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Underreact in Person, Overreact in Prayer | Sadie Robertson Huff | Emilie McCormack
22 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What topics do Sadie and Emilie cover in this episode?
What's up, everybody? Happy Monday. I hope you're having a great start to your week. But per usual, it's about to get so much better. We have such an incredible podcast lined up for you today because one, we're answering voicemails, which has been so much fun. If you don't know yet, we have a whoa line. And so many of you guys have called into the whoa line and left so much encouragement.
You've left just pieces of your heart, big questions, and we love hearing it all. Some of these questions, though, have been so much fun.
so beautiful that you would call and trust us with them and so i just want to say thank you so much for doing that we do not take it lightly we pray into them think about them think about you on the other side of the phone and so thank you for doing that today though we have a special guest because this sweet friend of mine has not only been a friend to me but she has been such a mentor to me and i was just thinking about how much i've been impacted by
the wife she is, the mom she is, the leader she is. And I'm like, oh, I'm so thankful that everyone listening to the podcast is going to be just led by you in the way that I have. And so we have Emily McCormick all the way from Texas A&M. Howdy.
I'm so glad you're here. I am so glad to be here. This feels like the biggest treat and honor. I love it.
It's like a no-brainer. I was thinking when I was like, have you not been on the podcast? Because literally... But that is something I'm so grateful for because you came into my life and have been this like...
gym this treasure I like it was like the most unexpected thing I was speaking at breakaway yes which y'all lead and it was a weird night for me and it was a weird night in the best way I was like mid you know, message. And all of a sudden in my heart, I just like forgot what I was going to say next, which has never happened to me on a stage.
And I was like, I don't know what I'm going to say next. And instead of like filling the moment with words, I kind of just remember going like, Lord. What do you have for me to say? And then from the rest of the time on in that message, I just said things that I did not plan to say. I didn't pre-think about. It was all things that were coming out of my personal time with the Lord.
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Chapter 2: How can I trust God's truth when struggling with body image?
And I got off stage and it would be so easy to start getting in my head and be like, what was that? Why did I forget? What did I say? And you started speaking. You were like, what just happened up there? That's your new normal. And- Everything you said that night, it was so prophetic. It was so what the Lord was doing. And then you didn't just say it that night. You kept up with me.
You prayed for our family. You would check in. You would have these prophetic words that would always be so timely. And that's been years now that you've done that, prayed for our family. You've flown in to pray over our family, anointed our home with oil. You have just been so steady. You lead our green rooms at LO Conference and speak life into the room.
I could cry the more I talk about how sweet you have been and just the most intentional friend. And so to some degree, I'm like, I can't believe you haven't been on the podcast, but also you've loved me very personally. privately and I appreciate that. And so I'm so glad though that you're on the podcast. Thank you.
I could cry too because I just think about that specific moment watching you speak and it was clear, probably not to everybody, but it felt like a pivotal moment. And then when you started speaking, it was just so obvious. It was like, oh, you're not speaking anymore. This is so a moment of the Holy Spirit. And to get to after be like, that is who you are.
And I've gotten to see you speak now several times. And you flow with such dependence on the Spirit, but confidence in who God's made you.
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Chapter 3: What advice do Sadie and Emilie give about finding mentors?
I'm like, this humble confidence is who you are. And It's just such a joy to get to cheer you on. It's one of my favorite roles.
Thank you, friend. So sweet. Your story's kind of crazy because you're not from Texas. And to walk into Texas is wild. So tell me a little bit about your family, where you're from, how you got to where you are. Yes. Wild, it's true.
I sometimes say, I'm like, I just wish I was born in Texas, because I love Texas so much. But I love where I'm from. I'm from Seattle, Washington, born and raised, which is a very different culture in every way. But I love it there. My whole family's there. My husband and I met in university. And we always had such a heart for the church, ministry, whatever in any realm possible.
We ended up moving to Texas for a few years, leading a youth ministry. I led worship at a church in the Woodlands, Texas. And then we started feeling called to church plant, which at the time felt like kind of a death sentence. It felt like, really, are we going to do this? Yeah. And felt drawn to Seattle. And so we went back there, got trained in some church planting.
And then we planted a church there and led that for 13 years, about 12, 13 years. And had five kids, which is the best. So wild. Four boys, one girl. They're awesome.
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Chapter 4: How can I guard my mind against negative social media influences?
I love them. My oldest is 17. And just a plug for teenage years, y'all. It's so special. I love it so much. I got warned so many times, like, ooh, it's going to be rough. Yeah. But it's so fun. I love it. But yeah, so we led the church and it was such a great season. Honestly, never thought we would leave, thought this is where we're going to be forever.
We're really, truly ready to like die for that city and lay our lives down. And some things started shifting in us that we couldn't explain. But by God's grace, we were united. And we just started asking mentors, friends, pastors, leaders, what do we do with this kind of stirring that we think there might be something else? And fast forward to a crazy journey. We hear about Breakaway.
My husband had known about it because he's from Texas. And if you're from Texas, you probably have heard about it in the Christian world, at least. And through different interviews, we end up going, Brian preached. And what's crazy is he was supposed to play basketball at Texas A&M. That was like his dream. And on National Signing Day, they changed their mind. So like devastating.
So he had the pictures, the whole thing, like, this is my dream to go to... play basketball at A&M and then to go to Breakaway. They changed their mind. So Sadie, this is so crazy. God just writes such a good story.
Even 20 years later, when he goes to like preach for the first time for like the audition, if you will call it that, we're standing in the basketball arena where he would have played, should have played, in the tunnel where he would have run out.
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Chapter 5: What steps can I take to discern God's voice in decision-making?
Breakaway meets in the same arena and he just looks at me like tears. I mean, it still is like, oh, Oh, my God. He's like, this is the exact place that I thought I would run out. And I'm about to preach on the court that I wanted to play on. And so every Tuesday, that's what we get to do. We get to serve in that place. I mean, it's just I never I never knew that. Yes.
I mean, it really is such a reminder of like, you just do not know the threads that God is writing.
And how his timing works in that. I mean, redemption. That is so cool. I'm just thinking back, too, because I spoke at Breakaway a couple years before y'all came, two years maybe. And Donna Stewart, we were driving around. We were going to get some great tacos, which— y'all are kind of known for. I feel like tacos, everywhere you get a taco in Texas, it's just like better than anywhere else.
And so we were going to get tacos and she was like, we're praying for who the next leaders of Breakaway are. And they were talking about just that specific role and how much it matters who comes in. And then fast forward and I get to know you and they're just, y'all are such great leaders. And so if anyone's going to college, you find yourself at A&M.
Breakaway is Tuesday nights and it is absolutely incredible nights of worship and messages. And Really cool. How long has Breakaway been going? A long time. 37 years.
37 years. It's wild.
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Chapter 6: What strategies can help with overcoming people-pleasing tendencies?
God's just kindness on the ministry, and it is so special. We led the church for 12, 13 years and would do that. I mean, it's such a gift. But getting to be with college students, there is such—it is a hard time for sure. The mental health crisis, the suicidal ideation crisis, the just— gender identity, there's so much going on that is so hard.
The political climate, there's so much darkness, but the hunger and the hope like is so incredible to get a front row seat every Tuesday and then not just on Tuesdays, but with our leaders and with our staff, there is truly, and people hear this all the time, like revival's happening. Something's going on with Gen Z, awakening. And as somebody who just gets to see it, I'm like, that is happening.
It is happening in unprecedented ways, I do believe prayer is a thing that has been the catalyst of people just saying, I'm hungry to encounter the presence of God, and I want to be with Him and know Him. And there's something that He just changes things from the inside out. And so getting to be a part of it, and you've gone, you've seen it. And we tell people all the time, come see.
Like, just come see. Because when you're in a room full of thousands of students, There's something in you that's like, oh, okay, God, you're moving.
And they're choosing to be there. It's not like they have to be at a chapel at their school. It's not like a Christian university. And they're choosing to come, which is really cool. Because they're going outside of their way on a night they could be studying or partying or doing anything else. And being in the presence of the Lord is really powerful. Yes. So cool. I love it. I love it.
Okay, I got to ask you the question we ask everybody. who comes on the podcast for the first time. But what's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
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Chapter 7: How do Sadie and Emilie suggest building a supportive community?
The ever part is the hardest. That's the one that sinks the question.
It does sink the question. So I'm going to just go with a quote that has formed me most recently. And it's a mutual friend, John Tyson, who we love and respect. And we were talking about parenting. And I'm in that season so much with teenagers also. And he said to me, underreact in person, overreact in prayer. Ooh, that's good.
And when he said it, I was like, because it's also, I think it's actually true in any phase of life and not just in parenting. But if you think, I'll just use me and my family as an example. If my child is going to, let's say, confess something they did, confess a thought they're having and a feeling they're having towards me, my natural response is to want to be like, oh,
What?
You know, or like, why would you, that's a big one. Why would you do that? When I do something stupid, I don't have a good why. I was being selfish or I, you know, but the reaction will instantly tell, ooh, are you, is this a safe moment? Like, can I bring these things to you? Is it going to crush you? Are you going to make me feel horrible?
And that, if I'm honest, that's my default a lot of times. And so when he said that, it was like, that's for me. And it has been so formative in moments that I'm actively in the moment. You're like, I want to overreact. And I'm just thinking, play it cool. I want them to know like, nothing's going to rattle me. And not in the sense that I don't care. I mean, absolutely. There may be tears.
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Chapter 8: What final thoughts do Sadie and Emilie share about faith and trust?
There may be like, hey, that's not who you are. There may be like... Hey, you know, hard moments of conversation, but that underreact in person, but you better believe my prayer time. I'm like, Lord, meet them, reveal, expose, convict, challenge, speak identity. Like I am, it's like waging war in prayer. Yeah. and knowing like that is truly the most impactful thing I can do.
And then it just feels like I'm like laying all my ammo, all my prayers, all everything I have at the feet of Jesus, but then I can go peacefully and be a presence of peace, especially in parenting. But again, I think it applies to relationships, marriage, but that one liner, I'll never forget it.
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When you study the life of Jesus, like he did that. Like he would go and pray and be with the Father and be, you know, it's like he went away and then he'd come back and then he would step into another moment, you know? And so I always wish that there was like, you know, But there couldn't have been because that was a private moment.
But just, like, something to see, like, what was he saying to the Lord? How was he praying? You know, when it says, like, he was up all night, like, praying to God right before he, like, chose his 12 disciples. Like, I'm like, oh, that's so cool. Like, what were him and the Father talking about? You know?
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