Hi, I'm Leslie Rudy, host of the Set-A-Part-Grel Podcast, biblical encouragement for women of all ages.

Today I'm really excited to talk to you about the power of the cross

and a really important reminder of how that power and that reality

is the true solution to every problem that we're facing.

Before we dive in I wanted to remind you of a couple things if you are looking for a time

to get away from the distractions of your life and go deeper with Jesus Christ, no matter what season of life you're in,

I encourage you to join us for our upcoming week-long discipleship training program at the

Ellerslie campus in Colorado. It's coming up in November and you can learn about it at Ellerslie.com that's E-L-L-E-R-S-I-E-D-C-E-D-C-T-O-E-T-E-T-O-S-I-E-T-T-E-S-E-E-S-Lerslieh. We would love to invest into your spiritual life this fall. Also I would love you to join us if you are a wife or a mother or a

a soon-to-be wife or a soon-to-be mother for our upcoming marriage and motherhood retreat. This is also happening at the Ellerslie campus October 23rd through 25th.

And we are also offering a simulcast of this event, so if you can't make it out here to Colorado,

please consider streaming these sessions and sharing them with

others in your life. We are offering this event on a donation only basis because of

the challenges that many people are facing today. So if you'd like to join us, we do not want finances

to stand in the way.

Please go to set-apartmotherhood.com

to learn more about this retreat.

It's a very, very special weekend,

and I'm so excited to see what God will do. I'd love to have you

join us. So let's dive into looking at the power of the cross and how we can

apply that power and that reality to the struggles and the challenges that we're facing right now today.

I want to reflect back on a really difficult experience that I went through

when I was about 22 years old.

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