Hi, I'm Leslie Lutty, host of the Sout of Part podcast, Biblical Encouragement for Women.

We are in our Steadfast Heart series where we've been unpacking biblical keys to true emotional

health.

And in this week's episode, we're going to be looking at the amazing emotional benefits like

joy and peace and confidence with God that come out of having a clean heart, a clean conscience before

him. It's not really something you think about when you think about emotional health, but it's

really incredible how this works. So we're going to go into that in a few minutes. Before we dive in,

I wanted to remind you that our set apart conference is coming up May 22nd and 23rd. You can join

us in Colorado at the Ellersley

Campus or anywhere in the world via simulcast. This is always such a powerful weekend for women

of every age and I'm really excited about this year's theme, which is fervent, cultivating

passionate devotion to Jesus Christ. A lot of times we think of being fervent and passionate for Christ is something

that is just more emotionally based, that comes and goes based on the circumstances in our life,

or if we've just read an inspiring book or gone to an inspiring Christian event. But the kind of

fervency, the kind of spiritual fire that God wants us to have is one that never goes out,

that always has this flaming

desire to grow closer and closer to Jesus. So I have a lot of sessions that I'm really

excited to share with you at this year's conference. And again, it is so powerful for women

of every age. If you're interested in joining us, you can go to setapart.org and click on

events. There will also be a link

in this podcast description. Again, that's May 22nd and 23rd, and I would love to have you join me.

So let's dive into what it means to have a clean heart before God and how that impacts our

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