God. In this episode Leslie shares practical Biblical solutions for common problems that...

Leslie continues her Christ-centered Mentoring series with this poignant episode on choosing truth over emotion in mentoring relationships and friendships. We often measure our success in reaching another woman's soul based on how much emotion is expressed and how much she opens up about her struggles. But as this episode reminds us, true discipleship success can only measured by how well we faste...

Leslie continues her Christ-Centered Mentoring series in this week's episode on the battle over souls. When we say “yes” to God’s call to lead others to Jesus, we are entering a battleground. In order to be effective in winning souls, we must get ready for this battle, armed with the spiritual weapons God has given us. In this episode, Leslie offers practical insights for recognizing and spir...

This week Leslie begins a new series on Christ-centered Mentoring. Though “mentoring” has become a popular word in many Christian circles, it's easy to misunderstand what the souls around us truly need. In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical and practical insights for impacting others through one-on-one discipleship - going beyond mere life-coaching and instead offering the Truth that can set the...

Leslie continues her Personal Life Lesson series with this candid episode on the power of praying with your spouse, sharing about the impact that prayer has had on her own marriage. Whether you are married or know some who could use an infusion of strength in marriage, this episode offers practical ways to develop the habit of praying together as a couple. When a couple touches the heart...

This week Leslie continues her Personal Life Lessons, sharing her own journey in personal life lessons. Ephesians 5:15-16 exhorts us, “See that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”  To “redeem the time” means to seize each moment God has given us and use it for His glory, but that is easier said than done in our fast paced world. In...

This week, Leslie returns to her Personal Life Lesson series, talking about spiritual keys to thriving in motherhood. As Leslie shares, motherhood success is not about being perfect. Rather, it’s becoming completely dependent upon the only One who is - Jesus Christ. This episode reminds us that in every motherhood challenge we face, there is a spiritual breakthrough awaiting us, if we will have ey...

When it comes to relationships, it’s hard to imagine a more confusing time in history than the times in which we live. Even in the Church, a fog seems to have settled over topics like singleness, purity, and marriage. In this episode, Leslie shares important truths from Scripture for building a Christ-centered romance. These key scriptural truths can help to clear away fog over this area and bolst...

This week Leslie shares her personal journey to discovering true rest. Resting is an important way to honor God’s pattern for our work and lives. But, as Leslie shares, resting the right way - God’s way - is of crucial importance. Otherwise, we are merely settling for a counterfeit version of rest that doesn’t lead to lasting peace or refreshment. To support this podcast, please visit ou...

Leslie continues her Personal Life Lessons series this week with a candid episode about people-pleasing. It’s easy to blame “serving others” as the main culprit behind our burn-out and stress. A common mentality is that if we try to make other people happy, we will neglect ourselves and become depressed, over-worked martyrs. But as Leslie shares in this episode, when we serve “as unto the Lor...

Leslie continues her Personal Life Lessons series with a powerful message on taking the lowest place. This episode reminds us that in God’s Kingdom, we are not called to seek our own honor, but His. He does not call us to be noticed and applauded by the world but to decrease so that He might be seen through us. For more resources from Leslie visit www.setapartgirl.com .  To support this...