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It has become popular to applaud brokenness, embracing your “beautiful mess” and to "be yourself boldly" … but does that truly heal, save, and free us from the things that weigh us down? This week, Leslie answers an important question facing today’s Christian women: Is brokenness beautiful? Discover how to overcome shame in realizing that brokenness, although very real in our lives, is a means to an end that is supposed to lead us to the feet of Jesus. Tune in to freshly celebrate the Cross and treasure the new life and victory found in Jesus’ redemption.

Gleaning faith-lessons from those who have gone before us in the Christian faith helps bring the truths of God’s Word to greater light and life in our own lives. This week, Leslie shares about one of her heroes of the faith — Amy Carmichael. This snapshot of Amy’s story will inspire you to love sacrificially, embrace humility, and lean into the trials in your life, knowing that trials produce “perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.”

Just in time for Mother’s Day! Leslie shares ways she has personally sought to keep prayer as the cornerstone of her walk with Christ while being a mom to six children. Perfect for moms in the trenches, those who look forward to motherhood in the future, or those who are discipling and interacting with children, this episode beautifully expresses that prayer keeps stress, burn-out, and worry at bay as women choose the one thing that is needful — time in His presence. Discover practical ways to invest into your children … beginning with the impact prayer has on a child’s life!

With Mother’s Day around the corner, Leslie shares practical encouragement for moms raising children or any woman looking to gain vision for Christ-centered child rearing. Applicable for any woman who has influence in the life of a child, Leslie shares how to reach the souls of children by modeling the Gospel in your own life, how to watch over the ways of your home, why it’s important to identify the spiritual root of your child’s behavior patterns, and more in this week’s episode!

Leslie continues the discussion on what today’s Christian women really need to hear in this week’s podcast and shares how to properly handle the misconceptions women are facing today. Touching upon important issues such as how to rest and refuel the right way as well as how to use fasten our friendships to Christ instead of self, you’ll find encouragement and truth to aim the whole of your life towards Christ and not self. Plus, catch the vision behind this year’s Set Apart Conference on standing unashamed for Christ in a time such as this!

If you feel like your walk with Christ is merely skimming of the surface of all He has for you, tune into this week’s episode and discover how attuning your ears to the right message of surrender and self-denial will set you free from self in order to serve Jesus Christ with your life. Leslie recaps her own journey to discovering what messages women really need to hear while also sharing the vision God burdened her with ten years ago when she hosted the first annual Set Apart Conference!

Meekness is often confused for weakness, but this week Leslie shares about how the beautiful quality of meekness in a woman’s life is not based on personality but cultivated by the Spirit of God within a surrendered heart. Pulling back the misconceptions surrounding inner beauty and meekness, discover practical ways to grow in the beauty of a meek and gentle spirit.

This week Leslie reflects on the Mentoring Young Women online summit and shares timely encouragement for mentors who are seeking to influence others towards truth. This episode is a breath of fresh air filled with spiritual principles Leslie has gleaned in her 20+ years of ministering to today’s young women. Take courage and heart as she answers your top mentoring questions!

Looking for ways to spruce up your schedule? Feeling a bit “blah” as you look out on the horizon of your life? In this week’s episode, Leslie shares refreshing and simple ways to cure boredom and keep you about the Father’s business as you seek to love Him with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. Discover how to be Christ’s hands and feet to the lost and dying by beginning with one small step of obedience at a time.

Did you know that today’s young women are in a battle? That is why now, more than ever, the next generation is in need of healthy mentors to pour into their lives, encourage their hearts, and fasten their souls to Christ. No matter how old you are or what season of life you’re in, you can impact the life of a younger woman. This week, Leslie shares her heart on principles for mentoring and ministering to the needs of Christian young women for the past twenty years to give you the inspiration and information needed to take your first steps in reaching out or strengthen the ministry you already have.

This week, Leslie continues to share how to identify key points of enemy attack and develop a strategy in how to resist Satan’s attempts to thwart you from God’s purposes for your life. Discover how to utilize our authority in Christ, the power of Christ’s name, and use the Word of God to overcome spiritual hindrances in your life.

There are a lot of questions surrounding the topic of spiritual warfare and it’s important that we, as Christian women, know how to approach it in a biblical way. Using insightful examples from her own journey and drawing upon the truths found in God’s Word, Leslie uncovers how to identify enemy hindrance in your life and reminds us of rising up in the strength of our position in Christ to wage war against the enemy of our souls … and win!

Trendy home design shows can often make us wistful of all we don’t have and discouraged over all we have yet to do in our living space. This week, Leslie points to an important heart-attitude to cultivate in your approach to home design — the beauty of contentment. Discover how to cultivate a Christ-centered living space with three helpful principles that won’t lead you to the right look for your space, but definitely to the right perspective.

Valentine’s Day can be difficult if you’re single … but learning the keys to romantic fulfillment is a beautiful and necessary lesson at any season of life — single or married. Listen as Leslie shares how true fulfillment doesn’t come from fighting for our rights, but in laying them down. Be encouraged with three keys that can lead you to finding complete satisfaction in Christ alone!

Time spent in the company of friends is purposed to be precious. If you have been wondering how to redirect friendships that have become less-than-encouraging, Leslie continues sharing how to have God-honoring get-togethers in this week’s episode. Listen as she uncovers two common pitfalls in many girls’ gatherings and proposes a refreshing, biblical solution to idle chit-chat and chick flicks.