A Set Apart Podcast Series with Leslie ludy:
A Steadfast Heart
Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part Two
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.
Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part One
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.
Becoming Truly Happy, Part Two
In our culture, we have been trained to do only what makes us happy and brings us personal fulfillment, rather than to serve and pour out our lives for the glory of God. In this episode, Leslie unpacks Biblical principles that show us why choosing selflessness over selfishness brings true and lasting joy. This episode provides inspiring and practical ways to exchange circumstantial happiness for lasting happiness and true personal fulfillment.
Becoming Truly Happy, Part One
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.
Finding True Emotional Health
Leslie launches a new series this week called A Steadfast Heart . “Emotional health” has become a popular topic in modern culture. But what is true emotional health from a Biblical perspective? In this week’s episode, Leslie takes a Scriptural look at what it means to bring our emotions under the rulership of Jesus Christ and aligning our feelings with God’s Truth. She contrasts the counterfeit “emotional health” so often promoted by our culture with true emotional health as defined by the Word of God, and offers practical ways to honor God with our emotions in our daily lives and decisions.