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Protect the Epicenter
At a time when most everyone—including the Wild at Heart team— is running on low reserves, how do we care for our hearts and prevent apathy from creeping in?
Depleted Reserves
John, Alex, Jamie, and Allen discuss how the past several years have caused humanity's (and our own) reserve tanks to be running dangerously low...and how we can replenish them.
His Perfect Strength
Author Sara Hagerty joins Stasi on this week's podcast to share what she has learned of the intimate and kind way God becomes our strength in our weakness—in the midst of crisis, heartache, grief, even the mundane. God especially loves to meet us in the hiddenness of our everyday moments, because his best work is within us, in the secret depths of our hearts. To adore Jesus in the midst of the hard and the challenging as well as the soaring and serene, Sara has learned, is the key to truly experiencing his boundless love, his immeasurable strength.SHOW NOTES:Sara Hagerty Bio:Sara is a wife to Nate and a mother of seven whose arms stretched wide across the expanse between the United States and Africa. After almost a decade of Christian life she was introduced to pain and perplexity and, ultimately, intimacy with Jesus. God met her and moved her when life stopped working for her. And out of the overflow of this perplexity, came her writing, both on her blog and in her books:Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World that Loves to be NoticedADORE: A Simple Practice for Experiencing God in the Middle Minutes of Your DaySara writes regularly here: https://sarahagerty.substack.com/archiveVerses: Matthew 6:6-8 (NIV) — But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.James 1:2-4 (NIV) — Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.John 16:33 (NIV) — I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.Psalm 29:3 (NIV) — The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.
John's New Book - Chapter 5
In this reading from Resilient, John reveals that your soul was created for attachment, how to ask God for mothering, and ways to receive the assurance of abundance.
John's New Book - Chapter 3
Resilient releases June 7th! To give you a taste of his book, John reads Chapter 3 (The Strength That Prevails) and shares big news about Tuesday's Resilient Live event and "30 Days to Resilient"—a new program within our One Minute Pause App!
Guided Encounter – Livestream
The human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in recent years. There is, however, a path back toward genuine recovery and resilience. Join John Eldredge for a one-hour guided encounter with Jesus you won’t want to miss. (Recorded Live June 6, 2022)
A Conversation with John Eldredge
Psalm 73 says that God is the strength of our hearts. But how do we draw from that strength to replenish our tired souls? John Eldredge joins Stasi on her podcast today to share the good news that God's provision for these challenging days is available, and it is absolutely free. John lets us in on what compelled him to write his new book, Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times, and offer its incredible heart-strengthening tools. We all need a deeper life with God; we all need to tap into the resources of his Kingdom to receive significant replenishment for the days ahead. John shows us how.SHOW NOTES:Books: Resilient by John Eldredge — Releases June 7, 2022Get Your Life Back by John EldredgePause AppThe 30-Days to Resilience experience is found within the Pause AppVerses: Ephesians 3:16 (NIV) — I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,Psalm 73:26 (NIV) — My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.John 7:37-38 (NIV) — On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”Ezekiel 7:1-12 (NIV) — …, so where the river flows everything will live.Revelation 21&22 (NIV) — (Rev 22:1) Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb John 4:4-42 (NIV) — The Woman of Samaria/Woman at the well: (v. 14) “...but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”John 14 (NIV) — entire chapter; Jesus Prepares His DisciplesNehemiah 8:10 (NIV) — …, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.Luke 21:32 (NIV) — “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
What's Next?
In the beginning of the human story, God makes it clear that he intends to partner with us in his beautiful unfolding work in the world.
What’s Next?
In the beginning of the human story, God makes it clear that he intends to partner with us in his beautiful unfolding work in the world.Resources: • Wild at Heart Book – John Eldredge’s bestselling book that invites men into a journey of recovering their true heart. • Study Guide – A companion resource for group or individual study, guiding you deeper into the core themes of the book and video series. • Field Manual – A follow-up guide offering 8 weeks of daily readings and exercises to help men walk out the message of Wild at Heart in real life. • Wild at Heart Retreat – A 4-day immersive retreat based on the message of Wild at Heart, hosted around the world by trained local leaders. • Wild at Heart: The Series – A cinematic docuseries following four men as they encounter transformation through the message of Wild at Heart.
John's New Book - Chapter 1
In celebration of the June 7th release of Resilient, John reads the first chapter: I Just Want Life to Be Good Again.
Return to God
In the conclusion to this three-part series, John and Craig talk about how we can run to God for life rather than turn to our idols.
Blessing Our Bodies
How do we perceive our bodies? Treat them? What do we say when we look in the mirror? The way we feel about our bodies rests deep in our stories. But what does God think about them? Friends, God does not just tolerate our bodies, he delights in them! For many of us, the idea of delighting in our bodies is counter-cultural. This week, Stasi sits down with Stacey Burton to talk about their journey with their bodies, their relationship with food, and the importance of blessing our bodies—a beautiful temple bestowed by God.
Recapture Our Hearts
In Part 2 of this series on idolatry, John and Craig McConnell offer tools to expose the idols in our lives and reveal God's steadfast pursuit of our hearts.
Keep Yourself From Idols
In the first of this three-part series that first aired in 2016, John and Craig McConnell talk about the ways we try to satisfy our souls and the dangers of idolatry.
You Belong
We all have a core need to belong. As infants, we seek this secure belonging through our parents and caregivers, primarily from our mothers, and this attachment frames our sense of belonging throughout our lives. Join Stasi as she shares this hopeful message on what it means to belong to God, who is our El Shaddai—the One who provides all that we need, who cares for us, and who lovingly says to us, Daughter, you are mine, and you belong. God is our essential attachment, and our soul coming home. Show Notes:Verses: Romans 12:5 (NIV) — so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.Psalm 23:1 (TPT) — Yahweh is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough. Isaiah 44:5 (NIV) — Some will say, ‘I belong to the Lord’; others will call themselves by the name of Jacob; still others will write on their hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and will take the name Israel.Deuteronomy 8:7-9 (NIV) — For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.Quote: J. I. Packer from Knowing God “What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it—the fact that He knows me. I am graven on the palms of His hands; I am never out of His mind. “
Getting Naked: Styles of Relating
How we engage with others shapes every relationship in our lives. Morgan and Cherie explain the three predominant styles of relating and demonstrate it in a real-time conversation. Show Note: click here to find the exercises referenced in this podcast.