Episode 91: Jesus Thirsts for You

Episode 91: Jesus Thirsts for You

From Hope for Right Now: A Walking with Purpose Podcast by Walking with Purpose

March 16, 2026 · 43 min · Season 2 · Episode 91

About this episode

Laura Phelps and guest Caitlin Bean discuss the significance of Lent and how to prepare spiritually for Easter.

Hope for Right Now Podcast – Desert Bloom, A Lenten Journey: Jesus Thirsts for You Laura Phelps welcomes guest Caitlin Bean to the Hope for Right Now podcast for a seven-week series: Desert Bloom, A Lenten Journey. Lent is a time of sacrifice, preparation, and spiritual waiting—a time to prepare our hearts for Easter through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. For many of us, it has become about exterior performance, a “holy checklist” we begin on Ash Wednesday and struggle to sustain for 40 days. And preparation? Who has time for that? We are exhausted—after all, it was just Christmas! If this is how your heart feels at the start of Lent, this series is for you—offering practical encouragement, Scripture reflections, and simple ways to experience a more meaningful, peace-filled Lent. In today’s episode, Laura and Caitlin walk us into a new phase, the rainfall, and vulnerably share the empty wells they have run to in order to find the love that only God can give. Open your Heart to our key Scripture.Hosea 6:3 Let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth. Open your Bible to other…

People in this episode

Host: Laura Phelps

Guest: Caitlin Bean

Topics covered

  • Lent
  • spiritual preparation
  • prayer
  • fasting
  • almsgiving
  • Scripture reflections
  • meaningful Lent

Keywords

  • Lent
  • spirituality
  • prayer
  • fasting
  • Easter
  • Scripture
  • encouragement

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hope for Right Now Podcast, Desert Bloom, A Lenten Journey, Hosea 6:3, John 4:1–42, Exodus 2:15–21, Genesis 24:14–19, Genesis 19:1–9, Romans 8:26, Hosea 10:12

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