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Holiday Perfection

Our desire for memorable and beautiful moments during the Christmas season can lead us to put incredible pressure on ourselves to make it amazing. In today’s podcast, Stasi sits down with Stacey Burton to talk about the desires and demands of the holidays and the goodness we can experience when we rest in God being the Amazing One. When we trust in him, the pressure is off.

Christmas Acceleration

John and Allen counter the false sense that we're hopelessly behind for Christmas by offering ways to slow down and be present to what matters most.

2023 Small Group Possibilities

Now is an ideal time to consider what study or experience to do as a group in 2023. John, Luke, and Allen discuss possible options, including A Year with Men.

Transformational Love

In God’s presence, we can find healing. In his pure love, our hearts can find hope. Join Stasi for a delightful conversation with guest Liz Wright – best-selling author, international speaker, podcast host, and Founder of the International Mentoring Community. Liz shares her powerful story of falling in love with Jesus in the middle of a painful season, and her heart for everyone to experience the transformational life found in resting in God’s embrace.SHOW NOTES:Verses: 1 John 3:2 (NIV) — Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.Romans 8:1 (NIV) — Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Romans 16:20 (NIV) — The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.Psalm 46:10 (NIV) — He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”Ephesians 4:23-24 (TPT) — And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.John 17:22-23 (NIV) — I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.Psalm 23:1 (NIV) — The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.Luke 11:34 (TPT) — The eyes of your spirit allow revelation-light to enter into your being. When your heart is open the light floods in. But when your heart is hard and closed, the light cannot penetrate and darkness takes its place.LIZ WRIGHTWebsite: https://lizwright.org/Courses: https://courses.lizwright.org/Instagram: https://@lizwrightministries Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizwrightministries/aboutTelevision Show: Encountering God: https://lizwright.org/encountering-god International Mentoring Community: https://www.jointheimc.com/Podcast: Live Your Best Life with Liz Wright https://www.charismapodcastnetwork.com/show/liveyourbestlifeVideo Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/LizWrightBooks:Ekklesia RisingReflecting God - Spiritual Keys to Unlock the Supernatural YouLoved - A 90 day journey into the heart of GodLiz Wright Bio:Based in the UK, Liz Wright is an international best-selling author, speaker, presenter of the TV show Encountering God with Liz Wright, host of the Charisma Podcast show Live Your Best Life with Liz Wright, and the CEO and Founder of the International Mentoring Community. Liz's life changed forever in 1995 with a physical visitation from Jesus Christ. Since that time, she has helped millions around the world to know the heart of God and experience His life-transforming love for themselves.

Owning Your Awkward

This week features a Captivated podcast with Stasi Eldredge and guest Nancy Carmichael talking about how God doesn't just love us but actually likes the way he made us.

This Thanksgiving

John and Stasi reveal how releasing expectations and extending forgiveness can increase our capacity for gratitude in this conversation from Thanksgiving 2021.

Beauty from Ashes

Stasi invites guest Danita Jenae, author of When Mountains Crumble, into the studio for this week's podcast to share about the faithfulness of Jesus amidst tragedy and grief. With practical wisdom, Stasi and Danita talk about finding peace even when things fall apart, grieving without shame, and what Danita came to know of God through her heartbreaking loss. Her story is filled with beauty and pain, and the conversation is a blessing of knowing God’s unshakable presence. Show Notes:DANITA JENAEWebsite: danitajenae.comWebsite: WhenMountainsCrumble.comInstagram: @CompanionInSorrow and @danitajenaeBook: When Mountains CrumbleDanita Jenae Bio:Danita Jenae is a young mom and recent military widow learning to carry both joy and sorrow in the same breath. As an author, speaker, poet, and artist, she walks alongside the broken-hearted, offering practical and creative ways to lead a Spirit-led life at danitajenae.com and @CompanionInSorrow. To help you find your way in sorrow, Danita invites you to grab your free copy of her Find Your Footing Grief Guide at WhenMountainsCrumble.com.

The Splendor and Sweetness of Jesus

Stasi is so happy to have guest Eric Gilmour from Sonship International on today’s podcast. Out of his deep love for Jesus, Eric shares what it means to abide in God and fix our gaze on him, as well as ways to access what God offers us. Friends, we won’t know the depth of God’s love until we have tasted the majesty and goodness of Jesus. As Jeremiah 29:13 says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."SHOW NOTES:Verses: Ephesians 5:25 (NIV) — Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her Song of Solomon 2:14 (NIV) — My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.Song of Solomon 1:2-3 (NIV) — Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—for your love is more delightful than wine. Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out.Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV) — You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) — fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Psalm 25:15 (NIV) — My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.Hebrews 1:4 (NIV) — So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.Hebrews 2:1 (NIV) — We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.Deuteronomy 6:8-9 (NIV) — Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.Third Day Song Reference:Love Song — “I've heard it said that a man would climb a mountain. Just to be with the one He loves.”ERIC GILMOURWebsite: https://www.sonship-international.org/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ewgilmourMusic: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6fVjCsKdS30DoRnMfOlG4jInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonshipintl/Eric Gilmour Bio:Eric Gilmour is an author, musician, and itinerant speaker who travels domestically and internationally. He and his wife Brooke are the founders of Sonship International- a teaching ministry committed to strengthening the church. Their hearts are to bring the church into a deeper experience of God's presence in their daily lives. With over one hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube Eric's music and teachings have aided millions of people in resting in the presence of God.Eric, Brooke and their two daughters, Madison and Lia, reside in Orlando, Florida. They have two golden retrievers, Mia and Oakley. When he's home you can find him spending time with his family, reading and/or with a camera in his hand filming or taking pictures, namely in the golden hour.

Our Identity

Join Stasi as she dives deeper into the beautiful truths of who we are in Christ and what our magnificent God has accomplished for us! Growing in our practice of resting in these truths helps us to guard against Identity Theft — the enemy’s #1 tool to keep us from living in the love and power of God.SHOW NOTES:Verses:1 John 1:3 (NIV) — See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.Revelation 4:1 (NIV) — After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”,Colossians 2:13-25 (NIV) — When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. …John 19:30 (NIV) — When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.Colossians 1:15-22 (NIV) — The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—Colossians 3:1-3 (NIV) — Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Ephesians 1:20-23 (NIV) — he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.Luke 1:26-33 (NIV) — …He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”Luke 22:69 (NIV) — But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.Matthew 26:64 (NIV) — “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”Hebrews 8:1 (NIV) — Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,1 Peter 3:22 (NIV) — who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.Hebrews 10:12 (NIV) — But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,Ephesians 2:6-7 (NIV) — And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, …Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) — fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Philippians 3:20-21 (NIV) — But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.Colossians 2:2 (NIV) — My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,Colossians 1:25-27 (NIV) — I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness — the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.kalahOriginal Word: כָּלָה Part of Speech: VerbTransliteration: kalahPhonetic Spelling: (kaw-law')Definition: to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

Hearing God in the Big Things

In the second half of this series, John, Alex, and Allen shift to stories of hearing God's voice in weightier issues of life when the stakes are higher.

Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions for the Resilient Study Video SeriesA ROAD MAP TO FINDING THE JOY YOU’VE LOSTThe longing for joy is one of the deepest yearnings of the human heart. After times of trial—including the pandemic, economic turmoil, wars and rumors of war, and grief— our desire rises to the surface demanding relief. We’ve had to rally. Yet at some point, we have to replenish our soul’s reserves or we will burn out.In this Resilient study series, John Eldredge provides the awareness and skills you need to strengthen your weary soul. Drawing on wisdom from Scripture, Christian tradition, and practical experiences, Resilient offers powerful supernatural graces to sustain you through these trying times as well as prepare you for future storms. This five-part Resilient video study series leads you to the peace only God can give in a world gone mad—and helps you receive from Jesus the strength that prevails.

01 – The Strength That Prevails

What if your exhaustion isn’t a failure of faith—but a warning sign from your soul?In the opening session of The Resilient Experience, John Eldredge explores the hidden toll modern life takes on our souls—and the supernatural strength God offers to carry us through it. Drawing from Luke 21 and Matthew 25, John shows how Jesus prepared us for times like these, offering both compassion and practical counsel for how to stand firm when we feel stretched thin.Like camels collapsing without warning after long journeys, many of us have rallied through hardship only to find ourselves tapped out. Jesus calls us to something deeper than survival—he offers us katischuó, an overcoming strength that doesn’t come from trying harder, but from receiving his life into our own. This is the strength that prevails.This session invites you to begin storing spiritual reserves, cultivating resilience not by striving, but by reorienting your heart toward God and learning to draw strength from his presence. Whether you’re burned out or bracing for what’s ahead, this is the place to begin again.Additional resources for deeper exploration • Resilient by John Eldredge – The book that inspired this series • 30 Days to Resilient – inside the One Minute Pause App – A free guided experience to build soul strength through daily practice • Daily Prayer – A grounding way to begin each day with God’s presence • Keep Recovery and Resilience in Front of You – A blog from John on why resilience is vital in this hour