Set Apart Podcast

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/.

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/.

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/.

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/.

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/.

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/.

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/.

Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with a powerful look at true happiness. While the culture leads us to believe that happiness is conditional upon our circumstances, and comes from self-fulfillment, God's Word tells us differently. According to God's pattern, happiness is a decision of the will; a purposeful act of fixing our gaze upon Jesus Christ and anchoring our soul to Him. As long as our eyes are on Jesus, we can be happy at the soul-level, even if we go through difficulty. If we make our happiness conditional upon our circumstances, we will always be discontent. In this episode, Leslie walks through several "happiness myths" that we often believe, and contrasts them with the reality of God's pattern for real and lasting happiness.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To download Eric and Leslie's "Trip Down Memory Lane" audio presentation, visit https://ellerslie.com/donate/. For more of Leslie's episodes on finding fulfillment in Christ visit https://setapart.org/honorable-womanhood-series/#1 and https://setapart.org/he-is-series/#351. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

Leslie continues her Honorable Womanhood series with a message about the unexpected blessings that come from choosing to honor our God-given authorities, especially in the area of romance and relationships. In our modern age of independence, many of us overlook the fact that God has placed these authorities in our lives — such as parents and other trusted leaders — not to make us miserable, but to bless and protect us. As Leslie shares, we can find tremendous strength by honoring our authorities and inviting them to play a key role in our lives. Honoring teammates brings the blessing of Heaven.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To learn about our 2026 Set Apart Conference, visit https://setapart.org/2026-set-apart-conference/. For Eric's message on fatherhood, visit https://ellerslie.com/the-lowercase-f/. To learn about the Honorable Womanhood online course, visit https://setapart.org/honorable-womanhood/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

Leslie continues the Honorable Womanhood series with a Biblical look at what it means to guard the sacred things that God entrusts to us. Guarding our hearts and valuing what God deems sacred is a critical part of a godly pattern for healthy relationships. It is also a critical part of our relationship with Jesus Christ. Whether you are married or single, this message reminds us of the importance of being guarded and keeping our relationship with Christ first in everything.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To take these truths deeper, check out Leslie's online course, Honorable Womanhood, https://setapart.org/honorable-womanhood/. To learn about our 2026 Ellerslie Discipleship Programs, visit https://ellerslie.com/be-discipled/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

Leslie continues the Honorable Womanhood series with a message about what it means to entrust the pen of our life story to into God's faithful hands. During the single years, it’s tempting to both idolize and idealize our marriage hopes and dreams, thinking that we’ll finally be happy once we meet our future spouse. But this keeps us from finding the perfect satisfaction in Jesus Christ that He intends for us. The enemy often uses the fear of loneliness to cause us to rush ahead of God. But as this episode reminds us, when we cultivate a fully surrendered heart and let God have His way, we'll experience His very best for us. For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about the 2025 Honorable Womanhood retreat, visit https://setapart.org/hwretreat/. To learn about the Honorable Womanhood online course, visit https://setapart.org/honorable-womanhood/.To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.

In this episode, Leslie explores four key ways to build a truly Christ-centered marriage, not just a marriage with a Christian label. These truths are important even for single women, because many of these principles can be cultivated in your life long before you meet your spouse. There is a spiritual battle over Christian marriages. This message can help you become equipped for the battle over marriage and lay the foundation for a relationship that will stand the test of time.For more resources from Leslie, visit https://setapart.org/. To learn about the Honorable Womanhood Online Course, visit https://setapart.org/honorable-womanhood/. To learn about the Honorable Womanhood Fall Retreat at Ellerslie, visit https://setapart.org/hwretreat/. To support Set Apart Ministries, visit https://setapart.org/support/.