Set Apart Podcast

A Steadfast Heart: Letting God Shape Your Desires 03.06.2026 19min

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 we build our lives around Him, our desires align with His. This episode challenges us to freshly examine whether we are truly allowing God to shape our desires and lead our lives.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To register for the online version of the 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about the Late Summer 5-Week Discipleship Program at Ellerslie, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Proverbs 31 Pressure? 28.05.2026 20min

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 upon. She offers practical ways to lean on the supernatural enabling strength of God to live out the seemingly impossible calling upon our lives as daughters of the King.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about the online version of our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Late Summer Discipleship Program at Ellerslie, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

Emotional Health: A Steadfast Heart: Living for His Glory 18.05.2026 20min

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 can clearly be seen in and through us - just as John the Baptist did when he said "I must decrease, but He must increase." (John 3:30) When we fix our gaze on Jesus and let others follow our gaze upwards, we will experience a soul-level emotional peace that can never be found in focusing on ourselves. For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Set Free from Self-Pity 13.05.2026 16min

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 healing to our hurts and griefs.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn more about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: How Turning Outward Impacts our Emotions 05.05.2026 15min

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 with God's Spirit to bless and strengthen others.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn more about the 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

Emotional Health and True Comfort 27.04.2026 21min

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 the God of all comfort, and offers practical ways to keep our emotions grounded in Him even in the hardest of times.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about the 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Rest and Emotional Health 10.04.2026 21min

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 more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our Set Apart Magazine, visit https://setapart.org/set-apart-magazine/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: How honoring Others Impacts Emotional Health 31.03.2026 21min

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 difficult people in a Christ-honoring way.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our Set Apart Magazine, visit https://setapart.org/set-apart-magazine/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Overcoming a Critical Spirit 19.03.2026 21min

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 kindness. In this episode, Leslie explores biblical keys to avoiding a critical spirit and talks about how to handle weakness in others in a God-honoring way, and how this sets us up for both emotional and relational health.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To explore our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Choosing Peace over Drama 10.03.2026 15min

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 our lives as modern women. As Leslie reminds us, choosing peace over drama is an important key to true emotional health.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Cultivating a Clean Heart 04.03.2026 17min

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 blood of Jesus. As Leslie shares, when we allow the God's Spirit to gently cleanse impurity from our lives, we will experience the buoyancy of being set free from the controlling power of sin. This episode offers practical ways to walk through a spiritual cleansing process in cooperation with the loving correction of God's Spirit.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: How Honesty Impacts Emotional Health 25.02.2026 20min

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 days, but often it promotes a kind of “realness” that is does not promote true emotional health. In this episode, Leslie contrasts counterfeit honesty with Biblical honesty, and shows us how true honesty will help our emotions remain grounded in Truth.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To enter our 2026 Ellerslie Scholarship Giveaway, visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0MDS3NTWbpEVzwX-1I7vv0U9RBalczpeEbZVCbRvVl17pVg/viewform. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: How Faith Builds Emotional Health 18.02.2026 20min

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 it clear that He longs for us to give Him the opportunity to show Himself strong on our behalf. This episode challenges us to ask the question - are we willing to give Him that opportunity?For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our Set Apart Magazine, visit https://setapart.org/set-apart-magazine/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: How to Handle Emotions 04.02.2026 20min

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, Leslie unpacks principles for being led by Truth, rather than merely following our feelings.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Think on These, Things Part Two 27.01.2026 18min

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 resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Think on These Things, Part One 08.01.2026 25min

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, instead of keeping our soul anchored to Jesus Christ. In this episode, Leslie offers Biblical and practical principles for keeping our thoughts centered on God's Truth, which in turn will keep our emotions grounded in Christ.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn more about the 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. For additional episodes about meditating on Truth, visit https://setapart.org/253-meditation-a-biblical-mindset-part-4/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part Four 31.12.2025 22min

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 Proverbs 17:17.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our Ellerslie Discipleship Programs and lock in 2025 pricing, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference and the free t-shirt giveaway, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part Three 23.12.2025 21min

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 corrupt conversation, and helps us discern truly godly friends from those who are undermining our relationship with Christ.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. For Part One and Two of Emotionally Healthy Friendships, visit https://setapart.org/podcast-by-date/. For additional episodes on Gossip, visit https://setapart.org/navigating-modern-christianity/#9. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To learn about our Christmas Specials, visit https://ellerslie.com/2025-christmas-specials/ and https://shop.setapart.org/collections/christmas-specials. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part Two 15.12.2025 25min

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 counterfeit comfort and true Biblical comfort. This episode brings awareness to the tactics of grooming and manipulation that can creep into friendships unnoticed, even within the Church, and helps ground us in the Biblical pattern for trustworthy, godly friends. For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our Christmas specials, visit https://ellerslie.com/2025-christmas-specials/ and https://shop.setapart.org/collections/christmas-specials. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

A Steadfast Heart: Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part One 09.12.2025 20min

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 soul to Him. In this episode, Leslie offers important Biblical insights on how to determine a truly Christ-centered friend from someone who is dangerous and unhealthy to our spiritual lives and relationship with Christ.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To explore our Set Apart Christmas specials, https://shop.setapart.org/collections/christmas-specials. To explore our Ellerslie Christmas specials, visit https://ellerslie.com/2025-christmas-specials/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.