Show Notes
What does it mean to embody Christ, to be the living expression of his love in the world? In this inspiring episode, Stasi invites listeners to embrace our God-given design as image-bearers who carry his presence into our everyday moments. Through Scripture, story, and gentle guidance, Stasi shares how we reflect Jesus not by striving, but by receiving his love, blessing our lives, and living surrendered. Dear one, you matter, and your life reveals the heart of God.
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VERSES: Ephesians 1:18–19 (NIV) – I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV) – We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
John 14:12 (NIV) – Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Romans 12:1 (NIV) – Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
1 John 1:9 (NIV) – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:1 (NIV) – Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) – For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
John 13:35 (NIV) – By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) – And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Philippians 2:13 (NIV) – For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
John 3:16 (NIV) – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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"Apocalypse People: The discipleship movement that will probably change the world" by Blaine Eldredge https://wahe.art/4n7GhgC
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer https://bit.ly/4ne2jOX
Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did. by John Mark Comer https://bit.ly/4jZThCi
Poem – Indwelt by A.S. Wilson: Not merely in the words you say, Not only in your deeds confessed, But in the most unconscious way Is Christ expressed.
Is it a beatific smile, A holy light upon your brow; Oh no, I felt His Presence while You laughed just now.
For me ‘twas not the truth you taught To you so clear, to me still dim But when you came to me you brought A sense of Him.
And from your eyes He beckons me, And from your heart His love is shed, Til I lose sight of you and see The Christ instead.
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