What The Prophets Say with Emma Stark

In this end-of-year episode of What the Prophets Say, Emma Stark is joined by Louise Reid and Karyn Stewart for a lively, provocative, and deeply prophetic conversation about curiosity, courage, sharpening, and the call to get out of the boat.As 2025 draws to a close, the trio reflects on what must be carried forward, and what must be left behind. They unpack the necessity of relationships that challenge us, conversations that sharpen rather than soothe, and the danger of comfort masquerading as faithfulness.This episode explores:Why provocation can be a gift from GodHow curiosity keeps us spiritually aliveWhy comfort and fear are equally limitingPeter’s leap out of the boat - and why sinking wasn’t failureThe power of being rescued by Jesus after the leapHow betrayal, failure, and discomfort become catalysts for growthWhy God deliberately frustrates the status quoThe call to adventurous faith as we step into 2026This is a conversation for leaders, pioneers, and believers who sense that the season ahead requires more bravery, more curiosity, and more dependence on God than ever before.Enjoy listening to What the Prophets Say? Watch ad-free video streaming of full-length episodes + prophetic activations for each episode. Exclusively available in the Power TV app! Enjoy 25% off your first 3 months.

In this reflective, vulnerable, prophetically charged episode, Emma Stark sits down with Taylor and Ali McFarlane to unpack their greatest spiritual and emotional learns of 2025. After a turbulent year marked by unanswered prayers, unexpected challenges, breakthroughs, stretching moments, and divine interruptions, the trio shares the raw process of walking with God through a season where nothing looked predictable, and everything required surrender.

Join Emma Stark, prophet Matt Johnson, and first-time guest prophet Taylor McFarlane for a breathtakingly honest conversation about childhood trauma, father wounds, trust issues, prodigal seasons, healing, and discovering the tenderness of Father God.Taylor and Matt open their personal stories with unprecedented transparency—sexual abuse, childhood chaos, foster care, murder, abandonment, trauma in adulthood, and the long road to trusting God as Father. Their stories are devastating, redemptive, and full of miraculous turnaround.This episode is a prophetic lifeline for anyone navigating trauma, deconstruction, prodigal seasons, spiritual distrust, or the long slow healing of the heart.

In this powerful and deeply practical episode of What the Prophets Say, Emma Stark is joined again by Amanda Atkinson and Karen Stewart for a raw, insightful conversation about how God purifies the heart, not just through criticism, but through praise, flattery, and fame.Beginning with Proverbs 27:21, “The crucible is for silver, the furnace for gold, and a person is tested by the praise they receive,” the trio unpack how today’s younger generation is facing a very different test than the generations before them. While older generations were shaped by rejection and scarcity, today’s emerging voices are being shaped— and sometimes warped— by instant validation, likes, comments, and premature promotion.Emma, Karen, and Amanda dive into: How praise and affirmation can expose hidden impuritiesWhy social media “success” is spiritually dangerousHow to build relationships where correction can actually landThe difference between true celebration and flatteryWhy unconscious incompetence is the hidden epidemic of our dayThe necessity of real communion and trustworthy friendsHow God uses community to refine, humble, and heal usThis episode will challenge your assumptions, strengthen your discernment, and help you develop a purified, humble, teachable heart—no matter your age or calling.

In this urgent episode of What the Prophets Say, Emma Stark is joined by Amanda Atkinson and Karen Stuart to unpack a weighty prophetic word received on the way to the studio.Amanda shares what she saw in the spirit:assignments of chaos, darkness, and civil war across nationssubtle, underhanded division being released into families, churches, and businessessabotage in the economy and a demonic push to fracture covenant relationshipsEmma and the team draw a sharp distinction between:God’s righteous judgments in the nations (Isaiah 26:9), andthe enemy trying to overplay his hand with internal wars you must NOT permit.Inside the episode:How to say: “God can do what He needs to do in the nations. But the enemy will not have my family, church, or business.”Why this is a time to fight for families of families, covenant communities, and kingdom businessesA frank conversation on the Anglican Communion, liberal theology, and when it’s time to come out and be separateThe rise of harvest apostles and kingdom innovators who will build in warHow pioneers in finance, healthcare, and business can bridge people out of old structures into the newThe heart posture required for pioneers: no bitterness, no offense, ready to receive the very people who persecuted you in the last seasonThe critical issue of timing: when to stay and war, when to walk away, and how to avoid being the “boiled frog” who waited too longThis is a sobering, faith-stirring call: Get into the timings of the Lord. Build in war. Protect what God is raising, and refuse to partner with division.