Welcome to the Prayers of Rest podcast.

I'm your host, Ashtra Tchuju, and this season we're praying through hard emotions, like anger, guilt, envy, loneliness, sorrow.

You know, all those emotions we don't really want to admit that we're feeling, but

that are always there beneath the surface. Every Monday morning, starting next week, you'll find

a guided prayer session right here in your podcast feed, and I'll walk you through a psalm that

addresses that emotion and then guide you through the R-E-S-T, the rest prayer prompts,

to help you find rest in God's loving presence. If you're new to praying the rest way,

don't worry, I'll walk you each step of the way. All you need is 10 minutes and an open heart, and God will meet you here.

Also new this season, we'll have bonus interview episodes each Thursday that correspond to

that week's hard emotion. You'll be hearing from people who are willing to be honest with us

about what it looks like

to wrestle with anxiety and disappointment, with temptation and annoyance, and how God revealed

himself to be faithful and good and true and personal right there in the middle of those hard emotions, and also how God led them

into growth and transformation. But to kick off our season of praying through hard

emotions, we're switching seats today, and I'm actually the one being interviewed by my friend

Janelle Nevels.

Janelle is the co-host of the Brian and Janelle Morning Show on WCRF Moody Radio Cleveland,

which is my local Moody Radio station. And she invited me to share with our listeners why we chose to focus on hard emotions

this fall season on the podcast?

Hello, Asherina.

Good morning.

Hey, love to have you on.

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