A Steadfast Heart: Emotionally Healthy Friendships, Part Two
Set Apart Podcast
Leslie Ludy
4.8 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Leslie continues the Steadfast Heart series with Part Two of Emotionally Healthy Friendships. 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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Leslie Lutty, host of the Setapart podcast, Biblical Encouragement for Women. We are in our Steadfast Heart series, and in this episode, we're going into part two of what makes an emotionally healthy friend. And in the last episode in part one, we talked a lot about the foundation for a truly emotionally healthy, Christ-centered friend and some of the warning signs when someone isn't |
| 0:21.3 | a truly Christ-centered friend. So if you haven't caught that episode, I encourage you to go back |
| 0:25.2 | and listen to that as you're able. And in this episode, we're going to be looking at the difference |
| 0:29.8 | between godly exhortation and emotional dependence, because the difference is very, very |
| 0:35.0 | important when we're looking at what makes a truly Christ-centered friend. |
| 0:38.6 | Before we jump in, I wanted to remind you there's just about a week left to take advantage of our Christmas specials. |
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| 1:39.8 | Let's dive into what makes a truly emotionally healthy friend part two. Now, in the last episode, |
| 1:45.7 | we talked specifically about flattery versus encouragement. Flattery is saying nice words to someone, |
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