Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast

We come to the conclusion of our 12-month deep dive into prayer, and believe us when we say, we finish on a high! 🙌 In this episode, we’re joined by our friend Pippa Baker from One Hope Project to discuss Contemplative Prayer. And if you’re not sure what that is, or it’s not a regular practice for you, then this episode will be an incredible gift in your life with God! 😇 We go deep in this conversation, in which we discuss… ✅ What is contemplative prayer? ✅ The power of contemplative prayer ✅ The practice of silent prayer ✅ The importance of slowing in the spiritual life ✅ Practices of contemplative prayer ✅ Helping young people to expand their spiritual capacity … and loads more! This is a profound, rich and inspiring conversation that will give you plenty to chew over and act upon! 👌 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! FOR LIMITLESS LEADERS

We’ve all been there. That moment when you invite young people to pray and all that follows is an awkward silence and a single tumbleweed! 😅 So what can we do to equip young people for a vibrant life of prayer? 🤔 We sat down with Martin Saunders, author of Signal Fire: A Guide to Putting Prayer into Practice, to ask just that.👌 We cover a lot of ground in this conversation, including… … our natural instinct to pray ✅ … how to create environments where praying together feels engaging and vibrant ✅ … how to help young develop a healthy, consistent, and life-giving discipline of private prayer ✅ … common obstacles to pray and how to overcome them ✅ … how to confront spiritual apathy ✅ … practical tools for praying with young people ✅ and loads more! This is a conversation that is both inspiring and actionable in equal measure. It will stop your mind and affect your practice! 🙏 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! FOR LIMITLESS LEADERS FOR SIGNAL FIRE BOOK

“It’s impossible to really grow in vitality in my walk with God, without the element of fasting.” - James Aladiran Fasting is one of the most overlooked, under-practiced, yet spiritually potent and indispensable disciplines of the spiritual life. So what happened? 🤷‍♂️ How did this practice, once so central in the life of Jesus and his followers, get sidelined in his church? And what is the power of fasting in our lives and ministries today? 🤔 To discuss these big questions, we’re joined by the dynamic leader of Prayer Storm, James Aladiran. 🔥 We cover a lot of ground in this short conversation, including… … defining fasting ✅ … the difference between fasting and abstinence ✅ … why fasting has been sidelined in our lives and ministries ✅ … the power of fasting ✅ … the connection between fasting and prayer ✅ … how fasting trains us for the spiritual life ✅ … the importance of self-denial in following Jesus ✅ … how to get started ✅ … how to fast with young people ✅ and loads more! But watch out, this episode comes with a warning! 🚨 You will be stirred to take action by integrating a regular practice of fasting into your life. And, if you do, your walk with God will never be the same again! 🙏🙌 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy!

Welcome 100th episode Limitless Youth Ministry Podcast! 🙌 This is a theologically rich and practically applicable conversation with Susie Aldridge that’s all about praying for healing. 🔥 There’s SO MUCH good stuff in here, including… … why God is still in the business of healing today ✅ … inspiring stories of miracles ✅ … praying for healing in a way that is pastorally sensitive and biblically legitimate ✅ … why people don’t get healed and what to do when they don’t ✅ … praying for mental and emotional healing ✅ … equipping young people to pray for healing ✅ … a helpful five step process to follow ✅ and loads more! This is a conversation that will be sure to inspire your faith and equip you with the tools to go and heal the sick! Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! CLICK FOR THE LAST FEW LIMITLESS FESTIVAL TICKETS!

If you ever feel like you’re going against the grain of your personality, or trying to fit into someone else’s skin when you pray, then this is a conversation that could transform your life with God! 🙌 We sit down with Sarah Whittleston, Director of Elim Prayer, to talk about how understanding our own ‘spiritual temperament, or prayer personality, can enable us to connect with God in fresh, authentic and deeper ways. 🙏 We discuss… … the Activist: Loving God through confrontation and action ✅ … the Ascetic: Loving God in solitude and simplicity ✅ … the Caregiver: Loving God by loving others ✅ … the Contemplative: Loving God through adoration and meditation ✅ … the Enthusiast: Loving God with mystery and celebration ✅ … the Intellectual: Loving God with the mind and understanding ✅ … the Naturalist: Loving God in nature ✅ … the Sensate: Loving God with the senses ✅ … the Traditionalist: Loving God through ritual and symbol ✅ So which one are you? Listen in to find out! 😀 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! FOR SPIRITUAL TEMPERAMENTS QUIZ FOR SACRED PATHWAYS BOOK FOR LIMITLESS FESTIVAL

Becca Dean is the Tutor in Youth Ministry at Ridley Hall in Cambridge, and author of Be Live Pray: Get in Touch with a Great Prayer Life. We sat down with Becca for a compelling conversation about creativity in prayer. 💃🙏 There is so much food for thought here, including… … how understanding our unique ‘intelligences’ can help us to pray ✅ … why prayer is an embodied practice, not just a cerebral one ✅ … the importance of play and space in a life of prayer ✅ … how the creative arts can be vehicles for prayer ✅ … the joy of exploring practices of prayer from the breadth of Christian tradition ✅ and loads more! If you find prayer difficult, this is a conversation that will help you overcome barriers and explore a new, richer life with God. Don’t miss it! 🙌 Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy! FOR THE CALL TO PRAYER TOUR ⁠FOR THE ‘BE LIVE PRAY’ BOOK ⁠ FOR HOWARD GARDINER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

We wrap up the year with a short episode of the pod to wish all you heroic youth workers a very happy Christmas, and to unveil some exciting plans for 2024! 🤩 So well done for everything you have given to serve Jesus and young people this year. May you hear the resounding voice of the Father saying, "Well done, good and faithful servant!" 👏❤️ FOR LIMITLESS LEADERS FOR CALL TO PRAYER TOUR FOR LIMITLESS FESTIVAL

Is there purpose in our pain? It’s an inconvenient truth that pain is perhaps the single greatest catalyst for transformation in our lives. That’s why we sat down with the wonderful Sarah Whittleston, who shares candidly about her personal story of walking through cancer. This is part 5 in our series on transformation, in which we discuss… … how pain can become a catalyst for transformation ✅ … walking with God in the mystery of unanswered questions ✅ … the power of lament as a spiritual discipline ✅ … how to help young people to leverage the challenges they face for deepening spiritual maturity ✅ and loads more! Sarah’s vulnerability and compassion make for a powerful conversation that’s well worth a listen. 👂 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you listen. 🎧 Enjoy!