Captivated

Stasi welcomes Karen Christakis and Stacey Burton of the Wild at Heart team into the studio for a candid conversation that quickly leads to how intentionally God is moving on our behalf—even when we aren’t able to see it. What matters most to Jesus is always our hearts, even more than rescuing us from the hard things we plead with him to change. As you listen to this podcast, you will hear the importance of stepping back to honor our stories in order to recognize the ways God is pursuing us and forging us into His very image of love.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: James 1:2 (NKJV) — My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, Romans 5:3-5 (MSG) — There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Isaiah 43:2 (NLV) — When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you pass through the rivers, they will not flow over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned. The fire will not destroy you.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Surrender – Captivated Podcast posted September 20, 2023   https://wahe.art/3RI9HovThe Story of With: A Better Way to Live, Love, & Create by Allen Arnold  https://amzn.to/3LtNypXJohn Marc Comer – Apprentice of Jesus (various books)…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

"Surrender," in Hebrew, means "to align or arrange oneself under the command of a divine viewpoint." You literally turn away from the offerings of the world, the opinions of others, and your own strategies for achieving life and instead choose to stand under God’s divine viewpoint. When we cling to other things, believing they will satisfy our souls, we put something between us and God—actually, we put something in front of Him. They may be good things, but when they become highest in our hearts, we get into trouble; we’ve stepped away from our first love, maybe without even noticing. In today’s podcast, Stasi shares that the surrendered life is a doorway into a deeper life with God, then closes with a beautiful and powerful encounter with Jesus through which we experience the fruit of surrender: resting in our God’s unconditional love.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 100:3 (NIV) — Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.Isaiah 40:11 (NIV) — He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.Mark 6:34 (NIV) — When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.Ezekiel 34:31 (NIV) — You are my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”Revelation 7:17 (NIV) — For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Psalm 23:1-3 (NIV) — The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.Matthew 11:28 (NIV) — Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Hebrews 13:20-21 (NIV) — Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.…..OTHER RESOURCES:Pause App: One Minute Pause and 30 Days to Resilient   https://www.pauseapp.com/Hymn: I Surrender All…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

We are meant to live from a place of rest. Today, Stasi talks about the book Sacred Rest with the author Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Dr. Saundra shares practical steps to find rest amongst the constant demands of life, saying “Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested, now there is the challenge.” She unpacks the 7 types of rest we need — not with another list that we have to master, but with the invitation to know and receive the goodness of God in ever deeper ways. When we learn to live from a posture of rest in the presence of God, we are able to tap into the fruit of being the version of ourselves God meant us to be, and having our lives infused with him. …..SHOW NOTES:…..Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith BIO:We are meant to live from a place of rest. Today, Stasi talks about the book Sacred Rest with author Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Dr. Saundra shares practical steps to find rest amongst the constant demands of life. “Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested—now there is the challenge.” She unpacks the seven types of rest we need—not with another list to master, but with the invitation to know and receive the goodness of God in ever deeper ways. When we learn to live from a posture of rest in the presence of God, we are able to experience the fruit of being the version of ourselves God meant us to be and having our lives infused with him.Website: DrDaltonSmith.comRest Quiz: RestQuiz.com   Twitter Handle: @DrDaltonSmithFacebook Page: Dr. Saundra Dalton – SmithInstagram: @DrDaltonSmithPinterest: @DrDaltonSmithPodcast: https://ichoosemybestlife.libsyn.com/Blog: https://ichoosemybestlife.com/blog/Worship Therapy: https://ichoosemybestlife.com/worship-therapy/Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith’s Books: Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity   https://amzn.to/3QMLpZUSet Free to Live Free  https://amzn.to/3PdLK6Q…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Stasi welcomes her dear friend Becky Allender on today’s podcast to discuss story work and the healing that can come through it. Story work is a way of honoring our life’s story and the ways it has shaped us and engaging the places we need care, compassion, and mercy. If this feels new to you, Becky also offers a simple place to start. Friends, each of us desires to be seen and known, and giving a voice to our story is a beautiful level of self-care that expands our hearts for Jesus to come and compassionately give us more freedom through healing.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 139:17-18 (NLV) — Your thoughts are of great worth to me, O God. How many there are! If I could number them, there would be more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.…..Becky Allender BIO:Becky Allender lives in the Pacific Northwest and is the co-founder of The Allender Center at The Seattle School of Psychology and Theology. She is the author of Hidden In Plain Sight, One Woman’s Search for Identity, Intimacy and Calling. Becky has been facilitating Story Workshop groups and Narrative Focus Trauma Groups with The Allender Center. She has been a monthly contributor to the online magazine, Red Tent Living, for the past eleven years. She and her husband, Dan Allender, lead Marriage Intensives, Conferences, and Retreats with Steve and Lisa Call’s organization “Reconnect”.  Her greatest joy is being a wife, mother, and grandmother to 6 beautiful wild, beautiful grandchildren.RedTentLiving.com contributor: https://wahe.art/45wBDPDBlog: https://fridaylights.wordpress.com/Instagram: @Becky3971Becky's Book: Hidden In Plain Sight: One Woman's Search for Identity, Intimacy and Calling  https://wahe.art/3sfJiUcAdditional Podcasts: Allender Center Podcast – Hiding No More: https://wahe.art/4532Eud Adam Young Podcast – How Your Story Leads to Your Style of Relating https://wahe.art/45qNsYd…..OTHER RESOURCES:The Allender Center Story Workshops  https://wahe.art/3ORgIAi…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Unanswered prayer or the perceived silence of God in the midst of suffering is one of the most difficult things to endure, yet it is something that every believer has experienced. There is a way forward in these hard times. Join Stasi today as she talks about this subject head-on and leads us to the truth that though we are not promised a life free from sorrow, we are promised that our God will be with us in it…with us, in fact, in every moment of our lives.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV) — Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.Romans 8:38-39 (NIV) — For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Matthew 26:39 (NIV) — Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”Colossians 1:24 (NIV) — Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) — Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV) — The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”…..OTHER RESOURCES:Tyler Staton Praying Like Monks, Living like Fools  https://amzn.to/3DLqdfdPete Greig God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer  https://amzn.to/3Qu4UWUC.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory  https://amzn.to/43WkSvXCorrie Ten Boom story: The Hiding Place  https://amzn.to/3KzuR3EThe Terrifying Delight of Losing Everything | Serez Family Short-Documentary  https://wahe.art/3s52uE9Closing Song: The Name of Jesus (sung in Hebrew) by Harpa Dei Song: https://wahe.art/3Kt4dsXHarpa Dei Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HarpaDeiMusic…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

In this episode, Stasi and guest Lisa Bevere – author and co-founder of Messenger International – share about the transformative power of Jesus' love. The conversation explores how we are each uniquely loved and reframes what it means to live a surrendered life. When we step into our identity as the daughters and sons of God, we are able to embrace the truth that who we are to God matters more than what we do for Him.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Psalm 139:5 (NIV) — You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.Psalm 68:11 (NIV) — The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV) — The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness…..Lisa Bevere BIO:Lisa Bevere has spent four decades empowering women of all ages to find their identity and purpose. She is a New York Times bestselling author and internationally known minister. Her books, which include Without Rival, Godmothers, Girls with Swords, Lioness Arising, Strong, and her recent devo Fiercely Loved, are in the hands of millions worldwide. Lisa and her husband, John, co-founded Messenger International, an organization committed to developing uncompromising followers of Christ who transform their world. Messenger International has given away 60 million resources in 123 languages. Website: LisaBevere.comMinistry: MessengerInternational.orgfacebook.com/lisabevere.pagetwitter.com/lisabevereinstagram.com/lisabevere/Lisa’s Books (Mentioned in the podcast): Fiercely Loved: God’s Wild Thoughts about You (A 90-Day Devotional)   https://amzn.to/42Ya1kLWithout Rival: Embrace Your Identity and Purpose in an Age of Confusion and Comparison   https://amzn.to/3Jyqa9wStrong: Devotions to Live a Powerful and Passionate Life (A 90-Day Devotional)   https://amzn.to/46r0dTw…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Join Stasi for this delightful conversation with her friend Yolanda Weinberger. Yolanda is a wise and passionate woman who loves Jesus deeply, and it is an honor to listen as she shares her story. Yolanda tells of how she has fallen more in love with Jesus through her daily rhythms, her parenting of adult children, and as she battled cancer. In all of it, Jesus has pursued her with his faithful love in a way she can recognize – in the language of her heart. God desires for each of us to draw closer to him, and we hope this conversation will inspire you to recognize his personal gifts to you as well as come to know his perfect peace in all of your circumstances.…..SHOW NOTES:…..CONNECT WITH YOLANDA:Facebook:  https://wahe.art/3Nv4Hj6Instagram:  https://wahe.art/3CS3DRrLinkdIn:  https://wahe.art/3JzLQ5aRESOURCES:Pause App: One Minute Pause and 30 Days to Resilienthttps://www.pauseapp.com/…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

One of the ways we experience God is through the beauty of his creation. Beauty heals. Beauty refreshes. Beauty puts our souls at rest. Beauty speaks hope. In today’s podcast, Stasi, along with Polly Dodge and Jamie Goudie of the Wild at Heart team, share the ways they cultivate beauty, and why choosing to look for beauty is so important. Jesus is Divine Beauty, perfect, alluring, and glorious. When we ask him, he will help us find beauty even in desolate places, surprising us with it in abundance, healing our hearts and opening us to receive even more of him.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Matthew 5:48 (NIV) — Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.Song of Solomon 5:16 (NIV) — His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend,daughters of Jerusalem.Psalm 27:4 (NIV) — One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.Isaiah 33:17(NIV) — Your eyes will see the king in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar.Psalm 45 (in its entirety, but here 45:1 [NIV]) — My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.Isaiah 43:19(NIV) — See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.…..OTHER RESOURCES:The Journey of Desire by John Eldredge – https://wahe.art/46qgloeBeginning quote by Jonathan Edwards from The Nature of True Virtue – https://wahe.art/3qY6HJe…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Friends, have you ever felt distant and disconnected from God? Of course, you have. You are not alone in that. But what then? In today’s podcast, Stasi reminds us of the good news: while our feelings may fluctuate, God remains constant and unchanging. Even when we feel like God is hiding from us, we can know that He will never turn His face away. It is in the hard seasons that we come to know God’s grace even more deeply, and can come to rest in the truth that though our experiences may change, our place in the heart of our King never does.…..SHOW NOTES:…..VERSES: Romans 8:28-39  (NIV) — And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. …Ephesians 3:16-19 (NIV) — I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.…..RESOURCES:Song: Sails (Live) by Pat Barret, Stephanie Gretzinger, and Amanda Cook — https://spoti.fi/42mOvG4Pause App: One Minute Pause and 30 Days to Resilent (Friends, go through week one especially, on Union with God. It is so good!)https://www.pauseapp.com/…..Don’t Miss Out on the Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ

Join Stasi and her guest Melissa Johnson – therapist, teacher and author – as they discuss soul-deep beauty. Most of us have been sold a shame-based view of beauty which can rob us from resting in our true authentic beauty. Melissa defines authenic beauty as the life of God at work in us and among us. Friends, we are at our most lovely when we are living in union with God, embracing the fullness of the life for which we are created.…..SHOW NOTES:…..Melissa Johnson BIO:Melissa L. Johnson is a licensed marriage and family therapist, spiritual director, and the founder of Impossible Beauty, a blog and podcast dedicated to redefining beauty as “the life of God at work in us and among us”. She also teaches a course on soul well-being at Bethel University. Melissa’s writing and podcast interviews seek to uncover what true beauty is, what it is not, and how we go about finding beauty in a broken world. She is releasing her debut book with Bethany House publishing on June 6, 2023, entitled Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting for Our True Worth in a World Demanding FlawlessWebsite: impossible-beauty.com @melissa.louise.johnson@impossible.beautyFacebook: Impossible Beauty Podcast and Blog…..Don’t Miss Out On The Next Episode – Subscribe for FreeSubscribe using your favorite podcast app:Spotify Podcasts – https://spoti.fi/42SsOipApple Podcasts – https://apple.co/42E0oZ1 Google Podcasts – http://wahe.art/3M81kxLAmazon Music & Audible – https://amzn.to/3M9u6hJ