Whatever You Do, Don’t Stop Running

The Compelled Podcast with Emma Mae

Emma Mae McDaniel

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this passionate and heartfelt episode of the Be Compelled Podcast, Emma Mae McDaniel invites you to be refreshed by the unshakable hope we find in God’s Word. Drawing from Hebrews 12 and her own middle school memory of running timed miles, Emma encourages listeners to run with endurance the race marked out for them—no matter how tired, weighed down, or discouraged they may feel. With vivid storytelling, practical truth, and a deep love for Jesus, she reminds us to lay aside every burden, throw off sin, and fix our eyes on Christ—the One who ran before us, endured with joy, and now empowers us to do the same. Whether you're in a season of thriving or simply surviving, this episode is a breath of encouragement not to quit and to remember: the Spirit that raised Jesus lives in you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's up, what's up.
0:07.5	Incredible loved and valued people.
0:10.3	My name is Emma May, and I am just bubbling over with so much joy and so much gratitude
0:16.3	for the honor of welcoming you to be compelled podcast today.
0:20.6	I am just stoked that you're here.
0:23.6	And I'm so thankful today that the Word of God was written to teach us and to encourage us
0:30.5	and give us hope. And that is my prayer for you today that in our few moments together,
0:36.3	you will be taught the truth and that
0:39.0	you will be encouraged mightily and that you will leave our time full of hope carrying that hope
0:46.2	being carried by that hope into the moments that fill the rest of your day and the rest of
0:51.6	your week i will never forget this in middle school. I don't know if you
0:58.3	guys had had these, but we would have regular timed miles in middle school P.E. And they were so
1:05.2	exciting, but man, they would make my adrenaline go through the roof. I would get so nervous. My dad would help
1:12.4	me prepare for them. I remember having PE at the end of my school day. So it was so hard to
1:18.2	concentrate in all of my classes leading up to it because I would just be so nervous. It would
1:23.3	occupy all my thoughts. And then I go to the locker room, get ready, and it'd be time to run.
1:28.8	And I remember one of the ways that my dad just so, he was just so involved and one of the ways
1:36.2	that he helped me get ready for these time miles is he gave me this piece of encouragement,
1:42.5	this piece of advice that has stuck with me, even to this
1:46.0	day, being years removed from that time. And he would say, Emma, whatever you do, don't stop running.
1:55.6	Whatever you do, don't stop running. And friend, that is my advice to you today.
2:04.3	That is my encouragement to you today.
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