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Talks with Tori

Talks with Tori

Tori Masters

Purpose-filled conversations that leave the fluff at the door. For women ready to go deep in faith, face the hard things, and discover the freedom waiting on the other side! Hosted by Tori Masters.

30 - I Can't Focus When I Pray (and I finally know why)
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  • 30 - I Can't Focus When I Pray (and I finally know why)

    okay so this one came out of a bedtime routine.. i caught myself timing how fast we could get the boys down and the Lord stopped me with one thought: ten years from now you won't regret the slow nights, you'll regret the rushed ones 🤍

    and then it got personal.. because if i'm rushing bedtime with my boys, i'm probably rushing my time with the Father too. this episode is about why we get so distracted the second we try to pray, why that resistance is a compass and not a stop sign, and what Jesus was really saying in the parable of the sower about the thorns that quietly choke out the fruit in your life.

    if you feel like your thoughts about God keep getting crowded out by everything else.. this one's for you.

    📖 Luke 8:4–15, Ephesians 6:12, James 1:2–4, John 15:4–5, Isaiah 55:11, James 4:8

    → Missed last week's episode on stewarding the next 20 minutes? Listen HERE
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    What happened in this episode!

    0:00 The Wonder of His Presence
    2:21 The Trap of the Achiever Mindset
    6:25 Resistance as a Spiritual Compass
    12:56 Restoring the Art of Awe and Wonder
    16:40 Are Your Worries Crowding Out God?
    22:15 The Secret to Expanding Your Capacity

    → Grab my 5-day mini course, Enough: HERE
    → Join Unveiled & apply for the next Deep Waters Retreat: HERE
    → Follow along on IG: HERE
    → Subscribe to The Sunday Send: HERE
    → Leave me a voice message: (615) 656-0986
    → Or record online: HERE
    → All my links in one place: HERE

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026
  • 29 - I’m Crashing Out and I Can't Stop the Spiral | what to do when everything hits at once

    okay this one is raw.. i had a whole different episode planned and the day before recording the Lord pivoted me, so you're getting exactly what He walked me through this week 🤍

    if you've ever hit that moment where all the kids are crying, the laundry is overflowing, work is calling and you feel like you're about to snap.. this is for you. i was quite literally "crashing out", as they say and what God showed me mid spiral is the same thing He shows David in the Psalms and Jeremiah in Lamentations.. you get it ALL out, and then you find your "but God" moment!

    we talk about the war for your thought life, why whatever you fixate on gets magnified, and the two very practical things that pulled me out of it.. one solution per problem, and surrendering the next 20 minutes instead of the next six months.

    📖 Lamentations 3:1–33, Psalm 13, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Romans 12:2

    → Grab my 5-day mini course, Enough: HERE
    → Join Unveiled & apply for the next Deep Waters Retreat: HERE
    → Subscribe to The Sunday Send (the weekly email Chad was working on that morning lol): HERE

    Episode Sponsors:

    Good Ranchers! 100% American meat delivered to your door, pasture-raised, no antibiotics, no added hormones. This month you get $50 off your first order (build your own box starts at $129) plus double the free meat when you start a plan → shop HERE

    Hosanna Revival 🤍 the beautiful Bibles, journals, and devotionals you always see me holding. i'm in week three of Songs for the Suffering and it wrecked me in the best way. all their devotionals are 30% off right now, and code TORIMASTERS takes 15% off everything else → shop HERE

    What happened in this episode!

    0:00 Finding Meaning Through Christ
    3:36 A Personal Story of Overwhelm
    7:21 The Power of the But God Moment
    10:42 Lessons from Lamentations
    20:03 Practical Steps to Capture Your Thoughts
    29:59 Closing Prayer and Encouragement

    → Grab my 5-day mini course, Enough: HERE
    → Join Unveiled & apply for the next Deep Waters Retreat: HERE
    → Follow along on IG: HERE
    → Subscribe to The Sunday Send: HERE
    → Leave me a voice message: (615) 656-0986
    → Or record online: HERE
    → All my links in one place: HERE

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026
  • 28 - I Had Hoped Things Would Look Different by Now | when God is doing something bigger than you asked for

    GOSH THIS ONE CONVICTED ME 😅😮‍💨 buckle up ladies…

    if you've had your eyes fixed on one solution.. one outcome you're sure will fix everything.. this episode is for you. today we're in two stories that go together more than you'd think: the man at the pool of Bethesda who'd been stuck for 38 years (John 5), and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus who were walking with Jesus and didn't even recognize Him (Luke 24).

    both of them had hoped for something specific from God.. and both of them almost missed what He was actually doing. if you've been praying "Lord, just take me out of this storm," hear this today.. sometimes the pressure is producing something that could never come any other way. God sees you, He's right beside you, and He might be doing something bigger than the thing you asked for.

    📖 John 5:1-9, Luke 24:13-35, John 15:9, Hebrews 11:1

    → Grab my 5-day mini course, Enough: HERE
    → Join Unveiled & the Deep Waters Retreat waitlist: HERE

    Episode Sponsors:

    Good Ranchers! 100% American meat delivered to your door, pasture-raised, no antibiotics, no added hormones. Get $50 off your first order + free meat with every order when you start a plan → shop HERE

    Hosanna Revival 🤍 the beautiful Bibles, journals, and devotionals you always see me holding (I'm currently reading "I Am Not In Charge" by Ness Cannon and i can't put it down). Use code TORIMASTERS for 15% off anything → shop HERE

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    What happened in this episode!

    0:00 the excuse we all give God
    1:31 why this episode almost didn't happen
    5:11 the "business meeting" that changed everything
    6:14 "I had hoped".. the two words keeping you stuck
    7:38 what the pressure was actually building
    12:03 the devotional on my nightstand
    14:24 the man stuck for 38 years (John 5)
    16:49 his eyes were on the water, not on Jesus
    18:00 "just stand up and walk"
    23:53 the road to Emmaus (Luke 24)
    29:06 suddenly, their eyes were opened
    33:40 fixing your gaze.. a prayer over you 🤍

    → Grab my 5-day mini course, Enough: HERE
    → Join Unveiled & the Deep Waters Retreat waitlist: HERE
    → Follow along on IG: HERE
    → Subscribe to The Sunday Send: HERE
    → Leave me a voice message: (615) 656-0986
    → Or record online: HERE
    → All my links in one place: HERE

    Tue, 21 Jul 2026
  • 27 - When You're Too Tired to Be With God | intimacy with God in the busy season

    this one is for the tired mom who feels like she can't get to God the way she used to.. the one whose quiet time looks nothing like the aesthetic morning she sees online, and who's wondering if just showing up exhausted even counts. 🤍

    my sweet friend Grace Hackett (host of the Miracles and Grace podcast) came on and we went everywhere.. finding intimacy with God in the busy season, saying yes to His call even when it's scary, hearing His voice, becoming a safe place instead of a shame trap, and the difference between your mission field and your battlefield.

    if you've been running on empty and striving to earn your time with God, hear this today.. He gives His beloved rest, and He is just inviting you to come.

    📖 Matthew 11:28 • Psalm 127:2 • Galatians 5:22-23 • Luke 7:36-50

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    This episode is also sponsored by Hosanna Revival🤍 the beautiful Bibles and journals you always see me holding! i have the Marlo Bible (NLT note-taking) and i'm so excited about their five-year prayer journal, and everything they make is crafted with such beauty to help you get into the Word. Use code TORIMASTERS for 15% off any Bible, journal, or devotional.

    Host: Tori Masters

    Guest: Grace Hackett — Miracles and Grace podcast

    What happened in this episode!


    0:00 we don't get to judge anyone's heart
    0:31 meet Grace.. 8 kids, 4 adopted & a rescue center in Uganda
    6:25 saying yes scared.. the day her mom heard "I have a child for you"
    13:26 why your quiet time doesn't have to look perfect
    22:15 the night God said "just come rest"
    28:04 the word she sat on for 6 years.. and the diagnosis that confirmed it
    35:42 why it's easier to receive from someone who's been there
    42:48 how to actually become a safe place (not a shame trap)
    45:11 "if I'm doing this for my own fame, take it all away"
    47:10 don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from
    48:43 you are who you surround yourself with
    54:51 your mission field is not your battlefield 🤍

    Links & More!

    → Shop Good Ranchers: HERE 
    → Shop Hosanna Revival (code TORIMASTERS): HERE
    → Grace's podcast, Miracles and Grace: HERE
    → Love One International: HERE
    → Follow Grace on Instagram: HERE
    → Join Unveiled & waitlist for November Retreat (at bottom of page): HERE
    → Follow Tori on Instagram: HERE
    → Subscribe to The Sunday Send: HERE
    → Leave Tori a voice message for a future Q&A: 615-656-0986 (or record online HERE) 
    → All Tori's Links: HERE

    Tue, 30 Jun 2026
  • 26 - Why God Lets You Get Crushed | the hidden purpose in your hardest season

    some seasons feel like a graveyard.. like the very thing you're carrying is dead and buried and could never be used by God. but what if the thing that crushed you the most is the exact thing He wants to use the most? 🤍

    this one poured out of me after a night i'll never forget.. watching God set woman after woman free from shame. it sent me into a study on anointing that completely wrecked me, because here's what i can't stop thinking about.. the oil only comes from the crushing.

    we walk through the ones God anointed.. David, Joseph, Moses, even Jesus.. and the wilderness that came before every single assignment. so if you feel hidden, overlooked, or stuck in a pressing season, hear me friend.. you are not disqualified. you are being prepared.

    📖 Psalm 105:19 (+ the stories of David, Joseph & Moses)

    This episode is sponsored by Good Ranchers! Chad has the highest standards, and we've been subscribed for 4+ years.. 100% American meat delivered to your door, pasture-raised, no antibiotics, no added hormones. It makes the perfect Father's Day gift.. it shows up on his plate all month long 🙌 Shop HERE for $40 off + free Wagyu burgers on any Father's Day box. Good Ranchers — American meat delivered.

    This episode is also sponsored by Hosanna Revival🤍 the beautiful Bibles and journals you always see me holding! i have the Marlo Bible (NLT note-taking) and the Lisbon notebook, and everything they make is crafted with such beauty to help you get into the Word. Use code TORIMASTERS for 15% off any Bible, journal, or devotional.

    Host: Tori Masters

    What happened in this episode!


    00:00 the graveyard that turned into a garden (the vision)
    04:32 the night i watched chains break off women
    05:46 the day i went public with my secret.. and a burden became a key
    13:24 a Father's Day word (Good Ranchers)
    15:16 the word the Lord would not stop giving me
    18:01 why shepherds anoint their sheep.. and what it means for you
    20:31 others are blessed by the oil that came from what crushed you
    22:15 the Bibles you always ask about (Hosanna Revival)
    25:14 David, Joseph & Moses.. the wilderness before the assignment
    27:08 you don't get the oil until the olive is crushed
    30:16 your crushing isn't disqualifying you.. it's pressing out the oil
    33:32 he sees you.. you're an arrow in His hands 🤍

    Links & More!

    → Shop Good Ranchers: HERE 
    → Shop Hosanna Revival (code TORIMASTERS): HERE
    → Join Unveiled & waitlist for October Retreat (at bottom of page): HERE
    → Follow Tori on Instagram: HERE
    → Subscribe to The Sunday Send: HERE
    → Leave Tori a voice message for a future Q&A: 615-656-0986 (or record online HERE) 
    → All Tori's Links: HERE

    Tue, 16 Jun 2026
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