Episode 13

Come Closer

February 23, 2022 · 28:23

To know someone deeply is a great honor. Jesus knows us inside and out and wants to be known by us intimately as well. In today’s podcast, Stasi talks about what it means to draw close to Jesus with intention. Friends, Jesus longs for our whole heart, our undivided love, and for our attention to be captured by who he is. We have a choice to make. God is inviting us to enjoy the vast riches of his heart by coming closer. Will you?

SHOW NOTES:

Yada` (יָדַע ; yâda) Hebrew: To be made known, be or become known, be revealed – to make oneself known – to be perceived – to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing)

Pause App by Wild at Heart Ministries; PauseApp.com

Henry Nouwen reading: Our God is a compassionate God. Henri Nouwen Society. January 7, 2022. https://henrinouwen.org/meditations/god-is-a-compassionate-god/

Epic by John Eldredge: For more information on Stasi’s reference to living in Act 3
https://churchsource.com/products/epic-the-story-god-is-telling

VERSES:

Hosiah 2:19-20 (NIV) I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord.
Luke 10:38-42; (NIV) The story at Mary and Martha’s home
Mark 14:1-9 (NIV) The story of Mary and the alabaster jar
1 John 4:19 (NIV) 19 We love because he first loved us.
John 17:3 (NIV) Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
2 Corinthians 13:5 (NIV) …Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you…?
Romans 8:10 (NIV) But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
Galatians 2:20 (NIV) I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Colossians 1:27 (NIV) 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.
Romans 8:11 (NIV) And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Creators and Guests

Host

Stasi Eldredge

Stasi Eldredge is an author, teacher, and the women’s ministry leader at Wild at Heart—a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God’s love, and learn to live in God’s Kingdom. Stasi and her husband, John, live in Colorado Springs.

Producer

Stacey Burton

Stacey Burton has been a grateful part of the Wild at Heart team for over 10 years wearing many hats, including the Producer of Stasi Eldredge’s Captivated podcast and the ministry's Resources Manager. Stacey is continually learning what it means to fully rest in God’s grace and provision, enjoying nothing more than meeting with him in the boundless, quiet beauty of the outdoors. A native to Colorado, Stacey and her husband Eric anticipate becoming empty nesters as their kids, Jake and Riley, prepare to step out into their own adventure.

Composer

Tim & Laurie Thornton

The intro and outro music for the Captivated podcast is composed by Tim and Laurie Thornton, who have a passion to empower God’s people as they seek the kingdom and live into their destiny as a worshiping family that makes disciples and extends the dominion of God wherever they go.

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