In the weeks leading up to Easter, we're releasing prayer podcasts designed to help you slow down and encounter God. Each episode weaves together Scripture, worship, and guided prayer—creating space to reflect and respond.

This week, we read from Psalm 40 and John 12, reflecting on Mary's costly worship and the "fragrance" our lives carry. What aroma are you bringing into the spaces you enter? As we approach Easter, consider what Jesus may be inviting you to lay at His feet—and how time with Him shapes the way you live, love, and lead.

What if the breakthrough you're praying for begins with learning how to name what you feel? Your spiritual maturity and emotional maturity are inseparable.

In this episode, Whit George, Casey Shirley, and Angela Ekstrum explore why feelings are not obstacles to spiritual growth—but essential to it. They unpack the difference between emotions and feelings, and what it really means to stay relational under pressure.

Emotions will either move us away from relationship or deeper into it. The question is: will we let them lead us toward connection with God and others?

Show Notes:

Listen to the Weekend Message: How to Manage Your Feelings as a Christ Follower |

How to Manage Your Feelings as a Christ Follower

In this episode, they reference the 8 Feelings chart:

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In this episode, Whit recommends The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter

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Real change doesn't happen through inspiration alone—it happens through formation.The bridge between wanting to change and actually becoming new is found in practices: small, repeatable rhythms that shape our desires and direction over time.

In this episode, Whit George, Blake Zimmerman, and Blaine Bartel explore how spiritual practices are counter-formation, slow and often resistant, but deeply powerful. As we commit to faithful practices—body, mind, and soul—we learn to trust the process, resist the path of least resistance, and allow Jesus to do His quiet, transforming work in us.

Show Notes:

Listen to the weekend message: Your Practice Is the Product of Your Life | https://youtu.be/rLMas97YrjE?si=GfdloWZrTsRmcTvN

Learn more about Blaine Bartel and his mission to help people encounter resurrection out of sexual brokenness: https://www.blainebartel.com/

In this episode Blake references the following books:

• The Patient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan Kreider
• Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard