Equipped to Lead Podcast

Equipped to Lead Podcast

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Welcome to the Equipped to Lead Podcast — where men are challenged and equipped to live out biblical manhood. Each episode unpacks what it means to lead with strength, serve with humility, and love like Christ. Join us for real conversations about faith, family, leadership, and brotherhood as we grow together to be watchful, stand firm in the faith, courageous in character, and strong in the Lord.

3d ago

Monday Devotion: Lead at Home First

It’s possible for us to look faithful in public while being passive in private. We can work hard, serve at church, and help everybody else, then come home and give our family whatever patience, energy, and attention we have left. In this week’s Equipped in 5, we look at Joshua 24:15 and what it means to say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Biblical leadership does not begin with a title, platform, or position. It begins with the people God has placed closest to us. Our homes do not need perfect men. They need humble, present, faithful men who pray, listen, repent quickly, love sacrificially, and consistently point their families toward Christ. This week’s challenge is simple. Lead one spiritual moment at home. Pray with your wife. Read Scripture with your family. Encourage your adult child. Pray with your kids before bed. Ask someone close to you how you can pray for them. Don’t make a big speech. Just take one faithful step. Lead with strength. Serve with humility. Love like Christ. Visit www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com for more episodes and to purchase the Built on Christ Devotional.
6d ago

Ep 30 - Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected: Part 2 How Do I Love Her When I Dont Feel Close

What do we do when we know we’re supposed to love our wife, but we don’t feel close to her? In Part 2 of our series, Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected, we look at what covenant love requires when feelings are weak. Biblical love is not fake affection or pretending everything is fine. It is faithful obedience shaped by the cross and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Using Ephesians 5:25 as our foundation, we talk about the difference between emotional love and obedient love, why scorekeeping damages a marriage, how biblical leadership means sacrifice instead of control, and what it looks like to move toward our wife with steadiness, service, honor, curiosity, and repentance. We also get practical. Each of us is challenged to choose one clear act of covenant love this week and do it quietly, without demanding praise or keeping score. A husband’s first command is not control. It is love. And the shape of that love is the cross. In this episode: • How to love your wife when you feel emotionally disconnected • Why feelings make a poor foundation for marriage • The difference between fake love and obedient love • What Ephesians 5:25 teaches Christian husbands • Why scorekeeping turns marriage into a transaction • How repentance, service, and steady leadership rebuild trust • Gospel hope for husbands who know they have failed New Devotional AvailableMy new book, Built on Christ: A 30-Day Devotional, is now available. It was written to help Christian men build their lives on God’s Word, grow in biblical leadership, and become more faithful husbands, fathers, workers, church members, and followers of Christ. Visit www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com to learn more and get your copy through Amazon. Subscribe to the Equipped to Lead Podcast wherever you listen, and visit the website for more biblical resources for Christian men. Be strong. Lead well. Chapters 00:00 How to Love Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected 00:31 Why Feelings Make a Poor Foundation for Marriage 02:12 Ephesians 5:25. What Christlike Love Looks Like 03:24 Is Loving Without Feeling It Fake? 06:07 Biblical Leadership Means Sacrifice, Not Control 07:55 Why Scorekeeping Damages a Marriage 09:10 How the Gospel Changes the Way Husbands Love 10:39 Practical Ways to Love Your Wife When You Feel Distant 12:49 Choose Curiosity Instead of Assumptions 17:10 Gospel Hope for Husbands Who Have Failed
Jul 20

Monday Devotion: Stop Hiding Weakness

Biblical strength isn’t pretending we’re never weak. It’s learning to bring our weakness honestly before Christ. In this Equipped in 5 Monday devotion, Corey walks through 2 Corinthians 12:9 and reminds us that God’s grace is sufficient, and His power is made perfect in weakness. A lot of men stay busy, stay quiet, isolate, or keep saying “I’m fine” while carrying burdens they were never meant to carry alone. But real strength starts when we stop hiding and depend on the Lord. This week’s challenge is simple: name one burden you’ve been trying to carry alone, pray over it, and ask one trusted Christian brother to pray with you. Lead with strength. Serve with humility. Love like Christ. Be strong. Lead well. Visit www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com for the free 7-Day Biblical Manhood Devotion.
Jul 17

Ep 29 - Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected Part 1: Naming the Drift

Why do I feel disconnected from my wife? A lot of marriages do not fall apart in one dramatic moment. The distance usually builds slowly through busyness, unresolved anger, distraction, bitterness, exhaustion, silence, and neglect. In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, we begin a three-part series called Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected. Part one is about naming the drift. Using Ephesians 5:25-33 as the foundation, we look at what happens when a husband stops moving toward his wife and starts hiding behind work, screens, silence, resentment, or excuses. We also talk about emotional disconnection, hidden sin, spiritual responsibility, and why biblical leadership begins with honest examination before God. This episode is not about blaming our wives or trying to fix everything in one conversation. It is about asking the Lord to search us, naming where the drift is showing up, and taking one humble step toward our wife. If your marriage feels cold, distant, or more like a working arrangement than a covenant friendship, this episode will help you slow down, look honestly at your own heart, and begin moving toward your wife with humility, courage, and Christlike love. Connect with Equipped To Lead podcast: equippedtoleadpodcast.com Chapters 00:00 Why Do I Feel Disconnected From My Wife? 00:52 Loving Your Wife When You Feel Disconnected 04:56 Why Marriage Disconnection Usually Starts Small 06:41 How Men Respond to Emotional Distance in Marriage 08:49 What Scripture Reveals About a Husband’s Heart 11:27 How Quiet Bitterness Damages a Marriage 12:58 When Exhaustion Becomes Emotional Neglect 14:28 How Distraction and Hidden Sin Hurt Marriage 16:58 Biblical Marriage Is Covenant Friendship 18:27 A Christian Husband’s Marriage Heart Check 21:12 Gospel Hope for a Disconnected Marriage 23:18 How to Start Reconnecting With Your Wife
Jul 13

Monday Devotion: Stand Firm When Pressure Hits

Pressure is coming. Stress at work, tension at home, temptation, fear, or discouragement. The question is not if pressure will hit. The question is what we’re standing on when it does. This week on Equipped in 5, we’re talking about standing firm on Christ and His Word. One verse. Every morning. Before your phone. Get your free 7-day biblical manhood devotion at: www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com
Jul 10

Ep 28 - How Do I Rebuild Trust After Failure: Part 2

In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, Corey Couture continues the conversation on an honest question many Christian men face: How do I rebuild trust after failure? Confession matters. Apology matters. Forgiveness matters. But trust is not rebuilt overnight, and it should never be demanded through pressure, guilt, or spiritual language. Trust is rebuilt over time through truth, humility, repentance, patient faithfulness, and the grace of Jesus Christ working deeply in a man. This episode looks at the difference between forgiveness and trust, why vague confession often leads to vague repentance, and why godly sorrow is more than simply being sorry we got caught. We also talk about accepting consequences, walking in the light, resisting isolation, pursuing biblical brotherhood, and becoming trustworthy again as Christian men. If you have failed in your marriage, family, church, work, or private life, this episode is not about hiding in shame or trying to earn God’s love. Our hope is Jesus Christ, crucified and risen for sinners. Grace does not make obedience optional. Grace makes obedience possible. Listen now and be encouraged to tell the truth, receive correction, make repair where you can, and keep following Christ. Be strong. Lead well. Connect with Equipped to Lead: TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@equippedtoleadpodcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Instagram https://www.instagram.com/equip2leadpodcast/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/1PZ8TFWfZk/?mibextid=wwXIfr YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyT6U3bW_PgWjUfaNJwqqjCWxe-LdOGOo&si=ztwDyRFm30u1yU6t Website: www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com Email: equip2leadpodcast@gmail.com
Jul 6

Monday Devotion: Start The Week Watchful

New Weekly devotion: Equipped in 5 starts today. Five minutes. One Scripture. One challenge. This week’s devotion is Start the Week Watchful. Most men don’t wreck their lives all at once. We drift one small decision at a time. 1 Corinthians 16:13 says, “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” This week, identify one area where you’ve been spiritually careless. Pray over it, then take one real step of obedience. Let’s start the week watchful. Lead with strength. Serve with humility. Love like Christ. Get your free 7-Day Biblical Manhood Devotion at: www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com #EquippedIn5 #EquippedToLead #ChristianMen #BiblicalManhood #MensDiscipleship
Jul 3

Ep 27 - How Do I Rebuild Trust After Failure: Part 1

In this episode of the Equipped to Lead Podcast, we begin a two-part conversation on the question: How do I rebuild trust after failure? Part One is called Bring It Into the Light. When a man fails, his first instinct is often to hide, soften the truth, explain it away, or try to control the damage. But Scripture gives us a better way. Real restoration does not begin with excuses, image repair, or a big speech about how much we mean it this time. It begins with truth before God. In this episode, we look at Peter’s failure, his shame, and the way Jesus restored him in John 21. Peter denied Jesus three times, but Jesus was not finished with him. Christ brought Peter into the light, dealt with him truthfully, restored him with mercy, and called him to follow again. If trust has been broken in your marriage, fatherhood, work, church, friendships, or private life, this episode is a call to stop hiding and come to Christ honestly. Failure is serious, but it does not have to be the final word for the repentant man. Jesus restores broken men, but He restores us in the light, not in the shadows. You can grab the free 7-Day Biblical Manhood Devotion at http://www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com Be strong. Lead well. Connect with Equipped to Lead: TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@equippedtoleadpodcast?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Instagram https://www.instagram.com/equip2leadpodcast/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/1PZ8TFWfZk/?mibextid=wwXIfr YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyT6U3bW_PgWjUfaNJwqqjCWxe-LdOGOo&si=ztwDyRFm30u1yU6t Website: www.equippedtoleadpodcast.com Email: equip2leadpodcast@gmail.com Chapters 00:00 How Do I Rebuild Trust After Failure? 03:59 The Failure We Want To Hide 09:12 When Peter Fell 13:14 Jesus Restores Peter 16:53 Jesus is Not Surprised by Our Failure 18:44 Practical Application

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Welcome to the Equipped to Lead Podcast — where men are challenged and equipped to live out biblical manhood. Each episode unpacks what it means to lead with strength, serve with humility, and love like Christ. Join us for real conversations about faith, family, leadership, and brotherhood as we grow together to be watchful, stand firm in the faith, courageous in character, and strong in the Lord.

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Equipped to Lead Podcast
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

34
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