26 May 2026
Ep.549: One Last Time: Our Final Episode with Krista and Alex
THIS IS IT. After ten years, hundreds of conversations, and countless moments of laughter, tears, growth, and God's faithfulness… this is our final episode. It doesn't feel like a goodbye. It feels like a commissioning.
What started as two friends sitting behind microphones became something so much bigger than we ever imagined. This podcast became a gathering place — a community of women walking arm in arm through faith, healing, leadership, friendship, heartbreak, growth, and all the in-between spaces of life.
Our hearts are full of gratitude.
We're grateful to every one of you who invited us into your car rides, kitchens, morning walks, and late-night moments. We're grateful for technology that somehow connected our hearts across cities, countries, and seasons of life. And most of all, we're grateful for the way God met each of us here.
On the podcast today, we talk about all we've learned: how healing rarely happens in isolation, why consistency matters, and how authenticity builds trust. We talk about the power of friendship, how endings can also be beginnings, and what it looks like to honor the past while bravely stepping into the future.
As we close this chapter, we want you to know this: you were never just listeners to us. You were companions on the journey. We have felt your prayers, your encouragement, your stories, and your presence every step of the way.
And wherever life takes us next, we'll carry this community with us.
Because at the end of the day, this has always been about more than a podcast.It's been about becoming.
Healing.
Belonging.
And most of all, walking each other home.May you walk forward in love with great courage. Thank you for these incredible ten years!!
QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU RISE
What have you received from Our Time to Rise Podcast?
Offer up a word of gratitude to God for that, for where He has met you in that.
Where is it my time to rise?
Offer you time to rise to God.
Prayer and Declarations Over Our Listeners
-May you walk in the knowledge of being chosen and known, believing God had and has a purpose for you in the circle.
-May you treasure the unique abilities, talents, and gifts you've been gifted, knowing they are to be used for purposes beyond yourself.
-When doubt or fear sneaks up on you and whispers your name, may you turn your head toward the light of Christ and embrace your true identity.
-May you find peace and joy in the work in front of you, believing it has a purpose beyond what you can see.
-May you find pleasure in the small tasks and gifts of ordinary life, believing God chose to enter the world through the smallest way.
-when you make a mistake or experience the pain of failure. May it not convert to shame or end with giving up.
-May grace pour over you and flow through you at every step and may it continually transform your life from the inside out.
-When Pride offers to travel beside you, may you quickly recognize its face and refuse its company.
-May you embrace the hand of humility with a firm grip and embrace the wisdom that comes from her hand.
May you walk with your eyes fixed on service rather than on self.
-When others try to compete or compare, may you instead link arms and be the voice of unity and encouragement.
-May you offer dignity in the form of sincerity, listening, and compassion.
-May you look at the doors as gifts rather than burdens, believing God has His glory in mind when He works out the details.
-When leadership grows your character and pushes you to the end of yourself, may you discover more of God there. Above all, may you walk in love, believing God is love today, tomorrow, and always.
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