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Growing up in Alabama, Jay was surrounded by addiction, broken homes, violence, and eventually gang life. But his story didn’t end there. In this episode of the Soul Wrangler Podcast, Jay shares his testimony and what the Lord has taught him about hearing God’s voice, finding purpose in ordinary work, spiritual discipline, suffering, discipleship, and actually living out the Great Commission. We talk about the difference between effort and earning, why men need other men walking alongside them, and what it looks like to stop simply consuming Christianity and start making disciples. Jay’s story is evidence that no life is too far gone for the grace of God. Follow Soul Wrangler for more conversations about faith, failure, and fighting back. Lasso the Lost.
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Do you ever feel like you're praying wrong? Like all you do is ask God for things, you don't know what to say, or your prayers aren't being heard? In this episode of the Soul Wrangler Podcast, we're talking about one of the most important and often neglected parts of the Christian life: prayer. After receiving a message from a listener struggling with how to pray, I wanted to dive into what Scripture actually teaches us about approaching the Father. We walk through the Lord's Prayer, the importance of daily dependence on God, why we shouldn't be afraid to ask for big things, and what it means to pray boldly while trusting His will. Prayer isn't about perfect words or following a formula. It's about a relationship with the Father who invites us to come before Him. Scripture: Matthew 6:9–13, Matthew 7:7–11, James 5:16, Romans 8:26–27, 1 Thessalonians 5:17. CONNECT WITH SOUL WRANGLER Website & Apparel: https://soulwrangler.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWE3EkDcSJUjFv01uYnkPsA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulwrangler_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585137046231
Millions of people heard Ethan Laporte’s story. But after Part 1, it felt like we had barely scratched the surface.In Part 2, Ethan comes back to answer the questions we should have asked the first time. We talk about his relationship with his absent father, the shocking confession his dad recently made about the days following Ethan’s accident, and what it looks like to choose forgiveness instead of bitterness. Ethan also answers one of the biggest questions left from Part 1: What happened to the man who threw gasoline onto the fire that burned him? But underneath all of it is a conversation about something bigger: suffering, forgiveness, fatherhood, redemption, and what it looks like to keep moving forward with Christ when your past gives you every reason to stay bitter. Ethan’s response to the man who caused the fire might say it best:“I hope to see you in heaven.” This is Ethan Laporte’s story, Part 2.
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What if the thing keeping you from hearing God isn’t rebellion... but busyness? In this episode of the Soul Wrangler Podcast, Jayden sits down with longtime friend, husband, father of four, and mentor Jeremy Williams to talk about the discipline of getting away to a quiet place. Jeremy shares why solitude and prayer have become an essential rhythm in his life, how Jesus repeatedly withdrew from crowds and even seasons of success, and why men can easily lose sight of who they are when they never slow down long enough to listen. They unpack identity, discerning God’s voice, fatherhood, busyness, calling, temptation, and Jeremy’s simple rhythm of Release. Rest. Receive.Sometimes the answer isn’t doing more. Sometimes you need to get quiet enough to remember who you are, whose you are, and what God has actually called you to do.