Mature Me w/ Rich Wilkerson Jr.

Starting the year strong with my friend Ashton Hall on Mature Me 💪Ashton’s story is marked by consistency. Putting God first, staying patient, and choosing alignment over momentum. From football, to failure, to rebuilding with intention, he’s learned that clarity comes through obedience, not rushing, and that rejection is often God’s redirection.We talk about habits, discipline, waiting well, and building a life that’s rooted before it’s visible🧊🍌👟

This week on Mature Me, Rich shares a short and timely message to start the year with clarity.Titled 5 Things That Will Make This Year No Different Than Last Year, this episode is a reminder that real change isn’t built on feelings, but on daily decisions.If you’re believing for a different year, this message will help you move with intention.Tune into the full episode now.

This week on Mature Me I’m releasing my favorite Sermon of 2025. This message is straight from Motion Conference where I’ve been preaching for over a decade. Every time I step into that space, God gives me something new. I’m grateful for @chrishodges and the way he’s made room for a new generation.Rooted in Ephesians 2, this message centers on two words that change everything: But God.We are saved by grace through faith. What starts in the Spirit cannot be sustained by the flesh.The title of this message is “Don’t Let the Old Man In.”We are not just improved versions of who we used to be. We are brand new creations. Salvation happens in a moment but becoming like Jesus is a process.This message walks through the new mindset, appetite, boundaries, and power God gives us to keep moving forward.It empowered me. My hope is it empowers you.

Your spirit may be willing… but your flesh will still get tired. How are you going to respond? This week we are dropping a staff meeting talk - unpacking a message that’s been stirring my heart.From the garden of Gethsemane to our everyday decisions, God isn’t looking for perfection—He’s looking for willingness. As we wrap up 2025 I think it’s important that we go into the new year with a willing spirit and a decision to stay committed. When your strength runs low, your yes still carries power.Tune into this week’s release on the Rich Wilkerson Jr. YouTube channel  at 7:30PM 🎧 It’s time to let God renew your joy and sustain you with a willing spirit.

Last week I sat down with the VOUS team as we wrap up 2025 and God put this topic on my heart - Legacy Leaders A Legacy Leader is a leader whose life, faith, character, and decisions produce fruit beyond their own lifetimeTired eyes miss burning bushes. Busy spirits miss Holy ground. Miracles can be messy. Legacy leaders don’t focus on the mud while miracles are happeningStaff Meetings are some of my favorite moments of the year - it's locker room talk with the team. I want to bring you into it.

My friend @amesa is on the pod this week 🎧Husband, father, and pastor of Patria Church, Adam carries a story shaped by transition and trust. We talk about the moments that stretch you, the wrestle with God, and how clarity begins to rise when you keep bringing your questions back to Him.We dig into his upbringing, the early days of Patria, how he and his wife met, and the grace that’s guided their journey. Not a grace that lets you crash, but one that gives you permission to drive with purpose.If you’re walking through a shift right now, this conversation will meet you there.7:30pm 🔗

My friend from across the pond @petertoggs is back on the pod for round 2️⃣ Husband to Laura, pastor of Parable Church, and a man who has been faithfully building for decades.From leading Young & Free in his early ministry years to planting Parable Church, Peter shares how every position of leadership brings a new threshold of pain, and why staying planted, embracing the process, and trusting God in the gap really matters.We talk about leadership, preaching, making church memorable, and how scarcity can spark innovation. Your lack can become opportunity. If you want to accomplish what is in your heart, be diligent with what is in your hand.Preaching is easy. Living is hard. But God is faithful. Stay the course. Highlight of the pod: We play pick it up and preach 🧻Tune in tonight. 7:30pm 🔗

My friend @lecrae told me he would be in town so you know we had to get him on the pod 🎧Husband, father, Grammy and Dove award winner, New York Times best seller…the list goes on. Who remembers Lecrae preaching at VOUS back in 2019 🤯In this week’s pod we talk about his story, chasing validation, suppression, success feeding insecurity, and how easily we can make God too small.We also talk about the global church, culture, music, and what it means to add value as a co-heir of the Kingdom.This conversation is refreshing and challenging. I pray it meets you where you are. Tune into the premiere at 7:30pm on YouTube 🔗

Let’s talk end times. There are few people you can sit down and talk about eschatology with, and Dr. Allen Tennison is one of them.Professor, teacher, doctor, and counselor of theology, Dr. Tennison has discipled our community through so many teachings in VOUS spaces. I wanted to sit down with him to talk about the gray areas we all get scared to bring up: the end times, what the Bible calls eschatology, and what the rapture looks like. It’s not his first time on the pod, and it most certainly won’t be his last.We talked about how our destination determines how we walk. If you know where you’re headed, you’ll live differently. Are you storing up treasures in heaven, or missing the promise right in front of you? Do you carry the hope God promised?In this conversation, we see that even God’s warnings of destruction are really promises of restoration.Tune in for the premiere on the Rich Wilkerson Jr. YouTube channel at 7:30 PM 🔗

Round ✌️on Mature Me and today is the day my friend @joeltudman releases his brand new book “Fight to Find Yourself."He’s on the pod tonight talking the art of preaching, the weight of manhood and fatherhood, and learning to embrace who you are without performing for it. This pod was a rollercoaster 😂 We laughed. We got deep. We even played Pick It Up & PreachJoel shared what it means to trust God in the wilderness, to build from the ground up, and to remember that His love isn’t earned, it’s already yours.Don’t miss it. Drops tonight, 7:30pm.