What if the heat you feel isn’t punishment — but preparation?

In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, author and advocate Karol Holmes invites us into the furnace of her story and shows how affliction can become a forge for trust, courage, and costly love.

We trace her unexpected journey — from hosting a Haitian infant for heart surgery, to adopting three children with complex medical needs, to walking through the devastating loss of two sons: one in sudden tragedy, and one after decades of suffering. Her story is tender and unvarnished, yet anchored in a steady hope that only grows in valleys.

Karol shares the spiritual practices that sustained her when fear and isolation threatened to pull her under. Each morning, she wrote a simple surrender — returning her son to the care of his Creator. Throughout the day, she whispered a breath prayer:
Inhale: “Be still.”
Exhale: “And know that I am God.”

Those few words became a lifeline through long nights, relentless “what ifs,” and the ache of leaving her son in a facility two hours away.

We talk about how Scripture moved from the page into her body.
How honesty deepened her relationship with Jesus.
And how sometimes God answers by lightening the load — and sometimes by strengthening your back.

Along the way, we explore:

• Sovereignty and choice without fear-driven formulas
• The hidden grace of a home guarded from blame after tragedy
• The quiet gifts of ordinary joy when Moise finally lived close to home

Karol’s witness reframes affliction as formation — inviting us to see God’s nearness where we least expect it.

If you’re walking through your own furnace, this conversation will give you language for surrender, tools for anxiety, and a fresh vision of refining fire that shapes rather than destroys.

If this episode met you in the heat, share it with someone you love, subscribe to the show, and leave a review with one practice you’ll try this week. Your words may help someone else find hope in their valley.

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Stop Waiting for a Burning Bush

We often believe purpose will arrive in a single, undeniable moment—a burning bush, a prophetic word, a clear sign that changes everything overnight.
But what if purpose isn’t always revealed in stillness…
What if it’s revealed while you’re already in motion?

In this episode of Between the Prayer and the Promise, host Laneice Runnels invites you into an honest, faith-filled conversation about the in-between season—the place where identity is formed, faith is refined, and purpose begins to unfold through serving.

Drawing from her personal journey and reflections from 7 Day Journey to Discovering Your Purpose, Laneice shares how serving others during a season of uncertainty became the very place God shaped her calling. This episode explores the powerful difference between believing God is able—and believing God is able through you.

If you’ve been waiting for clarity…
If you feel unseen, overlooked, or unsure if what you’re doing matters…
If you’re serving faithfully but still wondering, “Is this it?”

This episode is for you.

Anchored in Hebrews 10:23, this conversation is a reminder that the waiting is not wasted, the serving is not small, and God is faithful to fulfill every promise—often beginning long before we see the outcome.

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🙏 Honest faith. Real stories. Hope for the in-between.

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This episode shares the heart behind Between the Prayer and the Promise.

There are seasons in life when you’re not where you used to be, but you’re also unsure of what’s next. The waiting feels heavy. The prayers feel quiet. And faith feels stretched in ways you never expected.

In this opening episode, I share a personal story from a season when I felt lost, unseen, and unsure—even to the point where I struggled to pray. I reflect on how a simple, unexpected act of kindness became a reminder that God sees us, even in moments when we feel forgotten.

This episode is for anyone navigating the in-between—those holding on to faith while waiting for clarity, healing, direction, or fulfillment of a promise. It’s a reminder that the waiting is not wasted, and that God is faithful in every season, especially the ones that test us most.

If you’ve ever felt stuck between what you’ve prayed for and what you’re still believing for, this space was created for you.

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.”
— Hebrews 10:23 (NIV)

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Between the Prayer and the Promise is a podcast under the Laneice Leads platform.

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