Captivated

The Christmas Season is upon us with all of its wonder, its joy, and its pressure. In this podcast, we gather to learn lessons from Scripture, fix our gaze once again on Jesus, and ask Him to interrupt our ordinary with His glorious and make something miraculous. Because He loves to do that very thing.SHOW NOTESSCRIPTURE:Luke 1:30 — But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.Mary’s story — Luke 1:1-56Wedding at Cana — John 2:1-12SONGS: A very special thank you to our vocalists: Karen Christakis, Michelle Patterson, Susie Eldredge, Amy DaleOh Little Town of BethlehemO Come, O Come, Emmanuel

As we enter into the Christmas season, today’s podcast is a special treat.  Stasi invites the Wild at Heart team to share stories and words about what they love about Jesus. Friends, it’s so important to remind each other of the attributes of Jesus.  As we intentionally turn our gaze upon him, we come to know the vast goodness of his heart for us more deeply. As you listen, may your heart be drawn closer to his. 

Jesus is the God of the Valley, just as much as he is the God of the Mountaintop. In this conversation, Stasi, Michelle Patterson, and Karen Christakis talk about what it has been like for them to meet God in the desert. Friends, all of our tears are treasured by God, and when we turn to him in difficult times it is not only worship, it is a rescue.

Stasi invites Dr. Una, a pediatrician, entrepreneur, podcaster, and amazing woman of God, into the studio to talk about what it looks like to step into our calling from where we are now—not waiting until we feel ready. God simply wants us to be available to him with our “yes,” even when it feels uncomfortable and risky. It’s God’s way of inviting us into a deeper presence with him. Because our lives matter. Your life matters. SHOW NOTES: Psalms 139:13 (NIV) ​​For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Dr. Una Bio and links: Podcast: https://entremd.com/podcast/ EntreMD.com Dr. Una Bio: Dr. Una is a multi-faceted leader whose passion is to help others succeed. She has been privileged to teach and coach many to set goals and to take action to make their dreams a reality. She is a Pediatrician and the CEO of Ivy League Pediatrics, an award-winning private practice. True to her commitment to pay it forward, she founded EntreMD, a company designed to help physician entrepreneurs build profitable businesses so they can live life and practice medicine on their terms. Dr. Una also co-pastors Dominion City Church in Norcross, GA with her husband of 15 years, Pastor Steve Unachukwu. They are blessed with four amazing children. She considers being used by God to impact lives as her greatest success. Dr. Una lives by the motto: Die empty. Use everything God gave you.

Something is revealed in our story when we feel like we don’t have enough—enough provision, enough safety, enough love. Through verses and stories, Stasi speaks to this question: What does it mean to be satisfied by God and to trust him as our provider for the things that matter most? In Christ, we have enough, and—because Christ dwells in us—we are enough. SHOW NOTES: (Verses) Psalm 131:2 (NIV): But I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. Genesis 17:1 (NIV): When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Psalm 103:5 (NIV): who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 23:1 (NIV): The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Psalm 23:5 (NIV): You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Jamie Goudie joins Stasi in the studio for a conversation about inviting our beautiful God into the ordinary ins and outs of our days. Beauty matters to God, and as we practice opening our hearts to him amidst the messy and the mundane, we quickly discover that God cares about the details of our humanity and is available to us in every moment of our lives. SHOW NOTES: Scripture: Psalms 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. 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. Song: Artist by Laura Hackett Park Books: The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey and Ned Bustard

Living in close communion with Jesus is something we are meant to enjoy every day of our lives. Meeting with Him in the secret place of our heart is one of our deepest joys and an incredible source of strength. Join Stasi today as she talks with Cheryl Wright, a woman known for her intimacy with Jesus. SHOW NOTES: Cheryl Wright’s book: His Warrior Princess: A Girlfriend's Guide to Being Lit from Within Scripture: Revelation 3:20 (the Passion Translation): “Behold, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If your heart is open to hear my voice and you open the door within, I will come in to you and feast with you, and you will feast with me.” Isaiah 44:5 (NLT): “Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the Lord.’ Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the Lord’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.” John 17:22-23 (NLT): “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” Quote from J.I. Packer, Knowing God pg 41-42: “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 [Isa. 49:16]. I am never out of his mind.”

Welcome to the premier episode of Captivated with Stasi Eldredge. Our time together is an invitation to pursue the heart of Jesus and awaken the desire to know him more—because the more we know him, the more we love him. The more we love him, the more he fills us and transforms our lives.

Welcome to the Captivated podcast, a new podcast from Stasi Eldredge and Wild at Heart Ministries. Please subscribe to receive notifications of each new podcast, available every 2 weeks. A few upcoming episodes will cover: Encountering and intimacy with Jesus, Christ is enough, creating beauty in the ordinary, dreaming with God, meeting God in the desert… and so much more. We are so excited to bring these conversations to you, as we grow more in love with God, together.