Community: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Wednesday

Self-Guided Meditation Music

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Now is your time to simply listen to God's prompting on your heart as you listen to familiar music from our Guided Meditations.  God wants to speak to your heart and show you that he loves you despite our flaws and imperfection.  In this episode, just relax and listen for his promptings Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

Virtual Guided Meditation Retreat | July 18, 19, 2026

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] > Summer is full of movement—vacations, plans, and noise. > But what if this July, you paused… just for a moment? 🌿The Virtual Guided Meditation Retreat is your sacred space to breathe, reflect, and reconnect with God—right from home.✨ Deepen your connection with God through guided meditations rooted in Scripture. > 🌸 Find peace and clarity amid the summer rush. > 🙏 Renew your faith and spirit in a supportive community.You don’t have to travel far to rest in His presence. > Just bring your heart, a quiet space, and let God refresh your soul.📅 July 18–19, 2026 | 5PM EDT  > 💻 100% Online | Join from anywhere > 🔗 Spots are limited—Register today! Take time. Be still. Grow closer. 🌼 Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

Community: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Wednesday

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] One lonely thought can snowball into a crisis when it only has your own walls to bounce off. We dig into Pastor Young’s idea that isolation creates an emotional echo chamber, and that Christian discipleship cannot be built on knowledge alone. Scripture matters, but solitary spirituality can leave blind spots untouched and fears amplified. So we ask a sharper question: what if community is not a nice add on, but the actual environment where spiritual growth and emotional health become possible? We trace that through the way Jesus lives. In the Garden of Gethsemane, he does not disappear to “handle it” privately, he brings Peter, James, and John into his darkest hour. That picture reframes strength as relational depth, not self containment. Then we face the paradox everyone feels: people often cause our wounds, so how can people be the cure? We walk through Peter’s denial and Jesus’ gentle restoration, showing how shame loses power when connection is spoken out loud and brought into the light. We also talk about grief and shared presence through Mary and Martha at Lazarus’ death. Before solutions, weeping together matters. We end with a practical reflection you can do today: name the two or three trusted people you are honestly inviting into your emotional world, and notice where hyper independence has been selling you a story. If this resonates, subscribe, share this with a friend who’s carrying it alone, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

Scripture: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Tuesday

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Panic has a way of hijacking your direction. One scary thought turns into ten, your body goes into overdrive, and you end up reacting instead of choosing. We start with that exact feeling, like being lost in the woods at night, then follow a surprising path to stability: the way Scripture can regulate emotion when life gets sharp.  We look closely at how Jesus handles high-pressure moments without spiralling. In the wilderness, he’s exhausted, hungry, and emotionally provoked at the level of identity. Instead of arguing or posturing, he responds with memorised lines from Deuteronomy, repeating “It is written.” We connect that to how the brain shifts from amygdala-driven fight or flight toward clearer prefrontal thinking, and why Scripture memorisation and biblical meditation can function as a real-time neurological and spiritual interrupt.  Then we move to the cross, where Jesus cries, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” We push into the tension: is that despair, or something deeper? Seeing it as Psalm 22 reframes the moment as lament, a structured way to bring anguish into God’s presence without letting despair take the wheel. We end with a simple challenge and a reflection question you can practice today, plus a three-minute pause to sit with it in silence. Subscribe, share this with a friend who feels overwhelmed, and leave a review with the verse that helps you find true north. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com

Solitude: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Monday

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2067782/fan_mail/new] Silence can feel like the last thing you need when life is loud, but the noise might be the very thing keeping you stuck. We are Dan and Sheila, Pastor Young’s AI co-hosts, and we continue our series Jesus Wants to Shepherd Your Emotions by digging into Pastor Robert Young’s notes on stillness, solitude, and emotional discipleship. If your mind feels like a shaken snow globe, this conversation helps you set it down long enough to see what is actually swirling underneath. We challenge the modern myth that solitude is only a “break glass in case of burnout” move. Jesus treats it as a deliberate rhythm. We look at how he often withdraws to lonely places (Luke 5), how he steps away to process grief after John the Baptist’s death, and how he spends a night in prayer before choosing the twelve. These snapshots show solitude as preventative care for the soul, a way to find clarity when emotions run hot and the stakes are high. Then we go to the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26) to see what honest prayer really looks like. Jesus names sorrow, voices dread, and still chooses surrender: “Not my will, but yours.” We talk about why “we cannot heal what we refuse to feel,” and how quiet becomes a crucible where fear loses its hidden power. We end with a practical solitude practice you can do in five to ten minutes using an anchor like Psalm 46:10, plus a question that might change your day: what is the constant noise in your life hiding from you? If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels stretched thin, and leave a review so more people can find a healthier path to Christian emotional health and spiritual formation. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/churchplanting] Consider helping us to take the Gospel to others here: https://patreon.com/churchplanting https://cash.app/$WellnessInstitute [https://cash.app/%24WellnessInstitute] Leave a voicemail question or prayer requests here: (585) 331-3424 Leave an email question, prayer requests or comment here: robyoung51.ry@gmail.com