Hi, I'm Leslie Ludi, hosted the Set Apart Girl Podcast, biblical Encouragement for Women of All Ages.

Well we just finished our 10th annual Set Apart Conference and what a powerful weekend

it was talking about how to stand unashamedly with Jesus in such a time as this.

And if you missed our live event, you can still register for a simulcast at set-apart-girl.com

and stream the sessions anytime throughout 2019.

But the registrations only open this week until Friday the 21st,

so be sure to go on and register if you're interested in registering for the simulcast this year.

We are going to be talking in this episode

about how to stand boldly with Jesus in such a time as this.

One of the verses that God put on my heart

for this year's conference was the words of Jesus when he

said you have not chosen me but I have chosen you and appointed you that you should

go and bear fruit. What a powerful challenge from the heart of God

to each one of us that we have been chosen and appointed

to go and bear fruit for his glory.

And yet, when we look around at the times in which we live, it's very easy to

become intimidated and think I would rather just live out my Christianity in a private

little corner somewhere and not stand boldly and unashamedly in the

midst of such a dark culture.

That was what we focused on during our Friday night session at this year's conference standing boldly and unashamedly

with Jesus in every aspect of our lives and we talked about the darkness, the rapidly

increasing darkness that is sweeping over our country today. It reminds me a lot of

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