Continuing their listener Q&A conversation, John and Stasi respond to questions on topics such as discernment, spiritual warfare, and what it means to mature in our walk with Jesus and caring for our souls in a demanding world. With honesty, and wisdom, they explore how Jesus meets us in the realities of everyday life—inviting us beyond fear, pressure, and striving into greater freedom, maturity, and intimacy with Him. Wherever you find yourself today, may this conversation awaken fresh hope and draw you further into the presence, Love, and Hope of Jesus.

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If you haven’t listened to Part 1 — E127 | Parenting Continues: Loving Your Adult Children — you can do so here: https://youtu.be/FIH6S3J3m9w

VERSES:

1 John 2:12–14 (NIV) – I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning.

I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Matthew 7:16 (NIV) – By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

James 4:7 (NIV) – Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Genesis 1:1–3 (NIV) – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Colossians 1:13–14 (NIV) – For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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RESOURCES

Love and War: Find Your Way to Something Beautiful in Your Marriage by John & Stasi Eldredge https://wahe.art/4sfsE0N

Experience Jesus. Really: Finding Refuge, Strength, and Wonder through Everyday Encounters with God by John Eldredge https://amzn.to/4jEwBZ7

Explore the Pause App – Includes the One Minute Pause, 30 Days to Resilience, the Experience Jesus 20-day program, and the Evening Review series. https://www.pauseapp.com/

The Daily Prayer from Wild at Heart – Also available within the Pause App or on the Wild at Heart App. https://wahe.art/4e1NSIg

Lectio 365: https://wahe.art/3Ckq7xG

Pray As You Go: https://pray-as-you-go.org

Ruling Your Kingdom Series – Podcast Series from Wild at Heart: https://wahe.art/4vdea3f

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What does mature love look like as our children grow up, grow away, and build lives of their own? In this honest and tender conversation, John and Stasi Eldredge explore the grief, freedom, forgiveness, and trust woven into parenting adult children. Together they invite us to release control, entrust our hearts to Jesus, and discover the love that keeps the doors open. Wherever this conversation finds us, may we find fresh grace to love with open hands and trust everything, and everyone, to Jesus.

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What if one of the gifts our hearts need most is beauty? In this gentle reflection, Stasi invites us to pause and receive the nourishment God offers through His creation, allowing its beauty to remind us of the beauty of our King. She also turns our gaze toward a deeper Hope: Jesus reigns over all things, and the day is coming when He will make all things new. As Captivated continues its July break, join us in taking a moment to soak in His beauty and goodness.

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VERSES:

Zechariah 14:9 (NIV) – The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.

Philippians 2:10–11 (NIV) – that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Revelation 21:5 (NIV) – He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

Acts 3:21 (NIV) – Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

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Wherever today finds you—whether in joy, uncertainty, hope, discouragement, or somewhere in between—Jesus is near. Join Stasi as she offers a simple invitation to pause and welcome His presence into the very places we are living today. As the Captivated Podcast takes a short break during July, may these few moments remind us that we are never alone. Jesus is with us, for us, and eager to meet us in the realities of our lives. Join us in taking a moment to open the doors of our hearts once again and invite Him into it all.

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VERSES:

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."

Revelation 3:20 (NIV) – Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

John 15:4 (NIV) – Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

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In Part 2 of this conversation, Stasi welcomes back Blaine Eldredge, Director of Spiritual Formation at Wild at Heart, to continue unpacking the mystery of beauty—the beauty that flows from our intimacy with Jesus. Together they explore the vulnerability and courage it takes to let our true selves be seen in a world that wounds beauty so deeply, and the healing ways Jesus continues to draw near with tenderness, restoration, and a love that calls out the beauty within us. Come and rediscover the beauty of God alive in us.

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VERSES:

John 15:9 (NIV) – As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

1 John 4:19 (NIV) – We love because he first loved us.

John 8:3–11 (NIV) – The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” ... Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

Hosea 2:19 (NIV) – I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.

Romans 8:22 (NIV) – We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

Revelation 21:5 (NIV) – He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”

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CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Returning to the Mystery of Beauty

01:42 Beauty That Builds Relationship

07:10 What True Beauty Really Is

13:48 The Vulnerability of Being Seen

18:50 Beauty That Risks Love

24:03 Why the Enemy Attacks Beauty

30:20 The Beauty of a Forgiving Heart

33:22 Jesus and the Woman Accused

38:47 What Jesus Does to Win Our Love

43:08 Becoming Beautiful to Jesus

46:07 Carrying Beauty Into Our Relationships

47:24 Closing Prayer and Blessing

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RESOURCES

If you haven’t listened to Part 1 — E123 | Beauty, Vulnerability, and the Heart of God — you can do so here:

YouTube: ⁠https://youtu.be/crrX6S-P5NI⁠

Wild at Heart App: ⁠https://wahe.art/3SfAXge⁠

Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge ⁠https://wahe.art/3L9tLMc⁠

Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You by Stasi Eldredge ⁠https://amzn.to/4hzdQUL⁠

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown ⁠https://amzn.to/4vk2NpW⁠

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Today’s episode is a special guided encounter, where Stasi gently leads us beyond learning about Jesus and into experiencing His presence within us. Through prayer, breath, Scripture, and sacred imagination, we are invited to settle our souls, release our burdens, and meet with the living Christ in the deep places of our hearts. We encourage you to set aside a quiet moment for this encounter, come expectant, and let Jesus draw you into His love.

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VERSES:

Ephesians 3:17 (NIV) – so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love

Psalm 42:7 (NIV) – Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me

Revelation 3:20 (NIV) – Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me

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

Psalm 18:6 (NIV) – In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears

Psalm 18:35 (NIV) – You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great

Psalm 91:11–12 (NIV) – For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone

1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV) – Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own

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RESOURCES

The Pause App — Includes the One Minute Pause, 30 Days to Resilience, the Experience Jesus 20-day program, and the Prayer of Descent. https://www.pauseapp.com/

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Intimacy with Jesus isn’t reserved for the spiritually polished—it’s an open invitation, already within reach, and woven into our ordinary moments. In today’s podcast, Stasi and Amber Sales—of the Wild at Heart team—reflect on what it means to cultivate intimacy with Jesus over time: trusting Him with our loneliness, our shame, and our longing to be truly known. He is already nearer than our breath, already delighting over us, and as we draw near to him, he draws near to us.

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VERSES:

Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV) – Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

James 4:8 (NIV) – Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) – The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.

Romans 2:4 (NIV) – Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

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RESOURCES

The Ladder of Love Retreat — October 1–4, 2026 in Fraser, Colorado. The lottery for this event will be held May 13-19, 2026: https://wildatheart.org/events/ladder-of-love-2026

The Ladder of Love: A pathway to emotional healing and spiritual intimacy with Jesus by Stasi Eldredge: Available October 6, 2026 https://wildatheart.org/books/the-ladder-of-love

Stasi’s Soaking Worship Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60NJpEJ8knwoN9seX0kqky

The Pause App — Includes the One Minute Pause, 30 Days to Resilience, and the Experience Jesus 20-day program. https://www.pauseapp.com/

The Daily Prayer from Wild at Heart — Now available within the Pause App or on the Wild at Heart App. https://wahe.art/4e1NSIg

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